Chapter 34: Life Stealing I

The red-clad gladiators lowered their arms and greeted the cheers of the audience in a daze. Theotis was furious, and the others were bewildered: Well, we've won...... But how is it that this victory is not at all happy?

Because of this new guy, he killed three blue-clothed gladiators by himself, including the team leader "Polar Bear", so that the two blue-clothed gladiators that everyone worked together to kill not only did not win the applause they deserved, but in the eyes of the audience in the entire gladiatorial arena, it became a powerful proof that this newcomer is stronger.

Asker slung his greatsword back on his shoulder, and instead of waving his arms to the surrounding auditorium, as was customary for the victors of the arena, he yawned lazily.

Then he turned around and walked towards the passage back to the training ground.

The red-clad gladiators followed him and returned to the underground training ground in a huff. As soon as Asker put his two-handed greatsword back on the weapon rack, he was slapped on the back.

"Played beautifully." Behind him, a tall red-clad gladiator said, giving him a thumbs up.

"You're not bad either." Aske said, "What to call it?" ”

"Barbarians." The other party said. This is his arena nickname.

In addition to obtaining the "Sharps I" potion, Askelai Gladiatorial Arena also has a purpose, which is to find a melee output for his team, the more violent the better, and the one who can deal with heavy armor is preferred.

Theotis's fighting strength is barely qualified, but his character is obviously not good. Isn't it just for the position of a gladiator, as for holding grudges like this? Is the gladiator still a very glorious golden job?

In addition to Theotis, Asker also paid special attention to the three people who had performed well in the battle just now, and this big man was one of them.

He is about 1.9 meters tall and has very well-proportioned muscles, which is the figure of an international male model in reality. The weapons are two battle axes, wielding them like the wind, and the enemy can hardly block his two moves even if they block, no wonder he is nicknamed "Barbarian".

In addition, this guy was wearing steel-patterned plate armor, wearing a horned helmet with northern characteristics, and beautiful pale blonde hair that was almost pure white under the steel forehead guard, and was shortened and broken by sharp weapons such as daggers.

The skin is also extremely white unique to the Northlanders, but it is not as rough as the mercenaries who travel all year round, and it is as smooth as cow's milk.

The pupils are nearly transparent sky blue, lighter than Eleanor's sea blue iris, the bridge of the nose is slender and straight, the lips are extremely thin, and he is a handsome guy with an extremely neutral appearance......

Or beauty, in short, Asker doesn't recognize the gender of this person.

"The 'Collapse Mountain Triple Stack' just now is so beautiful, the only drawback is that the third blow only hits his right shoulder. If you can cut off the head directly, you don't need to make up for a decapitation later. As much as I love the hearty style of killing, it's not necessarily the case in the audience, these Cires don't appreciate the beauty of blood and power......" the guy was still babbling.

"Hidlifa!" Theotis staggered over like an enraged lion, his mouth full of steel teeth almost crushed, "What do you say to him?" Did you defect so quickly?! ”

"Mutiny?" The big man called "Barbarian" tilted his head and said puzzledly, "The red team is not your personal property, and I am not your subordinate, what is a mutiny?" You can be the leader of the RED team just because no one fights with you. ”

"So are you trying to fight for this position?" Theotis laughed wickedly.

"How's it going, brother?" The big man bowed his head and said to Asker, "If you are fighting for the lead, I will support you." ”

"What are you fighting for?" Aske couldn't help but laugh, "Is it necessary for a gladiator leader to act like some kind of throne?" ”

On the other side, Theotis was stunned when he heard this, and the big man was silent, and said with a hearty smile:

"Yes."

With that, he went to the carpet next to him and sat down, as if he was starting to be stunned.

The next gladiatorial fight will take place in 3 hours, so the crowd has some time to recover and practice.

Asker looked at the weapon rack and picked out a Caucasian-style straight sword.

This straight sword is relatively lightweight, moderately long, and wielded quickly and silently, making it a favorite of oriental swordsmen. The disadvantage is that the spine of the sword is not thick enough, and if it is used to block the slash of the opposite weapon, it is estimated that it will collapse in three or two strokes.

The second gladiatorial fight, just use this weapon, he thought to himself.

"Sir, sir, you can't go in!" Outside, there was a hurried shout from Sadric, and with a certain heavy step, the door to the training ground was pushed open with force.

Michael, the captain of the Imperial Royal Guard, descended the stone steps, scanned the audience with a falcon-sharp gaze, and finally landed on Asker.

"What's your name?" He asked.

"Asker. Lepius. Achilles. ”

"Achilles." Michael pondered for a moment, "Is it the Achilles family?" It's no wonder you're proficient in Tactics. ”

"The glory of the family in the past is not something that can be won for you in this small gladiatorial arena. If you are interested in making a contribution to the army, come to the gate of Chalk to find me, and report to me. Bringas' name. ”

After saying that, he didn't care about Asker's reply, turned around and left the training ground.

Asker looked confused: ???

Is this triggering a hidden side plot? In other words, does the Achilles family have any special background? Are there hidden clues in the game that haven't been unearthed?

He was standing there puzzled when he saw the arena receptionist Saddric rush in.

