Welcome To The Colosseum of Guilt!

"I see..." Arthur murmured to himself. He was shocked particularly at Mia.

After a while, Arthur collecting his thoughts, Mia wakes up.

"Ugh... what's wrong with you old man? Huh? The bloody hell!" Mia scorns at Joseph with disdain.

"Mia... Why? Even though you have that kind of attitude, you do know about limitations, right?" Arthur calms himself as he says this. Mia took aim at the king and killed an advisor. One has to have guts and nerves of steel.

King Rhast was the one in charge and she shot an arrow at him. No one in his or her right mind to dare offend someone with higher authority than them.

"HMPH! IT DOESN'T MATTER AS THAT WEAK LOOKING SO-CALLED KING ISN'T EVEN AN ANT IN THE SILENT ASSASSINS GUILD!" Mia's face while saying this was prideful and signs of confidence.

"The only reason why these useless idiots listen to that idiot so-called king is because no one here is a ranker other than a few guards! The only reason why they could capture the amazing me is that I let my guard down!" Mia shows an irritated face while saying this sentence.

"Wait... no rankers? Then how did they use magic? I thought only those who were ranked could use magic." Arthur asks confusingly.

"HUUUH?! Are you retarded? Really--" Joseph smacks Mia on the head to silence her.

"Brat, this youth obviously came from another realm that we might not even be aware of! He might have even come from a different realm other than the 6 Realms for all we know! These 6 Realms we just a part of the bigger picture." Joseph reminded Mia.

The reason why Joseph said that these 6 Realms were just a part of a bigger picture is that the 4 Original Ancient Deities told the 6 Realms that they are merely frogs in a well compared to them.

"Yeah! Yeah! I heard you the first time old man." Mia looks at the door as if waiting for something.

"Well, the human race isn't this weak rather this is a weaker area of humanity, in fact, the average

rank of humans is Intent Stage!" After Joseph told this to Arthur, he was frozen still, having the normal average rank of humanity be Intent Stage and he wasn't even at the first rank.

"Intent Stage? If the king of this place is only at King Stage then how scary is Intent Stage? And even then its the average of humanity." Arthur voiced out his thoughts.

" I can't believe that even though everything right now surpasses everything that I knew, even then it was only a small fraction of what this world holds." Arthur in complete shock.

"Deal with it kid, now shut up! If you are gonna get anymore noisy we might not get anything to eat at all!" Mia replied to Arthur.

After the conversation, two guards arrived in front of the cell and handed in 3 hard rock bread. The three captives ate their hard bread in silence.

"Oh yeah, I forgot to ask something... you said body strength, soul, mental strength, magic, talent, and wills," Arthur mentioned casually.

"What about it brat?" Mia coldly replied.

"Sir Joseph, you have something call a Will right? And it lets you see the status of others. I was wondering how do I compare against an average human here?" Arthur's voice was filled with curiosity.

"Fair enough, I knew that you are lower than average here but not in detail so let's see... also I might as well look at the status of this brat, being called one in a thousand year genius intrigues me." Joseph examined Arthur using his Will of Status.

"I knew it was low but... not this low. What that voice said was correct, too correct in fact." Joseph sighed as he answered Arthur's curiosity.

Status of Arthur Reeve: (Average: 100)

Body Strength: 10

Soul: 25

Mental Strength: 110

Magic: 1

Talent: 1

Rank: Unranked

Will:

- Will of Evolution-when exposed to a certain environment/ attribute will show signs of resistance and talent growth, ???

- Will of THE ???- Growth Tantamount to the ???

"Even though your stats are abysmal, I mean even surviving at this point is really troublesome for you! To the point that your survival at the arena earlier was a miracle at itself comparable to a desert raining!" Joseph exclaimed.

Status of Mia Amir:

Body Strength: 140

Soul: 210

Mental Strength: 115

Magic: 1500

Talent: 1000

Rank: Infant Stage

Will:

- Will of Soul Erosion – every skill/action erodes the soul of the enemy and cannot be removed unless intervention of another Will

"Hmph! I hate to admit it but your stats really do represent one in a thousand genius" Joseph said this with a sour tone.

"HA! Doubt me did ya old man? That's right MY stats already surpass everyone in this kingdom of Rhast in terms of talent!" Mia snickered. While Joseph sighed trying to calm himself because he knew she was right.

"So... only you could figure out the status of others or are there any ways to figure it out?" Arthur trying to clear up some confusion.

"My Will isn't really that amazing because there are Status Orbs that could tell one's status but they cannot know one's Will so in that aspect my Will is better," Joseph answered Arthur. Arthur then got curious and asked about Joseph's stats.

Status of Joseph Tampus:

Guild: None

Body Strength: 600

Soul: 700

Mental Strength: 400

Magic: 490

Talent: 200

Rank: Emperor Stage

Will:

- Will of Status- enables the person to see the status of another person

"Emperor Stage?! What the hell?! How in this godforsaken world did you get up to Emperor Stage? This is the bloody hell is this crap! The guild told me that the highest rank in this low-class world was King Stage!" Mia roared out complaints as she was furious with what the old man's status.

"Uhm... Sir Joseph since you are at Emperor Stage, why do you still allow yourself to be captive here?" Arthur asks Joseph.

"Well, it's nothing other than self-righteousness! I killed one of his men so I will allow myself to participate in his little game for a few rounds after that I will be breaking out! To be clear I am no saint I will not hesitate to kill if I have to." Arthur replies with warmly at first but suddenly spoke a cold tone at his last sentence.

