Chapter 265: Chapter 262: Hardship

“Today… no one can surrender!”

Stepping brutally on Ober’s arm, Rocky stepped over him, bent down, and grabbed Ober’s neck, lifting him from the ground.

With the enhancement of his armor, Rocky easily lifted Ober high and then reached out to remove his helmet.

First falling from the sky, then trampled on fiercely by Rocky, Ober was severely injured, so when the helmet was taken off, Rocky saw him constantly vomiting blood.

“Why… why…”

Hanging in the air, Ober weakly looked at Rocky and asked with all his strength.

He didn’t understand.

He didn’t understand why Rocky would treat him this way, just as Liliya had researched Ober’s information before the match, Ober had also looked up Rocky before the match. Although he didn’t find much, he at least knew that Rocky was a player of considerable status.

Just knowing this was enough for Ober, it was enough to assure him that there was no enmity between him and Rocky. That’s why he couldn’t understand, couldn’t fathom why Rocky was so relentless. They had no feud at all!

“Actually… I don’t care about whether you live or die.”

“Not only do I not care about your life or death, what you might have done before doesn’t really concern me either.”

Even though Ober had only managed to speak in broken sentences, Rocky understood completely and provided an answer.

What he said was absolutely true. He genuinely didn’t pay special mind to Ober’s life or death.

Rocky had a legitimate job, he wasn’t merely roaming in the arena; he was a City Lord. With such a status, he really didn’t concern himself with the life or death of these competitors in the arena. How could a City Lord, with so many issues to deal with every day, spare the time to care about such minor characters?

However, after saying this, Rocky took a different turn:

“However…”

At this point, Rocky paused briefly, then turned his head towards the audience.

Looking towards the audience, he quickly noticed the couple sitting next to Monte, clearly seeing the couple crying in pain.

After glancing at the couple, he turned his head back and looked at Ober: “However, before this, someone had asked me to… kill you.”

“Who…”

Ober hadn’t had time to parse what that meant when he felt a burning sensation in his chest, and when he looked down, he saw Rocky had already thrust the Mana Sword through his chest!

Already severely injured and now pierced through the chest by the Mana Sword, Ober only struggled for a few seconds before breathing his last.

With a clang, Rocky threw Ober’s body onto the Arena floor, while glancing again at the audience, seeing the couple holding their heads and crying.

Looking at the crying couple for a while, he then viewed the other spectators, noticing that the entire Arena had fallen silent, with every spectator seemingly dumbstruck, watching him.

Clearly, even though Ober had died, the audience was yet to recover from the shock. They hadn’t expected this outcome–Ober, known as the Rookie Killer, dying like this, defeated by a newcomer in his first rank competition?

In fact, not just the audience, even the commentator outside the Arena responsible for narrating the match had become speechless. Not just at this moment, but since Rocky had begun to actively attack, the voice of the commentator had not been heard for a while.

Now, with Ober dead, Rocky’s victory didn’t need anyone to declare. He himself wasn’t interested in waiting for someone to announce that he had won, so after this, he flew down from the Arena and went back to the changing room.

It was only after he left that the audience gradually snapped back to reality, but as they did, a portion of them showed signs of depression. The reason was simple, these people had placed bets outside the Arena, and their bets had all been on Ober.

But now Ober had lost, meaning their wagered money was all gone. Nobody likes the feeling of losing a bet, especially those who had bet large amounts.

However, in stark contrast to them, when Rocky won the match, Aileen sitting next to Liliya jumped up!

“We won! We won! Made a killing! A big haul!”

As Rocky’s finance officer, Aileen naturally had to bet on Rocky winning. So, when Rocky did indeed win the match, Aileen was the happiest.

Thus, Rocky’s first rank competition concluded, and while it might have seemed somewhat perilous, he had actually won cleanly and decisively.

And the opponent he eliminated was no mere minor player. Amid the many competitors in the Combat Skills Arena, the Rookie Killer Ober might not have been the strongest, but he had a renowned reputation. So although this victory for Rocky was just another win, for others, it was much more significant.

The day after the match ended, his fight became a topic of discussion among many people, as the Arena was quite popular in Eternal City, with many people following its developments.

“Did you hear? Ober was wiped out by a newcomer.”

“Is that true? Wasn’t that guy specialized in killing newcomers?”

“Of course it’s true. This time Ober met a tough opponent. The other side didn’t give him a chance to surrender, just killed him right on the spot.”

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