Chapter 343: An Invisible Confrontation
In the unceremonious rebuttal of the delicate girl, the crowd who was about to watch the show suddenly quieted down, and everyone's eyes were on the former, no one would have thought that the other party would be a member of the legendary mercenary group Xiwen Women's Mercenary Group, let alone that this mercenary group would merge with another legendary mercenary group, and such a major event would definitely cause an earthquake in the mercenary world.
The shocked gaze stayed on the face of the delicate girl, and a look of surprise appeared in the eyes of everyone, no one would have expected that they would receive such important information in this situation, you must know that many of today's contestants, their origins belong to various mercenary groups, although they have not won the title of legendary mercenary group, but there are also a few of them are the best of the legendary mercenary group.
For others, such news shocked them even more, participating in this tournament may be for some reason, but for them, all the news related to the interests of the mercenary group they belong to is the most important thing in their hearts.
The suspicious gaze wandered between the delicate girl and the barbarian, and everyone's careful thoughts came out one after another, but no one dared to take the lead in reconfirming this matter to the two, after all, the level division is everywhere, the mercenary group to which the two of them belong is a legendary-level mercenary group, and the mercenary group to which some people belong has not even obtained the title of legendary, so how dare they ask the two for verification.
The smug gaze swept over everyone's faces one by one, and the delicate girl seemed to be very satisfied with the impact of her words, in fact, her true identity was just a reserve member of the flaming iris mercenary group at the bottom of the legendary mercenary group, and she was really not an important person, but she thought carefully, but the newspaper was a relatively high-ranking Shiwin female mercenary group, which was her little vanity.
It's just that, but when her gaze sneaked over the young man in tight red leather armor, the delicate little face suddenly hung a layer of frost, just because the latter didn't hear her words, turned his head to look into the distance without any reaction, as if the cold building was more attractive than her.
Seeing this scene, the delicate girl's white and tender little face suddenly turned white, her teeth bit her lower lip tightly, and she stomped her little foot hard as if she was venting, and her white and tender face was flushed with a hint of red, but she suddenly turned her head and glared at the burly barbarian, and pointed her finger.
"Shut up, you beast! You remember it for me, and when I return to the mercenary capital, I will make you look good! ”
"Humph!"
In the face of the threatening words of the delicate girl, the burly barbarian Krutoy obviously did not take it to heart, he only snorted, and then stopped speaking, and he did not know whether the girl's threatening words played a role, or out of contempt for the other party.
"Alright! All contestants will enter the venue in order according to their number. Proud as a rooster, the delicate girl commanded loudly with her head held high, and then swept her disdainful gaze over those who were waiting beside her. As for the others, get the fuck off for me, it's an arena, not a nursing home that needs a babysitter! ”
In the girl's delicate command, the contestants raised their heads one after another, glanced at the former, and in the face of the upcoming competition, it was obvious that everyone had no heart to care about the tone and attitude with them, and after hearing his command, they slowly walked into a side door under the invitation of one of the gladiators.
Walking slowly to the back of the crowd, feeling the cold stone wall with his hands, Kraser's mind couldn't help but think of the description of this Hall of Glory Arena that he had heard from the Jersey leader.
Built during the reign of Romanov I, between the inner and outer imperial cities, the Arena was built by the wealthy who lived in the city to please the victorious soldiers and to praise the great Romanovs.
Even after nearly a thousand years of time, the architectural design of the Hall of Glory Arena does not lag behind the current architectural aesthetic viewpoint, and in fact, about a thousand years later, every relatively large Colosseum has more or less branded with some of the design styles of the Hall of Glory Arena in terms of architectural style.
Today, through the carols of the bards and the dissemination of history books, people can feel more deeply the brutal fighting and killing scenes between man and beast and between man and man that took place here, and all this was only to bring some primitive and savage pleasure to the audience watching from the wall.
