Chapter 306 – Retribution
Victor said, moving his hands and feet as if checking his deformed body.
“My father is a bear man who was captured by slave hunters and sold to the dump. So he hated humans even more than ordinary demi-humans.”
“And yet he managed to give birth to you. “I guess you found good love.”
Jun hoped so.
But very unfortunately,
“No, it is said that when the bear beast, which ruthlessly tears apart humans, became a specialty of the arena, the owner of the gladiatorial arena, who wanted to continue this tradition, drugged it with a lot of drugs and forced it to hug prostitutes. It is said that during the relationship, four prostitutes died, and my mother, who was lucky enough to survive, gave birth to me and died immediately after.”
Reality was sometimes more spectacular than fiction.
Mainly in a very bad way.
“My father hated me. It had to be because half of the blood of the people he hated so much was mixed in. He wasn’t a bad person, so he taught him how to fight and the knowledge a bear beastman needed to know, but that was all. You didn’t teach me the most important thing. What do you think it is?”
Jun quietly imagined.
A gladiatorial arena where blood and swearing are always rampant.
What does a child born there due to the greed of a third party need to know?
How to keep an eye on blood-crazed gladiators?
How to get an extra meal from the owner of the gladiatorial arena?
I shook my head.
Those methods might prolong life, but that’s all.
Even if you know the methods, the child of the gladiator is still the child of the gladiator.
He spends his childhood watching out for others, but when he grows up, he becomes a clown like his father, and after living such a meaningless life, he dies from a crude cutlery.
“… Hope.”
The most important thing for a gladiatorial child was neither how to pay attention nor how to get an extra meal.
Hope.
The hope of one day breaking away from the gladiatorial arena and living a free life was the most important thing for a gladiatorial child.
“… Maybe your father didn’t hate you so much.”
“I hope so.”
Victor smiles bitterly.
He must also be guessing why his father didn’t teach him hope.
For a gladiatorial child, hope was a double-edged sword.
Humans are animals of adaptation.
If there is no hope, the child can accept, compromise, and be satisfied with the present.
What if there is one hope?
A worn-out sleeping bag that once brought you a little bit of coziness might not be so cozy anymore.
I will no longer be able to eat the oat oatmeal that was tasteless but filled my stomach with satisfaction.
In the end, you will lose all the little happiness you have and end up cursing each day and losing your life.
Victor’s father may have thought that it would be better for his child to die satisfied with a little happiness rather than curse each day and die.
That’s probably why I didn’t teach you hope.
But, very unfortunately, his wish did not come true.
Victor recognized hope.
By someone other than my father.
“He was an insignificant revolutionary. He was so insignificant that even if his soldiers secretly sold them, no one would notice.”
“He was a common person.”
“Yes, he was a common man. But to me, he was more important than anyone else. To me, he was a friend I could trust, a family member I could feel affection for, and a teacher who taught me hope.”
“… What happened to that person?”
“He is dead. “He taught me how to fight as best as I could, but he didn’t last more than a year.”
The spectacle of reality did not exceed expectations this time either.
Can you please digress?
“I didn’t cry even on the day his father died, but I cried a lot when he died. While crying like that, I swore. I will definitely try to achieve the revolution, which is both his hope and mine, with my own hands. A few days after that, I escaped with the gladiators while the owner of the gladiator was away. “You probably know what happened after that.”
Jun nodded his head.
And then he continued his unfinished imagination.
The child of the gladiator who finally escaped from the gladiatorial arena met people with similar hopes and formed a group,
He became the leader of the group and led his comrades to where he is today.
To end oneself with the group.
“End? “Who can decide the end?”
“Yes?”
Faaah! Chang!
The pitch-black claws of the beast flew out in response.
In an instant, it flew right in front of his nose, and Jun hurriedly blocked it by crossing Firmus and Siliens.
Nod! Nod!
“Hmm~”
The sharp claw tips scratch the two swords as if they will break them.
Jun groaned softly at the unpleasant sound that resulted, but did not push Viktor away like before.
No, it would be correct to say that I couldn’t do it.
Viktor’s strength, which had increased by turning into a bear, was not at a level where he could easily push it away.
“Do you really think that I came here to kill the Resistance?”
“Then isn’t it?”
Chiuring! Suddenly!
He turned his body to the side and pulled back both swords.
