Verse 240: The Past of the Royal City (1)
Before entering the arena, considering that it was an underground space, according to Marin's personal experience in the dungeon over there, this should also be an underground world before the Great Destruction Era, and it may be an underground commercial center or something, but when I heard that it was actually a huge open space half-buried underground, Marin felt that this might be a construction site under construction.
After all, the previous dungeon also had an above-ground building, didn't it?
As Marin expected, as soon as he got out of the car, Marin saw a huge egg-shaped building, the metal lid on the top was definitely built later, because there was some rust on it, and the entrance to this underground arena seemed to be the main entrance of a subway, and the metal walls that served as parapets have been intact until now, and there are also clean and tidy steps.
Marin followed a few people down to the halfway position, and met the security guards who should be in charge of security, they were wearing uniform uniforms, and Mentor Emmett Selke was the first to take out the certificate that it should be a member or something, and pointed to everyone behind him: "They were invited by me." β
So Logan and Cohen went in, and Marlin was holding a small notebook to record the information here, and was stopped when he tried to follow along.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Quasel, but a child like him is not allowed in." Stopped in front of Marin, the security guard of the arena looked at Mentor Emmet Selke with a serious expression: "According to the latest regulations, a child like him is not allowed to enter. β
"He's a transcendent being, just like me." Mentor Emmett Selke noticed that his eyes were wandering towards Marlin, who was on the iron armrest, and said to the security guard.
"But he's still a child, Mr. Quasel, and I can't let him go unless you can get the approval of my superiors." The security guard said as he pointed at Cross: "She too, both of them are too young." β
After saying that, he also pointed to the notice on the wall, from which he did see that it was about prohibiting the entry of people under a certain height and those under the age of sixteen...... You can really do whatever you want when you grow tall.
Just as he was thinking this, Marlin felt the vibration of the ground, and everyone involuntarily looked at the dark corridor on the left side of the platform, as the footsteps approached, Marlin noticed that the security guards began to bow their heads, and when the whole body of Lady Marim walked out of the darkness, the two security guards had completely bowed: "Madam! β
"Mr. Marin is my friend, and I vouch for him that he and his little girlfriend can enter." As soon as the lady spoke, the dutiful security guards immediately gave way to the passage.
"Ma'am, we meet again." Marin walked beside the lady and looked at her with her head down all the time, looking at her with some curiosity: "I see that you are working very hard here, haven't you thought about changing jobs?" β
"The Marim family has been running the arena here since seven hundred years ago, and I'm going to hand over this job to Cassie in a few years, this kid doesn't like his brother who prefers quiet and reading, so I think this building, which would be very quiet when there are no big games, is perfect for him." The lady's voice was a little hoarse, perhaps from an early throat injury, and her steps were steady, like a machine moving her legs.
"This building, like the dungeon, belongs to the Age of Great Destruction?" Marin asked, looking at Madame.
"Yes, we Sidney united a long time ago, and it was just one city-state after another, and it was difficult to survive in the face of the xenomorph tide, and later, the great emperor united us humans and established a huge empire......" Lady Marim said that these Marin have seen in the history books, it was a very great time, the first time that humanity was united, and their territory even advanced into the Black Zone.
But the invasion of Chaos destroyed everything, and it wasn't until much later that humanity united again, in the form of kingdom after kingdom.
"When my ancestor discovered this place, it was a dragon's nest, and he led his guards and hunted the dragons for twenty years before he drove the group out of the city, and then, as a pioneer knight, he acquired the building and the surrounding land as his fiefdom, and at that time, this great city had not yet begun to be built, just like your Carter Castle, full of spirits and xenomorphs, as well as the dead and poor people who accompany us every day."
"Speaking of which, madam, cremation is all about preventing the body from coming back to life, isn't it?" Marin asked, looking at him.
"Yes, even now when the bishops of the God of Justice have learned to purify, burning the corpse is the easiest and fastest way to purify, and the same is true for my ancestors, the corpses of their dead will be burned, leaving only a handful of ashes and residues, we have to do this in order to survive, Mr. Marin, you are still young, do you understand what survival is."
"Survival is different in everyone's eyes, I just know that in my eyes, survival is to make everyone who has the right to live be able to face hunger and danger every day." Marin looked at the light in the distance: "By the way, madam, why don't you light the lights, I see a lighting system in the dungeon, don't you have it in this arena of yours." β
"Yes, but there is no main entrance, because this is a dark corridor that every warrior will pass through, some people have been distorted here because of the fear of darkness, and some people have witnessed the courage they have never had here."
