Boiling Point

Ramero looks at where the guards left with clear concern on his face.

Ever since he met with that guard with the red band he has never seen that guard smile except when he was mocking him or whipping him, other than that the guard always wears a cold look to him especially since he won the first match.

Seeing him smiling like that makes Ramero feels uneasy, he doesn't like it at all.

Although he doesn't like it he decided not to mind the guard and checks the Constitution of Sparta's description, but as he sits down he heard the guard's voice waking the other Gladiators which is weird.

Out of his time here, the Gladiators are basically prohibited to be disturbed during the night.

Without proper rest the Gladiators wouldn't be getting stronger which is why the school seems to respect their nighttime and encourage them to sleep, there's no noise during the night so it's practically the perfect environment to sleep in.

But now the guard is waking the Gladiators in the neighboring cells, and that is definitely weird.

Ramero heard the Gladiators going out of their cells before walking away, they should be brought somewhere by the guard. 'I don't really care though as long as that doesn't concern me' he thought intending to mind his own business.

It was then his eyes landed on his cell's door that is unlocked.

He was going to mind his own business, but the door to his jail cell unlocked is beyond strange.

'Okay, something is definitely wrong here. That guard is too thorough to forget to lock my cell, he's acting really suspicious' Ramero thought with a frown, he heads to the door and looks through the hallway expecting to find a guard.

Since he doesn't want any trouble, he would just tell the patrolling guards to lock his cell.

Opening the cell's door and poking his head out, Ramero finds nobody along the hallway except the distant muffled sounds. Aside from the torches, there's absolutely nothing in the hallway, not even a single guard.

Deciding that outside is not safe, Ramero went back to his cell and close the door.

Although he was trying to make him believe that he must be overthinking the situation, humans make mistakes and the guard probably really forgot to lock his door, but he simply can't. It was too strange and he didn't like this eerie silence.

But as he thought of that, two hooded figures appeared in front of the cell.

It caught Ramero off guard as he was startled by the appearance of the hooded figures.

With faces covered by a mask, Ramero smelled trouble from these two hooded figures. 'What is it now... Can't I have a break this night?! I just got a Legacy Skill and I really want to check it out!' he exclaimed inside his head in annoyance.

"Who are you?" Ramero asked while looking around his cell for something to defend himself.

But aside from the wooden equipment cabinet on the side there's nothing else, his cell is completely empty of anything. 'Why did that fucker have to take my sword, what a fucking coinci-...' Ramero's expression soured when he realized something.

'It's his doing?! Is he really that mad and now wants me dead?!' Ramero gritted his teeth.

Despite him being calm and collected even though the guard has treated him like shit which is way different from how he treated the other Gladiators, this is just too much. Not only does the guard wants to fuck him over, he now wants Ramero dead.

Living in his dream life, someone wanting him dead is simply unacceptable.

Shing!

The two hooded figures unsheathed their short swords from underneath their robe, showing that they are here with one intention, and that is to kill Ramero. Knowing the situation, Ramero's expression contorted angrily.

Ramero has reached his boiling point, he was not going to tolerate this at all.

Although the life of a Gladiator is rough and it's only bearable thanks to the help of the system, he was not signing for this. If he was to be punished, it should be done by the school itself, not by these assassins.

[Side Quest - Assassination Attempt]

Two unknown hooded figures have come to the host's jail cell with the intention to kill. Anyone that bore killing intent must be ready to also be killed, and anyone's life that is threatened to be killed must fight back. Survive the assassination attempt by killing the two assassins.

Quest Reward: 5,000 Points and 5,000 Exp.

With the appearance of the two hooded figures, the system has issued a side quest.

On top of the anger that is boiling inside of him, the side quest was an added bonus to the reason for killing the two hooded figures right now. Both slowly enter the jail cell with their eyes fixated on Ramero who has both of his hands clenched into fists.

As soon as the two hooded figures enter the cell, Ramero slowly raises his gaze to meet theirs.

Surprising the two hooded figures that already stepped inside the cell, Ramero exposes his murderous expression before he swiftly lunged forward with fearsome movement. Not intending to let the two hooded figures have the advantage, he decided to strike first.

Pouncing like a tiger, Ramero aimed at one first before dealing with the other.

Ramero was surprised by the speed of his body right now which is way faster than before, his body feels light as a feather but stronger than steel. He was so fast that the two hooded figures aren't able to react properly.

"Hahhk!" One of the hooded figures got punched directly on his jugular.

Upon receiving that punch the hooded figure touches his neck with both hands and finds that his adam's apple was gone, it got punched straight inside and choked him. Following that punch, Ramero grabs the hooded figure's face and slammed it against the iron bars.

Clang!

The clanging sound was so loud which speaks of the force Ramero is using right now.

With his strength that jumped to more than 70 points, he is able to explode with a force so deadly that he was able to crack the hooded figure's skull with that slam. A bone-cracking noise reverberated and give shivers to the other hooded figure's spine.

It happened in less than a second, and one of the hooded figures had already fallen to the ground.

[300 Exp has been rewarded to the host for beating a normal warrior!]

'H-How did this happen?! Isn't he poisoned by the Knight's Rancor? How can he be fine and even become this strong?! This should've been impossible, his body should deteriorate to the point of being unable to move now!' the other hooded figure exclaimed inside his head.

