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Chapter 62 – Blood and Sand
Together with Rufus, Lee Lee Se-min received a gladiator’s training uniform made of black cloth.
“Vaticaros is waiting below. Please come down quickly.”
The maid said that and left the room.
Lee Lee Se-min changed his clothes and hung his remaining precious Skajan in a corner.
I held Rufus and took a deep breath.
As soon as I entered the city of otherworldly people, I became a slave and fell into the midst of rough gladiators. I was nervous. Even if he was strong, he was currently unable to use his aurors properly.
“Okay.”
Lee Lee Se-min glared at his face through the mirror hanging in the room and then went down.
He had a specific image of a gladiator. It was based on the drama Spartacus that aired in the United States. He remembered the humiliation the protagonist suffered when he first joined the band of gladiators.
If you look down on him for being a rookie, that’s the end.
Lee Lee Se-min headed towards the gladiators’ training ground with a grim expression.
A group of men were lined up on the sandy floor. Lee Lee Se-min raised his eyebrows and walked over to stand next to Vatikaros.
The gazed of the gladiators gathered.
Lee Lee Se-min looked at them one after another. They all had frowning faces. Scars and tattoos were standard, and his muscles were bulging, giving him the appearance of a savage commonly thought of.
“This is Lee Lee Se-min, the new gladiator who arrived today.”
The gladiators nodded.
Vatikaros put his hand on Lee Lee Se-min’s shoulder and patted it and said.
“I have to go today because I have work to do, so you guys teach me well, Kutinos.”
“Yes.”
“To help the people adapt.”
“I understand.”
Vatikaros went forward and patted each gladiator on the shoulder.
He raised his wand and said just before leaving the training ground.
“Lee Lee Se-min. Don’t think nonsense. As long as you have this, you are my gladiator.”
Then the other gladiators also flinched. That object seemed to control the seals of not only Lee Lee Se-min but also other gladiators. Lee Lee Se-min nodded.
Vaticaros left.
Lee Lee Se-min looked at the gladiators. The gladiators were chatting among themselves. Soon, a man called Kutinos walked up to Lee Lee Se-min.
“Hey.”
Kutinos had a strong appearance, with a bald head and a beard. He was presumed to be the leader of the gladiators under Vaticaros.
He stood in front of Lee Lee Se-min.
Lee Lee Se-min was not short either, but Kutinos was looking down at him from above.
“Did you say Lee Lee Se-min?”
He raised the corners of his mouth.
Impressions were scary things. Kutinos’ facial muscles clearly had a smiling expression, but from the viewer’s perspective, it only felt like a threat.
“We don’t care where you come from or what you do.”
He brought his face closer.
“What you did to end up here is none of our business.”
Lee Lee Se-min remained silent, not knowing how to respond.
“Let me tell you something.”
Kutinos grinned again. And he stretched out his hands towards Lee Lee Se-min. Lee Lee Se-min was scared and tried to step back, but Kutinos was faster.
“Oops!”
Lee Lee Se-min’s body stiffened.
He had to admit that he underestimated Kutinos.
Kutinos whispered into Lee Lee Se-min’s ear as if chewing.
“We are brothers.”
Kutinos hugged Lee Lee Se-min warmly. His sweaty skin touched Lee Lee Se-min. He was scared and tried to pull away, but Kutinos’ thick arm muscles wouldn’t let Lee Lee Se-min go.
“We have no top or bottom. We only have brothers. Do you understand?”
“Ah, I understand.”
“Yes, brother.”
Finally, Kutinos released Lee Lee Se-min.
As Lee Lee Se-min stood there in a daze, Kutinos and other gladiators came up and hugged Lee Lee Se-min.
He had to face each of the nine gladiators heart to heart.
The gladiators’ sweat made their clothes completely wet. As Lee Lee Se-min looked down at his chest, the gladiators laughed.
“Brother, take off those clothes. Clothes are just a nuisance to us.”
Most of them had their tops off, exposing their rugged muscles. Even some of the gladiators who were wearing tops nodded and took off their tops. It smelled like sweat.
Lee Lee Se-min thought that Spartacus had a lot of dramatic exaggeration.
It wasn’t.
That actually underestimates the real gladiators.
You shouldn’t look as shy as Saenim here. Lee Lee Se-min took off his Rufus and immediately took off his top.
Then, the compressed muscles hidden under the clothes were revealed.
Lee Lee Se-min strengthened his upper body and bulged his chest muscles.
“Oh…”
The gladiators were amazed.
Lee Lee Se-min’s body, which seemed thin at first glance, was filled with fine muscles. The gladiators knew very well how great that body was. It was the body of a true fighter, something that cannot be achieved in a short period of time.
“A true warrior.”
“The new brother is no joke.”
The nine men surrounded Lee Lee Se-min and evaluated him with passionate eyes.
“Okay, then let’s start training. We’ll just get to know each other little by little. I’ll take charge of the new brother.”
Saying so, Kutinos approached Lee Lee Se-min.
“Let me introduce myself again. I am Kutinos. Since I have been here the longest, my role is to guide new recruits.”
“I understand, brother.”
Lee Lee Se-min imitated the way the gladiators spoke.
“You adapt quickly. Just follow me.”
They went under the beautiful tree that stood in the corner of the training ground. The shade was large enough for all the gladiators to gather together and avoid the midday sun. There was a large bucket of water there.
