Chapter 061: Bloody Land
When Kenny successfully infiltrated the Horn Army and rose to the rank of Commander-in-Chief, Alan was eating breakfast sleepily in a luxurious inn in Nippur City, and a young girl dressed as a maid was trimming his nails, and he was sitting on a luxurious nanmu high chair, and the soft velvet seat cushion made him look lazy. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
'Knock knock'
There was a rhythmic knock at the door, the maid opened the door with small steps, Eren shoved the last piece of fluffy bread into his mouth, tied his long maroon hair behind his head with a red rope, and a man in a coarse black robe entered.
"Your Excellency, you have done what you have done. The man bowed slightly and made a standard salute.
"Well, how much did he give you?" asked Alan nonchalantly, chewing on his bread.
"A gold coin. The man bowed his head.
Alan nodded, took out a gold coin from his jacket pocket, and handed it to the man's chest, the man just wanted to reach out to take it, Alan suddenly clenched his fist, held the gold coin in his palm, and grinned a subtle smile at the corner of his mouth.
"What's the matter, sir. The man raised his head slightly and asked softly.
He ..... Did you ask anything?" Alan retracted his gold and leaned back in his high chair, he looked at his freshly trimmed nails and glanced at the man with his peripheral vision.
"He only asked my name, and I didn't say anything else. The man straightened up and replied.
Alan smiled with satisfaction and threw the gold coin on the table beside him, a pleasant crisp sound echoing through the quiet room. "Go to Assyria, these two gold coins are enough for you to buy a house there, don't let me bump into you stealing again, there won't be such a cheap thing next time." ā
"Thank you, sir!" the man picked up the gold coin on the table, his words full of joy.
The maid on the side watched the strange man leave with envious eyes, and Alan leaned back in his chair and yawned. "Do you know where the Colosseum is in Nippur?" he asked.
The maid turned her head and bowed slightly, "My lord, the Colosseum is northwest of Nipur City, do you want to see a show?"
"Well, go and get someone to prepare a carriage, the sooner the better. After Allen finished speaking, he took out another gold coin and still put it on the table, and that style really looked like a generous nobleman.
The maid picked up the gold coin and walked out of the house, and the anxious footsteps seemed to be eager to change the gold coin, after all, the rent of a carriage was not worth a gold coin, and the rest was of course her errand fee.
Alan got up and walked to the wide closet, opened the door, and tied the black steel sword leaning against the corner back to his waist, he silently prayed in his heart that that fellow Selsey would appear in the Colosseum today.
On the side of the street outside the post house, a black carriage led by two horses slowly drove by, two tall stallions looked black in the sun, the groom behind the saddle held a thin long whip, he tightened the reins and stared at the gate of the post house, the round wheels with staggered wood grain slowly stopped rotating, Alan walked out of the post house and got into the carriage directly.
The groom waved the whip in his hand, and a crisp sound alarmed the winter birds that were nesting by the eaves, and the two stallions moved their strong limbs to straighten the hemp rope that connected the carriage, and the round wheels turned slowly, and Alan leaned lazily on the saddle, and the carriage slowly drove down the street to the west.
Half an hour later, a huge oval-shaped structure appeared in front of Allen's eyes. From the outside, the building must have weathered a lot of weather, with countless white stone columns surrounding the building, and the walls are poked with holes as if for ventilation, and the internal structure is barely visible from the outside.
Alan dismounted from his horse and gave the groom a silver coin. "Wait for me here. He walked to the Colosseum not far away.
When he came to the area around the huge Colosseum, Alan raised his head and looked at the towering building, roughly estimated that the building was at least one hundred and fifty feet high, the white stone pillars were somewhat dilapidated due to the mottling of time, but it could still be seen that they were carved with various beast carvings, the builders must have put a lot of thought into it, and it was estimated that at least a hundred skilled craftsmen would have taken a year to complete these reliefs on the stone pillars alone.
Alan walked around the building for most of the time before he found the entrance to the building, a spiral staircase spiraling up the perimeter of the building, and at the entrance stood four or five soldiers in armor.
"Is the Colosseum going in from here?" asked Allen, walking to the entrance and looking at a soldier.
"Yes, honorable knight, please ask your family name, and your position. One of the soldiers asked respectfully.
"I am an alliance envoy sent by the Assyrian lords, and I only learned that Lord Patton went out of the city to hunt when I came here yesterday, and his butler asked me to go to Captain Taylor, I attended Taylor's Mask Ball last night, and met Captain Selsi at the ball, he asked me to come here today to discuss alliance matters, why did that guy choose this place to discuss things?"
"Hehe, knight, you may not know, Captain Sersi walked out of the Colosseum, where he killed a brown bear with his bare hands, and it just so happened that Lord Patton was also in the stands that day, and later he joined the Horn Legion and helped Lord Patton overthrow Sam's dark regime, and until now, he still likes to come here to watch the show!" explained the soldier respectfully.
"Well, well, I don't know what's good here. Alan turned his head to look at the Colosseum with disdain.
"For the nobles, this is a bloody feast, but for slaves or low-status untouchables, this is a miracle place to get rid of poverty, especially after the deeds of Captain Selsi are rumored to be a good story, many talented people are willing to come here to try, maybe one day they will be favored by a nobleman or regimental commander, and they will be included in the Horn Army, but the premise is that those guys can walk the Colosseum alive, but even if they die, they can get the least respect, which is the lifelong pursuit of those slaves. The soldier explained with a smile.
"Sounds interesting, can I go in?"
"Of course, but Captain Selsi hasn't come yet, so go see the show first, it's the most recognizable feature of Nippur!" the soldier said and moved out of the way.
Alan walked down the spiraling stone staircase into the arena, and when he stood at the top of the Colosseum, he was greeted by a magnificent and magnificent view. The stepped stone stands are more than 10 floors from the bottom to the top, and these seats are more than enough for 10,000 spectators, and the entire infield is at least three acres in size, and in addition to the rows of seats, there are many single stands separated by stone walls at the top.
Alan walked down the stairs to the bottom of the stands, and on the wide stage below, a dark-skinned, thin-clothed man was fighting to the death with a wolf, the man's eyes showed some timidity and despair, and the blood stained his whole body red, and it was impossible to tell whether it was wolf blood or human blood