"Didn't the lighting system have to be turned off on non-game days because it consumes so much energy, dear Mrs. Marim?" There was a somewhat yin and yang laugh from Mentor Emmet Selke in front of him.
"Shut your mouth, boy of the Kwasel family, and try it out with me."
"Not today, I'm going to challenge my eldest brother today, I don't want to waste my energy on you." Mentor Emmett Selke finished speaking, and walked quickly to the exit.
"Do you know each other?" Marin watched the mentor run out of the exit and turned to look at the lady.
"Of course, in fact, the four of us you saw today and Emmett Selke, all of whom used to be students in an academy run by the royal family, and Emmett Selke is a very ...... Very awkward guy, not many people will like him. The lady seemed a little unhappy at this, as if she had mentioned something that made her sad, and she quickly stopped explaining and walked out of the dark corridor with Marin.
Marlin looked up and saw that the top of the iron lid could be opened...... It seems to be a not-so-perfect imitation of the pre-Apocalypse project, but wouldn't it be nice to be able to use it?
With this in mind, Marin saw that in the center of the field, there were already more than a dozen pairs of opponents competing, Mentor Emmet Selke had already walked off the field, and Marin could see his brother, the two brothers seemed to be talking about something.
"The era before the Great Apocalypse must have been like the Kingdom of Heaven, do you see these metal steps, they have gone through thousands of years, the earth dragons have not been able to destroy them, and neither have we." Sitting on the steps, Lady Marim looked at Marin: "You must want to go down and try your skills, right, go ahead, show your strength and courage to the world." β
Marin nodded, then walked to the center of the field.
"Marim, who is that?" A halfling woman approached, and she jumped up the steps beside Lady Marym.
"A child of an acquaintance wants to come in and try his skills." Lady Marim replied with a smile.
"It looks like it's really fine-skinned and tender, but what's the deal with that distorted Toby rabbit, his girlfriend?" The halfling man held her chin: "It looks really good, isn't he afraid that this rabbit will become the kind of rabbit that can eat meat that night." β
"Everybody's got their own hobbies, Fadel." Mrs. Marym glanced at her friend.
Sometimes, life is like this, friends and passers-by are just momentary things, and if she really does something to this child, Marim will not do it, because some people can't wait to kill her.
Am I right, Anna.
The women of the Northland smiled at the thought of this.
"My hobby is that he is a little cutie, can you introduce me to it." The halfling woman didn't seem to notice the dead silence in her friend's eyes, and she looked at the child standing at the edge of the stands: "He seems to be still picking his prey, cutie, why don't you look back." β
"Look back at how ugly you look, Cousin Fadell." A well-dressed dwarf gentleman approached, and heeded the glaring glare of the halfling woman, and came to Madame Marim, reached out and took her large hand, and kissed it lightly on the back of it.
"Your Excellency, you always like to talk so sharply, and you will not be welcomed by women." Lady Marim said with a smile.
"That's why I like you more, Lady Marym, and compare it to you, this cousin of mine is as stupid as a wild boar, and she doesn't even understand who is the real hunter and who is the real prey between her and the child." Speaking of this, the dwarf gentleman turned his head and glared at the cousin: "The prey in your eyes is surnamed Gayat, Marin is his name, he is the lover of Princess Faye, the apprentice of the goddess of harvest, and the darling of the Lord of Justice, put away your careful thoughts, otherwise I can only watch the paladin rush into your house and drag you out and hang you at the stake." β
"It's him!" Hearing her cousin's introduction, Mrs. Faddell frowned.
"That's why I'm going to say you're stupid, you didn't even investigate the background of your prey before you dared to do it, you can live until now has always been the biggest mystery in my heart, fate women should not keep your rotten life, just to make you the one who shines brightest at the stake of justice one day." The dwarf gentleman straightened his collar and tie as he spoke, "I'm going to go down and talk to Mr. Marin now, for as a vice-president of the Engineering Society, I need to get closer to him." β
"How about I'll accompany you." The halfling woman still seems to be on the move.
