Became a tyrant of defense games - Episode 116
◈ 116. [Free Exploration] The path of the loser (2)
We rested for about an hour at the entrance to the passage..
I had just broken through the darkness filled with such curses. There was no reason to move too hard.
Take a break, drink water, and eat a light snack..
Once everyone was in a stable condition, I stood up holding a blue flame torch..
“Okay, so we can't camp here. Let’s move slowly?”
All party members stood up in a hurry..
Lucas is first, Damian is second, I am in the middle, followed by Junior and Evangeline..
We formed a formation and started walking along the passage..
After walking like that, it wasn't long before.
“Ooh, ooh…….”
Damian lowered his head and made a strange sound. I asked worriedly.
“Are you okay, Damian? Are you sick?”
“No, I'm not sick.…….”
Damian covered his face with both hands and made a sound..
“Boo, I'm embarrassed.…….”
“no way. What's the shame?.”
“I don't even know why I did that earlier, ugh.…….”
“I said it's okay. We all went through scary things there too. You understand everything.”
I smile brightly, clench my fists and fight! took a stance.
“Cheer up, Damien!”
“cheer up!”
“cheer up!”
“Let's do our best~!”
In the same order as before, the remaining party members shouted slogans one after another..
“That repertoire… … Please stop… … Ughhh…….”
Damian was so embarrassed that he wanted to die. The rest of the party chuckled evilly. kid is fun.
The passage was long and repetitive without any patterns. I'm a little confused as to whether I'm moving forward properly..
It was a boring time, so I explained the gimmicks and tricks of the Colosseum like I said before..
“The Colosseum has a different progression method than regular dungeons..”
The dungeon here in the Lake Kingdom basically consists of rooms and hallways..
Clear the room where several events occur, then take the hallway to the next room..
“There is only one room in the Colosseum, and enemies keep appearing here. There are seven waves in total..”
If you listen to this point, it seems similar to the wave defense type dungeon that sometimes appears..
But there is something special about the Colosseum..
“The Colosseum has a system called stakes..”
“The stakes?”
“At the Colosseum, they bet on who will win. For example, let's say me and Lucas have a fight in the arena..”
Lucas, who was walking at the front, jumped up at my words..
“Then I will immediately cut off my head and offer it to you, my lord.!”
“no… … I'm just giving an example... … do not die…….”
I can't say anything, hey.
“Anyway, again. Let’s say me and Lucas fight in the arena. who do you think will win?”
“hmm…….”
Damian looked at me and answered cautiously..
“Sir Lucas… … This is it?”
“Other people's opinions?”
“Uncle Lucas..”
“I think Sir Lucas will win too..”
Evangeline and Junior also predicted that Lucas would win. Only Lucas shook his head violently..
“My lord will win, I'm sure!”
“okay. okay. Anyway, if this is the case, what is the victory prediction ratio? 3 to 1?”
I grinned and continued explaining..
“So what is the winning odds ratio? Let’s say we all bet 100 Adele each. If Lucas wins, how much will you three get??”
Evangeline said hmmm and did the math in her head..
“Because the total stake is 400 Adele... … If divided between the three of us, it would be 133 Adele..”
“yes. I bet 100 Adele and won 133 Adele. In other words, the winning odds ratio for those who bet on Lucas is 1.33 times. I understand?”
I pointed to myself..
“Conversely, if I win, how much will Lucas get??”
“400Adele is everything, my lord.!”
“okay. What is the payout ratio? 4 badges.”
Lucas clenched his fists..
“I also believed it, my lord.!”
“Sometimes I'm afraid of your loyalty, Lucas…….”
Isn’t loyalty perhaps an expression of some kind of twisted power? Sometimes I'm scared of you.
“Well, this is just a simplistic view, and in the real Colosseum, there is a fee and the amount of money each person bet is different. There will be more complex numbers and formulas, but I think everyone understands it..”
Now, I'm not explaining the operation of the real-life Colosseum, but rather the unique gimmick of this dungeon. Let's take it easy.
“Anyway, their respective winning odds ratios were 1.33 and 4.?”
“yes.”
“In the Colosseum Dungeon you are heading to now, increase your attack power by this payout ratio..”
“yes?”
“Lucas' attack power increases by 1.33 times, and my attack power increases by 4 times. Fighting in that state.”
Everyone looked at me with puzzled eyes. I grinned..
“The match has become quite doable for me, right? In other words, the weaker the team that people expect to lose, the more advantageous it becomes. It's a kind of balancing. Enjoy the game.”
“But, so…….”
Junior tilted his head..
“Isn’t the weak side always at an advantage? I don't think that would be fun to watch either..”
“yes. Then it would be too disadvantageous for the strong. That's why it doesn't keep increasing attack power..”
I raised my index finger.
“For the first episode only. This coefficient applies only to each person's first attack..”
For the first attack only, Lucas hits me 1.3 times harder than usual, and I hit Lucas 4 times harder than usual..
“It was a bit complicated, but to summarize:.”
Lucas shook his head and organized it..
“The weaker and less popular side can fight with an advantage as long as it gets the first shot..”
“yes. Because the underdog rebellion is always fun, we systematically added corrections..”
It's actually not that big of a loss, even for the strong..
