Returner of the Colosseum

Episode 21 . The other side of the light (2)

huge mansion.

A light emanating from within illuminated the nearby area.

The rest of the area is complete darkness.

We hid ourselves in the darkness and moved as quietly as possible.

The purpose of the infiltration was not to assassinate the factor, but to destroy the holy relic and rescue the factor.

You must infiltrate as stealthily as possible.

That will make it a little easier when you escape.

―Kale: From now on, we only talk through the status window. There is a risk of being discovered even with a small noise. Shuusaku, you will scout until the road crosses.

―Shuusaku: I understand.

At Cale’s words, Shuusaku began to step forward little by little. Then, soon after, he disappeared. He used stealth, the basic skill of an assassin.

We climbed over the wall to avoid being watched and quietly headed towards the third entrance of the mansion.

It was about half way to the entrance.

I could feel the presence of the three people from the front.

―Shuusaku: Three guards 30 meters ahead. Reversing seems difficult. If you kill it quietly, it seems you can hide the body behind a tree.

―Kale: Shuusaku assassinates the middle and right guards, and at the same time, Go Gunmu shoots the left guard.

―Shuusaku: Confirmed.

Shuusaku lowered his stance and approached him almost as if crawling.

It was about three steps left with the guards.

‘What is Anne doing?’

Go Gun-moo was just staring blankly from behind, not bowstring.

I tapped him on the shoulder, but he didn’t think to move, just sent me a look asking why.

‘Tsk.’

Reluctantly, I took a dagger from the leather belt that was stuffed into my chest and held it in my hand.

Then, like Shuusaku, he lowered his stance and started approaching the guards.

-Kale: Ren, what are you doing?

Cale asked through the status window, but I didn’t answer.

Soon, Shuusaku will begin assassinating the middle guard.

I had to get a little closer to match the timing.

When the distance narrowed to 15 meters, I counted in my mind.

‘three. two. one.’

And without hesitation, he threw the dagger in his hand.

Pook-

“what? Kuk…”

The moment when the guards are about to be alert at the sudden appearance of Shuusaku.

Tring!

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

As the necks of the middle and right guards fell to the floor, the guard standing on the left tried to scream loudly, but fell backwards with a dagger stuck in his throat.

after.

Fortunately, I was able to get the timing right.

It was only then that Cale realized that Go Gun-moo was standing still, not doing anything.

While Shuusaku dragged the corpses and hid them behind a tree, Cale called for Gogunmu.

-Kale: Go Gun-moo. What are you doing? I must have told you to shoot the guard on the left.

“…”

-Kale: Go Gun-moo. hey.

“…”

“Go Gun-moo.”

“yes?”

“Why don’t you see the status message? How many times have I not given you instructions?”

When Cale let out a small growl, Go Gun-moo began to be visibly embarrassed.

“Ah, sorry…”

“Don’t you know that it is important for each other to work well with each other on this mission? Where the hell is your mind sold?”

Despite Cale’s scolding, Go Gun-moo could not come up with an answer.

‘Something suspicious.’

There’s no way such a foolish guy could have survived 11 years ago.

There seems to be something…

“I’m in a hurry, so I’ll stop. Keep your mind straight.”

“ancient.”

“And Ren. thanks. Thanks to you, the plan was able to keep from going wrong from the beginning.”

I nodded lightly at Cale’s greeting.

‘It’s embarrassing to go on like this.’

It seems that he was just going to let Cale go, but I couldn’t proceed like this.

So I quietly went to Go Gun-moo’s side.

―Ren: Go Gun-moo.

“Yes, did you call?”

Go Gun-moo answered my call.

‘Tsk. Was it worrying for nothing?’

“no. It’s a difficult mission, so I wish I could focus a little more.”

“Ah, yes. I’m really sorry.”

After a small commotion, the invasion of the mansion proceeded again.

After that, I was able to get inside without much difficulty.

It’s because Cale didn’t give Go Gun-moo instructions, but started giving them to me instead.

―Kale: Can you throw two at once?

―Ren: It is possible.

―Cale: Then Shuusaku will take the left two, and Ren will take the right two.

Can not help it.

Go Gun-moo did not properly carry out Cale’s instructions.

