After the meal, I called Ver to the back.
“Um, what’s going on? Well, I’m a little busy preparing for the next lecture… … .”
“Wasn’t the lecture you were listening to already closed? Let’s put aside the flimsy excuses and explain the current situation.”
I pressed Ver, who was full of thoughts of running away, to the wall and questioned him. Ber desperately averted his gaze and sighed.
“Uh, uh, what’s the situation?”
“Why are you with Eugene?”
I grabbed Ver’s cheek, who kept avoiding my gaze, and made him look at me. Ber looked at me in a cold sweat and said as if he remembered something.
“Ah, is this jealousy?”
“… … .”
“Sorry for the presumptuous remark, please pretend you didn’t hear it! that, that Where should I begin?!”
As the power inadvertently entered his hand, Ber desperately apologized.
“Tell me first why you participated in the Colosseum.”
I asked, lifting my hand. It felt like glutinous rice cake.
“That’s, that’s the reason the Crown Prince said earlier.”
“Did I say something?”
“Because the alchemy lecture, which always received high scores, was shut down because of me, the score was insufficient… … .”
“That was it. so?”
“Because there was no way to earn points, but you can still get basic points just by participating in the Colosseum, so I decided to cry and eat mustard, but suddenly the rules changed and the atmosphere became unusual… … .”
Haah, Ber had a deep sigh. I roughly grasped the situation.
“Are you saying Eugene helped me then?”
“yes. I was restless in front of the bulletin board, so I came to talk to you. When I told her the circumstances, she asked if we would fight together.”
“is it. Did he suggest it first? I am a little surprised.”
If it was Eugene now, I think it would have been more suitable for her to think that it didn’t matter and leave her alone. Still, is it a heroine who is the sub-heroine of the original work? Although the proportion disappeared after the middle.
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“If that had happened, wouldn’t you have talked to me? I could have done something about it.”
This side gained the power of Chaosium thanks to that experiment. Although I had used up all my savings, it was now fully restored and there was no reason why I couldn’t help. If anything, the lecture could have been reopened.
“Boo. I meant it. sorry. Shall we talk with Eugene right now?”
“… … no. You don’t have to. Because Eugene’s skills are trustworthy. Rolling underneath would be a good experience.”
But since this happened, I decided not to do it. Saving money is good.
“I feel very intense regret… … . Should I just wait a year… … .”
“Who will pay the tuition? It’s a decision you made yourself, so make sure it’s done right. I am cheering you on.”
“Ugh, ugh! I should have relied on it a little more! I should have used my connections!”
Vera cried out in tears. It’s a sad look.
‘Even so, it’s not an existence that can be completely ignored.’
However, Ver, unlike Bogie, will be a great power.
If it was 1v1, it would end in an instant, but if this rule uses a wide battlefield for a long time, Ver will be able to execute various supports and strategies using the magic circle.
‘If you look at the team’s balance, why does Eugene look better than me?’
How to use ber strategically. I really want to know. You may refer to this later as well.
“Just in case, don’t use magic stones. Even if you use it, put your mana into it and use it. It’s not enough to become a hot topic even if you unleash a lightning bolt.”
“Ah, I see. I will be careful.”
That’s right, Rani. I also had no idea. I thought that might be the case, but I was thinking about writing it completely.
‘With this, is Eugene’s team roughly confirmed? I can’t say there’s no possibility to collect more.’
How active will Eugene be in the unprecedented Battle Royale Colosseum? Compared to the original, how will you manage your colleagues?
I am very curious. And when I think about winning it, I already get very excited.
“Wow. It’s a very villainous smile… … .”
“What rude things are you talking about?”
“Hick, sorry!”
Well, actually, by the standards of the original, he’s a villain.
I moved with the team members and prepared the plan for the Colosseum.
Dalian, of course, after work was over, he threatened the professor to secure a map of the ghost town where the Colosseum game was held, and devised various strategies.
“… … As expected, if you don’t go to the actual site, you won’t feel it.”
However, limitations soon became apparent. There was a limit to the design of the strategy with a simple map with inaccurate proportions as well as the height of buildings.
“I still think it’s great enough. To the extent that I honestly wondered if it was a foul play.”
Of course, as Dimitri said, it is clear that even at this level, compared to other participants, he was far ahead.
“If you’re going to commit a foul, you’d better do it as severely as possible.”
If you can use an expedient, it is better to use it generously. Because this is our weapon. I lifted up the messy map with lots of notes.
“Let’s go, to this site.”
Dimitri in my declaration yes? she asked in a bewildered voice, and Mi-ryung, who had been dozing off, woke up and looked around. Katyusha rose from her seat to check in the carriage.
On the weekend, we headed to the ghost town. It was about an hour and a half from the knight academy.
Of course, ghost town is not the name of a city. It’s a nickname.
