Chapter 644: Fighting Beasts (Part II)
Seeing Ruan Chi nodding as if he didn't understand, Cecilia suddenly had a feeling of having tasted victory, and finally let this guy have a foreign appearance, which was a good start.
Of course, Ruan Chi didn't know what Cecilia was thinking, he probably knew, and he wouldn't care too much, at this time, Ruan Chi's attention was on the Colosseum.
At this time, the soldier standing behind the slave quickly left the bottom of the circular pit and locked the iron door before leaving.
Ruan Chi found that these slaves had all races, in addition to most of them humans, there were also orcs, dwarves and krakens, and only the elves with relatively high value would not appear in this kind of colosseum.
Why aren't elf slaves here? Nonsense, elven slaves are worth as little as a few thousand gold coins, who would be stupid enough to throw them into this kind of Colosseum, where there are almost no dead and no lives?
Not long after the soldiers left, two iron gates slowly rose in the opposite direction from where the slaves were standing. When they saw what was behind the iron gate, the slaves' faces changed and their expressions were terrified.
I saw that after the iron gate was raised, two large iron cages with the same width as the iron gate were revealed. Inside the big cage, two large monsters were roaring and crashing into the cage.
They are very large, like an adult buffalo. Its back was covered with hair-like tawny spikes, and one of the monsters had half a bloody gray cloth wrapped around it, apparently part of the clothes worn by a slave.
The monster's mouth was slightly protruding like a wolf, and its mouth was covered with sharp fangs, and saliva was dripping down the roots of the exposed fangs. They are on all fours, and each foot has a sharp claw. The overall appearance is a bit like a giant wolf with a hedgehog skin.
These two monsters were completely unfamiliar to Ruan Chi. Most viewers who have watched the beast know about it. This beast is called a canine. A carnivorous beast that lives in the southern part of the continent, near the dwarven realm. This is one of the beasts that Chairman Zuan specially asked someone to buy back at a high price to perform the beast fight.
Although this beast is not a monster, but because it has a hard hard thorn, it is difficult to pierce their bodies with a sword at once, plus it moves quickly, and its combat power is comparable to that of a third-level monster, it is a fierce beast that is difficult to deal with, and even five heavily armed soldiers are not sure of victory. Not to mention these ordinary slaves who don't wear any armor.
In addition, in order to increase the aggressiveness of the beasts, the soldiers would not feed the beasts anything for two days before each beast fight, making them even more hungry and ferocious.
"Bite them to death! Bite these dog mongrels to death! ”
"Get them out, get them out!"
Seeing the ferocious appearance of the two canodonts that were about to break through the iron cage and rush out, some people sitting in the audience couldn't help but cheer loudly, and some people whistled vigorously, and the atmosphere reached the highest point for a while, and the entire Colosseum screamed loudly.
Contrary to the excited spectators, the slaves all became bloodless. Only the two orc slaves who looked physically sturdy were slightly better.
Hearing these people shouting or scolding so excitedly, Ruan Chi shook his head speechlessly. He didn't sympathize with these slaves, after all, there were so many poor people in this world, he couldn't sympathize with every single one.
Ruan Chi just felt that the inferior nature of the human race was really a bit inexplicable, and even Cecilia and her two classmates, the three girls who were so delicate, actually cheered along with those audience at this time, obviously not surprised by the upcoming massacre.
Yes, a one-sided slaughter below. According to past animal fighting statistics, the survival rate of a fighting animal like this sent out slaves to the field was only 5%.
In other words, it is a miracle that one of the dozen or so people below can survive today.
At that moment, a soldier raised a horn with both hands and blew it long.
The audience knew that this was a signal that the Colosseum was about to begin, and suddenly became even more excited.
After the soldier blew the horn, the soldier standing in the four directions of the east, east, and west immediately turned an hourglass upside down, allowing the sand to slowly flow down from it.
These hourglasses were used to calculate time, and when all the sand of the hourglass had flowed down, they would open the door under them to a width that would allow only one person to enter, so that the surviving slaves could escape through that door.
Well, in fact this rarely happens......
At this moment, after the gong sounded, the doors of the two iron cages were slowly pulled up by the soldiers with ropes from above.
At this time, the whole audience suddenly became silent, and everyone held their breath, even Cecilia, watching the two iron cages holding carnivorous beasts gradually open under everyone's expectations.