Because even one mistake can lead to fatal consequences.

It was also understandable that Cale no longer gave orders to Go Gun-moo.

‘I think that would be more comfortable for me too.’

If I were the party leader, players like Goh Gun-moo would have been completely excluded from the mission.

In a situation where you don’t know what will happen at any given time, the presence of a player who doesn’t move according to your will makes other people nervous.

If there were, there would definitely be some parts that would help, but overall, it was a negative.

―Shuusaku: From here, the guards are tightly guarding the front, so it seems difficult to break through secretly.

-Keil: It was hard. I will break through forcefully from now on. Give a signal and they all move at full speed. Remember now that time is of the essence. Gavin, you scout the rear.

-Gavin: I see.

Cale raised one hand and lowered it forward.

A signal to move.

From then on, we let go of stealth and started moving quickly.

“It’s an intruder! There was an intruder… Kap!”

The guards spotted us and yelled at us to try to stop them, but Shuusaku and my sword were decapitated without a proper resistance.

The sound of soldiers’ boots and armor could be heard from all over the mansion at the sound of the guards’ shouts, but I didn’t bother.

We have already quietly entered the middle of the mansion.

Because there is no reason to hesitate any longer.

Shuusaku, who has high agility, and I, who can alleviate health concerns thanks to the white mask, took the lead and opened the way, followed by Kayle, Wei Il-jeong, and Eden Hawk.

Elrond and Dorothy, the line of magicians, moved in the middle and behind them surrounded by Brandt, Go Gun-moo, and Gavin.

“Ignore the ones you couldn’t kill in one shot and just go! I’ll take care of it behind the scenes!”

At Cale’s cry, Shuusaku and I focused only on breaking through.

After running for a while, a T-shaped hallway came out.

If you go to the left from here, you will find the dungeon, and if you go to the right, you will find an internal banquet hall.

Now it’s time to split into groups.

Shuusaku, who met my eyes, nodded and turned to the left.

“I’m counting on you.”

“I wish you luck.”

Shuusaku was followed by Wiiiljeong, Eden Hawk, Elrond, and Brandt.

I also turned right and ran down the hallway.

From now on, it’s my turn to lead alone.

My stats are lower than Shuusaku’s, so my breakthrough power isn’t great, but it was right for me to lead the way.

The Relic Destroyers are me, Cale, Dorothy, Gavin, and Go Gun Moo.

Kale, the party leader, has to take overall command, and neither Go Gun-moo, the range dealer, nor Dorothy, the wizard, can take the lead.

Either another swordsman, Gavin, or I.

It’s one of the two, but I had a high chance of successfully completing the mission if I took the lead.

‘Even if I die anyway, I just have to complete the mission.’

In the same way as before, I focused only on breaking through, ignoring the guards who hadn’t died at once.

But as we went along, the number of guards increased.

Thanks to this, the conviction that the holy relic existed in the banquet hall grew stronger.

At that time, the flow of mana was felt from the front.

“Wizard ahead! three!”

“Go Gun-moo! Snipe the wizards first!”

“ancient.”

At Cale’s instruction, Go Gun-moo started rapid fire at the wizards behind the guards.

I focused on breaking through the soldiers in the front line.

It was time to swing the sword for such a long time.

‘Why can I still feel the flow of mana?’

sh*t.

Did Go Gun-moo fail to snip?

“Kale! The magic is flying!”

“I will block this side with my shield! Focus on what you avoid!”

At that time, I saw various magics flying in front of me.

‘To focus on avoiding?’

in this narrow hallway?

The front was blocked by guards, and Cale, who was following behind, lowered his stance and raised his shield.

sh*t.

Where are you going to avoid?

I had no choice but to break through.

‘Apply the reverse puncture title.’

Tring!

[Apply ＜Mythic Achievement: Reverse Puncture＞.]

[All stats increase by +20% due to the effect of the title.]

