Returner of the Colosseum

＜ Episode 72. Altar of Masters (2) ＞

Unexpectedly, I couldn’t use the Blood Enhancement perk and Blood Recovery, but I wasn’t taken aback.

It was because he expected that something like this would happen at least once through his conversation with Aserian before.

‘are you okay.’

My basic stats are still lacking a lot, but because I have reverse puncture and the strongest star system perk, I’m at the average level of my teammates.

In addition, he had more experience in the upper leagues and had better skills, so there was no need to panic.

but.

hooked! hooked! hooked!

He immediately changed his style to focus on stabbing.

Swinging it can kill a large number of undead at once, but it consumes much more stamina.

In the current situation, we must fight as concisely and efficiently as possible.

“You shouldn’t fight as if you were dealing with a human! Everyone, with the idea of breaking bones at all!”

Koh Chang-sin gave me advice from behind, but I knew much better about hunting the undead.

Since they are made of skeletons, it is correct to fight with the concept of destroying them because they continue to move even if their necks are cut or their arms are cut off.

But it wasn’t just that.

‘After all, it has the same body structure as humans.’

Even stabbing was enough to incapacitate the skeletons.

For example, the spine.

hooked!

The skeleton that had been stabbed in the abdomen by me collapsed on the floor.

The guy struggled to get himself up somehow, but to no avail.

First of all, the spine is the core bone that supports the body.

When the spine is broken, humans cannot walk or move.

And it was the same for the undead.

The spear pierced my spine, and one of the fallen undeads crawled across the floor with both arms and swung a sword at me.

However, if I tried swinging the sword while lying down, it poses no threat to me.

It was because it was a slow and meaningless swing because I couldn’t put weight on it, nothing more and nothing less.

Kwajik!

After stepping on the guy crawling on the floor and crushing it, I stretched out my spear at the other skeletons.

“Everyone is aiming for the spine! Break the spine to incapacitate it!”

Gochangshin, who was spraying arrows at Skeleton and Dyurahan, shouted.

It seemed that he was watching me fight.

[Remaining HP: 81%]

‘not bad.’

In the beginning, there was quite a bit of stamina consumption due to the breath of thunder, but after disabling it, it only went down by about 5%.

It was thanks to his stamina stat exceeding 90.

If that’s the case, there won’t be much of a problem in running the game.

【Tranquil ancient touch!】

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Just then, Roman’s magic was activated, and the floor outside the circle we had drawn turned into a swamp.

In an instant, the undead were sucked in and struggled.

Kwajik! Kwajik!

Then Bjorn, who was behind me to the left, swung his huge ax in all directions and quickly started clearing the skeletons.

The ax is a weapon specialized in melee.

In the meantime, it must have been a little sore to fight only on defense.

‘Don’t overdo it, let’s organize them one by one.’

As it is a ruin where the undead appear, you never know when and where a high-grade undead will appear.

I planned to conserve my stamina as much as possible in preparation for an unexpected situation.

“after. Thank you all for your hard work.”

Thanks to Roman’s magic and Bjorn’s performance, we quickly cleaned up the undead and moved on.

It didn’t take up a lot of time, but anyway, this match was a time attack mission to see who kills the boss monster first.

The sooner the better.

‘I was really good at not breaking through.’

Upon exiting through one of the common corridors, the Death Knight, a high-ranking undead, was camped out.

Since they are monsters specialized in defense, they would have suffered great damage if they had tried to break through.

“Byonnim, come forward too. The three of us, Eden-nim and I, have to break through.”

“I was waiting for that. Ughhhhh!”

“If you run out of stamina, you have to tell me right away!”

“No problem so far!”

While Eden, Bayon, and Goh Chang-sin were clearing out the Death Knights from the front, I swung my spear at the skeletons coming from behind.

It wasn’t a very difficult fight because it was across a narrow hallway.

“The leader’s reading isn’t bad, is it?”

I was arranging the skeleton for a while, and Roman asked me from behind.

“Your judgment is really good. You are a great person.”

“that’s right. Is it really versatile? In addition, a sensible person like Ren joined the team, so I think the speed has increased.”

There was trust in Go Chang-sin in Roman’s words.

“Whoops, whoops, damn it! Death Knight is endless!”

“Len! Shift with Beyonce!”

In the meantime, the frontlines were struggling.

As he wielded the huge axe, Bjorn’s stamina quickly ran out.

At Koh Chang-sin’s words, I swung my spear and cleaned up the skeletons, and ran straight ahead.

‘Breath of thunder.’

Kwajijijijijik!

Then, filling the position Roman occupied, he swung his spear at the Death Knights.

Caang! Caang! Caang!

Instead of the small number of Death Knights, because of their high defense, they planned to destroy them at once and move on.

Each time my spear flashed, the Death Knights fell to the floor one by one.

“oh! The attack power is amazing!”

Eden, who was swinging a sword beside him, admired it.

‘I’ll be able to pierce it right away.’

My arms wielding the spear gained even more strength.

