Chapter 15

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

When Su Chen and the others were on their way to the group arena, a pitiful voice came from a corner by the side of the road.

“Don’t hit me…”

This voice was very familiar. It sounded as if he had heard it somewhere before. Su Chen felt that something was wrong, so he subconsciously leaned over. When he got closer, he saw a person surrounded by a group of people in the middle and everyone was kicking him.

“Don’t you like to take care of the two newcomers? Huh? Don’t you like to stand out?”

When Su Chen heard this, he instantly understood what was happening. At this time, Yousi had already rushed over and pulled everyone away.

Sure enough, the one who was surrounded in the middle was the chubby Lotte. His face was already bruised and swollen and his clothes were also mottled. When he saw Su Chen and Yousi standing in front of him, he was shocked. Then, he quickly covered his face.

“Oh? You’re the two newcomers?”

Su Chen suddenly felt very angry. No matter how severe his injuries were, he would never allow others to suffer such harm for him.

“You’re treating him like this just because he bandaged us?!”

“What?! I’m f*cking treating him lightly! You two aren’t even worthy of victory…”

Before one of the gangsters could finish his sentence, Yousi had already placed his sword on his neck.

“Undeserved winners? If you aren’t satisfied, you can challenge us in the group arena. I’ll be waiting for you.”

When Yousi said this, his usual relaxed attitude had changed. There was a hint of anger in his voice. The surrounding gangsters seemed to have been frightened and did not make a sound.

“What are you so arrogant for?! Just you wait! I’ll definitely beat you later!”

As he said this, the hooligans found an opportunity to dodge and the group of people ran away.

Su Chen and Yousi helped Lotte up, but Lotte could not stand on his feet. After taking a closer look, it was found that Lotte’s legs were bleeding profusely.

Lotte did not look at Su Chen and Yousi. He just lowered his head and tried to stand up so he could walk as he said, “Don’t worry about me… I’m used to it. Actually, you guys go to the group arena first…”

Su Chen followed him and supported him. At this time, Lotte suddenly shook Su Chen’s hand off.

“I said don’t worry about me! Can’t you hear me? I don’t want your pity! I’m such a waste!”

Yousi suddenly laughed loudly behind him.

“You’re a good-for-nothing? If you were a good-for-nothing, you wouldn’t have lived until now.”

Lotte became even angrier. “That’s why I’ve been here for so long. As a weakling, I’ve been living in fear of death!”

Su Chen suddenly pushed him to the ground with his palm. Lotte thought that Su Chen was angered by him, so he immediately covered his head with his hands. However, the expected fist did not land. He focused his eyes and looked up, only to find that Su Chen was looking at him.

“There’s nothing wrong with being afraid of death, Lotte. Each of us came to this world to survive. As long as we don’t hurt others, what’s wrong with that? On the contrary, you’re very strong. You’re strong enough to endure humiliation and pain while still maintaining your kind heart. Although you think you’re weak, don’t you stand up again and again whenever you fall?”

After Su Chen said this, Lotte looked at him in disbelief as his eyes suddenly turned red.

Then, Yousi lifted Lotte up.

“I’ll say, little fatty, what weaklings? What strong people? Don’t think too much. You just need to know that you’re our friend now. We’ll stand by your side.”

Lotte could not hold it in anymore and he burst into tears. After crying for a while, an announcement rang.

“Seventh place, Yousi, please, hurry to the group arena as soon as possible.”

Hearing the broadcast’s voice, Lotte stopped crying and immediately reminded, “It seems that someone’s going to challenge Yousi in the group arena.”

Yousi smiled slightly. “It seems that our plan’s ruined.”

Then, he signaled for Su Chen to bring Lotte back as he headed to the center of the group arena alone. Although Su Chen was worried, seeing Lotte’s serious injuries, he had no choice but to bring Lotte back to settle down. Thus, he nodded and split up with Yousi.

On the way back, Lotte suddenly asked Su Chen, “So, are you and Yousi also game players?”

Su Chen suddenly realized that because he had been here for so many days, his memory had gradually forgotten that this was a game.

“Yes, so you should be a player, too.”

Lotte nodded and said to Su Chen, “Most of the people here are players. Even the Minida you saw was actually a player, too.”

Su Chen was shocked. “Minida? She was a player?”

Lotte looked at Su Chen’s disbelief and he continued to explain, “Yes, she was my classmate back in university. We were originally from City A’s university. We both entered this game by accident but we spawned in different places. When we finally met, we were in Trinidado. When I saw her, she was already recruiting people for the concentration camp.”

“Then, why did you enter the concentration camp?”

Su Chen had always been curious as to how Lotte ended up here. With his personality, he could have done exactly what Yousi did before. He could find a remote village to live in and save some BR coins to survive. Perhaps, he could even go out.

Lotte smiled. “That’s because I have a crush on Minida. I’ve liked her since high school. When I met her, I was so happy. While she was recruiting people into the concentration camp, we had a meal together where she told me that she was very lucky and was born in Marhaz. Unfortunately, she was a girl, and she didn’t have money and didn’t understand anything. She was wandering on the streets, and just when she was about to starve to death, she met Lord Marl who visited her in disguise.”

“What?! She saw Marl?”

“Yes, not only that, Marl even brought her back, trained her, and arranged for her to be appointed to the concentration camp.”

Su Chen was still very confused,

“So, you just foolishly entered just because she was in the concentration camp?”

Lotte’s face turned red, and he began to stutter, “N—Not exactly…”

Seeing Lotte like this, Su Chen understood that he was a person who was blinded by love.

They chatted along the way and soon returned to their residence. After treating Lotte with the many herbs that he had stored, Su Chen prepared to head to where the group arena was held. Just as Su Chen was about to turn around and leave, Lotte called out to him again,

“Su Chen, what’s the relationship between Yousi and Quinn?”

Quinn?

Su Chen suddenly remembered that day at the arena when everyone was talking about the Left Sword..