Arena Chapter 13:

Just like the first test, it was a forest .

"Ah, it's another forest . "

The gangster complained .

I wasn't paying attention to him and was surveying the surrounding area .

I got a weird feeling from the forest .

This forest scenery was familiar .

Everyone was only looking around the area, so I gathered some courage and spoke .

"Were everyone else's first test a red ape?"

"Yes . "

"You're correct . "

The twenty year old girl and the male student answered .

"What, then you guys also fought that **** monkey?"

The gangster questioned .

I just nodded my head in agreement . I didn't like he was being informal in our first meeting . (In Korea people speak formally to each other if they're not familiar with each other or with age differences; depending . ) .

"This is the same forest . "

The cold man in his thirties spoke for the first time . The girl and student nodded .

As I thought .

This is the same forest as the first test .

"Then in this forest five red apes died right?"

"It seems that way . "

The student answered .

"Then in this test, wouldn't it be surviving a week from the red apes?"

From my words the gangster smirked .

"That kind of monkey isn't so scary . We can just kill them as they appear . "

"There might be tens, or hundreds of them . "

"How do you know that you bastard?"

Okay .

I hate this old man .

"Monkeys live in groups . If the red apes built a tribe and if five of them died wouldn't their comrades come for revenge?"

" . . . . . "

The gangster didn't have anything to say so I continued .

"This is just my suspicions, but anyway we have to move from here . We have to find food and water . "

"I think you're right . "

The student agreed .

"I also agree . "

The girl agreed in a careful voice . As expected these two  are very agreeable .

The problem is the gangster and the cold thirty year old man .

"Well, we need to find a safe place to crash at anyway . "

The gangster said that and took the lead . That **** just decided on his own which direction we are heading .

I had a feeling that as time goes by the more problem he's going to cause .

But I had no choice right now .

I followed his back and the rest followed .

"Ah fuck, There's no cigarette's either . "

The gangster checked his pockets and complained .

More complaining after a few steps . The gangster cursed endlessly and made us uncomfortable .

'I wonder what these people chose with their karma reward?'

This was what I was curious of the most .

Depending on what kind of skill and weapon they earned, the battle method changes . We needed to know each other's fighting method to cooperate better in fights .

'Then again the angel said that didn't he?'

'There were those who got great scores, average scores, and those who got really worrisome scores . '

There are 5 of us int total .

It's not too crazy too think that there was two with great scores, two with average scores, and one with bad scores .

Most likely the one with the bad scores is the girl . She is a girl after all .

There are two who got great scores . One of them is me . I wonder who the other one is?

'I don't think it's the student, but you never know . Someone like me got a great score so you can't tell by their appearance . '

At the very least it wouldn't be that gangster . He's too stupid .

Should I ask what their skill and weapon is?

Just when I was thinking about this:

"I'm Park Gochan . "

The person who opened his mouth first was the gangster .

"If you ask people of Gangnam night's Park Gochan there's no one who doesn't know who I am . "

As expected, he was a gangster .

"There is over 10 people I killed over the 20 years in this industry . Unlike you guys, I'm very used to this kind of work . That's why you can just trust me and follow my lead . "

Gochan who was talking like this suddenly walked over to the girl and put his hand on her shoulder .

"Understand little lady?"

"Why are you doing this?"

The girl flustered flicked Gochan's hand off her shoulder .

However Gochan put his hands back on her shoulder like nothing happened .

"I understand your feelings . It's scary that you are experiencing this kind of thing right? I safely protect you from now on . How about it? You're thankful aren't you?

"Let me go . "

Her eyes were filled with fear and with a shaking voice protested .

The student didn't know what to do and just stared at the situation .

I was the same .

Gochan started to slowly reveal his true nature .

Arena wasn't a place that was protected by the law .

It was obvious that Gochan who revealed his true self will act however he wants .

It was obvious what would happen to that girl .

'It's too bad . '

I was afraid of Gochan who worked as a gangster but I couldn't just let this happen .

I needed to take the test with that girl and if I don't step in now I was recognizing his unacceptable behavior .

I separated Gochan from the girl and spoke .

"This is uncomfortable so don't do this . . . "

"Pak!"

I yelled out in pain and sat down on the ground with my hands on my left cheeks .

"You **** **** . Who did you just tell to do what?

Pak!

Gochan kicked the side of my body .

I had my breath kicked out of me . I rolled around grabbing my flank .

Kuk!

With the pain a sense of injustice surged . Why do I have to be hit by this kind of bastard? He was using violence without thinking because he thought I was weaker than he was .

'Should I summon Silpi? Or should I threaten him with my gun?'

These kind of thoughts passed through my head .

