Chapter 127: Gladiatorial Feast
The only dragon knight on the continent, the Abyss Walker, and the guardian knight of the Frostwolf Queen. The above is the halo on Wen Zhong's head now, whenever the attendants around Xiao Loli introduce Wen Zhong to the nobles of other countries, they must bring the twenty-two words of this prefix.
Under the aura of the dragon knight, Wen Zhong's return from the abyss has also become very credible.
During the seven days he spent in the Twin Lions, the envoys or monarchs of other countries who arrived one after another saw the legendary dragon knights on the continent, and at the same time, Wen Zhong was overwhelmed, not to mention the dragon Gillian who was used as a mascot outside the city.
Finally, on the seventh day, the delicious dragon Gillian could no longer stand being watched like an animal, and found an excuse to fly to the deep mountains of the Winter Mountains, so that Wen Zhong could go to the snow-capped mountains to the east to find himself when he needed to.
Gillian can abandon her knight very undisciplinedly, but Wen Zhong can't abandon little Lori and tilt her head. So the nobles who lost the dragon to look at were inhumanely onlookers of the dragon knights, and Wales, who had been turned into knights, was also sought after by many.
The days passed in this atmosphere, when the countries near the Winter Fortress were almost there. On the seventh day after Wen Zhong arrived at the Castle of the Two Lions, the lord of the Castle, Rhett, on behalf of his elder brother, the governor of the Castle, Nissen Hodal, expressed his gratitude to the many countries that had come.
And invited the envoys of these many countries to go to the gladiatorial arena outside the city to enjoy the gladiatorial tournament prepared by the lord of the city for everyone. For this game, the city lord even invited several famous gladiator slave owners from all over the continent, and even prepared a battle between various preparatory war gods, giving birth to a new generation of war gods in front of the monarchs of various countries.
According to the words of the perverted uncle Red, he was going to hold a grand gladiatorial feast to the satisfaction of the monarch or the honored envoys.
However, Wen Zhong thinks that this is very problematic, and in the seven days he came to the Double Lion Castle, although he was watched by inhumane onlookers every day, during which he was hinted at by many nobles who were obsessed with men, and then hooked up several times by many conspiracy theorists and power-hungry people, he still did not forget to collect information.
Little Lori Emma learned that the governor of the Winter Fortress invited the surrounding countries to the original reason because the orcs in the north were ready to move. However, when the lords, envoys, and monarchs of the nearby countries arrived, the lord of the Twin Lion Castle, Rhett, never mentioned the affairs of the northern orcs, but instead engaged in some gladiatorial tournaments.
If it weren't for Red's Conison's instructions, it would definitely be boring.
Of course, the representatives of various countries are not all fools, during this period, many people have asked Red about the Northern Orc Race, but they have all been vaguely fooled by Red, which has left many people with many doubts in their hearts.
The next day, under the guidance of Rhett's guards, Bun Zhong and Arbuckle followed Lori to the gladiatorial arena built by Rhett's castle lord Sheng Yiquan.
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Late at night a day ago, on the outside of the Colosseum north of the Twin Lions, the slave owners' camp
The area was home to numerous slave owners, most of whom possessed a significant number of gladiators, or were notorious. This time, they gathered in this area, naturally because they were invited by the City Lord of the Double Lion Castle.
The city lord spent a lot of money to invite these slave owners to participate in gladiatorial competitions, and also took out a huge bounty to let several large slave owners with prepared gods of war fight in gladiatorial battles, so as to determine the final god of war in front of the envoys, lords, and monarchs of various countries.
Just as everyone was struggling for bounties of all sizes, a cart pulled by a camel slowly drove into the camp. There was a wooden cage placed on the car, the cage was not covered, and sitting inside was a man with a cloak and a mantle, covered with mud all over his body, and he couldn't see his original appearance clearly, only from the faint eyes of the mantle knew that the man was still alive.
The gladiators, whose necks and limbs were chained on both sides, watched the cart pulled by the two camels slowly drive into the camp, and their eyes were different.
The car did not look for slave owners and sellers in the camp like all previous slave capture teams or mercenary groups, but went straight to the center of the camp. This is where the representative of the lord of the city, Rhett, and the chief attendant Vic, live. Vic was responsible for arranging and hosting the slave owners to prevent trouble.
Similarly, as the organizer of the gladiatorial tournament, Vic is also responsible for collecting some cannon fodder for his boss Red, which can be used as a bloody sacrifice in the duel tournament, and bloody killings are what people talk about in such tournaments.
At this time, Vic was very dissatisfied, because these lowly mercenaries actually woke themselves up in the middle of the night. I don't know if staying up late is not good for my white and tender skin?
If it weren't for the fact that the lead mercenary was an acquaintance he knew, he would have been furious, and even then he said dissatisfiedly: "You woke me up so late, if you can't give me a reasonable explanation, I don't think we will need to cooperate again in the future." ”
The leading mercenary smiled flatteringly, "Lord Vic, what do you think this is?" As he spoke, he revealed the wooden cage behind him.
