Returner of the Colosseum

Episode

61 . Promotion Match (4) -Free Last Episode-

When the gate disappeared, a crystal the size of an adult man’s forearm appeared in its place.

This seemed to be the sacred stone the system was talking about.

There are 57 minutes left until the monster wave starts.

It was urgent to sort out the situation.

“First, let’s decide on the lead.”

I opened my mouth to the nine players who were to compete together.

“What would Ren-nim do? I’m Karol. As you can see, I am a swordsman.”

“I also want Ren to lead. I am Alice.”

“Anyway, Ren-sama…”

Everyone must have known that I was going to participate, so they entrusted me with the lead.

Well, it might be weird not knowing, since the community has been talking about competing in the main event of Bloodknight 207 like that.

Having become the unanimous leader of this match, I turned my head to the people around me.

“Who is in charge here?”

“Yes, warrior of God. I am Isaac, who is managing this castle.”

At my question, a knight came forward and got down on one knee.

“Please explain the current situation, remaining troops, and anything else we need to be familiar with.”

“ancient. Today is the 5th day of the monster wave, and they attack only when the moon is up. When the sun rose, it retreated like a lie. The majority of monsters are Orcs, and there have been occasional trolls and ogres.”

“Ogre…?”

Isaac’s words took me by surprise.

Other players’ reactions were similar.

sh*t.

Orcs should be able to deal with other players well enough.

I don’t know how many trolls are much stronger than orcs, but if the soldiers join forces, we can somehow deal with them.

However, the ogre called the king of monsters…

‘It won’t be easy.’

“yes. At first, the number of invading monsters was small, but the number of monsters is increasing day by day. In the end, all four city gates were smashed in the battle that was fought yesterday. Of the original army of over 10,000, there are now 2,000 left. Among them, more than half of them were seriously injured, and the number that can actually fight is a little less than a thousand.”

The war situation was much worse than I thought.

In particular, the fact that the castle gate was smashed was great.

“Eventually, we will have to take over the role of the castle gate. Now, let’s divide the roles. Karol, Gogunbaek, and Ellis enter the western gate. Lee Chungmyeong, Geoffrey, and Angela take the southern gate. Yasuke, Nebudnezzar, and Knox take the northern gate. East is mine. Isaac?”

“yes. Please tell me.”

“You command the soldiers from the center. If there is a gate that is being pushed back, organically move the soldiers to defend it. The eastern gate only needs to deploy the minimum number of troops to block the monsters climbing up the wall. Also, if an ogre appears at another castle gate, let me know immediately.”

“All right.”

I divided the roles so that the balance was as good as possible with the Devil’s Eye, and then I registered the mark while stepping on Isaac’s shadow.

The cooldown of Shadow Mark is 8 hours.

Currently, it is impossible to register one mark for each castle gate.

‘It’s fortunate that shadow movement and shadow exchange don’t have a cooldown.’

If so, leaving a mark in the shadow of Isaac, who will command in the center, will be able to go to cover the other gate more efficiently.

In the worst case, even if a situation arises in which you have to protect the sacred stone, it is also the position where you can respond most quickly.

“A mission like this is about getting through the first day. So, I wish you all luck. We don’t have time, so we move right away.”

As soon as I finished my words, the players split into threes and started running towards the castle gate.

I also ran quickly towards the eastern gate.

‘It’s disastrous.’

The corpses of humans and monsters that could not be recovered were scattered all over the road.

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Just by looking at them, I could tell how fierce the battles had been over the past four days.

After running at full speed for about 5 minutes, I saw the empty eastern gate.

‘Even though it’s a small city, it’s wider than I thought.’

It was almost the size of Yeouido.

In this way, even if the other gate is breached, it will not be easy to go to help.

If it takes 10 minutes round trip, monsters will pour into the castle while they come and go to help.

I can only hope that the other players block it well.

“omg! Who, who!”

When I arrived, the soldiers sitting and resting in front of the gates found me and raised their spears.

The surroundings were slowly getting darker, so the sight of myself wearing a Vladimir mask in a black robe was quite a startling visual.

“I am a warrior sent by your god to save this place. A soldier from Isaac will arrive in a while, so you just have to listen to him.”

The soldiers who heard my words jumped up and started cheering loudly.

“ah! The sun god has sent his messenger!”

“The sun god heard our prayers!”

A blush appeared on the faces of the resigned soldiers.

I thought today was the last, but with our appearance, I found hope.

[The monster wave starts in 30 minutes.]

‘I’ll have to go outside first.’

Leaving behind the high-spirited soldiers, I exited the castle gate and headed into the vast expanse of forest.

Darkness began to spread in all directions, but thanks to the demon’s eyes, it felt as bright as daytime.

There was nothing special about entering the forest.

It was just full of silence.

‘It’s like the night before the storm.’

[The monster wave starts in 20 minutes.]

The forest was much larger than I expected.

It seemed to be several times bigger than Hersebelg.

After 10 or 20 minutes, there is no choice.

‘Tsk.’

In the end, I had no choice but to turn my steps back because I couldn’t raise any income.

