Chapter 55: The Arena of Honor
Early the next morning, Fidel got out of bed, and he decided to go to the Honor Arena in the City of Honor today. He was going to get Eddie with him first—from some of the other cavalry mercenaries, Eddie had won a fight in the Arena of Honor once, and was a veritable champion.
He went to Eddie's room and found that he was not there, and after asking the mercenary in charge of guarding the door in the dormitory, he learned that Eddie usually did not live here, but lived in his own home in the city, but he did not know where the squadron leader's home was. Fidel had no choice but to ask Andre about it.
Fei De walked in the direction of the "Light of Honor City" statue, and the headquarters of the Moon Shield Mercenary Regiment was nearby. It is both a place for discussion and a room to live in, and now it seems that Andre himself lives here, and it is very deserted.
Unexpectedly, Eddie sat in the council chamber, just like the captain's meeting, he combed his big back and sat solemnly in the chair.
"Do you have time today?" Fidel didn't see Andre.
"Well, I guess there is, I was going to find Andre today on business with the cavalry squadron, but he locked himself in her mother Josephine's room," Eddie paused at this point, thought for a moment and continued, "You should know about her mother Josephine, right?"
"Know a little. ”
"Maybe I'm mistaken, I thought it wasn't today. Every day André spends time in his mother's room, and that's how it has been since Josephine disappeared. ”
"So we can go now?" Feder didn't have much interest in Andre's personal **, and curiosity wasn't his specialty in the first place.
"Okay, where are you going?"
"Arena of Honor. ”
Eddie tilted his head to look at the other man, his expression as if he had heard his wife ask him to accompany him to the city shopping.
"Okay, I'll call my seven-year-old son, he's always wanted to go there, and I'll take him with me this time," Eddie looked at the room with the door closed next to the council chamber, and it looked like Andre didn't mean to come out, "You haven't seen my son, have you?!
"I didn't even know you had a family. ”
Eddie smiled sheepishly and said, "Do I look so unattractive? ”
Eddie takes Fed to his doorstep. It's a very ordinary house, not at all remarkable. Eddie stood in the doorway and shouted his son's name, "Jimmy, Jimmy, Daddy is taking you to the arena to watch martial arts today!"
After a while, the door of the house was pushed open by a woman, Eddie's wife, and the little boy running out from behind Eddie's wife was Eddie's seven-year-old son, Jimmy.
"Don't come back too late!" Eddie's wife admonished, and she nodded to Feder and closed the door.
"Daddy, Daddy, is this brother in black armor going to competitive combat?!" Jimmy grabbed Eddie's leg and looked up at Fidel who was standing nearby, "He looks so strong and tall!"
Eddie looked back at Fidel and smiled embarrassedly, "Jimmy, this brother is a friend of Dad's, shall we go to the arena to watch the game together today?"
"Okay!" Jimmy was held to Eddie's chest and sat on Eddie's arm, just as Jimmy tried to reach out and touch the "black flash" on Field's body. This time Fidel doesn't dodge, and Jimmy doesn't trigger the enchantment effect of the Black Plate Armor.
Sure enough, those I wasn't wary of and those who didn't seem to be a threat didn't have an enchantment effect when they touched the enchanted armor, just like the chain-covered gloves that Gimon gave me back then, and it turned out that the enchanted equipment would be related to the user's consciousness. Thinking of this, Fidel finally understood the mystery of the enchanted weapon.
The three of them walked together to the Honor Arena in the City of Honor. The arena is made of giant stone blocks, and there are as many as eight entrances to the arena. It's still early, but a lot of people are already walking towards the arena - after all, it's free, so you can sit in and sit even if you have something to do.
"Shall we go in too?" said Feder's five fingers in his right hand, imagining how fierce the fight would be.
"Wait a minute, I'm going to buy some snacks for my son to bring in. With that, Eddie walked toward a small shop with his son in his arms, while Phyde himself stood in front of an entrance.
At this time, a fat man who looked like a tavern owner walked over, "Friend, you seem to be quite capable of fighting, are you interested in participating in the competition in the arena?"
Fei De looked at the other party, this person looked very similar to the fat man in charge of recruiting mercenaries in the water dog mercenary group he saw in Douro, and their demeanor and tone were the same, and at first glance they looked like a guy who had read countless people.
"Are there any requirements to participate in the competition?"
