Returner of the Colosseum

Episode

46 . Supernova (2)

[Start the match!]

At the same time as the opening call rang, Victor and I approached each other as if we had promised.

‘In the meantime, a lot of equipment upgrades have been made.’

The faded sword I saw when we first met was nowhere to be found, and he was wearing a shiny sword and a fairly good quality leather armor.

From being like a middle-aged mercenary with a lot of experience, to being like a middle-aged mercenary with a lot of money.

“Heh heh, it must be that we are meant to be. How are you?”

As we got closer, Victor smiled brightly and waved at me.

It was like talking to a friend I hadn’t seen in a long time.

I nodded lightly at Victor.

“It’s been two weeks.”

“You have no idea how shocked I was to hear that you killed Arwen. I couldn’t believe I was going to kill that Arwen.”

“Was it someone you knew?”

“Ah, the guy from the same farm told me so much. That friend is from Alfheim. chuckle.”

Victor laughed cheerfully.

what.

I thought you had fought at least once.

Well, there’s no way Victor would have been alive if he had fought.

Because she really was a monster.

“So I am very sorry. I was thinking of sticking with him in the second half of the game. But fortunately, I met you who dealt with her again. I will be able to shake off my regrets this time.”

I laughed at Victor’s words.

What is that baseless confidence?

I shook my head and fixed the window.

I didn’t want to chat with Victor anymore.

My head is full of thoughts of killing him.

Even so, there was a reason why he didn’t rush straight in and swing his spear.

Because I wanted to see him take a break.

‘Let’s see how long that figure goes.’

Here, I was thinking of stepping on the bud called Victor.

The more relaxed he is, the greater the pain after defeat will be.

‘I’ll go and make you kick the blanket.’

“Tsk. I’m still picky. Alright then, shall we play?”

Victor clicked his tongue as I fixed the spear and raised the sword.

From the beginning, I raised a huge amount of mana and poured it into the spear.

Kwajik- Kwajik-

this fight.

I didn’t intend to take it too long.

‘Let’s destroy it at once.’

Having made up my mind, I rushed towards Victor.

visor! Kwajik-

Victor also received my spear with a smile on his face.

No, I was trying to get it.

“omg!”

The spear, which he swung with all his might, lightly pushed Victor’s sword away.

There was even a thunderbolt in it, so Victor flinched and trembled.

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Just one exchange of attacks revealed the difference in skill between him and me.

visor! visor! visor! visor! visor!

Once I had the chance to win, I pushed Victor with great speed.

He is a guy who knows how to fight, beyond simply handling a sword well.

Giving time will only create variables.

As I frantically pushed, Victor forcefully swung his sword in order to somehow separate me.

Then, a gap appeared in Victor, who had been strong.

squeak-

“ぅ!”

And I didn’t miss that gap.

Victor’s right arm is cut off in vain.

Victor hastily stretched out his left hand and tried to pull out the scimitar attached to his waist.

So I amputated his left hand as well.

squeak-

Victor’s arms slammed to the ground with a terrifying sound.

“This, this…”

Victor looked at me in disbelief.

The difference in skill has widened to the extent that it cannot be compared to when we met before.

There was something the guy was overlooking.

We’ve already competed once, so we knew each other’s skills roughly.

However, Victor showed growth that could be seen with common sense, but I achieved rapid growth that could not be seen unless I regressed.

It’s like an elementary school rival participating in a junior high school league and showing pro-level skills.

“This, how can there be such a big gap…”

Victor fell to his knees with his arms cut off.

It was an expression that was lost in my overwhelming skills.

A complete loss of will to fight.

“Next time we meet again, I will definitely kill you.”

After I said that, I swung the spear at Victor’s neck.

[The 9th round of 6 matches has ended.]

[‘Ren’ wins!]

[After a while, Round 10 will begin. Please prepare.]

Blood spurted from Victor’s throat and scattered like red pollen in all directions.

With this, the debt from the Red Flag Battle has been paid off.

And I proved that my opponents no longer exist among the contenders in the lower leagues.

Now it’s time to play 10 rounds.

As the name color is in the round of 16, there will be a high chance of meeting the name.

‘doesn’t care.’

Even though I don’t get the 30% blood boost like when I fought Arwen.

Still, I was confident of winning.

[The 11th round of 6 matches begins.]

[Ren vs Kenzo]

[The match starts in 3 seconds.]

After defeating his opponent in the 10th round, and coming up in the 11th round, he met a fairly famous player.

An assassin player wearing a black ninja suit, wearing a mask and holding a curved sword.

‘It’s scary to say that the name comes out.’

