"Whydidhemakesuch a proposition?"
Right now, Noboru was inside an arena against a two-meter troll in front of him.
What actually happened was those so-called unexpected events forcing him to beat the strongest troll from the troll tribe to make the trolls tosubmit him.
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Fifteenminutesago,
"The troll village should be not too far away from there."
Looking at the mini-map, Noboru was guidingFeliusand thirty goblins to the troll''s village. They already walked for around thirty minutes, the troll''s village was deep inside the forest,the road to go there was narrow.
When they finally reached the troll''s village entrance, two trolls were standing in front of the village''s entrance. Both of them approached Noboru andFelius.
"This area is the troll''s village. You cannot go further."
"I''m here to talk with the village''s chief."
Answering to one of the trolls, they made eyes contact and the other one went inside the troll''s village looking for the village''s chief.
After a minute, the village''s chief who was looking like a shaman came near to Noboru andFelius.
"What you guys want fromme?"
The shaman troll who just arrived asked.
"Alexia El Pacio, the fourteenth princess of the demon lordis in needofmanpower, you guys who are residing near herterritory must to join the princess''troopand fight for the incoming war. Of course, rewards will be given to you if get results."
Repeating the same words to the trolls, Noboru said.
"We are the proud trolls of theZuranForest, you high elf should understand that wedon''twant to leave the forest and join the princess'' troop."
Hearing the shaman''s chief answer Noboru threatened.
"If you refuse to jointhe princess'' troop,only death is awaiting you. We''ll consider that youdon’twant to help the princess and will be considered as rebels."
The shamanchief who didn''t even consider it as a threat thought for a minute then said.
"We don''t dare to provoke the princess'' wrath, but if we decide to agree, you''ll first need to prove yourstrengthto us. Everything in this village is decided by the strongest one, show us yourstrength by beating the strongest warriorof our village."
''Feliusshould be fine in this situation.''
While thinking so, the troll mocked Noboru.
"Yoursubordinate seems to be strong,butyou really look like a weakling."
Hearing that mockery from the shamanchief,Feliusglared at the shaman chief.
"Don''t underestimate my master you lowly troll, master you should show himyourgreatnessand destroy that weakling warrior oftheir lowly village."You could be reading stolen content. Head to the original site for the genuine story.
Hearing the proposition byFelius, the shaman chief made a slight smile while making eyes contact with the troll guard next to him andsaid.
"Then let me guide you to the arena."
''They are reallyunderestimatingme uh... That can''t be helped, I''m wearing the magic concealing ring after all...''
Noticing the plot of the shaman chief, Noboru sight helplessly
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"On today''s match, our best warriorRankan, as you all know is the unmatched gladiator of the arena, versus the Argus, the necromancer who arrived a few minutes ago!"
While the announcer wasdetailingthe opponents from each side, the gate of the arena on both side opened.
Noboru walked towards itsopponent until they were approximatively at 20yards away from each other.
It was a rule of the arena for both, warrior and magic caster to balance both sides because if the magic caster was too far away at the start, then he got an advantage and same goes for the warrior who could nuke easily the magic caster at short range.
"Rankan!" "Rankan!" "Rankan!"
The cheers from the crowd could be heard surroundingthe arena, Noboru was at a disadvantage when it comes to supporters since he was fighting in their village, but loud cheers fromFeliusand the goblins could be heard from a corner of the arena.
"Those guys... I think I should at least put some efforts into this fight."
Looking at hisopponent,the trollwas 2-meter tall. Hewas wearing abigaxe;strong muscles could be seen through his whole body.
Looking at his calm composure, Noboru could see the reason why he was called the strongest warrior.
Hewasa little surprised by the size of thetroll atfirst, but he remained calmandusedhis spell[Identify]to see hisopponent''sstat.
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<td style="text-align: center">Name:</td>
<td style="text-align: center" colspan="3" rowspan="1">Rankan Karn</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Title:</td>
<td style="text-align: center" colspan="3" rowspan="1">Gladiator of the Zuran''s troll tribes</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Level:</td>
<td style="text-align: center" colspan="3" rowspan="1">82</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">HP:</td>
<td style="text-align: center">28''530</td>
<td style="text-align: center">Rage:</td>
<td style="text-align: center">0/100</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Strength:</td>
<td style="text-align: center">630</td>
<td style="text-align: center">Agility:</td>
<td style="text-align: center">548</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Vitality:</td>
<td style="text-align: center">320</td>
<td style="text-align: center">Stamina:</td>
<td style="text-align: center">420</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Intelligence:</td>
<td style="text-align: center">150</td>
<td style="text-align: center">Wisdom:</td>
<td style="text-align: center">140</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Physical Power:</td>
<td style="text-align: center">1''260</td>
<td style="text-align: center">Magical Power:</td>
<td style="text-align: center">450</td>
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<td style="text-align: center" colspan="4" rowspan="1">Magic Resistance</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Fire:</td>
<td style="text-align: center">20%</td>
<td style="text-align: center">Water:</td>
<td style="text-align: center">28%</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Earth:</td>
<td style="text-align: center">32%</td>
<td style="text-align: center">Wind:</td>
<td style="text-align: center">40%</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Holy Magic:</td>
<td style="text-align: center">42%</td>
<td style="text-align: center">Black Magic:</td>
<td style="text-align: center">25%</td>
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Rankan''sstat wasn''t bad, for a warrior and at his level, it was something worth praising.
Warrior, compared to the magic caster class was a class that specialized in close combat. They use rage instead of Mana Points and the more rage they obtained, thestrongerthey become.
Once a warriorreachesthe maximum amount of rage, hebecomesenraged and wins a new passive ability for 30 seconds called[Berserk], increasing his damages dealt by 30%.
The only way to win rage for a warrior is through hitting his enemies, the more the warrior hit its enemies, the more rage heobtains. The warrior can also generate a slight amount of rage by receiving damage.
Even though the enemy was only at level 82, Noboru didn''t lower his awareness. Now that he came to this world, once he died, he was dead.Warrior was a counter class for such a magic caster as a Necromancer, the more enemies the necromancer summons, the more rage the war could generate.
"Both of you are you ready?"
While thinking of what kind of strategy or offensive spells Noboru should use, the announcer asked. Both of them nodded.
"Let the combat...Start!"
Directly afterthe announcerannouncedthe start of the match,Rankanrushed towards Noboru as fast as the windand lifted his axe aiming vertically at himwithoutletting Noboruthe time to cast a spell.