Hall of Glory Arena is an exemplary masterpiece and miracle in the history of architecture, it is known for its hugeness, majesty and magnificence, after thousands of years of expansion, although the scale of the arena has been expanded several times compared with the original, but its majestic spirit, majestic momentum is even more than the beginning.
The overall building of the Hall of Glory Arena is circular, and the internal structure of the central arena is elliptical in plan, covering an area of about 60,000 square meters, and the highest part of the outer wall is connected with the inner imperial city wall, which is about 72 meters high, which is equivalent to half a star tower.
The building is roughly divided into four floors, the exterior is clad entirely in dark gray volcanic stone, with one hundred and twelve arches on the lower three floors, with distinctive columns arranged in the standard order of Doric, Ionic and Corinthian, and the fourth floor is decorated with small windows and pilasters.
In the middle of the arena is the gladiatorial arena, about 212 meters long, about 196 meters wide, the whole is still oval, and below the gladiatorial arena is a hollow stratum, which holds the monsters, gladiators or prisoners of war captured from all over the continent.
The arena stands are roughly circular, with four levels and five zones.
The bottom floor is a good viewing area, so the first area is the seat of the bureaucracy and aristocracy, the second floor is the seat of the wealthy merchants, the third floor is the high-class family seat, which belongs to the small assets, the fourth floor is the common seat, and the last floor is the grandstand.
The entire stadium grandstand can accommodate nearly 100,000 spectators, and there are 100 entrances and exits on the lowest floor, which can ensure that all the spectators in the stadium can be evacuated within 15 to 30 minutes in the event of a riot.
Someone once curiously asked who the designer of this famous arena was, but someone had ever gotten the real answer, so that until now, it is still unknown who its designer is.
However, it is rumored that the architecture of this arena may be borrowed from the style of the most famous royal arena during the Goblin Empire, but with the passage of time, the facts have long been impossible to investigate.
When the construction of the Arena of Glory was completed, the then ruler Romanov I held a ceremony for 50 days to celebrate it. The ancient Roman rulers organized and drove 5,000 beasts and 3,000 slaves, prisoners of war, and criminals to "perform" and fight, and this bloody battle between man and beast and man lasted for 100 days, until the 5,000 beasts and 3,000 human lives killed each other and died together. It is no wonder that some people say that as long as you grab a handful of dirt on the gladiatorial ring and put it in your hand, you can see the blood stains printed on your palm.
In fact, although the Hall of Glory Arena is called an arena, its function is not limited to gladiators and beasts to fight and fight, in order to win the emperor, princes, nobles laugh, also known as the amphitheater, because the venue is wide enough to be used for competitions, competitions, performances of songs and dances and military parades.
Therefore, the role of this Hall of Glory Arena has added a strong touch to this famous mainland city.
In contrast, its twin brother, the role of the warrior killing field is very single, and the latter has only one role, that is, killing, the battle between people and between humans and beasts, is the topic that people talk about, so in terms of the familiar reputation, the latter is far more than the former.
Walking in the dark and deep corridor, Krazer slowly withdrew his hand, and his mood gradually became agitated, as if he could hear the cry of the unwilling soul for thousands of years from this cold stone wall.
Taking a deep breath, Krazer opened his closed eyes, stopped his trembling body, clenched his fists tightly with both hands, and slowly released them, the reason why he was able to participate in this game was completely for the dwarf Camosiddo, otherwise with his own wishes, he would not have been involved in this kind of thing at all, because he had his own dreams, and he didn't want to be bound by anyone or anything.
Therefore, even though he promised Rolando Henry to participate in this match, he was still very resistant to this game in his heart, and even made a secret decision in his heart that as long as he broke into the top four and could complete this agreement, he would find a reason to stop.
But now it was different, Krezer's state of mind had changed drastically, the slackness of the past was gone, replaced by an unprecedented desire for victory, he wanted to be like those warriors who had fought bloody battles here, for his own glory, for the final victory, willing to pay the price of his life, now only this voice echoed in his head.
