Returner of the Colosseum

Episode 26 . The other side of the light (7)

The moment I looked at the status window, my body trembled.

“Why are you like that?”

When I suddenly stopped walking and raised my sword, Lucia asked curiously.

“no.”

But I pretended to be calm and answered her.

You wouldn’t have noticed that I noticed?

I should pretend not to know and launch a surprise attack.

‘I’m so glad I’m wearing a mask.’

Just being able to cover my expression will be a great help in hiding my feelings.

However, my plan to launch a surprise attack was bound to go awry from the start.

Gavin, no, because Legia’s expression was bizarrely twisted.

“I heard you.”

Legia’s voice changed from that of a middle-aged mercenary to that of a young man in an instant.

As if it was acting that she had looked exhausted until now, her slumped posture straightened up.

Then Lucia gasped and took a step back with the sound of breathing in.

“Huh, it’s clumsy to hide your emotions. Acting is not for everyone.”

Realizing that I had noticed, Legia threw off the pretense she had been wearing on her face.

Then, he took out a small bottle-like object from his bosom and dripped the liquid contained in it onto his wrist.

It was the smell of perfume that I had always smelled from him.

‘I didn’t smell that perfume because I brought a woman in my arms.’

“Whoa, it must have been hard to imitate a guy who has no aesthetic sense. How on earth can you buy lowly things like this?”

Legia rubbed the perfume on her wrists and neck, then flicked her fingers.

Then the middle-aged mercenary’s face slowly disappeared, and a young man in his mid-twenties, whom he had never seen before, appeared.

He was a handsome man who was so handsome that his eyes sparkled.

“You’ve been deceiving us all along.”

“hahahaha, that’s right. It was my perfect performance. I thought I would just have to get rid of this guy named Cale, but you fight pretty well too. What is it? So I was going to wait for the moment when my stamina ran out and launch an ambush, but I was too cautious. Didn’t you find out with that mind control magic earlier?”

“…”

“I killed him to kill him in a hurry, but of course. What’s the wizard’s mind to eat you there? So, you don’t like it? The same goes for the guy who plays Go Gun-moo. This is why I can’t work with menial things, I can’t work.”

Legia wiped off the dust on her body, Tak, Tak! brushed out loud

that leisure.

And the stats of the guy I checked through the devil’s eye in advance.

Even the state of my body that was on the verge of collapsing from exhaustion.

The current situation was enough for him to relax even with me in front of him.

“How did you send the message to the status window?”

It wouldn’t be strange even if I was stabbed right away, but I couldn’t help but ask him.

Power granted only to players who participated in the Colosseum.

I didn’t notice that they were fake because Go Gun-Mu and him were able to use the status window.

Unlike the first round, you will participate in various mission matches in the future. Because I have two eyes now.

There is no law that the same thing won’t happen again when you go through the story mission again, so I wanted to know for sure through him.

“hahahahaha, is this guy who is about to die curious about that? What can I tell you? It’s not difficult. Black magic is the power to corrupt the human soul. Among them, he excels in mental system magic. In particular, the black magic that can be cast by offering a living sacrifice is limitless. As the number of humans offered as sacrifices increases, it is possible to accomplish near-impossible tasks. For example, like connecting to the other person’s mind and subordinating it.”

“…”

“You must have experienced the magic of shadow encroachment and know it, right? You can control other personalities through it. Just one thought. I was kind of surprised when I first took over their minds. The Colosseum… there must be such a place in the afterlife. That is very good information.”

I didn’t know.

At that time, the time the magic lasted was so short.

Can you control the minds of other personalities?

‘It’s a real dog scam.’

It was the result of ignorance about magic.

In the first playthrough, I almost only participated in individual PvP matches.

It was an error made by trying to approach the concept of magic with the experience of dealing with battle mages.

‘I’ll have to study magic when I go back.’

Unlike the first round, where you could only play individual PvP, in the second round, you will be participating in a lot of matches.

If that happens, it means that there will be a lot of things to do with the wizards later.

At least I had to know the mechanics of magic and how far it was possible.

Of course, the first thing to do is to finish this game successfully.

“There was too much chatter. I understand that you want to take some time to restore your physical strength, but let’s finish it now.”

