Top Normal Gladiators

Ramero was caught off guard when the helmet of the fierce Gladiator turned to him.

Since he was at the very back with no Gladiators near him, it's easy to distinguish that the fierce Gladiator is looking at him directly. But that doesn't make sense since he didn't do anything to him, no more than a glance.

Like being stared at by a tiger, a shiver runs down his spine.

Although he doesn't know exactly how strong this fierce Gladiator really is, the stare from underneath the helmet seems to emit a terrifying amount of killing intent. It was very thick showing the amount of killing he has done in the past.

Unconsciously, Ramero gulps while his body turned instantly stiff from the fierce Gladiator's glance.

But it didn't last long before the fierce Gladiator that turns out to be the one called Champion of Tyranny stopped near the stairs leading to the arena. From the side, a woman wearing similar clothing to Leandra stepped forward.

Standing beside the fierce Gladiator, the woman reaches her slender hand to the helmet.

Ramero was confused as to what the woman is trying to do, but then he was surprised to see the woman tiptoeing to kiss the fierce Gladiator's helmet from the side gently. With that, Champion of Tyranny ascends the stairs to the arena.

Contrary to this, his opponent, the Nightmare doesn't get that kind of treatment.

From this alone it's safe to assume that Champion of Tyranny is the strongest Gladiator here, the treatment he gets and his name alone that represents the school shows that he's the absolute best the school has to offer.

Across the arena is the Nightmare, having a bigger muscular body riddled with fearsome wounds.

Most of his armor consists of leather straps and belts, his helmet is shaped like a skull which makes him look very menacing, and he also wears armor gloves that have spikes on the wrists section. Similarly to Champion of Tyranny, the Nightmare also has two swords in his hands showing that he too is a dual wielder.

While watching their face-off, Silver Fists heads toward Ramero at the back.

Sitting beside Ramero who is asking with his eyes on what Silver Fists is doing, he then said, "It's good that you earned your place here with that win, but you've caught Champion of Tyranny's attention by beating Laughing Butcher bare-handed. And it's not a good thing to be in his eyes"

"I suggest you lay low, the bullying will be reduced but Champion of Tyranny might come to you" he added, warning Ramero while facing the arena with an indifferent look.

Upon hearing this, Ramero then can't help but ask, "Why are you helping me this much?"

"Let's just say that I have a person that helped me in the past. Watch the fight attentively, you'll know just how much stronger both of these Gladiators are compared to the rest. They are the first-rank and second-rank Normal Gladiators in this school" Silver Fists replied before he got up again and leaves.

Ramero was in a trance upon receiving this news, it seems his life in the school didn't get better.

'Man... all I want is to be left alone so I can focus on the quests from the system. I don't need all this smoke for no reason' Ramero thought in annoyance, he really needs to get stronger so he can at least have his space in this school.

Shifting his attention back to the arena, Ramero saw yet another thing happening.

The woman that kissed Champion of Tyranny's helmet seems to be doing something, her hands are glowing brightly. From the looks of it, she should be chanting a spell or something, the glow indicates that clearly.

Just like Leandra when she was about to heal him, her hands glowed a little.

Not long after her hands glowed even brighter before the entire arena got covered by a blue bubble-like barrier, Ramero's assumption was spot on as the woman indeed chanted some kind of defensive spell.

Even though he's no Mage, it's clear what this blue barrier is for.

'Don't tell me that they are so strong that their fights needed to be covered by a magical barrier so it didn't cause too much destruction... there's no way, right?' Ramero thought wryly, he can't believe the preparation for this fight went on like this.

None of the Gladiators that fought before their match needs this kind of barrier.

Added by Silver Fists basically indicates that Champion of Tyranny and the Nightmare are very powerful and can't be compared to the other Gladiators, Ramero becomes really curious as to how strong these two really are.

The Regulator waited for a moment before he finally nodded his head.

"Gladiators! Take your stances!"

"Start!"

Instantly after the signal from the Regulator, the Nightmare wanted to advance but Champion of Tyranny smirked nastily and say, "Let's make this interesting, shall we?" he then suddenly threw both of his swords to the side.

Of course, this caught the Nightmare off guard as he didn't expect this to happen.

Assuming a battle stance, Champion of Tyranny then taunted the Nightmare using his hand. It's clear now that he wanted to fight the Nightmare bare-handed, and that is a bold move for the number one Gladiator against number two.

But when watching this, Ramero sucked in a cold breath, 'Is that how it is...?'

'Is that really why I caught his attention? Champion of Tyranny is really a sore loser, he wanted to win against the Nightmare with only his bare hands after watching me win against Laughing Butcher'

Ramero can only smile wryly, he can't believe what he was seeing.

Gritting his teeth as he was not going to tolerate the disrespect Champion of Tyranny did, the Nightmare roared angrily and sprinted swiftly. Ramero was shocked to find that the Nightmare is blazing fast, even faster than himself even though being bigger than him.