"Then your brother will come to this city today and hang me and you in the black prison of a halfling." The dwarf snorted when he said this: "So you sit here for me, if you dare to follow me, then you don't need your brother, I'll kill you now." β
As he finished the second sentence, a wire rope came out of the gnome's cuffs, and it looped twice around the neck of the halfling woman.
"For the sake of any god in the halfling, take it, I will definitely not follow you today."
"That's right, I won't stop you from killing yourself, but if you force me to make a choice today, then I won't discriminate because of our gender differences, remember, in the transcendent world, everyone is both a hunter and a prey." Retracting the wire rope under his control, the dwarf turned to look at Lady Marim: "Lady Marym, I'm out of company. β
"Your cousin is really strict." Watching the dwarf trot all the way to his goal, Lady Marym leaned forward, her left hand as a fulcrum to support her chin.
"I never thought he was like a dwarf, he was more annoying than my brother, the world doesn't allow free love, look at Mr. Marin, how cute." The halfling woman said this and elongated her face: "Cousin Faddell, you are too old, this damn fellow, doesn't he know that it is the greatest disrespect to speak to a lady like this." β
"I think it's your cousin thinking about you, after all, think about the Lord of Justice, if they really want to kill you, with what you usually do, I think it's really hard to escape death." At this point, Mrs. Marim reached out and rubbed the head of the halfling peer: "Believe me, Faddell, neither I nor your cousin want your life to end at the stake. β
"Of course, I also know that you are doing it for my own good, and I also think that if there is a day, I should at least die in the belly of a man, right?" Saying this, Mrs. Faddell looked into the distance: "Ah, if it is such a lovely man, so much the better. β
"You swore it, Fadel."
"Of course, Marim, but I didn't admit that I didn't look at him today, such a lovely man, just looking at me was full."
At this point in the conversation between the women, Marin shook his ears and turned his head to look at Mr. Dwarf, who was walking near him: "Good afternoon, sir, is there something wrong?" β
"Of course there's something, Mr. Marin, hello, I'm from the Halfling Engineering Society." The dwarf pulled out a business card as he said this, and he smiled and pointed at himself: "I have to admit that my appearance is somewhat deceptive, but you can't let a dwarf who was picked up and raised by a halfling betray his family, right?" β
"I see, hello, about the Halfling Engineering Society......" "Our president will be arriving in the next two days, please give us a chance to capture that armor no matter what."
Looking at the urgency on the face of this dwarf gentleman, Marin repeated what he had said before, and looking at the suspicious look on his face, Marin nodded: "I will invite His Excellency the Archbishop of the Lord of Justice to preside over this meeting, believe me, it is beneficial to all." β
"Ah, since you say so, of course I believe you." Hearing Marlin bring up the Lord of Justice, the gnome smiled and noddedβunlike humans, the subhuman races such as gnomes and halflings prefer the Lord of Justice, because he treats all subhumans equally, and the gnomes and halflings make up a large proportion of the Church of Justice.
"By the way, my name is Banai, Jack Banai Haske, Jack is the name I use in the human world, Banai is my dwarf name, you call me Banai, my friends call me that."
"Very well, Mr. Barnet, I will show you my sincerity towards everyone when the time comes." Masson held out his hand, and the dwarf also reached out, and Marin had to lower his body because of the height.
"Oh, my God, even if you are a half-breed child and you don't look like a giant, but you are still too tall for me, and I find that when I deal with you tall people, I will definitely have cervical spondylosis, may the Lord have mercy." Mr. Barnay muttered in a voice that Marlin could hear, much to Marlin's great satisfaction.
At this moment, there was a heated exchange between the two old guys below.
Marin turned around and saw Mentor Emmett Selke and his brother taking off their coats.
Ah, you two, are you finally no longer satisfied with the stage of talking to each other, and start to fight in explosive clothes?
Great, Marlin sat on the guardrail and watched as Emmett Selke walked up to the battle platform wearing a small vest and holding a big sword: "You come up for me!" Rahabrea! Let's wrap it all up today! β
"Ametselke, you stupid brother, it seems like he hasn't taught you a lesson for a long time, and you have forgotten who is the head of the Kwasel family." The mentor's brother also took off his coat, revealing a sturdy body that an old man of his age should not have.
Ah, by the way, are the two of them really brothers who are a day off? How do I feel that my mentor is so much younger than his brother?
With such doubts in mind, Marin continued to watch the conversation between them.