In this way, the iron gate rose little by little, and soon, the door of the iron cage was finally pulled to the top.
The two-headed candont, which had been waiting for a long time because of hunger, suddenly came out of the door of the iron cage, and then stared at the "food" in front of it with blood-red eyes.
When the two-headed monster drooled and rushed towards their location at great speed, the slaves' hearts tightened.
Most of the dozen or so slaves had been captured for the first time to participate in such a brutal beast fight, while others had already participated more than once.
When the two canines are released, it is easy to see between the novice and the veteran.
At this time, five of the new slaves were so frightened that they instinctively fled in all directions, and only four experienced slaves, including two orcs, ran quickly to the other side.
When they reached a distance of several meters at the same time, they stopped, then pressed together to raise the shields in their hands and shrunk their bodies as far as they could.
Having experience in fighting beasts, they knew very well that they would not be able to outrun these beasts in such a small place. The only way to do this is to block their attacks with your shield and drag them as long as possible until the sand in the hourglass has completely drained down.
This was a method that the four of them had just secretly discussed, and the reason why they didn't tell the others was because they wanted the others to attract the attention of the beast when they ran away, so that the beast could chase those people as much as possible. As long as the beasts are fed, they will stop attacking, and their lives will be saved.
This way of "saving oneself" is undoubtedly based on sacrificing the lives of others, and although cruel, it is the only hope that they can survive.
A newcomer saw the actions of the four men and quickly understood their intentions. But he didn't have to think about it now, because a monster was rushing in his direction.
The newcomer had no choice but to run away immediately.
The canodont was in hot pursuit after him.
Hearing the heavy and hurried footsteps behind him, the cold hairs on the newcomer's body stood up all at once.
At this time, another canine was chasing another escaped slave. But because the slave didn't run fast enough, he only ran a dozen or so steps before he was thrown to the ground from behind by the cannodon.
"Ah......h
But since the back of the neck is not the point of the throat, the person cannot die immediately for a while. While the honodon, which had been hungry for two days, was gnawing at his body, he still let out intermittent howls, and his terrible cry was terrifying.
Seeing this bloody scene, the audience who sat high in a safe place to watch became more excited, and some people kept shouting "bite him, bite him" through gritted teeth.
Well, these people probably bought this beast fight show, and none of them could survive, otherwise it would be impossible to be so emotional, and I can't wait for the slaves below to die.
On the other side of the Colosseum, the clever newcomer was still in hot pursuit by a candont.
At this point, he felt the cannodon behind him getting closer and closer to him, and he could even hear the monster's heavy panting.
Soon, however, he saw in despair the wall that stood in front of him, the end of the Colosseum.
"Don't!"
In desperation, the newcomer finally relented and raised his only weapon, but he was still a newcomer and slipped in a panic due to his lack of experience.
"Ahh
No doubt the beast that had caught up bit him on the thigh, and with a flick of its huge head, tore off a large chunk of flesh on the newcomer's thigh.
The newcomer's wound was bloody, but he couldn't care about the pain anymore, and his will to survive made him keep retreating, and soon he retreated to the wall.
However, the fighting beast had only now begun, and the blood-smelling canine became even more insane, pressing its weight down on the newcomer, tearing at it with the claws of its limbs.
In less than a moment, the newcomer's screams stopped, and his body was torn apart by the claws, and his flesh was blurred, and he could no longer see his original appearance.
Next, the candont began to savor its feast, biting open his belly and eating his internal organs, making a "clucking" sound as the canine chewed on the newcomer's skull.
Ruan Chi watched blankly, less than two minutes after the performance began, almost half of the slaves hung up, and the only ones left who could desperately resist were the four veterans.
However, on the other hand, they only supported themselves for a while, the canines ate a lot, and the four veterans couldn't make a wishful thinking, and after eliminating those novice slaves, the two canines began to target them.
At this point, the Colosseum's call was at its highest, and the outcome of some gambling games was basically on the last four people, and how many of them, or who survived, directly affected the earnings of these gamblers.
"Kill them! Don't let these lowly trash survive! ”
"Damn, I bought them all dead, give me a hard bite and shred their bodies!"
These people shouted with thick necks, they didn't care if these slaves lived or died, they just wanted them all to die, and then they could win the money.
As if they were warmly called by these people, the four veterans who were struggling at the end finally couldn't bear it, and three of them were bitten off their heads one after another. (To be continued......)