Chapter XXVI: Praggett the Barbarian
"Ladies and gentlemen, today is a beautiful day, even the bitter cold of winter cannot stop our enthusiasm, today we will be here to witness the mightiest barbarian in history, with his brilliant giant axe, to challenge the huge tail hook of the undefeated top monster Manticore. For the sake of this meaningful competition www.biquge.info our esteemed Bishop Muto also came to our midst. Let us greet the Gospel brought by His Excellency the Bishop with enthusiastic cheers. As the host's voice fell, a burst of thunderous applause and cheers burst out, and the old god stick slowly walked to the railing, got a bird's-eye view of the audience, and then stretched out his hands and pressed them virtually.
"God says: Beloved, the cold of winter will not freeze your piety, the bright sun will dispel the fog that obscures your eyes, and the believer will finally have good luck, and Denarus is with you. Although the old god doesn't talk much, his voice goes from low to high, and the sense of rhythm is very strong, which makes Liang Ke feel very comfortable with warmth all over his body.
"Hey, hey, the old guy is not simple! This should be the high-level magic 'evangelization' in the divine arts, don't be beautiful there, this thing is actually a spiritual magic, which can make you feel comfortable for a while, but it is not good for the body, let alone fate. Achilles felt that Liang Ke's mental body was so comfortable that he trembled, and sneered and reminded Liang Ke.
"NND, I thought this Dagod Dana Ruth had really appeared! It turned out to be a psychological suggestion?" Liang Ke felt that he was so simple and a little embarrassed.
"What is a mental suggestion?"
"This ...... It's a science, you don't understand it, let's watch him perform. ”
Liang Ke cast his eyes on the stands, at this time, nearly 10,000 people in the audience were as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, their faces were flushed, they were emotional, chanting the holy name of Denarus, the god of fate, and their voices were higher and higher, and there were those extreme believers who actually took off their shirts, exposed their chests, and danced unknown dances with their hands, until they were exhausted from dancing, and were carried out by the guards of the gladiatorial arena.
The old guy smiled, and frequently waved to those devout believers, and after the cheers lasted for half a minute, the old guy blessed himself with a holy light technique, making his image more radiant, and finally those believers really didn't have the strength to toss anymore, and the old guy still couldn't finish collecting the gospel, and let the host announce the official start of the gladiatorial competition.
The composition of gladiators is very complicated, some are vagabonds, some have strength, and learn some basic martial arts, in order to survive, take up arms and take risks, enter the gladiatorial arena to fight with those ferocious monsters, or other gladiators, in order to obtain high returns; , although that chance is slim. There is also a kind of gladiator that is more special, that is, freedom challengers, they have a free body, not for money, it is completely on a whim, to show off their strength, as long as the opponent agrees, they can defeat the opponent as the goal, show their extraordinary, in Liang Ke's words, is "Dese".
There are also many ways to fight gladiators, and they can be single-person gladiatorial fights, double gladiatorial fights, or multi-person team gladiatorial fights. In order to avoid one side blindly avoiding the battle and losing the spectacle, the organizers will throw the gladiators into an iron cage, and the two sides can only fight hard in the cage before the victory is divided. This kind of battle mainly depends on the individual strength of both sides, barbaric and bloody, the viewer feels happy, and those who understand it can understand it, and it is deeply liked by the audience. Team gladiatorial fighting does not limit the venue, as long as you don't run out of the range of the gladiatorial arena, the two sides use the terrain, environment and different characteristics of weapons to fight, the main consideration is the tactical arrangement, whether the individual is strong or not does not play a decisive role, the general battle time is relatively long, but due to the large number of people, the audience's eyes will be scattered, and there is also a lack of the pleasure of winning with one hit, so most of them are used as a cushion for the playoff. It's such a gladiatorial fight going on off the field right now.
The two sides of the gladiatorial battle in the arena were from the Jialan Empire and the Duchy of Augur to the west of the Gallant Empire. There were four gladiators on each side participating in the battle, and Jialan's team was obviously a cut higher, as soon as they entered the field, they seized a rockery on the east side, and they were condescending and defended with ease, slowly consuming the physical strength of the Auger team. The Aug team relied on the advantage of the length of the weapon, although it attacked from the back, but it was not quickly defeated, until one of the halberds was smashed into a question mark by a hammer, and the guys of the Principality of Auger felt that something was wrong, threw down the damaged halberd, jumped out of the standing circle, ran to another rockery on the opposite side, and also learned from the opponent, waiting for work with ease, cursing in his mouth and waiting for the other party to attack.