Legia swung the sword with her wrist and approached.

sh*t. At least I should have gone out of the cave and dealt with it so that I could use the spear.

Let’s stay calm.

His stats are also high, and his stamina is lacking, but it’s not enough for me to lose.

I’ve been watching him fight from behind and watching his swordsmanship.

“Whoa.”

I exhaled lightly and raised my sword.

Then, with that action as a signal, Legia rushed at me.

Poof!

A long sword that cuts through the wind.

I took a slight step back and received Legia’s attack.

‘There was a lot of technique to the extent of being strange.’

It is said that a sword usually resembles its owner’s disposition, but Legia was uniquely similar.

Rather, when he was in Gavin’s form, he was curious to see his swordsmanship.

Brilliant technique in swordsmanship that must have been honed through countless real battles?

‘It’s no different from a mercenary going to war wearing branded shoes.’

There was nothing more incongruous than that.

But after seeing Legia’s real face, I understood.

I feel like I pay too much attention to my appearance.

‘He seems to have a mysticism about his appearance.’

“Oh, I don’t think I have much stamina left, but it’s pretty good. Stop this too!”

Legia’s sword came flying leaving countless afterimages.

It looks like a peacock spreading its feathers to show off itself.

visor! Chanang! Chanang! Chaaang! visor!

I blocked Legia’s attack almost perfectly.

“Sup, whoa. Sup, whoa.”

No matter how flashy the swordsmanship is, there are certain points that can be attacked within it.

If you knew that in advance, it wasn’t difficult to block it.

‘Although sometimes there are guys who hide that.’

It is not easy to meet such a master in the lower leagues.

I don’t know if he’s a master like Victor.

visor! visor! Chaeeng!

As her own attacks were blocked, Legia’s attacks became more and more violent.

“Keugh, why! How come you can block them all?”

He must have hurt his pride, he looked very angry.

‘I’ve faced many swordsmen of your level in higher leagues.’

Having met many swordsmen of this type, I was able to know what type of person Legia was.

‘Those who are made beautifully like flowers in a greenhouse.’

It was just that I was unable to deliver a fatal blow to Legia because of my lack of physical strength and low stats.

I’m superior in technique, and I’m ahead in experience.

In a word, if my stamina was sufficient, or if my stats were a little high, I could overpower them at once.

“profit! Do you think I would lose to a thousand things like you!”

The frenzied Legia began pushing in with force.

Currently, I’m in a state of lack of stamina.

There was no hope of confronting them with force against force.

Rather, the more he believes in his stats and pushes in, the more I have to compete technically.

‘I’ve laid out the base meal.’

Opponents with styles like Legia are actually very easy to deal with.

Because I lack experience, even if I just throw a bait, it comes in well.

Legia’s movements began to grow louder.

There was a lot of power in each attack.

‘shall we start?’

I untied the leather belt worn on my chest.

Then, I lightly brought my sword to Legia’s sword.

Chaeeng!

Then my sword bounced off with overwhelming force.

“It’s over!”

The sword of Legia flying honestly towards my chest.

I took a dagger from my leather belt and held it in my hand.

Then, he swung his leather belt towards the flying sword of Legia.

It was a copy of the technique that Victor had inflicted on him the day before.

Pak!

Legia lost the sword from her hand due to an unexpected belt attack.

Then the boy opened his eyes wide.

And that was it.

hooked!

I stabbed Legia in the neck with the dagger I was holding beforehand.

The guy who was rushing at me with all his weight couldn’t escape the attack.

“Kuk… kuk kuk…”

Legia dropped to her knees while holding onto her neck.

He put on an expression of disbelief, but soon the focus of his eyes slowly disappeared.

Tring!

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

“Hee-eok, hee-eok, hee-eok, hee.”

In an instant, my legs faltered.

After killing Legia, the tension was about to be relieved.

But it’s not over yet.

“Heo-eok, go, hee-eok, let’s go, heo-eok.”

I grabbed Lucia’s hand and pulled it.

“Wouldn’t it be nice to take a little rest?”

Lucia dissuaded me, but I shook my head.

It’s not long before the safety zone.