Kutinos took a large sip of water.
“It’s refreshing. Would you like a drink too, brother?”
“It’s okay.”
Kutinos wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and pointed out each of the gladiators practicing, telling them their names.
It was an unexpected welcome from the gladiators.
“Our Vatikaros gladiator group is different from other places. I don’t know about you brothers, but other places have no sense of solidarity and instead swing swords at each other every day. I was in a place like that once.”
“Why is it different?”
“We protect each other because we have a common enemy.”
He looked at the large mansion visible beyond the wall of the practice field.
It was Vaticaros’ house.
“Vaticaros is a devil. He has no intention of making money using gladiators. He only runs the gladiator troupe for his own pleasure.”
“I see…”
“Other gladiators fight with at least the expectation of victory. It means matching a suitable opponent. But we are matched against opponents whose level is ridiculously different, or against powerful demonic beasts.”
“Are people dying?”
“Yes.”
Kutinos smiled bitterly.
Of course, he had a harsh look and seemed threatening.
“Brother, it is impossible to last ten years here.”
“How long have you had brothers?”
“Three years elsewhere. And one year here. None of the people who were there when I first came remain.”
“You’re crazy.”
Lee Lee Se-min began to feel that he had been caught wrong.
“So we have only one goal.”
Kutinos said with a faint smile.
“Champion.”
“Champion?”
“A gladiator tournament will be held soon. If you win, you can become a free citizen and make a request to the nobles of Sargasonia.”
“Then…”
“Our brothers swore that if we became champions, we would free them from Vaticaros. That is why we cannot despair.”
Lee Lee Se-min continued to ask many questions. Kutinos answered everything patiently. Thanks to this, Lee Lee Se-min was able to obtain more information about Sargasonia.
The gladiator leagues were divided into several disciplines, all of which depended on the gladiators’ collars. The necklace limited the amount of auras a gladiator could use.
A Soldier class that did not use auras at all.
A knight class where a small amount of aura was allowed.
A general level person who can utilize aurors to some extent.
And he was indiscriminate in using his auras to his heart’s content.
However, due to cost issues, the indiscriminate level was not currently operated, and instead, gladiator tournaments were held as indiscriminate level.
After selecting the top ten ranked athletes from all weight classes and holding preliminary rounds, the seals on their necklaces were released and they were allowed to fight to their heart’s content.
“Would you like to go watch the game?”
Kutinos suggested.
“A game?”
“Yes. Looking at my brother’s body, it looks like he has advanced skills in swordsmanship, so wouldn’t it be better to see it with my own eyes?”
“Is it possible for a slave to do that?”
“Hahaha, the slaves of Sargasonia are not oppressed that much. If they have the ability, they can live more than free people. And gladiators are treated more leniently because they fight at the risk of their lives.”
Lee Lee Se-min went to tour the gladiatorial arena with Kutinos.
***
As we came out onto the streets, the eyes of Sargasonia citizens gathered. There were quite a few people who asked Kutinos to say hello, perhaps because he was a well-known gladiator.
A young boy even came up and asked for an autograph.
“I will become a gladiator like Kutinos!”
“Hahaha, gladiator is a dangerous job. It’s better not to do it.”
“But you will do it. Are you going to participate in this tournament?”
“Yes.”
“I’ll tell my father and tell him to bet on Kutinos winning.”
“Thank you.”
They soon stood in front of a huge gladiatorial arena. It was a building that resembled the Colosseum. Kutinos paid the entrance fee.
They sat in their assigned seats. In addition to them, men dressed as gladiators who came to observe the game stood out. They glared at him with sharp eyes, but Kutinos didn’t care.
“Today’s match is a match between a general-level veteran and a rookie.”
Before the main game, gladiators and magicians entered to add excitement.
The battle began with the host’s shout.
What was allowed for gladiators was a weak knight-level auror. So he struggled against the demonic beast. For a while, I thought they were fighting well, but in the end, the gladiator was bitten on one of his legs by the beast, causing blood to spray out.
Then the audience, who had not shown much interest, began to cheer.
The entire gladiatorial arena was filled with heat.
“The game is…”
“It continues.”
Lee Lee Se-min and Kutinos were sitting while everyone stood up.
“This is the dangerous thing about Demon Beast War. It only ends when someone dies.”
“…….”
“Maybe your games will be like this for a while. Just to get excited before the main game.”
The match ended in the gladiator’s defeat.
The demon beast held the gladiator’s corpse in its mouth and cried loudly.
“It’s over.”
The audience cheered.
The victorious demon beast was killed with a single sword by the waiting guard.
Considering that a man was murdered, it was a very easy cleanup.
“This is a gladiator.”
The audience sat down again. While waiting for the main match, the corpses of the demonic beast and gladiator were removed. Their blood traced a line in the sand of the stadium. Soon workers were covering it again with sand.
The crowd waited for the next game with bright faces.
Both the gladiatorial arena and the audience were so peaceful that it was hard to believe that someone had just died.
Lee Lee Se-min seemed to know about Sargasonia.
“You have to win the tournament to be free from slavery, right?”
“Yes. Or stay at the top in each weight class for more than a year.”
“I see.”
Lee Lee Se-min fumbled with the slave’s necklace around his neck.
The first priority was to take this off.
The road to killing Badurbarok was long and difficult.
