Returner of the Colosseum

Chapter 2

Episode

2 . dummy(1)

When I woke up, I saw a rope hanging from the ceiling.

As I turned my head and looked around, I saw familiar things.

narrow room. Evangelion bromide hanging on one side of the wall, bookshelves densely packed with books, etc.

It was a sight I hadn’t seen in a long time.

I got down from the chair that was precariously supporting me and looked down at my palms.

From the lines on the palm to the thread veins, it was vividly visible in the eyes.

As I lowered my hand, the palm gradually moved away from me, and my field of vision gradually widened.

Really, back to the past.

To the time when my two eyes could see.

Tring!

[An invitation has arrived from the Colosseum.]

[If you become the champion of the Colosseum, one wish will come true.]

[You are destined to die in 10 seconds, so if you refuse entry, you will die.]

[Do you want to enter the Colosseum?]

[Yes / No]

A translucent message window appeared in my field of vision.

In an instant, a thousand thoughts came to my mind.

From the first time you enter the Colosseum.

Until the moment of despair in the face of the wall of the high league.

There wasn’t a day that wasn’t painful.

But I couldn’t give up. Because my sins were too great for that.

Because I thought that this suffering was my original sin, which I had to bear.

So it was.

Despite having nothing but memories full of pain and despair.

[Yes / No]

I pressed enter without hesitation.

When the white light that surrounded my body disappeared, I saw dozens of people standing there with puzzled faces. The number of people continued to increase along with the white halo around.

A fence was erected around it. A translucent blue curtain was stretched over it, and in the sky, all kinds of stars could be seen twinkling, even though it was daytime.

It was a landscape I saw every day until I lost my eyesight.

back to the farm.

After a while, when the halo no longer appeared, an angel with three pairs of wings flew in front of us from the sky. She gracefully folded her wings and landed softly on the floor.

“nice to meet. I am Peanut L, a 7th-level authorized angel who will teach and lead you in the future.”

“Woah, it’s an angel…!”

“An angel. why······!”

“Quiet, quiet!”

When people saw him and made a fuss, Peanut L yelled. In an instant, silence fell over the clearing.

“You have entered the Colosseum in Heaven. You will see angels like me often from now on, so don’t be so surprised. From now on, I will explain the schedule for the future. I’m only going to say it once, so pay attention.”

Peanut L began to explain the Colosseum’s system and future schedule.

Since I knew everything anyway, I turned off my nerves and looked around.

Palm felt both familiar and foreign at the same time.

what?

Obviously, since time has been turned back, shouldn’t the first farm you belong to be the same?

But why isn’t that where I first came in?

I hurriedly opened the status window.

Tring!

[Name: Ahn Woo-jin (Nickname: undecided)] [Affiliation: Team growth]

[League: Lower League]

[Muscle: 2] [Agility: 2] [Stamina: 1]

[Spirit: 87] [Intelligence: 12] [mana: 0]

[Awakening Ability: ＜Super Sense＞＜Advanced Living＞＜Special Mana Management＞＜Advanced Spearmanship＞＜Intermediate Swordsmanship＞＜Advanced Daggersmanship＞＜Advanced Throwing＞＜Intermediate Fighting＞＜Lesser Healing＞]

[Owned Skills (0/5): None]

[Achievement Perks: None] [Dimension Perks: None] [Race Perks: None]

[Remaining HP: 100%]

Tring!

[You have 1 unread message.]

First of all, poor stats caught my eye.

It was a time when he had just been released from prison after being imprisoned. As a result, my physical stats were hitting the bottom.

uh? But the mental stat is… 87?

87 was the stat before I regressed.

Oh, indeed. I returned to the past with all the experiences of the past.

It was only natural that his mental stats would remain the same, given his accumulated experience.

Somehow, I thought it wasn’t the palm I had when I first came in, but it must have been a butterfly effect due to mental stats.

In this way, the low physical stats will be resolved soon.

What caught my eye after that was the awakening ability.

This was really good news.

Among them was the ＜Super Sense＞ that I had dedicated my eyes to.

My heart was pounding.

Returning to the past alone was enormous, but to be able to start with mental stats and awakening abilities intact.

you can do it.

This should be enough to break through to the high leagues.

The high wall that gave me despair.

It didn’t look tall anymore.

By the way, the team is called ‘growth’.

What kind of concept is this farm?

“・・・・・So, we will begin full-scale training right now. I will assign equipment and lodging to each one. After handing over the equipment, go straight to the room to change and come back here. Then come forward one by one.”

While strengthening his will for the future, Peanut El’s long-winded explanation came to an end. Then, starting with the person closest to Peanut El, they began to move forward one by one.

“next!”

Soon it was my turn to leave.

As I approached Peanut Elle, she held out a leather top and bottom and boots.

“name.”

“This is Ahn Woo-jin.”

“It’s Ahn Woo-jin…here he is.”

While handing me supplies, she opened the status window to check my stats.

All the people here belong to the farm through ‘random draw’. That’s why I don’t know what stats they have, so I check them one by one while giving them supplies.

“Ha, the stats are crazy. Mind 87? What’s with strength and agility?”

“…”

“Looking at your outfit, you must be an Earthling. What were you doing before?”

“I am a merchant.”

Then Peanut El frowned. Something didn’t seem right.

“Phew, I thought I had hit the jackpot for the first time in a while, but all in all it was an earthling and useless mental stats…”

Peanut L shook his head and beckoned me to move.

