Returner of the Colosseum

Chapter 3

Episode

3 . dummy(2)

When I woke up, I was in a dark room.

I saw the clothes I had taken off on the desk attached to one side.

This was the room assigned to me.

“Ugh.”

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Just raising his upper body made his whole body scream.

‘Status window.’

Tring!

[Name: Ahn Woo-jin (Nickname: undecided)] [Affiliation: Team growth]

[League: Lower League]

[Strength: 3] [Agility: 4] [Stamina: 8]

[Spirit: 87] [Intelligence: 12] [mana: 0]

[Awakening Ability: ＜Super Sense＞＜Advanced Living＞＜Special Mana Management＞＜Advanced Spearmanship＞＜Intermediate Swordsmanship＞＜Advanced Daggersmanship＞＜Advanced Throwing＞＜Intermediate Fighting＞＜Lesser Healing＞]

[Owned Skills (0/5): None]

[Achievement Perks: None] [Dimension Perks: None] [Race Perks: None]

[Remaining HP: 24%]

Tring!

[You have 1 unread message.]

He only ran 10 kilometers, but his strength stat was 1, agility stat 2, and stamina stat 7.

Originally, stats don’t rise at such a rapid rate.

My initial stats were very low, and I was able to grow explosively because I was able to endure for a long time at less than 30% of my physical strength.

This was all thanks to the mental stat.

From the point below 30% of your physical strength, you can’t hold on unless your mental strength is supported.

‘Oh, I didn’t check this.’

An unacknowledged message appeared at the bottom of the status window. I’ve seen it before, but I couldn’t check it because I received supplies from Peanut El.

Tring!

[You are the first creature to go back in time.]

[I made a great achievement that comes out of mythology!]

[As a reward, you will receive the title ＜Mythic Achievement: Reverse Heaven＞!]

[＜Mythical Achievement: Reverse Punisher＞]

[A title given to the first creature to go backwards in time.]

[When applied, all stats increase by +20%.]

[Do you want to apply the title of ＜Mythic Achievement: Reverse Heaven＞?]

[Yes / No]

“…”

Looking at the message window, I blinked quickly.

I was blown away by the unexpected content.

Mythic Achievement?

20% increase in all stats?

My heart beat rapidly accelerated.

How much is a 20% increase?

I estimated the extent of the rise.

Maybe the difference between my stats and the player who came down from the high league, whom I fought right before I died, is about 20%?

When I thought so, my whole body shuddered.

If it had been before the return, I would have gained enough privileges to be able to see from the lower ranks of the higher leagues to the higher leagues at once.

He clenched his fists as he lay on the hard bed.

Suddenly, I felt as if all the pain in my body had gone away.

After that, let’s calm down.

I got a really great title, but even so, I’m just a rookie who just entered the lower league.

No matter how high his stats are, he is still at a level he can’t even dream of in the Transcendence League.

You can tell just by looking at the woman who was using the fan.

Even with such high stats, I couldn’t hold out in the high league and came down to the top league again.

nothing has been confirmed

It was just one step closer to the transcendence league.

Still had a long way to go.

[Would you like to apply the ＜Reversal: Mythical Achievement＞ title?]

[Yes / No (optional)]

I put the application of the title on hold for now.

As soon as the title is applied, it becomes more difficult to raise the stat through training.

So, before the regression, all players only applied the perk the moment they entered the game.

Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!

It was when I was looking at the status window. A loud bell rang outside.

“It’s dinner time! Everyone come down to the dining room!”

It was obviously broad daylight when I was running, but it was dinner time before I knew it.

It must have been quite a while since I collapsed in an empty lot.

He struggled to get himself out of bed. The more you lose your stamina, the more you need to eat well.

It should be enough to do it right before bed to get a big picture of the future.

First of all, let’s calmly solve the problem one by one.

“…”

I was speechless as I looked at the table.

All that was on the table was a loaf of bread the size of my palm and soup.

I wondered if it was because I was late, but other people had received the same plate as me.

My complexion hardened.

Someone might say that it is a small thing with food, but this is the Colosseum.

And we are the people who will stand on the battlefield and fight with blood.

That’s why training is so important when you’re not competing in the Coliseum, and you won’t get the effectiveness of your training with this diet.

It’s not all about training just to move your body hard.

Rest is part of training, and getting enough nutrients is a big part of rest.

By the way, this kind of food comes out?

With an unknown sense of incongruity, I quickly finished my meal and left the restaurant.

There are four buildings on the farm.

One will be the lodging, and the other is the restaurant where I left.

You should check the other two buildings.

I hurriedly entered the other two buildings.

“…”

sh*t.

It seemed to be caught in the worst palm.

The other two buildings were the physical stat training room and the mental stat training room.

The most important training room did not exist.

‘It was a factory concept.’

The factory concept farm does not run the game. No, I play, but my main source of income is not commissions from games.

Players selected by random draw receive basic education, raise their stats, and make profits by selling them to other teams for a small profit.

Therefore, while trying to keep costs to a minimum, the meals were known for coming out like dogs.

Oh, and there’s only one instance of playing on a factory concept farm.

‘To pile up remaining players on the farm with malicious inventory.’

In the first two matches, the audience is not fully focused. Since they just entered, they also need time to get into the game.

