Returner of the Colosseum

Episode 22 . The other side of the light (3)

A quick glance at the remaining time showed 11 hours and 14 minutes.

No matter how long it’s been since the mission started properly, half of them are already dead.

‘It was also a trap.’

The problem is that even though the sacrificial rescue team recognized that it was a trap, they all died.

Even though their strength is not much different from that of the Relic Destroyers.

What if such a trap exists here too?

‘Just imagining it is terrifying.’

Priests and wizards had been chanting toward the magic circle since we entered.

That’s why I felt a large flow of mana, but it didn’t seem like they were preparing an attack magic for us.

However, you don’t know when and how a sudden magic attack will come.

If you feel suspicious, leave immediately.

‘Still, it’s fortunate that the holy relics and offerings are here.’

If the offering wasn’t here, we would have had to go through the crowds of guards to find where it was.

“It’s an intruder!”

“Kill those heretics who are trying to disrupt the religious ceremony!”

When we appeared, the Paladins who were with someone inside shouted and ran to us with their swords drawn.

Fortunately, Cale quickly came to his senses and gave us instructions.

“Gavin! You protect Go Gun-moo and Dorothy.”

“Okay.”

“wren! Break through to where the sacrifice is and rescue the sacrifice!”

“All right.”

“Go Gun-moo covers me, Dorothy prepares wide-area magic.”

“ancient.”

“all right.”

“I will destroy the holy relic. Hurry!”

Following Cale’s instructions, we started to move in perfect order.

In the center of the banquet hall were two women with red hair and white robes.

The odd thing is that they both look exactly the same.

‘How do I get there?’

The number of Paladins inside was approximately 4,50.

It didn’t seem like it would be easy to break through.

For the time being, it is withheld from penetrating the front.

It seemed better to go around the outskirts as much as possible.

‘Coincidentally, Cale is attracting their attention.’

Cale was a strategy, and he was penetrating right into the middle.

Maybe it was because he was a knight, but there was no hesitation in moving forward.

Of course, the reason why he was able to confidently choose a head-on breakthrough was probably because his skills were backed up.

Each time Kayle’s sword was swung, one paladin fell, and his shield was so strong that it did not allow the paladins to attack.

As a result, the paladins who were aiming for Dorothy and Go Gun-moo in the back soon changed direction and flocked to Cale.

‘Gap!’

I quickly made my way out to the outside of the banquet hall and started making a big turn.

Priests and wizards were mainly concentrated in the outskirts.

“Where!”

As I ran toward them, the Paladins who had been driven by Kayle hurriedly turned and charged me.

‘I can dig deep enough.’

Paladins stomping and running while wearing heavy heavy armor.

They may be fast, but their heavy armor slows them down abruptly.

On the other hand, I was wearing only a robe over thin leather armor. The movement of the center of gravity is much easier than them.

I zigzag between them.

Then the Paladins who were moving to catch me were caught in reverse action and a gap was created.

“no!”

As I slipped through the gap, the paladins screamed and hurriedly chased after me.

The wizards and priests were chanting spells without even moving even as I approached.

From then on, the feast of blood began.

squeak-

Two mages fell off their heads with one blade.

“Damn it, kill him first! No, you assholes! What if they all go in the same direction? A few people will have to go to protect the priests in the direction that rat is heading!”

One paladin chased me with a pickpocket, and the other paladins running in my direction started spreading out.

They are trying to hunt me down.

But there was something they didn’t know.

that’s right

‘If I’m a sheep-hunter like this, it means I have a bone.’

Just a while ago, I had been driven for 12 hours.

Thanks to the delicate and widened field of view due to my super senses, I was able to find a hole through which I could escape even in the midst of urgency.

squeak-

In the meantime, cut the throats of a few more people.

“this guy! To kill a priest who worships God like that. Aren’t you afraid of the wrath of light?”

“Get out there! Come on, close the distance! sh*t!”

Wizards and priests are chanting towards the magic circle, so they are virtually unable to fight.

No matter how much they reduce their numbers, the number of paladins we have to fight right now remains the same.

But I went around killing only mages and priests tenaciously.

My actions further increased the number of paladins flocking to me.

As a result, their formation began to completely disintegrate.

‘He’s so strong.’

Cale did not miss the opportunity and was walking around defeating the Paladins one by one.

Only the number of paladins who had already fallen on the floor was over twenty.

I was preoccupied with killing priests and wizards, and Dorothy was still chanting.

Goh Gun-moo…

Ting!

The arrow just bounced off the paladin’s plate mail.

‘Tsk.’

It didn’t work for the paladins in heavy armor.

Then at least mages and priests will be reduced.

‘After judging the situation.’

In any case, it meant that Kayle alone had defeated over 20 Paladins.

‘I’ll have to find a sacrifice soon.’

It seemed like this would be enough to dig into the inside of the s*xton.

As I turned toward the woman with the white light flowing out, the paladins shouted.

“Anyway, his goal is to sacrifice himself with the saintess! Gather in the middle of everyone!”

It’s only a slight turn, but it’s pretty quick-witted.

But it doesn’t matter.

because i’m faster

“I’ll get you safely, so stay calm.”

“Wow!”

Arriving in no time, I put the sacrifice on my shoulder and ran to the outskirts again. I could feel her body trembling finely through the robe.

“sh*t! The guy stole the sacrifice! Catch it!”

Leaving behind the paladin who was chasing me while screaming, I looked around and checked the situation.

Nearly half of the Paladins had already fallen, and Kayle was only a short distance away from the Holy Relic.

There was no point in further escaping.

From now on, it’s time to reduce the number of enemies.

I set the offering down in the corner of the banquet hall and stood in front of it.

Then, the paladins rushed in with lights on in their eyes.

“This rat is like a mouse. die!”

visor!

