Chapter 3: The City of Eternal Night
When Lan Yiwen woke up, three days had passed, and the physical destruction and mental pressure had made him sleep for three days and nights. He slowly sat up from the bed www.biquge.info but felt that his body was not as painful as he had imagined. His arm was wrapped in a white bandage, presumably someone had already treated his wound, Lan Yiwen moved his fingers, and when he saw that he was still flexible, he was relieved, and it seemed that his arm was safe and sound.
Lan Yiwen carefully climbed out of bed, except for a slight soreness in his body and bones, there was no other discomfort, after all, except for his arms, he did not suffer any serious injuries in that gladiatorial fight, but he was just out of strength.
"Oh, little one, it looks like you're awake. Before he could take a closer look at the room, a loud voice rang out in the room, and then a sturdy body squeezed in with the smell of wine. Lan Yiwen looked at the figure that moved into the room, and his first reaction was that this should be a dwarf, or that this big guy who came in looked like the dwarf described in the novels that Lan Yiwen had read on Earth before, with a big red nose, a thick beard, a thick body, and a giant axe on the back of the door, this is really a sturdy guy. But this dwarf is a little tall, looking half a head taller than himself, you have to know that you are 1.8m, isn't the dwarf short?
"Uh, is this uncle?" Lan Yiwen was full of questions in his heart, and when he saw that this guy came in, he seemed to have good intentions, and quickly asked carefully.
"Don't be inhibited, little one, come and sit down. As he spoke, the "dwarf uncle" pulled out the big axe behind his back and leaned against the wall, and sat down on a large rattan chair by the window.
"If you don't mind, please call me Lan Yiwen. Lan Yiwen pulled up the chair on the other side and sat down by the window.
"Hmm, little guy, oh no, Lan Yiwen. That gladiatorial fight a few days ago was really exciting, looking at your small body, thin and weak, I didn't expect to be able to kill that Thor hound. Well, I'll tell you secretly, that Thor Hound was caught by me, a pretty fierce little thing. "Uncle Dwarf" let out a pleasant laugh, his thick palm lightly brushing his brown-red beard.
Lan Yiwen looked at this happy dwarf uncle who was entertaining himself, and his expression was slightly bad. "Where the hell is this joke?"
"Well, what a serious little guy, not humorous at all. Probably seeing Lan Yiwen's depressed expression, the "dwarf uncle" stopped laughing in time and began to introduce himself. "I'm Drekate Hearth, Helmet, Hammer from Kampa Domain, you can call me Hammer, or you can call me by my nickname, Axe. As you can see, I am a great hill dwarf. Of course I am a tall hill dwarf, and my stature is inherited from my ancestors. The dwarf, who called himself the Hammer, began to laugh again.
"Mr. Furyhammer, it's a pleasure to meet you. Praise your great ancestor, but can you tell me what kind of place this is?" Lan Yiwen stopped the dwarf in time and quickly asked.
"Hey, don't be so inhibited, but you don't know what this place is? How did you end up in the Colosseum? According to the ancient laws of the City of Eternal Night, no intelligent life is allowed to appear in the arena in any involuntary form, except as a private slave. Are you anyone's slave?" buried himself deep in the wicker chair, his hands resting on his chest, as if lost in thought. "Well, but you don't seem to be a slave either, which is interesting. ”
"Uncle Furious Hammer, you haven't told me what the hell this is. Lan Yiwen looked at the dwarf as if he was about to fall into the memories of the past, and hurriedly reminded him.
"This is the city of eternal night, the state of chaos and order, the center of the multidimensional universe, of course, it is only the so-called center, to put it bluntly, it is a transit point, but more people know it. There are intelligent beings from various star fields gathered here, and they exchange materials between star fields here, although most of them are mainland goods, but you can occasionally find some good things. See this," said the dwarf, taking out a large pipe from the hanging pocket on his belt and shaking it in front of Lan Yiwen's eyes.
"This is the pipe used by the Emperor of the Black Abyss, carved from the stone of the Black Prison, which can effectively lock in the fragrance of the tobacco. How about a sip?" The dwarf put his pipe in front of Lan Yiwen's eyes, and when he saw Lan Yiwen waving his hand, he didn't see the ignition, so he took a deep breath and spit out a light blue smoke ring.
Lan Yiwen sniffed lightly and smelled an indescribable smell, the strong smell made him cough a few times, he looked at the dwarf shrouded in blue mist and couldn't help but think secretly, "Uncle, is it really good to smoke someone else's pipe." ”
"Of course, if you want to prove yourself, you can apply for the status of Star Gladiator here to participate in the gladiatorial competition, and you can choose any opponent who is stronger than you. Of course, for the sake of fairness, the war arena will choose two sides with similar strength to participate. To be honest, the one you participated in, according to your strength, the opponent should find a Doom to be considered fair. The dwarf was afraid that Lan Yiwen would know what Doom was, and explained, "Oh, Doom is a slimy little monster, I really don't know how there can be such a 'scary' creature." You know once I saw a group of these things in the Grimm Star Field, and the overwhelming Doom was really disgusting, I dare say that even the Elder Dragons would have to take a detour when they saw them......." It seems that Doom didn't have a good impression of Fury Hammer, and Fury Hammer had deep wrinkles on his head and a look of disgust.