He glanced at Michael's departing back, shook his head speechlessly, turned to Asker and said excitedly:

"Newcomer, you fought awesome in that battle just now! The audience is still cheering for your name! He paused, and immediately said, "No, no, no, Hercules is not your name, you have to think of a more majestic nickname, this is the rule of our gladiatorial arena." ”

"What about the 'Vikings'? After all, you're holding a two-handed greatsword, which was the representative weapon of the ancient Viking warriors. ”

"The representative weapon of our Vikings should be the tomahawk." The big man next to him said in a muffled voice, "When you are a pirate, you can not only pick up and cut people, but also throw them to kill." Moreover, he did not have Northland ancestry. ”

"Hey, Yankees." Saddric said unceremoniously, "The reason for calling him 'Vikings' is precisely because he is a Solomon!" This proves that among us Solomon there are also strong warriors who are superior to you Northlanders...... It's a Cirith-esque pun that you don't understand. ”

"Then let's call it 'Vikings.'" Asker didn't bother to talk about this kind of thing, so he simply waved his hand and said.

"Okay, 'Vikings.'" "Your red team has already won one game, and you only need to win two more games today to win today's 'Gladiatorial Gold Cup'." ”

"There will be a 'one-day champion' and you are the one with the best chance of becoming the champion at the moment. I've weighed 10 pounds on you, don't let me down! ”

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On the other hand, the girls are also resolute. In the morning, I went to the city government to directly use three times the reserve price to auction the homestead and complete the property rights delivery, and in the afternoon, I found a construction team and used an excavator to bulldoze the ruins of the burned house of Peggy's family.

"Next, we used container movable housing boards to set up a simple warehouse first." Nola, who was wearing a hard hat, looked at the plan and said to Eleanor, "Anyway, this warehouse is only temporary, and then we can buy building materials." Stone, wood, sand, clay, steel, cement, all can be piled up in the warehouse. ”

"Can you build a house with these?" Eleanor was skeptical.

"Of course." "It's more than enough to have a frame structure. ”

"I've finished digesting my supernatural abilities!" Peggy's voice suddenly sounded, obviously with the help of Medea's psychic communication, "I'm going to upgrade to Level 2, start refining potions now!" ”

So the two girls immediately ran back to the house - just like the elementary school students heard that their classmates played Monster Hunter and hit the best materials, and went to the third floor to watch the excitement. I saw that Medea had already erected a disposable cauldron, and Peggy was pounding the fruit of Eden with a stone pestle in a mortar.

"It's almost like this." Peggy said. Nora leaned over to see where the juice was, it was all mashed into a pulp.

"Is it okay for you to come by yourself?" Nora said with a little humility, "Do you want to wait for Aske to come back and let him refine the potion himself, to be safe?" ”

"No, you don't." It was Medea who answered. Her injuries have not fully healed, and her face is still as pale as gold paper, but she has some blood, "I'm also your transcendent senior, okay?" Refining a level 1 potion is not difficult for me at all. ”

As she spoke, she set up a filter paper funnel and poured the pulp paste from the mortar, followed it with a crucible, and quickly accumulated about 100ml of juice, and then added a spoonful of Corfu olive oil to it, stirring clockwise.

"Next, add a little ferrous oxide powder." Medea stared at the potion recipe, pinched a pinch of ferrous oxide powder and put it in, "Stir counterclockwise......

Soon the liquid inside the crucible became red as blood, the water did not look like water, the oil did not look like oil, and it shone with a certain seductive brilliance, which made the girls around them feel the urge to be hungry just by looking at it.

"Hold on, hold on." Medea said this, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and finally pinched her nose and poured in the golden-striped leech meat puree, so that the liquid was quickly absorbed by the meat puree, and gradually turned into a soft lump of "mud".

"Hurry up and eat." Medea picked up the lump of mud and placed it on a white porcelain plate, "Otherwise, I'm afraid you'll spit it out." ”

Peggy swallowed the lump of mud, and her lips immediately turned bright red. Her canine teeth began to protrude from her lips, her iris was dyed red, and the pores of her whole body were opened, releasing red, vague blood. Suddenly, she grabbed her throat and her whole body twitched like a whimble.

"Potions of different sequences are starting to clash!" Medea said with a frown.

"What then?" Nora said anxiously. She wanted to go over and treat Peggy, but she was afraid that using her supernatural abilities would hasten her loss of control.

"Wait." Medea said seriously, "Flesh and life stealing are not highly conflicting xenomorph sequences. As long as Peggy's flesh and blood I are indeed digested, then the probability of getting out of control should not be high. ”

Although her tone did not hesitate, her eyes were also staring at Peggy. I saw that Peggy was almost a bloody man, her left hand pressed her abdomen hard, and her right hand choked her throat as if she was about to vomit, but her teeth were clenched and she didn't spit it out, so she could only roll on the ground in pain.

Countless flesh buds bulged and moved on the skin around her, as if there were thousands of maggots buried inside, and the next second they would turn into terrifying monsters, and everyone couldn't help but feel fear for a while.

After a few minutes, the mutation in Peggy's body finally subsided. She curled up and gasped for air, and the red blood around her body was sucked back into her body.

"I ...... I did it. She said weakly, "Life stealing...... I'm level 2 now. ”