Returner of the Colosseum

Episode 27 . Rapid growth (1)

the next morning.

I was meticulously stretching and reviewing the game on the other side of the light.

What I felt in this game was the limit of my skills.

‘Perks, extra senses, and experiences. And even the technique.’

I thought this would be enough to get me over the lower leagues without having to use points to raise my stats.

‘Still, I’m really glad.’

One week later, information about the Black Hub will be released.

As soon as the price of Black Herb rises to the ceiling, you will be able to plaster it with high-end items and skills.

In addition to perks, super senses, experience, and techniques, you will have items and skills, so this should be enough to fill the void in your stats.

There is also a place where you can raise your stats very quickly.

‘Should I see if more listings are up?’

I entered ＜brokerage exchange＞ in the system window.

[＜Medicine: Black Herb＞]

[A herb found only in the Tirnernog system. It is not yet known where to use it.]

[Rating: Rare]

[Price: 70 G]

In the meantime, the price of black herbs has risen considerably.

The amount more than doubled from the 30 gold I bought before.

It seemed that the price went up a little as I swept the stock once.

But without hesitation, I swept all the black herbs listed at the agency.

Tring!

[You purchased ＜Medicinal Herb: Black Herb＞ for 70 G.]

[You purchased ＜Medicinal Herb: Black Herb＞ for 70 G.]

[You purchased ＜Medicinal Herb: Black Herb＞ for 70 G.]

[＜Medicinal Herb: Black Herb＞ at 70 G…]

A total of 142 black herbs were purchased this time.

Including the ones I had previously purchased, I had a total of 373 black hubs.

Assuming that it was simply sold at 10,000 gold per piece, a whopping 3.73 million gold.

If it had to be exchanged for points, it was a huge sum of money, as much as 370,000 points would have been spent.

After purchasing Black Herb, I closed the brokerage exchange without regret.

Now all you have to do is wait for the black hub coin to be eaten.

“Hello, Ahn Woo-jin.”

While we were organizing our plans for the future, new players began to enter the gym.

“yes.”

I accepted their greetings and just stretched in silence.

‘Oh. I should try this too.’

Just before the end of the game, the ‘Evil Eyes’ obtained by synthesizing the fragments of the mask.

Since the white mask grew into Vladimir’s mask, purple patterns were engraved on the white background.

At the time, I was distracted and didn’t have time to think about it in detail, but I thought I should use this opportunity to learn how to use it.

I tried using the evil eye on each one.

Tring!

[Check the opponent’s abilities.]

[Name: Jace]

[Alignment: Good]

[Strength: 11] [Agility: 9] [Stamina: 13]

[Spirit: 15] [Intelligence: 4] [Magic Power: 0]

[Awakening Ability: ＜Low Swordsmanship＞ ＜Low Swordsmanship＞]

Jace was a farmer.

The stats weren’t bad for having only been in for 3 weeks.

I don’t know what the initial stats are, but this is a decent level.

[Name: Zig]

[Alignment: Good]

[Strength: 12] [Agility: 12] [Stamina: 12]

[Spirit: 14] [Intelligence: 5] [Magic Power: 0]

[Awakening Ability: ＜Low Swordsmanship＞ ＜Low Swordsmanship＞]

The second was Zig, who was a former blacksmith.

Surprisingly, not only his strength, but also his overall ability balance was good.

If I teach well, I might be able to do my part.

[Name: Luciano]

[Disposition: Moderate]

[Muscle: 9] [Agility: 14] [Stamina: 12]

[Spirit: 19] [Intelligence: 14] [mana: 0]

[Awakening Ability: ＜Low Swordsmanship＞ ＜Low Swordsmanship＞]

The third is Luciano, who is said to have been a merchant.

The first stats that stand out are Spirit and Intelligence.

Perhaps because he was from a merchant, his mental stats were high.

I’d recommend learning magic, but unfortunately the situation wasn’t good enough.

Because there is no one to teach you the biggest problem, magic.

First of all, Luciano’s route seemed to have to be discussed with Aserian.