Therefore, in the first two matches of the lower leagues, players splattered blood and died brutally to enhance the excitement of the game.

The players who competed as the brutally dying dragon were called ‘dummy’.

Match points are awarded even if the player dies. However, as usual, the player 7 and the team take 3, but since the player died, the team takes all 10.

Even if the battle point is low, the profit is good.

sh*t. Now that this has happened, I will train as much as I can here, raise my stats quickly, and then plan to transfer to another team.

Because this is a place where I don’t intend to make money from commissions by developing me into a good player.

It was when I was walking towards the dorm with such thoughts.

I could feel the eyes looking at me from above. As I turned my head to follow her gaze, I saw Peanut El floating in the sky.

Peanut L, who met my eyes, folded his wings and landed gracefully in front of me.

“Oh, you have great senses. You know I’m there But are you awake already? without a little more rest.”

“…”

“Today was really cool. It was the first time I met a player with a promising future like you since I took over as a Trainer Angel here.”

“Ah yes.”

“I look forward to a steady performance in the future.”

Peanut L smiled brightly and patted my shoulder. But even with her praise, I was stunned.

I mean, it’s a factory.

I need points very much. At this time, the agency will be flooded with unknown hidden pieces.

The plan was to sweep them together and quickly become stronger. However, I felt bad because the plan went awry from the beginning.

sh*t.

Episode 2 was messy from the start.

“Peanut El!”

“Ah, Mr. Sinoel.”

While I was talking with Peanut El, an angel with four pairs of wings suddenly flew from the sky. She stopped right in front of Peanut Elle and spoke urgently.

“Rally all the players right now.”

“yes? Suddenly, what is that…”

“I will pick players to play in dummy.”

“Ha, but…!”

“Can not help it. It seems that something went wrong with the team that originally decided to provide the dummy. Our team will fill that void.”

“Suddenly like this…”

“There is no time. The match will be held in a moment.”

The angel with four pairs of wings, Sinoel, disappeared like a dart after those words.

Peanut-L stared at the spot where Sino-El had disappeared for a while, then sighed. I didn’t look good.

“All players stop what they are doing and immediately come out into the clearing! If you are late, you will be punished severely!”

Peanut Elle’s voice echoed through the farm.

Then the players in the restaurant and inn rushed out.

My head got complicated like mine.

Why, at a time like this, selecting players to compete as a dummy?

‘I have to avoid competing as a dummy.’

Of course, because I have experience and skills that have risen to a higher league, I was confident that I could overcome even if I competed as a dummy.

If so, you can aim for a bigger opportunity.

The problem is that at my level right now, if you’re unlucky, you could die.

The risk was too great.

Shall we appeal to Peanut L?

No, she is not the decision maker.

‘What should I do?’

I tried rolling my head, but couldn’t come up with a clear way.

Damn, I hate it when you put your hands on your hands and pray for things to go well.

After all the players gathered, Sinoel, who had disappeared, reappeared in front of us.

“Suddenly, our team was invited to participate in the Colosseum. From now on, I will call the people who will enter the Colosseum. Showing off your skills in front of the gods is an honor as a player, so you can be proud of it!”

You sound like pride.

Participating as a dummy is no different from going to die.

Opponents of the dummy will be veterans who have played a few games in the lower leagues. They know exactly what the audience wants, so they will try to kill the dummies as brutally as possible.

“The one whose name is called comes forward. Aiden, Brody, Kobe, Dante, Minji Kim…”

Sinoel called out 20 people. Most of them were people who belonged to the team by random draw at the same time as me.

Luckily my name didn’t come out.

‘phew.’

First day at the Colosseum.

At least, I was almost driven to the Colosseum as a dummy without even being able to train properly.

Currently, my stats are still below the average of ordinary people.

No matter how much I was a top league player, I couldn’t ignore the absolute physical difference.

It took me about a month to play in the game.

The people who were called to the dummy all went forward with their complexions white.

It is customary to notify the game at least one week in advance, not less than one month in advance. So you can prepare what you need, and you can prepare your mind by making a plan accordingly.

However, those who have been called now are suddenly notified of their participation.

I couldn’t help but be upset.

After a while, a round circle with a white background appeared in front of the clearing. It was a warp gate to enter the arena.

“Enter!”

Sinoel’s torch shook one by one as they entered the gate. The gate turned black when all the people called out entered.

It means the garden is full.

“Shall we disperse the remaining members?”

“no. We have one more game left.”

I and the players, who had let out a sigh of relief at the conversation between Peanut L and Sinoel, stiffened again.

A heavy silence fell over the clearing.

Sino-El and Peanut-L were staring into the air, keeping their eyes on each other, probably watching the game through the system. Unlike the angels, the players couldn’t watch the game, so they could only wiggle their fingers and wait.

“Oh, the color changes again!”

When I turned my head at someone’s cry, the gate was turning white again. But no one came out from inside the gate.

‘They’re all dead.’

“I’m sorry. Unfortunately, all participants were killed. We will take a moment to honor their souls.”

“…”

“Now, I’ll call the people who will compete in the next game. Roy, Favreau, Phillip, Grady…”

Sinoel started to call each name one by one.

This time, most of the people who came forward were those who came at the same time as me.

“······George, Gavin, An Woo-jin.”

As I was listening quietly, my name flowed from Sinoel’s mouth.

“…”

sh*t.