Chapter 31

The next day, the main character, a succubus, was about to spend the day idly daydreaming as usual when she suddenly remembered: "Oh, I have a job now!" With this thought, she put on her mask and walked to the arena. After entering the hall, she was informed that there were two passages to enter the arena:

"One is for the gladiators who want to participate in the gladiatorial matches. The other is for the members who want to watch the matches. The former does not require payment, while the latter must pay a certain amount of money according to their rank."

It seemed that the effects of the injection from yesterday were still in place, as the staff succubus was also full of energy today.

The main character succubus directly slapped away the rank payment list that the energetic succubus handed over and said:

"I'm here to participate in the gladiatorial matches."

"Then please use this passage." The energetic succubus was still full of energy. Because she smiled brightly in front of people, she whispered behind the main character succubus, "Another idiot who's here to die." The main character succubus decided to pretend not to hear.

The main character succubus entered the arena, which was located in the basement, in a place that resembled a prison cell. She was soon informed that she could participate in the next match. No equipment was provided to her, and her own equipment was not removed. She was only told not to use magic. However, there was also a subtext that seemed to encourage her to break the rules: "But if you really want to use it, we can't do anything about it."

"Wait, shouldn't there be some kind of schedule for the matches?" The main character succubus thought strangely as she waited for the iron gate in front of her to rise. As the "clattering" sound echoed, the gate rose higher and higher, and light shone through the gate. Along with the light came deafening cheers, whistles, laughter, and curses.

The main character succubus thus stepped onto the killing ground known as the arena for the first time.

"I'm a little excited just thinking about it." The main character succubus thought to herself as the cheers and light reached their maximum. Immediately after, a thick, almost indissoluble smell of blood, along with a sea of blood and countless corpses, filled the air.

Limbs, organs, and countless demons with unblinking eyes—just as the main character succubus and a group of demon gladiators appeared on one side, a group of archer succubi on the opposite side released their arrows. In a buzzing sound, a large number of arrows shot towards the main character succubus—

"What the hell is this?!" The main character succubus had not expected the battle to start so suddenly—however, her body instinctively made a judgment—drawing her sword and swinging her claws. In an instant, she deflected or cut several arrows aimed at her.

"After calculating, it seems the magic cloak is useless. Magic below level six doesn't work. It looks like I really have to rely on physical strength." The main character succubus thought as she quickly rushed towards the group of archer succubi.

Meanwhile, the demons who had appeared with her were mostly killed by the arrow barrage. A few with better constitutions, though not dead, had lost their ability to resist and were only groaning, lying in pools of blood.

The second round of arrow barrage from the archer succubi followed, this time targeting only the main character succubus. The number of arrows was several times more—

"Damn it!" The main character succubus suddenly pulled off his cloak, spreading it out and thrusting it forward. The wind-filled cloak bulged, forming a shield. As expected, this shield could not completely block the force of the arrows, but it did reduce their kinetic energy. The slowed arrows were either deflected or dodged by the main character succubus.

The second round of arrow barrage from the archer succubi was declared ineffective—not really ineffective, as the few surviving demons behind the main character succubus were all wiped out in this round.

"Is this a team battle? Why are my teammates all useless?! This way, it's just me against all of them?!" Just as the main character succubus thought this, a large number of things suddenly burst out from the ground. Their target was the main character succubus, as well as the archer succubi on the other side.

The main character succubus dodged and swung his sword, but the target also dodged. The humanoid creatures that emerged from the ground, with iron claws on their wrists, were very agile. In an instant, they had killed all the archer succubi, who were not good at close combat.

"They are assassin demons—but they are devils, right?!" The main character succubus was surprised as he drew a mithril throwing knife with his left hand, which was wearing a clawed glove, and threw it at the assassin demon in front of him. He then retreated. But immediately, he felt danger from behind—another assassin demon with a long sword aimed the tip at the main character succubus's back.

