Jake didn't understand why someone would want to fight now, but then he realized something that he had forgotten, the first thing he learned about the Trials and Chosens — the Chosen will always try to take down the Chosen, because everyone is a competition on the path to winning.
"Honestly, I admire the fact that you want to fight me, but I doubt you have the strength for that," Jake said.
Crypt moved, intercepting the man and attacking. He thrust his spear so fast the man could barely react, but the spear didn't penetrate — it hit some sort of barrier and the man was immediately thrown back. He slammed into the wall and fell down to the ground.
'He managed to block that attack somehow. There was some sort of barrier. How did he do it?' Jake wondered.
The man got back on his feet, a clear look of disbelief written all over his face, because he didn't expect Crypt to be that strong.
