Returner of the Colosseum

Episode

12 . red flag(5)

“after.”

The conversation is cold.

In front, a spearman was aiming a spear and staring, and a swordsman was running from behind.

Both are at the lower league semi-contender level.

Even if you can’t do it, if you play two or three more games, you can be qualified as a contender.

‘I have to keep my distance first.’

It’s difficult to be eaten back and forth.

I immediately turned and ran toward the sea.

“You know you’ll miss it!”

Weee!

The sound of flying through the wind.

The momentum inside it was terrifying.

It seems to be shining faintly…

‘light?’

I hurriedly kicked off the floor and jumped.

Wow!

The spear passed under my feet in a split second and hit the ground.

‘f*ck!’

It’s already at the level of putting an aura on the window and throwing it.

ping! ping! ping!

He quickly fired three arrows.

To be honest, I didn’t even expect it to be right.

This is, so to speak, deterrence.

It was to slow him down.

And it was the moment when I was about to run without looking back.

“Where are you going in such a hurry?”

A very soft and soothing voice.

However, it felt like a cold north wind was blowing in my ears.

When I turned my head, the swordsman who had been chasing from behind was approaching right next to me before I knew it.

“I couldn’t have killed 153 people just by running away like that. I want you to show that skill to me too.”

“Huck, huck.”

What do we do?

Both the spearman and the swordsman in front of him seemed very relaxed.

It means you have enough stamina.

Somehow, I thought it was strange because the number of kills in the 2nd and 3rd place did not go up any more, but I was recharging my stamina for this moment.

If you think about it a little, you can quickly figure out the answer, but it was something.

‘Because I’ve been running around like crazy all day, I should have had time to think.’

There was never a time when I wasn’t in a hurry.

‘How much health do I have left?’

[Remaining HP: 24%]

Currently, I’m in a situation where it won’t be strange if I fall down anytime.

Until now, I had been able to hold on with my mental strength, but I was slowly reaching my limit.

‘It is impossible to widen the distance.’

I decided to think soberly.

The agility of swordsmen and spearmen is similar to mine, or slightly higher.

You can’t spread the distance unless you check it with arrows.

The problem is that there are two of them.

If you slow down to check the swordsman, you will get closer to the spearman, and if you slow down to check the spearman, the swordsman will thrust his sword.

There was a high possibility that running away any longer would be a waste of stamina.

‘What did they do at a time like this…’

The archers I met in the higher leagues didn’t care much even if the distance was close.

If it was far away, it was far away, and if it was close, it bullied me.

‘At that time, Bailey must have been…’

“Huh, do you finally have the heart to fight?”

As I slowed down, the swordsman quickly caught up.

The sword he was holding was covered in blood even in the midst of the pouring rain.

okay.

Guy Bailey didn’t just use his arrows to put them in the vitals.

‘I shot a shot toward the thigh of the first foot.’

ping!

The swordsman hurriedly turned his body at the arrow I shot.

When the arrow flew to my right leg, which had a lot of center of gravity, I hurriedly dodged without my knowledge.

‘Then I shot one shot at the head.’

Ping-Chang!

The swordsman hurriedly hit the arrow that flew into the swordsman’s forehead with his sword.

His chest was exposed as he tried to block even the flying arrows in a disturbed posture.

‘Gap!’

ping!

As soon as the string was released, the arrow flew toward the swordsman like a shot.

The destination is the heart.

Pook-

“Keugh!”

‘Sorry.’

The arrow was lodged in the swordsman’s left shoulder.

The swordsman, realizing that he could not avoid the last arrow in a broken posture, twisted his body and stuck out his left shoulder.

“hehehe, you are mine!”

As soon as the arrow hits, the swordsman pulls back his body.

It was to prepare for the additional attack of the arrows that followed.

But I didn’t have time to use arrows against the swordsman.

The spearman who had approached before he knew it entered, stabbing his spear.

There was an aura on the guy’s window.

visor!

I pulled the dagger from my sleeve and let his spear slip.

A bow was in my left hand, and a dagger in my right.

“Block? my spear?”

To be precise, it was to change the direction of the spear that had stabbed at one point, but that alone made the spearman quite surprised.

Unfortunately.

‘It doesn’t work for me as long as it’s a window.’

“Write, where!”

As I lowered my stance and took a stance to rush into his arms, the spearman instantly took a step back.

The steps are quite good, but I had no intention of rushing in the first place.

I threw the dagger in my right hand into the guy’s chest and immediately took out a bunch of arrows and pulled the string.

ping!

Since the speed of the arrow is much faster, the dagger and the arrow fly almost simultaneously.

The spearman ducked to avoid the arrow, and struck the dagger with the spear.

