046 Festival, the cruel entertainment program behind the glitz
To get to Silvermoon City in the far north, you must pass through the Kingdom of Gilneth, and this Blue Heart is the only way to go. Dante and Chen Xiaoyao rode their respective mounts and walked towards Blue Heart.
Blue Heart Town is only 40 kilometers away, and with the running speed of Black Wind and Wang Hu, the two of them can get there in no time.
Chen Xiaoyao snorted disdainfully and said, "Blue Heart Town is the largest slave trading market in Gilnes. At this, his face became a little ugly.
"Oh?" When Dante heard this, he sensed that the panda man seemed to be a little unhappy, so he asked, "What do you mean by that?" ”
Chen Xiaoyao glanced at Dante, sighed, and said, "I've been to that place. It is the border between the kingdoms of Gilneth and the kingdom of Griffons, and is close to the mineral veins on the northern slopes of the Fairy Mountains, which is a very prosperous trading hub. ”
As he spoke, the panda man picked up the small wine bottle, took another sip, shook it, and found that there was no more wine. Dante hurriedly took out his flask, filled it with ale, handed it to the panda man, and said, "I still have ale here, try it." ”
"Thank you!" Chen Xiaoyao took the Great Demon King's wine jug, took a sip, stuck out his tongue, and said, "This ale wine, the taste is too turbid, it is not as refreshing as rice wine." With that, he returned the flask to the Great Demon King.
Chen Xiaoyao drank a little wine, warmed up a little, and continued: "Dante, do you know? I, the man, hate the slave trade above all, and that's not what people do. On my way to Cogger, I passed through the town of Blue Heart and stayed there for one night. On the surface, it looks similar to Cogwheel Town, where the human inhabitants trade all kinds of goods, but at night, the rich men who have arrived from the griffon kingdoms and the kingdoms of Gilneth will set up rings in the underground arena for the slaves to fight the ferocious monsters for the audience's amusement. ”
"Oh......" Dante asked, "I always thought that only a brutal race of orcs would do such a bloody thing. People here also like to play this kind of hardcore show? ”
"Hardcore? That's a good word. When Chen Xiaoyao heard his words, he smiled bitterly and said, "Hey, you haven't seen that kind of scene, it's really miserable!" He sighed, shook his head, and said, "I think I've been walking outside for many years, and I'm already well-informed, but last time, I went to see a fighting show in the underground arena, and I still have a shadow in my heart. ”
"......," Dante felt a hint of sadness in the pandaman's tone. He could understand the panda man's feelings, but he hadn't seen it himself, and now he was a little curious.
Chen Xiaoyao didn't seem to have any fun, and continued: "Theoretically, the Griffin Kingdom, the Holy Light Kingdom, the Iron Hammer City, and the Gilneth Kingdom all have relevant laws that prohibit this kind of cruel fighting show, but you can also understand that some of the princes who are so poor that they only have money left are bored to the point of going crazy all day long. Blue Heart Town was originally a remote town that developed on the fairy ore vein. The word blue heart comes from a rare blue heart gemstone......"
As he spoke, he took out a biscuit from his pocket and said, "Hehe...... As a result, the princes regarded this small town as a paradise for their own amusement. The mountains here are high and the emperor is far away, and the central forces of the kingdom don't have the energy to take care of this broken place. When the miners mined all the blue gemstones, the small town had no source of income, and gradually became a place for the rich to vent. ”
The biscuit seemed to taste good, Chen Xiaoyao ate a piece, took out another piece, handed it to Dante, and said, "Do you want a piece?" These cookies taste pretty good. ”
"Ah, no need. Thank you! "Dante is not hungry, his mind is now all in this town of Blue Hearts. He had a vague feeling that something was likely to happen in this place.
After walking for a while, scattered houses and residents began to appear on both sides of the road. Like Cog, Blue Heart is divided into an in-city area and an out-of-city market. The difference is that the Blue Heart side is mainly inhabited by human beings.
Soon, Dante and Chen Xiaoyao entered the central area of Blue Heart Town, which was not surrounded by a wall like Gear Town, but was surrounded by a simple iron fence. The buildings in the central area are not as upscale as those in Gear Town, just some ordinary two- or three-story buildings.
However, the most striking building is a three-storey theatre in the heart of town. It is said to be the Grand Theater because there is a sign of "Blue Heart Theater" hanging on the outside of this building, but Dante understands at a glance that this must be an underground arena.
Where is this secretly underground, it's simply a blatant public slave fighting performance!
No matter how fast Heifeng and Wang Hu are, there is a limit, and it is very good to be able to run 30 kilometers in one day. According to this speed, Chen Xiaoyao suggested that he go to Lanxin Town to take a special travel machine, you can take the mount with you, the speed can be much faster, it will take about 5 days to cross the Kingdom of Gilneys and arrive at the port of Gilness on the northern coast.
Once in Gilneth Harbour, you can take a trade ship there to Silvermoon City on the northern islands.
Since they still need to walk for so long, it is useless to rush, but Dante and Chen Xiaoyao are ready to rest for one night in Lanxin Town before leaving.
It's getting late, so let's find a hotel. Dante and Chen Xiaoyao put their mounts in the town stables, and then went to the inn to check in the room. The two found a small restaurant to eat.
While they were working hard to eat, a little boy came running up with a dozen colorful leaflets and said to them with a smile: "Two gentlemen, are you from out of town?" Why do you feel like I haven't seen you before? Come on, come and check out these amazing shows! ”
Dante glanced at the little boy with fluttering eyebrows, and then at Chen Xiaoyao. Chen Xiaoyao took a leaflet, looked at it, coaxed the child away, handed the leaflet to Dante, and said, "Look, I was still talking about it just now, and now I sent it myself." ”
Dante took the leaflet and looked at it, only to see that the leaflet was plastered with all kinds of provocative and seductive words and pictures of beautiful women, and at a glance, he knew that it was something to vent at all, and he didn't need to look at it with his brain.
"Chen Xiaoyao, how's that? Shall we go and see it? Dante didn't bother to look at the leaflet, crumpled it into a ball of paper, threw it into the trash can on the side, and said, "I think you always have something on your mind, and you must want to see it again, don't you?" ”
Chen Xiaoyao nodded with a wry smile and said, "Hehe, you guessed right." ”