Jake walked with steady steps out of the large arena, which was quite frankly a mess by now. Gudrun’s formation had screwed it up a lot, and Jake’s subsequent barrage of exploding arcane arrows certainly hadn’t helped. Javelins were also lying haphazardly everywhere, and he did not envy whatever clean-up crew was in charge of putting the arena back to how it was.
As he walked out, the announcer naturally also did his thing.
“We have a winner! No, not just a winner, but a new Champion! What are the true limits of the Doombringer? Despite all of the Valkyrie’s preparations and plans, she could not have predicted the Doombringer would bring out a bow and wield it with such overwhelming power!”
Jake still found the commentary horrible, even after he at least wasn’t called the Purple Doom Poker or whatever bloody name the announcer decided on.
When it came to Gudrun’s body, two people from the Colosseum had already walked out to retrieve it. Jake had given her a final look before he walked down toward the small tunnel leading down to the training area once again. While Jake was not that damaged, he still wasn’t in the greatest of shapes, and not just because of what Gudrun had done to him.
Jake was, for all intents and purposes, too powerful for his own body. The power of his arcane energies was more than he could handle, even if he controlled it as best he could. This was one of the downsides of training his archery with his C-grade body in mind. With Arcane Supremacy, he was confident in handling it when he infused his body with a rush of arcane energy with every shot, but without it, he would leave minor damage every time.
Didn’t help that Gudrun had fried him with that weird golden lightning a few times, either. She had definitely been a worthy fight before one would get promoted to the “final” rank of the Colosseum. If one had any major flaws, it would be game over. Without having his archery, Jake would have likely lost, as he honestly still wasn’t sure how he would have overcome that sand mound with only his katars.
Of course, he would only lose a life and could try the fight again, this time knowing what she had in mind. At least, he assumed that is how it worked. He didn’t fully know, as he hadn’t died yet, after all.
“Go rest, Champion Doombringer. Walk away today, a victor of the Arena of Mortals. A fighter who has reached the apex. Of course, should you return to climb the Gauntlet of the Grand Champion, we would all be more than pleased!”
And there it was.
Jake had kind of beaten the Colosseum of Mortals now, but there was still one final optional challenge to go. Opening the system message he had just gotten confirmed he had indeed completed it.
Congratulations! You are now a Champion of the Colosseum of Mortals, standing with the other Champions as a titan at the apex.
The main objective of the Challenge Dungeon has now been completed. You are free to leave the Colosseum of Mortals for a final evaluation unless you want to attempt the bonus objective. Nevermore Attendee shall get a bonus for every unspent life remaining. This bonus will be forfeited should the Nevermore Atendee attempt the bonus objective.
So, are you truly satisfied to be one of eight Champions? Or do you wish to truly prove yourself the true apex of the Colosseum? To stand where barely anyone else has ever stood?
To become the Grand Champion.
As a Champion, you are allowed to challenge other Champions. Be warned that should you challenge any Champions, you are required to challenge all of them, and there can, at maximum, be one month between each challenge issued.
For becoming the Champion without losing a single time or losing any lives, you are rewarded an extra 500,000 Colosseum Points. Final rewards upon Challenge Dungeon completion have increased.
Bonus objective gained: Defeat the other Champions to become the Grand Champion.
Current rank: Champion (0/7)
Colosseum Points: 1,883,010
Lives remaining: 10
were a few things that sprung to mind, though. One was naturally his massive amount of Colosseum Points. Getting half a million points for becoming a Champion was already massive, but the
25,000, and so on and so forth, with the final one rewarding a whopping 60,000. The Show Matches had kept giving 30,000 for
used a bit over a thousand, pretty much all of
there was nothing about only being able to challenge other
there were seven other Champions besides
beat before he had a chance to find out, and as he was way too curious about who exactly he would
conclusion he would give it a shot. Sure, he would apparently lose some bonuses if he
at his
the Colosseum of Mortals,” the Battlemaster said with a genuine smile. “I will admit I was a little surprised when you pulled out that bow of yours. Gudrun sure was, too. Say, do you also know how to summon a horde
stolen from a forgotten land
I figured,” the Battlemaster smiled, shaking his head. “Anyway, congratulations are in order. You’ve beaten the Colosseum
that would involve,” Jake smiled in return. Usually, the guy had some information the system message didn’t, so
of the Grand Champion, and it’s quite the ordeal to undertake… in fact, only a single person in this generation has completed it,” the Battlemaster answered.
sure there was at least one final boss of sorts if he became a Grand Champion. “So… who
like the Champions aren’t famous, to begin with. It’s honestly weird you don’t already know,” the Battlemaster said as
somehow couldn’t figure out who the Champions were. It was only due to pure dungeon-fuckery, and before getting promoted, he only knew of Owen’s
from the Battlemaster, Jake quickly skimmed over
· Lightning Monarch
· Warmaster
· Phoenix Queen
Lord of the
· Archmage
· Mistress of Shadows
· Necromancer
hell was that asshole to take a title Jake actually liked? His initial assessment was that this was some kind of archer like him, but he would naturally do some research to figure out if that was the case. Anyway,
Monarch was Owen’s dad, Jake was pretty sure.
was probably some kind of
beastkin of some
truly a name full of mystery, and after much deliberation, Jake guessed it was a
ago. He had faintly felt a familiar aura from her back then, but he would have to confirm if she was
him. He had never really fought a necromancer, had he? How would a level 0 necromancer even work? Could he summon weak-ass skeletons or something? Definitely something to check
trying to get some more information out of the Battlemaster. “I see there is quite the mix of Champions… how come none of
against any of the mages, she will have a clear advantage. However, against any
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