Returner of the Colosseum

＜ Episode 73. Altar of Masters (3) ＞

The decapitated beast fell to the floor.

Tring!

[You have killed player ‘Molke’.]

[Your HP is recovered by 1% with ＜Recovery of Blood＞ ability.]

[All stats increase by 1% with ＜Blood Reinforcement＞ ability. (1/30)]

[The boost is reset if you don’t kill another creature within 3 minutes.]

Leaving behind the notification window of blood recovery and blood reinforcement, which I had never seen before in this match, I ran straight to the spearman.

“Molke! sh*t.”

As long as it was a one-on-one situation, there was no reason for me to be pushed by him.

visor! Kwajijik!

When my spear entwined and stabbed his spear like a snake, he hurriedly distanced himself.

[winter fragrance to roar!]

【Be quiet, breath of the earth!】

In order to somehow help his side, the enemy wizard threw his magic, but Roman’s magic flew at the same time and protected me.

Obviously, since he had a lot of experience and sense, he knew how to cover magic according to the speed of the enemy mage’s chanting.

Thanks to that, I was able to focus only on the spearman.

“Eden-nim, please join us too!”

“yes.”

At Go Chang-shin’s words, Eden also joined the fight and pushed the guys.

As long as they reduced one person, if they continued to use their superiority in numbers, they would be able to annihilate them in no time.

“Keugh!”

It was the time when Eden cut off the enemy spearman’s attack with his shield, and I stabbed him, aiming for that gap.

With the magic field, I could feel Bjorn struggling behind the two knights.

As Bjorn tried to get out quickly, two knights cut the space he was trying to escape with their shields at the fore.

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

Goh Chang-sin blew arrows to make a way somehow, but the enemy knights, as if not to miss this opportunity, took a few arrows with their bodies and drove Bjorn roughly.

‘Tsk.’

I immediately took out a spare spear from my inventory and threw it in the direction of Bjorn.

Then, entrusting the enemy spearman to Eden, he quickly joined Bjorn.

Caang!

The knight who caught the spear I threw took a huge step back.

The power contained in the spear could not be fully discharged.

I didn’t miss the chance and stabbed him with my spear.

As a result, Bayonne, who created an empty space, was able to escape safely.

“Tsk. I got them all.”

It was the time when the enemy knight murmured softly and moved to join the wizard.

‘I have to pay for being greedy.’

I pushed on with force and prevented the enemy knight from joining the wizard.

Go Chang-shin’s arrow hit the enemy wizard’s protection magic, and Roman was chanting to finish it off.

If I hold on to this article now, the enemy mage has no way to block Roman’s magic.

【Thousands of fears!】

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Just in time, Roman recited the start language and cast magic.

“ah······.”

Kwakjik!

The enemy mage was crushed by a huge rock that fell from the sky leaving a small deathbed.

It was an instant death without seeing it.

Now there are only two knights and one spearman left.

The victory was perfectly passed to our team.

“f*ck!”

The enemy spearman who received Go Chang-shin and Roman’s one-point match spat out a curse.

└ It’s a good fight for someone who just came up to a higher league. Did you have a lot of team fighting experience?

└To be honest, I don’t know if he’s strong, but his judgment and understanding of tactics seem to be ㅅㅅㅅ. It is definitely an amazing talent to match the team members I met for the first time today.

└ It’s all because of the guys who sucked it up like bgs—-. To be honest, my skills aren’t at the level of being criticized, but the other cubs were so thrilled that I raised my expectations.

└ㅇㅇ Cotyledon is good enough to show that kind of movement even though it has low stats. If you raise it well, you will be able to adapt stably to the higher leagues.

└hahahaha Do you watch the game for a day or two? Hey, that level is widespread in the upper leagues hahahaha And those kids form the bottom cushion of the upper leagues ㅇㅇ

└ No, it was a name drama in the first place. Has the name standard been lowered a lot these days?? Or are you calling me your name because you’re from Earth? Where do you see that name?

└ Ha ha ha ha ha Just don’t expect it~ Then it’s worth watching.

Awesome!

