Returner of the Colosseum

Episode 28 . rapid growth (2)

Why?

Why is the price of Black Herb the same?

For a moment, I wondered if I was misunderstanding the time when information about the Black Hub would be released.

But I immediately shook my head.

‘It’s true that the Black Hub’s information is released in the Blood Knight 180 game.’

Then why isn’t the Black Hub’s information updated?

After thinking about it for a while, I finally came to a conclusion.

‘I was the problem.’

The future has changed because I returned.

It must have been that the existence of me, who started on a farm completely different from the first playthrough, and showed a completely different path, changed the future.

‘Butterfly effect.’

The guys who shouldn’t have died because of me died, the guys who should have gotten the bonus didn’t get it, and I won the game I should have lost…

Arranging things like this would have probably changed countless futures.

I only played three games.

‘I’d rather go well.’

It’s unfortunate that the price of black herbs didn’t skyrocket right away, but that didn’t necessarily mean it was bad.

Because the fact that black herbs are used as an ingredient in elixirs doesn’t change.

Since this is the case, we just need to collect as many items as possible.

‘And if I have a lot of stock, I can manipulate the market price of the Black Herb at my will.’

What used to be sold for 10,000 gold could be doubled, tripled, or even quintupled.

If that happens, I will be able to match skills and items that are better than what I was trying to buy.

Let’s think positively. It wasn’t very disappointing that the price of black herbs didn’t rise right away.

Nothing has changed.

I still have perks, extra senses, and even experience in technique.

Just train silently as usual and wait.

One week passed.

I was sparring with newcomers in the arena.

Recently, newcomers’ skills have been improving rapidly, so they were focusing on giving them experience with various weapons.

So yesterday I used a bow, the day before yesterday a spear, and the day before that I used a sword.

My weapon today was a dagger.

After defeating Jace, Zig, and Luciano, only Joo Chang-beom remains.

visor! Clink-

“Hey, hey, I lost.”

I cut off Changbeom’s sword, lightly dug into his arms and aimed the dagger at his neck, and Changbeom surrendered.

after-

After fighting four people in a row, I felt a bit short of breath.

Compared to the first time I dealt with four people at the same time, not a single breath sound changed, it could be said to be a great improvement.

“At this level, Gladius and Shield are enough to graduate.”

At my words, the newcomers who had fallen to the floor and were breathing quickly rose to their feet.

“Is that true?”

“yes. Everyone has worked hard.”

At my words, the new recruits embraced each other with flushed faces.

It was the first compliment I heard from me, so I felt special.

Of course, there was still a lot missing.

To compare, it’s about the level of the players who came out to slaughter the dummies in my first game, the dummy battle.

If you meet an opponent who knows how to wield a sword properly, you will die without being able to resist a few times.

‘Well, it doesn’t matter.’

In the first place, the level I expected from the sword and shield was exactly that.

At least to the level of not dying without being able to rebel properly.

That alone will greatly reduce the mortality rate.

‘Then let’s move on to the next step.’

Now it’s time to find a weapon that suits them, not a sword and shield.

“Each of you, pick one of the weapons you want from here.”

I pointed to the various weapons hanging on one side of the arena.

These were weapons that Aserian had prepared in advance and were mass-produced like industrial products.

It was difficult to find various swords classified according to length and thickness, as well as swords, spears, bows, etc.

Anyway, one personality is very meticulous.

The newcomers began to carefully select weapons by touching and wielding them.

“Hey, Ahn Woo-jin. If I choose this time, can I change to another weapon?”

I shook my head at Changbeom Joo’s question.

“You can change it anytime you want. After all, it won’t be easy to find a weapon that suits you all at once.”

Only then did the new recruits each grab a weapon and come forward to me.

I asked Jace, who was the first to choose the greatsword.

“Why did you choose a two-handed sword?”

“yes? That, that…”

“You can speak comfortably. It’s because I’m curious about what perspective you chose.”

“Ah, yes. I am strong and have good stamina. I chose it because I thought it would go better with these big weapons.”