I thought about the Earth. There was a black auror, so you won’t be defeated that easily. Lee Lee Se-min prayed that they would hold out until then.
“The game is about to begin.”
Soon the gladiators entered.
Lee Lee Se-min could not believe his eyes.
the host shouted.
“The challenger is Andrew, a rising general-level rookie!”
Andrew, an American raider who had been involved in the subjugation war, was standing on the sand of the gladiatorial arena.
Andrew stood on the sand holding only a knife.
The crowd all shouted to kill the enemy.
Lee Lee Se-min stared at Andrew’s frozen face amidst the ear-ringing noise.
Why was he here? What happened to America? Many thoughts passed through my mind. To get the answer, Andrew must live. Lee Lee Se-min hoped he would win this fight.
Lee Lee Se-min asked Kutinos, who was sitting next to him.
“When did Andrew show up?”
“Do you know him?”
“A little.”
“It hasn’t been long since he appeared. His skills are outstanding and he is attracting people’s attention. Moreover, his owner is….”
Andrew’s opponent appeared. He was shorter than Andrew, but had a thick waist and a solid body.
He was standing on the other side, glaring at Andrew as if he were going to kill him, and his eyes were extremely murderous.
“It’s out! The death stare!”
The audience cheered, perhaps because it was his trademark.
Andrew also did not lose and raised his sword high in the sky. And then he raised his opposite hand towards the enemy. Then people’s voices became louder.
Kutinos spoke into Lee Lee Se-min’s ear.
“That’s a bold performance. If you want to gain wealth and fame, you have to do something like that.”
“Hehe, is it just that much?”
“What?”
“No, I was just talking to myself.”
The host announced the start of the game.
This fight was at the general level, just below the indiscriminate level. Therefore, as soon as the game started, a barrier appeared above the stood. It seemed like a measure to protect spectators from the aftermath of battle.
As soon as the barrier went up, someone fell on top of it.
It was Andrew.
He crashed into an invisible wall above the stood and fell down.
The crowd cheered.
On the ground, the opposing gladiator was already waiting for Andrew.
Lee Lee Se-min’s hands were sweating. If things continue to fall like this, Andrew will lose. No, it did not end in defeat. For a gladiator, defeat means death. Lee Lee Se-min focused on Andrew.
He was staring at his enemy as he fell.
Lee Lee Se-min realized that he was after something.
The moment the gladiator raised his sword, Andrew kicked off the barrier and turned to avoid the enemy’s blade at a narrow angle.
The opposing gladiator instead turned his back to the wall.
The spectators sitting right above them stood up and screamed downwards.
“Kill! Kill! Kill!”
“Fight, Andrewuuu!”
The madness was contagious.
The crowd wanted blood.
Andrew calmly put pressure on his enemy. He drove him to the wall, restricted his movements, and then attacked the enemy at will. Wounds began to increase on the opposing gladiator’s body. The flesh on the limbs split open, showing a cross section of skin, and blood poured out.
General level.
It was a black mark by Earth’s standards.
Lee Lee Se-min became curious about the extent of the abilities of otherworldly people. If the weight class that suppresses strength was a black mark, how many incredible monsters will emerge from the indiscriminate class? It was said that the reason non-discriminatory pay was abolished was not because of a lack of personnel, but because of cost.
So how many monsters were there in this city?
Was the power of Badurbarok so strong that these people had to crouch down?
The fight intensified again.
Now both of them were completely emitting aura.
The momentum of the two shook the entire gladiatorial arena. The barrier trembled due to the pressure. Every time the two swung their swords, a huge sword energy swirled around.
However, the audience’s reaction was lukewarm.
“Audiences don’t like these fights.”
Kutinos said from the side.
“That’s why even general-level gladiators fight by wrapping their swords around their swords and suppressing them as much as possible, rather than raising their swords.”
“Is it because of the blood?”
“Yes.”
In a fight like this, you can’t see the primal sight of bodies clashing and blood splattering.
Lee Lee Se-min realized that the city of Sargasonia was engulfed in madness.
“There will be a decision soon.”
Andrew and the opposing gladiator’s aurors collided.
Sand dust rose.
The person standing at the end was Andrew.
Andrew raised his sword. The crowd stood up and cheered for his victory. The chants of the crowd chanting his name had now changed into something else.
“Kill! Kill! Kill!”
“Execution! Execution! Execution!”
“Death to the loser!”
The spectators who filled the gladiatorial arena all shouted the same thing.
It was the death of a loser.
Andrew grabbed the fallen gladiator by his hair and dragged him to the middle of the sand.
The blood from his body created a path.
Andrew stood in the center and put his hands to his ears. It was a gesture indicating that he couldn’t hear well. The crowd’s shouts got louder.
Soon Andrew raised his sword.
“The winner can decide the life or death of the loser.”
“What happens most of the time?”
“Kill me.”
Andrew’s sword swung down.
The opposing gladiator’s neck and body were separated. His blood spread throughout the gladiatorial arena. Andrew raised both hands and roared loudly. His voice overcame the shouts of the crowd and rang throughout the gladiatorial arena.
The crowd cheered louder.
Kutinos explained.
“Andrew is popular because of his performance.”
Lee Lee Se-min nodded.
When the game was over, Lee Lee Se-min, along with Kutinos, joined the crowd and left the gladiatorial arena.
Lee Lee Se-min wanted to see Andrew, but he went back right away.
