An uproar had happened once before in Harvor's fights, with Jayden being able to get the upper hand at the start of his fight, being the first person to knock Harvor down.
So seeing Gary do this to Harvor now might seem like it wouldn't be a shock, and yet it still was to those that were watching. This was because the way it was done, and how everything had played out so far.
It wasn't some sort of surprise attack. Gray had walked over calmly, he had thrown a few punches and completely avoided Harvor's hits, and then grabbed him, tangling him up, kneeing him in the stomach a few times before throwing him to the ground.
When the crowd thought about it more, unlike the sudden surge of power that Jayden had when fighting, this was complete domination.
"Because I've relaxed on you, you think you have the complete upper hand. Don't you remember what happened to your friend, and the last time you felt so confident!" Harvor shouted as he swung his leg from his position trying to kick Gary.
As the kick came, Gary lifted up one of his legs, avoiding the attack completely. It was amazing to see due to how fast Harvor's attacks were.
Immediately after the attack missed, Harvor got up and moved forward. He had launched himself right to where Gary was and threw out a fist which had hit nothing but air as Gary had moved his head to the side.
The swing of the punch rattled the cage, and after one punch several more followed up. Punch after punch, after punch. Gary ducked, he weaved to the side, and shifted his footing as he moved all around the cage.
The side of the cage was shaking furiously as the wind from Harvor's punches rattled it, and they were growing even stronger and stronger.
Eventually, Gary lifted his arm, hitting one of the punches away slightly and threw out a fist of his own pounding it into Harvor's chest. He threw two out with both of his fists and then kicked him in the stomach, shoving him back.
[-12 HP]
'Even though I blocked the punch perfectly, I still took damage, and can feel my forearm throbbing…and that's all with my current stats, it just shows how much strength Harvor has.'
Gary looked at Harvor who lifted his head. Although Gary had hit him with all he had, the same hits that had knocked out the other AFC fighters that were ranked, Harvor looked annoyed more than hurt.
Gary was starting to think of all the things he had done leading up to the event.
The countless training he had done with Daphne Bree, another one of the kings.
She was more skilled than he imagined and incredibly fast, and it was due to the training with her, he was able to open his eyes. Due to the system, Gary had been relying on its raw power and skills to just level up and get stronger.
He used fighting techniques from time to time and fought like a werewolf but never had time to evaluate himself. It was only when Daphne had suggested filming the fights that Gary was able to analyze himself.
He could see what he was doing wrong, what he needed to improve on, and eventually had learned to sync up his new body to the thoughts in his head. An extreme concentration that was being used, which allowed him to predict and guess just what it was that Harvor was going to do in fights.
To analyze a fight in real time as it was happening, and react to it. It took a while as he trained with Daphne, but these were the results of it all, and it was only part of the training that Gary had done.
[Level 48]
Strength 85
Dexterity 84
Endurance 100
Current Stat points remaining: 5
'All my fights during the AFC, although I wasn't able to consume the altered to increase the level of my stats, I still gained massive amounts of exp from them leveling me up five levels in total. I have five stat points, and I didn't know how to use them in this fight… I thought I might need to save them.'
Harvor had rushed in again and Gary then lifted his leg and kicked him right on the chin. It was a solid hit that caused the crowd to flinch but Harvor continued to come toward Gary.
Up in the stands, the Howlers were watching every detail.
"Gary… he's doing really well, right? He only got the upper hand last time because he was using all his skills and his Werewolf form but he's actually beating him like this! And Gary hasn't transformed!" Marie said excitedly.
"He's doing a lot better than I thought." Kai answered. "Harvor excels at everything. His body is extremely resilient, his strength is unmatched, and even his speed.
"If you watch closely, Gary isn't trying to come toward Harvor or match him, he's just got a better sense of timing and is almost moving before Harvor is…I'm not even sure if Gary is faster than Harvor.
"But there is one thing we have to keep in mind. We were werewolves, seem to still be quite strong even in our human form. Whereas Altereds vary. When I first saw Harvor and his power, I thought he was just one of those Altered that were strong without having to transform, but when he did transform his power increased exponentially.
"It might even be the fact that he is weak in his human form, or at least his Altered form considers that."
The others couldn't believe what Kai was saying. That this version of Harvor might be considered weak. Either way, since neither of them had transformed or used skills yet, it could still be anyone's fight.
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