Around the arena, the cheers of the spectators resounded, and the excitement continued.

Countless cheers and shouts came into his ears, Xia Yi looked at the terrace over there, saluted, and slowly turned away from the giant beast with a broken head, and left the gladiatorial arena in the midst of countless intertwined, blazing sights.

The door opened, looking at the figure outside, the arm of the arena handyman pushing the door was trembling, and the one-eyed occasionally glanced at them, so frightened that he quickly lowered his head and did not dare to look at each other, as if the other party was an even more terrifying monster.

Walking into the passage, someone handed his weapon back, Xia Yi didn't take it, and went straight over, and the four miscellaneous servants holding the weapon looked at each other, a little puzzled.

"Why don't you take it?"

"...... probably don't want it......"

When the voice wandered between several people, the strength of struggle suddenly came from his arms, and the four weapons broke free from their arms, flew forward, crossed in mid-air, and stuck to the back of the distant back, and the other one fell directly into Xia Yi's hands and was tied to his waist.

The four of them, and even the other passers-by in the passage, stood in place in a daze.

"Summer!"

At this moment, there was a crisp word shouting at the end of the passage, Xia Yi tied up the snow drinking knife and looked back when he heard this sound, and at the end of the distance, Dina quickly ran over here and stood in front of her, her eyes were staring at her without blinking, her little face was flushed, and she was speechless with excitement.

"My sister was a little excited. It was McAnoy who had come up with him, who was a little embarrassed and pointed to the little head next to him and shrugged his shoulders.

Xia Yi nodded understandingly.

"Natsu, you're so amazing!"

After her brother finished speaking for a while, Dina, who finally held back a sentence, clenched her little fists excitedly: "Such a big monster..... I have heard of before, it is very terrifying, you have to eat a lot of fierce beasts in one meal, Ju ..... was actually defeated by Xia at once, it is really amazing." ”

"Is it a lot of food?" Maikanoy smiled and touched his sister's head, looking at the other side: "Xia, you have finished this season's arena and got the money you deserve, where are you going?"

"I don't know. Xia Yi glanced at the door of the gladiatorial arena that was gradually closing, "However, it should be known soon." ”

As he spoke, the receptionist named Tino sped from the other side of the passage, gasping for breath for a moment before stammering and pointing to a staircase up the passage.

"The opportunity has really come, Xia, come with me, the marquis wants to see you. ”

"Wow, I heard that the Marquis is the most powerful person in this city!" Dina cried out, and her brother next to her patted her on the head, "Yes, a very capable lord. ”

He looked at Xia Yi: "It seems that you already have a good place to go, and I thought I could invite you to embark on a journey with us." ”

"Maybe there will be opportunities in the future. Xia also has a good impression of the brother and sister, at least in the dilemma of words, giving himself a lot of help.

Tino on the side anxiously took two steps back and forth, urging: "Xia, come with me, don't let the Marquis wait too long." ”

"Hmm!"

Xia Yi said a few more words to the brother and sister, and then left with the receptionist, went up the stairs over there, bypassed several marquis guards who set up card checks, and came to the terrace.

Unfolded in the field of vision, two rows of guards standing respectfully, and three white gold-rimmed long-backed chairs in front of them, someone stepped forward to lead Xia Yishi, and behind the guards, they looked at him with hostile eyes through the gap between people.

Xia Yi's five senses are now keen, and he noticed this gaze, and turned his head to see that it was Huton, one of the twins who had escaped before.

The latter, whose body was wrapped in bandages, stood up from the corner tremblingly, and looked at Xia Yi through gritted teeth.

Xia Yi glanced at it, ignored it, turned his head, and met the marquis he had been waiting for for a long time, an old man named Ikamaien, the other party's gold-patterned luxurious robes, and the marquis's tiara symbolizing power, all of which were declaring his status, and next to him, there was a man in his thirties, and a noble woman wearing a white one-piece mopping long skirt.

Approaching the past, the leading attendant made a gesture to stop at a distance, and then walked to stand still.

Xia Yi lowered his head slightly, put his right arm on his chest and faced the old man, and bowed slightly: "Marquis, Xia salutes you." ”

"Your humility and courtesy, let me also pay tribute to you. Ikamain nodded in agreement with the other party's etiquette, took two steps closer, raised his hand, and made Xia Yi straighten up: "..... still have martial arts, I'm afraid that no one in Tatasia can resist it, and it also makes me, an old guy, see that there are such powerful characters in this world, so ....."

Cloudy eyes, glittering scrutiny.

"......So, can you tell me where you came from? ”

Xia Yi maintained a modest tone, but in the afterglow was the guards who swept around him, and the books he had read in the past twenty days or so had enriched the words he had already prepared.

"From my awkward words, the Marquis should be able to tell that I have just learned. It is an honor to learn this noble language to tell you that I come from a tribe deep in the southwest of the Krama Desert, and I have embarked on a journey with the martial arts I have learned from my tribe to challenge all the strong who can challenge it. ”

The old man frowned: "Just to challenge the strong?"

"Just to challenge them. Xia Yi raised his chin, his eyes that should have been cold were full of blazing eyes, staring at the marquis opposite.

“...... Either kill me, or I'll kill them—"

"Hmm...... Are you willing to become the most loyal retainer of the Tiratima family? In this arena, there will be more powerful characters in the future, and I will let you defend the last one. ”

Xia Yi hesitated for a moment, then covered his chest and bowed: "Xia, I am willing to serve the Tiratima family." ”

In fact, no matter what solicitation conditions the other party proposes, he will join in with a snake, and at most he will be entangled and hesitant for a while.

"Marquis!"