“I want to meet Andrew, is it possible?”
“Andrew.”
Kutinos shook his head.
“If it were any other gladiator, he would have a hard time.”
“Why?”
“Andrew is a gladiatorial slave belonging to Ekvel. Ekvel is a Sargasonia noble and is famous for thoroughly controlling his slaves.”
Sargasonia was ruled by six nobles.
It was said that they were a family that had assisted the emperor since the old empire of otherworlders was in existence. I don’t know much about the history of otherworldly people, but I know that they were the actual rulers of Sargasonia.
“I see.”
Lee Lee Se-min felt the need to learn more about otherworldly people.
“Kutinos. Can you read the book?”
“Book?”
“Because I don’t know much about Sargasonia. In fact, I don’t know much about the old empire or the nobles.”
“It looks like he’s from a small village. That’s possible. I’ll ask the butler if I can use the study in the mansion.”
“Thank you.”
***
Lee Lee Se-min practiced the fighting techniques of gladiators in the gladiatorial arena and spent his spare time reading books. The necklace had not only an interpretation function but also a translation function.
Then one day, the first game was finally given.
Lee Lee Se-min prepared for battle by polishing Rufus’ blade in the waiting room of the gladiatorial arena.
“The brothers will be given knight-level aurors.”
“That’s enough.”
Kutinos was accompanying him to help him.
“Fight calmly. You must not be intimidated by their fierceness.”
“Keep that in mind.”
Lee Lee Se-min’s opponent was not a gladiator but a magic beast. I couldn’t tell what kind of demon was appearing until I entered the gladiatorial arena.
Lee Lee Se-min looked at himself in the mirror right before the game started to calm himself.
“Whoa.”
To participate in a gladiator tournament to become a freedman, you must be ranked in the top 10 in each weight class. The tournament date was getting closer, but Lee Lee Se-min was a rookie who hadn’t even debuted yet.
I needed to be recognized for my skills as quickly as possible and be assigned a game.
“I’ll show you who I am.”
Lee Lee Se-min decorated himself with the decoration tools he had prepared.
Kutinos helped.
“Are you really going to do that…?”
“Of course.”
“I’m worried, but if it’s my brother’s choice…”
“Leave it to me.”
Preparation was complete.
The gladiatorial arena was calling to him.
Outside, the crowd chanted for blood and death along with the emcee’s shout. It’s time for him to appear.
“Gladiators come here.”
A wizard belonging to the gladiatorial arena called him and cast a spell. Then the necklace changed. Lee Lee Se-min realized that he was granted a weak auror. Lee Lee Se-min raised his auror for the first time in a long time and smiled.
I walked towards the gladiatorial arena with Rufus.
As he passed through the tunnel, tens of thousands of spectators surrounded him.
Everyone shouts for his death with crazy eyes.
Lee Lee Se-min grinned as he accepted the pressure with his whole body.
He was a man who enjoys these things.
The host introduced Lee Lee Se-min.
“This man! He is a new gladiator belonging to the Vaticaros gladiator group! This is his debut! His name is! So….”
The host paused for a moment and looked at Lee Lee Se-min.
Lee Lee Se-min gestured as if to continue.
His name rang out in the gladiatorial arena.
“Eh, Angel… it’s Angel Lee Lee Se-min…!”
The audience was excited.
What nonsense was this?
There were many gladiators in Sargasonia who also used ring names. Slaughter and Butcher were cute names, and the competition for ring names became more and more intense, to the point where people were ignored if they didn’t include things like blood, demons, death, or the Reaper.
But a guy calling himself an angel appeared here.
Lee Lee Se-min walked up to the host and snatched the host’s magic microphone.
Since there was no case for a rookie to behave like this, the host was once again taken aback.
Lee Lee Se-min said.
“I am Angel Lee Lee Se-min, an angel who came down to purify Sargasonia from its madness.”
The audience was astonished by his concept.
“You are all sinners. You cheer while watching people die. I have come to spread love and mercy to you in the name of an angel!”
Then he handed the microphone back to the host.
After a short silence, the dazed audience became angry and started swearing at Lee Lee Se-min.
The atmosphere in the gladiatorial arena became chaotic.
Of course, Lee Lee Se-min didn’t care.
“Gyeop, gyeong, let the game begin!”
The host left the stadium in a hurry.
Soon, a demonic beast appeared from the other side.
Lee Lee Se-min’s face hardened.
It was very big.
It was suicidal to confront him with an Auror of the green mark level allowed. If the same fight were to take place, nine out of ten people would die here.
“Vaticaros bastard.”
Lee Lee Se-min muttered.
Kutinos was right. This guy ran a gladiator troupe for the fun of killing gladiators.
But it doesn’t matter.
Even if nine out of ten die, he was one of the few who survives.
He was not an ordinary raider, but a real-life fighter who had walked the path of an orthodox warrior after learning Taegeukhye from Dokgo Cheonma.
‘Fighting is ultimately a process of subordinating the enemy’s universe to one’s own universe. Therefore, martial arts is the path to self-perfection, and if you are perfect, your enemy will surrender on his own.’
His universe was stable, while the demonic beast’s was extremely irregular and sloppy.
Even if he lacks aurors, the enemy universe did not dare to invade him.
The Taegeukhye of Mudanjeon sent auras to all parts of Lee Lee Se-min’s body.
“Poor demon beast.”
