13 The Coliseum :
To buy weapons I had to go to the commercial district. In this district you can find everything, weapons, pills, resources, skill books and even a district of pleasures at the bottom. But hey, I was only interested in the first category.
This was the third store on the left side of the street. The store is divided into 6 floors. One floor per grade. As it is only a small town, the weapons do not exceed grade A. All good weapons are generally sold in the capital. Where the seller can make a maximum profit, but this kind of weapon is generally little seen and does not run the streets. First you have to find the necessary resources, then a blacksmith and finally an auction house that is reliable and powerful enough to protect the weapon. The last two conditions are in the capital and in very rare other major cities. Let's get back to the point, I'm going into this store. I'm only on the first floor where the weapons are grade F and yet the prices are already exorbitant.
500,000 MB for a dagger, 600,000 MB for a flaming sword, etc. In the sadness of seeing my newly acquired fortune fly away, I go up by an elevator to the second floor. Here are stored grade E weapons.
Daggers, daggers, spears, assault rifles, axes, hammers, bows or even crossbows are all there. What makes their prices vary is of course their different effects but also their resistance, their sharpness, their edges or their impact forces for ranged weapons. What I'm looking for is a katana like in my old world. I had learned to master it and I want to become the first samurai of this world. Finally in a dark corner of a shop window I found it.
The katana in the display case has a larger blade size of twice 30.2 cm or 60 cm. The blade here was a very dark black, somewhat reminiscent of NYX lady skill. It would be possible to handle it with one or two hands. Its handle is two hands wide. On the hilt we can see that it begins with a guard that protects the hand, and ends with an end used for striking. The weight of a standard katana ranged from 800 grams to 1300 grams. This one looks heavy to me given the materials used, but fortunately I too have evolved. The special braid lacing normally in silk or cotton, or even leather around the handle, here was in the fur hair of a ferocious D-rank tiger boss formed regular and simplistic diamond shapes. Its name was [oil slick]. Simply a weapon of elegance that I had to buy. After admiring it, I looked at the price: 1,900,000 MB.
"..."
It was all I had. Either I buy the saber and nothing else, or I give up and buy my survival suit and other items.
Finally I cracked.
"I'll get you this one," I said, calling the salesman.
He carefully took the gun out of the display case, put it back in an equally black scabbard, and led me through to checkout. As a gift he gave me a belt to hang the katana on my waist. I wanted to leave for a rift immediately but my skills were recharging. It's safer to go home.
So I opened and closed the door to my apartment, took off my stuffy "mask", took a shower, ate a meal, and lay in bed. Just before sleep took me away, the voice of the system sounded:
[In exchange for their skills, the ancient Greek gods demand that you restore their glories in the Colosseum]
[Description: An arena that brings together the greatest warriors in the universe, every night you will fight a random opponent. The more you earn, the higher your placement in the Glory Rankings and the happier the gods will be. At the end of the fight, if you lose it's death but if you win the rewards will be up to your performance. Note that all of your skills will be restored with each fight.]
[Prepare for your first fight]
[Good luck host]
Without even understanding I was transported into an arena with all my equipment already on me. This arena was a multi-centered ellipse, but in general appearance it is quite close to an oval plan. The greatest length is 187.75m and its width 155.60m, for a constant height of 50.75m. It consists of an amphitheater block encircling an arena surrounded by a facade that goes around it. On the bleachers thousands of spectators were present. A moderator's voice sounds on the microphone.
"Welcome everyone, so we start the evening with this warm-up fight. In the blue corner, a gladiator who is at 9 wins, if he wins tonight he will move to the next level of the ranking, please welcome the fierce werewolf ANTONIOOOOOO. And in the red corner, the one who enters without really knowing what is going on, the little MAAAAAX. Fighter enter the TRACK! »
The crowd chanted with him the countdown to the start of the fight.
"3...2....1...GOOOOOOOOO"
Antonio apparently more experienced than me was already rushing at me at an incredible speed and by pure reflex...
[You have activated Pressure of the god of war Ares]
He quickly stopped running and fell on the sandy floor of the arena. I bent down and raised my katana above my head. Today my saber was going to taste blood. Black tide descended and a full hairy head fell. Spectators were excited at the sight of the blood but stunned at the speed the fight ended. The sideburn was actually a weakling in front of me.
"MAAAAAAX is actually a strong and has stopped antoniooooooo's winning streak. The first fight ends here. Let's continue the evening"
I was sent back to my apartment. Calm comes over me.
[For fighting so well on your first night at the Colosseum you gained 5 points in all your stats + 2000 EXP]
[Ding...Force Amplification has improved]
Max Status Reminder:
<status>
Name: Max
Level: 9 (EXP: 2000/6400)
Race: Human
[Statistics]
Strength: 23
Agility: 25
Sense: 25
Vitality: 25
Magic: 15
Stat Points Available: 0
[Innate Ability]
None
[Skills tab]
[Active]:
[Pressure of the god of war Ares]
[Force Boost]
[Darkness of the Underworld]
[Passive]: [Athena's Eyes]
[Snake Dodge]
[Scan]
[Sense of Magic]
[Recovery]
[Equipment]
[Hermes Boots]
The Helmet of Hades]
[Oil Spill]
[Tip] each time a stat reaches 10, a skill will be unlocked and which will be reinforced every 10 levels.
[Other informations]
0 free draws remaining in the lottery.