I laughed at her reaction.

It was an act of open disregard, but I didn’t care.

I’m a player who went up to a higher league.

You’ll stand out in this soon.

The room assigned to me was a narrow room about the size of a gosiwon.

Is this the level of a chicken coop?

The team I am currently a part of is ‘Growth’.

I don’t know what concept the farm of the ‘Growth’ team operates, but it was the first time I’ve ever had such a poor accommodation.

Are your team’s finances bad?

Hurry up to put on your equipment and step out into the clearing, swords and shields were lined up on the floor.

“Take one sword and one shield.”

it’s a sword

It was a weapon I hadn’t heard in a long time. In the early days of entering the Colosseum, I used a sword. Of course, I changed it to a window later.

The weight of the sword was approximately 2 kg.

The shield was made of wood. However, it was the size of my torso and weighed about 5 kg.

What are you trying to do? You said you were going to start training right away, but are you trying to start with sparring?

“All gathered. You will now circle the outskirts of this clearing three times. If you don’t finish the race, there is no meal today, so you have to run to the end unconditionally.”

Then a man in the front row raised his hand.

“Should I run with this sword and shield?”

“Of course. The Colosseum is a battlefield where people fight by pointing their swords at each other. Are you going to throw away your weapon because it’s hard?”

“…”

The size of the farm is approximately 500 meters in radius. I said 3 laps, so it’s about 10 kilometers. It wouldn’t be easy to run that distance with a sword and shield that weighed 7kg.

“Ah, if there is one of you who completes the race wearing this sandbag, that person will be excluded from physical training in the future.”

Peanut L kicked the bag of sand at his feet.

But no one came forward.

“No. This rider is only this much…”

Tumble.

“I will wear it.”

As I stepped forward, everyone’s eyes focused on me. Peanut El also looked at me and frowned.

“Really? There is no exception to training unless you finish the race.”

“I’ll do it.”

“Well, are you trying to get attention? I don’t know that your stamina stat is 1…”

Peanut L muttered softly and then turned his head.

Irrespective of the appearance, I wore four sandbags lying on the floor around my wrists and ankles.

The sandbags weighed about two kilograms. As soon as I put it on, my whole body felt heavy as if I had fallen into a swamp.

“Then, I understand that no one wants to wear it anymore. depart!”

At Peanut L’s cry, I mixed with the crowd and started running around the outskirts.

After that, I was in the worst condition.

Within a minute of running, I was out of breath. My legs trembled, and the hands holding the sword and shield couldn’t overcome the weight and stirred the air.

I didn’t know how long I was feeling. Before the regression, his physical stat exceeded 70. So no matter how much I ran, I didn’t feel that hard.

‘I feel like dying.’

I hadn’t even run half of the first lap, but my body was already staggering. I felt like my legs would give up and I would fall to the floor.

He was breathing heavily, but he seemed to be choking to death.

With my current physical strength, I wonder if I can complete the race without a sword and shield.

Even so, wearing a sandbag wasn’t to attract attention.

I only wore it because I had to wear it.

It is not known when the first match of the lower league will be played.

Before that, you need to raise your stamina stat as much as possible.

Others seemed relatively comfortable so far. Seeing me already floundering, they shook their heads.

“You were just a curious bastard.”

“There are definitely kids who act like that.”

The words were whispered, but they sounded so clear to me, who has super senses.

But I neatly ignored those words.

My goal is to become the transcendental league champion. They are not my competition. There was no emotion to waste on those guys.

‘It’s about time to climb.’

The temptation to stop plagued me, but I didn’t give up.

The hellish times I’ve been through didn’t allow me to fall out so easily.

I don’t want to fall into despair again.

There was a wish that must be fulfilled by becoming the champion of the Transcendence League.

Tring!

[Your health is below 30%. The increase rate of physical stats increases.]

Finally, the message I was waiting for appeared.

From now on, the stamina stat increases like crazy. Just as water boils when it reaches a certain temperature, all physical stats started to rise after a certain period.

Normally, if you have less than 30% remaining, you will collapse from exhaustion, but if you have a high mental stat, you can endure this section for a long time.

This was the reason why I chose mental stat as the best ability.

Unlike the early days of running in a row, after some time, the gap between the runners widened and the line began to form a long line. I clenched my teeth at the edge and followed it tenaciously.

Tring!

[The stamina stat increases by 1.]

By the time I turned one lap, I was running almost like dragging my legs. My heart was shaking as if it would burst at any moment, and my body did not move according to my will.

Still, I didn’t give up.

Tring!

[Your health is below 20%. If you don’t take proper rest, it can be life-threatening.]

Even if it was slow, as I kept running, I was able to overtake many people before I knew it. Most of the passers-by were exhausted, and some of them were lying on the floor.

wow-

My head was spinning. Vomiting came out, and it was difficult for me to stand upright, so I was in a slouched posture. I couldn’t feel anything in my limbs.

Tring!

[The physical strength stat increases by 1.]

The intermittent messages energized me.

I felt like I was going to collapse any moment, but I was able to keep running after seeing my stamina stat rise noticeably.

Tring!

[Your health is below 10%! Run any longer and your life is in danger! You must take a break!]

However, when the ability to endure with mental strength fell below 10%, it reached its limit.

It was the section where the stamina stat rose the fastest, but it was also the section that was the hardest to endure.

“Huck, huck.”

My mind was numb.

What am I doing?

yes, that’s right I was running.