Chapter 68, Buying Spartacus
In the Thinking Ball from Olakyr, his perception of "reason" is described.
Reason, which has existed everywhere in the world, has existed since before the birth of human beings, or any living being, is absolutely "objective" and is a true witness to the progress of the universe.
Taking the Big Bang theory as an example, there are only 18 parameters that determine all the states of the "singularity" of the explosion, and these 18 parameters are the most original and ancient "principles", which together determine the composition of any particle of dust in the universe.
Each of these eighteen principles is "extremely simple" and "extremely complex", and their functions cannot be described in human language, but they work together to form the universe as we see it today.
With the passage of time, the form of the universe gradually stabilized, and the original eighteen "principles" began to separate countless streams, the number of which is truly "innumerable", controlling the operation of all things in the universe.
In the long years that followed, a certain intelligent race gradually used its strong spiritual will to capture some of the "trickles" flowing out of the root principles, and flexibly used these insignificant "principles" to form technology, magic, and higher-level applications beyond the scope of human language.
At this point, the so-called science and technology of the earth is actually a superficial study of reason.
Olakiel has a very thorough understanding of the principles of wind, thunder and lightning, and magnetism.
Although there is a distinction between "words", in reality, different theories are "actually the same thing", just like different whirlpools in a pond, no matter how they rotate, they are all part of the pond.
What human beings, or all intelligent beings, have access to most easily is the principles that are closely related to their own lives.
For example, the principle of the wind, the flow of the atmosphere, the skin on the body is experienced almost every moment.
The principle of fire, the principle of flowing water, the principle of the earth, and so on, on this basis, the so-called "principle of the elements" is formed, which is the sum total of all natural phenomena that appear around human life.
With the increase of spiritual awakening, intelligent beings can grasp any trickle and trace back to the eighteen root principles of the Big Bang.
However, this is just a "possibility", even if it is so strong that it can destroy the stars with bare hands, the principle of the eighteen roots is still out of reach.
The purpose of the Lord God, the "God" he speaks of, means that he can go upstream, follow the trickle of any principle, seek upwards, and finally touch the eighteen principles of the most original source of the universe, and then achieve the "ultimate responsibility" that the Lord God cannot bear.
This is a summary of Aurachill's teachings, and he also shows that these descriptions of the principles of the roots came from another predecessor whom he knew, and that he himself was far from understanding the meaning.
He also reminded that these things, as long as you know, it doesn't matter if you forget them, the important thing is to grasp the real present and not be too ambitious.
Later, Olakir described in detail his application of the Principles of the Wind, in which Li Lian quickly found a way to quickly increase his strength.
Generally speaking, reincarnators first exchange relevant abilities, and then experience "reason" from the use of these abilities, which in turn strengthens the power of abilities.
Li Lian did the opposite, because of his strong spiritual talent, he experienced the most basic wind principle in the battle with the war ghost.
At that time, Kojiro was just a first glimpse of the door, and he died on Yanliu Island, in fact, his understanding of the principle of wind was quite shallow.
Although the war ghost is a genius, his heart is not here, and on the basis of this "superficiality", it has become more superficial.
Li Lian should have stopped at the "Heavy Hammer of the Wind" forever, the kind of combat method that couldn't be put on the table, but relying on his own talent and penance in the mountains and forests for a year, he went up the stream and comprehended the principle of the wind more thoroughly, far beyond Kojiro back then.
When he left the Apocalypse world, his comprehension of the principle of wind was already very thorough, and it could be said that it was comparable to fifty or sixty percent of Orakir, and at this level, there was a very simple way to improve his strength.
The abilities exchanged by the main god are only "seeds", or "prototypes", and they must be tempered for a long time to form combat effectiveness.
And if you have already comprehended the principle of wind, and then exchange the ability of the wind system, then ...... The seeds of this ability will quickly sprout and grow, and in a short period of time they will become a real fighting force.
And the ability that most closely matches the principle of wind is exactly what Li Lian redeemed - "Wind Stigmata".
One is the method of manipulating the "wind" engraved in the soul, like an emperor, commanding all the winds in the world.
With the support of the Stigmata of the Wind, Li Lian completed the "Moving Sword, Spiritual Wind", the subtle control of the wind that was far from being achieved by Li Lian before the exchange.
With the breeze that hides his "qi", lurk around the enemy, and then suddenly burst out and hurt people, it is impossible to prevent it, no matter how powerful the enemy is, as long as he can't detect it, it means a dead end.
It can be said to be the strongest assassination sword, and it is also in line with Li Lian's policy - if it is an enemy, kill it without any mouth cannons.
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At this time, the mansion of the Battitas family, which was also the training ground for the Ludeus gladiators, welcomed an uninvited guest.