“Cheuk…”

After killing the last knight who seemed to be the enemy team leader, the battle was over.

“after. Fortunately, there is not much damage.”

No one was hurt except for a wound in Bjorn’s left shoulder from being attacked by two knights.

It was really minor damage for a 5v5 fight.

“You all worked hard. Especially, Ren. Thanks to that, Bayon was safe and I was able to finish without any damage.”

I shook my head at the praise of Koh Chang-sin, who lifted me up.

“I am also a member of the team. I just did what I had to do.”

“Nevertheless. Thanks to the fact that he filled the vacant positions on his own without any instructions, other people were able to fight easily.”

Other team members also nodded their heads in agreement with Ko Chang-shin’s words.

Compared to the first time, everyone’s eyes were softer.

Through this battle, it seemed like a bond was created as a team member.

click- click-

But our conversation didn’t last long.

Due to the aftermath of the battle, the undead in the vicinity began to flock together.

“damn. I wish I had time to rest.”

After drinking a potion of healing and sitting on the floor to rest, Bjorn grumbled and stood up with an axe.

[Remaining HP: 42%]

Everyone is exhausted from the battle with the top players.

‘Tsk.’

In addition, I turned on the breath of thunder, and it was a state that consumed a lot of stamina.

At least I finished the last three, so it’s a shame that I recovered 3% of my health, otherwise I would have been panting.

“First, let’s break through to the boss room and find a place to rest in the middle. All ready for battle. Beyonce-nim is in a bad condition, so from now on, Ren-nim, please take the lead.”

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

From then on, with me as the lead, the exploration of the underground ruins began again.

But the further we went inside, the worse things got.

The number of Death Knights started to increase more and more, and soon there were enough to block the road.

“Huck, huck. sh*t. It seems difficult to break through from the front. I’ll fall back at once. I think it would be right to try again after reorganization.”

Nodding our heads at Ko Chang-shin’s words, we started going back the way we came.

Although it was a time attack mission, it could be dangerous if you tried to forcefully break through the Death Knight army without any physical strength.

He wanted to find a place to rest for a while, but everywhere he went was full of undead.

Fortunately, the Death Knight was blocking the front, but the direction we came from was almost only about a skeleton.

“It won’t be easy to find a place to rest.”

Everyone let out a sigh at the words of Eden, the knight who was crossing the road from the front, taking turns with me.

Even if it was me, it wasn’t a sharp number.

Although the auditory amplified by the super sense can hear subtle sounds, it is impossible to find a space where no one is present.

“How much stamina do you all have left?”

“Huck, huck. 33 percent left.”

Bjorn wielding a huge ax consumed a lot of stamina.

“I’m only 40 percent.”

“I only hit magic from behind, and I have 52% left.”

Eden and Roman’s stamina is still at a good level.

“How long does Ren-nim have left?”

“It’s 34 percent.”

Hearing the remaining stamina of the team members, Goh Chang-shin’s expression darkened.

I had too little stamina to break through, and getting out of the ruins at all meant the same as giving up the game.

Even if I recovered all my physical strength outside and came back, it was also a problem that I had to break through the road again in the end.

“Let’s find a place to rest for just 20 more minutes. If I still can’t find it, I’ll get out of here.”

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

‘I can’t get out.’

“If I get out, can I stay and play from then on?”

Thanks to the Shadow Mark skill, I can withdraw at any time.

Because the risk was so low, I wanted to continue playing alone.

The odds of clearing it alone would be very low, but it’s not like there’s no possibility at all.

At my words, Ko Chang-shin put on a worried expression for a moment and then shook his head.

“hmm······. I won’t bother drying it. Anyway, it hasn’t been decided yet, so let’s go around as much as we can.”

From then on, we started wandering around the ruins looking for a place where there were no undead.

But no matter how much I wandered around, I couldn’t find a place to rest.

Even if you kill all the undead in the cavity, they will come back to life after a while.

‘There will be no end like this.’

Everyone’s faces turned dark at the sight.

After all, it meant that there was no other way out.

‘It’s a really dirty map.’

Having dealt with the crowd of skeletons, I shook my head.

