Reset: DPS to Support?!

Shinto silently walked towards the direction of the voices, as he hid behind a bush. Being closer to the two figures, he could now see and hear them clearly. The two were the ones whom he had partied up with earlier—Ethaniel and Lucas.

"If this is the meeting spot, then where is he?" Shinto heard Ethaniel said in an impatient voice.

"He will be here soon," Lucas calmly said. "Just wait."

"Ugh, hurry up and tell him to come already!" Ethaniel clicked his tongue.

"He will come, just be patient," Lucas said. "I do not get why would you want to go for a rematch with him, but, just note that you do not stand a chance against him."

"Yeah right, I can perfectly fight against him just fine. I just f#@ked up at the end," he explained. "If I go all out, I'm confident I can win."

"...hmph. So be it then," Lucas replied. "If you lose again, do not blame me and-" he turned to Ethaniel as he glared at him intently. "-do not blame me for whatever happens after."

"What is this a warning?" Ethaniel raised his brow.

"Just a word of advice, if you must ask," he answered as he turned away from him. "Ah, looks like he's close to here now, you best prepare then."

...

Overhearing the conversation between Ethaniel and Lucas, Shinto raised his brow in curiosity. 'Hmm... So it seems that the business that they went on is just for a rematch with that brawler he fought earlier in town...' he thought to himself. 'If that's so, then there's nothing much to worry about. I'll just inform Raina about it and be on my way.'

"Hey, hey, Shadow Diviner- I mean Master! Who are they and what are we doing right now?" Kon asked from the shadows.

"...ah, well, I was just checking up with something. Nothing to worry about," Shinto said in a low voice. "We'll be leaving for real now." Just as Shinto was about to stand up to leave the premise, he suddenly felt a cold feeling. Soon after, he heard footsteps drawing near towards the area. It wasn't a footstep of a single person, but a group.

"...what?" he muttered confusingly as he turned towards the direction of the footsteps. There, he saw five to six individuals approaching.

"Hmm... Is this the kid that got demolished by Brox?" One of the individuals from the group said. "Never expected for him to look like a weakling," he sneered. "Well, that's probably the reason why he lost badly."

"Now, now, there. No need to run your mouth," one of his companions said. "We'll just let the battle do it for us."

"...tsk, what is this?" Ethaniel clicked his tongue as he saw the sight of unfamiliar people approaching him. "Why are a bunch of random losers here?" he turned towards Lucas as he frowned. "This wasn't part of the deal! Where's Brox?!"

"...hmm, I didn't expect for him to bring others?" Lucas said in confusion. "I'm just as confused as you, Ethaniel."

"Ah, Lucas! You didn't get a message from us? We said we were coming along due to some quest given by the management, and since it collides with Brox's battle, we might as well come watch," another companion replied.

"...I see, what is the quest?" Lucas asked.

"We're tasked to keep on a lookout for someone and he was last seen here," he said. "Here, let me send you the quest details."

"Right, thanks," he nodded his head as he averted his eyes over to the screen in front of him. "Oh? Is it really this person?"

"Yes. Do you know him?"

"Hmm, well-" Just as he was about to continue with his words, Ethaniel interrupted,

"Hey! Are you ignoring me?" Ethaniel glared at the two. "Tell me where Brox is!"

"Hah, you're this impatient to get kicked by me again?" As Ethaniel called out for the name of 'Brox', a big bulky man made his way through the group of players as he reached towards the area. Soon after, he stood in front of Ethaniel. "Haven't you learnt from last time not to mess with me?" he smirked.

"Tch, last time I didn't use the best of my abilities. This time it won't happen again!"

"And what makes you think I used all my abilities on you, hmm?" he said demeaningly.

"...Grr," Ethaniel clenched his teeth. "Why don't you try me in an all-out battle then? Same terms as last time. But instead of an apology, you give me back the item you took from me."

"Hah, you mean that necklace? Sure, sure!" he laughed. "Only if you can defeat me!"

In the next moment, the fists of the man flew towards Ethaniel's abdomen area as it hit, quickly the force pushed Ethaniel back over towards a tree.

"Arghh...!" he let a groan of pain as he glared at Brox. "...You!"

"Haha, you said to go all out, no? In a battle, no one's going to let their opponent have the first move!" he said as he rushed up towards Ethaniel.

"Grr, damn you!" Ethaniel cursed as he unsheathed his sword, quickly, he swung it over towards Brox. The trajectory of the attack aimed for the chest of the bared man.

As the sword was about to hit him, the man swiftly blocked the attack with his arms as he parried using his fists. At that moment, he protruded a red aura around his arms as he activated a skill.

Forcefully pushing his way forward towards Ethaniel, he grabbed onto his head while raising his shin. Then, Brox proceeded to slam it onto Ethaniel's entire body, greatly decreasing his health.

Ethaniel gritted his teeth as he endured the pain from the hit. He couldn't move to avoid the attacks as his movements were restricted by the arms of Brox. Ethaniel was in a losing position, neither was his start or mid-game was at his flow.

Following up with the slam to Ethaniel's body, Brox connected it with another attack as he continued the combo, thus quickly lowering the health of Ethaniel.

"Hmph, you say you could beat me if you went all out? Hah, what a bunch of garbage words," he said mockingly. "I wonder what I'll take from you next after this?"

"Tsk..." Ethaniel frowned from the remarks of Brox. Quickly, he pushed his body over towards the man as he struggled to free himself from the grip of Brox. In that moment of time, he used all his strength to forcefully push him back, thus being successfully freeing himself from Brox and ending his chain of attacks.

"This match hasn't ended yet!" Ethaniel shouted out as he held onto his sword tightly. Light shone against the edge of his blade as he sent it over towards Brox in that time frame. "I haven't even gotten started yet!"