Air Hero

Top 8

Iki is someone who is experienced in close combat. It can be seen from Iki’s battle against Rocky in the previous round. On the other hand, Max himself isn’t someone without knowledge of close-combat martial arts. He just feels more comfortable fighting from afar.

All of Max ability is honed to him by the assistance of Kalina. Kalina herself is an A-rank hero, and the technique that she imparted to Max should be of top quality. Just like Max’s fighting technique that she taught him.

This can be said to be the stage to prove that Kalina’s guidance isn’t lacking compared to a big agency. He also wants to show the world how amazing is his big sister that has helped him to grow this much.

“I know that you never think that I could force you into a corner like this. So do i. I just hope that we can have a fair and satisfying battle. We can also prove who is the better one among us. Do you accept this challenge?”

This time, it wasn’t Iki that is provoking Max, but it’s the other way around. In his state right now, Iki doesn’t have a choice to abandon the fight, so he accepted the offer. At least, this way, he still has the chance to win this round.

The disparity between the display of their fight earlier and now is just too much. Although Max is running away earlier, at least he still retaliates and uses his ability that the crowd can appreciate. Right now, they are like primitive men, trying to grab something with their fists.

Iki’s technique is wonderful, but Max isn’t backing down either. Whenever Iki punches Max on a spot, Max will return the favour by doing the same. More like a dogfight rather than heroes fight on top of the arena.

This persists for some time but then Iki’s fall to the ground on his feet. Finally, the accumulated fatigue hits him. Although it can be said that Max uses energy throughout the fight, it wasn’t as much as how much Iki spends it earlier.

Dodging cost less than defending, and Max managed to bait Iki to use more energy. Although he also spends energy trying to take the white particle away, it wasn’t as exhausting as Iki’s blind attack.

“Air Hero versus Flamefist Iki. Air Hero wins!”

The audience was in an uproar when they heard this. After all, nobody predicted that Max would win this battle. This is the last match of today, so people don’t mind waiting for Max’s fight to finish before heading home as there are still many people with their jaw-slacked expressions knowing that Max is the one winning this despite witnessing it with their own eye.

Not to mention that the sequence from the match started until the end is very strange. When the match started, it was more like a cat and mouse game. Then, in the middle, strange things happened as Max disintegrates Iki’s fireball. It is barbarous at a later time, but Max has carefully calculated it as he trades fist with Iki.

This time, there are no medical pods since the match to decide the top 4 and top 2 participants will be done tomorrow. Therefore, natural recovery over the night is enough for the heroes to return to their tip-top condition.

Getting out of the arena, he could see people like Jhonny, Norton and even Ken sending him a congratulatory message. So he replied to them quickly and dialled Kalina’s number.

“Big sis! Do you watch the Olympic broadcast?”

“No. I couldn’t watch it because I’m too busy. What happened?”

“I passed the top 16 and will be competing for top 8 tomorrow. However, that wasn’t what I wanted to tell you.”

“Eh, you’re not calling me to brag?”

“No, how can I just call you to brag? Do I look so carefree? I want to tell you, today during the match with Iki. I feel something strange.”

“Something strange? Oh, wait. Iki is of fire element while you are of wind element. So how did you defeat him despite the elemental restraint?”

“This is why I am calling you. When I entered the battle this time, I got brought back to the grey world where there are many bright particles around me.”

Hearing Max’s explanation, Kalina’s mood changes. She doesn’t even have any mood to tease him anymore, and Max can sense her serious mode from her question.

“Is it the same when you’re defeating Bonio and Crawley?”

“Yes, that’s why I am calling you. If I could control it, I believe that I could become a powerful hero in the future.”

After that, Max took a while to explain to Kalina about what happened and his train of thoughts at that time.

“That’s why you should watch the broadcast. I will watch it online too later to give me a better understanding.”

Walking towards his home, another day in the Olympics have passed. Only three more matches before he could earn the title of the hot newcomer. The next match that he will have will be against Kieran. So far, he couldn’t think of any countermeasures against his sound attack.

So far, he could see that the four major elements attacks are manifested into real objects, but the sound attack is something different. It couldn’t be seen with naked eyes, and Max isn’t sure how to defend against it.

He also got a message from Marie telling him that she is qualified for the next round. Max congratulated her and said that he never doubted her ability even once. After working together with Marie for some time on doing missions, Max has known her better. Speaking of the hero’s knowledge, there’s no more that is more knowledgeable than her.

After getting a good night rest, Max is now ready for another round. With another sunny weather signalling that it will be a wonderful day. Today, the matches are to determine the top 2 and top 4 participants. If somehow Max is able to win against Kieran, he will have to face Elica next. So far, he hates to admit it, but a fight between Giovanni and Elica for the final round is very suitable.