The spectators in the stands let this showman-like scolding and scolding, the angry roar drowned out the host's voice urging the battle to continue as soon as possible, the overseer guards outside the arena had already raised their longbows in their hands, the cow tendon bowstring was creaking, and Liang Ke had no doubt that if the gladiators who were more fatal than grass did not work hard, the sharp arrow clusters would shoot them into hedgehogs in the next moment.
The swordsman in Jialan's team shook his head helplessly, whispered a few words to the other three, and then tightened the lock of the half-body plate armor, jumped off the rockery with his long sword, and walked slowly towards the opponent. He started to walk very slowly, then faster and faster, and when he was less than a hundred meters away from his opponent, he began to drag his greatsword sideways, and with each step he used his strength, his footsteps and the greatsword stirred up more and more dust. At first, everyone didn't quite understand the swordsman's approach, but as he ran back and forth a few times, everyone finally understood his intentions, and even Liang Ke, who had systematically learned tactical applications, began to face up to the wisdom of this era. On the rockery, the fat man with a sledgehammer in his hand, blocked the other party's vision with smoke and dust, and quickly picked up the hammer and smashed the rockery into stones. The other two warriors took their sabers on their backs, used their round shields as baskets, picked up the stones, and ran quickly behind the dirt wall made by the swordsmen. When the dust gradually cleared, several people rushed forward like human trebuchets, and by inertia, threw the big stones at the mouth of the bowl at the opponent who was standing there stupidly. Several gladiators of the Principality of Augur looked at the big boulders flying towards them with a whistling, and hurriedly raised the weapons in their hands to block in fright, but three of the four of them used long weapons, and the iron halberd was scrapped in the battle just now, and the remaining warrior was only equipped with a melee arm shield, how could such equipment withstand a powerful long-range attack, and when the stones came down, only the warrior was left standing. The swordsman of Jialan rushed up the rockery like a bolt of lightning, kicked the helpless warrior to the ground, and put the sword around his neck.
Liang Ke can see that their tactics are definitely not improvised, from their choice of weapons, to occupying the rockery with rich stones after entering, to forcing the opponent to turn to defense, and then to using the emotions of the audience, making people feel that they launched an attack to paralyze the opponent in desperation, until the later series of cooperation, which seems to be random and unintentional, in fact, it implies an understanding of the environment, the grasp of timing, and the accurate execution of tactics. Liang Ke even saw that after the swordsman won the victory, he raised his hand and made a movement to wipe his sweat, his face full of luck. He was sure that this was an extremely terrible man, and that when he won the victory, he did not forget to paralyze the unknown enemies in order to make them look down on them.
Those ordinary spectators didn't have such deep insight, and seeing that a gladiatorial fight in the mat field ended hastily like a hooligan fight, it was even more difficult for them to accept it, and they scolded and shouted for a while, and even more, they actually went to grab the bows in the hands of those guards, and were ready to shoot those sleepy gladiators to death on the field. The guards were not good men and women, and it took them their bows to knock down a few troublemakers to quell the riot that was about to turn into a stampede.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the long-awaited moment is coming. Let's welcome the undefeated god of war from our friendly neighbor, Uwang, to the field with the unique warmth of the Gallents. Before the host could wait for the guards to carry the wounded gladiator off the field, he hurriedly announced the start of the next gladiatorial fight.
As soon as the host finished speaking, the wooden gate on the south side of the gladiatorial arena slowly lifted with the sound of the winch bouncing and turning, and a tall figure carried a snow-bright giant axe larger than the wheel of a carriage, dragging a long shadow, step by step towards the cage in the middle of the gladiatorial arena. This is a giant man who is three meters tall, with a chain as thick as a child's arm between his thick feet, and scrapes a layer of sand from the ground with every step, and the giant man has nothing to cover his body except for an animal skin around his waist. The whole body is covered in black-brown skin like rocks, and the large and small scars are like small fish and earthworms with open mouths all over the body. The giant man's head was about the size of his own axe, and there was no small eye, nose, or mouth, especially the nose, whose outturned nostrils almost covered half of his face. The most bizarre thing is that the giant man's head has sharp horns more than one foot long, which stretch far and wide. This giant man is simply synonymous with danger, and every step he takes, the loud bang is like a drum beating in people's hearts, making people feel tight and short of breath, as if their depressed hearts are about to break.
"Whew...... Brother, is this giant from Wuwang?" Liang Ke let out a sigh of relief and asked the old god stick with a puzzled expression.
"Do you think he looks like him?"