I nodded at Jace’s words.

Well, looking at the stats, it was a weapon that would suit it well enough.

I turned my head to Zig standing next to him.

“Why did Zig choose a long sword?”

“I chose the sword because it was the most versatile and universal.”

decent answer.

It seemed that they chose stability over efficiency.

I looked at Luciano.

He was holding a spear.

“Why did you choose the window?”

“I chose this weapon because I heard that it has a long reach and the skill level rises faster than other weapons.”

Oh, at least that was an answer I liked.

He said he was from a merchant, so he knew how to think.

Of course, since I’m a spearman, I’m sure there are things I view more positively.

I last saw Changbeom Chang.

He was holding the gladius and shield as they were.

“Didn’t Joo Chang-beom choose a weapon?”

“I want to hear this as it is.”

“Why?”

“I think the offense and defense balance is good. My feet are fast, so I thought it was good to stably penetrate the opponent, and it would be easy to land effective hits if I narrowed the distance. My level is still low, but I thought it would not be good to learn other weapons, so I kept holding them.”

oh.

I was amazed by the guy’s words.

I saw him fight, but he was quite a smart guy.

Unlike box fighting, in a fight using a cold weapon, you can knock down an opponent with just one effective hit.

So, defense is far more important than attack.

Failure to defend even once would have fatal consequences.

I don’t know if Zhu Chang-beom fights well, but he’ll probably survive the longest among them.

“great. Starting today, we will start training with the weapon of our choice.”

Although each had different weapons in their hands, there would be no great difficulty in training them.

After all, we will move together within the big frame of building the basics and raising our proficiency through sparring like real battles.

I instructed the new recruits to wield thrusts, slashes, and slashes once a minute each with the weapon of their choice, just like when they were training Gladius.

Oh, except for Joo Chang-beom.

“Please stay, Mr. Joo Chang-beom.”

“yes?”

“Unlike them, Chang-beom Joo did basic training this morning, didn’t he? Now we have to move on to the next step.”

I took Chang-beom Chang into the arena.

And with a sword and shield.

“There are stages to operating a weapon. The first is to train the basics of that weapon.”

I held out my shield to the imaginary enemy and pretended to stab my sword.

“And the second is to apply that weapon.”

“An application?”

“yes. So far, I’ve only been stabbing, slashing, and slashing. But the things you can do with Gladius are endless. Hitting it with a sword face, throwing it, or shooting it like a hammer with the hilt of the sword in a state where there is no space. Even if the position of the hand changes when holding the sword hilt, an irregular attack can be made.”

“ah······.”

“The same goes for shields. Beyond blocking an opponent’s attack, depending on how you hold it, you can slam, push, throw, or obstruct your opponent’s vision. From now on, Changbum Joo will learn how to apply the gladius and shield. Of course, basic training should be done separately every day. If you neglect that, there is no next step.”

Then Changbeom Joo’s eyes brightened. I was excited at the thought that I would learn so much more than before.

“Then how do you learn?”

“There is the fastest and most efficient way.”

“Oh, what is that?”

“You learn directly by competing with me.”

“yes? What is that…”

“Originally, experiencing it yourself is the fastest way. Then we go.”

I didn’t listen to Changbeom’s answer and ran towards him.

From that day on, for a while, Chang-beom Chang’s screams continued in the training ground.

2 weeks later.

The stats and skills of the new recruits increased rapidly.

Jace, Zig, and Luciano, who had chosen new weapons, quickly laid the groundwork for the new weapons, probably thanks to having already trained with the Gladius and the shield.

Not to mention Chang-beom Chang, who started training at the intermediate level beyond the beginner level.

‘But why can’t I catch the game?’

Usually, when new recruits come in, the game is caught within one to two months.

The new recruits came in the week Blood Knight 177 was held.

Six weeks have passed since then.

It’s time to catch up on the game.

I asked Aserian during breakfast.

“Have you received any offers?”