Here, the building is next to the cliff, not "close" more than ten meters apart, but "close" if you take a wrong step and you may fall into the cliff.
The training ground, surrounded by walls on both sides, on one side is the mansion of Batitas, and on the other, there are thousands of cliffs, and there is no obstruction.
Nearly a hundred gladiators, trained in such dangerous venues, lasted for more than a hundred years under the rule of the Batitas family.
The mysterious man in the black cloak stood on the balcony on the second floor of the mansion, from which he could look down on the gladiators in training.
On the west side of the wall, a man named Spartacus was squatting in the corner of the wall, dirty and red, with his internal injuries still healed, and the corners of his mouth were still stained with blood.
Defeated, and humiliated surrender to survive, he has lost the hearts of the people, and the people don't want to see him return to the arena at all, so his value as a gladiator is over, and all he is waiting for now is to be sent to the mines and die of exhaustion for a few months.
Even though his physical strength was ten times greater than that of ordinary people, and his strength was enough to break the iron door behind him, as long as Battitas had a thought, the "curse of shackles" hidden in his body would kill him in an instant, or give him the pain of life worse than death.
"So, Your Excellency, how do you think about the deal I am talking about?"
Under the black cloak, a faint female voice came, because of the shadow of the cloak, Batitas could not see her face, but he could see a few strands of black hair exposed from her neck.
This hair color was very rare in Capua, or indeed in the whole republic, except in the barbarian lands of the north, but their hair was curled and dirty, and it was incomparable to that of the people in front of them.
Batitas cast his eyes on Spartacus, who was crouching in the corner, habitually licked his lower lip, pondered, and then said a number, "50 dina." ”
This number is enough for ordinary people to eat and drink for 5 years.
A chuckle appeared under the cloak, and the woman seemed to smile and said, "It's really Batitas, when you bought it, it was only half the price, right?" ”
Unsurprised, Bartitas argued, "Spartacus is a great player, and although the first game was not as good as it could be, it has a lot of potential, and the price is right. ”
"Hehe, forget it, I don't care about you." Under the cloak, a slender hand stretched out, and between his fingers was a linen bag that was bulging with coins. "This is 60 dina, and now, Spartacus has been bought by me."
Yes, the deal between the two was about Spartacus, who unfortunately fell in love with Capua's god of war in his first battle after becoming a gladiator, and lost the hearts of the people because of his begging for mercy.
Not to mention 50 dinas, 2 dinas are enough to buy, the value of Spartacus as a gladiator is over, and what is left is pure labor.
Such a deal of the living was played out countless times every day in Capua, and throughout Rome.
In these countless transactions, both parties to the transaction have never regarded their goods as living beings, which are unimaginable in the afterlife, but at this time they are very normal.
Batitas was a little hesitant, he didn't expect the woman to be so cheerful, it was simply ...... The cheerfulness was too much, and he had to be suspicious.
"With all due respect, ma'am, what is your purpose?"
The woman under the cloak smiled slightly, and unveiled the cloak freely, revealing the appearance that crowned this barbaric era, as well as the bearing of all women in this era.
She held the hilt of the sword at her waist and said with an interested expression, "I bought Spartacus, but I still keep him here to continue training, is that okay?" ”
Batitas was stunned, such a request was unheard of.
"Keep training? I'm sorry...... But for what? ”
"For you, for Batitas, how?"
"Ma'am, I don't understand your words."
"There's nothing hard to understand, I bought Spartacus to avoid him dying and to continue training to see him again in the arena one day. Of course, I don't have a training ground, so Spartacus is still fighting for you, and the honor is still yours. ”
"But ma'am, you ......"
Batitas wondered, is this woman stupid? Is it so thankless just to bring Spartacus back to the arena?
"My purpose, you don't need to ask, opposition is beneficial to you. I just ask, can this deal be done? ”
Batitas thought for a while, his mind was now on the war ghost, and he didn't care about Spartacus, who had lost the hearts of the people, and now that he had such a profitable business in front of him, he didn't need to think about anything.
"Okay, deal, ma'am." Batitas happily took the money bag from the hand.
"Well, I have one more request." Looking back at the "protagonist" of the original book, he could easily perceive his physical and mental anger and unwillingness, "That is, his coach should be served by 'us'." ”
In the corner, the gladiator who was nailed to the sand by fate, and the leader of the future gladiator uprising, the strategist who almost subverted the whole of Rome, the valiant warrior, who almost made people suspect that he was of Zeusian blood, was distorted from his original trajectory.
According to the original book, he would be taken by Battitas to the underground gladiatorial arena, where he would die nine times before returning.
And in that case, it will be difficult for the Implied Team to keep it safe in the Underground Gladiatorial Arena.
After all, the main task of Li Lian and others is: to help Spartacus gain "freedom".
The prerequisite is to ensure his survival first.