Level up in HxH - Chapter 12
Chapter 12: Last Round!
“Hohoho! Come, sit down!” As soon as Rocky walked inside, he heard the laughter of the old man, and he pointed towards the position.
“So what is the last round?” Rocky looked around in confusion.
“It does have some connection with the last round, Kid. You first need to give me some answers first.”
Isaac Netero said.
“Okay, tell me, why you want to become Hunter?”
“Because I want to see the world. Staying in one place is just too boring for me. And with Hunter License, I can travel around the world cheaply.”
Isaac Netero nodded his head, and asked next question.
“Among the eight other candidates, which retains the most of your attention? And Why?”
“#99 and #405.”
“Okay, last question. Among the 8 other participants, who do you want to fight against the least?”
“#44 and #301!”
Hearing this, Isaac Netero smile towards him, and asked: “Is it because you can feel them they are strong?”
“Yes, they are both Level 64 and Level 63 character. And I am just a level 29 character… Fighting them is useless.” Rocky explained.
“Can you see person level? Just like game.” Isaac Netero asked.
“Yes.” Rocky didn’t explain in full detail.
“What is my level then? Can you see my level as well?” Netero asked curiously.
“Yes. You are level 86. You are the highest level I have ever seen till now.” Rocky said truthfully.
Netero nodded his head, and said: “Okay, you can go.”
Rocky nodded and stand up from his position, and about to go out.
“Wait!” Netero voice came.
Rocky stopped on his tracks, and looked back.
“I have a one piece of advice. Levels are not everything.” Netero gave advice seriously.
“I know. But it still tells about the Raw power. Everything else depends on skill, your mind, willpower and fighting strategy.” Rocky smiled and answered.
Netero smiled even more when he heard this, and said: “You forget the most important. LUCK.”
“You are right, Mr. President.” After saying this, Rocky walked out of the room.
Isaac Netero eyes were shining right now.
He is excited, really excited.
What is Hunter? A person who know when to back off, and when to fight.
Blindly going for a fight means you are just a emotional fool.
And Rocky is a perfectly fitted to be a Hunter.
Not only that, his ability to know others level is also pretty good. It can also be used for strategies.
After Rocky came out, one by one examinee went inside for the interview.
It didn’t take long before interview of everyone got finished.
Soon they reached to the hotel, where Rocky and other have been provided 3 days rest.
Some people rested, and some were just training.
Gon, Kurapika, Leorio, and Rocky is among them who was training.
With same rule of 500 points per day, Rocky exercised.
Its just Rocky really underestimated his stamina after level up.
Rocky earned 2500 points instead of 1500 in 3 days.
This is just really exciting.
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Aura: Lv32 (0/561)
Nen Type: Enhancement (Lv4), Transmutation (Lv3), Emission (Lv3), Manipulation (Lv2), Conjuration (Lv2), Specialisation (Lv2)
Nen Skill: Ten (Lv3), Zetsu (Lv3), Ren (Lv3)
Nen Ability: Sword, Fire
[Point: 375]
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Yes, Rocky reached level 32, and he also increased his Enhancement Nen type level.
Now he can boost his power by 4x times when he uses Ren.
Don’t underestimate Level 4 Enhancement. Uvogin in Phantom troupe, his Enhancement only reached level 4.
Even Isaac Netero’s Enhancement Nen type only reached level 5.
It doesn’t mean that he became as strong as Uvogin.
Uvogin basic level is around level 60+. And when he boost his power, he can multiple on that level.
And Rocky’s own level is just level 32 right now.
In a sense, you can say that Uvogin and his Multiplier value is same, but their basic value itself is different.
On the other side, Gon, Kurapika and Leorio’s level also changed drastically.
[Gon Freecss Lv7 -> Lv8]
[Kurapika Lv5 -> Lv7]
[Leorio Paradinight Lv5 -> Lv6]
Unlike Rocky, Gon Kurapika and Leorio can’t level up by putting EXP in it.
So their speed is much slower compared to Rocky.
After three days of rest, they all were called into the biggest hall into hotel, which mostly used for marriages.
But now, fight actually gonna happen here.
Old Man Netero came to the stage, and said: “The last trial will be in the form of duels of 1 Vs 1.”
“As for the fighting group, it is like this.”
After saying that, Netero removed the cover of the fighting arrangement he made.
Its just seeing the panel, everyone was shocked.
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[Group A]
Hanzo Vs Gon
Loser Vs Pokkle
Loser Vs Kurapika
Loser Vs Hisoka
[Group B]
Rocky Vs Illumi
Loser Vs Bodoro
Loser Vs Leorio
Finally Group A’s Loser Vs Group B’s Loser
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“And now the rules in this last round, its very simple.
One Victory and you pass the exam.”
This makes everyone confused. Because this kind of fighting normally have elimination round.
Netero understand their situation, and said: “In other words… in this tournament, winners quit the game one by one.
The principle of the pyramid is to designate the loser, not the winner. Do you understand?”
After this explanation, they finally understand.
But biggest problem with this arrangement is that it was not balanced.
So a martial artist name Bodoro asked his doubts.
Netero told them it was based on the results of previous exam. But this makes people even more unconvinced.
After all, they think that they performed really good.
Netero further explained why he choose the group in this way, and what are his criteria.
Literally all the Nen users are competitive person, and each one wants to surpass others. This is the basic feeling.
After explanation, a person came out of the back, and said: “I will be the referee. Mr. Gon and Mr. Hanzo, come forward.”
First fight between Gon and Hanzo went pretty weird.
Hanzo is super stronger, and Gon is pretty weak.
Hanzo level is actually level 28. While Gon’s level even with open aura nodes, it is only 8.
Even if Gon uses Nen, he can’t win against Hanzo.
Its just Hanzo also found it hard to hurt Gon, because of Nen.
But Gon aura is not enough to maintain it for long, and then torture of Gon started.
Exactly 3 hours of torture.
Rocky have to recognise. Gon’s willpower is several 100 or maybe 1000x times higher than his own.
Finally Gon’s protagonist aura works, and Hanzo, who has superior strength, he actually admits defeat.
After fainting Gon, Hanzo went back to his seat.
Referee came, and announced: “Gon won the first match. Second Match, Rocky Vs Gittarackur (Illumi Zoldyck).”
Soon Rocky and Illumi Zoldyck came out.
Rocky first looked towards Isaac Netero with bitterness, and then looked towards Illumi with a smile.
“Mr. Illumi, it is nice to meet you.” Rocky greeted Illumi.
“You know me, and still not admitting defeat.” Illumi face is full of confusion, but no expression.