The main character succubus quickly turned around, dodged the sword thrust, and leaned forward, driving his right sword through the heart of the assassin demon behind him. At the same time, he kicked back with his right foot, hitting the wrist of the assassin demon with the iron claws in front of him, neutralizing the attack.

The mithril throwing knife he had thrown in a hurry hit its target but did not kill it. The target was injured but still had the ability to fight.

The main character succubus turned around again, facing the assassin demon with a mithril throwing knife embedded in his body, who seemed unharmed. At the same time, another group of assassin demons rushed towards the main character succubus.

The main character succubus swung his sword with his right hand to block, while his left hand tore open the assassin demon's abdomen. A section of blue-purple intestines, dripping with blood and stench, flowed out. The assassin demon, in a panic, tried to stuff the intestines back into his abdomen but was beheaded by the main character succubus. The headless body fell to the ground with a thud.

The other six assassin demons, seeing the situation, split into three teams, two facing the main character succubus, and the other four splitting into two teams to flank him from the sides.

"What the hell is going on?! Where are the rules?!" The main character succubus roared as he charged forward—waiting for them to surround him was not an option; he had to break through the front...

"Who told you there are rules in a demon's arena?" A voice came from somewhere.

"I..." The main character succubus almost choked and nearly died.

After an hour of hellish battle, the main character succubus, covered in wounds and blood, crawled out of the arena.

His record was eight assassin demons, ten iron cavalry demons, several goblins, and two young dragons. Although not the best, it was still impressive enough to surprise the demons. When the main character succubus left the arena, about 80% of the audience cheered for him... although titles like "masked person," "masked man," "mask-slasher demon," and "masked killer ghost" were not very flattering.

At the same time, because his performance was so eye-catching, all the cannon fodder who joined the arena afterward immediately targeted the main character succubus.

If not for this reason, the main character succubus might have lasted longer.

Incidentally, the rule of the arena is that one must last at least an hour after entering to have a chance to leave. In other words, the gladiators who entered this meat grinder must have the same level of skill as the main character succubus to have a chance of surviving.

"Damn... I finally understand where all those corpses come from. This is not something demons would do. What the hell are these things?!" The main character succubus complained while chugging the healing potions he had looted. The easy and carefree thought that "I can do it, no one can stop me" had long disappeared. He planned to find someone knowledgeable to ask what was going on. But after thinking about it, he realized he didn't know many people in Netheril...

So, he went to Delmont's general store.

"You said you signed up for this year's gladiatorial competition?!" Delmont looked slightly surprised.

"Yeah, that's why I came to you to understand the situation." The main character succubus looked relaxed and casual.

"...I need to recalculate the risk and cost." Deep breath, deep breath. Delmont took a deep breath and said.

"Hey! Why are you saying that?! It's like you think I'm already dead. I'll kill you." The main character succubus shouted in dissatisfaction.

Delmont sighed, ignoring the main character succubus's outburst, and repeated the information the main character succubus had heard from the pale-faced vampire. However, before he finished, the main character succubus impatiently interrupted him:

"Skip the boring stuff. I want to know what's going on with that arena?! When I went in, I only saw various monsters constantly rushing in and killing each other. It's like they're crazy. This isn't a gladiatorial match; it's a slaughterhouse."

"That's to create an atmosphere for the upcoming gladiatorial competition." The Yuggoth merchant replied. Then, as if remembering something, he asked the main character succubus in surprise, "You didn't join that gladiatorial match, did you?!"

"Yes." The main character succubus said with a slight sense of pride: "I lasted an hour. In the end, those weaklings teamed up to try to get me, so I had to retreat."

"I didn't expect it, but there are rumors... I didn't think such an idiot actually existed." Delmont looked very reflective.

"I'll really kill you." The main character succubus threatened.

"So, when you went, you didn't see any demons sign up, right?"

"Yeah, thinking about it, it seems I was the only one..." The main character succubus replied, then asked, "What's wrong with that?" ... Thank you to the readers Military Magistrate and Lazy Yinglong for your support.

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