--- [Leon’s perspective]
These healers are great.
Even after all those horrendous injuries, I don’t feel even the tiniest smidge of pain.
But I wonder why the host insists on healing us up all the time?
He’s clearly not doing it to avoid death; he didn’t really seem to care after Molly died.
In all the other exams I’ve taken, we don’t get healed until we either pass or fail.
That way, we’re forced to be more careful and take less risks, just like on real missions.
This guy clearly doesn’t subscribe to that train of thought…
“Why do you make sure we’re healed after every round and every fight?” – Leon
“Because I want you at your best. It’s no fun watching you fight at anything less than full power.” – Host
…
So yet again goes back to him using this job as a source of entertainment…
Well, so be it.
After the terrible injuries she caused me, I wouldn’t have been able to fight the winner of the next match.
If not for his unusual healing policy, it would have all been for nothing…
“Alright you two, are you ready?” – Host
“Of course.” – Daisy
“Always.” – Julian
“Alright, then let’s find out what your special rule will be!” – Host
He puts his hand in his pocket and stirs the notes around before pulling one out.
“Ooh! I’ve never gotten this one before in any of my previous exams. It’ll be interesting to see how it goes!” – Host
So this idea of a ‘special rule’ is something he has done before then?
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I got the impression that these were ideas he came up with on the spot earlier today, but I guess he has put a lot more thought into them than I previously believed…
“I call this rule ‘a shot in the dark’. You will both be fighting with a blindfold on. If it’s taken off, or if it falls off, or if it’s destroyed, that person is disqualified. That means if you manage to somehow remove your opponents blindfold, you win. Of course, all the regular rules apply too. It’s still a fight, after all. Oh, and one last thing. Before you begin, you’ll have to rapidly spin around until I tell you to stop. This is so that the match doesn’t end immediately with a powerful attack aimed straight forward.” – Host
“Ugh…” – Julian
Fighting with blindfolds…
That’s gotta be annoying, but at least getting some experience fighting in the dark can be nice.
I don’t clear dungeons that often, so I haven’t encountered it myself, but I imagine that scenario must happen fairly often.
There’s some justification for this rule beyond just it being entertainment for him at least…
They enter the ring, and the host doesn’t waste any time…
“Spin!” – Host
They start spinning around as quickly as they can; they’re probably afraid of accidentally breaking the rules by slowing down.
Unlike with Molly, I have no clue what either of their specialties are.
I’m going to have to fight one of them in the next round, so it’s best that I pay close attention to learn as much about them as possible.
The only bad thing is that since they’re fighting with blindfolds on, they’re probably not able to use their abilities to their full potential, meaning there might still be some unknown even after seeing them in action.
“A little more…!” – Host
I can tell from the way they’re wobbling that they’re starting to get dizzy; honestly, I’m getting a little dizzy just watching them…
“And stop!” – Host
They quickly come to a halt, but they’re completely disoriented.
They stumble around, trying as hard as they can to figure out where their opponent is.
Julian wanders deeper into the ring with his arms extended forward, while Daisy is holding onto the rope trying not to fall over.
Her plan fails.
She immediately trips and lands on her face.
“Daisy is down! Ten! Nine!” – Host
She has already gone down once…
Right from the get-go, she’s in a worse position than him.
She takes her time on the ground; might as well use those seconds to recover.
What she doesn’t see however, is that Julian is closing in on her…
When she fell, she made enough sound for him to locate her.
Right when she stands back up, the host stops counting, letting Julian know the match is on again.
He immediately hits her in the face as hard as he can, and she falls backward onto the rope behind her.
Luckily for her, she manages to hold onto the rope, so it doesn’t count as a knockdown.
“Ow!” – Julian
He quickly retracts his arm and waves it around as a pain reflex.
He was the one that punched her, so how did he get hurt?
Is she just that tough, or is that part of her specialty?
Just like how he was able to locate her based on the noise she made when falling, she manages to locate him due to his shriek.
She steps forward and grabs his throat.
Right at the moment of contact, his entire body starts convulsing.
He fights through it and grabs her arm and tries to force it away from him, but the moment he touches her arm, he instinctively lets go out of pain.
Just moments later, his entire body goes limp.
She lets go, and he falls to the ground.
“Ten! Nine! Eight!” – Host