└ He fights well. But is that enough to be enthusiastic about?

└ It’s a good fight. It’s just mediocre.

└..? How the hell has the level of the lower leagues fallen these days, so you can see players like that and talk about GOAT?

└ Hey, before that, when Ren comes up, all the higher leagues go up and go up.

└This is why I have to filter out the kids that drag on aggro. I bet my left wrist that he will disappear without a trace in the next two or three games. By the way, this is my girlfriend.

└ Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

└ Hmm… Ren is a bit strange today. Why do you think you’re so weak? I guess I wasn’t that weak.

└ Witdas / The term cancer? It is a word used in Moorim, and it means a crane mixed in a flock of chickens. It may look special in the lower leagues, but it’s nowhere near the upper leagues.

└ㅋㅋㅋㅋ As expected, he is from Earth~~ It doesn’t disappoint. Believe me~~~!

Kwakwagwagwagwang!

It was a time when they were advancing forward while hunting the undead.

There was a tremendous roar, and the underground ruins trembled.

Crushed sand fell from the ceiling.

‘They’re other team players.’

When Koh Chang-shin, who was running in the lead, raised one hand and lowered his stance, the team members following held their breath and stopped.

“It looks like there is another team ahead. Judging from the current vibration, it seems to be magic. They won’t know we exist, so we have a much better advantage. I will surprise you at once.”

Everyone nodded their heads at Go Chang-shin’s words.

And seeing that, I let out a sigh of relief.

Since failing the mission doesn’t mean you’ll die anyway, he was worried about what would happen if Goh Chang-sin asked to avoid battle.

‘That’s absolutely not possible.’

Since we’re going to attack anyway, it’s an overwhelmingly advantageous situation.

Depending on the situation, he could avoid a battle, but it was a number of cases that he didn’t even need to consider right now.

‘Because there are a lot of guys who play while focusing only on survival.’

Survival is my priority.

But my ultimate goal is not to survive for a long time, but to rise to the transcendental league.

In order to do that, it was necessary to gain popularity with the audience.

That way, the offer will come in better, and the basic salary will continue to rise.

Players who are shunned by the audience will not receive offers.

‘It’s not like the guys in the top ranks are expelled from the martial arts groups on Earth for no reason.’

Players who run boring matches just for survival are ruthlessly discarded.

It was the same with the Colosseum.

After all, this was also a place where profits were made through the audience.

That’s why you shouldn’t avoid battle unless you encounter an enemy that can’t resist like Arwen, or you can’t fight due to lack of stamina.

“The number one target is the Elemental Weaver. Number 2, Wizard. Number 3, archer. Roman and I will prioritize targets 1, 2, and 3. Eden?”

“yes.”

“Eden-nim, please protect me and Roman-nim as the top priority. Beyon-sama, please reduce the number of people one by one, starting with the one you can kill the fastest.”

“All right.”

“Leave it to me.”

“I will give Ren a free roll. Please move on your own according to the situation.”

I nodded my head at Ko Chang-shin’s words.

In the previous battle with the undead, I noticed that I changed my style depending on the situation.

In a word, it meant that I thought I would be able to move according to the situation.

‘Not bad.’

“We’re leaving right away. Please don’t run right away when you see the enemy. I will start the battle with the signal that I shoot an arrow.”

With Koh Chang-shin at the head, we ran in the direction where the explosion was heard.

Then, at some point, I heard the sound of another team fighting.

The sound of someone’s chant.

The dull metal sound of a shield, the sound of a long weapon cutting through the air, and even the sound of claws scratching metal.

“A wizard. two articles. one spearman. and······. It looks like there’s a beast among them.”

When I inferred from the sound I heard, the other team members made a surprised expression.

“Ren. Can you hear the fighting?”

Ko Chang-shin turned his head to look at me and asked.

“yes. It seems to be in the cavity where you go to the left in this T-shaped hallway.”

“You have great hearing. This will make combat a lot easier. Then, target 1 mage, target 2 beasts, and target 3 spearman.”

“All right.”

Upon entering the T-shaped hallway, not a single undead existed.

It seemed that aggro was attracted to the guys they were fighting right now.

‘It would be perfect for an ambush.’

Thanks to that, we were able to quietly approach the end of the T-shaped corridor.

Now, even the voices of the enemy team could be heard clearly.

visor! Chaechaechaeng! Kwakwagwagwang!

“Lauren! Save your mana! We’ll take care of the rest!”

“all right!”

Seeing the man who was presumed to be a wizard asking him to save his magic, it seemed that the battle between them was almost over.

Go Chang-shin, who stopped at the end of the hallway with a lowered posture, gave a hand signal to wait for a while, and then threw an arrow into the string.

pood deuk-

With the sound of pulling the string, Go Chang-shin counted with the shape of his mouth.

three.

two.

‘Use the breath of thunder.’

one.

ping!

As Koh Chang-sin shot arrows through the hallway, Bjorn and I jumped out.

Then, five players were seen arranging the skeletons.