Her original name was Amernia. As the name suggests, it was a city where the Amerians lived.
“The style of the building is amazing. How did you make it like this?”
“It must have been using the secret art of the earth. They say you can build a house in half a day.”
Unlike Iron Blood, where most of the buildings are modest and modern, there are long, white Greek-style buildings. The scenery is very suitable for the name of a ghost town somewhere.
“Is this the village where the Amer lived? … .”
Mi-ryung looked around with a confused expression. I wonder if the prisoner feels complicated feelings because there was an exchange with the Amer people. I didn’t know, and even if I did, I had nothing to say.
“It’s a pretty big town, but it’s a little scary that no one is left.”
“Without Mustafa, we couldn’t have survived. No one will be able to build a building like this anymore.”
The buildings created using the secret arts of the land remained strong even after a long period of neglect. Some of the buildings were entangled with ivy, but it was as natural as it was.
“… … It’s beautiful.”
If the Amerians had not been exterminated, the Sangvis architectural style might have changed greatly. It is possible that it occupied a significant position as a tourist city.
“I can’t help but feel sorry for what I lost. Let’s look around.”
But that happened before this world even began. It’s a past that even I can’t do anything about. There is no reason to take responsibility, and even if you want to lose, you cannot lose.
“Will firearms be used in this Colosseum?”
“I heard it was used. Even so, I won’t use live ammunition.”
It’s a colosseum where there are always deaths, but I won’t go there. At most, it was like paint bullets or rubber bullets for training. I heard that Ivan is outsourcing production.
“A gun, is it being used… … . I’m a little scared. Would you say it’s physiologically repulsive?”
Mi-ryung trembled as if she was terrified. Is it an instinctive rejection that feels like a species close to beasts? It might be insulting to say it out loud.
“Since there is no referee, I wonder how to judge incompetence.”
“According to the information I gathered, I heard that they give out something like a necklace.”
Katyusha, who had been quietly looking around, opened her mouth.
“necklace?”
“It is said to be a device that senses the body’s magic power and determines whether the battle can be continued. There is a possibility that it may not work properly for those with weak magical power.”
“Is it that minorities don’t really care? If you’re iron-blooded, you’re iron-blooded.”
But that might be a factor. There won’t be anything bad about putting it on.
“And I heard that it also has the ability to determine location. It was to figure out the progress of the game from the outside.”
“Location tracking, so it really feels like a battle royale. Will it explode or not?”
It reminded me of a movie I saw in real life where students kill each other.
“… … ? Any reason to make it explode?”
“Po, is it exploding?”
“Does it explode?”
“… … I’m kidding. it won’t be It’s scary for no reason to react seriously.”
The reaction of the three was so serious that I was embarrassed. It must be an unfamiliar sound to them.
“It’s quite different from the missions where the surroundings were surrounded by trees. I think we need to move in a different way than back then.”
“I think my perception will be a little less. I will do my best to be of help!”
“okay. Please.”
We walked through a ghost town that matched the map but was oddly different.
‘I think I know why I chose this place as a battlefield.’
After taking a rough look around the ghost town, the impression I felt was that firearms were the battlefield where guns could be most active.
‘Is this a battlefield chosen to test a firearm that has just been introduced? It may not be a simple whim.’
It was an environment optimized for concealment, cover and sniping. In this place, the difference between commoners and nobles would be extremely reduced.
If so, the person who can perform the most is probably Eugene’s colleague, the master of the bow, Tarius.
‘Eugene, you drew a very strong card.’
Of course, this side also has Dimitri who can respond from a long distance, so it’s not too far behind. It’s just that it’s a little bloated.
“How many veterans are there?”
“According to the survey, there were about 50 people. And with a few exceptions, most seem to be building teams of four or five.”
“Are there roughly 10 teams? It might end sooner than you think.”
The duration of the game was said to be three days, but with that amount of people, it felt like there was no possibility that it would end in a few hours, let alone a day.
‘No, wouldn’t that be the case if the wires were fixed?’
Would it be different if each team had a few points that could be used as bases? Wires may become stuck unless there is a constraint such as a magnetic field like in modern games.
‘Of course, something that isn’t fun to watch would be embarrassing to you, so I’ll probably take some action.’
“It sounds like it’s going to be a pretty tough fight.”
“I agree.”
In the end, I came to the conclusion that I wouldn’t know until I tried.
‘Even so, it’s true that I’m many times ahead of other participants, but I feel a bit unsatisfied.’
While I was feeling dissatisfied somewhere, I suddenly felt a strange presence in the empty city.
“what?”
For a moment, I wondered if it was another student at the Knights Academy, but it felt somewhat different from that.
“… … .”
It was not a difference that could be specifically explained. However, Mi-ryung’s sharp expression as she looked around added persuasiveness to the feeling.
“Looks like there are uninvited guests besides us.”
I think we can have a good rehearsal.