The fat man waved his hand and said, "There are no conditions, I see that you are an enchanted armor, right?" The fat man wanted to touch the "black flash" on Feide's body, but Feide avoided it and didn't let him touch it, the fat man was also very acquainted, he grinned and said: "Enchanted weapons can also be carried, there are very few fighters with enchanted weapons, but players with enchanted weapons must fight with players with the same conditions, otherwise it will be too bullying." ”
Fidel nodded, this kind of rule is also very reasonable.
"It doesn't look like you're short of money, so let me tell you, if you become my fighter, then you can get a lot of money if you win or lose," the fat man leaned over and said, "Sometimes you can make more money by losing a match than by winning!"
"I see," Feder looked back at Eddie and Jimmy, who were walking this way with some food in their hands, "how can I find you?"
"Oh, hehe, if you want to find me, go to that tavern and find me. The fat man pointed to a tavern across from the entrance to the arena, and walked straight away. And then Fidel remembered that the note Manrese had given him saying that he was going to wait for him in a tavern outside the entrance, could it be that it happened to be the same house?
Eddie lets Jimmy ride on his shoulders, he grabs his son's legs with both hands, and he really looks like a father who loves his son very much, while Jimmy is happily eating a candy.
"How many taverns are there near the arena?" Fed asked Eddie.
Eddie pointed to the place where the fat man was pointing, "It's just that one, what? Do you want to drink early in the morning?" Eddie didn't want to drink, he had already drunk a lot at last night's banquet, and he was reprimanded by his wife when he got home.
"No, let's go into the arena!"
The trio entered the arena through the entrance, and after a stone staircase, they entered the circular arena. As far as the eye can see, the entire circular auditorium is sparsely populated with civilians of the Republic, and the arena in the middle of the arena is a large boxy ring.
They sat down in a random position, neither high nor low.
"Daddy, I want to sit in that place!" said Jimmy, still sitting on his father's shoulders, as if riding a horse. He pointed to a place very close to the ring, which was apparently built for special people to watch the game.
"No, that's where the referee sits. Eddie lied to his son, because it was a seat for the Senate or wealthy people who knew him. But it's still that early, so there's no one there now.
While waiting for the event, Fed and Eddie chatted about the Moon Shield Mercenary Regiment.
"Anyway, it's been a while since you joined us," Eddie casually picked up a topic, "At first, I said you were a killer, but I didn't expect you to be really good at dueling and actually kill the leader of the MONOCULUS mercenary group." ”
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"And at the beginning, I was afraid that you and Andre would be incompatible, but now it seems that my worries are completely unnecessary, your relationship is very good in the Moon Shield Mercenary Regiment, and Andre was not very willing to approach other people before," Eddie remembered that when Andre first took over as the head of the Moon Shield Mercenary Regiment, he had been silent, and the other squadron leaders were also polite on the surface and estranged in their hearts, "If it weren't for the success of this battle in Gansha City, it is estimated that our internal contradictions would have erupted long ago." ”
"I didn't think about it that much, I was just doing what I was supposed to do. "Phylla likes to listen with his ears rather than with his mouth.
Eddie nodded, "It's good to do your part," he asked tentatively, "If something happened here, would you be on Andre's side, Captain Fidel?"
Fide remembered the agreement he made with Andre last night, and he said lightly: "I belong to the two-handed sword squadron, and the squad leader should follow the orders of the squadron leader." This sentence already makes the meaning very clear.
Eddie nodded reassuringly, and by this time Jimmy had finished eating the candy in his hand, he didn't want to listen to the two adults discussing these boring topics. Jimmy climbed off Eddie's shoulders and asked Field, "Brother, your black armor is very beautiful, can you give it to me?" The willful request of the seven-year-old made Fielder laugh.
"Jimmy, don't talk nonsense, this is my brother's thing, how can I give it to you?" Eddie picked Jimmy back and sat him on his lap.
"No, I want that shiny armor too!
Feder stroked Jimmy's gray-black hair with his hand, "I'll give you a piece of armor when you're older, pure black." The child's innocent request did not offend him, for he himself had said the same thing when he was a child, but it was to his father, Knight Chief Faulkner.
As they chatted, more and more spectators sat in the audience, and an arena host stepped into the quad ring.
"Okay, there are a lot of spectators here today, and the fights of the fighters will definitely be as usual, very exciting, now let's have an appetizer first!" This man's voice was unusually loud, and coupled with the characteristics of the arena building, his voice was able to be heard by everyone present, and this sharp voice also surprised Feide.
At this moment, a strong man with a chain ball in his hand walked out of the inner entrance of the arena.