Seeing that the dwarf seemed to be about to fall into contemplation again, Lan Yiwen hurriedly coughed lightly, "Okay, don't think about that terrible slug, uncle, go on, I have a stomach question to ask." “
"Well, slug, that's a good analogy. Fury Hammer laughed a few times and continued, "The warriors participating in gladiatorial battles are divided into 9 levels, of which levels 1 to 3 belong to beginner gladiators, levels 4 to 6 belong to intermediate gladiators, and levels 7 to 9 belong to advanced gladiators. However, in order to make up for this shortcoming, the War Arena will make a risk assessment of you according to your real level, which will be used as the basis for arranging gladiatorial battles, so there will actually be no gladiatorial fights with too much difference in strength, except for special circumstances, of course. As he spoke, the dwarf took out another large wine bag from the leather pocket on his waist, pulled the stopper, took a beautiful puff, and hiccuped with enjoyment. "Among them, beginner to intermediate gladiators need to participate in individual battles every once in a while, of course, if you want, you can also participate in team battles, well, generally speaking, this time is half a month, if you don't participate, your arena points will be deducted. If you run out of Arena points, you'll be locked up in the Abyss as a coolie, and you'll have to stay there unless you can offset the negative points or be bought as a slave. ”
"Arena points, what is that for, what's the use?" Lan Yiwen had a hunch that this point would be very important to him in the future.
"When you play in the arena, you can earn arena points. "Move your ass to make yourself more comfortable" These points are like the money in our star field, which can be used to pay for expenses in the city of eternal night. There are two ways to get it, one is to participate in gladiatorial battles, and at the end of each individual battle, the War Arena judges will determine the winner's score based on your situation. One is to sell your own items to the City of Eternal Night, of course, the more valuable you are, the more points you get, but you still lose a lot of points from fighting gladiatorial battles. ”
"What about the losers?"
"Loser, if your opponent is some brainless guy, it's natural to use it as food, but don't worry, most of the battles here are with guys with brains, don't worry, they don't have the habit of eating casually, so at most it's a negative score. If you lose the score, you will either be sent out to work as a coolie or as a slave to others. As he spoke, he waved his hand at Lan Yiwen. "Don't care about these trivial things, where did we just go?"
"If you fail, you will lose your human rights, and this is also a trivial matter. Lan Yiwen noticed the words food and slave, and felt a lot of pressure again, looking at the dwarf in front of him, he suddenly felt that this guy was like Santa Claus, maybe one day he should be advised to dye his beard white and put on a red cotton robe. Well, a Santa Claus with a big axe, hey, that's black humor.
"Arena points are a good thing, you can exchange them in the gladiator hall, all kinds of things from the major star fields, as long as you have enough points, you can exchange anything, even the true god personality, well, it's a good thing that can become a true god if you eat it. It seemed that seeing that Lan Yiwen was about to interrupt himself again, Angry Hammer hurriedly explained himself. "Of course, you can also participate in team battles, which require teams to participate in a team of 10 people, with a minimum of 2 people. Generally, every team battle is organized by the city lord of the eternal night city, and the winner can get a chance to draw a random item in the endless treasure house of the lord of the eternal night, of course, this is also good and bad, I saw a lucky person draw a sealed egg of a hell star beast from the abyss of Ambogen, you must know that this thing is raised, the combat power is comparable to a thousand-year-old dragon, of course, he has to have such a long life to raise it. I heard that in the end, he sold the egg to a mysterious star mage, and got a lot of good things. Of course, there are the unlucky ones. Hammer seemed to think of something funny, and laughed again. "I heard that there was a team of unlucky guys who, after all their hard work to win the championship, actually drew a pink Doom. Hehe, after I heard that, the captain won the title of eternal black hand. I don't know why the Endless Treasury has such a thing. ”
"Who is the Lord of the Eternal Night?" Lan Yiwen hurriedly asked while the Angry Hammer stopped drinking.
"The Lord of the Eternal Night, no one has ever seen him, only that his will is always shrouded in the City of Eternal Night, and it is said that he is a great being in the ancient period of Hongmeng, and he is the same period as many of the Lord of the Star Field, but who knows, in short, he is a big man. "Angry Hammer clearly doesn't care about this issue. "Okay, do you have any other questions, little one?"
"One last question. Lan Yiwen was obviously comfortable with his title of "little guy", "How can I go back?"
"Where are you going back? Azure Star Field? As long as you pass through the Star Field Portal, you can go over, 100 points once, and if you come back, you also need 100 points. Or anything of equal value. Of course, you know that some races charge a bit confusingly. ”
"How do you know I'm going back to the Azure Star Domain?" Lan Yiwen had a bad premonition.
"Of course, aren't you Terrans all from the Azure Star Domain, your planet is full of water, just like a blue spar bead, it's beautiful. Hmm, then again, how did you get through the portal with such a weak strength, I heard that if you want to pass through the portal, you need at least the appearance of a Rique warrior or a star soul mage. Apparently Hammer was puzzled again.
"In this way, it seems that this Azure Star Domain may not be the Earth," Lan Yiwen thought faintly, but this Uncle Angry Hammer said that the Terrans all came from there, and it seemed necessary to go to the Azure Star Domain.
"All right, little one. Today you take a rest, tomorrow I will take you to the gladiator hall to have a look, to update your information card, the battle of the past few days is estimated that you can get a large number of points. As he spoke, he pulled out his big ass from the wicker chair with difficulty, picked up the big axe on one side, and walked out.
Lan Yiwen, who was only left with a stomach full of doubts, was secretly stunned.