◈ 116. [Free Exploration] Path of the Loser (2)
We took a break for about an hour at the entrance of the aisle.
He had just broken through the darkness full of such curses. There was no reason to rush.
Take a break, drink water and eat a light snack.
When everyone was stable, I raised myself up with a blue flame torch.
“Okay, because we can’t camp here. Shall we move slowly?”
All the party members raised their bodies.
Lucas leads, Damian second, I’m in the middle, Junior and Evangeline behind him.
Forming up, we started walking down the aisle.
It’s not long after walking like that.
“Ooh ooh… .”
Damian lowered his head and made a strange noise. I asked anxiously.
“Are you okay, Damian? Are you sick?”
“No, I’m not sick… … .”
Damian covered his face with both hands and groaned.
“I’m so ashamed… .”
“no way. What are you ashamed of?”
“I really don’t know why I did that earlier Uuu… .”
“Because it’s okay. We’ve all been through terrible things over there. I understand you.”
I smile brightly, clench my fists and fight! took a stance
“Cheer up, Damian!”
“cheer up!”
“cheer up!”
“Let’s do our best~!”
In the same order as before, the rest of the party members shouted slogans in succession.
“That repertoire… please stop… … ugh… … .”
Damian was embarrassed and wanted to die. The rest of the party giggled evilly. kids have fun
The passage was long and repetitive without a single pattern. I’m a bit confused about whether I’m moving forward properly.
It was a boring time, so I explained the gimmicks and tricks of the Colosseum as I said before.
“The Colosseum is different from normal dungeons.”
The dungeons here in the Lake Kingdom are basically composed of rooms and corridors.
Clear a room where multiple events take place and go down the hallway to the next room.
“There is only one room in the Colosseum, and this is how enemies keep appearing. There are seven waves in total.”
Listening to this, it seems to be similar to the occasional wave defense type dungeon.
But the Colosseum has something special.
“The Colosseum has a system called stakes.”
“A stake?”
“In the Colosseum, you bet on who will win. For example, let’s say Lucas and I are fighting in an arena.”
At my words, Lucas, who was walking in the lead, jumped up.
“Then I will cut off my head right away, lord!”
“no… I’m just giving an example… … do not die… .”
I can’t say anything
“Anyway, again. Let’s pretend that Lucas and I fight in the arena. Who do you think will win?”
“hmm… .”
Damian looked at me and answered cautiously.
“Sir Lucas… What?”
“What about other people’s opinions?”
“Uncle Lucas.”
“I also think Sir Lucas will win.”
Evangeline and Junior also predicted that Lucas would win. Only Lucas shook his head vigorously.
“Your lord will win, for sure!”
“okay. okay. Anyway, if this is the case, what is the win prediction ratio? Is it 3 vs 1?”
I grinned and continued the explanation.
“Then what is the winning odds ratio? Let’s say everyone walked 100 Adeles each. If Lucas wins, how much will the three of you get?”
Evangeline mumbled and mentally calculated.
“Because the total stake is 400 Adele… If we divide it by three people, it would be 133 Adele.”
“yes. I bet 100 Adeles and I made 133 Adeles. In other words, the odds of winning for the side betting on Lucas are 1.33 times. Do you understand?”
I pointed to myself.
“On the other hand, if I win, how much will Lucas get?”
“All 400 Adeles, my lord!”
“okay. Dividend Ratio? Four badges.”
Lucas clenched his fists.
“I believed in you too, lord!”
“I sometimes fear your loyalty, Lucas… .”
Isn’t loyalty a kind of distorted idiom? sometimes you are scary
“Well, this is simply what I saw, and in the real Colosseum, there are fees that are taken, and the amount of money that each person bet is different. There will be more complicated numbers and expressions, but everyone seems to understand.”
Now, I am not explaining the operation of the real Colosseum, but the unique gimmick of this dungeon. Let’s go moderately.
“Anyway, the odds for winning were 1.33 and 4, respectively, right?”
“yes.”
“In the Colosseum dungeon we are heading to, increase your attack power by this dividend rate.”
“yes?”
“Lucas’ attack power increases by 1.33 times, and I’m said to increase attack power by 4 times. We will fight 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 people predict that they will lose, the more advantageous they are. It’s kind of balancing. Enjoy the game.”
“But then… .”
Junior tilted his head.
“Isn’t the weak side unconditionally advantageous? I don’t think that would be fun to watch either.”
“yes. Then it’s too disadvantageous for the strong side. That’s why we don’t keep increasing our attack power.”
I raised my index finger.
“Only for the first time. This coefficient only applies to each first attack.”
For the first attack, Lucas hits me 1.3 times harder than usual, and I hit Lucas 4 times harder.
“It was a bit complicated, but let’s simplify it.”
Lucas shook his head, tidying up.
“So the weaker and less popular side can fight with an advantage in the first round.”
“yes. The underdog’s rebellion is always fun, so I systematically corrected it.”
It’s actually not that big of a loss on the side of the strong.