Even though he had already walked through this dark corridor once, it was the first time that such a feeling stirred his heart had arisen, and the same thing, at different times, would have different feelings in people's hearts, and it was said that it was now.
Walking at the end of the procession, caressing the stout stone pillars that supported the corridor, Kretzer was soon left far behind by the advancing procession, but he himself felt nothing.
And his abnormal movement, but could not escape the eyes of the contestants, but no one took the initiative to remind the former, and even more after seeing this scene, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but hang an undisguised mocking smile, obviously they thought that the lagging person was afraid and flinched.
The brave will be respected at all times! Even if you are defeated, you will still be glorious despite defeat!
Cowardly escape, for whatever reason, will be spurned!
It is precisely the existence of this kind of brave man who would rather die in battle than retreat that has allowed the once weakest human race to climb to the top of the forest!
"Humph! Coward! If you want to quit now, won't it feel too late! ”
Just as Kraser's mood gradually became agitated, a crisp female voice with obvious mockery suddenly sounded in the dark corridor, instantly pulling him back from his fantasy.
Turning his head to look, Krazer realized that the owner of the voice turned out to be the delicate girl, who was now looking at him with contempt, but he did not open his mouth to give any explanation, only smiled at her.
But this smile was seen by the delicate girl, how to look as if someone had exposed the lie, reluctant embarrassed smile, glanced at Krazer again with disdain, and the petite body with body fragrance swept past him, leaving only a chuckle.
"Don't grind, it's impossible to quit now, it's a big deal to admit defeat with your dragon after you play!"
With that, the slender and delicate figure disappeared into the shadows of the corridor.
Wordlessly looking at the back of the delicate girl leaving, the words full of sarcasm echoed in his ears, Frazer smiled quite self-deprecatingly, he didn't expect that the moment he felt felt was actually considered an act of retreat, sometimes people's ideas are really funny.
Shaking his head, Kreizer soothed Thanatos, who was lying on his shoulder, and chased in the direction where the figure of the delicate girl disappeared, if he didn't appear for a long time, I am afraid that he would really be regarded as a weak person who retreated.
Fortunately, the only way for the delicate girl to leave is this way, although it is darker, but the walls on both sides of the corridor are inlaid with lighting stones that emit soft light, and the hazy light fills the dark corridor, which retains the unique atmosphere of the dark corridor to the greatest extent.
As Kratzer circled down the stone steps, a faint and noisy chatter came from behind the wooden door at the end, and he took two steps forward, pushed open the wooden door, and entered, where all the contestants were scattered in chairs and talked to each other in this small lounge.
As soon as Kraser's figure appeared, the cacophony suddenly stopped, and everyone's eyes turned to the former, but then there was an undisguised chuckle.
"Look who this is, I thought he had escaped!" A strong man with a burly figure no weaker than a barbarian looked at Krazer unscrupulously and smiled contemptuously.
"How is that possible! He was recommended by the Great Prince, so he must be a powerful guy! The other person sitting next to him also echoed in a strange way, unlike the former, the latter turned out to be a magician. If I'm not mistaken, there are only three magicians among these of us, and he's one of them! ”
"Oh? It turned out to be a magician! Cough! Saliva! Hearing this, the strong man's eyebrows raised and he spat viciously. So why did he come so slowly? Are you lost? Hahahaha! ”
After that, the strong man laughed to himself without any scruples.
"No, no, no, there is only one way we can go, he is not lost, he is just weak!" The other person sitting next to him also said with undisguised sarcasm.
"Oh~! I see! Wow! Hahahaha...! Hearing this, the strong man burst out laughing even more.
During the provocative conversation between the two men, all eyes in the room were focused on Krezer, waiting with interest for the latter's reaction, and even some of the do-gooders pulled out their chairs in high spirits, as if intending to make room for them.