Returner of the Colosseum

Episode 32 . Rapid growth (6)

When the newcomers realized the pattern of dealing with the ant masters to some extent, the hunting speed increased.

Jo Chang-beom stands with a shield in front, and Zig, holding a sword right behind, assists Jo Chang-beom.

Jace and Luciano attack the ants from behind with their long-reach greatswords and spears.

At first glance, it seemed simple, but in reality it was not an easy tactic.

‘It’s a recipe.’

A situation in which Chang-beom Joo is actively moving to block the ants.

In the meantime, Zig had to block the ants that Changbeom could not block beforehand, and Luciano and Jace, who attacked from the back, had to avoid them and attack the ant masters.

Even so, they were able to defeat all the ant witches without making a single mistake until they came to the square.

“Hyung-nim, from here on out, there are quite a lot of ant magicians, right?”

“Carefully bring the ants. They’re constantly on the move to patrol, so if you time it right, you’ll only be able to drag a handful of ants along.”

Then, Chang-beom Chang swallowed his saliva.

At first glance, there were about 50 ant beasts gathered in the plaza.

A situation where a single mistake could put the party at risk.

Perhaps because of this burden, Joo Chang-beom was very cautious in his steps.

“Kieack!”

‘Oh, that’s quite right.’

Joo Chang-beom, who was sneaking out of the plaza, succeeded in bringing only about eight ant-masters in time for the ant-masters to distance themselves from each other.

At this level, it seemed that today’s game could be left entirely to the guys.

Chang-beom Joo, who succeeded in dragging only a few ants, may have gained confidence, and even after that, he continued to drag only around 10 ant hunters.

That was when most of the ant magicians in the square were eliminated.

Sarak- Sarak-

I pricked my ears at the strange sound coming from somewhere.

It seemed that someone was walking towards us.

‘assassin?’

Pretending to watch the new recruits hunt, I looked around with a sidelong glance.

Then, in one of the caves in the plaza, we saw a player watching us from a low position.

The guy quickly disappeared, but I didn’t let go of my heightened senses.

‘Probably the guy who went out for reconnaissance.’

Watching the rookies hunt, they must have guessed whether we should or shouldn’t run into each other.

And nine out of ten, he must have judged that he was a worthy opponent.

Although they fight quite well, there was still a bit of awkwardness in the movements of the newcomers.

“Joo Chang-beom. You may end up fighting another party after a while.”

“The back of the jig, yes? Another party?”

“Oh, Changbum! Drop one!”

Then, Changbeom Joo began to be visibly embarrassed.

I made a mistake because I was getting impatient at the word that I was fighting another party.

“For now, focus on hunting. I’ll be the only one dealing with other parties. You are not yet at the level of exchanging swords with other players.”

“Ah yes!”

Following my words, Joo Chang-beom focused on hunting again.

‘It just went well.’

It was a situation where I wanted to use the newly acquired skills.

To be honest, I didn’t have a chance to use it because it was too weak to use against the ants, but the players would make it a perfect practice opponent.

It was when he was waiting for his enemies with such thoughts.

Tadadak-

‘come.’

Someone was running quickly toward the plaza.

Judging by the light footsteps, he was a guy with fairly high stats.

But the sound that followed made me shudder.

Tada da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da dadang!

footsteps incessantly.

A huge number of ants were approaching the plaza.

It seemed to be over fifty, no hundred units.

In an instant, I realized what this sound meant.

‘Mob driving!’

I felt bitterly cold.

Although it is said that the Colosseum is to defeat the opponent by any means and methods.

‘This bastard. You’re dead.’

Being a mob mob was a very frustrating thing for the victim.

The sound of footsteps gradually grew in the cave, and after a while, a huge swarm of ants spewed out.

“omg!”

Chang-beom Joo, who discovered the scene, drew in a breath.

As I was holding the spear until it was crushed, my eyes met with the assassin who had been driving mobs.

He looked at me and laughed once, and as soon as he arrived at the plaza, he hid himself and went into an anthill nearby.

Then, the group of ants, having lost their original target, rushed towards us who were nearby.

Tring!

[Use ＜Breath of Thunder＞.]

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

[You can use ＜Thunderbolt＞ ability.]

‘after. Let’s deal with the ants first.’

It won’t be too late to kill him after that.

“Keeeg

“Stay back!”

I shouted that to the newcomers and swung the mana-filled spear at the ants.

Anyway, the situation where the stats were blown up by the perks and the breath of thunder.

There was no other weapon better than a spear to kill multiple weak enemies at once.

Tring! Tring! Tring! Tring! Tring!

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

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

[With the ＜Recovery of Blood＞ ability, physical strength is reduced.]

[With ＜Recovery of Blood＞ ability ······.]

The ant beasts that are swept away at once.

The electric spark is gone! And bouncing around, the ant masters around them stiffened for an instant.

It was the effect of the God of Thunder skill that the power of thunderbolt dwells in mana.

“Keeeg

The ant masters rushed at me endlessly, but they couldn’t touch a single hair on me.

Each time the spear was swung, four or five ant demons exploded through the exoskeleton, scattering transparent sap.

A red mist came out of the corpses of the dead ant masters and was sucked into me.

Thanks to this, in less than 3 minutes since being mobbed, the number of surviving ants did not exceed 10.

You have to go to the dogs who killed all of these guys and mobs.

Tring!

[＜Thunderbolt＞ is activated.]

aaa!

At that moment, a thunderclap erupted, and an electric current spread in all directions.

The current soon left a small halo of light everywhere and slowly disappeared.

