Dawn of the 13th Era

Arm Wrestling

Looking at the green shades on his body, though they seemed light and almost unnoticeable if he didn’t focus, he couldn’t help but feel curious.

Why would every other human have the characteristic blue and red colors while this guy could actually produce an additional shade of green?

Although the crowd were stunned for a while, they soon got into the flow and erupted into cheers and ovation for a new show, though most of those present could actually imagine how brutal it would be for the newcomer.

Taking in a deep breath, he moved forward and stared straight at Rocky, then stretched out his right hand and placed it on the table. The crowd erupted into another round of cheers at the provocation.

Rocky seemed interested, then moved forward and placed his hand on the table. He looked into Orion’s eyes, the only visible part of his body, and said,

“You seem so confident in challenging me. I wonder why you seem so confident?”

Orion smirked from under the mask and thought to himself,

‘I may not win this match but I sure as hell won’t lose easily. Anyways, it’s not like I stand to lose anything. But why is my body reacting so intensely?’

He could feel it.

The reason why he felt so strange and acted rashly earlier was because he could feel his entire body being attracted to Rocky ever since he saw the hint of green colors in his body, and the little black balls in his body were vibrating silently.

Even though he couldn’t hear any sound or movement, it felt like he could feel them vibrating, and this time it wasn’t just his hand but his entire body that could feel it—the black balls wanted to rush over.

The reaction felt less intense from afar but as he came closer he could feel it becoming even more intense.

The moment their hands touched each other, he knew it instinctively.

Even if he lost, he definitely wouldn’t leave without finding out just what was going on with him.

At this moment, everybody around felt the hooded stranger’s body ballooning up, but they thought it was just him stretching his muscles and gathering power. At this moment Orion felt thankful for remembering to wear a pair of hand gloves before coming out.

A guy who acted as the referee came over and said,

“Okay now, hope you all know the rules. The match starts in three… two… one!”

At that moment, after the referee called down to the final line, Orion flexed his hands and mustered all the power in his body to push down on Rocky’s hand, but Rocky also seemed to have mustered all his strength to push down on his hand which resulted in a strange stalemate after the countdown.

To the onlookers, at first it seemed the two didn’t move at all, but after looking closely they saw their whole bodies tensing up, their muscles stretching and the fierce look in their eyes, and came to a discovery.

The stranger could actually keep up with Rocky!!

That was the first time they saw Rocky being so fierce and serious when facing an opponent, which incited the excitement in the crowd as they kept cheering.

“Rocky!!”

“Rocky!!”

“Rocky!!”

Their excitement peaked when they saw Rocky stand straight while the intense match continued.

Rocky had a fierce look on his face while a smile hung on his lips.

‘This is the first time… the very first time I would be seeing someone able to stand up to me.’

Rocky had a very interesting past. Born as the son of a company’s CEO, he had all the money he needed but had never seen anyone able to contend with him in terms of strength right from a young age.

He seemed to have been blessed by the gods to have the strength of Hercules. As someone who had never lost a match and someone who could punch a dent into an iron door, it was very hard to find someone who could contend with him.

In fact, he had never found anyone who could contend with him, which was why he came regularly to challenge others here to find someone on equal grounds with him.

Looking at the hooded stranger in front of him, he had a contented smile and felt like uncovering everything about him.

Exerting all his strength, something he had never done in his life before, he found out he still couldn’t shake the hooded guy. Although he also seemed to be struggling, it didn’t change the fact that he actually couldn’t move him.

Orion felt like his body was about to tear apart. Literally, his body was straining as he exerted even more strength.

But at that point what he focused on were the black balls in his hand.

They had already rushed towards Rocky’s hands, but instead of copying the colors and returning, the moment they started changing colors they would disintegrate and reverse back to black.

He watched a strange cycle occur as they tried to morph, then break down again and again.

He wanted to call them back, but they acted on their own and he couldn’t help it.

He had to hold on till they were back or he could lose part of them, and he didn’t really know what would happen if they didn’t return, but he’d rather not let it happen.

Rocky, finally feeling stressed, flexed his muscles hard and started pushing Orion’s hand down.

At that point he suddenly saw a change.

One of the black balls broke down and didn’t reform but was totally destroyed.

“What the….” Orion said with his eyes shaking and his heart beating rapidly.