Returner of the Colosseum

＜ Episode 75. Altar of Masters (5) ＞

“He wanted to see me.”

The king, who was sitting on the throne and muttering, grinned and smiled.

this situation now.

because it was so much fun

“Whoops. You’ve grown quite a bit. But it’s still not enough.”

The king tapped the armrest of the throne with his index finger.

okay.

Ironically, he wanted to see himself again.

“I should give you a present.”

in the dark

The king’s purple eyes shone brightly.

* * *

After clearing all the undead, we moved to the right in the T-shaped hallway.

“There are quite a few teams that have already arrived.”

“No, you mean there are teams that have already arrived at the boss room? How the hell?”

Bjorn made a surprised expression at my words.

Then, Ko Chang-sin answered Beyonce’s curiosity.

“Didn’t we consume a lot of stamina while fighting other teams in the middle? I had to take a break because of that. In the meantime, it seems there were some teams that made their way to the boss room. It’s hard to find your way through the maze, but as you get closer to the boss room, the number and rank of the undead increase, so there will be many teams following suit.”

It seemed that he was constantly collecting and analyzing information during his visit.

‘It’s quite right.’

In fact, Go Chang-shin was right.

It wasn’t easy to find the boss room in a maze like this without any hints.

“I don’t know when the boss monster will be caught, so I’ll jump right in.”

Team members nodding their heads at my words.

We went straight into the large space at the end of the hallway.

Then, a huge cavity with a diameter of 200 meters appeared.

inside it.

Various magics are scattered, skills are rampant, and numerous players are randomly mixed and fighting.

The undead filling the entire cavity black.

And a being standing alone in the center.

There was a skeleton monster wearing a black robe and holding a crystal ball in one hand.

‘rich.’

As I expected, the boss monster was a lich.

‘Fortunately, it’s not too late.’

Richie’s condition seemed to be quite good.

Every time you try to enter a boss mob raid, it must be because the other team has put a check on it.

That’s why the lich was unilaterally attacking the players by throwing black magic and raising various undead as if he had nothing to shy away from.

‘The mission is really dirty.’

A lich is a monster that can continuously summon undead as long as there are enough corpses.

In addition, through the experience of the first playthrough, I knew that this map was a human body laboratory.

In a word, there will be a huge number of bodies buried here.

The undead will probably be constantly summoned until you kill the lich.

‘I’m not doing my best on purpose.’

Richie didn’t aim for a specific team, as if he was aiming for a fisherman’s geography.

He continued to use wide-area magic and dealt damage to all players.

Then, when only a certain team was left, it was clear that they were going to do their best from then on.

‘It won’t be easy to attack the rich.’

In short, the mission difficulty is too high.

A situation where enemies are entangled together.

In addition, since they were keeping each other in check as if biting their tails, it was impossible to recklessly attack the lich.

However, it was clear that other teams would continue to join us if we took the time.

Even the Death Knights are teeming with the situation.

‘It’s better.’

In this case, there were only two options.

Kill a lich quickly by killing one point with overwhelming firepower.

‘Calmly, one by one, we continue to reduce them.’

In my case, the latter was much better.

[＜Recovery of blood＞ – HP is restored by 1% each time a creature is killed.]

[＜Blood Reinforcement＞ ― Every time you kill a creature, all stats temporarily increase by 1%. If you don’t kill another creature within 1 minute, the stat increase is reset, and it rises up to 30%.]

Unlike the undead, players.

Are you ‘living’?

“sh*t. They keep coming! I’ll meet you all here, very!”

“Oh, that mask!”

“I guess that guy is Ren.”

As we entered the boss room, several players recognized me.

However, none of the guys rushed at us straight away.

Because the melee was unfolding, if you moved recklessly, you would be subject to concentrated fire.

‘Everyone looks very tired.’

In the endless battle, everyone was in a state of disrepair.

The lich wearing the old, tattered robe looked neat at least.

Hopefully.

I felt like I could turn on the bloody enhancement perk in this match.

“Go Chang-sin. Please lead. I will move with a free roll.”

“…?”

At my words, Go Chang-shin tilted his head.

Because it meant the same as suddenly I was going to play on my own.

“All right.”

Fortunately, Go Chang-sin nodded without asking questions.

‘It’s a perfect situation to turn on the enhanced blood perk.’

The boss room was divided into three categories.

The teams that were keeping an eye on the outskirts and reducing the undead.

A team looking for a chance to hunt the lich while facing other teams in the center.

And the undead wielding their swords at players randomly.

However, since the number of undead was so high, a melee was unfolding even though they were united as a team.

‘It’s just perfect to break through.’

I turned on the devil’s eye and checked the players closest to me in order, but there was no player to be wary of.

In addition, everyone was wounded in several places or exhausted.

If you start by killing the weakest ones one by one, it will be possible.

After making a rough calculation in my mind, I wielded a thunderclap and penetrated the undead in the boss room.

click- click-

Then, with a simple swing of the spear, he focused on pushing them away.

It was an attack focused on breaking through, not hunting.

My goal is to ambush as quickly as possible before the teams in the center notice my charge.

Kwajijijijik!

Kang! Kang! Kang!

I, who split the Death Knights at once with red thunderbolts scattered, immediately dug into the gap.

‘It was good.’

After breaking through a group of Death Knights, the enemies were visible.

They were busy keeping the other team in check or dealing with the undead even while I was approaching.

“It’s a famous name! careful!”

“Don’t face each other, everyone get behind!”

As I got out of the crowd and charged alone, I felt the players who were fighting frantically tense up for a moment.

Even in the middle of the fight, everyone was calmly watching their surroundings.