“Yes, it has only been a month since the game ended. Then there was the co-main event. Originally, the higher the basic salary, the more difficult the game is.”

“no. Not me, the newcomers.”

“Ah yes.”

what?

At my question, Aserian put on a puzzled expression.

“Why is that?”

“Phew. Actually there is But a game came in that was a bit ambiguous to export.”

“What is ambiguous?”

“That’s because I got an offer for 6 matches from Blood Knight 187.”

“Six games?”

I tilted my head at Aserian’s words.

Putting an offer for a fairly high numbering undercard match to newcomers?

Newcomers usually play between 1 and 4 games.

Oh, of course, it’s a dummy match from game 1 to game 2, but it means that you play as the opposing team, not as a dummy.

However, in 6 games, the numbering is just one level lower than the red flag match I played a while ago.

Sending new recruits to a place like that?

‘It means to kill them all.’

But something is strange.

There’s no way a game maker would make an offer so sloppy.

“It is rare. There’s no way a six-game offer will come to the newcomers.”

“yes. Oh, including Ahn Woo-jin. A five-person group PvM mission.”

After listening to Aserian’s words, I was able to understand the situation.

‘It’s worth worrying about.’

5-player team PvM match.

In short, it is a mission for 5 people to hunt monsters. You’ll have to go inside to know what kind of monsters will come out and what rules they will be.

However, the problem is that the gap between me and the newcomers is too big.

Because there will be missions that are easy for me to run and difficult for newcomers to run.

‘There was a reason Aserian didn’t bother to tell me that the offer came in.’

The purpose of getting newcomers to play is experience.

However, if the difficulty is too high, there is a high possibility that you will just receive my bus and go there comfortably.

Or die altogether on a high difficulty.

I won’t learn much, and newcomers won’t learn much either.

I put my fork down and tapped the table with my index finger.

“That offer. How would you like to receive it?”

“yes? Are you serious?”

“In the end, isn’t the problem that it’s a mission that is too difficult to run at the level of newcomers? The time left until Blood Knight 187 is one month. In the meantime, let’s improve our skills as much as possible.”

“Is that possible?”

“You can teach by attribute. Even if it wasn’t 6 games anyway, I was thinking of teaching it quickly for a few weeks when the game was caught. And if it’s a group team mission, the winning team will resurrect all the dead. Let’s try to win somehow.”

“Um… I get it.”

That’s how it was confirmed that me and the new recruits would participate in the Blood Knight 187 game four weeks later.

“So that’s why I’m participating in Blood Knight 187 in the next four weeks.”

“Ohhh, finally.”

“I need to train harder!”

At my words, the newcomers seemed very excited.

Their goal is, after all, to be the champions of the Transcendence League.

For that reason, he endured hard training until now.

That’s why everyone couldn’t hide their swollen hearts at the word that the match was held.

“As I said, the difficulty level is quite high. So from today, the intensity of training will be higher, I will tell you in advance. It will be very difficult and painful.”

“It doesn’t matter. Rather, it will make you stronger faster!”

Joo Chang-beom shouted loudly.

The facial expressions of the other three were no different from Changbeom Chang.

‘It’s good.’

An atmosphere that I didn’t feel in the first round.

It seemed like it was a good idea to tell Aserian to accept new players.

that evening.

[current time 21:01:47]

“One more! just one!”

“Turn it off.”

Normally, after training, it was time to go to each room and rest, but the gym was full of heat.

Over the next month, I added night training to the training I had done three times in the morning, lunch, and dinner.

“Now, today’s training ends here!”

At my cry, the new recruits groaned and lay down on the floor.

“now. Everyone, wake up. You must have said that today’s schedule is to take a one-hour break in the rest room.”

Then, the newcomers struggled to get up and headed for the rest room, staggering like zombies.

phew. This concludes my schedule for today.

As a habit, I entered the brokerage exchange and swept the stock.

‘I guess I should rest now.’

It was time to head back to my dorm.

Tring!

[The information of Black Hub has been updated.]