881 Chapter 854

''Before the grand finale, our prince will face a few gladiators first.'' The man said before going silent and roared.

"Ladies!! And gentlemen!! Now, it's time to welcome our gladiators!!!!"

Saying so, he pointed toward one of the doors on the side, which was slowly opening.

From it, four individuals came out. They varied in size and appearance, but each of them was clearly a level above the previous fighters on the scenes. You could see that they weren't weak and had undergone countless fights.

Two of them were human males. One was holding a human-sized round shiel,d while the second one had an ax on his back. The third one was a tall woman with brown rabbit ears on either side of her head wearing a short skirt and short black leggings with many daggers tied to her right thigh. The last one was a shorter than the other but more muscular; he had leopard ears and a tail, and he was holding a hammer.

"You know them all!!! They are among the best! They are the greatest four!! They aaaaaarrrreeeeee–The stars of this colosseum!!! Welcome them with your cheers!!"

Woohoo!!!!

The chorus of cheers was deafening. This was how popular they were. The two human males were brothers and ex-adventurers who managed to gain fame and wealth after a bitter struggle.

The woman was a warrior from the rabbit clan. She wished to prove the strength of their races. Since they were considered as one of the weakest. As such became a gladiator.

As for the man from the leopard clan, the second strongest clan in the Lionheart Empire, he wished to stand at the top of the coliseum as he couldn't inherit the family's third son.

''Now it's time to welcome our-" The man had not finished speaking yet when a terrible explosion occurred.

Kabooooom!

The dust blocked everyone's sight, and once it was swept off, the audience was shown a scene that would most likely make their blood boil because of the perfect entrance.

A young golden-haired man standing in the middle of a large crater was observing them. Even though, from their position, they were the ones looking down at him, they couldn't help but feel incredibly small in front of the aura he was emanating. It was the aura of an emperor; there was no doubt about it.

"I am Leon Lionheart." Leon introduced himself to his people.

Alex rolled his eyes at his friend.

''Does he has to do that?"

''Perhaps are you feeling jealous?" Sakuya asked with a smile.

''What nonsense are you spouting? It's not like want to go down to play.'' Alex said, trying to defend himself, but the desire to be down there, the desire to fight, couldn't be hidden from his eyes. This made the girls secretly laugh at him.

Meanwhile, on the stage, Leon, who had made such a grand entrance, looked at the four gladiators before him and declared.

''Come at me. It would be more fun this way, and you might stand a chance this way.'' Leon's declaration was bold, and arrogant, but someone of his bearing needed to be arrogant. It is not arrogance when you can back your words.

Uoooooooooooooooh!

Facing their future emperor's bold declaration, the spectators liked his bold declaration.

Alex chuckled, thinking that his friend also knew how to have the crowd under his control.

The four were strong but not strong as Leon. While their level was high, reaching level 100, none of them surpassed Level 110, which meant that they couldn't win; well, they might if they combined their strength.

"Y-your Highness!? Are you serious!?"

The referee seemed stumped for words and didn't know what to do. He looked around before finally looking high in the sky, waiting for a word to oppose this mad idea.

Three of the four gladiators, on the other, had hard times hiding their anger. Never had they felt so insulted in their careers. If Leon weren't the prince, they would have already hurled abuse at him. The only one relatively calm was the beastman from the Leopard clan. He knew the prince was strong, really strong, and they may not win even if they were to gang up on him.

[Leon Lionheart]

Class: Magic Swordmaster

Age: 19

Male

Race: Golden Lion

Rank 14 [Saint]

Level 137

Experience Value: 310000/410000

MP: 4520/4520

Magic: Lightning/Fire

Attack: 1930

Defense: 1710

Agility: 1710

Intelligence: 1410

Luck: 1510

Gift: The Lionheart

BP: 0

SP: 40

Skills: [Close Combat Level 10] [Swordsmanship Level 7] [Lightning Art Level 6] [Flame Shield Level 5] [Fireball Level 4] [Lightning Descent Level 4] [Hammer Art Level 5]

Special Abilities: [Lionheart] [Golden Armor] [Lightning Domain] [Lion's Pride] [Roar???]

Titles: [Unique] [Born Ruler] [Slaughterer] [Slayer] [Lightning Lord]

Looking at his friend's status, Alex did not doubt that he would win even facing the four.

The man acting as the referee announced the beginning of the fight after seeing that the prince was serious about fighting the four simultaneously.

"So, guys, what do we do?"

The sole girl of the group asked as she began to clench her fists. She was the second strongest of the group, a Level 106, the ex-adventurers were Level 108 and Level 105, while the beastman from the Leopard clan was level 105.

''We should not underestimate the prince as we both know he was stronger than us individually. While ganging up on him might leave a bad aftertaste in our mouths, if it's the only solution to win, then it can be helped. But first, we should do a little bit of probing.'' The strongest of the four suggested, and the others nodded in acquiescence. None of them were newbies. The previous disregard might have angered them, but they wouldn't rush will, belittling their enemies or thinking they were arrogant.

"Have you finished your planning?" Leon asked with his arms crossed.

The rabbit woman clicked her tongue before deep red mana began to surround her body; more was concentrated on her fist before she vanished.

"Here I come!!"

The ring they were on was as large as a large field. The initial distance between the five of them was just a few meters. As such, she reached him in the blink of an eye. At least–from a normal person's perspective.

Boom!

Countering her fist with his own, the two entered a brief stalemate before separating. This announced the beginning of the fun.