This was too good to be true. He could get the gauntlet free of charge and prove he wasn’t weak.

“Ok,” he said immediately.

“There is no problem if you want to back down like a weak person would do, you can... wait, what did you just say?” The man turned to the boy in surprise.

“I said I would fight and defeat your son in a battle,” he stated again without a hint of fear.

“My son will not go easy on you. A lot have tried to ...