chapter 12: 12 demon knights are srcay
"Suddenly, I felt the weight of a thousand suns. I felt like I was suffocating. I didn't even need to breathe—hell, I didn't even have lungs. Someone jumped down into the arena; my eyes widened in surprise. This is one of the 12 Demon knights, and this feeling is from Aura alone. He's not even using any magic; he's literally suppressing everyone in the entire arena with his aura, and this isn't even his full aura. I can tell he's still suppressing it. It's impossible to suppress one's aura down to zero for extended periods of time since you can't hold that much mana; your body vents it to get rid of the excess as it's constantly generating mana. So, if you suppress it down to zero for too long, you would eventually cause yourself many health issues, or even death. However, it is possible to partially suppress it for extended periods of time; it's only done to avoid affecting everyone around you. Hell, 10% of his aura is enough to suppress every person here. The scary thing is that I can't even see what he looks like; It's just a shadowy, distorted figure. He's on another level."
"So much so that I can't even perceive his very existence itself; that is what the distortions are. The next second, without the shadowy figure even showing any signs of movement, the head of the cheetah and the referee fall to the floor of the arena. I couldn't even perceive his movement. This guy is a freaking monster. 'It seems my mom has been holding back. If I'm right, this is one of the weakest of the 12 demon knights,' I said. 'My mom's supposed to be the equivalent of one of these 12 demons. Hell, at the very least, she's capable of fighting on their level, even if she's not necessarily stronger.' The demon knight spoke, 'Disgusting, attempting to commit murder on the sacred grounds of the Colosseum. A swift death is too merciful for you scum,' he said. If I had not used my own barrier at the last possible second, the dark elf over there would have died. The referee went as far as tampering with the emergency barrier, your sentencing is 100 years of enslavement for your crimes, but doing so in the colosseum means your seeking death."
"Australia does not have prisons, sure holding cells, but they are to keep you there until your trial. No one would dare break out of a holding cell since you'd basically be considered a criminal and be given a kill-on-sight order. The Australia government doesn't have many laws, but all of the laws are actually serious ones like murder, rape, theft (though the value of an item needs to reach a certain amount to be considered theft), so basically all crimes are serious. 'None of the stupid minor Laws that Australians had, often not enforced, or the ones that were simply enforced to use as an excuse for the government to fine poor people. During the pre-Awakened era, nowadays it's either immediate execution or enslavement to work off your sentence."
"The demon Knight spoke, 'I came here to investigate this Coliseum as I heard many rumors, but I didn't think they would dare commit a crime in my presence. How foolish! I'll be assembling the enforcers and make swift work of these criminals.' The demon knight disappeared, and his overwhelming aura vanished with him. I no longer felt the weight of a thousand suns or the overwhelming suffocation. The enforcers are all nobility, as it a requirement to join, and they are basically police directly under Arthur one of the 12 demon knights. That guy has a zero-tolerance policy to crime,' I said, resolve in my voice. 'We need to get stronger.'"