The guy was Kenzo, a named from Nakatsukuni.

[The match starts in 2 seconds.]

Like an assassin, he uses an ambush after stealth as a winning strategy, has excellent swordsmanship, and handles memorization well.

As a special feature, he knows how to use clone magic in a short moment, and sometimes uses smoke bombs.

‘It was written that way on the Aserian analysis table.’

Recalling the analysis table she handed over, Aserian was grateful again.

[The match starts in 1 second.]

A fight between superhumans in which the winner can be decided simply by exchanging attacks between the named players.

That’s why just knowing your opponent’s information in advance will greatly increase your win rate.

‘Evil eyes.’

[Check the opponent’s abilities.]

[Name: Kenzo]

[Disposition: Moderate]

[Strength: 41(+?)] [Agility: 87(+?)] [Stamina: 51(+?)]

[Spirit: 77(+?)] [Intelligence: 22(+?)] [Magic Power: 63(+?)]

[Awakening Ability: ＜Advanced Stealth＞ ＜Advanced Darkness＞ ＜Superlative Swordsmanship＞ ＜Advanced Daggers＞ ＜Superlative Mana Management＞ ＜Superlative Killing＞ ＜Advanced Throwing＞ ＜Advanced Healing＞]

As a name, there were three abilities that reached an advanced level.

Even the awakening ability had advanced stealth skills.

Originally, it was supposed to be learned as a skill, but players with excellent stealth skills had their stealth skills included in their awakening abilities.

[Start the match!]

At the same time as the call to start the match, Kenzo’s figure blurred and then disappeared.

I couldn’t feel his presence at all because I was close to 400 meters away.

But as I stepped into the center of the amphitheater, I began to hear a subtle noise.

I could hear very little, even though I had supersense that amplified all my nerve sensations.

‘Certainly, his stealth skills are excellent.’

Sarak- Sarak-

Assassin players have simple attack patterns.

Ambush after hiding.

It was safe to say that it was almost a one-pattern.

‘But being named means that no one has been able to capture that obvious pattern.’

Sarak- Sarak-

I closed my eyes and held my breath.

Concentrated in a calm state.

Then, little by little, I began to feel the location of the other person, who had been blurry.

His position is…

‘Where!’

visor!

I hurriedly turned back and swung my spear into the empty air.

Then, at the end of the darkness where there was nothing, a metal sound rang out.

Kenzo, who was covered in pitch-black like me, was there.

Genzo’s eyebrows twitched as I blocked his ambush.

‘Never miss it.’

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Just as Genzo was about to throw himself into the darkness again, my spear with thunderbolt cut his escape route.

And the brawl started.

visor! Chaeeng! visor! Sgung-

Kwajik- Kwajik-

As an assassin, he had great patience and mental strength.

The thunderbolt attack that made even Victor flinch did not seem to work on him at all.

‘Still, the damage must still be piling up.’

The arm holding the curved sword should be tingling by now.

However, it was not easy even though he blocked his ambush and waged an all-out war.

Although his swordsmanship skills are inferior to Victor’s.

Wedge love!

That memorized attack that came from an unexpected direction was the problem.

‘Yes, run away.’

While the attack was cut off while avoiding the memorization flying from the blind spot, Kenzo turned and started running away.

I’m trying to hide myself in the dark somehow again.

Seeing that the guy’s agility was 87, the distance widened in an instant.

Heading towards the alleyway, Kenzo turns the corner.

I didn’t give up and went after him.

And it was the moment to turn the corner.

Whiik-

In the silence, Kenzo’s sword fell towards me.

I reflexively swung the spear at him.

It was then.

Kenzo’s sword rushing towards me.

But at the last moment, Genzo’s body split in two.

Two Genzos swung their swords at me, occupying a blind spot.

‘It’s an alter ego.’

To be honest, I was waiting for when to write it.

It’s going to be one last move for him.

I also brought out a move I had hidden from him.

‘Cloak of silence.’

He momentarily turned his body while hiding.

The cloak of silence loses stealth the moment it receives an attack, but it didn’t matter.

It’s a very fleeting moment, but Kenzo must have missed my movement.

‘also.’

Then Kenzo’s eyes, which had never lost his composure, trembled slightly.

It never worked on Arwen, but the Cloak of Silence is a tier 1 skill.

It was an advanced skill that I doubted whether anyone would use it even if it went to a high numbering match in a higher league.

And the moment I lost sight of myself even for a moment at a very close distance, the result was already decided.

I quickly swung my spear, dodging the attacks from the two Genzos, even my clones.