Lee Lee Se-min flew through the air using the Jeunjong.
And the back was brought together to emphasize the shoulder blades.
The angel wings tattoo that was drawn just before entering the stadium was imprinted on the audience.
“I am Angel Lee Lee Se-min.”
Even though the audience couldn’t hear it, Lee Lee Se-min continued to mutter.
When a concept was repeated, it became real.
“I will have mercy on you.”
Lee Lee Se-min’s lupus struck the demonic beast.
The demon resisted.
Lee Lee Se-min and Masu were tangled up. Although the magical beast was clearly stronger and faster, Lee Lee Se-min moved naturally as if he had predicted everything in advance. Although the opponent was faster, Lee Lee Se-min’s attack arrived first, and although the opponent was stronger, Lee Lee Se-min put pressure on the enemy.
It was a graceful swordsmanship that even felt beautiful.
Eventually the fight ended.
The demon beast was overpowered by Lee Lee Se-min and fell to the floor, breathing heavily.
The crowd cheered.
Although the concept was strange, the skills were real.
“Wow!”
Everyone chanted for the execution of the demon beast.
The more brutally you kill, the more cheers you will receive.
“Poor guy.”
But Lee Lee Se-min was different.
He once again kicked everyone’s expectations.
Lee Lee Se-min put away his sword, approached the demon beast, and patted him. The spectators’ eyes were bloodshot. They screamed hoarsely to kill the demon beast, but Lee Lee Se-min ignored all their requests.
And the winner’s rights were used in a strange way.
“I will save this guy.”
The audience was furious and booed.
Since there was no one who said he would save the demon beast, the host who was watching the game had to review the rules of the gladiatorial arena.
The host came back onto the sand board.
“The match ended with Angel Lee Lee Se-min’s fight. So, do you… really want to save the demon beast?”
Lee Lee Se-min took the magic microphone and spoke.
“That’s right, you blood-crazed crowd. I have come to spread mercy. I want to cure the demon beast and send it back to the wild.”
Then he stretched out his hand towards the sky and said.
“Heaven is watching. Everyone repent of your sins!”
Big explosion.
There was so much swearing and booing that it literally shook the gladiatorial arena. Lee Lee Se-min took them and grinned. And then he said his name again.
“Remember, I am Angel Lee Lee Se-min.”
After giving a thumbs up to the distorted faces, Lee Lee Se-min returned the microphone to the host and walked toward the waiting room.
The booing continued until he disappeared.
“It was a success.”
Lee Lee Se-min came from an Earth civilization where entertainment was developed beyond comparison to other worlds.
So I knew it well.
If you want to rise quickly, a villain was the best.
And here, in Sargasonia, the city of madness, the good guys were the bad guys.
“In hell, if you do good deeds, you will be punished.”
Lee Lee Se-min grinned and held out his fist to Kutinos, who was looking at him as if he was fed up.
It was a sensational appearance by Angel Lee Lee Se-min.
***
Gladiator Oros sat down.
There were blood stains on the disheveled sand.
Many gladiators died here. There was a rumor that ghosts would appear at night and engage in eternal sword fighting in the stadium. He had never been superstitious, but now he feared that he too might become one.
Death was approaching.
Since I became a gladiator, I knew this day would come someday.
“It’s your defeat.”
The opposing gladiator stood in front of him.
Oros tried to take the attack by surprise, but the moment he flinched, the opponent’s greatsword was aimed at his neck.
I couldn’t move.
The enemy was stronger than him.
For a gladiator, defeat means death.
An irreversible fate was advancing towards him.
“How many gladiators have you killed so far?”
Oros could not answer that question.
It won’t be enough to count by hand.
Those who begged for their lives in front of him, and those who resolutely closed their eyes, did they all feel the same way as he did now?
Oros’ eyes watered.
The voices of the crowd booing him weighed on his shoulders.
For a moment, he saw black hands under the sand pulling his feet. The vengeful spirits of those who died in the gladiatorial arena were pulling him into the abyss. Oros could neither avoid nor move.
“Do you want to live?”
Oros raised his head again.
The sun in the middle of the sky cast a backlight, casting a deep shadow on the other person’s face.
His voice was calm.
“Do you want to live?”
Begging for one’s life was the greatest humiliation for a gladiator.
But Oros wanted to live.
I could not endure the fear of irreversible death.
So he closed his eyes tightly and nodded towards the man in front of him. He shed tears and shook his head up and down saying he wanted to live.
Then a miracle happened.
“Get up.”
The opponent grabbed his shoulder with his hand, not his sword.
Oros stood up hesitantly.
The crowd’s frantic shouting grew louder. My ears were deafening, so much so that it was difficult to stand. However, the other person hugged Oros without any hesitation.
“Brother.”
“What…”
“We gladiators who risk their lives on the sand are all brothers.”
His body temperature was hot.
“I will save you.”
My body became lighter.
The gladiator spirits that had been holding Oros’ ankles no longer dared to touch him and collapsed.
No, was it a hallucination from the beginning?
So, was the halo shining from this man also an illusion?
“Those lunatics are not worth risking your life for, Oros.”
Oros remembered this man’s name.
Angel Lee Lee Se-min.
He was truly an angelic gladiator sent from heaven.
Lee Lee Se-min whispered to him.
“Remember this day. In the future, when you are in the same position as me again, I hope that you will show mercy to your enemies.”