Anyway, the attack power of the first room is strong on both sides. It’s because you can finish it faster and stronger.
“Okay then.”
After applauding, I looked back and forth at the party members.
“How can we abuse this rule?”
“The first room… .”
Evangeline twirled her fists.
“Can I hit it inexhaustibly?”
“yes. Really, really, really, really, really, really, bang your stomach! you’re hitting Stretch out in one room.”
I looked proudly at the long horse gun Damian was carrying.
“So I brought it.”
black queen.
The strongest bamboo spear we have.
It’s a dirty high-damage weapon, but if you get the Colosseum’s unique first hit bonus.
If the opponent does anything, it’s a one-shot one-kill.
“The Colosseum is a dungeon in District 5. It’s not a place where we can rub with our level right now with the regular method.”
I smiled wickedly.
“In other words, everyone will predict that we will lose. The odds of winning will increase dramatically.”
Smiles spread to the faces of the party members who understood the gimmick. I nodded.
“Let me show you the Underdog’s Upset bamboo spear.”
I briefly recited a list of boss monsters that appear in the Colosseum.
At our level, most of them were too daunting. However, if you use this gimmick, everyone is worth it.
The problem is the boss of the last wave 7.
“And at the end… The ruler of the Colosseum, the gladiator king Jackal, steps forward.”
NPC Boss Jackal.
This is one of the few humanoid bosses throughout the Lake Kingdom.
“This guy is real. I count mercilessly. With the five of us now, we probably couldn’t win even if we died.”
“Even if it is subject to the win odds ratio coefficient?”
“huh. can’t win.”
To be fair, the jackal’s special ability is ‘unconditional evasion of the first attack’.
The dungeon’s boss is the one who counters the dungeon’s gimmick. In a sense, it could be seen as a good design.
“But there are tricks too.”
I shrugged.
“I can’t do anything other than ask you to leave this to me. It’s hard to explain.”
Then, the party members nodded their heads in unison.
“Of course I trust my lord.”
“In the first place, you believed in senior and came all the way to this basement.”
“lol. I will only trust the prince and leave it to you.”
Junior, who was listening to the reactions of the other party members, whispered softly to me.
“You are trusted.”
“Well, it’s because we’ve been rolling diagonally together until now.”
“It looks nice.”
“After you roll around for defense a few times, will it be like this even if you don’t like it?”
“haha.”
Junior smiled thinly and murmured softly.
“Yes… I wish I could.”
***
How many hours did you walk down this long aisle?
The landscape of the aisle, which seemed unlikely to change, changed completely.
The opposite wall got closer and I began to see a shaft with a ladder attached to it.
“Looks like everything is here.”
“How long did you walk?”
“I think it’s been over three hours.”
Being in a place like this dulls the sense of time. I took out my pocket watch and checked it.
“Wow, it took about five hours in total.”
I did take a short break in between. Most of the time I walked non-stop.
“Really, lord? Are your legs okay?”
“I am fine. don’t worry.”
“I am not fine. My legs hurt for some reason… … Art tt.”
“I have a back… … Does anyone need healing magic?”
Everyone was saying one word at a time, but Junior opened his mouth a beat late.
“Cooler!”
“You don’t want to cough up blood first, do you?”
No matter where it hurts, don’t you just vomit blood first? uh?
Anyway, as we reached the end of the hallway, we took another break.
The fatigue that I didn’t feel while walking came belatedly.
We sat spread out to rest our legs that had been overworked by the long march.
But I didn’t come all this way to rest for a thousand years.
At the point where the fatigue was moderately relieved, I ordered forward.
“There will be no curse like before this time.”
I said, looking up at the shaft leading upward.
I see a bright light up there.
It’s much more comfortable to go out in the light like this than to go into the darkness like before.
I loosened my shoulders and raised my voice.
“Let’s go up!”
***
It took a very long time to come down the dark vertical passage.
Climbing the bright shaft this time was instantaneous. It seems to be a little taller than I thought.
“Ehh! Everything is up.”
After Lucas in the lead, I climbed the ladder and made that sound.
“… .”
Lucas, who came up first, was quiet. I was a little puzzled.
“Lucas? Why?”
“Lord.”
Lucas looked at me nervously.
“this place… .”
“this place?”
“… It is enemy territory.”
huh? What do you mean?
I looked up and tried to look around. And right at that moment.
Pod!
Dig!
Dazzling lights poured from all sides. Ahh! what!
After a while, raise your eyes that have barely adapted to the light.
[Area 5: Colosseum with sparks]
A system window was floating in front of me.
And we are standing right in the middle of the Coliseum arena.
He opened the manhole cover on the floor of the arena and climbed up here.
“Holly shh.”
No, why is there a manhole cover in the middle of the stadium?!
Evangeline, who entered the arena after me, asked me with a puzzled face.
“No, senior? You didn’t say you were entering the stadium right away!”
“Yeah… .”
I was in a daze, and then I yelled out in front of me.
“Because I didn’t know either!”
Even in the game, I played a fighter right away without loading, but of course I thought it was a game-like permission!
