Chapter 271 < Colosseum - Monster of the Battlefield (1) >
People said:
That those who know when to retreat are more beautiful than anything.
The man scoffed at those words and replied:
That’s not knowing when to retreat, it’s just prettifying giving up.
Even if you’re stuck in a bottomless pit, struggling with all your might to climb up is what truly looks beautiful.
That memory made the man stand up again.
Not collapsing in the face of defeat, not succumbing to frustration, not breaking even while feeling despair.
Because the word ‘give up’ could not exist in his dictionary.
Even if he continued to struggle ugly and fell somewhere to the very bottom, absolutely.
‘What was lacking?’
In the face of his first defeat ever, the man pondered with a glint in his eyes.
What was lacking that caused him to experience defeat?
The overall conditions were almost the same as his opponent.
No, in fact, if you looked closely, he was the one who had the advantage.
His opponent had only just barely entered the realm, while he had already been in that realm for a long time.
Of course, time was meaningless to their talents, so it was only a slight advantage.
The fight between them was a close battle, a paper-thin difference decided by this slight advantage.
‘Time, time, huh…’
In the end, the thought that struck him was the two letters: time.
It had already been well over twenty years since the man had retired from active duty.
His skill was maintained at the exact same level as before thanks to his innate talent, but his physical strength was clearly not what it used to be.