As a result, the boy’s posture became awkward.

‘bye.’

ping! ping! ping! ping! ping!

Five consecutive rapid fires.

“Suck!”

The spearman hurriedly swung his spear to block the arrow, but…

I couldn’t knock out all five arrows that flew to my thighs, stomach, heart, neck, and forehead.

hooked

Tring!

[You have killed player ‘Renoba’.]

[Your HP is recovered by 1% with ＜Recovery of Blood＞ ability.]

Only then did I know what I was mistaken about.

I was thinking of simply inserting the bow into the enemy’s vitals.

But that wasn’t it.

‘A bow is the same as a sword or a spear.’

You have to paint the big picture.

I honestly couldn’t defeat the enemy just thinking about putting it in a vital spot.

Rather, I had to neutralize the enemy bit by bit by shooting in an unexpected direction at an unexpected moment.

Tring!

[You have awakened ＜Advanced Archery＞.]

‘bingo.’

also.

this was the correct answer

[Name: Ahn Woo-jin (Nickname: Ren)] [Affiliation: Team Fighting Spirit]

[League: Lower League]

[Strength: 25 (+4)] [Agility: 38 (+6)] [Stamina: 41 (+7)]

[Spirit: 105 (+17)] [Intelligence: 14 (+2)] [Magic Power: 0]

[Awakening Abilities: ＜Super Sense＞ ＜Advanced Living＞ ＜Special Mana Management＞ ＜Advanced Spearmanship＞ ＜Intermediate Swordsmanship＞ ＜Advanced Daggerskill＞ ＜Advanced Throwing＞ ＜Intermediate Fighting＞ ＜Low Healing＞ ＜Advanced Archery＞]

[Owned Skills (0/5): None]

[Achievement privilege: All stats + 20%] [Dimension privilege: None] [Race privilege: None]

[Remaining HP: 23%]

“That’s great. Indeed, there was a reason for protecting the flag from the beginning until now.”

“…”

“Just before, I was really dizzy. I never would have imagined that arrows would fly that way.”

Even though the swordsman had an arrow stuck in his left shoulder, his voice was very relaxed.

A cold sweat ran down my back.

Wasn’t the guy who just died second in terms of kills?

If so, the swordsman in front of him would be Victor, who was ranked third in terms of kills.

because.

[Current number of survivors: 64]

[Red Flag Possession Player ― ‘Ren’]

[Time remaining until end of match: 00:32:45]

[Status of kills]

[1st. ‘Ren’ 154 kills]

[2nd place. ‘Victor’ 59 kills]

[3rd place. ‘Ackerman’ 11 kills]

[4th place. ‘Seomunchang’ 7 kills]

[5th place. ‘Lawrence’ ······]

Because the only one left who could be called a formidable enemy was Victor.

‘I just need to deal with him.’

My whole body was as heavy as wet cotton, but as soon as I thought it was the last one, my strength surged.

If you just deal with him…

The 12-hour long journey comes to an end.

“Let’s play again!”

Victor rushed at me with terrifying speed.

ping! ping! ping!

I jumped backwards, fired three shots in a row, and then turned and ran toward the beach.

I feel sorry for him, but this fight has already tilted a lot in my favor.

He was shot in the shoulder by an arrow and lost the use of one arm.

Then you can’t run fast. Because the center of gravity is not right.

It’s not just waving your arms back and forth when you run.

‘As long as I continue to keep my distance from him and shoot my bow…’

Shu Woo-wook-

what?

I hurriedly turned around at the sound of something flying. Then I saw the longsword that Victor was holding just now fly towards me.

‘crazy!’

Throw the sword you’re holding?

Of course, the position where the sword flew was exquisite.

It’s already too late to avoid it.

‘It can’t be helped.’

I swung the bow I was holding and cut off the flying sword.

visor!

Parreuk!

The bow string that collided with the sword broke and the bow straightened.

sh*t.

Can’t shoot arrows anymore.

‘Inventory open!’

I threw away the bow stick and immediately took out a spear from my inventory.

‘Ha, I finally took it out.’

I wanted to improve my bow proficiency as much as possible.

‘You’re dead.’

“Hey, how lucky are you? I was going to be content with just stopping, but suddenly the bow bar broke.”

Victor pulled out the sword hanging from his waist.

It was a scimitar, a sword that was short and curved like a crescent moon.

My remaining HP decreased by another 1% to 23%.

Unlike Victor, who still looked lively, I was very exhausted.

“Huck, huck.”

But I wasn’t too worried.

“Oh, are you going to fight instead of running away? It’s been a while since I met an archer I like. Shall we take a look at your spearmanship skills?”