If there were such huge forests and mountains, the number of monsters would be staggering.

Anything that breaks through the gates must be stopped at all costs.

Currently, Hersebelg Castle’s troops did not have the strength to fight street battles.

The moment the monsters enter the interior, the road to hell will unfold.

[The monster wave starts in 10 minutes.]

When I returned to the eastern gate, a soldier was waiting for me.

Compared to the other soldiers, he was well armed, and judging from the fact that he was riding a horse, he seemed to have a fairly high rank.

As soon as the soldier saw me, he jumped off his horse and bowed his head in front of me.

“Messenger of God. My name is Centurion Ralphson. I came to assist the lion master by commanding the soldiers of the alumni.”

“I will leave it up to you.”

“ancient. Can you give me directions or ask me what I need to know?”

hmm.

It’s a separate order.

“I will do it alone to guard the entrance. Ralphson, if there are any monsters climbing up the castle wall, just deal with them.”

“All right!”

Ralphson led the soldiers up the wall, and I was the only one left in front of the gate.

And as the sun went down, complete darkness came over Hersebelg.

Tring!

[The old moon has risen.]

[＜Robe: Echo of the Moon＞ borrows the power of the moon and increases all stats by 3%.]

A pale moonlight illuminated the ground.

In the silence, only the sound of the soldiers’ rough breathing filled the space.

It seemed that everyone was trembling and nervous.

‘For them, this time that comes every day must have been like a nightmare.’

Today, I was thinking of breaking that nightmare.

[The monster wave begins!]

A message popped up saying the game was about to start.

As Isaac, the head of Herzebelg, said, the wave started as soon as the moon rose.

It was then.

Tring! Tring! Tring! Tring! Tring!

[Middle God ‘Ludiac’ has placed a sub mission.]

– Breathe.

[Compensation: 10,000 P]

[Middle God ‘Ludiac’ has placed a sub mission.]

-Swinging a spear.

[Compensation: 10,000 P]

[Middle God ‘Ludiac’ has placed a sub mission.]

[Middle class god ‘Ludiac’ is doing a sub mission…]

Countless sub-missions pouring in.

The content didn’t matter.

Wielding a spear, walking, breathing, and moving were the only things that could complete the mission just by being alive.

In particular, the content of the last mission was spectacle.

[Middle God ‘Ludiac’ has placed a sub mission.]

―If you don’t like team fighting spirit, shake a carrot.

We will immediately contact Team Fighting and promote recruitment.

[Compensation: 1,000 P]

After reading the contents of the submission, I burst into laughter.

It must be the god I saw before, who said he would give me pocket money for a sub mission.

‘Accept the sub-mission en masse. Except for shaking the carrot.’

Tring!

[You have accepted the sub mission.]

―Content: breathing, swinging a spear, walking, moving, killing 1 monster…

[Compensation: 100,000 P]

‘100,000 points. How nice?’

No matter what I do, 100,000 points are fixed for now.

All that was left was to block the monster wave.

“Chuiiik! Chwiyiyi profit!”

The roar of monsters echoed at the right time.

Their cries were full of hostility.

In the forest, so much dust was rising that the silence just before seemed like a lie.

“Oh, it comes!”

“Those bastards! Still such a huge number…!”

“Quiet, quiet! Everyone stay calm! The protection of the sun god is with us!”

The centurion, Ralphson, calmed the trembling soldiers.

Koo Goo Goo Goo Goo Goo-

Despite the distance, a vibration was felt on the floor.

A truly staggering number of monsters were marching towards this place.

‘I’m sure the other guys from the castle gate will have to hold on.’

Fortunately, the battle was not held on an open plain.

If you calmly deal with them through the narrow gates, you will be able to block them enough.

‘shall we start.’

Tring! Tring! Tring!

[＜Mythical Achievement: Reverse Punisher＞…]

[＜Dimensional Special: The Strongest Star＞…]

[＜Breath of Thunder＞······.]

As soon as the perks were turned on, a huge number of Orcs poured into the castle gate.

Trolls and ogres have not yet been seen.

“Chwiyiyiik!”

Kwajijijijijijijik!

A terrifying thunderbolt that even possessed lightning strikes rose from his entire body.

Awesome!

Every time he swung his spear, three or four orcs fell to the ground.

Orcs are one level lower than the Black Orcs they faced in the interstellar battle.

There was no way ordinary Orcs could do anything about me, who had survived even in the village of hundreds of thousands of Black Orcs.

‘If this is enough, I’ll do the other side too?’

Every time the thunderbolt flashed, the number of orc corpses piled up at the gate increased exponentially.

The smell of burning meat stung my nose.

“Oh oh! Truly a warrior of God!”

“God of the sun! thank you!”

“You piglets! Accept God’s punishment!”

The soldiers on the wall screamed at my overwhelming majesty.

Awesome! Awesome!

Beyond blocking in front of the castle gate, I moved the battlefield little by little to the outside.

The narrow path rather caught my hunting speed.

‘There must be a limit to the number of monsters anyway.’

He was planning to kill all the monsters that came in as quickly as possible.

Tring!

