Returner of the Colosseum

Episode 30 . Rapid growth (4)

the next morning.

As soon as I finished stretching, I headed to the arena.

‘Where should I try it?’

Tring!

[Use ＜Breath of Thunder＞.]

[Instead of stamina consumption doubled, strength and agility increase by +15%.]

[You can use ＜Thunderbolt＞ ability.]

[＜Thunderbolt＞]

[When attacking, there is a 0.1% chance of a thunderstorm and strength increases by +50%.]

[When moving, there is a 0.1% chance of a thunderstorm and +50% agility.]

As he breathed in the thunder, power overflowed throughout his body.

It felt like a special privilege.

‘But the wall? What is this?’

To be honest, when I only looked at the description on the status window, nothing struck me intuitively.

A thunderstorm with a 0.1% chance and a 50% increase in strength or agility?

‘I was going to test my skills while moving anyway, so I’ll have to try that too.’

I attacked the scarecrow thinking it was an imaginary enemy.

hooked! hooked! Pak! Pak! Pak!

However, even after swinging for a while, the wall power did not explode.

“Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh.”

In an instant, his entire body was drenched in sweat.

My stamina was consumed much faster than I thought.

‘Well, if it’s 0.1%, you have to swing it 1,000 times to explode once, but there’s no way it will explode easily.’

Simply practicing 1,000 stabs takes hours.

After all, it meant that even if you turned on Breath of Thunder all day, it wouldn’t explode a few times.

When I thought that way, the ability called thunderbolt didn’t seem that attractive.

‘Tsk, I’ll have to be content with a 15% increase in strength and agility.’

It was when I made up my mind to swing a few more times with that thought in mind.

hooked! hooked! Pak!

Tring!

[＜Thunderbolt＞ is activated.]

aaa!

The training scarecrow exploded with a tremendous roar at the moment of the lightly swung attack.

Until now, it was a scarecrow that had maintained its shape even after being hit hundreds or thousands of times.

“…”

To the point where I am at a loss for words due to its tremendous power.

Upon closer inspection, the scarecrow was cut in half and partially charred.

It was like being struck by lightning.

“under. Ha ha ha ha ha······.”

Unknowingly, a meaningless laugh broke out.

My current strength is 34.

If you turn on the perks, receive the effect of the breath of thunder, and then explode the thunderbolt, it will exceed 70.

That’s more than twice my base strength.

‘If I were the opponent, would I be able to receive this attack?’

I shook my head.

There is a rhythm in every movement.

However, if the rhythm was broken and an attack like this suddenly came in, there was no way to block it.

‘This is really… awesome.’

Of course, it’s an atrocious 0.1% chance, and you don’t know when it will explode, but once it explodes, it’s an ability that will almost certainly defeat your opponent.

jump!

“Ahn Woo-jin! Didn’t you hear something here, huh? What is this scarecrow doing?”

Aserian entered the training room and found a scarecrow that had been smashed and quickly approached.

“Ah, I broke it…”

“This is expensive! It’s even been treated with magic so that it doesn’t break easily! Aren’t these guys, by any chance, selling cheap stuff?”

In front of the scarecrow whose waist was severed, Aserian sighed.

In an instant, without realizing it, I changed my words.

“It’s long, but it seems cheap. It hasn’t been long since I bought it.”

“Yes? Eh, I need to go right away and ask for a new one.”

Aserian sweeps up the broken scarecrows and stuns! and disappeared

As she disappeared, a cold sweat broke out on my back.

‘I’ll have to turn off the breath of thunder when hitting the scarecrow from now on.’

The game was set, and time passed quickly as I was immersed in training.

Thanks to the curse item, the stats of me and the newcomers rose quickly.

“Ha!”

Luciano and Zig were currently sparring on top of the arena.

Movements that are faster and more accurate than ever before.

With this level, I felt like I could do my part to some extent even if I had to go through the mission.

‘Of course, training and combat are on a different level.’

In the end, it was a matter that time would solve.

My role in this mission is to help newcomers safely gain experience.

‘It’s a group PvM mission… It’s been a really long time since I played.’

I think it was the last time I ran before losing my eye.

“stop!”