Hmm!

As we slowly closed the distance with our weapons pointed at each other, we stabbed each other with swords and spears at the same time, regardless of who said it first.

‘······!’

We knew each other as soon as we crossed our swords.

Victor was much more advanced than I thought.

visor! Chae Chaeng! visor!

‘Why on earth is this guy here?’

I thought that I wouldn’t be inferior anywhere in the lower leagues as I had advanced spearmanship, but my opponent was much stronger than I thought.

It was a skill that was unknown when dealing with a bow.

It’s like playing against a top league player.

His sword was like a storm.

To the extent that they were in a hurry to simply block the rushing attack.

Had he not had supersense, he would have had his throat pierced in no time.

‘The difference in stats is worse than I thought.’

But I wasn’t worried at all.

It’s not even a day or two to meet an opponent with higher stats than me.

‘Anyway, the technique is above me.’

Hiss! shhh! Shhh!

My spear cut through the wind and rushed at Victor.

He lacks stamina, and can’t spread distance with speed.

If that’s the case, I have no choice but to give him a distance with my spearmanship.

“He was a spearman, not an archer!”

Victor exclaimed in admiration as he blocked the spear that curved like a snake.

Whenever he momentarily dashed into my arms, I kept my lower body in check and didn’t give him any distance.

But my stamina was too low.

My legs were shaking, and my limbs were losing strength.

“Hee-eok, hee-eok, hee-eok, hee-eok.”

It’s been a while since I gritted my teeth and kept them from approaching. I instantly closed the distance and stabbed Victor with a spear.

“hahahaha, you were impatient! What a mistake!”

Then Victor dodged the spear and burrowed into me.

His sword flew through my heart.

‘It’s caught.’

I moved my center of gravity momentarily from the forward position and got out backwards.

It wasn’t me who was impatient, it was Victor who dug right in because he saw a gap.

visor!

Hitting his outstretched arm with the hilt of his spear, Victor momentarily missed the sword.

And the sword that fell to the floor was knocked out with a spear blade.

Victor’s scimitar bounced off my spear and flew away. The target of my thrust was not the neck in the first place, but Victor’s scimitar.

‘I won.’

Victor is currently defenseless.

There was nothing else in him to block my spear.

Just like that, the moment my spear was about to pierce Victor’s chest!

visor!

I couldn’t understand the situation for a moment.

My spear was also blown away by the strong impact.

what?

As I quickly stepped back and opened the distance, I saw the belt in Victor’s hand.

‘waist belt!’

In that brief moment, I unfastened my belt and blocked my spear.

damn.

Thinking of swinging the belt like a whip.

It’s not just about using a sword well.

Victor was a real fighter.

A fighter who knows how to use whatever he has to attack his opponent.

“Whoops, whoops, whoops, whoops.”

I hurriedly took out the arrow and held it in my hand.

It’s much better to hold something than bare hands.

Now, only arrows and belts are left in each other’s hands.

‘How much time do I have left?’

[Time remaining until end of match: 00:03:12]

The first thing that came to my mind when I saw the remaining time was relief.

‘I lived.’

It’s okay for this amount of time.

I can stand it long enough.

The arrows in your hand won’t be able to deal with Victor.

If that’s the case, you don’t have to deal with them and just keep your distance.

Victor won’t be able to run fast because of the injury he sustained in his left shoulder.

Victor also put on a bitter expression as if he had seen the remaining time.

He will know that too.

If I didn’t face it, it would be impossible to defeat me within 3 minutes.

“Renra… I didn’t expect to meet a master like you in a place like this. I felt once again that the Colosseum was vast.”

‘Anything to say.’

I never imagined that there would be someone in the lower leagues who could take my spear.

Of course, if I had enough stamina, I would have won in the end, although it was difficult.

‘I never thought I’d meet such a strong person in a place like this.’

Even if Victor couldn’t do it, he possessed skills beyond the highest level of swordsmanship.

In addition, I lacked physical strength, and my stats were higher than mine.

In the end, I couldn’t knock him down.

However, since I lost the spear in an unexpected way, I could say that it was fortunate that I did not die.

Tring!

[The match has ended.]

[Time remaining until the end of the match: 00:00:00]

“I am the Victor of Westeros. I look forward to seeing you again next time.”

‘Westeros…!’

It was only then that I could understand Victor’s skills.

He was from Westeros, the so-called battle system.

Tring!

[Taking the red flag!]

[‘Ren’ wins!]

[Basic salary x 1 victory allowance will be paid.]

‘finished.’

As soon as the call to end the game came up, my strength went out.

Despite being targeted by all players for 12 hours.

Eventually I survived.

Tring!