It seemed like a phenomenon that would happen if thunderbolts exploded while the mana of thunderbolt was stored in the spear.

The red fog thanks to the mask, and even the wide-area thunderbolt caused by the thunder god and thunderbolt.

After killing a large number of lives at once, the visual effect was better than expected.

“Wow… that’s cool.”

“Even if a hundred guys like us came in, they wouldn’t be able to touch An Woo-jin-sama’s hair.”

Leaving behind the admiring newcomers, I swung my spear at the last remaining ant.

“Kieek!”

dump-

after.

Skill sucks and temp sucks.

It took less than 3 minutes to kill 100 ant monsters because they even had a spear.

It was markedly different from before.

“Bro bro! wow. very awesome! What you’ve shown against us so far is less than 1/10 of what it should be!”

Joo Chang-beom admired and approached me. But when he looked into my eyes, he stunned and stopped walking.

“I am hunting. I’m going to kill the guy who drove the ants.”

“Ah, yes…”

I quickly left the plaza behind the newcomers.

The assassin left after the last ant fell to watch me fight.

I haven’t quenched the breath of thunder yet, so I should be able to catch him in a little while.

As I expected, after running for about 5 minutes, the figure of the assassin began to blur.

‘Do you think I’ll miss it?’

I put the spear in my inventory and took out my bow.

The process of swapping weapons was as natural as if it were a single movement.

Then, while running, he hooked an arrow to the string and pulled it.

pood deuk-

There was something I felt painfully during the Red Flag Battle.

that’s right

ping!

There is nothing more painful than being chased by an archer.

An arrow that flew in a parabolic arc landed near the fleeing assassin.

The shooting while running at full speed greatly reduced the accuracy.

But it didn’t matter.

‘Because there are plenty of arrows.’

Just shoot until you hit.

As I began to fire the arrows, the assassin’s speed slowed down rapidly.

As I turned my head to check the flying arrows and ran, I couldn’t speed up.

In that gap, I quickly closed the distance with him.

“sh*t!”

As the distance between me and me narrowed in real time, he swore and turned sharply.

Then, in an instant, the image became blurry.

He used his stealth skill.

‘The Devil’s Eye is a real cheating skill.’

But in my eyes, the figure of the assassin was clearly visible.

That it looks like broad daylight even in the dark.

In other words, it was as if the assassin had used his stealth skill in front of me in broad daylight.

ping! ping! ping! ping! ping!

“What crazy!”

When I casually shot an arrow at him, he once again sweared and broke his stealth.

Looking at his movements, it seemed that his stats were quite high.

Almost contender level.

Well, that’s why he’s running away like that.

‘Because he would have definitely felt the difference in level between me and me without fighting.’

But I had no intention of ever letting him go.

No matter what he does, he won’t be able to escape my grip.

As the distance started to get closer little by little, the guy headed between the ant witches.

It was trying to create a buffer zone between the guy and me called the ant demons.

‘Then it’s me.’

The situation where the breath of thunder is turned on, so the stamina is rapidly decreasing.

I swapped weapons with the spear again and started killing the ant beasts.

Tring!

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

[With the ＜Recovery of Blood＞ ability, physical strength is reduced.]

[With ＜Recovery of Blood＞ ability ······.]

My stamina began to rise rapidly.

And instead of increasing the distance between them, they were getting closer little by little.

Anyway, every time I swung the spear, three to four ant beasts died at once, so it couldn’t serve as a buffer zone at all.

Tring!

[＜Thunderbolt＞ is activated.]

aaa!

In the meantime, the thunderbolt exploded again, and my speed increased tremendously for a moment.

In the eyes of others, it was to the extent that they mistook me for short-distance teleportation.

It was the first time the wall had burst on the move.

“That monstrous bastard!”

The assassin player turned his head to check my appearance and was shocked.

The distance to him is now within 10 meters.

You should probably be able to catch him from behind in 30 seconds.

Then he gave up running away, changed direction, and charged at me.

“die!”

An assassin charging at me, wielding two daggers.

It was the moment when our bodies crossed.

Slow-!

With the sound of flesh tearing, the assassin’s posture collapsed.

My spear cut me in the chest.

“Keugh… f*ck. f*ck. Seebaaar! That I die in a place like this? How did you… how did you even become a contender…”

As he approached holding the spear, he knelt down and cursed. Then he started to laugh out loud like a madman.

“Quack-quick. hey. I’m on Team ‘Despair’. If you kill me, the name of our team will take revenge on you…”

Slow-!

I cut his throat without even listening to the end of his words.

Because it wasn’t worth listening to.

Tring!

[You have killed player ‘Kamakiri’.]

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

The boy’s neck rolled and a lot of blood gushed out.

After killing it, it was a familiar nickname.

Was it round 1?

It was a player I had met in a higher league.

No, to be precise, it was the player who was killed by me.

‘I think I was able to win just barely.’

Right now, even if you fight ten players who are at the level of him, you can easily win.

My stats were lacking in the first place, but with items and Breath of Thunder, my stats increased significantly.

Thanks to that, I no longer lacked anything.

Compared to when he was running on the other side of the light, he must have grown tremendously.

‘I think this is the entrance to the queen ant’s nest.’

After chasing Kamakiri, I came to the center of the ant nest before I knew it.

I chased after him and wiped out the ant demons, but I couldn’t see any more ant demons.

That means that from the place where the newcomers are to this place, it is in a state of openness.

‘It just went well.’

I hurriedly turned away.

Now it was time to hunt the queen ant with the newcomers.