"Isn't this the Minotaur warrior of the Orcs? I haven't seen it with my own eyes, but I've heard of what those Minotaurs look like. ”
"Yes, this is a minotaur warrior, and to have such a minotaur warrior as a gladiator, the Uwang royal family still has a lot of effort. ”
"How can such a powerful warrior make them surrender to a gladiator who is willing to be a slave?" Liang Ke was quite puzzled, not to mention whether that brute bull could martial arts, just with the big axe in his hand, ordinary people would not want to subdue him, let alone enslave him for a long time as a tool to make money.
"Yes, it is extremely difficult to capture a powerful minotaur, let alone enslave him. I heard that at that time, the Uwang royal family spent a lot of money to find collaborators to help, and this is why they got him. At that time, this wild bull was still small, otherwise it would not be so easy, this guy has been making money for the Uwang royal family for more than twenty years. As for how to control him, I think it's nothing more than using black magic such as drugs or curses, otherwise this big guy would have killed his master and ran back to the north. ”
As he spoke, the minotaur warrior named Braggat had already walked up to the large cage made of fine iron, and he looked at the cage that was not a few points taller than his height with his bloodshot eyes, and suddenly twisted his body and lifted the wheel of the giant axe, the snowy blade of the axe with a scream that tore through the air, and swept towards the thick iron bars. Those iron bars as thick as the rim of the cup, swept by the giant axe, like autumn wheat, fell to one side in unison, and the huge cage collapsed in half in an instant. The wild bull looked at the cage that had turned into scrap iron, as if he was still unsatisfied, and put the huge axe on the ground with a "bang", stretched out his hand like picking leeks, pulled out an iron rod from the steel beam at the bottom of the cage, forcefully passed through the iron chain that bound his feet, and plunged it deep into the ground, and then raised his big foot and kicked hard, and the thick iron chain broke in response. The minotaur crouched down again, broke the remaining half of the chain on his feet, and threw it to the ground with a thud, before he got up and picked up the big axe, raised his head to the host, and signaled that he could continue.
"Look at how strong this bull is, his body as thick and solid as the rocks of Narondo, his gaze as cold and unforgiving as the ice and snow of Narento, and his power as endless as the magma of Narondo. Is there any other power in this world that can compete with it? Is there any other species that dares to stand against him? Let's wait and see if the manticore, which also has an undefeated record, will be able to tear apart its opponent, or tremble in front of the brute warriors, come! Don't be stingy with your throat, use your screams and shouts to stir up the fighting spirit of that beast, it ...... Come...... It's over!"
With a sea of shouts and cheers, from the gate on the north side of the gladiatorial arena rumbled out of a giant beast, the size of the giant beast is much larger than Sanduo, the body length is eight meters away, the top of the head to the front foot is two stories high, the whole body is densely covered with oily shiny yellow-brown fur, the head is covered with dense manes as thick as steel needles, the limbs are thick, the claws are sharp, it looks like an oversized male lion, the only difference with the lion is that the tail dragged behind the ass is thick and long, and the tail is born with a huge hook glowing with blue light, this tail is like a life, can bend at will, as if it is a poisonous snake that kills its prey at any time, swaying from side to side with its pace, making it impossible to figure out when it will silently pierce your body.
The manticore had two long chains around its neck, and it roared again and again, shaking its head to break free from the shackles that bound it, and when it saw the human standing proudly in the middle of the field looking at itself, it felt that its dignity had been greatly challenged, and roared, spread its hooves, and rushed forward with the long chains, but just as it was about to swallow this hateful fellow into its stomach, the straight chains pulled its huge body to the ground, and the manticore roared unwillingly, waving its claws, spewing bursts of white gas from its nostrils, and looking angrily at the proud guy in front of him。
Braggett tilted his head to look at the giant monster with his giant axe, and then suddenly took a step forward and roared at the angry manticore, "Ah!" I already felt that the big guy who was provoked was so teased by the opponent, and he was even more angry, digging the ground with four claws, and struggling to rush towards Bragget, but the iron rope was extremely strong, and he couldn't break free no matter how he struggled, seeing that the enemy was in front of him, but he couldn't reach it, the angry giant beast roared endlessly, and the huge tail pulled the ground out of the ravines.
The host of the gladiatorial arena saw that the beastliness of the manticore had been fully stimulated, and nodded slightly to the guards below, and the guards who were responsible for controlling the manticore received the order, and suddenly released the other end of the chain, and the giant beast was struggling to rush forward, obviously he did not expect to suddenly gain freedom, and the huge body with inertia slammed down on the unprepared Bragart.
Although Liang Ke didn't see the dirty scene, it was obvious that this sudden change was extremely unfavorable to the unsuspecting Minotaur warriors, and the balance of victory had begun to tilt, Liang Ke's body tightened, and he sweated for the big guy. Now he finally understood the source of the old god's self-confidence.