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“Alright!”
It’s finally the morning of the match with Despina.
I slapped both cheeks to pump myself up.
I watched her matches to devise a strategy, and I honed my own skills in the matches up until yesterday.
Now, all that’s left is to do it.
“Halu, do you think you can win?”
“Who knows? At least, there’s no way I’m going to lose, though.”
Since Harold’s attacks are worse than a Mob, there’s absolutely no way he can defeat Despina, right?
Even so, I won’t lose to anyone in this world when it comes to defense with a Shield.
So, there’s no way I can lose. (Wishful thinking)
“Yo, how’s it hanging?”
Obrul, who brought breakfast as usual, asks with a smile.
Since today is the match with Despina, he’s probably being considerate and acting as usual.
It’s been a month and a half since I started hanging out with this hyahha guy, so I pretty much know what he’s like.
This guy is surprisingly a good dude. I should stop judging people by their appearance from now on.
“I’m feeling great, thanks to you. The way I feel now, I won’t even let Despina touch me.”
“You’ve got some nerve. Well, if you don’t, you’ll die, though.”
“Don’t say unlucky things.”
In reality, if she uses a Lightning Attribute skill, the Shield provided by the Colosseum won’t be able to defend against it. I’m well aware that the moment it grazes me, it’s over.
“More importantly, Obrul, why are you working here? Judging from your appearance, you seem more like someone who would be fighting as a Gladiator…”
“It’s just like you said. I used to be a Gladiator here. But, I got my eyes messed up during a match. Since then, they’ve let me work here.”
As he says that, Obrul grins.
It’s the kind of background I expected, but I wonder if he intends to keep working here as an employee.
“That’s right. If I ever get out of here, I’ll hire you, Obrul.”
“Hire me? Bwahahahahaha! Take a break with the jokes! In the first place, there’s absolutely no way you’re getting out of here!”
Obrul, who doesn’t take me seriously, clutches his stomach and bursts into laughter.
It’s a little annoying, but given my status here, I guess it can’t be helped that he thinks that way.
Even so.
“Then let me ask you, if I win today’s match against Despina, won’t I finally be released? My reward will surely be enormous.”
I’m sure the position of Gladiator is the same as in ancient Rome.
If that’s the case, I’ll earn rewards by winning matches and buy myself back.
If I defeat Despina, who is the star player here, I should be able to earn a percentage of the money needed to buy myself back, if not all of it.
“Hahahahaha… Haa, no way.”
“Why?”
“No matter who your opponent is, you can’t get out of here. After all, the woman who brought you here took you in on the condition that you absolutely must not be released.”
“Ehh…”
I think it’s questionable that a woman would set such a condition, but what about the operators here who accepted it?
“I was probably bought for cheap, right? Then it’s okay to break that woman’s promise…”
“No. Once we’ve made a contract, we can’t break it.”
Obrul suddenly says that with a serious expression.
Even though he’s just a regular employee, he’s unnecessarily dutiful about these things.
“What’s with that? You’re being stingy.”
“Don’t say that. …Even so, if you win against Despina, I’ll negotiate with the higher-ups to improve your treatment.”
“Yeah, yeah.”
In any case, the only way to get out of here is to somehow deal with this Collar and escape on my own… I mean.
“O-Oh, that’s right!”
“What is it?”
“For today’s match, they’ll take off this Collar, right? Because Despina is using a Blessing (Gift).”
When I watched the match, Despina didn’t have a Collar on, and she used [Pentagram Lightning] normally. So, it’s unfair if they don’t take off my Collar too.
“Sorry, but we can’t take it off. Besides… Despina is under the same conditions as you.”
“Does that mean that Despina will also have a Collar on so that she can’t use her Blessing (Gift) in today’s match?”
“That’s not it. In the first place, she’s been wearing a bracelet with the same effect as that Collar from the beginning.”
“What!?”
So, Despina used her skill even though her SP was being suppressed!?
“Is that even possible…?”
“I can’t say anything about that. In any case, the conditions are the same. You have no right to complain.”
“Ugh…”
But, as for SP, I have the highest SP among the characters in “EnHaza.” Or rather, it’s maxed out.
So, what’s the deal with Despina, who has lower SP than me, being able to use it when I can’t?
But.
“Does that mean she’s in the same position as me, a slave?”
“That’s right. It’s been ten years since she came here, but even now that she’s become a star player, she’s nowhere near enough to buy herself back. Do you understand what this means?”
“………………….”
I was silenced by Obrul’s words.
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