As I expected, there was one sorceress wearing a conical hat, two knights holding swords and shields, one spearman, and one Nanin tribe.

‘Evil eyes.’

Fortunately, power is boiling with us.

then.

Our side of the ambush will have a much better advantage.

“Enemies!”

“Biyeon! The remaining skeletons! Me and Rudin stop them! Lauren is…”

Ting! Ting! Ting! Ting! Ting! Ting!

While the enemy team leader gave instructions, a barrage of arrows shot by Ko Chang-shin hit them.

The two knights who tried to come forward to stop Bjorn and me were unable to move with their shields upright as they protected their comrades from arrows.

‘From the Rangin tribe.’

‘I understand.’

When I nodded at the Nanginjok, Bjorn nodded.

“bloke!”

As we rushed in, the Nangin tribe, who had been avoiding the arrows behind the knight’s shield, came out and blocked Bjorn with their claws raised.

Kwajijijijijik!

‘Kill at once.’

My spear and Bjorn’s ax flew at the ronin.

It was then.

ssssssssssssssssssss-

His body faded, then disappeared completely.

‘Beyond’s back!’

I momentarily turned and threw a spear at Bjorn’s back.

visor!

There was someone who tried to attack Bjorn with both hands, but was blocked by my spear.

“…!”

It was the Nannin tribe that had just disappeared.

‘It’s an ambush-type skill.’

Wedge liquid!

While I was clearing the attack flying at Bjorn, Bjorn instinctively twisted his body and swung an ax at the Nangin.

Then the figure of the creature became blurry, and it appeared from behind the knight again.

Unlike the lower players, he had at least one decent skill.

【Sharp blade!】

While we were hesitant to block the Beasts, the wind magic written by the other wizard flew towards us.

Kwajijijijijik!

[Magic offset rate: 50%]

I tore the magic at once and hit the spear with the shield wall made by the two knights.

visor! Kwajik!

The spear and shield collided, sparks of thunderbolt spread, and the opposing knight momentarily stiffened.

“Oh, lightning properties! careful!”

While the knight flinched, I thrust out the spear once more.

The plan was to quickly break through the shield wall and kill the wizard behind.

【A breath of a gentle breeze!】

Then, as if the wizard had anticipated my actions, he created a wind shield to block my charge.

【Steps of Giants!】

At the same time, Roman’s earth magic flew from behind.

bang! Kwakwawang!

Something like a huge rock came flying in and knocked on the shield, scattering small grains of sand in all directions.

“I’ve killed them all!”

While the breakthrough failed due to being blocked by the Beasts, an enemy spearman who was cleaning up the remaining skeletons behind the wizard joined them.

‘Tsk.’

“Then Biyeon and Molke deal with the opposing archer and mage. We’ll stop them, so hurry up!”

The opposing team’s spearmen and beastmen broke away from the group and tried to run in the direction of Gochangshin.

‘Where!’

I moved right and left and swung my spear at the players who were running towards Eden.

It won’t be easy for Ethan to stop those two by himself.

However, Bayon is attacking enemy tanks.

It was right that I, who was given a free role, moved.

‘I have to tie even one person’s feet.’

That’s why I had to keep the enemies in check so they couldn’t approach it.

visor! Kwajijik!

From then on, the melee began.

bang! Kwagwagwang! visor! Ting Ting! Chae Chaeng! bang!

Magic and magic collide to create a small halo of light, and as weapons collide with each other, magic is broken.

The battle between the top players was full of various skill impacts unlike the lower leagues.

I wandered around the spearman called Biyeon and the beastmen, aiming at their backs and brandishing their spears whenever they tried to head in the direction of Eden.

Then the guys exchanged glances with each other and then rushed at me at the same time.

‘Not through.’

Predicting how they would behave, I quickly adjusted my distance and escaped from their attacks.

It was not difficult to get out of the way because the main purpose was not to knock them down in the first place, but to keep them in check.

“Your containment skills are quite good. Even if you just came up to a higher league, is it still a named driver?”

“joy! I can’t even face head-to-head because I’m scared, so what’s the name?”

As the spearman murmured softly, the beastmen snorted and sharpened their claws.

The guys knew who I was.

It was then.

‘what?’

Something was flying toward us.

It was a pointed object that contained no sound or force.

‘arrow!’

If it wasn’t for the magic field, it was a stealthy attack that would go unnoticed.

And there was only one person who would shoot an arrow here.

Glancing at them, they didn’t notice that the arrows were flying.

‘now!’

Unlike before, I ran right into them.

It was a style that focused only on containment while maintaining distance, and dug in head-on.

Then, as if everything went well, the spearman and the beastmen also tried to stab me with an attack.

and.

hooked!

“Keuk…!”

As I lowered my stance, the arrow pierced the thigh of the beastman who was trying to pierce me.

‘Good assist.’

Because of that, the Beasts lost their center of gravity and their posture collapsed.

I did not miss the precious opportunity Koh Chang-shin created.

Awesome!

＜ Episode 72. Altar of Masters (2) ＞ End