"It's because I have elven blood! That damn home will choose you as the master! I'm going to make a break with you today! β
"Stupid! The reason for choosing me is not at all what you think! β
The two brothers stood on the stage, and Marlin's eyes widened - this was the first time he had witnessed a battle of combat strength above Tier 6, and the previous Ash Messenger vs. Werewolf was the same thing in the eyes of Marin now, if the werewolf was now standing in front of Marin, the blessed Marin could fly him from the north of Fort Carter to the sea south of the city with a hammer.
I saw Mr. Rahabrea holding a long sword, and divine energy diffused from the sword.
Ah, by the way, Mr. Rahabrea was a tripotary knight of the Goddess of Harvest in his youth, so it is not surprising that he would do this.
Marin looked at Mentor Emmett Selke, hoping that he would show what he was capable of.
"It's positive energy again! Why should the world use such a stupid way to identify a person! After Mentor Emmet Selke finished speaking, the pitch-black energy bloomed from his body, and finally the black negative energy turned into his armor, and the black negative energy transformed the big sword in his hand, only to see Mentor Emmet Selk carry the big sword on his shoulder, and then looked at his brother with his unruly gaze.
"Wow, it's the Black Knight, Mr. Emmett Selke is so handsome." Not far away, there were a few little girls holding their faces like this, and they were...... It seems to be the apprentice of Lord Rahabrea.
"Look at your current appearance, I can't even recognize you, back then you said that you didn't have a woman's popularity, and you didn't want to think about what you would look like after the liberation of the realm." After speaking, His Excellency Rahabrea also opened the liberation, only to see that the old man was wrapped in light, and finally came out of the light a beautiful man with long golden wavy hair, golden armor, and a pure white cloak on his left shoulder, and the long sword in his hand had turned into a broad sword full of sacred inscriptions.
Wait, who are you? Marin and Cross tilted their heads together, feeling that their vision had been deceived.
"Wow, it's the perfect knight, or is Mentor Rahabrea more handsome." The little girls not far away were still holding their faces and acting nymphomaniac.
Marin covered his face with his hands - he felt that he had hurt Mentor Emmetselke, and he had already seen that Emmetselke was indeed a realm lower than Rahabrea, and in the battle of light and darkness, a realm lower was a standard proposition.
No wonder the mentor said he couldn't beat it, it really couldn't beat it.
And what is even more terrifying is that he has understood why his mentor can't compete for anything...... You don't want to think about it yourself, you have transformed into a black knight, your hair is dry and yellow, your beard is sparse, and you look like you haven't shaved for five days, although your eyes are melancholy, but your brother's electric eyes are as good as they are, and just look at his appearance...... Whoever is a parent will be partial.
"Are the two brothers going to fight again?" Mr. Barnay, who had climbed the guardrail, seemed to know something, so Marin looked at him curiously and asked inquisitively, "You seem to know something." β
"Yes, these two brothers of the Kwasel family have been fighting for almost a lifetime, when they were young, the two of them were already genius apprentices, but they are two extremes, the elder brother has an unrivaled blessing talent, and the younger brother is a genius who curses the talent of more than nine, the relationship between the two sides has not been good, after the liberation of the realm, they are three days of fighting, talent opposition, their parents are also very distressed, until a bishop in Carterburg is willing to accept him as a mentor, At that time, there was also a boy among the apprentices who had a perfect talent for curses, and I don't know if Emmett Selke taught him well. β
Mr. Barnay's answer stunned Marlin - the curse was a perfect gift, and Mentor Emmett Selk never seemed to mention him.
Marin here is still curious, and the two brothers of the Quassel family over there have already fought together.
Although the two sides look like they are from the physics department, but the actual fight is also a chaotic throw, you curse me and purify, and the positive and negative energy of the knife is splashed, and even the opponents in the nearby blocks have to retreat.
"What kind of sequence are they?" Marin looked at this Banai and asked Mr. - After looking at it for a while, Marin felt that he couldn't catch up with these two now, they were too strong.
"No, they are native professions, and only those church apprentices who are very good in each other can get such opportunities, and I am a sequencer." As he spoke, Mr. Barney drilled a cord of wire out of his sleeve, forming a string of letters in the air and quickly retracting into his master's sleeve.
Marin thought for a moment and began to wonder if he was going to be a mage.
Whether it is strong or not is a temporary matter, whether it is handsome or not...... That's a lifelong problem.