Chapter 44 – Arena (2)
At Yuria’s words, Ellie and Lien stopped arguing.
They just stare at each other.
“I know you both will do it for me, but I don’t want to see you two fighting each other.”
“I’m sorry, Jinu.”
“I’m sorry, my lord.”
The two people who heard me relaxed the mood.
“Then let’s do it this way. Like Yuria said, the two of us will go to the arena.”
“But I have to escort Jinu, so having two people go out is a bit…”
I shook my head at Ellie’s words.
“Will there be any special problems here? I don’t think you need to worry about that.”
The two thought about it carefully and agreed with what I said.
“And it’s not fun to just do it when two people are competing, so how about I grant the winner a wish?”
Usually, it would be a good idea to increase motivation by offering a first place award like this.
“Yes!?”
“That!”
The two people who heard what I said looked at me in shock.
“Really? Jinu! Are you going to grant me one wish?”
“Master! I will give my best and make sure we win.”
I think I’m too motivated.
What kind of wish are you asking for?
“They said they would grant my wish, but it’s only within the scope of what I can do. You’re saying you can’t just establish a country and ask me to become king or something like that?”
“Yes. Don’t worry about that.”
It’s a little scary because I don’t know what I’m borrowing.
“And when you go to the arena and fight, you are not allowed to use skills.”
If Eli and Lien fought while using skills, it wouldn’t be a problem to destroy Turhen Castle.
“Is it a fight between us? Come to think of it, we’ve fought with Demon a lot, but we’ve never fought against each other, have we?”
“It is true that Renia is the strongest, but we have never fought among ourselves.”
If you compare each character based on DPS in my account, it is true that Bonecane Summoner Renia is the strongest.
Except for the summoner, which was designated as the main character, it was not the case that some invested less and some invested more in each character.
They all charge almost the same amount of money, and their strength is only divided by differences between classes and the type of item drop.
So, if we divide each character into strength rankings, Paladin Ellie is 4th and martial artist Lien is 5th, but the difference is not large and really insignificant.
Depending on the raid boss pattern and how to deal damage, there may be cases where Mutuga Lien deals more damage.
But this is not a game.
If two people fight in real life, it is impossible to predict who will win.
And the dragon knight Yuria in my arms is the second strongest character after summoner Rhenia.
I didn’t try to do anything special like the original character, but I ended up in this position.
The reason is that Dragon Knight Yuria… Was a bastard.
In Elyon, there was an element that created synergy with other jobs when one job was raised to max level.
Then, there were a lot of complaints that users were doing this to force them to raise their characters, and eventually the synergy was lost and a collection system was added to raise the job to max level.
Elion is ultimately an RPG game, so as users progress through the content, there is less to do.
Raid farming to improve character specs takes only a day or two, but running through the same dungeon every week ends up becoming boring for people.
It was the same for me too.
I was bored, so I grew up Dragon Knight to fill my collection.
So, after I reached max level and filled my collection, I tried to delete the character, but at that time, an incident occurred in Elion, and items were distributed at an all-time high.
At that time, I went with the flow and became good at obtaining items in a dungeon I visited briefly, or succeeded in upgrading with the least amount of money in my account.
And what I was thinking of raising in earnest was level 100 raid farming. While it took almost 10 months for the main character summoner to graduate, the Dragon Knight graduated in only 3 months.
Although the Summoner was a bit of an unlucky character, the Dragon Knight was lucky enough to cross the line.
“I wonder who will win. Don’t you, Jinu~?”
“That’s right. To be honest, I don’t know what to expect.”
In the end, you will be fighting in close quarters, but if you use skills, Lien, a martial artist optimized for attacks, will likely have an advantage.
It is true that Ellie is stronger in terms of DPS, but that is only based on attacking a stationary enemy, and looking at the skill structure, I think a martial artist with more useful hits and runs would have an advantage.
First of all, since the use of skills has been banned, it will now be a physical fight, but I really don’t know about that.
“Then, see you in the arena, Lien.”
“Hmph, I will win, Ellie.”
It seems like sparks are flying between two people having a snowball fight.
