This MT's appearance really did change the situation.
MT excelled at defense. Under the gladiator rules, if a fight dragged on for an hour without a victor, they couldn't be allowed to battle forever. The ten highest-ranking people present would form a jury, and whoever had the higher percentage of Health Points remaining would win.
Mountain Dweller Sikse had already achieved the feat of defeating three opponents in a row, but he'd paid for it with one hand, half a leg, and a gut wound that had spilled his entrails. He was bleeding from dozens of serious injuries. Even though he was a Half-giant with over 2,000 Health Points and a 100% regeneration rate, he was still badly wounded. If MT kept dragging things out, he'd be the one to lose.
Sure enough, MT adopted a strategy of evasive defense, taking shelter behind his large shield whenever he couldn't dodge. Although Mountain Dweller Sikse was incredibly strong, he didn't actually have many attack skills and wasn't known for his explosive Attack Power. MT also had plenty of bizarre, underhanded slowing skills. He kept reducing Mountain Dweller Sikse's speed, then attacked his wounds with Poison Coating on his ranged weapons, preventing him from healing himself. After a long hour, he finally wore the freakish Half-giant down.
Kirk, Little Fatty, and the others had been resting all along. Now, after half a day, they'd finally taken out the other team's first fighter. Since the jury would decide the winner in this kind of match, no one would die. Mountain Dweller Sikse left the arena in frustration, and the matter was settled peacefully.
MT was also thrilled. He'd taken down a gladiator ranked at God of War level! Those 1,000 Glory Points were no joke. If their team won in the end, they'd