Anyway, the attack power of the first attack becomes stronger for both sides. Because I just have to hit faster and harder to finish it off..
“Okay then.”
I clapped and looked back and forth at the party members..
“What should we do to abuse this rule??”
“first shot…….”
Evangeline twirled her fist..
“You can hit it really hard.?”
“yes. I hit my solar plexus really, really hard! It's a hit. Stretch out in one room.”
I looked proudly at the long horse gun that Damian was carrying..
“So I brought it.”
black queen.
The strongest bamboo spear we have.
It's already a very high damage weapon, but if you get the Colosseum's unique first hit bonus,.
No matter what the opponent is, it's one shot, one kill..
“The Colosseum is a dungeon in District 5. It's not a place where we can compare to our current level with regular techniques..”
I grinned, smiling evilly..
“In other words, everyone will predict that we will lose. The winning odds ratio will increase dramatically..”
Smiles spread on the faces of party members who understood the gimmick. I nodded..
“Let me show you, Underdog's Upset bamboo spear..”
I briefly recited a list of boss monsters that appear in the Colosseum..
Most of them were at our current level. But if you use this gimmick, everyone can be defeated..
The problem is the last one, the boss of wave 7.
“And at the end… … Jackal, the gladiatorial king who rules the Colosseum, steps forward..”
NPC Boss, Jackal.
This is one of the few humanoid bosses in the entire Lake Kingdom..
“This guy is real. It's incredibly strong. With the five of us now, we probably won't be able to win even if we die or wake up..”
“Even if the winning odds coefficient is applied?”
“huh. I can't win.”
Unfortunately, the jackal's special ability is to 'unconditionally avoid the first attack'..
The person who counters the dungeon's gimmick is the dungeon's boss. In some ways, it can be seen as a proper design..
“But, there is still a trick..”
I shrugged..
“There's nothing I can do for you except to ask you to leave this to me. Because it's difficult to explain.”
Then the party members nodded in unison..
“Of course I believe in you, my lord..”
“In the first place, I trusted you and came all the way to this basement..”
“lol. I will only trust and leave it to the prince..”
Junior, who was listening to the reactions of other party members, whispered softly to me..
“You are trusted..”
“Well, we've all been in the firing line together so far..”
“It looks nice.”
“Even if you don't like it, it'll be like this after you've been rolling around in defensive battles a few times.?”
“haha.”
Junior, with a thin smile, muttered softly..
“Yes… … I wish I could..”
***
How many hours did I walk this long passage?.
The scenery of the passage that seemed to never change has changed completely..
The wall on the other side got closer, and a vertical passage with a ladder began to appear..
“I think we're all there.”
“How long did you walk??”
“I think it's been over three hours.”
When you are in a place like this, your sense of time becomes dull. I took out my pocket watch and looked at it..
“Wow, I walked for about five hours total..”
Although I did take a short break in between. I walked without stopping most of the time..
“Is it true, my lord? Are your legs okay??”
“I'm fine. don't worry.”
“I'm not fine. For some reason, my legs hurt... … art tt.”
“I have a back… … Is there anyone who needs healing magic??”
Everyone said something at a time, but Junior opened his mouth a beat late..
“cooler!”
“First of all, it's not like you're bleeding.?!”
No matter where it hurts, don’t you start by vomiting blood? uh?
Anyway, as we reached the end of the hallway, we took another break..
The fatigue that I didn't feel when I was walking came to me later..
We sat spread out and rested our legs, which had been overworked by the long march..
But I didn't come all this way to rest for a thousand years..
At the point when my fatigue was moderately relieved, I gave the order to advance..
“This time there won't be a curse like before.”
I said, looking up at the vertical passage leading upwards..
I see a bright light up there.
Rather than going into the darkness like before, I feel much more comfortable going out into the bright light like this..
I relaxed my shoulders and spoke loudly..
“Now, let's go up.!”
***
It felt like it took a very long time to come down the dark vertical passage..
This time, climbing the bright vertical passage was an instant. It seems to be a bit taller than I thought..
“Come on! It's all up.”
I made that noise after climbing up the ladder after Lucas, who was in the lead..
“…….”
Lucas, who came up first, was quiet. I was a little puzzled..
“Lucas? Why are you like that??”
“lord.”
Lucas looked back at me with nervous eyes..
“this place…….”
“this place?”
“……It's enemy territory.”
huh? what does that mean?
I raised my head and tried to look around. And at that very moment.
pot!
Paat!
Dazzling lights poured in from all directions. Ahh! what!
After a while, I lift my eyes, which have finally adjusted to the light, and see.
[Area 5: Sparkling Colosseum]
A system window appeared before my eyes..
And where we are standing is right in the middle of the Colosseum stadium..
I opened the manhole cover on the stadium floor and climbed up here..
“Holly shhh.”
No, why is there a manhole cover in the middle of the stadium??!
Evangeline, who followed me into the stadium, asked me with a puzzled look on her face..
“No, senior? You didn't say you were entering the stadium right away.!”
“That's right…….”
I stood there in a daze and then shouted at him too..
“Because I didn't know either, fuck it!”
I played fighter planes right away in the game without loading, but of course I thought it was allowed in the game! Was it really true?!
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