Chapter 101: Jonathan vs Ximena
The fight was set.
Jonathan Wutherhorn versus Ximena Dulan.
The crowd calmed as the announcer announced both contestants to come to the battlefield. He called Ximena out first.
She was a tall woman, short brown hair and an ’X’ scar on her left cheek, a testament to her innumerable feats.
She smiled as she walked onto the arena, a confident smile that revealed her pearly set of teeth. The arena ground was a sandy terrain, big enough to host horse races.
She slung two sharp kukri’s over her shoulders as she held them firmly in both hands, this was her preferred weapon across her career and her proficiency in wielding them earned her the name ’The butcheress.’ Known for her hunting skills and her otherworldly senses.
After her introduction was complete, the announcer made an announcement for Jonathan. When Jonathan awakened, he awakened a <Mechanic Class> meaning he was extremely proficient with building things, things that possessed electrical functionality.
He walked out with a confident grin on his face. A man of six foot two, possessing jet black hair that was slicked backwards.
When they selected their weapons, Jonathan chose an ordinary sword, unbeknownst to everyone present that he had a secret weapon which was now visible.
He walked out with two mechanical arms fixed on his limbs, they were bigger than his usual arms and brown in color.
Jacob watched in surprise because he did not know that this world had this level of technology.
Jonathan looked confident with his gear, he was holding the sword in his hand but as soon as he walked out, he put the handle of the sword in his mouth and bit down on it firmly. This was his style of fighting, he called himself the ’Mechanical Ninja,’ a name that was not welcome by anyone else, but he stuck to it.
"FIGHT!" The announcer yelled as soon as the two contestants walked on to the arena grounds, now facing each other and exchanging glares. Neither of them knew each other before that day, mainly because Ximena was always traveling around and gathering conquests.
Jonathan’s wife Amylis sat in the designated VIP area, along with Vera and the other wives and children of the head family.
The crowd finally quieted down and watched eagerly for who would make the first move.
The timer was set. 25 minutes on the clock.
24:59... 24:58... 24:57.
"I hate to break it to you, but I’m going to destroy your little toys today." Ximena said to Jonathan. It was obvious that even though they were just meeting each other, the both of them didn’t like each other very much.
"You call this a warrior. Please, he looks like a child, who puts their sword in their mouth?—" Ximena spoke out, addressing the crowd. "—extremely unhygienic." She scoffed and spat to the ground, mashing it with her heavy boot.
Jonathan said nothing, partly because there was a sword handle in his mouth, and also because he had nothing to say to the woman. He would let his skill do the talking.
Ximena lunged at him, she swung her kukris down at full speed, aiming for the Jonathan’s shoulders, but he blocked her attack easily with his mechanical arms.
They were surprisingly durable, Jacob noticed that they were made of Simodium, the strongest metal in the world by his deduction. How Jonathan ws abke to lay his hands on Simodium was a question for another day.
The woman didn’t relent, she went on the offensive immediately, striking at Jonathan over and over, forcing him to go on the defensive.
The clangs of metal filled the air as her steel met steel in an innumerable amount of ways.
She swung low, Jonathan jumped as the blades split the air beneath him, screaming in bloodlust.
She grit her teeth, not one of her attacks had penetrated and four minutes had already passed.
She wished to end this as soon as possible because she still had other opponents to conquer.
Zeldris, for example, her sworn enemy.
At some point she stopped attacking and studied Jonathan’s movements, he was bouncing from one foot to another and jamming his mechanical fists together.
One thing about Simodium, it was known to have Mechanical energy properties.
It could absorb physical energy, charge it and then release it back with increased force, one of the reasons why Jonathan decided to go on the defensive.
His wife, of course didn’t know about the technicalities of what her husband always worked on, which was why she but her nails nervously as she watched him defend for the first four minutes.
He had an accomplished look on his face now, after blocking most of Ximena’s attacks with his arms, it was time to go on the offensive for a change.
The woman watched him, breathing heavily, but she was far from done.
All of a sudden, Jonathan’s arms began to glow, in a way that showed a particular level of energy charging in them, once the energy reached his fist, he disappeared in a streak of lightning. Ximena’s eyes widened, she could no longer follow his movements.
The first thing she saw was a metal fist screaming towards her face. She managed to dodge the attack, the sand behind her rose wildly off the floor, Jonathan’s mouth blade had managed to cut her deep in her left arm.
She winced in pain as she staggered backwards, still suffering from the effect of having to dodge such a quick strike.
Jonathan didn’t stop, he aimed for her stomach this time, his fist charging through the air barrier between them at an unreasonable speed.
Ximena put her two words in a cross position over her abdomen, the force of the blow sent her flying a couple meters away, tumbling on the ground.
The crowd was roaring now.
"Look at her! She talked all that big talk and now she’s getting destroyed."
"Don’t count your chickens before they hatch."
"Pride comes before a fall."
They murmured as she struggled to stand up from the ground, perspiration dripping from her face, onto the sand.
Hearing all the remarks being made at her from the crowd, she found the energy and stood up.
"No! No! I will not lose to the likes of you!" She yelled furiously as she immediately burst with Qi, Jacob could see it, she was clearly starting to exert herself now.
Her body gained a few inches of muscle in every department, making her significantly more buff. This was a technique she called <Instant Buff> which increased her durability, speed and toughness.
8 minutes in tbe clock now.
She lunged at Jonathan again, her blades whining as they sliced through the air from the side of her.
Jonathan simply dropped the blade from his mouth and kicked it towards her at a tremendous speed, the tip of the blade facing directly at her face.
But she saw the attack, she immediately brought out her hand and shifted the blade to the side, causing it to land on the ground, rendered harmless.
Bad Move.
A heavy punch tore through her abdomen in an instant, flashes of black and white appeared in her vision as the pain shot through her insides.
Jonathan had punched the living daylights out of her, she spat out blood and was jolted a few feet into the air before landing on the ground helplessly.

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