This was the first time that he had received a mission of this sort from the system, and he was eager for it.

The tiger looked at Silva, saw the confidence and resolution in his eyes, and knew that Silva was not playing around.

"Since you seem so confident, I'll honor your wish and have the bet with you. But remember, your loss means your death," the tiger said.

"I completely understand. I don't plan to trick you," Silva replied.

For this fight, he would have to pull all the stops, magic and skills. Even that would not be enough to win, but he needed to use them as a grand distraction that would all help set the stage for using Minotaur's Rage.

He took out his sword in his right hand and transformed his left hand. He activated Dragon Eyes and Flash Step.

He got into his stance, his eyes glued on the tiger to watch its energy readings and know what it would do next.

Roxy moved out of the way, giving them enough space to fight.

The tiger saw that Silva was not moving, and that meant Silva wanted him to make the first move, so he did.

The fur of the tiger crackled with lightning, and then all the lightning channeled to the front of his mouth, and it fired a massive bolt of lightning at Silva.

But immediately as the lightning was leaving the mouth, Silva had already moved out of the way. He used Flash Step to be fast enough, and he had already read the attack before it happened.

Now that he had dodged that, he had an opening before the tiger would finish shooting out the lightning, so he took it and charged at the tiger.

The tiger saw what Silva was doing, his eyes followed Silva, and then he lifted his paw and slammed it into the ground, causing the ground to explode from the impact.

The force blew Silva away, slamming him into the walls. Silva fell to the ground, but he leaped out of the way as another large bolt of lightning struck where he had just been and tore up the ground.

"Your senses and reaction are good, but they won't be able to defeat me for sure," the tiger spoke with confidence, and that was the truth.

Silva had been unable to even get close to this tiger, and the tiger had barely moved. This was the difference between them.

"So this is what others feel when they fight me, I see," Silva said to himself, but he was not troubled; rather, he was eager to continue.

"I guess I have to try my best and go all out." He used the Darkness Blade spell and began to fire dark blades rapidly.

The tiger let out a horrific roar that destroyed all the blades, but even after that, the blades kept coming, so he roared once again.

This process went on five times. By this time, the tiger was convinced that if he didn't take out Silva, he might as well continue using this spell.

He hadn't seen a human use such a powerful spell and not run out of mana.

"I admit you have caught my interest, at the very least, but now I'll take you seriously."

The tiger charged at Silva, faster than Silva could even react to. The body of the tiger was covered in lightning as it moved, and it covered the distance in a flash.

Silva was unable to read the energy flow because it was very fast, faster than he could react to.

The tiger raised his paws and slammed Silva with 800 worth of strength. Several bones in Silva's body shattered from the impact, his skin tore up, and blood spattered all around.

His body slammed against the wall and fell like rags to the ground, his blood pouring out from all angles.

The tiger walked to his side and was about to finish Silva, but he felt something was wrong, and he was right because as he raised his paw, Silva vanished.

Silva appeared behind him, holding the Minotaur's Rage, his stats well over one thousand, and using Flash Step at the same time.

What had happened was actually very simple. Silva was a dragon and one with a very powerful constitution. Regeneration was child's play for the power of his legacy.

As soon as he was hit by that paw, his body had already started healing up. But Silva was a darkness mage, and darkness was used for illusions as well.

Using his illusion spell, he made it seem that he took the attack and was totally brutalized. He used this to bait the tiger, and when the tiger was close to landing the finishing hit, he activated the special ability of the axe.

With a massive increase in his stats, and with Flash Step, he was able to move faster than the tiger could notice, and that allowed him to get behind the tiger.

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The tiger felt dread as he saw that axe head for his head. He knew that even if he took this hit and survived, the damage would be beyond his imagination.

"I yield," the tiger said quickly. Silva stopped his attack and landed on the ground.

"I never thought that I would meet a human your age capable of this feat. I am utterly defeated," the tiger said.

"You could have put up a greater fight, but you underestimated me during the fight. You didn't think I was capable of such tricks," Silva said.

"No, I believe that even if I took you seriously all through, I have this feeling that I would still have lost to you," the tiger said. He stepped forward and bowed his head to Silva. "You have won our bet. I'll be your summon and live for you," the tiger said.

Silva nodded and activated the summoning ritual to make his first real summon.

A magical circle lit up under Silva and the tiger. After a while, the light died and the ritual was done. The mark appeared on the forehead of the tiger and then disappeared.

[Mission complete]