I will strive beyond this cursed bloodline!

Chapter 83: That...Didn't last as long as I though.

She did a quick stock of what was going around, she for once wasn't feeling compelled by hidden forces... Or she didn't think she was at least, granted the mocking and taunting weren't in tune with her usual way of doing things. But this was something she needed to do if she was to deal with this kind of being.

The muscled man seemed to be tense for some reason, was he feeling the same interference she had felt before with her skills?

A quick scan with her [Shadow Sense] didn't return any interference in the arena, it was the only place where she could actually feel as if she was able to manipulate shadows in this place actually...

Before moving forward with the fight she needed to do something, Rossie had said it so before and she wasn't sure why she hadn't thought it too, "So, are you going to [Identify] yourself?" asked the girl while sneaking the use of one of the [Skill] she had available to her.

And the skill went without a hitch, it seemed that even with all the suspicions she had about these skills, they still worked quite well. She dismissed most of the information about the man in front of her and only left the bare minimum needed.

Status(Level 20)

Strength: 100

Constitution: 100

Agility: 50

Dexterity: 30

Intelligence: 13

Wisdom: 13

Charisma: 10

Skill: Obsidian Berserker

She wasn't sure what to think about that status, he had the same level as her, but his overall status was lower than hers, it didn't look like that now true. But she had around a hundred or so stat points to distribute, If she followed a bruiser build like what he seemed to have going, she could match his strength & constitution and still have extra stats in other areas.

She wouldn't of course, but it brought doubts about why she could match and overpower another one with the same level as her, these kinds of narratives usually were for [Heroes] from their own [Cheat Skills] granted by deities. And she didn't have [Fate's Blessings] as far as she was aware.

Would she need to file a complaint? She would have plenty of questions for Alexanders.

"Hmp, you are in front of the [Gladiator] and I hope your [Toy] is sturdy enough." Was all her opponent said while his muscles started to bulge.

Disgusting. Why did the men always did that thing where their muscles would bulge? She didn't see the appeal of that at all.

But even so, she still focused while sending a few commands into her shadows. "[Prepare to send the soldiers at the first opportunity, we will do a pincer attack if possible.]" She felt the shadows accept her command and wait.

She was used to them moving on their own, so it surprised how they stayed as if nothing had happened. So with a flex of her will she spread her shadows in a web pattern across the floor, she tried really hard to not laugh at the reaction of her opponent.

"Gya!" A very masculine sound from her opponent, "Y-You don't scare me!" and a very masculine reaction from him indeed.

After not noticing anything from her shadows decided to pump himself up by funneling his own skill into his body...

Wait, how could she feel him funneling his skill into his body?

She focused her [Will] once again on her skill and mumbled "[Identify]" while focusing on the skill part of the skill in her opponent [Status].