The intention was to take advantage of Viktor’s posture, which was broken due to the excessive force, to deliver a blow.
However, the worn-out gladiator in the gladiatorial arena was foolish and did not fall for the trick.
The moment Jun pulled back his two swords, he quickly withdrew the strength he had been giving to his arms to prevent his posture from collapsing.
However, because he could not prevent his body from stiffening in the process, he was unable to completely avoid Siliens, who was swung at the optimal trajectory.
A green wind passed by Viktor’s thigh, followed by dark red blood gushing out.
‘It’s thin.’
Jun narrowed his eyes and looked at Viktor’s wound.
Although blood splattered, the wound was actually not that deep. Even that was healing quickly.
‘That’s why it’s a scam. This race.’
Each race has its own unique racial characteristics, such as the beast mode of the beastmen, the elemental magic of the elves, and the metal smelting of the dwarves.
There is nothing that is not excellent, but even so, the racial characteristics do not fall into the scope of special abilities.
Simply put, it means that it can be used even without a special core.
Even if there were no cores at all, different races could use their own racial characteristics, and the same was true even if all three cores were blooming.
It would be no different from being given an additional core.
If Lucy hadn’t lowered their birth rate for balance, this world would have been theirs long ago.
“… Why are you making such a mean expression? If you have to ask, it’s this way.”
“Oh, I see!”
I kicked the floor and jumped into Victor’s arms.
At the same time,
Beige Crew Vision – Instant Cut
I used the vision taught by the Sword Master.
The sharp sword blade, which seemed as if it could cut even for a moment, cut Viktor’s body diagonally.
Busung Original – Taking Autumn Leaves
A technique that continues even before blood splatters.
The heel, which was filled with heated aura as if it had been made of maple leaves, was pinned directly into Viktor’s abdomen.
For your information, Bu-seong was not only skilled in the axe technique but also in the boxing technique.
“Wow!”
Victor belatedly steps back, spattering blood.
He who used beast mode was clearly the highest level of skill among the yellow level, but it was not enough to deal with Jun, who was armed with tremendous abilities and experience inherited from orange level powerful people.
“Kwaak!”
He knew it well.
But he didn’t give up. He gritted his teeth and swung his claws non-stop.
“Victor, stop giving up. It’s meaningless anymore.”
“No! It’s not meaningless!”
The claws of the beast flying toward your face again.
Jun spilled it with Firmus and cut Viktor’s exposed side with Siliens in his other hand.
Victor could not stop that counterattack.
Because he lost his left arm, which was supposed to block that counterattack, to Elysia.
“What do you mean it’s not meaningless? “If you die, everything is over.”
“Then it’s okay if you don’t die!”
Victor is suddenly covered in blood.
The enormous amount of blood that flowed from him not only stained the scaffolding red, but also flowed down, staining the people underneath the scaffolding looking up as if fascinated.
Even after losing so much blood, he did not collapse.
His eyes were burning just like the first time.
How is that possible?
Is he really not dying?
While Jun was caught up in such doubts, the revolutionary raised his trembling arms with all his strength and spoke.
“Revolutionaries don’t know how to give up. Why? Because their revolution is a series of failures! If you give up on something that has no possibility, the revolution will never be achieved!”
Woo!
As many Aurors gather in the hands of those who have experienced numerous failures.
With that hand, the revolutionary once again challenged the revolution without giving in.
Boom!
On behalf of the cold reality, Jun countered his attacks.
His sword and fist collided, and the resulting tremendous shock shook the entire area.
Paching!
The scaffolding could not withstand the impact and broke.
The two dolls fell to the ground.
“Baby!”
“For a moment. Airi, just wait a moment.”
“Why! “For what reason!”
“There’s no way Darling would fall from an attack like that. “Don’t worry, just stay for a moment.”
Iris has no choice but to stop after repeated attempts to dissuade Elysia.
On her behalf, people covered in her black and red blood approached the place where her two dolls fell, as if possessed.
At the same time,
Knock!
A doll rose from the dust.
And then he said.
“Revolutionaries do not know death. Haha. Why? Because as long as there are citizens who bravely stand against injustice, the second and third revolutionaries will emerge and carry on their names!”
Rattling
An unsightly hand covered in scars and dust points to someone.
It pointed to someone, but it didn’t point to someone.
All the citizens here knew that.
That’s what the revolutionary said among the citizens.
“The next Victor is you.”