"I see..." Arthur sighs as his tone was full of worry.

"Don't worry Arthur! I'll take you with me when I break out of here! You are important in satisfying my curiosity." Joseph cheers up Arthur.

"Hmph!" Mia moved to the corner trying to finish her ration.

"But since you are an Emperor Ranker, how come you don't radiate an aura like King Rhast?" Arthur asked Joseph.

"Simple! I am not a fool that likes to show off plus it doesn't rely on Rank rather it relies on Mental Strength and Soul, from the condensation of his aura I can say that he has a Soul of 200 and Mental Strength of 200, weaker than mine." Joseph scoffs.

After a while, knowing that Joseph will be protecting Arthur, he felt tired as if everything he did just now had a backlash. He laid down on his back and closed his eyes slowly drifting to sleep. The three captives then slept in a cold cell. But before Arthur could fully doze off he heard mumbles and excitement from Mia. He couldn't hear them as he slept he only heard the mumbles.

A loud sound coming from a bell woke everyone up! Arthur opened his eyes with a guard banging on a bell saying that they are going to the arena once again. He felt a cold air surround him as if signifying death but remembering that Joseph the old man who is Emperor Stage told him that he will keep him safe he sighed with relief.

Getting up from the ground, he walked out the cell alongside Mia and Joseph ready to face the 7th round of the Colosseum of Guilt

"Little kid! You. Are. Gonna. Die. Tonight. HAHAHAHAHA!" a mocking tone told Arthur from all sides but he still felt relatively safe knowing that the man beside him was at Emperor Stage.

Entering the circular arena, Arthur and company split up with Arthur going with Joseph and Mia by herself. While she was walking away Arthur looked at her face and he saw a face that had a faint smile. Not knowing what it meant Arthur simply shrugged it off.

"ATTENTION!" a guard beside King Rhast shouted out. Everyone that was in the arena currently which was about 100, paid attention.

"THESE LAST ROUNDS HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED AT THE MOMENT! ALL THE FIGHTS WILL CONTINUE IN A FORTNIGHT (14 Days) DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF A GREAT SAGE STAGE!" everyone was shocked to hear this, Great Sage Stage is the highest one could be when one is at Mortal Realm.

Some of the people here were ecstatic because they were injured in the round before and now they could have a rest but the next announcement crushed their thoughts of survival.

"THIS MEANS THAT OUT OF THE 100 OF YOU LOT ONLY 30 WILL REMAIN AND THOSE 30 REGARDLESS OF HOW THEY SURVIVED WILL RECEIVE ITEMS. THEN OUT OF THE 30 PARTICIPANTS WILL BE 3 WINNERS THOSE WINNERS WILL BE ABLE TO BE PARDONED BY KING RHAST HIMSELF! NOW START!" as soon as the word "start" was heard an arrow pierced the head of an Infant Stage Ranker, it was Mia herself filled with bloodlust smiling like a maniac.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" a hysterical laugh came from Mia as she shot arrows left and right like a machine gun. The arrows were strong and fast, some couldn't even react as she aimed at their heads.

"Pfft! Such weak arrows can only leave a dent in my body, little girl!" a muscular man snickered. Mia however still had that murderous smile on her face. Not knowing that she had a Will the man suddenly felt an attack on his soul.

"Huh? Wait, what's going on? My soul its... its... not good--" the man bent down on his knees feeling extremely weak at the moment.

"Huh? A Will! How could that kid have a will already?! She's only at her 20's! Such a terrifying Will!" Multiple gasps were heard as they witnessed the man have his soul be withered away.

The participants were reduced to 80 in an instant all because of the archer. The 80 participants left were trying to kill each other and most of them were in stalemate but due to luck, some sides were able to win.

While everyone was doing this two figures could be seen sitting at the edge of the arena, they were Arthur and Joseph, these two figures were just talking and not minding the killings at all. Seeing these two figures multiple participants rushed these two figures expecting an easy kill.

A severed head flew up in the sky and landed in front of the participants.

"Hmph! Your move." Joseph stared at them coldly.

"What a joke! You don't scare me, old man! Take my sword!" a youth in armor rushed Joseph.

"Mortal Slash"

Joseph simply caught the sword with his two fingers. The next moment a head flew and landed in front of the other participants. The face on the severed head still has the frozen expression of greed. Joseph then appeared in front of another participant and stabbed through his heart clean off.

" Run! That old man is not normal!" Screams could be heard as they ran away from an old man but no one that thought about harming them survived.

"Such a gruesome scene..." Arthur to keep on looking but the stench of blood filled his nose and looked away. Everything that was happening right now, he didn't act on instinct like before so he felt a cold sensation in his heart.

"This old man this you! You are safe nothing to be afraid of! Hahahaha!" A smile on Joseph's face made Arthur feel the cold sensation even more as if this was normal and natural to him.

No one tried to go close to the youth and old man anymore after this incident while Mia was still slaughtering tens of people. She was filled with energy while her movements' didn't contain any unnecessary action, like a perfect dance routine. From this, one could see her mastery in the art of killing.

After 2 hours, there were 30 participants left. Mia killed the majority of the participants totaling 31 people.

A dominant aura surrounded the arena even more terrifying than King Rhast himself.

"Ah! You are a bit early don't you think? Sir?" King Rhast responded to the man with a stronger aura than himself.

"Welcome to the Colosseum of Guilt, Sir Marcus Great Sage Ranker!" King Rhast welcomed warmly.