Chapter 252: Opening Ceremony
"On the day the trial was completed, Haenus was sent to Persia to take care of their family's business, of course, everyone knows that it is exile, and unless it becomes a sanctuary in the future, he will not be able to return in this life. Gerner is here to play, after all, it is a family of heroes, and it will not stand in the way of us petty nobles, and it is estimated that after defeating the prisoners of war, they will abstain or admit defeat and leave. ”
"No wonder I haven't seen Haenas for so long." Su Ye Dao.
Su Ye glanced at the audience and suddenly found an obvious phenomenon.
In the inner circle of the arena, the clothes are mostly white, with occasional purple garments popular in Rome and Persia. The ornaments on these people constantly reflect a bright and shining light.
In the auditorium in the center circle, the clothes began to appear variegated, and many people also had white robes, but they were not so bright, as if they had been worn for a long time.
In the outermost circle of the audience, the clothes are mostly natural brown and brown, and there are few white robes, and purple is not visible at all.
Where hundreds of thousands of people lived, the voices were chaotic, the words were chaotic, everything was chaotic, only the colors of the clothes were so distinct.
After a while, Su Ye looked at the demigod terrace, where there were three people sitting sporadically.
All three of them were far apart, as if they didn't know each other, and stayed quietly.
Palos is looking here.
The two of them looked at each other, and Su Ye waved his hand.
Palos nodded slightly.
Su Ye turned his head and wanted to find his classmates and teachers, but he swept around, facing hundreds of thousands of people, forget it, he was just the eye of the demon eagle, not the eye of a hundred demon eagles.
Time passed slowly, and soon, on the opposite side of the demigod terrace, in the audience above the contestants, a host wearing a magic beard began to speak.
First praise to the gods, then to the nobility, and finally to everyone in Athens.
After that, the poems that are common at the competition are recited, the rules are announced, and the opening ceremony is announced after chattering.
"We stood up and the entrance ceremony began." Luo Long said in a low voice.
Everyone in the audience, wherever they were, stood up, not even the three on the demigod terrace.
Suddenly, music sounded nearby.
Su Ye looked to the left.
I saw that in the gate of the black hole on the left, four tall and sturdy warriors walked out, and the golden lion belly armor of the four people was particularly eye-catching, dressed in wartime leather armor, and each of them carried thorns.
They are the magistrates and referees of this game, and the wattles in their hands represent their power to enforce the law.
The audience shouted, and the mountains shouted and the tsunami cried.
Behind the sheriff are musicians playing or playing various instruments, their voices muffled out of tune by the cheers of the audience.
Behind the musicians is a wooden white statue of Athena, carried by more than a dozen people, slowly moving forward.
The white wooden statue of Athena is sacred and solemn, wearing a crown and robes, holding a shield in her left hand and a spear in her right.
Her eyes were carved out of wood, without any color, but they made people dare not look at them directly.
The audience once again erupted in earth-shattering cheers.
"Goddess of Wisdom!"
"Athena!"
"Goddess Bless ......"
The crowd shouted the name of the goddess.
After the statue of the goddess Athena, the patron god of the city-state, was the most worshiped deity among gladiators.
The winged goddess of victory, painted gold, holds a palm branch in her left hand and holds a victory wreath in her right hand.
The statue of the goddess of victory is much smaller, but it elicits even greater cheers.
The Colosseum is the home of the goddess of victory.
Su Ye quietly looked at the statue of the goddess of victory.
The appearance is very similar to the one who flew above him that day.
The statue of the Goddess of Victory is followed by children holding palm branches, which are then presented to the winners of each game.
After that, there were several nobles with extremely elaborate appearances, either elderly or middle-aged, dressed in white robes and purple belts, and there were not many ornaments on their bodies, but each one was exceptionally exquisite.
The host immediately introduced the new nobles in an impassioned voice, praising the sponsors of these games with all kinds of praise.
Then, the gladiators followed the nobles behind them and followed the procession.
"We keep up with the gladiators." Luo Long said in a low voice.
As the gladiators passed ahead, all the noble teams followed.
They are the real protagonists of this event.
Everyone in the audience cheered loudly, regardless of men, women, old and young, nobles and commoners, introverts and extroverts, everyone was driven by the atmosphere of the audience at this moment and shouted with all their might.
Su Ye looked up at the audience, and at the junction of the inner circle and the middle circle, he suddenly saw Holt, Jimmy, and Albert.
Hort sat quietly, as tall as the others standing, obviously enjoying the fun, but he didn't shout, just stared blankly ahead, not knowing what he was thinking.
Jimmy and Albert shouted excitedly, and the two of them waved vigorously when they saw Su Ye.
Su Ye nodded slightly, but his gaze left the two people and fell on the empty seat next to the two people.
After looking at it for a while, Su Ye silently turned his head and walked with the team.
After walking for a while, the team stopped, the music continued, and the host spoke again, completing the opening ceremony.
Luo Long said in a low voice: "I'm going to draw lots now to decide what monster we attack next, and you go back to your seats to watch the gladiators' performances." ”
Su Ye and the other noble teams returned to their previous seats, and the host began to recite poetry again, and after chanting, the first gladiators entered the arena and engaged in gladiatorial combat.
