The convoy of slaves traveled for a day and a night, and on the morning of the next day, arrived at the capital of the Ulster Kingdom, the city of Amma.

Todd, who jumped out of the carriage, tightened his cloak, watched the captain of the legion who was responsible for escorting the slaves, leading the mighty convoy into the city through the drawbridge, and whispered to Rachel: "Along the way, the guards responsible for the slaves are heavily guarded, and they are well guarded. I don't understand why Ulster cares so much about the escort of slaves, even at the expense of using a large number of regular troops. ”

The woman stepped out of the carriage and said in a low voice, "In the history of the Ulster Kingdom, there was a very serious incident of slave defection. The leader of the defected slaves organized a huge army, and at the height of his military power, even besieged the capital of the kingdom. ”

Todd nodded, and asked with interest, "What happened to these rebellious slaves?"

Rachel didn't speak, motioning for him to follow.

Walking to the gates, Richer spoke to the guards in a fluent Northland language, and then handed over two more silver coins, and was granted the right of way.

Carrying Todd into the bustling city, Rachel leading the way, turning a few intersections and crossing a bridge. The two came to a sparsely populated and uneven bluestone avenue.

Pointing to the path underfoot, Rachel said to Todd, "This path is called the Trail of Sighs. ”

The latter was a little puzzled: "Why did you choose such a name?"

Rachel stepped on the stone slab on the road with her foot, giving Todd a look and motioning for him to take a closer look.

Todd crouched down curiously, taking a closer look at the gap between the bluestones. Then, with his fingers, he brushed aside a little bit of dirt, picked up a small piece of white 'tile', and said, "This looks a bit like a bone ......."

"That's right. Reichel looked at the road, which stretched for hundreds of meters, and said softly: "Didn't you just want to ask what happened to those slaves? ”

Todd's eyes were wide open, and he used the ability of "perspective" to look towards the ground, and was startled by the landscape in front of him.

Dense with bones and hairs, filled between the stone slabs and under the dirt. If you look deeper, you can even see the corpses standing and buried beneath the earth.

"Thousands of captured slaves were thrown into pre-dug vertical holes and buried alive here. Rachel looked around, and after confirming that no one was there, he turned his face to Todd: "Your Majesty, this is not the Twilight West Kingdom, this is the barbarian country in the north. Madness, bloodthirstiness, promiscuity, and sadism are as frequent here as they are commonplace. ”

Todd stood up, looked at the ground beneath his feet, and sighed softly, "This is the so-called 'tradition' of the North?"

"That's right. I have seen your world in your soul space, where it is beautiful and rich, and life is stable, which is also the place I yearn for the most. As she walked on, she turned back and said, "If I could stay there for a day, even if it cost me my life." ”

Todd put the bone fragment in his hand on the ground, looked at Richel, and said with a firm look in his eyes: "Believe me, all this will come true, I promise you!"

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After finding a hotel in the city for a while, Todd and Rachel had lunch before heading to the most lively and crowded place in Arama City, the Colosseum, the Red Circle.

The Red Circle is the most famous building on the entire northern continent, located in the westernmost part of the city, covering an area of more than 60,000 square meters. Speaking of the origin of this name, there is no excessive connotation. The soil in the grounds, originally brown soil, was gradually stained red by the blood splattered by the long battle, and the name "Red Circle" spread.

In this place, battles between gladiators, or between gladiators and powerful enemies, are staged every day, and corpses are the most common decorations here.

The building is designed in the shape of a ring, with a gladiatorial arena in the middle and stands on all sides. The entire venue can accommodate up to 7,000 people watching the competition at the same time.

The building structure is divided into four floors from bottom to top.

The second (lower) basement floor is the cleaning area, where the bodies of the defeated after the gladiatorial battle, as well as scattered debris, will be transported to this place for centralized disposal.

The basement floor is a personnel area. The daily life of the gladiators, including functional areas such as dining, training, and sleeping, was concentrated here.

The ground floor is a gladiatorial area. It includes a circular area as a battlefield, and a surrounding spectator area.

The second (upper) floor above ground is the viewing area. This includes areas such as watchtowers, guarded passages, and VIP stands.

After paying some of the local currency used in the North (converted into parish currency, about 16 Bronze Stars), Todd and Rachel made their way into the "Red Circle" gladiatorial arena.

Before they reached the stands, the tsunami-like cheers from the audience shocked the two of them.