Also tossing his swords to the side, the Nightmare decided to fight bare-handed too.

Upon seeing this Champion of Tyranny is clearly displeased, he wanted the Nightmare to use the swords while he used only his bare hands. In a fit of anger, he also sprinted forward before the two of them clash powerfully.

Boom!

Powerful gusts of wind rumble the inside as they both locked their hands in a power struggle.

Slowly under their pressuring might, the ground underneath their feet started to crack, and the crack waste no time to spread wider and wider by the second. Today, Ramero saw many shocking things from the fights between Gladiators.

But none of them can even come close to this, 'How is that even possible?! Are they humans?!'

Ramero has his eyes completely glued to the fight as the power struggle becomes even more intense, the Nightmare breaks the power struggle first and kneed Champion of Tyranny on the chin, but he ate that without any problem.

With that, both of them started exchanging blow after blow, and the fight is vicious.

Just like two grizzly bears fighting with each other, these top Gladiators keep on exchanging hits without even bothering blocking. It was more like a fight of ego, but turns out the one that exposes too much ego was none other than the Nightmare.

Two minutes into the fight, he started to regret throwing away his swords.

Champion of Tyranny hasn't slowed down from the damage he suffered, while the Nightmare is already starting to feel the punches seeping into his bones. Each of the punches he takes was brutal, and he is slowly being pushed back.

Knowing that this wouldn't end well, the Nightmare decided to be the first one to dodge.

But Champion of Tyranny didn't stop the trajectory of his punch despite seeing that the Nightmare dodged it, the punch keeps on driving forward before slamming onto the arena surface. Right then, a loud booming sound was made.

Boom!!

Under the force of the punch, a five-meter crater was created in the arena.

Ramero now knows how powerful each of those punches they threw is, he even gives prompt for the Nightmare to eat dozens of those punches that can even create a big crater in the arena. It was now clear why there needs to be a barrier.

"Oh, you dodged it?" Champion of Tyranny mutters cheekily.

The Nightmare sweated with a frown as he knows that dodging meant he admits that he lost in that all-out brawl, his pride as a fighter was hurt but he would definitely lose if the all-out brawl keeps on going.

Straightening his spine, Champion of Tyranny then shrugs his shoulders, "You're no fun anymore..."

Instantly after saying that Ramero didn't even see what happened, he only heard a loud meaty sound resounding from the arena before the Nightmare spat blood out of his mouth, he crashes onto the barrier and bounced back to the arena.

Blinking his eyes a couple of times, Ramero was stunned, 'What happened...?'

Although he was still trying to figure out what had just happened to the Nightmare for him to vomit blood and now lying on the ground unmoving, the Regulator already announced Champion of Tyranny as the winner and the barrier disappeared.

Other Gladiators cheered excitedly, Champion of Tyranny is the pride of the school.

None of them doubt that and was even glad that he was on their side, if he looked good then the other Gladiators from the same school also looks good. With a high reputation, the crowd will love them and they will also become safer during the performance.

Ramero watches Champion of Tyranny go down before he quickly averted his gaze away.

'I need to stay clear from that guy, if Silver Fists can one-shot me then that guy would definitely obliterate me. Let's just stay low just like he said' Ramero thought, he even closes his eyes pretending to be unconscious in order to avoid Champion of Tyranny's gaze.

With that, the sparring tournament continues, and Gladiators are given a chance to challenge a rank.

Only when the night came does the sparring tournament come to an end, Ramero was brought back by Captain Baldates back to his jail cell. It's clear that he is annoyed that Ramero won his first match.

Although Ramero really wanted to rub it on the guard's face, he decided not to do that.

'Better stay humble or the guard might decide to not honor his promise, it's going to be bad for Leandra if that happened' Ramero nodded his head, he also is in an extreme amount of pain due to the punch from Silver Fists.

If not for his physique getting stronger, he'd probably die from that punch.

Upon reaching the jail cell he was tossed inside like a broken doll, he coughs a couple of times and some of the coughs have blood in them. Leandra was startled by this, she glanced at Ramero and finds him in a bad state.

Looking at Leandra, Captain Baldates clicks his tongue in displeasure.

Finding that Ramero is in such a bad condition in reflex Leandra wanted to heal him, but Captain Baldates already pulled her arm and dragged her out of the jail cell. "Don't even try it" he said with a clearly annoyed tone.

Ramero raises his head to look at Leandra, their eyes catch each other for a brief moment.

In that brief moment their eyes locked onto each other, Ramero smiled and raises his thumb showing that he had won the fight and she would not be humiliated. Leandra was surprised, she covered her mouth and her eyes began to water.

But before she can even say anything, Captain Baldates already pulled her away from the jail cell.

While lying on the ground with a pain attacking every corner of his body, Ramero smirked mockingly, 'Hah! It must've been really annoying for him. But don't worry, your suffering hasn't ended yet. I'll get you when I get out of here...'

As he thought of that, Ramero's eyelids feels heavy and he instantly fell asleep due to exhaustion.