Chapter 64: Arena (2)

Chapter 64: Arena (2)

Chapter 64: Arena (2)

“The arena...?”

Lee Sungjin asked with his eyes wide open as messages started flooding in.

「 Administrator ‘Glutton’ is disappointed that you’re not accompanying his contractor. 」

「 Administrator ‘Black Devil’ is amused at your unpredictability. 」

「 Administrator ‘Iron-blooded Monarch’ is satisfied with your decision. 」

「 Administrator ‘White Crane Sword Saint’ is delighted to see you perform. 」

Mostly positive reactions.

However...

“The challengers at the arena are mostly assholes. And they specialize in fighting other challengers since most of them chose ‘strategy’ at the divergence.”

Lee Sungjin seemed overly worried compared to the admins.

‘Hm...’

He genuinely seemed to believe that nothing good could come out of there.

But that wasn’t enough to scare me away.

“I’m not too worried about it.”

The Chinese challengers I just went up against didn’t put up much of a challenge.

Lee Sungjin rubbed his chin while listening to my monotonous response and finally nodded.

“Hmm... well, if you say so.”

It seemed like he’d seen enough to know better than to worry for me.

“Well, I’m heading out then.”

“Ah, okay. I’ll be going to the auction house then.”

「 Administrator ‘Glutton’ says he’ll be back to spectate later. 」

I guess he was going back to looking after his contractor.

‘I was hoping to get something more out of it but... oh well.’

But the other administrators didn't seem to agree with me.

「 Administrator ‘Iron-blooded Monarch’ smiles graciously and tells Glutton it’s okay to not come back. 」

「 Administrator ‘White Crane Sword Saint’ nods in agreement. 」

‘They don't want to share me, huh?’

I’d have to ask why in more detail once I got back to the waiting area.

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Reaper Scans

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The arena.

One of the establishments of the public area where users could challenge each other for rewards.

First impressions...

‘Stranger than I thought...?’

It was not at all what I’d expected.

“Ah, goddammit why did he lose again...! Why the fuck is he so weak if he’s a high ranker?”

“Why the fuck are these Korean players so damn strong? How the hell does a rank 300 win against 100?”

“FUUUUCK! I lost again! Holy shit! Stop fucking losing!”

All the fiery passions of an illegal horse racing arena.

People from all over the world came together to curse out their fates while staring at a scoreboard.

‘This is the arena...?’

You couldn't even see the fight itself.

Everyone sat in their seats and just furiously tapped on their screens.

But...

‘I don't think I accidentally came to the casino...’

「 Welcome to the arena. 」

At least not according to the system message.

「 Administrator ‘Black Devil’ smiles nostalgically. 」

「 Administrator ‘Iron-blooded Monarch’ is disgusted at this sight. 」

「 Administrator ‘White Crane Sword Saint’ is exhilarated by all the excitement. 」

Even the administrators were calling this place the ‘arena.’

‘What’s going on?’

I took one of the empty seats to figure out what was going on.

And then...

「 Activating the arena system. 」

「 Click on the screen to choose ‘betting’ or ‘battle.’ 」

「 You’ve received a challenge. 」

“...?”

And...

「 Han Sungyeun 」

「 Server - Korea 」

「 Rank - 3 」

「 Reward - Skill ‘Demon Slayer (C-)’ 」

「 Wins - 0 」

「 Losses - 0 」

“He just got to the arena...?’

Her opponent had neither any wins nor losses.

‘And he still picked me...’

Korea was one of the countries with the highest amount of her fans.

There’s no way he couldn't think of the ‘Blaze Witch’ after seeing the name Katheryn Benett...

But this challenger didn't seem to care.

‘Interesting.’

He was probably the most reckless player she’d seen since she entered the tower.

Even if his rank was high, it took guts to send her a challenge like that.

‘Han Sungyeun...’

She’d never heard the name before.

Korea may not be her home country but she did know a decent amount of A-ranks...

But she couldn't even get close to recognizing the name.

‘I’ll have to look them up once I go back.’

She didn't know who this was, but the fact that he challenged her was extra points in her book.

So Katheryn accepted his challenge and...

「 The battle has been established. 」

「 Moving to the colosseum. 」

In a blink of an eye, she was transported into the middle of the colosseum.

And...

She was joined by a man covered in a black robe.

Katheryn flashed a smile at her challenger and started speaking.

“I admire your courage for choosing me for your first battle but...”

「 Challenger Han Sungyeun vs Challenger Katheryn Benett 」

「 Battle starting. 」

“You should have done a bit more research. Think of this as a lesson learned.”

「 Activating power ‘Creation of Fire’. 」

Explosions erupted from her hands as soon as she stopped speaking and spread fire all around her vicinity.

KWAWKWAKAING...!

‘It’s over.’

This fire was a ‘power,’ unmatched by normal magic.

She was so sure that the ‘Victory’ message was going to pop up...

“...?”

Sssst—!

Until she saw the blue sword ki splitting her flames in half.

“What the...?”

Seeing someone fend off her attacks shook Katheryn for a bit, and—

“A lesson, huh?”

Fzz, fffft...

The challenger tossed off the half-burnt robe and finally said something...

“It’s definitely nothing to scoff at but...”

It was then that she realized who controlled this battlefield.

“It doesn't seem like something I can't deal with.”

The Korean challenger had already taken over the pace of the battle.

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