[Name: Ahn Woo-jin (Nickname: Ren)] [Affiliation: Team Fighting Spirit]

[League: Lower League]

[Strength: 35 (+6)] [Agility: 42 (+7) [Stamina: 46 (+8)]

[Spirit: 107 (+18)] [Intelligence: 17 (+3)] [Magic Power: 0]

[Awakening Ability: ＜Super Sense＞ ＜Advanced Living＞ ＜Special Mana Management＞ ＜Advanced Spearmanship＞ ＜Advanced Swordsmanship＞ ＜Advanced Daggerskill＞ ＜Advanced Throwing＞ ＜Intermediate Boxing Skills＞ ＜Low Treatment＞ ＜Advanced Archery＞ ＜Lesser Swordsmanship sake＞]

[Owned Skills (0/5): None]

[Achievement privilege: All stats + 20%] [Dimension privilege: None] [Race privilege: None]

[Remaining HP: 78%]

Power springs from the body.

I started to break through the guards in an instant with my accelerated body.

“Stop!”

“Damn, it suddenly got faster.”

“You monster!”

Fighting with a sword aimed means being able to incapacitate an opponent with just one attack.

And to incapacitate the opponent, it was enough to increase the speed a little.

Kwakwagwagwang!

In the meantime, magic fell from behind, creating a tremendous explosion.

Fortunately, there was no magic that affected me.

‘it’s okay.’

I broke through the guards who were blocked in an instant and charged towards the wizards.

“Damn it!”

The wizards who were chanting magic fell down with their throats pierced with short curse words as I approached them in an instant.

“Good work, Ren!”

From then on, breaking through became much easier.

It was fortunate that he brought a sword instead of a spear.

If I had used a spear in such a narrow hallway, there would have been a limit to breaking through.

―Shuusaku: We are almost at the entrance to the dungeon.

Just then, Shuusaku’s message arrived.

‘already?’

It was an overwhelming speed compared to us, who were blocked by numerous guards and were now half way to the inner banquet hall.

―Kale: It bothers me that the security is so lax. Assume it is a trap and enter inside.

―Shuusaku: Confirmed. I will go inside

I also thought it was a trap.

The problem is that there is no predictable place where the sacrifice will be other than there.

In the end, the sacrificial rescue team had no choice but to enter the dungeon, knowing that it was a trap.

Cale concluded that it was a trap and told him to enter, so even if it was a trap, he could only hope that Shuusaku would get through it.

“Ren, can you speed it up a bit more? It looks like we may need to destroy the relic quickly and join the sacrificial rescue team.”

At Cale’s words, I checked my remaining stamina.

Even though he was moving fast, his physical strength was still in the upper 70% range. It was because he kept moving while killing the guards.

At this level, it seemed that I could move without arranging my stamina.

“I will go faster.”

From then on, I wielded my sword in a trance and roamed among the guards.

As fast as running 100 meters.

Thanks to this, our stamina quickly went down, but we were able to quickly reach the front of the banquet hall inside.

[Time limit until destruction of the relic: 11:17:02]

“Good job! Thanks to you, I was able to come quickly.”

After Cale tapped my shoulder, I looked back at the members.

“There must be quite a lot of enemies inside as there are guards only around here. Our goal is to destroy the Relic. Reduce unnecessary fights as much as possible and leave immediately after destroying only the holy relics.”

Everyone nodded their heads at Cale’s words.

―Shuusaku: Dungeon entry complete. So far, the offering has not been confirmed.

As soon as Shuusaku’s message arrived, Cale burst through the door of the banquet hall. Behind him, we entered the interior in perfect order.

It was then.

tall.

I stopped for a moment.

There were numerous priests, wizards, and paladins in the banquet hall.

A magic circle drawn in the middle of the banquet hall.

Above them were two men with red hair and white robes, and light emanated from both of them.

A purple light for a woman holding a book.

And the white light from the woman holding nothing.

‘Is the sacrifice… here?’

Cale, who quickly grasped the situation, sent a message.

―Keil: I checked all the offerings and sacred objects in the banquet hall inside. to return right here.

―Shuusaku: I understand. But why gogun…

However, Shuusaku’s answer did not lead to the end.

aaang!

A great roar was heard from somewhere.

Tring! Tring! Tring! Tring! Tring!

And five calls in a row.

[Player ‘Shuusaku’ has died.]

[Player ‘Brant’ has died.]

[Player ‘Elrond’ has died.]

[Player ‘Wei Il-jeong’ has died.]

[Player ‘Eden Hawk’ has died.]

‘f*ck…!’