Before the gladiator battle, two warriors and two magicians stood at the edge of the innermost circle of the auditorium, and only the four of them could stand.
Two mages wear the White Ship Nautical Mage badge on their chests, and two warriors wear the Starry Sky Badge on their chests.
Su Ye found that these gladiators were different from what he imagined, they were all like competitive athletes, although they were also real fighters, but there were many restrictions, such as not attacking from behind, not attacking the opponent's head, and not rushing to attack if one side had a broken weapon, waiting for his assistant to hand over the weapon......
For Su Ye, who has participated in actual combat many times, this kind of battle is still a little worse, but the audience is enthusiastic about watching it.
Every time a gladiator was wounded and bleeding, there was a huge cheer from the audience.
Su Ye calmly watched the game, looking for a place where he could learn.
In a short time, the first duel ended.
Then, some people carried the basket to the audience, then took some thin-shelled wooden balls from the basket and threw them at the audience, and many spectators fought with all their might.
Only in the outer and middle circles of the audience did the balls fall.
The audience in the inner circle looked at the spectators who were grabbing the wooden balls, showing a seemingly kind smile.
The first time Su Ye saw this scene, he had long heard of this custom originating from the Roman gladiatorial arena, where the Roman nobles would put the written papyrus into the wooden ball in order to please the citizens, and the person who got the wooden ball could exchange it for something written on the papyrus at the end of the game.
There are many types of prizes, including slaves, weapons, food, and coins.
At the beginning of the second gladiatorial performance, Luo Long came back with a bitter face.
"I'm sorry, I'm out of luck."
Luo Long said, showing off the papyrus he had drawn lots in front of Su Ye and the other three black iron warriors.
"Turtles?" Kasona looked incredulous.
"This is the Bronze King, one of the strongest Bronze Monsters, and from another point of view, you're in luck." Su Ye Dao.
Luo Long said helplessly: "The number of demon turtles is scarce, the transportation is troublesome, and it rarely appears in the city-state competition, but every time it appears, the team facing it will definitely lose." In a short Warcraft battle, you must defeat Warcraft within ten minutes, otherwise you will be considered a failure. The Demon Turtle itself is infinitely powerful, extremely strong in defense, and can do water magic, the only drawback is that it moves slowly on land, but once it is retracted into the turtle shell, the black iron rank can't help them at all. ”
"The materials on the Demon Turtle are quite valuable, but I heard that even the Silver Warrior is too lazy to do it when he encounters the Demon Turtle, it's not that he doesn't love money, it's too troublesome, and generally speaking, only a Golden Warrior or a mage can deal with the Demon Turtle relatively easily. This Warcraft battle is difficult. "Casona Road.
"Will it be targeted?" Glore said casually.
Everyone's faces changed, and Kasona gave Glore a displeased look, and Glore immediately realized that he had lost his words.
"I believe that the organizers of this tournament are impartial, but it is not without the possibility of accidents." Luo Long's voice was a little heavy.
Everyone looked at each other, and Luo Long almost said that his lottery was probably manipulated.
"In any case, we will do our best, even if we fail, we are worthy of our efforts!" Colbert whispered.
"Yes, we can't give up." Casona Road.
Su Ye was flipping through the magic book while talking about the characteristics of the demon turtle, and everyone listened carefully.
After reading it, Su Ye concluded: "The advantages of the Demon Turtle are not much to say, the defense is too strong. His weakness is his head, four legs, and tail. All we have to do is cut off its head and the fight will end quickly. ”
"The demon turtle is relatively timid, I'm afraid that if it shrinks into the turtle shell, it won't be able to survive or die, and we can't do anything about it." Luo Long Road.
"I'm not afraid of it shrinking into a turtle shell, I'm only afraid that it will use water magic to affect my fire magic. However, for it to cast spells, it must show its head, so this is not difficult to solve. Su Ye was confident.
"Its head is also very hard, and we have to attack it many times in the same position to cut off its head." Casona Road.
Luo Long nodded slightly.
"My earth can solve it." Su Ye Dao.
"The spiky bone rod of the earth is poisonous! Just give it the skin that pierces it and you have a chance to kill it in ten minutes! Luo Long said.
Everyone discussed tactics, and they could only rally around the earth.
When the three Black Iron Warriors asked about the power of the Earth Proud Heaven, they were all skeptical.
The three gladiator performances ended quickly, and the audience was overwhelmed.
Soon, the host announced that the city-state tournament officially began, and the first game will be a team against Warcraft.
Amid the cheers of the audience, a bronze ice wolf king slowly walked out of the cage in the gladiatorial arena.
Its huge white body and grim gaze caused the audience to exclaim.
Then, five members of the first noble team appeared and launched an attack on the Ice Wolf King.
As the battle progressed, the audience's cries came and went.
As a result, this noble team was inferior in strength, and finally killed the Ice Wolf King in the ninth minute at the cost of one person seriously injuring three others.
The four of them stood on the corpse of the Ice Wolf King, and the host shouted the family name of the team, triggering enthusiastic cheers from the audience.
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