Chapter 170 - Chapter 172

"On your left, Rebecca!" Lubbock said loudly to the pink-haired gladiator as she tilted her body to the left and dodged a sword coming with the intent of slicing off her shoulder. "Thank you, Sir Lubbock!" She said and knocked out the gladiator with a punch straight to the face. Lubbock gave her a thumbs up and snapped his finger causing the body of a large gladiator behind him to be sliced into seven different pieces with blood flowing out over the area ground.

"You're very welcome!" Lubbock caught a whip coming towards his face. "Can't you see that I'm trying to have a conversation here?" He gripped the whip tighter and took the owner of the whip on a round trip in the air before slamming them down on the hard ground causing cracks to appear and simultaneously splitting the gladiators head open.

"You're not even supposed to be in here! You're not a gladiator are you?" Another male fighter yelled while trying to strike Lubbock down with his club. The green-haired commander raised an eyebrow and sighed, "No, of course not, I'm not a gladiator! Why would the great me stoop so low when I have fifty thousand men and women that will follow my every command. You are quite the moron, are you not?" He stopped the club with a finger and glanced past the clubhead at the face of the gladiator wielding it. "Are you sure that you have a brain in that head of yours?" He slightly pushed on the club and the gladiator flew off the arena in high speed.

Rebecca that struck down another man without killing him turned to Lubbock in confusion. "What are you doing here, Sir Lubbock? And how is it that you can come and go however often you please?" She was genuinely curious why Diamante never stopped Lubbock from killing every single gladiator even though he wasn't even signed in to this competition.

"Easy! I'm awesome! That's it!" Lubbock felt thousands of death glares from both fighters and audience members zooming in on him. Though nothing about that bothered him in the slightest, he continued killing mean-looking gladiators. He glanced at Rebecca again, "To alleviate my boredom as well. In that war, I wasn't really needed for anyone powerful so I have this sour taste in my mouth and I can't get rid of it!" He lightly tapped on another gladiator and made them fly off the arena, luckily for them, they didn't die of that as they landed in the water.

She suddenly looked at him with worry and a great amount of pity. "You are a victim of war as well? I am sorry for what you must have gone through." Rebecca and Lubbock were having this conversation while defeating opponents one after another.

Lubbock nodded sadly, "Yes! A great victim, indeed. Jack, King, Kaido. None of them left for me. I-I was left with footsoldiers! Truly sad!" Lubbock wiped genuine wetness away from the corners of his eyes. He then looked up again at Rebecca, "But, another one is coming, and in that one, I will be sure to find some good people to slice up!" His maniac and psychotic personality never seemed to affect Rebecca as she always misunderstood it for literally anything other then what it was. She genuinely thought he was a good guy going through a hard time, while everyone else only saw a sadistic cold-blooded killer.

"Unfortunate soul, plagued by war! I will grow stronger and when I have finished my mission I will help you prevent this war as well, Sir Lubbock." She gripped her sword and spoke with great determination.

"Wait? That's not it! We are causing the war, we are the ones that are gonna kill everyone!" He said and killed another gladiator. Rebecca nodded along firmly with small tears streaming down, "Indeed! The humans capacity for war, how awful! I can't presume to know what you must have been through, Sir Lubbock. Stay strong!" She said and looked up with an angel smile.

"What I have been through?" He tilted his head, "Well, torture, slaughter, and killings of all ages. I don't wanna brag or anything, but I have quite the track record." Lubbock placed his hands on his hips like a certain superhero and stretched, trying to look taller than he was.

"Unforgivable! How could someone force a child to go through such cruel acts? It's a miracle you survived, Sir Lubbock!" Rebecca was full-on crying now. Lubbock just looked at her with utter confusion filling his head. "What is going on here?" He looked around and saw that there were no gladiators left. He glanced up at Diamante and shrugged his shoulders. "Rebecca won, I guess!" Lubbock said and started leaving the arena. "I'll see you later, crybaby!" He yelled towards the pink-haired gladiator who nodded in confirmation. 'I will liberate your soul from these horrid memories, Sir Lubbock!' She made a vow in her heart that was so wrong, but so honest and noble at the same time.

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