And I’m scared as to what kind of wish you’re planning on making…
The next day, we went to the place where players register to participate in the arena.
It is crowded as there are many people aiming for this winning prize.
Sad people who participate.
Without us, there would have been a chance of winning, but with our participation, it would have been meaningless.
Sorry!
“Hmm… You two are participating?”
When Ellie and Lien said they would participate, the receptionist gave them a skeptical look.
“Are you okay? This time, the strongest people in history came here? I guess there was a rumor that the sword that came as the winning prize was amazing.”
“Don’t worry. In the end, one of us will win.”
The receptionist laughed out loud at Ellie’s words.
Haha! What a fun girl. Here’s your receipt. Write it down and submit it, and I’ll register you.”
Looking at the paper the receptionist gave me, it looks like all I have to do is write down some simple information about the players who will participate and submit it.
“Let’s see… All you have to do is write down your name, whether you committed a crime, what weapon you used? And so on.”
“Then I will write it down.”
As Ellie tried to write her name on her receipt, Lien stopped her.
“Wait a minute, Ellie. A duel with you is like a sacred duel where the master grants a wish.”
Lien continued, putting his fist to her chest.
“I will put my trust in you and beat you!”
Then she wrote her name on the receipt and held it out to Ellie.
You could see Lien’s real name written on the receipt.
Empress Dowager Daughter.
This is the name of a character I created as a joke with my friends when I was in middle school.
At that time, we made a bet to see who could come up with a funnier character name, and I won first place and got a piece of lunch.
From then on, I intentionally made the character names funny.
It was fun to see people who were passing by and people playing raids laughing when they saw my character’s name.
But that’s karma and it’s causing me a lot of trouble right now.
“Now, wait a minute! It’s a bit… Don’t you think, to bring up God’s name here?”
With the anxiety rising in my heart, I tried to stop Lien’s actions.
“No, Jinu. This is a duel between Lien and me. If Lien asks for a duel with her name on the line!”
Ellie also wrote her name in the name box on the receipt and held it out to Lien.
“I’m not running away!”
Anyone who watches it will be able to see it as a great scene where they are competing against each other with their own names on the line.
Yuria’s eyes are sparkling as if she thinks she looks great now.
“Wow~~! It’s really cool, isn’t it, Jinu?”
“Uh…Uh, I see…”
I’m the only one feeling sick here.
The battle between Pingchaeng Chulongi and the Most High Daughter Empress
I am the only one who knows what those two words mean.
If you ask me later about the meaning of that divine name, I don’t know what I will say.
The two of them, facing each other, filled out the registration form and proudly presented it to the receptionist.
“Let’s see… A pink slut Chulong and Empress Dowager Daughter? That’s an unusual name.”
After looking at the receipt, the receptionist stamped it.
“Okay, both of you have been registered. Let’s see when the arena starts.”
After the reception was over, the two came back to us.
Then I guess he noticed something wrong with my expression.
“Jinu? Why are you doing this? You don’t look good. Is there some problem…?”
“Oh, no. It’s nothing.”
I waved my hand and made an expression that it was okay.
Even though my insides are burning.
The arena didn’t start right away, but the time that passed until the start date was an instant.
I checked Ellie and Lien’s group in the arena where the tournament was being held.
Fortunately, we were placed in separate groups.
If they both keep winning, it looks like they will meet in the finals.
What kind of coincidence is this?
“Hmm… I guess we can meet in the finals.”
“That’s right. Let’s meet quickly in the finals.”
The two looked at each other and shook hands.
The arena took place in the castle square of Turchen.
Originally, there was no stadium, but it appears that it was installed as an arena.
It feels like a martial arts competition like you see in old cartoons.
“Jinuni~. Can I buy something to eat?”
“I’ve earned enough money to live off of Aria’s request. Eat whatever you want.”
When I gave Yuria the money to buy food, she brought me so many snacks that I wondered if she would be able to eat them all here and there.
We took it all and went to the audience area in the arena.
Since it was right next to the stadium, there was no problem seeing it.
Then a man went up to the stadium and started shouting while holding something in his hand.
“Hello, audience! The Turchen Castle Arena was held again this year. Let’s start now~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!”