Then Lee Lee Se-min walked to the center of the gladiatorial arena and clapped and shouted at the audience.
“Citizens of Sargasonia, steeped in madness! Angel Lee Lee Se-min is victorious today, and shows mercy to the enemy! Spread mercy and love!”
He was shouting at the audience, so Oros could see clearly.
The angel wings tattoo drawn on Lee Lee Se-min’s shoulder blade.
As he raised his hands, his shoulder blades tightened and his tattoos unfolded majestically, like wings flapping.
Oros saw an angel on the sand.
He fell to his knees without realizing it.
“What have I done so far…”
They killed those who didn’t need to be killed.
The madness of the crowd and the energy of the dead sleeping under the sand turned him into a butcher.
But that man wasn’t bothered by those things.
Rather, he was facing Sargasonia’s madness alone.
Oros looked at the man’s back and repented his past days.
“Remember, I am Angel Lee Lee Se-min!”
“Die, you son of a bitch!”
“You piece of trash!”
“Uuuuuuuuuu!”
***
Angel Lee Lee Se-min’s notoriety grew and grew until all of Sargasonia knew his name.
Citizens paid an admission fee to see him lose and die, and each time, Lee Lee Se-min won and sent his opponent alive.
In this way, Lee Lee Se-min had risen to the 11th rank in the knight class through several matches, and was now about to face a 10th ranked gladiator who was eligible to participate in the tournament.
“Angel Lee Lee Se-min, you look a little different from what I saw in the gladiatorial arena.”
The woman sitting across from him said. Lee Lee Se-min smiled and lifted the glass in front of him.
“The stadium is all about business.”
“Aha, are you saying it’s all an act?”
“Yes. Now people come to the gladiatorial arena because they want to see me lose. But I don’t lose. The crowd will come again. It doesn’t matter what the intention is. What matters is that I gather people, and people pay for me. Thanks to this, I and my master are gaining wealth and fame.”
“Indeed, you are a cool-headed person. Incredibly smart.”
The twist that the villain was actually polite and kind gave people a warm feeling, but in the opposite case, it gave them a sense of betrayal.
So what about Lee Lee Se-min?
Although he was a good character, he was a villain. People hate him because he was nice. So how will citizens react when he showed his philistine side?
A member of a noble family, Yuria was a fun person. She looked at Lee Lee Se-min and smiled.
“It’s a good thing I invited you. I was wondering what the rumored hypocrite that people criticize is actually like….”
“But Angel Lee Lee Se-min doesn’t really look fake.”
Lee Lee Se-min said with a grin.
“I don’t think it’s right for gladiators to die like that.”
“Is that so?”
“What do you think, Yuria?”
“I agree with Lee Lee Se-min’s thoughts, but it’s something that can’t be helped. That’s Sargasonia.”
“Is that so? I think I may have said something rude in front of a noble man.”
“No. Thank you for being honest.”
After the emperor was killed by a demonic beast and the empire collapsed, the surviving nobles founded Sargasonia.
Those were the six nobles who ruled the city.
Yuria was the youngest of the Gloria family, and was very interested in gladiator games, so she often invited gladiators to dinner.
She had recently heard rumors of Angel Lee Lee Se-min, a gladiator who was heating up Sargasonia, and summoned him.
“Are you going to participate in the tournament?”
“Yes.”
“To win?”
“Of course.”
“Winning must be difficult….”
Yuria put her finger to her lips.
“That person is coming out.”
“What if you say it’s him?”
“Germanos.”
“Ah….”
Lee Lee Se-min also heard his name.
Germanos, ‘the sinner on the sand’. Although he was not a slave, he decided to become a gladiator.
He was originally a member of the royal guard that protected the emperor of the empire. But eventually the emperor died and the empire collapsed. Germanos still suffers from self-reproach and participates in gladiatorial games to punish himself.
His skills were truly the strongest in Sargasonia.
“We have to fight to see who is stronger.”
“Still, be careful. The master of Germanos is very upset because of you.”
“The prince?”
There were no kings or emperors in Sargasonia, but there were people called princes.
As the last lineage of the royal family, he was the one whom Germanos served.
He had a cruel personality and loved gladiator games, but recently he was said to had been defeated by Angel Lee Lee Se-min.
“I can’t help it.”
“That’s bold. How about your master, Vaticaros?”
“Normally I don’t interfere much, but planning a match was like the devil.”
“Hehe, he’s rich and has no interest in gladiators. He’s not a good owner. He shouldn’t have talked about Badurbarok at the auction.”
Lee Lee Se-min looked at Yuria.
The people of Sargasonia feared the name Badurbarok. Every time Lee Lee Se-min mentioned something, I got angry and glared at him.
But Yuria said the name without any hesitation.
“Badurbarok….”
“Yes.”
“It looks like Yuria is fine.”
Yuria took a sip of her drink. Even though she drank a little, her face was already red.
“Because… he’s a noble.”
“Yes?”
“Aristocrats are taught not to show their emotions, right? That’s the way it is. It’s unpleasant for me too, but I’m holding back.”
Lee Lee Se-min nodded.
“I see. By the way, over there….”
He clinked glasses with Yuria and then took a sip and spoke.
“Why is that friend glaring at me like that?”
Yuria’s guard was standing a little distance away. He crossed his arms and did not take his eyes off Lee Lee Se-min.