At my shout, Luciano and Zig, who were fighting fiercely with their weapons pointed at each other, stopped moving.

“Huck, huck. You have suffered a lot.”

“Huh, huh. It is Zig-nim.”

After bowing to each other, the two came down the arena.

Next up is me, Chang-beom Joo, and Jace.

I’m going to face Chang-beom Chang and Jace by myself.

“Thank you very much, Woojin-hyung.”

“Thank you, Ahn Woo-jin.”

“yes.”

Joo Chang-beom and Jace bowed lightly to me and quickly rushed at me.

Master of Sword and Shield. And Jace wielding a greatsword from behind.

It seemed to be a strategy for Jayce to land effective hits while Chang-beom Chang blocked my attack from the front and kept it in check.

‘Let’s try hard now.’

“From today, I will go like a real battle.”

In the meantime, I dealt with them without seeing blood as much as possible, but now it seemed like it was time to treat them properly.

No matter how good your skills are, your hair will turn white in front of the pain.

It wouldn’t be a bad idea to look at the blood now.

Lately, it seems that I’ve become arrogant because my skills have improved so quickly.

At times like this, you need to hold on to it.

‘The weapon is also good.’

My weapon today is a spear.

It is the weapon I am most confident in.

With this, it would be possible to drill holes everywhere without endangering their lives.

“Brother Jace!”

“i get it!”

While Chang-beom Chang clung to me with his shield at the forefront and cut the space, Jace swung his greatsword.

Hmm!

I slashed the shield sideways with the spear, turned the spear, stabbed Zhu Chang-beom in the thigh, and hit the neck with the spear.

Joo Chang-beom, whose center of gravity collapsed as his thigh was pierced, was hit on the neck and fell to the floor.

Then, stabbing the wrist of the rushing Jace, digging into his arms and kneeling his side.

“Keugh!”

Jace backed away in pain as he dropped his greatsword.

When I did it right, I was no match at all.

But that’s perfectly normal.

However, I frowned at Jace’s behavior afterwards.

“What are you doing?”

“yes······?”

Jace flinched at the sound of my cold voice.

“The opponent is still in front of you, so why are you keeping your eyes open?”

“That… I couldn’t lift the greatsword because I stabbed my wrist…”

“You must have trained to handle the gladius before that, didn’t you? You have to fight while holding the Gladius of the fainted Joo Chang-beom.”

“…”

“You will be entering the Colosseum in a week from now. Are you going to do the same there?”

“Ah… no.”

“For the next one week, we will be training like real battles. The Colosseum is a place where even a moment of hesitation can cost you your life. If you don’t want to go and die, take my word for it.”

After talking to Jace, I turned to Luciano and Zig.

Luciano and Zig flinched at the sight of me.

“Come up.”

“······yes.”

Luciano and Zig climbed the arena with spleen expressions.

good.

It became a good expression to see again.

‘Never be conceited or complacent.’

Especially when it comes to their skills.

Maybe it was because they felt something from the way I gave Jace a blow, so Luciano and Zig jumped at me with a life-and-death plan.

Anyway, like Changbeom Chang and Jace, he couldn’t withstand a single attack properly, but his momentum has clearly changed.

I felt the determination to somehow puncture my body regardless of how strong I was.

‘good. Even if I enter the arena at this level, I won’t be fooled.’

Leaving the fallen Zig and Luciano behind, I closed the spear.

“Then I will finish my treatment here, spend an hour in the rest room, and finish today’s work.”

Satisfied with the results, it was time to leave the arena, leaving the fallen newcomers behind.

“Ah, Ahn Woo-jin.”

I ran into Aserian who was just entering the arena.

“yes.”

“Hey, you asked for something before, right? Ask them to fetch water from the magical lake…”

“Have you been contacted?”

“yes. The 4 games of Blood Knight 186 that took place today were held in Antares. So I made a sub mission to bring water.”

oh.

I admire Aserian.

Beyond leaving a message in the community, it seemed that he was monitoring the game himself, remembering my words.

“If I had directly submitted a mission, the point consumption would have been quite severe…”

“Still, it was the first thing Ahn Woo-jin asked for. It didn’t cost much compared to An Woo-jin-nim’s purchase of the curse item. Probably around 150 liters. I left it in front of the dorm.”

