Chapter 643: Fighting Beasts (I)
"Friends? Miss Cecilia, didn't you hear what your so-called friend was talking nonsense about? He's clearly looking for a fault! Paul laughed angrily.
"I know, that's why I'm apologizing to you on behalf of my friend." I didn't expect Cecilia to do this for Ruan Chi.
"You ......," Cecilia said, and Paul could only stare dryly, although their Zaun Chamber of Commerce was rampant in the city of Aden, but it was not enough to ride on the lord's head casually.
Moreover, in addition to the support of her mother, Lady Isabella, Cecilia has an even more powerful figure above, that is, the Archduke of Stella.
Almost all the people in Aden City know that Cecilia has a very good relationship with Diana, the daughter of the Grand Duke of Strathra, and now Diana is still the queen of the Celestial Dragon Empire and the lady of the Federation.
Therefore, Paul, the aristocratic young master, although he is very breathless now, can't help it after thinking about it.
"Okay, since Miss Cecilia personally pleaded, then Young Master Ben didn't hear what he said just now, Young Master Ben still has something to do now, and he is out of company."
Although Paul said this, even fools could hear it, he would not rest on his laurels, and before leaving, he glared at Ruan Chi very blatantly.
"I'm telling the truth, why is he so angry?" As the center of the storm, Ruan Chi did not realize it at all, but muttered quietly after Paul left.
Hearing Ruan Chi's muttering, Cecilia became angry and stomped her feet and shouted. "You. Did you deliberately cause me trouble? Who doesn't mess with it, but provokes this second ancestor, he is a well-known scum hooligan in Aden City. โ
"I didn't ask you to wipe my ass." Ruan Chi looked indifferent.
"If only ......"
Cecilia originally wanted to say that if Miss Ben didn't wipe your ass, you would probably have to walk out sideways, but then Cecilia thought about it and thought it was unlikely.
Although the Zu'an Chamber of Commerce is very powerful, this hateful guy in front of him doesn't seem to be fasting. Cecilia remembered that her mother, Lady Isabella, had said that this hateful creature had single-handedly killed the entire Apollo pirates.
Although Cecilia thinks that there is a lot of water in it, Cecilia doesn't dare to underestimate Ruan Chi now, even if Ruan Chi really offends the second ancestor, it is estimated that he will only get into a little trouble, and it is impossible to walk out sideways.
"Forget it, I'm not going to tell you this."
Cecilia pursed her lips and actually gave up arguing with Ruan Chi.
Ruan Chi was stunned again, how could he think that this eldest lady was a little strange tonight, so she gave him a head first. Now I don't quarrel with him, it's obviously a bit abnormal.
But strange is strange. Ruan Chi didn't think deeply about this.
"Saixi, you were so powerful just now, you actually used this attitude to talk to the son of the Zu'an Chamber of Commerce, I wouldn't dare to change it."
Cecilia's two classmates only came to their senses now, and they were extremely envious when they remembered Cecilia's sharp negotiation skills just now.
Although both of them were born in the aristocratic class, the nobility is actually divided into three, six, nine and so on, and the family background of aristocratic ladies like Erin and Eva is far from Cecilia.
Facing the envious gazes of the two classmates, Cecilia couldn't help but feel a little proud, everyone has vanity, and Cecilia is naturally no exception.
After feeling good, Cecilia said, "Let's go, let's go to the Oroque Arena, I heard that this afternoon, where will there be a colosseum, do you know who the beast warrior is?" โ
"Who?"
"It's Alibaba. Reeves! โ
"Huh?"
Hearing Cecilia's name, Erin and Eva were so excited that only Ruan Chi was in the water, looking uninterested.
Alibaba. Reeves is actually a professional beast warrior, the so-called beast warrior is actually a warrior who fights with beasts or monsters in the Colosseum.
Beast fighting was a fairly common form of entertainment among the aristocracy, and it has been handed down since long ago, and it is said that in times of war, most of the beast warriors at that time were war criminals and prisoners.