[Name: Changbeom Joo]

[Alignment: Good]

[Muscle: 15] [Agility: 14] [Stamina: 17]

[Spirit: 23] [Intelligence: 8] [mana: 0]

[Awakening Ability: ＜Low Swordsmanship＞ ＜Low Swordsmanship＞ ＜Low Swordsmanship＞]

Lastly, Joo Chang-beom, who used to be an idol singer.

As soon as I saw his stats, my eyes widened.

Because the overall stats were so great.

It is incomparable to the other three.

Even the lower level swordsmanship had already awakened.

‘Basically, he knows how to use his body and seems to have sense.’

Even mental strength was high.

If you keep growing like this, you can easily go up to the top league.

‘Even though he’s a guy I’ve never seen before in the first round.’

It seemed that if he was raised well, he would earn a lot of points for the team.

‘I like this part because it has the devil’s eye.’

I don’t know what the initial stats are, but it would be nice to organize the growth trend by period from now on.

That way, you’ll be able to raise their stats more efficiently.

The more records you have organized, the greater your power will be.

A week later.

I was sparring against the newcomers in the newly built level 3 arena.

[Battlefield Lv. In 3, all wounds are healed after sparring.]

Four newcomers pressuring me with swords and shields.

“Cut the space with the shield first!”

“If you just push on, you might end up with a hole in your stomach at some point! calm down!”

Except for the time to sleep and eat, I only trained them continuously, and in just one week, their skills improved considerably.

Now it is a level where you can use space, use your legs, understand the characteristics of the weapon you are holding, and attack.

If he trained in this state for a few more weeks, he could graduate from sword and shield.

‘Well, I’m still at the level of taking my first steps.’

The newcomers piled up four shields like a wall and pushed me little by little into a corner.

They’re trying to cripple my feet.

‘Looks like I’ve got a bit of a sense of how to deal with them.’

It’s a good idea, but it doesn’t work for me.

I momentarily attacked the jig.

While Zig hesitated at the sword flying like a rapid-fire cannon, the other three rushed at me.

However, I had already passed the corner in an instant through the narrow space created by the jig backwards.

“no! How did you push it into a corner!”

“Brothers, calm down! The fact that Ahn Woo-jin came out so quickly meant that the corner was dangerous. If we can push it back into the corner, we might win!”

While the three new recruits were screaming, Chang-beom Joo, who was from Earth, shouted loudly.

‘Is that guy really good?’

He was momentarily assessing the situation and comforting and encouraging the other new recruits. A typical example of a party leader.

Of course, there was nothing I would lose or do just because I was driven into a corner.

“Heo-eok, heo-eok, uh… I’m going to die.”

“damn. I knew it was strong, but to lose without being able to do anything like this…”

After playing with them for a while, everyone collapsed from exhaustion in the end.

On the other hand, my breathing is stable and I am not sweating.

Then, Aserian, who was standing by and watching the sparring, approached me.

“You worked hard today. Are you going to train again right away?”

“yes. It’s not too hard.”

I left Aserian to clean up the new recruits and headed for the scarecrow installed in the corner of the arena.

The past few days I have been focusing on swordsmanship.

It was because of the feeling of being caught and talking.

The clue was the confrontation with Legia, who competed on the other side of the light.

‘Victor is probably the best swordsman. And Legia was an advanced swordsman.’

The swordsmanship of the two is different in style and level.

However, the moment I thought of the swordsmanship of the two, it seemed to me that I could barely see the line separating the top and the top.

Legia’s swordsmanship was full of skill and splendor.

Victor’s swordsmanship was clean, concise, and efficient.

‘What the hell is it? What Victor had but Legia didn’t.’

I felt like I could catch it, but I couldn’t.

Whoa-

Let’s think about it again.

I drew a virtual Legia with my sword pointed in the air.

Legia’s swordsmanship, which is splendid because it is a mixture of deviant and weedy things, but does not know where it will enter.

‘Even so, I was able to know where the sword of Legia was headed.’

Since he had only dealt with him once and clearly knew how to attack, he was able to defeat the virtual Legia in just three seconds.

Whoa-

This time I thought of Victor.