[The stats that can be raised with ＜Blood Reinforcement＞….]

The situation where even the enhanced bloody perk was activated.

From then on, the punishment of God that the soldiers say began.

aaa!

The thunderbolt exploded, releasing shockwaves in all directions, and as the thunderbolt was activated, lightning was scattered everywhere.

Even the simple act of wielding a spear brought disaster-like things to the Orcs.

[Strength: 105 (+5) (+44)] [Agility: 112 (+5) (+47)] [Strength: 104 (+5) (+38)]

[Spirit: 153 (+59)] [Intelligence: 23 (+9)] [Magic Power: 124 (+5) (+46)]

The moment all stats except intelligence exceeded three digits, power that could not be seen in the human category began to appear.

“Kwoaaa!”

Awesome!

Trolls were occasionally seen, but even so, it was a one-shot cut.

phut! phut! phut!

Every time I swung the spear, there was a sound of air bursting.

‘It’s like a moth jumping into the fire.’

The flash of lightning lit up the dark battlefield.

“Chwiyiyiik!”

After swinging for a while, I was able to kill all the monsters that had invaded through the eastern gate.

It was then.

Tring! Tring! Tring!

[Player ‘Nebudnezzar’ has died.]

[Player ‘Yasuke’ has died.]

[Player ‘Knox’ has died.]

‘f*ck.’

The death call rang and announced that a member of the same team had died.

The three players sent to guard the northern gate were all dead.

“Ralphson! Clean up after yourself!”

I entrusted the eastern gate full of monster corpses to the centurion, Ralphson, and immediately ran towards the northern gate.

“These bastards!”

“Never let them inside!”

“Ugh… me, go away! Aww!”

Fortunately, until I arrived, the soldiers of the northern gate were blocking the gate with their bodies.

Every time the orcs and trolls stirred, a huge amount of blood was splattered.

Soldiers were dying in a very brutal way, with their upper bodies ripped off or their limbs cut off with an axe.

“Everyone back!”

Kwajijijijik!

aaa!

I started the carnage again, breaking through the soldiers.

Fortunately, no more players died until all the monsters that had invaded through the northern gate were killed.

Awesome!

“Chwi, chwiik…”

The end of the orc decapitated by my spear, and the end of the monster wave at the northern gate.

I ran straight to the west gate.

And after cleaning the place, go to the south gate.

As a result, he was able to slaughter over 20,000 monsters in one night.

[Status of kills]

[1st. ‘Ren’ 20,387 kills]

[2nd place. ‘Gogunbaek’ 804 kills]

[3rd place. ‘Lee Chung-myeong’ 799 kills]

[4th place. ‘Carol’ 774 kills]

“Ugh! my legs! Ugh…”

“Get a stretcher here! hurry!”

“Uh, hey! Wake! hey!”

“Ah, my God…”

As the day dawned, the area in front of the castle gate became a mess.

This was because whenever the player’s health was low, the soldiers stepped in and bought time.

It was such a fierce battle that there were no healthy soldiers.

The good news is that monsters don’t invade while the sun is shining.

Because of this, the surviving players were taking a break after drinking a potion of recovery on one side.

“Thank you for your hard work, Ren.”

“Thank you for your help.”

I nodded lightly to the players who were thanking me and immediately moved on.

‘Tsk. It can’t go on like this.’

Even though it was the first day of the monster wave, it took a huge hit.

However, according to Isaac, the number of monsters coming in increased as the day passed.

Then from tomorrow, more monsters will come.

Even today 3 players died.

‘It won’t be easy for the monster wave to attack tonight.’

I’d be fine, but the other players were the problem.

No matter how good I am, it will be difficult to protect the Holy Stone the moment the other gate is breached.

‘I’ll have to find a way.’

I headed to the central square.

I couldn’t just wait for the monster to invade like this.

* * *

Deep in the mountains where the dawn of dawn began to shine.

A knight was conversing with a hooded woman.

The woman was holding a ball the size of the palm of her hand, and it was pitch black, as if absorbing all the light in the world.

At that time, the knight who was looking down the mountain opened his mouth with a frown.

“······I thought we could break the sacred stone today, but it failed.”

“it’s okay. The full moon will rise in a few days anyway. At that time, we will be able to send more monsters into the wave.”

Despite the woman’s boastful words, the knight’s expression did not lighten.

“Hasn’t there been any news that the other priests are coming?”

“yes. They say it’s hard to get any more support. Instead, all the apostles decided to come.”

“That is fortunate. Then, let’s send an ogre tomorrow.”

Then the woman stared at the knight and opened her mouth.

“Then how many monsters will we not be able to send?”

“It doesn’t matter. Anyway, if the ogre manages to break through the castle gate, it will be possible to break the Sacred Stone no matter how many there are.”

“all right. Tonight, then, we must move to the ogre realm. I’ll be getting ready to move.

After speaking, the woman patted her forehead and shoulders before disappearing into the dense forest.

Leaving the woman behind, the knight gazing at Hersebelg Castle at the foot of the mountain murmured in a low voice.

“… tomorrow for sure.”