Later, in peacetime, death row prisoners and slaves were used instead, but because the combat effectiveness of death row prisoners and slaves was too low, it was generally very reluctant to deal with some large beasts, let alone powerful monsters.
It wasn't until later, in order to increase the appreciability of the fighting scene, that the organizers who ran the fighting slowly recruited some martial artists with a foundation in martial arts to join.
The warriors who participated in this kind of beast fighting show were just those down-and-out wandering warriors at the beginning, who walked to the Colosseum for three meals and clothing, and every time they defeated the beasts or monsters that appeared, they could get a considerable income.
Later, the beast fighting show slowly escalated, and more and more people participated, and even now, there are some adventurers who make a living will also participate, and the strength of them can actually make them make a lot of fame in the Colosseum, known as "beast warriors".
Such as this Alibaba. Reeves is one of them.
"Well, would you be interested in going along?" Cecilia had planned to ask Ruan Chi to go with her, but she still asked Ruan Chi as usual.
But Cecilia's eyes were full of provocation, as if to say, hillbilly, dare to meet Miss Ben?
"Okay!" Ruan Chi agreed without even thinking about it, anyway, he didn't know anyone in this Aden City, so it was good to pass the time.
So the group left the restaurant and got into a carriage to the huge Colosseum, located in the south of the city, near the sea in the Gulf of Aden. Although he had been mentally prepared, when he saw the internal structure of the entire rotunda with his own eyes, Ruan Chi was still amazed by its magnificent architectural style.
The entire building is divided into four floors, each of which can accommodate people. If all of them are full, there will be enough seats for 10,000 people, and the entrance to the lobby will be crowded with guests waiting to enter.
These people were still holding signs one by one, Ruan Chi asked Shenlan to translate it, and found that it was all the words of some people who supported the beast warrior Ali Baba who was going to appear today.
"Damn. Is there still a star effect in this world? Ruan Chi couldn't laugh or cry. I felt that the scene in front of him refreshed his worldview again.
Cecilia is the city's head serpent. There was no need to queue outside to buy tickets, and her carriage went straight around the main entrance and into a VIP lane.
As soon as I stepped out of the carriage, a mature woman who seemed to be the head of the Colosseum walked over.
This is a very bewitching woman, wearing a crimson leather coat, tight leather pants to wrap her sexy and hot delicate body tightly, especially the round and straight buttocks and plump breasts are enough to be extraordinarily tempted, when walking briskly. The sexy waist twists and turns, making people's eyes involuntarily attract the past.
"Cut, don't blink your eyes when you see a woman with big breasts and big ass, be careful that your eyeballs fall out." Cecilia happened to see Ruan Chi's gaze at the woman, so she said this sourly.
Being so sour by someone, normal people should look very embarrassed, but Ruan Chi is extremely thick-skinned, not only is he not ashamed of it, but he said very indifferently, "Everyone has a love for beauty." What's wrong with looking at something beautiful? Is there a beautiful woman who doesn't look at the convex and backward and looks at the washboard? โ
"......" Cecilia felt that she had never seen such a shameless person. can still say such a nasty thing so high-sounding.
But what chilled Cecilia the most was that she was speechless.
Subconsciously, Cecilia looked down at her chest, although it was not a washboard, but it was indeed far from the beautiful woman walking in front of her.
Cecilia's two classmates were amused when they heard Ruan Chi's "high theory", and the blonde and ponytailed Erin giggled and smiled, "Ruan Chi, you are really funny, no one has ever taken looking at beautiful women for granted like you, I am really convinced." โ
"Yes, although it's the same thing, but when Ruan Chi says this, I don't think it's a big deal." The round-faced Eva also smiled.
"The two of them have won the award, just like two beautiful and lovely girls, it's normal to be looked at twice when they walk on the street that day, isn't it?" Ruan Chi is serious.
The woman was liked and praised for her beauty, and when she heard Ruan Chi's words, Erin and Eva, who had planned to stand on the same line with Cecilia, were a little overjoyed and completely forgot about business.