‘First of all, I need to build up the bloody reinforcement stack quickly.’

Kwajijijijijik!

I slammed my spear at the knight who was wielding a shield while being entangled in the players.

Then the knight lowered his stance, raised his shield, and prepared for my attack.

Kang!

When the shield was struck down, a tremendous repulsive force rushed in.

‘The strength is amazing.’

Despite the situation in which I was rushing, it was to the extent that I was pushed back.

Tring!

[A mark has been registered in the shadow of player ‘Pretic’.]

As my charge was futilely pushed back, the players around me laughed.

“what. Is it only that much?”

“I was just nervous.”

That’s when everyone was breathing a sigh of relief.

‘now!’

[Use the ＜Shadow Movement＞ ability on player ‘Fretic’.]

As soon as the view changed, he immediately swung the spear.

It was a space movement so fast that even I, who used the skill, couldn’t react, but there was no way the players, who were distracted from breathing a sigh of relief, could block the sudden attack.

Awesome!

I cut the head of the knight who had pushed me away in an instant, and I dug right in between them so that the enemies would not have time to prepare.

Awesome! Awesome!

The effect of not sparing the shadow mark with a fairly long cooldown was great.

He killed three players at once and swung his spear at the ranged dealers inside.

In a situation where the team was united, the aftermath of the tanker being pierced was very large.

Tring! Tring! Tring!

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

[All stats increase by 1% with ＜Blood Reinforcement＞ ability. (5/30)]

Killing more than 5 players at once, all stats rose by 5%.

And in a superhuman race, 5% could change too many things.

A spearman who saw me digging extended his spear at me.

‘Where!’

I also pierced the window at him and went in.

similar window length.

attacks at the same time.

Nonetheless, the results were quite different.

I dodged his spear by a narrow margin, and he…

hooked! Push Yi Profit!

Tring!

As my spear pierced his throat with precision, an enormous amount of blood gushed out like a fountain.

The number 5% may seem insignificant, but in the world of superhumans where the game is decided with just one move, it was not an easy figure to fill.

And that number continued to grow.

Tring!

[＜Thunderbolt＞ is activated.]

aaagh!

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Just in time, a thunderclap erupted, and red thunderbolts spread in all directions.

As a result, the upper half of the two players in the affected area disappeared.

[All stats increase by 1% with ＜Blood Reinforcement＞ ability. (8/30)]

And from then on, the situation in the boss room began to change strangely.

“What, it’s different from the first time!”

“f*ck that guy first!”

Among the players who were at a level of high enough, one unrivaled strongman appeared, so an atmosphere was formed that each other implicitly eliminated me first.

‘I was expecting it to turn out like this.’

Tring!

[I use the ＜Lightning Petrification＞ ability.]

[Increases Agility stat by 20% for 10 seconds.]

I immediately pulled out the number I had saved.

Momentarily accelerated movement.

As a result, I avoided the attacks that were directed at me and swung the spear aiming for an opening.

‘Good defense. breakthrough.’

‘A loophole in the neck!’

‘You’re slow. If I catch up, I can aim for the heart.’

The combination of super sense and magic field is an ability specialized in this kind of melee.

It reads the entire area, not just where my eyes are pointing, so I was able to move between the players without difficulty.

Even so, it’s not like I can go to school like in the lower leagues.

Awesome! Awesome!

[All stats increase by 1% with ＜Blood Reinforcement＞ ability. (13/30)]

[The duration of ＜Lightning Petrification＞ has ended.]

Even though I used lightning bolt, I could only get about 5 kills, but that was enough.

This is because all stats exceeded 100 with 20% Reverse Puncture, 10% Strongest Star, 15% Breath of Thunder, and 13% Blood Enhancement applied.

It was still difficult to carry out massacres, but the same team members provided cover each time.

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

【Wrath of the Crouching Mountain God!】

Go Chang-shin’s arrows flying at high speed, and Roman’s earth magic.

Of course, it wasn’t a very significant attack.

【A shield of cold flames!】

[A sigh of fragrant wind!]

The arrows were blocked by the tanks, and the magic was covered by other mages.

But that was enough for me.

To block Go Chang-shin’s arrow and Roman’s magic.

The enemies had no choice but to allow gaps.

Awesome!

‘It’s not easy.’

Nevertheless, the enemies did not die easily.

When there is an opening, another player covers it, and swings a sword at me just in time for me to target the prey.

‘It consumes too much stamina.’

In addition, since the defense was so good from the upper leagues, even the recovery of blood was not enough.

Due to the breath of thunder, the stamina consumption doubled.

Fortunately, I wasn’t alone here.

Koh Chang-sin led his team and actively participated in the battle.

That too, as a role that thoroughly supports me.

“Eden. Cut off some space on the left. Then it will be easier for Ren to split the formation.”

“yes.”

“Roman. It seems that Rich is targeting Ren and chanting. Cover please.”

“All right.”

“Beyond-nim, can you relieve the pressure on Ren-nim from the center?”

“No problem.”

I was still in a situation where the bloody reinforcement stack was building up quite a bit, but Koh Chang-shin’s support shot gave me wings.

‘it’s okay. At this rate, just a little more…’

―Whoops, everyone is stupid. Even if you join forces to face this body, it won’t be enough. hehehehe, what an interesting sight this is.

【Dark shower!】

At that time, countless magic rain began to rain down from the ceiling.

It was the magic used by the lich who had been watching our battle leisurely until now.

“At a timing like this…!”

“Protection magic!”

In the midst of everyone’s panic, black rain made of magical power fell on the players.

Kwa-gwa-gwa-gwa-gwa-gwa-gwa-gwa!

＜ Episode 75. Altar of Masters (5) ＞ End