As the light faded, what appeared was a vast, wide-open space.

Surrounding it was a circular, short stone wall, and although there were no people, there were thousands of seats that looked like a spectator stand.

[The second trial begins.]

[The second trial is the ‘Arena’.]

Arena, huh.

Come to think of it, this place does resemble the Colosseum.

[This is the ‘Infinite Arena’.]

[Fight and defeat the 10 gladiators sealed within this place.]

[The trial begins.]

Just as the System’s words finished appearing.

The iron bars on the opposite side, which she didn’t know when they appeared, rose up, and a man emerged from there.

The appearance of a Slave Gladiator that anyone could imagine.

He held a well-honed sword and glared at her.

[You have encountered an A-grade humanoid monster, ‘Slave Gladiator Dekar’.]

[Receive his surrender, or kill him to claim victory.]

The man charged.

He used tremendous speed to rush towards her with his sturdy, muscular body, but as expected, he was slow, being just a regular A-grade and not a boss.

“Sorry.”

With those brief words, she swung the Immortal Longsword and instantly severed his head.

She had no intention of wasting time.

[-Chaos-aligned enemy has been killed.]

[Stack increased.]

[1/5]

“Stack?”

She tilted her head in confusion at the unfamiliar word, and a Constellation message appeared as if it had been waiting.

[Constellation, ‘Moon-Cleaving Flash’ says that Stack is a special ability of Purity.]

“A special ability of Purity, huh.”

[Constellation, ‘Moon-Cleaving Flash’ advises that the Stack increases when killing monsters or humans with Chaos, Evil, or Undead attributes.]

Come to think of it, it did say she killed a Chaos-aligned enemy earlier.

In simple terms, her Purity stat increases when she catches bad guys.

As she was learning about the new form, the iron bars that had closed when the first opponent died reopened, and the next opponent entered.

[You have encountered an A+ grade humanoid monster, ‘Slave Gladiator Agines’.]

The humanoid monster from before, or rather, an enemy with a slightly larger build than the Slave Gladiator.

But still, the weak were weak, and she could see everything he was trying to do.

“Die! Give me freedom!”

He was a humanoid monster, so he could speak, but she didn’t pay much attention and sidestepped the axe he swung while standing in place.

“I don’t care!”

[Skill, ‘One Extreme Flash(A)’ is activated.]

She pierced his head at the speed of sound, invisible to his eyes.

Ugh… bloody.

[-Evil-aligned enemy has been killed.]

[Stack increased.]

[2/5]

Ignoring the System window that appeared again, she stared at the next enemy that would appear.

As if sensing her gaze, the iron bars were raised once more, and what emerged from there was a guy with a muscle mass incomparable to the ones who came out earlier.

[You have encountered an S-grade humanoid monster, ‘Gladiator Carl’.]

As expected of a guy who at least had a foot in the S-grade, his aura was completely different.

This time, he held the iron mace on his back with both hands, and at that sight, she took a simple stance and prepared.

“I don’t want to be in this hell anymore!”

Saying that, the guy swung his iron mace.

She quickly moved to the left to avoid the iron mace and immediately launched an attack like before, but.

Clang!

“Kuh!”

“You blocked that?”

Still, he was stronger than those guys from before, quickly blocking the sword with the handle of the iron mace.

“It’ll hurt more if you resist.”

Saying that, she stepped back…… or pretended to.

Ha-yeon, who briefly pulled her left foot back, used that momentum to strike down with even faster and stronger speed.

“Me stepping back was to gain momentum!”

She really bisected the guy named Carl from his head to his groin in one go.

Just as a somewhat grotesque scene was about to unfold, the darkness that appeared on the floor dragged his corpse down.

[-Chaos-aligned enemy has been killed.]

[Stack increased.]

[3/5]

“Now, finally, a guy who blocks attacks, albeit half-heartedly, is coming out.”

She shook the blood off the Immortal Longsword onto the floor and waited for the next enemy to appear.

A moment later, the iron bars opened again, and the guy who came out this time was.

[You have encountered an S-grade humanoid monster, ‘Gladiator Line’.]

He looked agile.

The previous three were strength-based, but is this guy a rogue?

Unlike the other guys who just pushed with strength, he seemed quite tricky.

She would win, though.

The guy quietly watched her and then disappeared at a rapid pace without saying anything like the other guys.

Judging by the fact that even Ha-yeon’s eyes couldn’t see him, it wasn’t that his speed was high, but probably a high-grade stealth skill.

‘This can be ended by sensing mana.’

She spread mana around her while holding the Immortal Longsword forward.

The undulating waves of mana, like a pebble dropped into a lake, covered the surroundings.