"Damn bastards, rhetoric." Cecilia saw that the situation was not right, and hurriedly walked up to pull her two classmates away, she was afraid that if this continued, her two "comrades-in-arms" might die before they could leave the school, and they might even "defect" to the enemy camp.
While the four of them were talking, the bewitching woman had already walked over, and Ruan Chi glanced at her name, which was called Claures.
"Good afternoon, Miss Cecilia, I'm the new maรฎtre d'art in the Colosseum, and my name is Laures. Leddy. The seductive woman named Claures recognized Cecilia at once, and greeted her with a smile.
Cecilia met this woman for the first time, she was originally a little jealous of the other party's figure, of course, she had a beautiful face, put on a cold expression for a noble lady, and said coldly, "A few friends and I plan to watch Alibaba's beast fight show today, you arrange it for me." โ
Still smiling professionally, Laures said, "Okay, I'll make arrangements for a few of you." โ
Under the leadership of Laures, Ruan Chi and his party soon came to a VIP seat, which was a good place to see the entire beast fight.
In the center of the entire Colosseum, a large circular pit was dug downward, and the bottom of the pit was more than four meters high from the first level, so that the audience on each floor could clearly see what was going on below.
At this time, although it was not full, it was already full of seventy percent of the audience. More than half of these spectators came from other cities or countries, and the remaining half were aristocrats and wealthy merchants from the city of Aden.
In short, no one who can enter here is poor, because everyone has to pay a gold coin as a ticket when they come in. One gold coin is the income of an ordinary civilian family for more than a month, so no commoner will not even eat in order to come here to watch.
Although anyone with money can come in and watch, the nobles and ordinary rich people sit in a strictly separate position. The place where the nobles sat not only had a complete set of tables and chairs, but also had facilities to shelter from the rain.
The VIP seat where Ruan Chi is now sitting is also this type of seat.
Coincidentally, this huge building was built by the uncle of the king of the current kingdom of Aden, that is, the richest merchant in the city of Aden, the president of the Zuan Chamber of Commerce, who sent someone to build it, and it has only been used for about two years so far.
However, such a building that was not used for a long time brought a huge amount of income to President Zaun and the whole city of Aden, and even the female lord of Isabella benefited from it, and received a lot of taxes every year.
Every month, the Colosseum is open to the public for seven days.
During these seven days, it will attract countless nobles and wealthy people from other cities or countries, and even foreign lands.
As a result, the local hotels and entertainment venues in Aden City are filled with out-of-town guests, making the local owners of hotels and taverns make a lot of money.
As the owner of the building, President Zuan received an innumerable amount of gold from ticket sales and outside games.
Almost everyone knew that the Zaun Chamber of Commerce had much more money than his nephew, His Majesty the King of the Kingdom of Aden.
Hence the official name of this huge circular structure, which is the "Colosseum".
When Ruan Chi and the others sat in the audience, the beast show had already begun, and most of the audience shouted when ten ragged slaves with wooden shields and short swords were escorted to the center of the pit by the soldiers behind them.
"Dog mongrel, don't die too quickly, give me a little longer."
"Why even the orcs have it, replace him, replace him!"
Many stood up and shouted and cursed, while others simply threw things at the slaves. Most of the people who told them not to die too quickly were the ones who bought the bets.
At the beginning of each time, there will be people inside and outside the stadium to open gambling games, both official and external, to bet on how many people will survive in the end.
Many viewers not only came to watch, but also mostly bet, more or less.
"Hey, isn't that beast warrior named Ali Ba on the field? How about some slaves? Ruan Chi asked a little curiously.
"You know what, in order to accumulate popularity, the Colosseum will not stage the most exciting part at the beginning, and today's protagonist, the Beast Warrior Ali Baba is generally placed in the finale, and these slaves are just responsible for the opening." Cecilia looked at Ruan Chi with a look at the buns. (To be continued......)