The Jadar Wyvern headed for the North Gate, whose iron grate had already opened. From there, a single Lord with patterns engraved on his black skin, a silver arm and three horns had slowly emerged. The Lord had a silver halberd in one hand and was wearing a pair of loose pants.
As for other articles of clothing, though his upper body was totally bare, he wore a bracelet on his right hand and had iron rings attached to his ankles.
That was the extent of his equipment. Being barefoot and without anything similar to body armor, he looked too defenseless and seemed to be foolishly risking his life in the Colosseum.
Then, all of a sudden, the battle had begun as the loud cheers arose from the entire Colosseum. Despite the fact that the Jadar Wyvern’s big frame was charging towards him, the Lord did not take even a single step.
The audience rose from their seats as they both screamed and cheered at the sight, watching the events unfold with great excitement.
While keeping an eye on the situation, Princess Rubiria muttered something to herself.
「Do not disappoint me, Aporou. After all, this will be good publicity for you, as well as your mercenary group, won't it?」
Even though it wasn’t the case, as if responding to Princess Rubiria’s words, the Lord, Aporou, with just a mere five meters left between him and the Jadar Wyvern, finally moved.
From the view of the spectators, the figure holding the halberd had just suddenly disappeared. Just as suddenly, the massive figure of the Jadar Wyvern was split in two, accompanied by a high pitched noise.
The Jadar Wyvern was cleaved perfectly right down the middle with vast amounts of blood and ping entrails gushing out of it’s body. The two halves slowly parting down the middle.
The source of the Jadar Wyvern’s death was the water spirit stone found within the tip of Aporou’s halberd, which, when swung at a ultra-high speed, created a large, highly pressurized blade of water from the edge of the axe head.
Even though it had bisected the Jadar Wyvern, it did not lose momentum and continued further, approaching Liger, located all the way on the other side of the arena. The water blade showed it’s power by leaving a deep scar on the ground as it flew towards it’s other target.
“Tch ---- UUUUUUUUUOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!”
Momentarily stopping himself to gauge the speed of the water blade, Liger then gave a courageous shout to raise his spirits as he unsheathed the greatsword hanging from his back.
At the same time as the water blade closed on him, he activated his combat 【Arts】 and met the attack head on.