Soon, she detected an object moving continuously as the mana rapidly increased.

“There.”

[Skill, ‘Mana Beam(A)’ is activated.]

And she immediately fired the only long-range skill, Mana Beam.

The beam flew towards that place at tremendous speed, and the guy seemed a bit flustered, dodging the attack with a somewhat awkward movement.

Still, the amount of mana decreased very slightly, indicating that he had been injured.

‘As expected, this isn’t enough.’

Thinking that, she began to prepare to move.

She was an S-grade Hunter, and the enemy was just an S-grade humanoid normal monster, but there was still such a thing as a position.

Probably, the guy’s speed and her speed were similar.

“But.”

If it’s this, the story changes.

[Skill, ‘Sacred Haze(S)’ is activated.]

A really broken skill that insanely increased speed and also increased attack power.

When she used the skill, her legs and arms were stained with a white, sacred light.

“You thought you could win with that!”

Ha-yeon, who ran faster than that Mana Beam from before, took the guy’s neck.

As I said before, I don’t intend to waste time.

[-Evil-aligned enemy has been killed.]

[Stack increased.]

[4/5]

Now, one Stack remaining.

It was quite an exciting moment, wondering what would happen when it was all filled.

“Now, is it 6 monsters?”

But that was that, and the number of remaining monsters was six.

S-grades were already coming out, so what would the rest be like?

Honestly, they wouldn’t give her an SS-grade, would they?

Honestly!

Anyway, as she was thinking that, the iron bars opened really quietly, and the opponent coming out of that dark door was.

“…..Beast-man?”

It was a lion Beast-man.

And a tremendously muscular one at that.

[You have encountered an S-grade lion Beast-man monster, ‘Van Kalesta Ray’.]

Even his name sounds high-class.

Even his appearance, except for his shabby clothes, seems dignified.

Admiring his appearance, she looked at the guy, and he also looked at Ha-yeon, pulled out a long sword from his waist, and opened his mouth.

“For our peace, for freedom, I’m sorry, but you’ll have to disappear!”

Van Kalesta Ray, who rushed in while saying something that a middle schooler would say.

Van Kale for short.

Van Kale, who was running with excellent leg strength at a speed similar to the speed-specialized guy from before, swung his long sword with overwhelming power.

“This is a bit strong…!!”

Ha-yeon, who blocked the attack with the Immortal Longsword, stepped back for a moment and activated Sacred Haze once more.

‘More than that, is he an S-grade?’

He was on a different level than the guy from before.

This is a bit troublesome.

Even while thinking that, she charged and swung the Immortal Longsword upwards.

At first, she slightly cut his abdomen, but it stopped there because Van Kale stepped back and swung his long sword, and the guy rushed in again.

‘He’s really like a beast.’

Half human, half beast, so it’s right to say he’s a beast, but.

Clang!

Swords clashing.

But as expected, the difference in strength was significant, and cracks began to appear little by little on Van Kale’s sword.

Probably, the grade is around A+, but it wouldn’t be better than S+, would it.

“I’m sorry, but I have to pass!”

Saying that, she briefly pulled her arm back and activated One Extreme Flash, instantly stabbing forward.

The guy blocked it, but she deliberately aimed for the part where the sword strike had landed earlier and completely shattered the sword.

She pierced his head as it was.

[-Chaos-aligned enemy has been killed.]

[Stack increased.]

[5/5]

And the last Stack increased.

What could it be.

[The conditions for using the special ability of the Purity attribute of the item, ‘Derkael’s Immortality(S)’, have been met.]

[The special ability is activated.]

[Fatal wounds are healed. If there are no fatal wounds, HP is restored.]

Along with the System message, vitality began to circulate through her body.

It wasn’t much, but she was starting to get a little out of breath, so it was quite a good effect.

[A permanent effect is activated.]

[The System’s ‘Price’ recognizes the current situation and adds a debuff within the allowable range to the permanent effect.]

With that effect as the end, she thought there would be no more, but there was one more permanent effect?

No, more than that, Price? Why is this now….

While tilting her head at the System window that appeared once more, she looked at the messages that continued to appear.

[Permanent Effect – Bride’s Purity]

…..What?

Ah, no, wait a minute.

[Charm of appearance is increased (unique effect)]

[Charm of body is increased (unique effect)]

[Breast development is increased (Price debuff)]

[This debuff is a debuff directly set by your Constellation.]

Along with the System message, two peaks that seemed to be growing slightly.

It was the moment when she started to hate the Constellation for the first time since contracting with the Constellation…

[Constellation, ‘Moon-Cleaving Flash’ drools at the heartwarming sight.]

It is a secret that this message was mixed into the System window.