Someone squeezed through the guards who were in the way and rushed over, "He killed my brother Claes...... Marquis, Claes and I have been working for the Tiratima family for six years, and he has now been killed by this man......"

Huton, who was standing not far from Xia Yi, looked rather miserable because of his two wounds, and he repeated two sentences, his face full of tears.

"Claes's death is within the rules of the gladiatorial arena, Xia is not at fault, do you want me to violate the rules I have set?"

"But ....."

The old man waved his hand and interrupted Hughton, who wanted to continue: "You and Claes have indeed paid a lot for the Tiratima family, and since he is dead, I will give you rich compensation, and then give it to you." ”

"I don't want this..... I just want this person to ....."

Hughton pointed to Xia Yi, and in the middle of his words, Ilot's eyes flickered over there, and he hurriedly came over to interject: "Hughton, pay attention to your tone and attitude in front of the marquis, now Xia, is your own person." He accentuated his tone with the words 'his own people'.

For the Marquis, Arend, and Kailin, this is to echo the meaning of the Marquis, emphasizing that he is willing to accept, while on the other side, Hughton listens to it, but it is extremely harsh.

"What kind of own people..... I'm going to let him die here today......"

Ikamaon slapped the back of his chair.

"Shut up!"

"Marquis ......"

At the moment when Hueton spoke again, a knife light was drawn from the side, slashing through all the nearby sights, and then the crimson color splashed out, pouring on the faces and bodies of the people around him.

Xia Yi hung down the snow drinking knife, turned his wrist, and inserted it back into the sheath with a bang, Huton opened and closed his lips and shook a few times, and fell backwards, his chest and abdomen were broken with a knife, and even his ribs were split in an instant, and he was not dead for a while, blood kept gushing out, writhing on the ground, and wanted to take back the internal organs that fell out of the body.

After a few manual strokes, it finally stopped.

Ilote looked at the corpse on the ground and was stunned, however, Xia Yi, who had collected the knife, still bowed respectfully to the marquis.

"The man who undermined the majesty of the marquis, Xia has already removed him. ”

"Good!"

Ikamaon looked at Xia Yi's gaze, more appreciative, he was not worried about usurping the inheritance, after all, the title and territory of the marquis are not only hereditary, but also need to be canonized by the upper country, and the people below can only be below forever.

And the recruited subordinates, whether they are skilled in martial arts or ruthless, can only obediently obey orders.

"Come back with me!" he beckoned to Xia Yi and asked Tamu to collect the body and bury it in the cemetery outside the city.

The noise of the arena faded into silence after the crowd left.

Soon after, Xia Yi packed up and took Gaga's out of the room, and saw the slave girl standing alone in the corner over there, and threw Gaga's scimitar over.

"If you want to stand up straight and build a 'Great Wall', you must learn to take up arms and resist! No one can help you for a lifetime!"

In the shadows, the girl quickly picked up the scimitar and hid it in her ragged robe.

Xia Yi smiled, turned around and left here, out of the arena, there were already people waiting, prepared a long-haired one-horned mount, followed the team that left the arena, and walked towards the Marquis' Mansion in the center of the city.

The procession stretched along the long street until it entered the private forest road, and the attendants of the two teams slowly broke away and returned to the camp, while Xia also followed the chariot with the marquis' flag and stopped at the official residence.

After getting off the mount, Xia Yi stood in place and looked at the magnificent building, the outer wall of this official residence can be seen in the shape of rock polished into the shape of brick and stone, just like the medieval castle seen in later generations, boxy, but without walls, and the atrium is a water-spraying scenic pool.

After a while, someone approached, and a man named Allend stood next to Xia Yi, looking at the mansion together.

"A lot of people will be shocked when they see it for the first time, and when you live here for a long time, you will feel ridiculous about the idea today. ”

The marquis's son smiled at Xia Yi, who turned his head, "Later, the housekeeper will arrange a place for you to live, settle down, and then come over to dine with us, which is a welcome banquet held by the retainers who joined." ”

After saying that, I walked into the front door with my female companion.

However, just as Arynd and his female companion were leaving, Xia also saw the blonde woman suddenly turn her face sideways and wink at him.

After waiting in place for a while, someone finally came over, invited Xia Yi into the door on the side of the mansion, and took him to a more spacious room to settle down.

Before he could change his clothes, someone came over: "Dear Xia, the Marquis invites you to come over for a meal." ”

It was probably the welcome banquet that Alender mentioned earlier, but it was not the luxurious and lively banquet that Xia Yi imagined, but a small dinner with only more than ten people.

Everyone sat on both sides of a long table, and saw Xia Yi change into a black dress and sit in the seat on the right.

"Let's welcome the highly skilled Xia to become Tiratima's retainer, and I wish the family a long time—"

The old man got up in the first place, raised his glass and said a congratulatory message, and the relatives or retainers on both sides came together, raised a glass to celebrate, sat back with a reserved appearance, slowly cut the food on the plate, and talked to the people next to him while eating.

Only Xia didn't care.

"But the food here is surprisingly tasty......"

After all, he didn't come for a vacation, or really wanted to be a retainer, but he was just concentrating on dealing with the otherworldly food served by the servants, and after three battles, his stomach was already hungry.

However, at this moment, the knife had just cut off a piece of cooked meat with sauce, and there was a feeling of rubbing on my feet.

Look beyond the cloth.

A white high-heeled shoe with a white instep gently rubbed on his calf a few times, and soon retracted it, Xia Yi raised his gaze.

On the other side, Kailin, who was talking to her fiancé, glanced at him with slightly slanted eyes, forked a piece of vegetable and put it into her red lips to chew, as if what had just happened had never happened.

"It's a mess......"

Xia Yi muttered in his heart.