Duo Levelling

Chapter 5

When the 11 S Rank Hunters entered the country of Korea, the reporters of the east asian country swarmed the airport, trying to get a picture of all of them.

"Korean reporters really are something else huh?" I said with admiration in my voice, they probably went a long way to come here.

"Don't get distracted, we're here for a reason, and I will not tolerate any kind of lazing around." Goto commanded coldly, very normal of him, I promptly ignored him and walked as if I didn't have a care in the world.

The Korean's Hunter Association building was huge, it was like 3 times the size of the Draw Sword building, but Goto made a beeline for the gym.

"We need to train up for the raid, this will be the hardest raid of your life." Goto said as he opened the doors to the gymnasium, Hanekawa, our A Rank translator had to tag along, though she was just an A Rank, she could probably beat the normal ants on her own, though she'd not stand a chance in the boss room, she was to stand by and help us translate.

I was met by an impressive sight of two S Rank hunters duking out, a white tiger and a man in some sort of fighting uniform in a clash. I could feel their raw magical energy hit each other over and over again, the shockwaves hitting us over and over.

"Fight her." Goto commanded, pointing towards a blonde woman with a bob cut sharpening a sword, I could feel that she was the strongest out of the S Ranks.

Hanekawa went over to the girl and said something in her ear, she looked at me and walked over, and put her hand out for a handshake.

I accepted it, the white tiger and the large man stopped their bout to look at our fight, the rules were simple, to bring your opponent into a position where it is unwinnable.

I took out my scythe from the inventory, I could feel the disbelief of all the S Ranks in the area, except for Goto Ryuji.

I took my stance, this woman's name was Cha Hae-In, we both ran in at once, this was not a battle that would be decided by strength, this battle would be a battle decided by technique.

Her technique was flawless, it looked like it was honed for generations with love and dedication.

I was the one to go on the offensive, I tested her technique with Rotating Slash, placing my foot on the ground and slicing at her midsection, she easily dodged it, I knew she'd do that so I quickly transitioned into Whirling Cyclone by spinning my foot 90 degrees to bring momentum into my next strike.

Hae-In looked once at the way I was fighting and I guess she found out the core of my technique.

"Dominate!" I shouted, activating the job specific skill I received from the system, it delayed her movement by a second, but that split second was enough for my to bring my scythe to her throat. I was panting and sweating, Dominate was extremely taxing on the body.

After Hae-In said something, I lowered my scythe and bowed to her, "thank you for that fight."

Goto Ryuji seemed surprised that I won that fight. I heard the silence of everyone in the room.

"ummm sorry." I said shyly, turning around and hiding behind Goto Ryuji.

I looked up at the spectator's side and saw the "Ultimate Soldier" Choi Jong In, and a tall black haired man with an overwhelming aura. I saw him pull up the system interface, he looked at me and winked.

So that's Sung Jin Woo, from his aura alone I knew one thing, he was the strongest hunter I've seen so far, possibly stronger than Goto Ryuji.

Hanekawa was arguing with some Korean hunter, they started throwing hands and the Korean won. Apparently the rules were that if they touched the wrist, they won.

Goto walked up to Hanekawa and made a request to do that with the S Rank hunters. Hunter Baek suggested we add the rule that a touch of the back is a loss as well.

For the Koreans, Baek Yoon Hoo, Ma Dong Wook, Cha Hae In, Lim Tae Gyu and Sung Jin Woo

For the Japanese, Tanaka Kenzo, Hoshino Minoru, Kumamoto Atsushi, Tawata Kanae and Tanaka Mizuki.

We start on 1, as Hanekawa said.

"3...2...1!"

The Koreans started powering up. Hunter Dong Wook immediately activated Gigantification, Kenzo turned giant as well and immediately engaged him.

Hunter Tae Gyu was engaged by Hoshino Minoru, Minoru fought to close the distance while Tae Gyu fought to keep it with his magic arrows.

Hunter Hae In was fighting Kanae Tawata, the battle of the females, I guess.

Hunter Baek was fighting Atsushi Kumamoto, that fight seemed one sided, in Baek's favor though.

And of course, I was engaged by Hunter Sung Jin Woo, someone thirty levels above me. Though I know I'm dead lost, I still charged in.

Jin Woo easily dodged all my attacks, he had superior agility, strength, vitality, everything.

Every single stat he had was higher than mine. I tried activating [Hands of the Ruler], but he cancelled it out with some sort of similar ability.

"Dominate." I said under my breath, but similarly to him cancelling out my [Hands of the Ruler] skill, he canceled it with pure strength.

So this is the strength of a Level 97, even against Goto Ryuji, I never felt this hopeless in a fight.

He pulled out a dagger from the inventory, I did the same with my scythe. He blocked every single one of my strikes with his dagger, he was so skilled and precise that he could stop the strikes with such a small blade.

I looked behind me, I saw Tae Gyu defeated by Minoru, slammed into a wall with his wrist grabbed, Dong Wook was on the ground, downed by Kenzo, Atsushi was running around, dodging Baek's attacks, though, Kanae was being rushed by Hae In, her attacks seemed to have no pattern, was that what was going to happen to me if I didn't stop her from preparing? I don't know.

"Look here." I heard his voice say, he didn't speak Japanese, but I understood his intentions without understanding his words. I felt an invisible force immobilizing my arms.

"You're stronger than all those other S Ranks, even stronger than Goto Ryuji, did you know?"

He said as he slowly walked towards me. I kept using [Hands of the Ruler] to try and stop him, but none of it worked.

"Fight. Fight as if your life was on the line." He said calmly as he disappeared from my sight, he appeared behind me and pushed my back to the ground.

"Because on a battlefield, I wouldn't spare your life."

Author-san here, fifth chapter done woooooo