"I didn't like you from the beginning . I didn't like how you were being it a know it all and talking **** . "

Park Gochan was taking this chance to grab the authority . What kind of juvenile method is this?

He was probably thinking of  grabbing the authority like this and make the group his underlings .

[Crying]

The girl burst out in tears as the situation turned into violence .

I got hit like a loser in front of a girl . My pride was hurt . In my head I wanted to order Silpi to cut his head or shoot him with the gun .

'Don't fight . "

The student spoke out . But he was only faced with Gochan's fierce gaze .

"What are you **** . "

"I am . . . . "

"Equip weapon . "

In Gochan's right hand a large sword was summoned .

The student backed away shocked from seeing a large blue sword .

"Why are you doing this?"

"While we're at it why don't we decide the hierarchy . If there is someone who has a problem with me come out . "

It was quiet as a funeral . The girl was obvious and the student was speechless .

'Decide the hierarchy by fighting? Isn't he crazy?'

He wants to fight comrades that need to cooperate no matter if they like each other or not?

 In my mind I wanted to summon Silpi and the magic gun and threaten him .

But that **** is a gangster .

Even if the fight is settled, he will hold a grudge and will try to get revenge no matter what .

Plus in that human's head is probably still full of thoughts of playing with that girl . A human who has gone crazy due to sexual desire will lose his common sense .

Thinking as if he threatened us enough, he turned his gaze towards the the thirty year old man who hasn't reacted at all .

"Ay you . "

" . . . . . "

The thirty year old man didn't say anything . But he was expressionless and didn't seem to be scared by Gochan at all .

"How about you? Do you have any complaints?"

" . . . . . "

"Fuck, answer me!"

The situation didn't look good .

The thirty year old had no comments but isn't afraid . Park Gochan couldn't back down now due to pride .  

Gochan put his face right up against him .

"Why don't you have any answers? Are you a mute? Are you scared? If you can't answer at least shake your head . "

He was implying that if he nods his head he will assume he has submitted and will look over this . Gochan also did not want this to turn into a fight .

But it was then .

Shik!

The guy's right hand moved like lightning and covered Gochan's face . His index finger and **** was on top of Gochan's two eye **** .

"What the fuck!"

The surprised Gochan tossed his hand away .

"It's real easy to dig out eyes with your fingers . "

He finally spoke .

Gochan who's face was turned stiff spoke .

"Everyone can do that . But just because anyone can, doesn't mean they do . "

"What do you think I'll be like? Do you think I will have any hesitation in hurting someone?"

"What the **** are you saying?"

His words were still rough but it was smaller than before .

"You said you wanted to decide the hierarchy right?"

"Yeah so?"

 Park Gochan's voice started shaking .

The thirty year old man smiled coldly .

"Attack . "

"This bastard! Do you not see this? Do you think this is a joke?"

Park Gochan once again lifted his long sword and threatened him .

"I see it . So attack me . "

"This **** **** . . . . !"

The tension .

"Don't we need to stop this?"

The student came over carefully and asked . I shook my head .

"Leave them . "

"Huh?"

"He's not going to attack . "

"That kind of **** won't attack if he feels like he might get hurt . That's why he only threatens . "

It was the same psychology as juveniles during my school days . They only picked on the weak ones that couldn't fight back . They don't touch those who have the courage to fight back .

Gangsters don't attack those who call the police and fight back . They only drink the blood of those who get scared easily and don't fight back .

"Ah **** . It's not like I can kill you or anything . Count your good luck . "

As expected Gochan put down his sword and backed up first .

Everyone sighed in relief . It seemed like the situation was being resolved, but it was then .

"I said attack . "

Gochan turned around surprised .

Did I imagine it? In the thirty year guy's eyes there seemed to flow a dreary energy .

"This bastard, do you really want to go!"

"You need to take responsibility for what you say right?"

Sweat started to gather in Park Gochan's forehead .

In his head he was probably thinking he touched the wrong person .

"We can't fight in this situation so why don't we stop it here?"

Park Gochan was putting in some effort to not show he was scared .

"I'll count to 10 . "

"If you don't attack I'll pluck an eyeball . I hate those who don't take responsibility for their words the most . "

"Hey I said let's stop it here!"

"One, two, three, four, . . . . "

As the count was getting closer to ten, Park Gochan's face filled with horror .

Those who were spectating could tell .

The gangster Park Gochan was nothing . The real scary guy was that cold expressionless man .

"Nine, ten . "

Park Gochan couldn't attack even until the end . The sword in his hand started to shake .

The cold guy who was staring at him spoke .

"This is the first and last warning . "

Saying that he turned around .

Park Gochan's face turned blank like he came back from **** .

'It's that person!'

The person who got great scores other than me . I was sure of it .