I Know The Secret To Surpass Level 100

As Ethan prepared for the clash and the rocks moved closer to each other, his friends watched him from above. They were concerned about him. His opponents were both top Adventurers, both able to knock out a strong beast without using a single skill.

"Do you think he's gonna make it?" Elliot could only ask Aquarius. The blue-haired man stared at the battleground, face stoic and void of emotions.

"Let's just hope this earns us a few points," Minos sighed. "I'm not underestimating Ethan. He is strong. Have you seen him fight the sharks? He could pierce through them with his sand spear. But this time… his opponents are just too strong."

"Rocky from the clowns," Aquarius stated. "Well trained in the earth affinity. He could form, deform and reform anything made from soil. I heard his powers could extend to the ones that soil was a basic composition of, like clay and even crystals."

"And Janine?" Elliot asked. "I barely even saw her throughout the round. She suddenly appeared to knock Monique out. Is she a threat?"

"Irv and Zia will announce it soon," Minos muttered with another sigh. "Check it."

"Everyone!" Zia yelled. "We have received a report that the fourth and fifth Champions did not finish each other off. They were eliminated by Janine in the middle of their battle, using her stealth abilities to get inside the fray and hit two bird's with one stone."

"That's amazing!" Irv yelled. "Janine is a strong Champion indeed. How will our newbie fight these two greatly strong opponents?"

"I'm just hoping he won't get too injured, Irv," Zia pouted. "Once these two clash, it will be hard for him to keep up."

George clenched his fists after hearing everything. He trusts his friend with all his heart, he knew how strong Ethan and him had gotten since they've trained day and night in Solaguer.

"But is it enough?" George loosened his grip on his hands and gulped. He could only hope.

The rocks stopped moving while the two started their move. It was as if Ethan didn't exist. Rocky and Janine went straight for each other and fired both their attacks at each other.

"Stone Mount!" Rocky leaped on top of one of the rocks, and conjured a horse from the bort cone. He extended his right hand beside him and the bort flowed into his palm to form a lance. "I'm ready, the Knight of the Circus!"

"An armor. Nice," Janine smirked. "Well, I guess I need to show off too."

Janine had two kris with her, a dagger that had a wavy blade. One of her kris had a red line that ran from the middle of the handle to the tip of the blade while the other had a white line. "Twin Blade of Futile Help."

Janine vanished into thin air. Rocky, who was still standing at the shortened rock formation, looked around to find the woman. She had the ability to fully conceal her presence down to the smallest mana.

"Great skill," Rocky smirked. "But not against such a great opponent."

Rocky raised the reins of his bort horse and his lance. He made the horse slam its hooves on the rock. The rock suddenly grew sharp thorns that spiked up every part of the rock including Rocky's horse and his weapon.

On the right part, Janine crossed her krises in front of her. This made Janine visible, with Rocky giving her a smirk and made his horse leap in her direction. "Gotcha, invisible!"

Ethan watched the battle between the two. He couldn't move his hands. His body didn't allow him to. He stood on top of a rock and watched their fight continue while he was doing nothing. Janine would go invisible and attack from different ranges while Rocky bounces from one rock to another to find her.

"I-I'm too weak," Ethan whispered to himself. "When I thought I was getting strong, I was actually too far."

Scenes of his teammates from the previous rounds played in his mind. How Elliot showed his skills and abilities, how Aquarius provided them support, how Midnight could shift into a large beast, and all his other teammates showing how strong they are.

"I know I'm really just a nobody," Ethan whispered and slid down the black rock. He laid on the ground, leaning his back on the cold bort behind him. "I can't keep up."

"It seems like one of our Champions is giving up," Zia said with pout. "If he raised his spear and wave it around, then we shall consider that as a surrender."

Ethan's ear rang like a bell after hearing this. He looked at his spear and his body. Closing his eyes and taking a deep breath, Ethan stood and patted his butt. A confident smile was on his lips as he started raising his spear.

This made George ran to the edge of the balcony with gritted teeth, "You f*cking idiot!"

As if magic, his friend's voice got into him. He stopped his hand and watched the area where his teammates were. George was gripping the railing while he had a scrunched face, his teeth still gritting with pure force.

"After all that training, all that sleepless nights and restless days, you're just gonna give up?!" George yelled. "I thought you were better than that, you idiot!"

Ethan had tears welling in his eyes. He want to utter the words but his mouth was too scared to move. He stared at George with trembling lips, eyes locking with each other as the man above sent him all the motivation he could give.

Even Frederick and the rest of the guild from the others side of the coliseum was caught by George's screaming. The man was using all his lungs to convey his words to his friend.

"We wanted to reach them, remember?" George yelled. "You were the one who said that you're going to defeat Elliot in a match soon, and knock some sense into Luck's *sshole attitude. What happened to that?! We trained and trained, and you're just going to give up? Wake up, Ethan!"

This made their friends look at him, their eyes filled with shock. They knew that the two had been struggling to keep up, but they didn't know they had been having all these struggles.

Ethan sighed and gripped his spear. He took a deep breath and felt the auras of the two clashing titans just a few meters behind him. "Thank you, George. I will always owe you one."

"Deadly Thrust!" Rocky casted and pushed his lance towards Janine. The woman stood on a rock beside him and recoiled her krises.

"Twin Blade of Futile Disappoinment!" She thrust her weapons against Rocky, wanting to clash with his own to see who the stronger one.

"Darius Slash Spin Thrice!" Their attacks were both nullified when a figure was spinning like a wheel, passing through both their weapons.

"And he has joined the battle!" Zia yelled in excitement. "Ethan has come back to his feet!"