That's Just Weak

Under the barrage of punches that do not know pain, the first match finally ended.

Roaring and celebrating like an animal, Baron of Pain grabbed his spiky mace and raised it to the sky while Silent Sword coughs blood on the ground weakly. When the fight reaches the ground, it was basically game over for Silent Sword.

With the size difference, he got overwhelmed by Baron of Pain's strength and lost the fight.

It was simply the most brutal fight Ramero has ever seen in his life, killing people with guns can't even compare to the brutal fight that he had just witnessed. Modern fighting with knives and combat weapons has never reached this point.

Not only that, the mentality these Gladiators has are quite terrifying even for him.

Ramero was completely stunned when he saw that when the fight is nearing its end, Baron of Pain's punch actually managed to break the iron helmet which is very durable. It was made to sustain slashes to the head by weapons, but Baron of Pain actually broke the face cover.

From that alone one can tell the force behind each punch thrust onto the helmet.

Looking at Silent Sword who is being brought away by the guards, Ramero tries to calm himself. Of course fear is present inside of him, especially seeing the state Silent Sword is in due to the fight with Baron of Pain.

But fear has never been a problem for Ramero, he has faced multiple fears in his previous life.

'I've gone through many things already, why am I nervous about this kind of thing? Compared to being pointed with a missile launcher, this kind of fight is nothing' Ramero thought while nodding his head, persuading his own mind to not be scared.

Although that worked for a moment, the fear came back instantly when he was called.

"Noble Brat and Laughing Butcher! Get on the arena!"

Upon hearing this Ramero instantly frowns as he was not expecting to be called this early, watching a couple more fights would be good for him but he just had to be fighting the second match. On top of that, he also doesn't like the nickname of his opponents.

Probably the scariest nickname he had ever heard in this Gladiator School, 'Laughing Butcher...?'

Immediately after he realized his opponent, his blood turns cold.

Just as he was about to get into the arena for his fight, he suddenly heard the other Gladiators for some reason feel excited about his fight. It's certainly not a good sign, and Ramero soon knows why.

"Oh, this is going to be fun to watch!"

"Laughing Butcher is blessed by the Gods, he got the perfect stage to redeem his dignity"

"Imagine he loses again, that would be hilarious! Losing to a Greenhorn"

Ramero frowned when he heard this, he raises his gaze to the arena and find a Gladiator already standing there with his eyes fixed on him. Just from seeing the excited eyes behind the helmet, his expression darkens instantly.

For Laughing Butcher, this is a chance presented by the Gods! Chance to redeem his humiliation!

'Great... absolutely phenomenal... why don't you just break my arms right now to make it even harder' Ramero thought helplessly, he curses the Gods for giving him such a hard match when he actually has something at stake.

Striding towards the arena, Ramero caught sight of Captain Baldates grinning from ear to ear.

With his arms crossed in front of him, Captain Baldates waved his hand as if he was saying goodbye to Ramero. But just then he realized something, the timing is too horrendous for him right now.

If the timing is too ridiculous to happen, then it usually is.

'Did that damn guard make me match against this fucker? It's too much for a coincidence, he's really angry at Leandra for the healing potion, and the best Gladiator to take me down is certainly the one that also bore hatred for me' Ramero thought, suspecting that Captain Baldates is behind all of this.

Ramero believes that coincidences happen, but he's not a fool to believe this is a coincidence.

Aside from Captain Baldates knowing the drama going on in the training ground since he's one of the guards guarding the training session, he also clearly wanted to at least hurt Ramero for blocking his kick for Leandra last night.

For all Ramero knows, this is definitely Captain Baldates' doings.

Upon reaching the stairs of the arena, Ramero knelt for a moment and closes his eyes.

"What is he doing? Is he scared?" a Gladiator commented.

Laughing aloud from seeing this scene, another Gladiator also replied, "Probably, he knows that he would get absolutely destroyed in the arena against Laughing Butcher. He's probably pissing himself right now"

Even though the Gladiators thought he was scared, he was trying to calm himself down.

But then the image of his first physical test when he has admitted to the platoon appears inside his head, Ramero can remember vividly that he was nervous and Charlie came up to him and give him a hint to win the fight.

It was one of the most effective pieces of advice he ever had in his previous life.

'If your emotions are riled up or you feel unconfident before a detrimental fight, take a step back to calm yourself down. Only a fool would fight in that state, your mind would not be ready for a fight. Picture how you win, not how you lose'

Because it was advice from Charlie, Ramero decided to implement it.

After solidly breathing three times trying to calm his body and mind, Ramero stands back up again and gazes at Laughing Butcher that is already impatiently waiting for him in the arena, his eyes reflected that impatience building inside of him.

With that Ramero ascends the stairs and stands a couple of meters away from Laughing Butcher.

"I'm rooting for you, Greenhorn! Hahah!"

"Kick or punch his family jewels again! I want to see it again!"

"Greenhorn! Greenhorn! Greenhorn!"

The Gladiators cheered excitedly wanting Ramero to do the trick he did to embarrass Laughing Butcher, it made Laughing Butcher's breathing quicken as anger bubbled inside of him. No matter what he does, that incident would stick for him together.

Because of that, he really wanted to beat Ramero up until he was satisfied.