At first, he thought the job would be easy. But he didn't expect this turn of events.

Ramero slowly turns his head to the other hooded figure, still with his murderous expression. "I'm going to ask you only one time, who sent you here and why...?" he asked with a threatening low tone.

Upon hearing this, the last hooded figure was stunned knowing that he has no chance.

No matter what the employer said to him, they've given them the wrong information. Ramero is not poisoned and he's even way stronger than a normal human, killing his comrade with two hits shows that he's skilled too.

With that in mind, the hooded figure raised his sword intending to kill himself.

As if he was trained to do this when he failed the mission in order to keep the information of his organization a secret, the hooded figure instantly intends to kill himself without even a glimpse of fear and hesitation in his eyes.

It was a decisive movement, but sadly Ramero has seen it from a mile away.

Clang!

"Raargghh!!" the last hooded figure was absolutely petrified when Ramero kicked him in the groin, the stinging pain was excruciating which makes his entire body weak. Even his sword which is about to reach his neck stopped and falls to the ground.

The scream of pain was loud and it reverberated to the entire hallway.

If there's any Gladiator left near Ramero's jail cell, they would definitely hear this scream.

Ramero walked slowly before he takes the sword on the ground, he looks at the sword before nodding to himself, 'It's better than my sword that is taken by that damn guard, I'll just use this' he thought before his eyes shifted back to the hooded figure.

Still holding his crotch that got kicked cleanly, the hooded figure looks up with a painful expression.

Out of everything that is fragile in a man's body, the groin is the most lethal one to hit. Ramero has been trained to always specifically aim at the groin at any chance, it's almost a certain move that will fix his victory.

Drooling severely with the veins in his eyes popping, the hooded figure gritted his teeth.

With a nonchalant look on his face, Ramero crouch down beside the hooded figure and grabbed him by the hair, "Let's restart our conversation, shall we? Last chance, who sent you here and why? Either way, you're going to be dead. But answering will make you die without pain"

Hissing and groaning in pain, the hooded figure gazed into Ramero's eyes.

Looking at Ramero's eyes which are cold and indifferent despite the situation, he knows that Ramero is really telling the truth. Since he's going to die either way, he finally opens his mouth, "W-Wynnarica Family, they wanted you dead"

"Hmmm...? Why?" Ramero asked again, he doesn't know who is the Wynnarica Family.

Ever since he woke up in this world he has lost most of his memories aside from the fundamentals, he doesn't even know where this body came from and how did he get here. But it's clear that someone wanted him dead.

Pausing for a moment, the hooded figure then continues, "I- I don't know..."

Ramero stopped and looks directly into the hooded figure's eyes, there was no sign of lying so he accepted that it was probably all this hooded figure knows. Grabbing him by the collar, Ramero lifted him up before he tossed the figure into the air.

Despite weighing around seventy kilos, he can easily lift the hooded figure's body with one hand.

The stats boost that he gained from the Constitution of Sparta made him way stronger than before. With a fierce glint and one smooth motion, Ramero stabs the man in the chest with the sword whilst he's still in the air.

Crack!

With the force he used, the sword pierced the wall and pin the hooded figure on the wall.

Like a wall decoration, the hooded figure got killed immediately from having his heart stabbed. Blood painted the wall and also the ground red, and the sharp stench of iron instill his jail cell but it seems Ramero doesn't mind it.

Although he doesn't prefer to kill, he can be ruthless if he wants to.

Having someone come into his jail cell and tries to kill him, it's completely way out of the line.

[300 Exp has been rewarded to the host for beating a normal warrior!]

[Congratulation! The host has completed Side Quest - Assassination Attempt!]

[5,000 Points and 5,000 Exp has been rewarded!]

[Level up!]

Ramero cleans the blood that got smeared on his face and arms before he sat down on the ground, he looks directly at the door with a cold expression and waited. It's going to be pretty satisfying to witness Captain Baldates see this bloody scene.

Even though this assassination was orchestrated by the Wynnarica Family, he was involved.

Since there are two unknown figures inside Ramero's jail cell, the school wouldn't doubt his innocence. It's clear that he was defending himself from the two unknown figures. If Captain Baldates saw this, he wouldn't stay still and needs to clean this up.

If not then the other guards will see this bloody scene and questions will soon appear.

Captain Baldates definitely doesn't want this matter to reach the Regulator, and Ramero also wouldn't tell anyone about this as long as he cleans this up. Aside from reaching level 10 from this incident, he also wanted the guard to still be here.

At some point, he would definitely kill that guard with his own two hands.

Nobody is allowed to threaten to kill him like this and not suffer any consequences, Ramero would make sure to repay everything the guard did to him tenfold or even a hundredfold. 'Just you wait, enjoy your time left in this world...'

About ten minutes later, the sound of footsteps can be heard.

'I'll just need to make it seems like he commits suicide and report this to the Regulator, that annoying bastard will be not my concern then' Captain Baldates thought inside his head as he heads to Ramero's jail cell.

But as he approaches the jail cell, his steps become slower and slower.

Staining the ground he can see a pool of blood, the excitement inside of him heightened even more. Out of curiosity about how Ramero died, he picks up his pace but his steps stopped and his body froze when he saw the scene inside the jail cell.

It was completely in contrast to what he was expecting, 'W-What...? Am I dreaming...?'