Erik, who was sitting in a solitary cell, had just finished learning all the Zero Ring magic he had received from Edwin.

Eric, at his estate in Batista, had been training as a gladiator for two months. During this period, Eric was recovering his strength every moment, and just the day before yesterday, his strength had reached the first rank of knight.

However, the physical strength has not improved much, after all, the conditions are insufficient.

During these two months, Eric met not only the Argonians, but also the Tigermen, Orcs, and Giants.

I don't know how to mix in Batista's follower, Jack's life is very nourishing.

The Argonian maid gave him a look of affection, and in many aristocratic banquets, many nobles looked at Jack differently.

On the first night of his arrival at Battista Manor, while the pirates were all galloping on the women, Eric was left in a solitary cell to parse magic.

At this time, Jack gave him a note.

The message on the note was to tell Eric not to have the idea of escaping, and to arrange a plan for Eric to get out of trouble.

Eric, who had seen a group escape fail, also extinguished the idea of running away in his heart.

Now he doesn't have that kind of strength. However, if you become an official wizard and learn some one-ring magic, you will have no problem at all.

However, Eric's current mental power, although slowly growing, is still the standard for mid-level wizard apprentices.

Eric, who started boxing, grew quickly within two months, and as a result, he ate a lot of food. This caused the person in charge of training pirates to deliberately make things difficult for Eric from time to time, but each time Eric was fooled around.

"Fool Eric, are you starting to practice your skills again? You work hard, I'm going to break your head tonight. "Across the street from Eric's cell, there was a cell where several people were staying together.

And this pirate, who was very unfriendly to Eric, was severely taught by Eric a month ago. This guy actually took advantage of the riot and wanted to insult Cordo.

I have to say that Cordo is really a cute girl in addition to the characteristics of the Argonians. So it makes sense that Eric turned the pirate into a eunuch at that time.

Later, when Fat Jack found out about this, he vowed to kowtow to Eric when he went out.

However, Eric is called a fool again, and that is when Eric needs some books because he is doing well in training and can ask for some rewards.

This made the pirates laugh, but no one laughed at Eric for not being a man, and everyone had nothing to compare when they took a bath, but it turned out that Eric, who was still a teenager, had more money than most pirates.

Tonight is an important day for the pirates.

Three days later, it was the founding celebration of the Dawn Empire. Their hope of freedom was there, but only half of the gladiators were able to participate in the celebration.

Who this half of them will be decided this evening.

Soon, someone opened the cell.

Looking at the pirates who came out, Fat Jack spoke, "Tonight, half of you will be on the road to freedom. ”

At this point, the pirates no longer laughed with each other, and everyone was silent.

Because anyone other than yourself can be their opponent.

When I came to the open space on the edge of the cliff, I saw that a duel ring had been prepared in the open space.

The ring was primitive and bloody, and the structure consisted of two fixed logs placed on a sharp wooden thorn. The two men fought a duel on the wood.

As for the opponents, each gets a number, which is dueled by Fat Jack.

When the pirates stood at the edge of the dueling ring, Batista stood on a high platform not far away, looked down at them and said, "Although you have done many evils, it is not a pity to die."

But the Empire is willing to give you a chance to be free. So you should be thankful for this gift, and you can only thank us with fierce battles, battles, and battles. ”

When Batista finished speaking, he sat down and began to talk to many of the nobles who were watching the battle with him. Fat Jack had just started drawing numbers from a wooden barrel.

"Wait!" The pirate who said he was going to give Eric a good look stood up and knelt down in front of Batista, "Noble lord, I am not worthy to say your name, but please allow me to be the first to step into the ring of the duel, where I will challenge three people as the opening ceremony of this duel." ”

Batista, who was seated, smiled and nodded at Fat Jack.

So Fat Jack said to the pirate, "Well, Lord Batista has agreed to your request, now let's choose who you want to challenge!"

"This man is very smart, although he said that he would challenge three people, but he got the opportunity to choose a few weak people as opponents. ”

"Wisdom on the battlefield is also indispensable, I will designate a third opponent for this slave, if he passes the first two levels, haha. ”

Batista and the other nobles on the high platform talked in low voices.

The pirate glanced excitedly at the crowd, as if he had already chosen three people, and his eyes focused on the three of them.

Seeing the pirate's eyes, Borg actually stopped on Balaire for a moment, and almost rushed out of the crowd. These two months were in the eyes of those in charge of gladiator training. Balaire didn't perform as well as Eric.

Although Eric won fewer and lost more, he was always unyielding, and as for Balaire, he was picked to the ground like a girl every time.

But the man in charge of training certainly didn't know how much Eric racked his brains to pretend to be a failure.

Eventually, the pirate pointed at Eric and said, "You, come up!"

"This person is really picky, and he actually picks such a teenager. ”

"Hehe, no matter how clever he is, I will give him a surprise in the end. ”

The nobles on the high platform became quiet and began to focus on the venue of the duel, which was a rare pastime for them.

Eric chose a short sword and a wooden shield before stepping onto the dueling ring.

Due to the fact that they have been at sea all year round, the pirates are basically very strong, and the two logs do not cause any inconvenience.

Of course, this is in the absence of external forces.

As soon as Eric got to the dueling ring, the pirate rushed forward.

"Tom, tom, tom" several times in a row, the pirate who chose two swords, kept waving his double sword to hit Eric, under the ferocious attack, Eric could only passively raise his shield to defend.

As Eric kept retreating, the pirate's expression became more and more excited, because behind him, there were guards with spears.

Under the blows of the pirate's twin swords, Eric, who was powerless to fight back, seemed to be unable to stand on his feet.

When everyone thought that this duel was about to end, sure enough, Eric suddenly became unstable under his feet, stumbled and fell.

Unexpectedly, Eric was lucky enough to stand on his feet and, seemingly under the pressure of death, raised his shield and crashed into his opponent's face.

The opponent was stunned by this sudden blow, but he slipped on his feet, and Eric was unforgiving, and then the pirate fell.

The pirate, who was pierced by the spikes under the ring, was quickly pulled out by Jack's men and thrown directly off the cliff. The pirate, who still had a breath, could only watch as he was thrown off the cliff and did a flat throwing motion.

"My stun potion isn't cheap!" Jack's voice suddenly rang in the pirate's ears.

"Good luck to this young man!" laughed one of the nobles on the high platform.

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