A detrimental fight is about to begin, a fight between a new Dog and a ferocious Wolf.

~

Meanwhile, inside the jail cell section of the school.

With all of the Gladiators under the School of Tyranny doing the sparring tournament, the inside of the school is completely empty. Not a single sound can be heard aside from the rowdy sound coming from the training ground.

Inside Ramero's jail cell, Leandra is closing her eyes trying to take her mind off of the noises.

Ramero seems to be confident that he's going to win his match and saved her, and because of that she also has some confidence inside her that he would definitely win the fight. Due to that hope, she's meditating to replenish her mana to heal Ramero when he got back.

Since she has been here longer than Ramero, she knows more about the school than him.

Every greenhorn or new student that entered the school would go through hell in their first sparring tournament, they always got back badly injured. A couple even died because of the sparring tournament, it's not ideal but it sometimes happens.

Knowing that she decided to prepare to heal him however she can when Ramero got back.

Just as she was meditating, the noises from the training ground exploded.

Upon hearing this Leandra paused her meditation and open her eyes, her ears perked up when she heard the Gladiators cheerfully shout 'Greenhorn', it was clear that it was Ramero's turn to go up the arena and fight his first match.

Realizing this, her heart started thumping as if it wanted to burst out of her chest.

Changing her sitting position, Leandra went on her two knees and clasped her hands together in a praying position. She clenched her clasped hands tighter praying for Ramero's fight, 'I'll believe in you, show me that you really can fulfill your words. But more than that, don't die in there'

Praying for Ramero's safety, Leandra bit her lips as a crystal tear drizzled down her cheek.

As the hype becomes even greater, she opened her eyes when she heard clanking footsteps trailing down the guards. Opening her eyes, she saw a guard walking on the right while looking into the jail cells one by one.

Leandra kept silent so as to not draw attention, she doesn't want any more trouble.

When the guard passes the jail cell she's in, they made eye contact for a brief moment but he didn't do or say anything and just walks past the jail cell. But in that brief moment, she frowned when she didn't recognize the guard.

Out of all of the guards, she knows all of their faces as she's often escorted to heal Gladiators.

The guards have shifts and Leandra already got escorted by each one of the guards guarding the school, and she's certain that she doesn't recognize the guard that passed the jail cell just now. 'Who is he...?' Leandra thought with a frown.

~

Back at the training ground, Ramero stands firmly with an indifferent expression.

Just before the Regulator can signal to start, one of the Gladiators watching from below tossed a buckler seeing that Ramero doesn't have anything in his hands. "Don't instantly lose, that would be no fun to watch" that Gladiator said.

Upon hearing this, Ramero grabbed the buckler and secretly thanked that Gladiator.

Silver Fists wanted to borrow Ramero a weapon so that he at least has something to strike, but he only has his big bastard sword. Unlike the other Gladiators, he only has one weapon and that was it and he can't possibly give the bastard sword to Ramero.

Not that he doesn't want to, but Ramero wouldn't be able to lift it.

"Gladiators, take your stances!"

Ramero instantly bends his knees to lower his stance and also raises both of his hands up with the one holding the buckler at the front. In response to this, Laughing Butcher slammed his sword and shield together before also lowering his stance.

Exposing a grin through the crack on the helmet, Laughing Butcher let out his killing intent.

"Don't worry, I won't make this quick. I'm going to enjoy every second of this match" he said grimly.

But instead of reacting meek to not attract attention, Ramero also puts on a mocking grin that surprised Laughing Butcher, "Same here with me, I'm going to enjoy humiliating you for the second time. Maybe I'll strip you from your armor so you'll kill yourself out of embarrassment" he returns the trash-talk.

"Why you-! I'm going to tear the skull out of your head, Greenhorn!" Laughing Butcher angrily replied.

Looking at the two that are already in their battle stances, eager for the match to start, the Regulator smiled. It was surprising to hear Ramero also talked back, the tension climbed higher and the Gladiators even cheered upon hearing his reply.

'If I'm outclassed physically, then I need to win the mental war against him' Ramero thought.

With that in mind he nodded his head deciding on what he will do, he glanced at the Regulator as he raised his hand. Firming his feet pressing the ground, he instantly dashed forward when the Regulator shouted.

"Start!"

Swoosh!

Laughing Butcher charges forward but he was surprised to see that Ramero is also charging at him.

Not knowing what Ramero would do since he has no weapon, Laughing Butcher kept charging fiercely with his shield pointing forward. When their distance is close, he raised his sword intending to slash it at Ramero.

Since it's the start of the fight, he's not going to swing with full power.

'I'm going to see how you deal with this amount of strength' Laughing Butcher thought with a grin.

Just as his sword was about to hit from the side, Ramero uses the buckler not to block it but use enough strength to knock the sword off-track as he spin his body and went past Laughing Butcher. In the process, he has the time to slap the back of Laughing Butcher's helmet.

Clang!

Laughing Butcher's sword stabbed to the ground as his body tensed.

Slowly looking over his shoulder, he saw Ramero playing with his buckler with a nonchalant smile on his face, "What was that? Is that really something you would call a strike? I thought you're confident in taking me down, but that's just weak" he mocked.

Upon hearing this, veins started bulging all over Laughing Butcher's body as his anger boils.

"B-BASTARD!!"