“You’re jealous.”
“It’s a familiar feeling. Jealousy and admiration.”
Yuria burst out laughing.
“Angel Lee Lee Se-min is interesting. I would like to invite you to the family banquet next week.”
“Can I go as a slave?”
“Don’t worry, no one will interfere with the invitation I gave you. And everyone will be waiting for you.”
When she handed the invitation to Lee Lee Se-min, Lee Lee Se-min could understand what she meant.
The date and time of the banquet was the evening of his gladiator match.
“Just thinking about whether or not you can attend makes people look forward to the banquet.”
Lee Lee Se-min laughed.
“Have my place ready.”
They clinked glasses again and laughed. Lee Lee Se-min looked around while taking a sip of the sweet liquor from this world.
The garden of the Gloria family, to which Yuria belonged, was delicately decorated. Being able to occupy such a large area in Sargasonia, where land was limited, means that the prestige of the nobility was high.
The six nobles were the actual rulers of Sargasonia.
“Did I hold on too long?”
“No.”
“I said there was training.”
“Yes.”
“We have an important game coming up, so I’ll stop and let you go. It’s not something I should say after drinking alcohol.”
Yuria stuck out her tongue and laughed.
It was the moment when Lee Lee Se-min expressed his gratitude and was about to get up.
A deep voice was heard.
“I heard that gladiators train by sparring every day.”
The escort who had been watching them from afar approached. He bowed his head as if asking for Yuria’s understanding and then spoke to Lee Lee Se-min.
“I was curious about the skills of the rumored Angel Lee Lee Se-min. If you need training, why not fight me once?”
Lee Lee Se-min looked at Yuria at the sudden suggestion.
Instead of trying to stop her, her eyes sparkled as if she was having fun.
“Lee Lee Se-min must be busy… If you’re scared, no, if you don’t like it, you can refuse.”
The phrase “if you’re scared” was clearly brought up on purpose. Lee Lee Se-min could tell that Yuria was very much looking forward to the sudden event.
As Lee Lee Se-min grinned at her, Yuria winked at him from an angle that Howie couldn’t see.
“If you’re busy, you can go.”
“No, I will.”
“Then follow me.”
They headed to the training ground.
Yuria approached Lee Lee Se-min, who was following the escort, and whispered to him.
“I’m sorry.”
“No.”
“I thought it would be fun. My guard, Gunen, likes me, so he’s going to use his strength in front of me and try to win. Lee Lee Se-min might lose.”
“I’m Angel Lee Lee Se-min.”
When we arrived at the training ground, many soldiers were training.
All eyes focused on them.
Gunen strode up onto the training ground and pointed his sword at Lee Lee Se-min. Then the soldiers began to gather around so as not to miss the spectacle.
Suddenly, the surrounding area became crowded with people. Not only soldiers, but also servants and maids stood at a distance and watched what was happening.
Yuria apologized.
“It seems like things are getting worse. I’m sorry.”
“No, gladiators are used to fighting like this. This is nothing.”
Rather, it was a good opportunity. His primary goal was to become famous and thus make a name for himself in Sargasonia.
Lee Lee Se-min glared at Gunen without avoiding his gaze, then turned towards Yuria.
And then he slowly got down on one knee.
“Lee Lee Se-min?”
Lee Lee Se-min held Yuria’s hand and kissed the back of it.
“I dedicate the victory of this fight to Angel Lee Lee Se-min, a gladiator of the Vaticaros Gladiator, and to the beautiful Lady Yuria.”
Feeling the fearsome murderous force coming towards him, Lee Lee Se-min bowed his head and grinned.
***
“Gladiator Angel Lee Lee Se-min defeated the Gloria family’s knight Gunen and offered his victory to Yuria Gloria.”
A shout rang out in Sargasonia.
What’s surprising was that right before the sparring ended, Angel Lee Lee Se-min overpowered Gunen even though he was excited and used his auror.
He defeated a knight using sword techniques while unable to use aurors.
In people’s minds, Angel Lee Lee Se-min’s skills were adjusted upward again.
Some people began to say that he might really be a messenger from God who came down to purify Sargasonia. Since his identity and hometown were unknown, and even his necklace was an object with an interpretation spell, this idea spread rapidly.
“Hahahaha! He’s such a fun guy.”
And Lee Lee Se-min’s master, Vaticaros, was greatly pleased with his performance.
For him, who only cares about his own pleasure, the presence of Angel Lee Lee Se-min, who always creates new stimulation, was very pleasing.
“Buying Lee Lee Se-min was a really good choice.”
Vaticaros took a sip of his drink.
He was lying down in his garden, enjoying the midday sunlight.
The butler who was fanning him said.
“There are many people who don’t look kindly on me for making too much of a fuss…”
“What I like is Soran. Why, what am I worried about? Sargasonia has already been eaten. It’s a place you don’t need to worry about.”
“Yes.”
“The man who wants to kill Badurbarok stands on the sand of the gladiatorial arena. Will his blood fall on the sand, or will he survive until the end and laugh at the fallen Sargasonia? It’s fun just to watch.”
When Badurbarok was mentioned, the butler was shocked.
Vaticaros didn’t care.
“Shogen.”
“Yes.”
“For the time being, please hold the gladiator match in a good manner.”
“Yes?”
“Did you hear?”
“Oh, I understand.”
