Preparation

There are 2 entrances to enter the Colosseum which are on the North and the South. Each entrance is guarded by 6 Royal Guards. To enter the Colosseum, you need to buy the ticket on the booth near the entrance.

There are 2 booths here. One for buying entry tickets to enter Colosseum and the other one to register yourself to join the Contest. The entry ticket's price is 1 silver coin and to register as a contestant cost 10 silver coins.

We pay 3 entry tickets and put my name on the contestant's list, so we pay 13 silver coins in the end. My number is 108 and I need to wait for a long time until my turn.

I ask several questions about the Contests Rules.

"Can I use armor?

"You can use normal light armor to protect your body. But you can't use High-Grade armor."

"What is this High-Grade armor and weapon?"

"There are 3 categories about High-Grade. First is a unique heirlooms artifact that has extraordinary power. The second is artifact made from Rare Monster material which has strong power. And the last one is the Rare artifact that you get in the dungeon. In this contest, you only can use normal light armor and mitrill weapon at least."

So I can use mitrill weapon huh...

"The contest will be started in the evening when the sunset. Don't be late okay!"

"Thank you."

In short, this contest is limited to only use normal weapon and armor, focusing only on the technique of using a weapon and martial arts.No assist from the High-Grade Equipment.

Magician Role will be on the disadvantages side since they can't use their magic.

Defender Role also can't do much, because their Role isn't suited for the contest. They at least can block the attack and make the enemy tired by block all their attacks. But if the enemy won't attack them, the battle will become stagnant.

This contest is favoring Assault Role because their Role is suited to this Contest.

All Role has their exclusive buff and they are different from each other.

-Assaulter Role has buff to increase their Strength (Main) and Speed (Optional).

-Magician Role has buff to increase their magic damage (Main) and reduce MP consumption of their Magic (Optional).

-Defender Role has buff to increase their Defense (Main) and get the extra shield to protect themselves (Optional). You can think of this shield as extra Health.

-Support Role has a lot of buffs because their Role focusing on Buff and Less Active skill. This Role can use the buff to Increase any stats like Strength, Speed, Damage, MP Consumption Reduction, Mana Shield, Debuff and many buffs. But their flaw is they don't have the skill to fight.

In my case, I have the experience and memory of how to use a weapon like a sword. With my buff, I can maximize my potential. Not many Support Roles like me in this world, so you can call me extraordinary.

Before the contest, I need to prepare the best weapon. I don't want my blade snapped after a few battles.

We come to Avalon Main Store to buy a mitrill sword. Pretty weird isn't it?

But they sold almost everything in this Store. The store is a five-story building tower standing on an area of ​​2 hectares. You can imagine how vast this building. In the front of the store, there are several 'Giant' guys with scary-looking face standing near the entrance. They are the 'Security' of this store.

On the entrance, there are ten counters with a beautiful girl as 'Cashier' and Abacus to help them count the sum of the price.

Inside the store is very cool and comfortable. There is a flower fragrance when I enter this store and it's very pleasant. The store is also very clean and neat like the branch store on Andalas.

On the first floor is a place for food, daily supplies, and clothes for the commoner.

On the second floor is a place for furniture (bed, table, sofas, etc), decoration (portrait, vase, etc), and clothes for noble.

On the third floor is the place for the weapon (from normal to rare), armor, magic stone, magic scroll and monster's body part (to craft equipment)

On the fourth floor is a place for rare monster material, high-grade magic of armor, stone, magic scroll, and the magic stone. There is a meeting room here too for discussion.

On the fifth floor is a place for Auction. Usually, extraordinary stuff will be auctioned here every month.

"What do you think about our main store Vin?"

"It's very huge."

"Just that?!!"

"And very wide."

I feel no different than entering a Big Franchise Plaza, so I won't be surprised.

"Nggghh...Fine, fine...Let's go to the third floor to pick your weapon."

"Yeah."

When we arrived at the third floor, I can see various equipment lining on the wall. They are separated by quality and the material.

"Vin, you want to use armor?"

"No, I don't use to wear armor."

I prefer using a bulletproof vest rather than using breastplate. Even I talked to Sam, he won't understand.

"But you need to protect your body, Vin!!"

"If I using armor, my body will be hindered by its weight."

"You can use light armor to protect your body. We have that isn't it Sam?"

"Yeah, I think we have plenty of light armor."

"Okay, I will try using it."

I try various light armor, even their name is Light armor, but they are quite heavy if I don't use my buff. So I give up using armor.

"Vin...I worry about your safety. Even the rule prohibited killing your opponent, you still can get injured."

Lady Sophia is changed since that day and always care about me.I'm not so dense to not notice her feeling, but I can't determine her feeling yet.

Is she fall in love with me?

Or just she feels guilty because I almost lost my life to protect her?

But one thing that I know, that our relationship is developing into BFF and she helps me a lot.

In the end, I choose an ordinary sword made from mitrill as my main weapon. I want to use katana but I can't find it in this store because katana is a limited weapon.

I spend my time to rest after I have lunch on the employee room located on the backside of the first floor. When the time comes, Sam and Lady Sophia pick me up.

We enter the Colosseum after giving the ticket to the Royal Guards. We can't bring food from outside because they will check our bodies before we enter the Colosseum.

The interior of the Colosseum is the same as Colosseum on Roma, so I won't explain more details. We choose the front row seats to get a better view. We waiting for 20 minutes before the contest started.