Since it is a corner of the banquet hall, the space is narrow.

Thanks to this, I didn’t have to deal with more than two paladins at once.

‘All I have to do is hold on from now on.’

Even now, Kayle is going all over the place and defeating enemies.

But suddenly the situation changed drastically.

“damn! The sacrifice has been taken! Everyone, stop casting and deal with the enemy first!”

At the cry of the priest who was chanting on the podium, all the wizards and priests stopped casting.

The priests and wizards, who had been standing still like puppets with strings off, began to move.

‘I’m slow to judge the situation, to stop now.’

Paladins are still over twenty.

Are wizards and priests joining here?

The war situation will turn against us in an instant.

But I wasn’t particularly worried.

‘Because we also have wizards.’

Even from the beginning until now, the wizard had never used magic and only chanted.

It means that a huge amount of magic will unfold.

I glanced at Dorothy among the paladins who swung their swords at me.

Her chant was already nearing its final stage.

And her magic spell.

【Exploding red petals!】

From Dorothy’s hand, a small orb quickly headed towards the center and then fell to the floor.

In an instant, the flame spread with great heat.

Enemies inside the banquet hall flinched at the sudden magic attack.

“Nothing. Keep attacking!”

A paladin who saw the magic spread shouted.

It was hot, but it wasn’t that powerful magic.

The other paladins also measured the power of magic with a side glance for a moment, then turned their backs and swung their swords.

It was then.

【Spread!】

The sparks that had been spreading through Dorothy’s gestures began to rotate strongly and spread.

It was as if beautiful red petals were being blown away by the wind.

“Quaaagh!”

“Save me!”

“Shield! aaa!”

But the power was never pretty.

The magic became a flame tornado in an instant, engulfing enemies within range and turning them into ashes.

‘her······.’

It’s so powerful that even I, who have seen so many magics, can’t hide my surprise.

As a person who has always played only individual PvP, I actually saw the magic that unfolded after a long time of making up my mind.

Most of the mages I met in individual PvP were more like battle mages than traditional mages.

‘What if I was in that range?’

I thought about it, but it seemed to me that I probably wouldn’t have survived.

The thought of that sent chills down my spine.

It was fortunate that it did not reach this far.

If that was the case, I wouldn’t have been able to keep the sacrifice.

Of course, Dorothy wouldn’t have been stupid enough to sprinkle magic on the offering.

“Ugh…”

Except for a few priests and wizards who noticed the strange smell and used protective magic in advance, all of them were reduced to ashes by magic.

In the first place, only a few people stood on their own two feet.

‘What about kale?’

Fortunately, Cale seemed fine except for the blackened armor, probably thanks to the piled up bodies of the Paladins and spreading his magic while hiding behind the shield.

I hurriedly checked the location of the holy object.

Unfortunately, the woman wearing a white robe with red hair was safe along with the holy relic under the protective magic.

‘Perhaps that woman is the real saint of this church.’

When the war situation became unfavorable, the saintess tried to get out of here with the holy relic surrounded by the paladins.

“Kale! From the holy relic!”

Cale looked around at my cry and quickly ran towards the saintess.

In the meantime, I took the sacrifice’s hand and joined Gavin’s party.

If Cale retrieves the holy relic, the situation inside is almost over.

Now I had to think of an escape route to get out.

I was approaching with that thought in mind, but when Go Gun-moo stared in the direction of Cale, he flinched.

‘what?’

When he turned around, Kayle had already killed all the paladins and was cutting the saintess’ head.

It was really… an overwhelming inaction.

Cale removed the decapitated corpse and took the holy relic from underneath.

“Dorothy, this way!”

A situation where the enemy no longer exists within.

Dorothy approached Cale with light steps.

“Get rid of this holy relic with magic.”

“yes.”

While Dorothy nodded at Cale’s words, I took the sacrifice and looked around the corridor outside the banquet hall.

Then, the sound of a huge number of enemies running toward the banquet hall was heard. Some of them were already right in front of our noses.

Go Gun-moo, as if hearing the sound, opened his mouth to Cale.

“Leader! Enemies are coming, so let’s avoid them first and then destroy the holy relic!”

“no. No matter how urgent it is, it is correct to deal with the holy relic first and then move. Dorothy, hurry up.”

Dorothy started chanting, and Cale lowered his shield to the floor to take a breather and wiped his sweaty hair.

I lightly killed three soldiers trying to get inside the banquet hall.

It was then.

Go Gun-moo was taking an arrow out of the quiver.

It was an act that I could have noticed in advance because he was worried about me without knowing it.

The enemy inside does not exist at all.

There was no reason to take out the arrow.

‘This baby!’

Goh Gun-moo didn’t even hang his arrow on the string, but my body was moving instinctively.

I drew my sword and rushed at Go Gun-moo.

pududeuk-

In the meantime, Go Gun-moo hangs an arrow on the bowstring.

the target you are aiming for.

Dorothy, who was performing a chant.

[A pale red tear that fades!]

‘no!’

squeak-

I immediately cut Go Gun-moo’s head.

Tring!

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

But three arrows flying at the same time.

Phew!

hooked! hooked! hooked!

Three creepy sounds in my ears.

Tring!

[Player ‘Dorothy’ has died.]

And Dorothy’s death call.

‘Ah… Damn it.’

Go Gun-moo collapses with his throat cut off while spraying blood.

The boy’s neck rolled across the floor.

‘what?’

unknown anxiety.

Just looking at the white mask’s health recovery call, there was no doubt that Go Gun-moo was dead.

however.

No matter how long I waited, the death call of Go Gun-moo did not appear.

that it is

‘f*ck. It means it’s not Go Gun-moo.’

I hurriedly lifted the fallen head of Go Gun-mu.

There, there was a face of a completely different person.

‘crazy!’