I don’t have much stamina, but if I gave it time, the enemies could come again.

‘It’s not like taking a break for 10 or 20 minutes will quickly restore your stamina.’

Conversely, the enemies will be running towards this place even during the short time I would waste on resting.

I want to collapse right away and catch my breath like a chimney, but I moved right away with Lucia.

‘I hope there are no enemies near the safety zone.’

The paladins who had just arrived were guarding the safety zone.

If so, there was a high possibility that there would be no enemies nearby.

Even so, I was very cautious in my steps.

If you think it’s safe, it’s because something keeps happening, so I’m getting neurosis.

‘Huh, fortunately.’

A green curtain of light towering high in the sky.

I got close to it, but there was no sign of it.

Thanks to that, I was able to climb the mountain safely.

‘It just arrived.’

Safety Zone was shining in front of Wen Cave.

“Here, heck, here, go in, heo-eok.”

When I pointed into the cave, Lucia moved with her bare feet.

But instead of going in right away, he turned around right in front of the safety zone and bowed his head to me.

“Thank you so much for saving me.”

To her greeting, I raised my hand and lightly responded.

And it was time for her to step into the safety zone.

Tring!

[Victory condition 1: Rescue the sacrifice to be used in the demon summoning ritual—white light flows out.]

[Conditions have been met.]

[Victory condition 2: Destroy the holy relic used in the demon summoning ritual—purple light flows out.]

[Conditions have been met.]

[The story mission ＜The Other Side of the Light＞ has ended.]

The end-of-game call in my ears.

It was only after hearing that voice that I was able to release the tension that filled my whole body.

‘finished······.’

[A victory bonus of 5 times the base salary is paid.]

[A bonus is set according to the contribution.]

[Contribution]

[Ren: 33%] [Kale: 20%] [Dorothy: 13%] [Shuusaku: 10%] [Elrond: 8%]

[Eden Hawk: 4%] [Schedule: 4%] [Brandt: 4%] [Gogunmu: 2%] [Gavin: 2%]

33%.

It was a much higher number than expected.

In other words, it meant that I was serving three people by myself.

The combined contribution of second-ranked Cale and third-ranked Dorothy came out to be 33%, so it was like running around tremendously alone.

Tring!

[The story mission’s contribution also ranked first.]

[You will receive a bonus of 10,000 points because you have reached the 1st place in contribution.]

[Because you have achieved the 1st place in contribution, you will receive an additional bonus x 2 points.]

[The co-main event match of Lower League-Blood Knight 179 ends.]

Tring!

[I received 28,700 P as fight money. (Team ‘Fight’ fee deducted 12,300 P)]

[Base salary +3,500 P / Winning bonus +17,500 P / Additional bonus +20,000 P / Fee -12,300 P]

[From the next game, the basic salary will be set at 4,500 P.]

[Go to your team’s farm. You did a really good job.]

Tring!

[Recovers all statuses to 100%.]

When the white light covering my body disappeared, I saw a goddess and five people waiting for me.

Aserian stood with her hands together on her chest, and the new recruits and Lee Se-yeon wiped their hearts out in relief that I had returned safely.

“Ahn Woo-jin! Thank you so much for your hard work!”

“I’m so glad you came back safely!”

Seeing them made me realize that this game ended safely.

Aserian approached me, cutting through the rookies who came in front of me and said that they had a hard time.

“You worked hard, Ahn Woo-jin. It was really cool.”

Aserian said with a bright red face.

In an instant, laughter came out.

Because it felt like coming home.

“I’m home.”

that evening.

From the moment I entered the game, I was able to start the party right away thanks to Aserian who instructed me to prepare the party in advance.

Tring!

[Lower League-Blood Knight 179 matches are all over.]

[To all the players who participated in the match, thank you for your hard work.]

The message ended with that.

That he did not win a single Powble and Powble.

“Ah, I am so sorry. Both the pooble and pooble bonuses went to players who competed in the main event.”

Aserian looked at the status window and became sullen.

Well, there are days like this.

Although none of them were selected for the Pooble and Pooble Bonuses.

A comfortable feeling like coming home.

I loved this feeling.

Because you can sit and enjoy the party like this.

It wasn’t that sad.