Victor’s swordsmanship pursued only extreme efficiency and speed while removing all unnecessary movements.

It’s not flashy or complicated, but his attacks are fierce, and he has no choice but to be in a hurry to block them.

I didn’t know where Victor’s sword was going.

‘Why the hell? Why did you try to hide one side and show it, and why didn’t you hide the other side but didn’t see it?’

For a long time, I thought about the reason as I exchanged swords with the virtual Victor.

Why?

Why?

Why on earth…

Just as the virtual Victor was about to thrust his sword into my throat.

‘ah!’

In an instant I could find out why.

‘Victor also had something to hide.’

I realized the fundamental difference between the swords wielded by Legia and Victor.

Instead of hiding her sword, Legia did not hide her will.

On the other hand, instead of hiding his sword, Victor hid his will.

That minor difference was what separated them.

‘Hide your will. I hide my will.’

I swung my sword at the imaginary Victor.

Instead, I didn’t even think about where to swing it.

Just as the sword leads.

I just stabbed it where the sword was pointing.

It wasn’t that difficult because it was a state that had been achieved through the window once.

My sword pointed at the imaginary Victor.

and.

‘Hook-‘

It sounded like a sword being stabbed.

Tring!

[You have awakened ＜Superlative Swordsmanship＞.]

at last.

I was able to achieve the top-notch swordsmanship I was aiming for.

‘I did it.’

The wall separating the upper class from the superlative class was not a technical one.

The will of the swordsman holding the sword.

That minor difference widened the gap between the upper class and the superlative class that could not be ignored.

“Whoops…”

A pleasant laugh leaked out without my knowledge.

Clearly, the level of swordsmanship has risen.

Strangely, it seemed that he was getting closer and closer to special spearmanship.

“Your training ended earlier than expected today?”

I nodded my head at Lee Se-yeon’s question.

I must have achieved the highest level of swordsmanship, I finished training an hour early for the first time in a long time and came out to the restaurant.

Today is the opening day of Blood Knight 180.

Of course, I can’t watch that game unless it’s God, but it was a game I’ve been waiting for.

Starting today, I will become much stronger.

‘I’ll have to start with skill settings after selling the Black Herbs.’

It was the day when information about the Black Hub was revealed.

“bon appetite.”

I started with dinner prepared by Lee Se-yeon.

You must finish your meal in a hurry and enter the brokerage exchange to prepare to sell black herbs.

However, instead of going back to the kitchen, Lee Se-yeon pulled out a chair across from me and sat down.

It was the seat where Aserian usually sat.

‘Do you have anything to say?’

But Lee Se-yeon just sat there and watched me eat.

As usual, it’s dinner time an hour later, so are you taking a break?

I was absorbed in the meal, ignoring Lee Se-yeon’s gaze.

“I really enjoyed the meal.”

“Oh, you’ve already eaten. Would you like more if it’s not enough?”

Lee Se-yeon was ready to get up and go to the kitchen to bring more food.

“No, thanks.”

I shook my head and left the restaurant.

[Current Time: 17:57:23]

It was time for the third game of Blood Knight 180 to end.

Sitting on the bed in my room, I opened a brokerage exchange.

In the meantime, 8 more black hubs were up.

The price is 100 gold.

information has not yet been released.

I hurriedly bought all 8 black hubs.

The guys who sold this black herb now will regret it after today’s game.

With that thought in mind, I went through the list of items on the brokerage exchange.

‘It’s frustrating because I don’t know how many games the information will be released.’

I checked the price of the Black Herb whenever I had a chance while looking through the list of items.

It feels like checking a virtual currency exchange.

Time passed quickly as I rolled around in bed looking at the items.

1 hour, 2 hours.

As time passed, the anticipation that filled my heart disappeared, and little by little, anxiety rose.

like that.

[current time 01:03:44]

The time has come for Blood Knight 180 to end.

[＜Medicine: Black Herb＞]

[A herb found only in the Tirnernog system. It is not yet known where to use it.]

[Rating: Rare]

[Price: 110 G]

[This product is not currently listed on the brokerage exchange.]

And, the price of black hub did not fluctuate at all.