“Oh, thank you.”

When I went to the front of the inn, there were three oak barrels.

It seemed to contain 50 liters each.

I grabbed them and hurried to the shower in my room.

gurgling-

Then he opened the lid of the oak barrel and poured all the contents into the bathtub.

‘after. To get magical lake water at just the right timing. I have a good feeling about this mission.’

After pouring all the lake water, I entered the brokerage exchange.

[＜Consumables: Unicorn Horn＞]

[It is the horn of a sacred unicorn. It contains pure and pure magic. It is very hard and not easy to process.]

[Rating: Noble]

[You purchased ＜Consumables: Unicorn Horn＞ for 100,000 G.]

A long unicorn horn about 40 cm long appeared on my hand.

I put it in the bathtub.

Then the horn of the unicorn, which was very hard, became soft and soon melted away in the magical lake water.

The clear and transparent lake water began to take on a light turquoise color.

‘I could do one more with this.’

I bought another unicorn horn and soaked it in the bathtub.

Then the blue-green color got darker.

After confirming that, I took off all my equipment and went into the bathtub.

Tring! Tring! Tring! Tring! Tring! Tring!

[The magic stat increases by 1.]

[The magic stat increases by 1.]

[The magic stat increases by 1.]

[Magic stat increases by 1…]

[The magic stat is…]

Then, the magic stat starts to rise like crazy.

In an instant, I went beyond 10 and started climbing toward 20.

‘I’m so glad.’

Deep down, I knew I wouldn’t be able to save it before I played this game.

But I thought it would be available only a week ago.

I lay down comfortably and put myself in the bathtub.

I could feel the refreshing energy being quickly sucked into my body.

[mana: 22]

Before I knew it, my magic stat had risen by 22.

But it was still climbing without stopping.

‘With this, the magic stat is solved.’

Of course, to raise the stat further, you need new magical lake water, but you just have to ask Aserian to keep getting it, and there was gold that you could buy any number of unicorn horns.

In the meantime, the equipment was roughly matched, and three tier 1 skills were acquired.

In addition, the skills of the newcomers were rapidly increasing.

How long had it been since things went as planned?

‘Looks like it’s the first time since I’ve regressed.’

All preparations I need to do have been completed.

Now, all I have to do is prove my skills that have grown even more in the arena.

I pushed myself further into the bathtub.

A week passed like that.

“I’m coming.”

“yes. You don’t have to win, so please come back healthy.”

“I’ll be back, Goddess!”

“yes. Listen carefully to Ahn Woo-jin, and be careful not to get hurt.”

Having been sent off by Aserian, I and the new recruits crossed the gate.

Tring!

[Game: Let’s start the 6th game of the lower league – Blood Knight 187.]

[Type: Boss Monster Defeat (Group PvM)]

[Game Name: Bloody Fight in the Underground]

[Map: Death Valley (large)]

[Number of audiences: 28,274]

[Victory condition: The first party to defeat the queen ant beast]

[The queen ant witch is located in the very center of the ant nest.]

[All group PvM missions are resurrected only for the winning party.]

[Number of currently surviving parties: 20]

[There are bonus point conditions.]

[Bonuses increase as more ant monsters are killed!]

[Bonuses increase the more you annihilate the opponent’s party!]

[Status of number of ants killed – None]

[Status of party kills – None]

[The match starts in 3 seconds.]

The mission of this game is to defeat the queen ant witch.

The ant demons are weak, but boast a huge number.

‘The mission also follows luck.’

That’s why it wasn’t bad for the newcomers’ first opponents.

Of course, you should be able to control the numbers well.

“Jace.”

“yes?”

At my call, Jace looked at the status window and flinched.

“Zig, Luciano, Changbum Joo.”

I called them one by one and made eye contact with them.

“yes.”

“yes.”

“Yes, brother.”

“Now it’s time to prove the sweat you’ve shed so far. Let’s do it well.”

“Yes, I will do my best!”

At my words, the new recruits nodded their heads with determined eyes.

“Come on, let’s go.”

I held the spear until it was crushed.

in this match.

I need to show you how much I’ve grown.