This made Vic even more dissatisfied, "What you let me see is this filthy pariah? You need to know that what I need is a slave who can fight, and you brought me this stinky thing? Don't you want to die!? ”
The leader of the mercenaries smiled and leaned into Vic's ear and said a few words, Vic looked at the mercenary in front of him suspiciously and asked, "Is what you said true?" ”
The leader of the mercenaries said, "How dare I deceive you, look! As he spoke, he asked his men to pull the head of the person in the cage and pull her hair away, revealing the strange words on her face.
Vic covered his nose and stepped forward to take a closer look, then nodded and said, "Okay, I took this item, nothing else to retreat!" As he spoke, the clever squire had already pulled out a bag of money and put it in the hands of the mercenary leader, and asked a group of slaves to pull the carriage into the gladiatorial arena...
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The Colosseum, now
Wen Zhong and his party rode for about ten minutes when a huge circular building appeared in front of Wen Zhong. He dared to swear by his own temperament, the screenwriter of this building was absolutely shameless to move the ancient Roman Colosseum to this place, it was really undisciplined.
The arena covers an area of about 10,000 square meters, and the performance seats in the middle are a huge oval arena with a height difference of nearly 6 meters from the front seats. The auditoriums are supported by radial columns and vaults supported along the outer ring.
Because Wen Zhong's identity was there, it was impossible to enter the cave ticket of the bottom audience, and as a nobleman, he naturally walked through a special passage to the aristocratic audience with the best view in the middle and the widest area, which couldn't help but make Wen Zhong feel that corruption was really good.
At this time, the audience seat of the gladiatorial arena was already full of audiences, and these audience actors who didn't do anything on weekdays and played soy sauce all day long once again played a role in making up the number of people.
When most of the nobles had already taken their seats, I saw Red nod to the attendants on the side, and then the attendants walked down the aristocratic audience in understanding.
After a while, I saw that in the oval field in the middle, there were suddenly several cannon sounds, along with the sound of drums. I saw that the fence in the middle was hoisted, and then a group of naked brothers wearing only a pair of small shorts... Uh, I mean muscular hunk, walked into the field with a simple weapon.
At the aristocratic table, there is a chamberlain who is responsible for explaining.
The first to appear were the Phoenix gladiators brought by the famous big slave owners in the West, these Phoenix people have no strengths, but they have large chest muscles, and they look quite suffocating.
The appearance of this group of people immediately caused many women present to scream, as if it was a group of hungry wolves howling around fresh meat.
With the shining appearance of this group of gladiators, the gate on the other side of the venue also opened, and out of it came a group of dwarfs with an average height of less than 1.6 meters.
These dwarves were also another team of gladiators brought by the great slave owners of the Nassi Kingdom, and although they were short, they were proficient in the art of combos, and they were famous vicch berserkers.
With an order, there was almost no prelude, and these two groups of teams with a huge difference in size fought together.
The sound of the collision of weapons, the sound of tragic fighting, the wails of death, and the frenzied shouts have become the main theme in this gladiatorial arena. When everyone was shouting for the fight in the venue, there were many people who couldn't stand it, such as little Lori Emma.
You must know that what you are watching now are scenes that are not suitable for children, although little Lori Emma has experienced a lot of wars and seen many people die, but it is all a fight for survival.
She couldn't accept fighting for no reason like this, just for appreciation, so she could only stiffen up and turn her head away from looking at the gladiatorial fight below.
Wen Zhong on the side looked at Xiao Lori's performance in his eyes, but he didn't say anything, some things still have to be overcome and faced by themselves.
Just when Wen Zhong sighed about the philosophy of life, the gladiatorial battle below had come to an end. Although the Phoenix were staggering in size and strength, it was the Vicch Berserkers who won in the end. Although these dwarfs were inferior in strength to their opponents, they relied on their cooperation to divide and surround the Phoenix people, and finally defeated them all.
In addition to the eleven Phoenix gladiators who surrendered with their index fingers raised, seven others died in the battle, and the group fell to their knees, waiting for their fate.
Many spectators in the stands gave thumbs up and shouted for death, but the people below looked at the high platform. On the high platform, Rhett uncharacteristically did not make his own decision, but looked at the envoys, lords, and kings of various countries around him with great interest and asked, "I wonder what your distinguished guests think?" ”
"What's the use of keeping a pariah like this who has the strength but no brains? I prefer to see the blood flying, die! A man in a flamboyant costume looked at the Phoenix people kneeling on the ground with dissatisfaction, and sentenced these gladiators to death mercilessly, but looking at his expression, it was clear that he was the loser who pressed the wrong treasure in the gambling.
"Die!"
"Die!" xN
Although a few nobles objected, the vast majority chose to let the Phoenix die. The little Lori on the side frowned, and just wanted to speak, but Wen Zhong pressed her shoulder.
