Chapter 173: The Tournament Begins

Appearance, sometimes it's really deceptive, Alsace's handsome and handsome face, in the eyes of the female gladiators, is a performance of no ability, and the six ugly men picked out by Commodus are, in her opinion, all powerful and terrifying opponents.

Arthas got up with a smile and didn't refuse, he took a random wooden sword from the shelf in the courtyard, and motioned for Hill to choose at will.

Hill carefully picked out two wooden knives and rushed forward after a moment's scrutiny.

Arthas is a very easy-going and interesting person off the court, but when he fights, his momentum changes drastically, and he is very oppressive, and Hill's double slash is a sword that he swings away, and another sword has already hit her neck.

Hurry up and be ruthless! The first sword showed strength, and the second sword showed speed, really as Zhao Yu said, it couldn't hold out in two rounds!

Hill froze, as if he couldn't accept the result.

"The speed is okay, but the strength is a little worse." Arthas removed his wooden sword and commented.

"Come again!" Sylvanas refused to admit defeat and asked to fight again, and Zhao Yu nodded and motioned to Arthas, asking him to try the opponent's level more.

This time, Arthas was not in a hurry to defeat his opponent, but let Hill attack, and a wooden sword was like a shield wall, unbreakable.

Zhao Yu watched from the sidelines, and calculated the approximate strength of the female gladiator in his heart, the agility is indeed good, and the skills are not bad, these two Hills can be compared to some of the gladiators present, and the strength is the biggest shortcoming, Zhao Yu estimates that it is only seven or eight points, which is stronger than the Roman soldiers, but it is not enough in the Roman gladiatorial arena, and none of the twenty male gladiators present are less than ten points!

Tsk, if the strength is stronger, it can also be useful, Zhao Yumo rubbed his chin and thought, he suddenly remembered more than twenty tubes of super soldier potions from the previous world, muscular beauties or something, it seems to be very emotional?

Arthas defeated Hill again, and the women began to doubt their lives, and they finally realized how much worse they were from professional male gladiators.

In the next meeting, these women were much more honest, and Zhao Yu then asked: "You have also seen melee combat, and to go is to die, so, how do you use long-range weapons?" ”

Everyone spoke one after another, and the result was that Hill and two women were good at bows and arrows, the other two were good at throwing spears, and one was good at throwing axes.

In addition, in terms of appearance, Zhao Yu decided to play at most two female gladiators at the same time in each game, and the strongest three should also have at least two! (Zhao Yu, Rice Bucket, Arthas, the Viking warriors in the semifinals are a bit behind them.) )

Next, everyone stepped up their time to run-in, some tactics needed to be practiced, and Zhao Yu and Fan Bucket were also familiar with everyone.

Early the next morning, everyone went to the arena, and today is the opening day of the competition, and the brutal bloody battle will also begin.

The Colosseum is also a legendary landmark in later generations, magnificent and magnificent, the wall alone is more than 50 meters high, and it is even more shocking after sitting 80,000 or 90,000 spectators in the intact condition of this era! This is nearly 2,000 years ago, what is the concept of 80,000 or 90,000 viewers? It's really a dense area, there are 80,000 or 90,000 people, and it can be called a big city in this era!

For a spectator equivalent to the total population of the city of Carthage, eighty arches pass together, and it takes more than an hour just to enter!

The thirty-six teams of gladiators, in the tsunami-like welcome waves, entered the stadium, and Zhao Yu was in it, and he also felt his blood boiling and full of fighting spirit!

Standing still, Commodus walked up to the round stand, and the captain of the guard, Letus, holding a loudspeaker in his hand, raised it to his lips and shouted: "Today is a day worthy of being recorded!" It is your Emperor, His Majesty the great Commodus, who has been at the helm of this great country for ten years! (I added the loudspeaker myself, I can't imagine how the whole audience could hear the host's voice at that time)

Letus paused, and the arranged Toth cheered desperately, and some of the people cheered along, but the noise was not high because it was unpopular.

Commodus took the megaphone, hemmed his hands, and everyone fell silent: "I am the son of the great Marcus Aurelius, the most powerful emperor of the empire, Commodus!" I hereby announce the start of the gladiatorial competition! ”

For the next game, the cheers this time were much higher, and the opening ceremony may be too big and the shouting is too tiring, but it is very short.

Next, all the teams withdrew, Commodus personally began to draw lots, and Zhao Yu's team was lucky to draw the team from the Macedonian province and ranked tenth.

The province of Macedonia was also miserable among all the ranks, their champion and three gladiators were eliminated and then one more executed, with only one more official member than the city of Carthage.

"It's supposed to be a belly team." Zhao Yu made a judgment, what if the strongest one is gone: "Let's lead the team with a rice bucket this time!" ”

"I think we should give it our all." Alsace disagreed: "Every game is a knockout game, and the opponent should go all out in the first game!" Otherwise, they will really be at the bottom. ”

Zhao Yu thought about it, so he sent Alsace again, and the two of them were as stable as dogs on the field, and the two of them could almost sweep the opposite side.

The games were played one by one, and the time of each game ranged from five minutes to half an hour, and by the time Zhao Yu's team came on the field, it was already afternoon.

"Here are the Macedonian warriors!" The host shouted, "Let's see, the standard combination of four spears, four swords and two bows!" Let's cheer for them! ”

The cheers continued, and the audience who had been fighting for a long time was not tired at all, the Macedonian gladiators were really going all out, and none of the female gladiators appeared, saying that the same was true for the eighteen teams in front, and it was estimated that unless they were understaffed, it was impossible to let these weak chickens come on the bench.

"And then there's the Carthaginian team across the sea from us! Two spears, two swords, three knives and three bows! They actually sent three archers, and two women among them! The host shouted in surprise: "Have they given up the game and want to go home early?" ”

The audience cooperated with a burst of boos, and the originally flat odds gradually increased, Senatia also frowned in the stands, she just pressed two thousand gold coins, betting that Zhao Yu could win, but there were actually two women on the field.

"Go ahead, kill them!" Zhao Yu cheered everyone at the exit: "Don't forget the tactics, get rid of them as quickly as possible!" ”

"Don't worry, Zhao! They don't live more than five minutes! Carrying his giant shield spear, the rice bucket turned back to Zhao Yu and said, then walked towards the midfield.

PS: Thanks for the tip from the clever fool A(B)!