In the next 3 minutes, it will be 20 minutes as Koh Chang-shin said.

After a while, I will have to go around alone.

‘uh?’

It was time to pass through a large cavity about 30 meters in diameter.

Old pieces of wood that have been smashed beyond recognition.

A strange pattern was drawn on the wall beyond.

‘It’s a pattern I’ve seen somewhere.’

where did you see

I had never seen such a pattern in the lower leagues.

Round 1?

In the first playthrough, I didn’t have two eyes anyway…

‘ah!’

In an instant, goose bumps all over my body.

He realized the true identity of the sense of incongruity that had been felt since he first entered the ruins.

‘That’s why I kept feeling deja vu.’

“Why do you suddenly stop, Ren-nim?”

I remember where I saw that pattern.

“Would you mind dealing with the undead instead?”

“yes.”

Asking for Eden’s understanding, I looked around.

This was a place I had been to.

‘It seemed oddly familiar.’

Unlike then, it was in ruins, it was dark, and all the furniture was smashed, so I just didn’t notice it.

However, looking at the patterns drawn on the common wall, it was clear.

‘It was the altar of the master.’

It is the last map that remains in my memory when I was active in the lower leagues in the 1st playthrough.

where I gave my two eyes.

It was there.

‘At that time, it was definitely a place full of black magicians and dark knights.’

In the first round, this was a laboratory for biological experiments.

So it was located underground, and the inside was twisted like a maze.

and.

“Everybody this way!”

I went straight to the wall where the pattern was drawn.

Then, as if they sensed something unusual, the other team members followed me promptly.

“…!”

As I started groping all over the wall, the quick-witted Goh Chang-sin quickly clung to the wall, touching, pressing, and sweeping it here and there.

click-

‘found.’

rrr r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r –

When I pressed a button somewhere on the wall, the wall began to move and reveal an empty space.

Beyond that, there was an empty room with no one there.

As I stepped into it, the team members who had been watching to see if it was a safe space followed me.

click- click-

Skeletons tried to follow us inside, but thanks to the door being closed again, we were able to escape safely.

“after. I never thought there would be a space like this here… How did you find it?”

“Ah, I could see the tiny cracks in the wall. So I just looked for a hidden space.”

“I’m alive thanks to you. By the way, the ruins certainly looked untouched by humans, but there are torches lit here…?”

A small space of about 10 pyeong.

Torches were lit all over the wall, and in the center was something like an altar for sacrifices.

“Interesting. This is how torches are powered by magical energy. It means that magic power is continuously being injected from somewhere, but there is no magic power inlet anywhere.”

The wizard, Roman, who had been looking around, murmured in amazement.

“Keuhuk, now I’m going to live.”

Eden and Bjorn were busy sitting down in their respective seats and taking a break.

‘······It’s been a while.’

Like the outside, which was completely in ruins, the place where the master’s altar was located was also in a mess.

It must have been because the black magicians and dark knights who were managing this place had disappeared.

‘The writings on the altar also disappeared.’

It was written how to use this altar, but even that was not visible.

As I looked at the altar in the middle, various emotions rushed to me.

Because it was here that I first met the king.

‘I had something to ask.’

I approached the altar and stretched out one hand.

Then, he cut his palm with a flash of lightning and dripped blood on the altar.

Took. Took. Took. Took.

Blood began to drip and drip onto the altar.

And when the fifth drop of blood fell on the altar.

Took.

The blood that had sprung up as it was cut into small pieces stopped floating in the air.

Looking around, the other team members were also frozen, the same as they were staring at me curiously.

time has stopped

Mee eh eh ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew!

A deafening cry filled with so much malice that it gave goosebumps just to hear it echoed around.

and.

-It’s been a while.

The presence appeared.

―In the end, you came to the top league again.

at round 1.

By taking my two eyes, I was able to rise to a higher league after struggling in a lower league.

-I was waiting.

The existence that even let me return with my soul as collateral.

“I also wanted to see you again.”

king.

He appeared in front of me.

＜ Episode 73. Altar of Masters (3) ＞ End