She raised her head and looked at her guardian knight a little puzzled, but Wen Zhong just shook his head at her and didn't speak, although Xiao Lori couldn't bear it, she could only suppress the urge to speak in her heart.
With the signal from the nobles' table, the dwarfs did not hesitate to slit the throat of the Phoenix with the short sword in their hands, and kicked the Phoenix to the ground with a kick that had not yet been killed. Blood poured out along the huge gap in the major artery, quickly forming a pool of blood on the ground, and the dwarfs held aloft their victorious daggers and enjoyed their moments.
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Then the dwarfs withdrew, and another gate opened. To everyone's confusion, this time it was not a trained gladiator who came out. The shabby clothes, fierce eyes and thin body looked like a group of ordinary mountain people.
At this time, the squires began to introduce again, and these people were all people who turned their backs on their lords and were spurned by honor. After being captured by Red, they were given a chance to return to the lord's rule, and as long as they won the next gladiatorial battle, they could return to the lord's rule as free people.
These hapless mountain people were also given a variety of weapons, and it was evident that they did not want to return to the rule of the Rausch lords. It was only in order to survive that he had to take up arms and fight.
But when the door on the other side of the arena opened again, their faces became very ugly. I saw a group of fierce wolves rushing out of the dark corridor.
The blood left behind by the Phoenix people had spurred the hungry wolves, and their eyes were green as they looked at the huge prey in front of them, but they were bound by the chains around their necks, and they were never able to attack.
The attendant on the side of the aristocratic table was explaining again, this time the mountain people had to face a special wolf species from the Winter Mountain Range, the giant tailed wolf! These big-tailed wolves are one of the most difficult to provoke in the Winter Mountains, their huge tails are like iron rods, and if they are swept away by their giant tails if they are not careful, they will either be killed or injured.
The little Lori Emma on the side couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Enough, if it's a fight with people, I have nothing to say." The group below were civilians, and it was impossible for them to be the match for those big-tailed wolves. Why don't you send them to death like this? ”
Red was stunned for a moment, looked at the person who spoke, and found that it was little Lori, and his face suddenly darkened. Soon he changed his face and smiled, "Your Highness the Frostwolf Queen, this is just an exhibition competition. And these people are traitors who dare to rebel against the rule of the lord, they are thieves. Such a person is not worthy of being a commoner, I think such a person, I am afraid that there are many people in your Frost Wolf Kingdom?
Aha, I may have forgotten that the little queen is not leading such a group of 'people' to send that fool of the Frostwolf King to hell? So I was negligent? Hey, hey, hey! ”
Rhett's ridiculous words made Arbuck's face behind the little Lori look very ugly, even if he was full of muscles, he could hear the bad intentions in front of him, let alone the little Lori who was a big ghost.
Arbuckle was about to go berserk, but was stopped by a hand.
I saw Wen Zhong walking up with a smile and saying, "You are the younger brother of the Grand Governor Neeson, right?" It seems to me that your gladiatorial fights for the pardon of civilians are really a means of being inferior to the extreme.
If I sat in your position, I would never use such clumsy means to fool some civilians, which would be too much of a loss of being the lord of a city. Oh no, I was wrong, I lost the identity of a 'brother of the Grand Governor'. ”
"You!" Of course, Red is not a fool, Wen Zhong sarcastically said that he relied on his eldest brother to become the city lord, how can this be endured? Although Rhett's conceit is not a heroic hero, he is also a man with considerable talent, and now he is slandered for relying on relationships to rise to power, which is undoubtedly a doubt about his own talent.
But Wen Zhong still didn't give him a chance to be mad, but continued to smile and said, "How about I want to make a bet with you now?" ”
"What bet?" Rhett looked at the guy in front of him with a blushing face, the dragon knight or something, after he started to slap his face, his favorability had already dropped to a negative number.
"It's up to me to replace the group of mountain people who don't have half of their combat strength to fight the giant-tailed wolves below. If I win, those mountain people are mine, and if I am ripe, it means that I am dead. This would only be a rumor of a foolish knight single-handedly dying on a horse, rather than a brother of a Grand Governor who took pleasure in playing with human life. ”
Wen Zhong still said his proposal with a smile on his face, but Arbuck and Little Lori on the side were already stunned, they couldn't believe what they heard with their ears, and looked at Wen Zhong with disbelief, as if they had seen a madman.
Rhett on the side laughed out loud, and before everyone could react, he said loudly: "Okay! In that case, let's ask the dragon knight Lei to show us his strength! ”
said that he didn't give time for others to speak, and immediately let the attendant on the side lead Wen Zhong down, and it was too late for Xiao Lori to stop him, because Wen Zhong, a prodigal, had disappeared into the passage, and he was begging for Red to send him down. He is confident that with his pretended hand, he will definitely be able to gain a lot of attention.
In the passage to the gladiatorial arena, Wen Zhong silently asked Olivia:
(How's it going, how much attention did you just get?) )
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