He got up from the chair he had been lying on. The sounds of gladiators training could be heard from afar. he said
“No matter how much of a fuss he makes, this damn Sargasonia won’t get any worse, so don’t worry. Because this place is already the worst.”
***
Lee Lee Se-min was looking into the mirror in his dorm for a long time.
Even though I was grinning at the mirror, I was frowning and muttering to myself, making me look like a crazy person.
Of course, it’s not because he’s really crazy. It may be a little crazy, but there was another reason for looking in the mirror.
God of Arena Thrace: So, when I kicked the sand, the opponent was shocked and couldn’t open his eyes, but regardless of whether the audience was booing or not, I kicked the guy and grabbed him by the hair and just… … .
Upon hearing the news that Lee Lee Se-min had been reduced to a gladiator slave, a transcendental gladiator who had been inactive for a long time was telling him a story about his bravery.
Lee Lee Se-min learned dirty fighting methods and efficient sword fighting techniques from him.
Some people paid attention to the fact that he fell into another dimension and entered the final city.
When Lee Lee Se-min’s dimension collapsed, it was just a matter of expressing condolences, but wizards in particular showed interest in hearing that even other other worlds were in the same situation.
Grand Wizard Iana: Is it possible to freely connect dimensions like that? “What did this guy named Badurbarok do?”
“Commander Gehert: It’s not completely impossible, but it requires enormous power. “I wonder what that is.”
Dragon Lord Imunkazer: Oh,,,, if you meet someone who is playing Baduk,,,, Go,,,, please report it,,,~~! “I’m curious about what kind of shack it is,,,~~~~!”
For some reason, Brother Dokgocheonma did not show up.
He was secretly a member of the Transcendental Network, so was he busy with anything?
Lee Lee Se-min left the general bulletin board with regret.
Then I clicked on the video bulletin board next to the tip bulletin board.
He completed the quest by killing goblins, and used the pointed to promote himself to Lv3 member, which gave him access to the video bulletin board. The pointed were quite generous, so I had already purchased two videos.
“Sword Demon Fersen’s M’jin Lecture Series! “Let’s turn the mountain into a plain with one sword.”
When Lee Lee Se-min first accessed the Transcendental Network, the first thing he saw was Sword Demon Ferzen’s post.
‘The reason why I reappeared… As you can probably guess, haha, I finally got over the wall! As a test, I swung my sword at the mountain behind the territory, and with one strike, the mountain became flat…
Is this the examination that member Moyong-gun mentioned? Haha, it was a completely new world.’
Fersen said so.
Lee Lee Se-min thought it was nonsense and left a malicious comment, but everything Fersen said was true. The sentiment that Fersen gained at that time was contained in this post.
Lee Lee Se-min watched this video over and over again.
“What the hell is this….”
Even though it was not a very long video, Lee Lee Se-min was still unable to understand the reality.
In the video, a man stood with his back to the screen.
It’s Fersen.
He was facing the mountain. A majestic mountain range stretched out beyond the steep cliff. Was it possible to destroy Mother Nature, which was so vast and vast compared to humans, with just a sword?
Fersen stared at the mountain for a while.
Most of the video was about this.
Stand upright with your sword in hand and look at the mountain.
Time passes like that.
Everything was still, and the trees on the mountain swayed whenever the wind blew.
Just before regeneration ended, Ferzen slowly lowered his waist and drew his sword.
And swung.
The sword slowly drew a line in the air.
And along the angle at which the sword was swung, the mountain began to scatter.
The foot of the mountain disappears, the trees evaporate, and the ground and mounds of dirt that supported the mountain fall into the sky.
It was a silent disappearance.
When Fersen’s sword flowed from end to end and finally came to rest, the mountain blocking him had disappeared.
Fersen lifted his sword.
And the video ended.
Below that, there were quite a few comments from transcendentalists.
“Iron-blooded beast, Mo Yong-gun: It’s a beautiful heart sword. I never imagined that this state could be solved so easily and simply. “The visitors are full of admiration for you!”
Sword Demon Fersen: Haha~ No~ㅎ It’s all thanks to Hyounim ^^ㅎ
Muyeongsal Dam Woo-gwang: I am amazed. (Green tea) If you make the lecture so easy, others will not even dare to post the lecture. (Wry smile) It is a great lecture that even a child of the third generation can understand. (Umji)
Dragon Lord Imunkazer: Wow,,,, this guy,,, the medicine has really risen,,,~~! Do you really want points that much,,,~~!!”
Black Lion Cayenne: It’s a shame… … . If only I had seen this when I was younger… … .
Sword Demon Ferzen: Oh my~ I’m embarrassed that my brothers are praising me.
While reading the comments, Lee Lee Se-min wondered if they were making jokes to make fun of people.
He just stood there and swung his sword.
The mountain became a plain.
The results were surprising, but nothing else.
However, people were praising Fersen, saying that this video was one of the best lectures in the transcendental network.
What did this mean?
“Are you kidding me…?”
Lee Lee Se-min became angry and ended up spitting out disrespectful words towards his older brother from the Transcendent Network.
“Oops, cancelled… but this doesn’t make sense.”
He tried playing the video again. However, all that was visible was Fersen’s back. Lee Lee Se-min gave up and left the post.
And then I clicked on something else.
Of the two videos he purchased, the remaining one was chosen based on Lee Lee Se-min’s personal taste.
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