Chapter 14: The Underground Gladiatorial Arena
Usually, a city has a glamorous side, such as a neat cityscape, clean hygiene, a prosperous economy, etc., but there are also shadows on the back side of the light, except for special places such as holy cities and royal capitals, the more prosperous the city, the more large underground forces there are. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
As the capital of the Black Tungsten Province, Wanli City is most famous for its arenas and martial arts on the surface, but if you inquire from another aspect, then the answer you get may be the underground gladiatorial arena. The underground gladiatorial arena, where huge profits and huge risks coexist, constantly attracts outlaws hungry for money from all over the world, and at the same time provides a viewing program for those who are under the pressure of life to shout and scream to their heart's content.
It was just dark, and many shops were ready to close, but it was when the underground gladiatorial arena had just opened. Spectators and gladiators enter through secret passages in some small shops, and after several turns they reach the actual entrance to the underground gladiatorial arena. The masked people entered one after another, in fact, although they covered their faces every time, as long as you are not the first time, the sharp-eyed janitors can recognize you, especially some nobles who come out to have fun.
Luo Rin followed Xiaoxiao's instructions, wore a pale mask and sneaked in, and as soon as he entered the venue and turned a corner, a staff member stopped him.
"This friend is here for the first time, is it anyone's recommendation?" This staff member is a martial artist, a fifth-level martial artist. Xiaoxiao told Luo Rin in advance that the staff of the underground gladiatorial arena ranged from entry-level professionals to seventh-level professionals, and whenever a suspicious person mixed in, they would let a staff member who was one level higher than the person who came come forward, in order to put pressure on the other party at the first time.
Luo Rin didn't speak, but took out a metal piece engraved with strange patterns that he had given him with a smile beforehand.
"Follow me." Seeing the metal piece in Luo Rin's hand, the staff immediately changed their attitude and enthusiastically took Luo Rin outside a VIP room, "The person you are looking for is inside." ”
"Thank you." With that, Luo Rin pushed the door and entered.
"I actually said thank you to the people in the underground gladiatorial arena, who was that intelligence dealer who brought him?" The staff muttered, though a little curious, but still left, "Forget it, I can't afford to mess with the intelligence traffickers." ”
Luo Rin walked into the VIP room and saw a woman dressed as a smile sitting on a large sofa, wearing a knitted hat that had been replaced, revealing pointed ears. It turns out that Xiaoxiao is a female of the elf race.
Luo Rin sat on the stool next to him and said, "The old woman of the elf clan, why are you so rich and still deceive me of gold coins?" ”
Elves have ten times the lifespan of humans of the same strength, but due to living in peaceful elemental forests, most elves are relatively simple, and their inner age is often about the same as their outward age. However, elves like Xiaoxiao, who are naturally beautiful, can thrive in the human world, there is no doubt that their mental growth rate is definitely not slower than that of humans, and they are all shrewd and appropriate to call the old man and the old woman is no problem at all.
"I don't have a lot of money, but I always have some useful information, so there are people everywhere to give face. Lying to you is just to see if you are stupid, and I want to see if I can cheat you for a while, and in the end, the result tells me that you are really stupid. By the way, let me grumble, if an elf has told you a name, then don't call her an old woman! Xiaoxiao is still very concerned about her age.
"So what about the thieves who laughed and said yes, do they dare to come here to steal?"
"The difference between an underground gladiatorial arena and an ordinary arena is that there is no limit to the number of participants, in addition to the high risk and high reward. The leader of the Shadow Thieves is the one who is on the field right now. Xiaoxiao pointed to the black-clothed masked man who had an absolute advantage in the game.
The VIP room is the best place to see the gladiatorial fight, and it is made of special glass, so that you can clearly see the venue from the inside and the inside from the outside. Luo Rin could clearly see that the short knife of the black-clothed masked man was stained with blood, and his opponent had one hand cut off and could only kneel and beg for mercy, but there was no rule for begging for mercy in the underground gladiatorial arena, and if he couldn't beat it, he would escape by himself, and if he couldn't even get out of bounds, then the end would be a dead end.
Sure enough, the next moment, the masked man's short knife violently split the opponent's head in half, and his brain flowed to the ground. Seeing such a bloody scene, the audience did not vomit, but let out excited cheers. For the audience in the underground gladiatorial arena, what they want to see is violence, that is, murder. Amid the cheers of the audience, the masked man had an intoxicated look on his face, some of which was due to the sense of accomplishment of defeating his opponent, but more of it was the blood that brought him.
When the staff dragged the body away, they left a wide blood stain on the playing field, and there were eight similar blood marks.
"Martial artist level?" Luo Rin found a very strange problem.
smiled and nodded: "That's right, that's the problem, I can understand that a fifth-level professional came to the underground gladiatorial arena, but why would he do something petty?" He has the slogan of robbing the rich and helping the poor, but the money he steals is not as good as one percent of the income from winning a game here, but he has to keep some of it for himself, why is this? ”
Luo Rin thought for a while and said, "Don't you have any information?" ”
"I only noticed this gang of thieves recently, and their leader is usually more secretive, but I will know their information after tonight." Xiaoxiao said to Luo Rin with a smile on his face: "Their leader has already killed nine martial artists tonight, and he still needs an opponent in order to complete the ten-person beheading, but it's a pity that there are no gladiatorial martial artists today, so you can go up." Although you are only a high-level martial artist, he will not mind using you as an opponent in order to accomplish his goal, and the audience will not object to seeing more violent killings. ”
"You said that dealing with thieves is fake, but it is the person who matters. I remember you said you wouldn't let me die. Luo Rin said in a deep voice.
Xiaoxiao took off a ring in his hand and handed it to Luo Rin, saying, "Although my eight rings look the same, they have different functions, and the effect of this ring is that it can allow the user to teleport a certain distance, and use this ring to escape from any position in the gladiatorial arena." I'll lend it to you now, can you rest assured. If he doesn't kill you in the arena and holds a grudge, if he comes to follow you, my friend will help stop you, and who will recognize you when you go out of the underground arena and take off your mask and change your clothes. And after you return to the Chamber of Commerce convoy, under the noses of so many strong people, he can't do anything to you, and you'll leave tomorrow, right? ”
Luo Rin took the ring and checked it to make sure that there were no restrictions or traps before putting it on his hand with confidence.
"What's in it for me?" Luo Rin asked.
"When the matter is over, you think you deserve any benefits, and then discuss with me then, and it is too early to negotiate the price without understanding what business people have." Xiaoxiao knocked on the coffee table and said, completely like a businessman.
Luo Rin pulled out the cross necklace from the collar, the cross was a shrunken backpack, and the chain was taken from the mountain bandits. Luo Rin took out the betrayer's faith and inserted it directly on the floor.
"Well, I'll say a prop, and if you have it, give it to me as a reward. After this is over, we will discuss the refund and make up for the deficiency according to the results. By the way, how about you help me cheat? ”