Published at 7th of October 2019 08:36:39 AM
Chapter 174.1
Chapter 174: The True Motives of the Former Gladiator and the Slave Dealer (1/4) (SHORT)
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“What a scam…” [Candidate 1]
After the first candidate’s test ended, he walked away from the garden and went back to the waiting room . He muttered to himself dejectedly .
“…Hey . That guy . ” [Other Candidate 1]
“He picked a slime, didn’t he? …He couldn’t have lost, right?” [Other Candidate 2]
The rest of the slave candidates, who were waiting for their turn, clamored when they saw the dejected appearance of the first candidate .
To prevent the muttering man from talking about the test, the employee asked him to leave the waiting room .
(From the way he’s acting, it should be safe to assume that he lost . And even if he did win, something must have happened that left him in that state . Slimes… I never fought them in the arena, but perhaps there are also powerful and annoying types among the higher variants . )
One of the slaves was quietly observing them . It was none other than Ox Lord, but he stopped his thoughts in their tracks .
It would be a lie to say that he wasn’t interested, but it was not the slimes that he chose as his opponent .
As such, he put an end to the unnecessary thoughts and instead pondered about the boy he would be fighting .
(In that group of five, one is a noble, the other two are merchants, and then there’s another that looks just like a merchant, but there’s an exceptional aura hidden from within him . He’s no ordinary person . But what’s most curious of all is that within that group of adults, each clad in a style of their own, is a lone child . A lone child that I find exceedingly difficult to read, moreso than any of the adults in his group . )
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People have a tendency to assume that strength is everything when it comes to gladiators, but the truth is that just strength alone isn’t enough for a gladiator to reach the top . Gladiator business is an industry that revolves around popularity and bets . Because of that the payout and the number of matches are greatly affected by how popular the gladiators are .
A gladiator that can’t charm the audience will remain second-rate forever no matter how strong he may be . Only a gladiator who is both strong and able to draw the crowd can be called first-rate .
Ox was someone who came very close to the top of that world . And beyond his sword, there was one other thing that he trained in all these years . It was the same ability that the head of this slave company possessed, an ‘eye for people’ .
It was an ability he came to possess after experiencing countless battles as a gladiator and meeting many merchants and nobles as he grew in popularity .
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By watching the gait of a person, the swing of one’s sword, or any action that one made, he could feel the temperament of a person .
A kind of ‘sense’ developed from continuous training and progressing along the path of the sword wholeheartedly .
This sense allows him to perceive the thoughts and movements of his opponents, allowing him to bring his skill up another level .
(After passing 30 and sharpening my senses, I managed to acquire Sword Mastery Level 5 . )
Despite losing one of his hands, to this day, the one thing Ox Lord prides himself in is his ‘sword’ .