I Became a Gladiator in the World of Gender Reversal

24 – Rookie Gladiator-10

“But, no matter how much I think about it, I can’t see it?”

Dana kindly brought me a handout.

“It doesn’t look like he’s wearing armor, and he doesn’t have nice words…”

Regarding the class called Agricola, even the pamphlet didn’t have very good words written on it.

“That’s because the image shown on the outside and the performance we actually feel are not exactly the same.”

Talking about her favorite field seemed exciting even for this red-haired female warrior.

“Range distance is the most important factor in sword fighting. So, of course, classes with long ranges receive a penalty corresponding to that.”

“Hmm?”

“It’s the same with Letarius. The spell cast by his trident is very weak, and he has to fight wearing uncomfortable clothes to prevent him from moving too agile just because he has no armor.”

Contrary to what it looks like, is it that there are multiple penalties?

“Isn’t it a bit unreasonable for a gladiator who even holds a net to stab and injure one-sidedly? If it’s a class that can block the opponent’s movement with a net, then you shouldn’t win easily if you can’t do that.”

She was right. To some extent, it felt like a game.

An attack without risk should do little damage. When a melee dealer and a ranged dealer face each other at close range, the melee dealer should do more critical damage.

More than I thought, sword fighting seemed to be a well-organized fight.

“However, Agricola is a bit different. The destructive power is enormous even because of the magic applied to the pitchfork itself, and the attack that breaks her posture by hanging her legs or strikes from above cannot be ignored.”

It was tougher than it looks. I felt like I had to somehow raise my leg strength and find a way to counter the attack of that pitchfork.

“So, how do I deal with it?”

“There is no proper way. Either close the distance, or avoid the attack and aim for the gap since the pitchfork can only attack from one side. Either way is not easy.”

It wasn’t easy. However, what I had to do was clear.

“I have to make a body somehow.”

Agricola’s armament wasn’t that heavy. I don’t know if it’s strength versus strength, but it will take a lot of effort for me to catch up with the opponent’s gladiator at speed while wearing this armor.

Dana looked blankly at me like that.

“Hmm? Why?”

“Why are you doing that?”

I scratched my head and replied with a smile on my face.

“Why why? Of course it’s because of you.”

Dana asked me with her puzzled eyes, as if still holding a question in his heart.

“But, you don’t have to go this far…”

“You’re doing it.”

Even if it wasn’t a personal meeting, there were a lot of things to do with Dana since coming inside.

She never neglected training even for a moment.

Even when all the other girls’ eyes were on me, she focused on her own training.

She was always exhausted, pushing her own limits, knocking on her walls.

No matter how hard I try, I won’t be able to keep up with her toes.

Right now she is teaching me, but the moment I finish training, Dana will enter another training session to make up for this time.

“But… I didn’t know you would become a gladiator. I think I gave you too much trouble.”

Seeing her downcast face broke her heart a little.

“To be honest, there are many reasons besides you!”

I didn’t want to see Dana blaming herself.

“Selam, it’s very stuffy there. You’re not going to go in there, but really… It’s a beautiful beauty that only did the sh*tty things I saw there. I’m not doing it because I don’t want to talk about it.”

“Is that enough?”

Dana must have had nothing but a good image in a place called Selam. She opened her eyes wide.

“Since I came out, I have to earn a living, but you happened to be here. And, the first time I saw your sword fighting… It was really cool.”

Beyond the simple feeling that Dana is cool and beautiful, to the extent that I want to be like that.

“I see…”

Dana hid her face in embarrassment. While in the gladiatorial arena she slashed her opponents to death, she was tender in front of me.

“Anyway! Let’s start over. It’s the first battle, right? Let’s win.”

Dana, who regained her senses, stood up vigorously and tapped her on the floor of the ring with her wooden sword.

“If you want to challenge me, you still have a long way to go, right? Come up as soon as possible!”

“Of course not.”

I laughed and raised my exhausted body. Her armor pressed against me again, but it was tolerable.

Dana is in front of me. She didn’t want to appear weak.

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“Waaa!!!”