There was no shading equipment, and at two o'clock in the afternoon on the hottest day of the day, there were thousands of people sitting in the huge gladiatorial arena.

Most of them were from the Kingdom of Ulster, but there were also many travelers from other northern countries.

In the gladiatorial arena, a duel is fought.

A heavily armoured warrior takes on five unclothed slaves.

In the latter's hands, there were only rusty and dull blades, which struck the warrior's iron armor, leaving only white scratches.

The duel did not last long, and the curtain came down in just fifteen minutes.

The duel ended in a resounding victory for the heavily armored warriors, with the five slaves detached, and the head of one of them, hung by the warrior on a long knife, was displayed around the arena.

Looking at the bloody scene in front of him, Todd remembered the so-called "tradition" in the north, and was speechless for a long time.

Rachel stabbed him with her elbow and looked at a huge iron fence at the end of the arena: "Behind that iron gate is the prison where slave gladiators are kept. ”

Todd uses "Eagle Eye" and "Perspective" to observe the structure of the Colosseum and look for a suitable infiltration route.

Rachel looked at the center of the gladiatorial arena, a group of corpse collectors with shovels and rammers, shoveled the broken corpses scattered on the ground, and shoveled them onto the cart with the earth, leaned over and said to Todd: "The gladiatorial fight of the boyars should be tomorrow morning, and the Ulster Kingdom will definitely prepare for the most cruel and desperate battle for this traitor." If you can't get him out tonight, he'll die tomorrow. ”

Todd nodded, lowering his cloak and covering his face.

Late that night, relying on the mutated monster body, Todd walked on the almost vertical wall, like a gecko.

With his feet kicked on the wall, his whole body was like a spring, and he jumped into the air more than ten meters high, grabbing the edges and corners under the high platform of the gladiatorial arena.

"Night Vision", "Eagle Eye" and "Perspective" are all activated.

The personnel distribution of the whole building, the staircase corridors, and the secret door mechanism are like three-dimensional vector drawings on the computer, which are clearly and in detail in front of you.

Carefully navigating the obstacles, avoiding the patrolling guards, Todd crouched on the roof of the house on all fours, and saw the right time to enter the slave's prison.

The pungent musty smell and rancid smell permeated the entire underground prison.

Looking through the cells, Todd finally found Boyle in the innermost room.

This strong, tough northern man in his impression was now tied to a wooden frame, without a single intact skin on his body, and he was so thin that he could see almost every rib.

Todd carefully cupped Boyle's head and made him look at him.

"Are you...... ...... with Richell "Boyle's cloudy eyes were filled with blood and impurities, but the moment he saw Todd, there was a sudden clarity in his pupils.

Todd untied the ropes that bound his hands and feet, and whispered to Boyle, "I'm here to save you." ”

Boyle, who had lost his restraints, fell on Todd's shoulder, and the wound that had already scabbed over ruptured again due to the large movement, and blood dripped to the ground.

Seeing that the other party's injuries were too severe, Todd began to search for cloth in the room, intending to bandage Boyle's wounds first.

"My people ......"

Boyle, who was lying on the ground, reached out to Todd and shouted hoarsely.

Todd frowned, walked to Boyle's side, shook his head and said, "I can only save you alone, and I can't do anything about your people." ”

I don't know where the power came from, Boyle suddenly grabbed Todd's wrist tightly and roared again: "My people!"

Todd closed his eyes, assessing the current situation and all possibilities, but after a while, with a helpless expression, he shook his head again.

In the face of all kinds of torture, Boyle, who never gave in, burst into tears in his red eyes at this time.

"Fried saved my life from the bear's claws...... Minnie raised me on goat's milk...... Evans was always behind me...... They are all my people......" Boyle looked at the roof of the cell and muttered unconsciously, "I can't leave them and run alone, I can't ......do it"

Todd was stunned, the scene in front of him was so similar to his experience.

On the night before the Battle of Twilight, he flatly rejected the idea of surviving alone in the face of the three-way attack of the Silver Ring Alliance, the North Island pirates, and the barbarian tribes, and stayed in Twilight Town to buy time for the people to retreat.

With his trembling palms, Boyle grabbed Todd's shirt tightly, and there was only helplessness and begging in his eyes: "My people...... Help me, help me!"

Before the words fell, Boyle's hand suddenly fell weakly.

Todd was startled, and quickly leaned down and leaned his ear against the other's chest.

The sound of the other party's heartbeat slowly returned to dead silence.

Boyle...... He's dead......