Pook-

I could feel my fingertips piercing my ribs.

Named players were no longer my opponents.

Tring!

[Current number of survivors: 4]

[Round 11 of 6 matches has ended.]

[‘Ren’ wins!]

[After a while, Round 12 will begin. Please prepare.]

* * *

└ No sh*t, did a bastard named Naim lose to a guy from Earth? Ah, the name Named is a waste. Fly, go out, go out.

└Nukhahahahaha How many points did you bet on Nakatsukuni to get so angry?

└ hahahahaha I guess you haven’t seen that bastard Ren kill Arwen. Arwen played with Moorim’s named preface hahahaha Arwen like that also got his throat cut by Ren ㅅㄱ

└ I don’t really understand. How on earth did a guy like that come out? It’s been a long time since the era of fighting with a sword has ended, hasn’t it?

└ Ren’s bubble will end soon. Arwen won by chance, and the next opponent after Ren is the same name from Alfheim. There, as if being torn to pieces and crying and begging hahahahaha

* * *

after.

‘It wasn’t very difficult, but I can’t help but feel tired.’

It wasn’t a tough fight, but Genzo’s movements were too fast.

Also, memorization of not knowing when and where to fly was a problem.

So I had to block his attack with more tension than ever.

Thanks to my super sense, I was able to win because I was superior to Kenzo in terms of compatibility.

If it wasn’t for that, the fight against him would have been even longer.

‘Who is the opponent this time.’

[The 12th round of 6 matches begins.]

[Ren vs Soho]

[The match starts in 3 seconds.]

Looking at the message window, I sighed.

Ears sticking out of the head.

A tail that twitches at the butt.

Even the sharp fangs in the teeth.

[The match starts in 2 seconds.]

‘The strongest of the Beasts.’

It was a hoin tribe.

damn.

The guy I wish I hadn’t met the most was caught.

[The match starts in 1 second.]

My name is Soho.

Like the hoinjok, he is the type to press down with great physicality.

They are good at stealth, and have excellent senses, so they should be difficult to deal with.

There is nothing to call it a weakness.

The only way to win is to hit it with a higher stat.

That was written on the analysis table Aserian handed over.

[Start the match!]

Soho grinned at me, baring his sharp fangs.

from Alfheim. Also, since they were of the same race, there was a high possibility that they would have a one-on-one relationship with Arwen.

In other words, he would be grinding his teeth at me.

‘Evil eyes.’

[Check the opponent’s abilities.]

[Name: Soho]

[Disposition: Improvement]

[Muscle: 78(+?)] [Agility: 81(+?)] [Stamina: 64(+?)]

[Spirit: 66(+?)] [Intelligence: 4(+?)] [Magic Power: 69(+?)]

[Awakening Ability: ＜Advanced Fighting Skills＞ ＜Hunting Instinct＞ ＜Advanced Living＞ ＜Advanced Mana Management＞ ＜Lesser Healing Skills＞]

[Race Perk: King of Beasts]

He also had great strength and agility.

All the Huins I’ve met so far have been like that.

I think it’s because of the racial perk, but what kind of perk did she get so strong?

“They sent Arwen to eternal rest! Let’s compete with me!”

Soho emits a huge roar.

‘Tsk.’

As befits a warlike nature, he started running towards me from a distance at a terrifying speed.

I also quickly charged at him with a spear on my side.

Aserian said that the only way to defeat Soho was to hit it with a higher stat, but there was one more way besides that.

That is to wage a war of attrition.

bang!

When Soho’s front hand collided with my spear, hook! With that feeling, my body jumped backwards.

In an instant, it felt like all of my organs were protruding out of my mouth.

‘It’s very hard.’

On both of Soho’s hands, there were huge nails about 20 centimeters long.

But do nails not conduct electricity?

Wedge!

While I was pushed back, Soho lunged again and swung his claws at me.

‘after. You have to fight smart.’

You have to give away the small ones, take the big ones, and drag them into a long-term battle with a profit.

That’s why you have to force damage little by little to defeat him.

visor! Kwajik! Chae Chaeng! visor!

I was focused on defense for now.

I give up the desire to knock him down at once.

First of all, while gnawing as little as possible…

Tring!

[＜Thunderbolt＞ is activated.]

‘Thunderbolt!’

As the battle against the star system happened, the thunderbolt that had never exploded was activated.

I swung the spear at Soho with all my might.

aaa!

But my spear only cut through the air.

A huge pit formed on the floor, and thunderbolts spread in all directions.

‘Did you avoid it?’

For a moment, the back of my neck stiffened and I got goosebumps.