A shout is heard. I didn’t know it from above, but the ring seen from the front was so wide and huge.

It’s hard to believe that there are only two people standing here, me and the enemy.

In the players’ waiting room, numerous staff members were busily moving for the game.

“Evan Gladiator, is your physical condition okay right now? If you feel even the slightest bit dizzy or tired, let me know right away.”

“No problem.”

“I’m going to check the weapon and enchant it.”

A wizard came over and grabbed my sword.

She put her hand on the blade to make sure it wasn’t standing, then she carefully cast the spell.

“Ballum class, Aktus magic has been cast.”

“After…”

There was something I wondered about from long ago. No matter how much safety was emphasized, how was it possible to engage in a sword fight where no one dies while using a sword and blood splattering?

The reason that made it possible was just magic.

The weapons we use are not sharp from the beginning. The tip of the spear is blunt, and the blade of the sword does not stand.

Then how do you bleed? That part is implemented as ‘magic that lasts for a certain amount of time and inflicts a razor-like wound on the tip of the weapon’.

After hearing this, my heart felt much more at ease.

You can cut the opponent with all your might. I can risk my all and go towards the other person.

“I will cast eye protection magic. Please look this way for a moment.”

When I entrusted myself to the wizard’s hands, a transparent magical film was placed over my eyes. It was a bit awkward at first, but after blinking a few times, I got used to it.

For gladiators in this world, helmets did not exist. Because revealing her face was essential to the star quality of a gladiator.

Daisy wanted to fill the helmet with me because she was insecure, but I refused on my line.

All the other gladiators were taking off their helmets, but it was a bit strange that I was wearing it alone, and I didn’t want to show the helmet instead of my face to the audience who came to see the man.

“I will wear the costume!”

“Ah, I’ll do it myself.”

It was quite a heavy armor. Even though I was still sitting in the waiting room, I felt my body getting heavy.

“Hu… Let’s go heavy, heavy.”

My exclusive class name, ‘Ballum’, also meant a castle wall.

Although the magic on the pitchfork is comparatively destructive, it still doesn’t reach my armor.

Attacks to the face and surprise leg-hanging. If I was careful with those two, I could have won enough.

I took a deep breath and came out of the arena.

“Evaaan!!!”

“Jee, it’s real! A man is here! A real man!”

The screen made of magic clearly reflected my face.

In this situation, you can’t show a nervous expression. I put a smile on my lips and waved to the audience.

“I, the man saw me! He met my eyes! He’s taking me to his bed!”

“Ba, you idiot! No! It can’t be! What’s good about an idiot like you…”

Seriously, I couldn’t understand why those words were coming out of the back of my head.

The pressure was enormous. There was not a little pressure I felt in the waiting room, but I felt like I was going crazy when I was directly under the eyes of so many spectators.

However, I didn’t necessarily hate the pressure.

This is the person who came to see me. These are the people who came to see me without any preparation or skills just because I am a man.

Among them, there may be people who are seeing sword fighting for the first time. Then, there was only one thing I had to do.

Fighting with all my might, the feelings I felt seeing Dana. To make them all feel the emotions they felt after seeing the first sword fight.

“Each player, are you ready!!!”

The good emcee shouted loudly. It seemed to have received a little help from magic, but even taking that into account, it was an enormous lung capacity.

I stretched out my sword high into the sky, announcing that the preparations were complete. The woman in front of me, Agricolaine Marie, also raised the pitchfork high and declared that preparations were complete.

After all, it is not easy. I didn’t know her name, but I knew her face.

She was a woman with a gentle impression, more like a chef than a gladiator, but her impression changed the moment she stood in the ring.

Eyes that were filled with good will and love were filled with envy. The posture of holding the pitchfork was perfectly firm.

She was wearing plain farmer’s clothes, but just pulling them a little tight revealed her beautiful, hard body.

No one was easy enough. If the first person you deal with is like this, how many people do you have to defeat to reach Dana?

Having made up my mind, I glared at my enemy with a sword in my hand.

I had no intention of losing from the first fight.