21-21. The beginning of the battle

After deciding to participate, they asked me what my name was, etc., and I answered normally, "Tetsuya Takahashi.

Then they explained the rules.

The rules for fighting in the underground arena were that four people would fight in a brawl, and the last one standing would win.

The winner gets 1000 gold in prize money.

It doesn't matter if you kill them. Anyway, you can put your opponent in a position where it's impossible to continue fighting.

Also, if you say "I'm overwhelmed", it will be determined that you don't want to continue fighting, and you'll lose the battle at that point.

I was advised to say "I'm overwhelmed" to save my life if there was no chance of winning.

It seems that about 90% of the time, they don't attack the ones who say they've given up.

On the contrary, I wondered if 10% of them would attack me.

Then I was led to the waiting room.

They said I can leave without changing clothes and so on.

They tell me to wait until the time is up and I'll give them a signal when the time is up.

So a few minutes passed.

'Hey, come on out!'

He signaled me to go out and I took the exit and went out into the arena.

It's a big space there.

It was surrounded by iron bars, and the crowd was watching from there.

I spotted Lenya and Meku. Lenya waved to me, and I waved back.

The three opponents are out.

All men.

Pretty hairy beastmen with wolf ears.

One or two bigger than a normal human, maybe a giant or this guy?

And there's a human guy, but this guy doesn't look very strong.

The giants look strong to be honest, but they're not as big as the giant golem.

For now, let's just appraise them all.

I'll start with the wolf beastmen, and then I'll appraise them all.

Lycanthrope Individual Name:Vargas 28 years old Lv.27/27

A wolf beastman. When weakened, he becomes just a wolf.'

Next, the Giant Man.

Giant Individual Name:Gouva Savelvin, 44 years old, Lv.23/24.

A huge race. Power is off the charts.''

Finally, a human male.

(Human) Individual name: Sarmel Eslin, 24 years old, Lv.30/30.

A smart and magical race

Are human men the highest level?

Well, but is there anyone who has a very high level?

The levels are just a guide, so it's not clear how strong they actually are.

The difference between the limit level and the level is less than that of the wild demons.

The wild demons don't have wisdom, so they can't raise their levels efficiently.

''You don't look like you've seen me.

The lycanthrope man said to me.

'Humanka. You look weak.

This time, the giant man said with a smirk on his face.

They don't seem to be too nice guys.

Well, it's better that way because I can fight without being weirdly reserved.

With that in mind.

... wait... this guy is level 1 at the limit!

The human cousin looked at me and said that.

What is it? Did they see you on the level without you knowing it?

At the man's voice, the other two opponents and the crowd began to buzz with surprise.

At first, the crowd was loud, like, "There's no way he'd be daredevil enough to go into battle at the limit level 1,

I swear that guy is a real level one.

And a few people from the audience who have seen my limit level start to come out of the crowd.

I don't know what they're using, but I don't know how easy it is to see my limit level, and for that, I didn't get to find out when I was in reception.

I'm starting to believe that my limit level is 1, and the crowd and my opponent are starting to look at me with a slightly withdrawn look on their faces, like, seriously, this guy....

And then the expressions started to change.

'Hahahahahahaha! You're kidding me! Limit level 1!

"You're a piece of shit! Seriously, it's out!

Ha-ha-ha, you better get the hell out of here!

The crowd and my opponents were mocking me, one after another.

I guess being a marginal level 1 is much more of an object of ridicule.

Maybe people in this world don't see other people's statuses so easily, so they judge all of their opponents' strength by the level they can easily see.

So I guess that's why they're ridiculed like this, because things that are too low level and strong are not common.

Well, the laughter is slightly unpleasant, but the enemy seems to be extremely careless, so I guess that's good.

'Oi, you'd better surrender now, huh? I'm a hard man to take care of.

The giant man grinned at me and warned me that he was looking down on me as much as he could.

'Yeah, yeah. I can go easy on him, but he can't! You're going to die.

The lycanthrope man also joins me in giving me some advice.

Well, he certainly doesn't seem to be able to take care of the details.

I couldn't think of a witty reply, so I ignored him.

Then the giant man said.

I don't know what's going on.

He said.

''Well, it doesn't really matter what happens to marginal level 1 trash, does it?''

As if he had lost interest, the lycanthrope man said that.

I knew they'd look down on me like that, a marginal level 1.

By the way, the betting began, predicting who would win before the match started.

My odds are incredibly high.

But there seems to be one person who is betting on me, at least.

Lenya and Meku don't have any money, so maybe there's no one else to bet on? I thought, but it looks like some guy was going for a very big hole.

Then the bell rang to signal the start of the fight, and the fight began.