It's getting late.

The line finally lined up again.

The circus's performance venue is an amphitheater left over from the ancient Roman period and later renovated by the Apennine wolf tribe who called themselves "Romans", which is also worthy of its name.

Because the origin of circus performance is the athletic tournament in Roman times.

Clowns on stilts play all kinds of simple tricks to guide the guests to enter in an orderly manner.

The clowns here are completely different from the clowns of the medieval court (in fact, they should be called riddlers or courtiers), and are the kind of people who are painted with exaggerated red lips and miserable white makeup.

"Beautiful sir and lady, guess which coin is in my hand."

A clown holds out his palm and smiles exaggeratedly.

Lothar frowned and said, "Not in your hand, under your neckline." ”

The smile on the clown's face froze, and he cursed a word of bad luck and said gloomily, "I wish you and your partner a happy evening." ”

I moved on to the next visitor.

Lavinia was a little curious: "You don't seem to like their performances very much. ”

"It's true that I was scared by clowns when I was a kid."

Lothar refers to a horror movie he watched in his previous life, which seemed to bring the clown back to his soul or something.

Lothar found his own number plate and sat down, a huge arena that could accommodate 20,000 people at the same time, with sparse seats at the bottom, the best movie-going experience, and the most expensive ticket prices.

The seats above became more and more dense, and when they reached the top stand, there were no seats left, so they could only stand and watch, but Rao was like this, and the top was already crowded with people.

Lothar and Lavinia were located in the middle of the stands, and most of the guests here were well-dressed middle-class, after all, the ticket price of fifty lire was a lot for many citizens of Turin.

I waited a long time.

The full moon is already high, and the circus show has finally begun.

The clown brandished a whip and led two majestic lions to the stage, drilling fire rings, walking tightropes, and all kinds of performances that should be performed in a circus nowadays, attracting many audiences who have never seen the market to applaud again and again.

But Lothar and Lavinia didn't pay much attention to the performance, looking around from time to time, feeling if there was a special aura.

Lions, elephants, tigers, bears, monkeys, horses.

Magic, acrobatics

It's wonderful.

But not only Lothar and Lavinia, but all the audience are still looking forward to the final performance, the so-called "Dragoon Slaying the Giant".

Finally, with the announcer's order.

The gate at one end of the arena slowly rises.

More than a dozen giant horses dragged a huge carriage made of steel into the field.

In the cage of the carriage, the colossal giant was dressed in heavy rusty iron armor, with spikes stained with dark red dried blood, and chains as thick as arms were like ornaments, wrapped around his legs, between his arms.

His eyes were full of exhaustion and numbness, and the boiling cheers of the people, and the battle that was about to come, did not interest him in the slightest.

The carriage was much larger than what Lothar had seen before, and at the very least, he was half-crouching, but he didn't have to bend his waist—he was really tall, and if he was standing, he would probably be more than five meters.

"His name is Antey! That's right, the same name as the giant killed by Hercules (Hercules), he has endless power as long as he stands on the earth! ”

The announcer shouted, "Therefore, in normal times we must cut him off from the earth with carriages and cages made of steel, or if he goes mad, no one will be able to subdue him." ”

"This giant is a divine creature."

Lothar was reminded by the storyteller to realize that there was a faint divine brilliance lingering on this giant's body, and although divine power has never been a rare thing, it will never be rotten on the street.

"It's the divine light of the earth, the announcer is right, he has the divinity of the earth in his body, so stepping on the earth can give him a steady stream of strength."

Lavinia sighed softly, "The former overlord of the Scandinavian mountains, the giant who hunted dragons as a rite of passage, is now reduced to being entertained like a beast. ”

Lothar said expressionlessly: "This world is like this, in the Thirteen Colonies, the Native Indians can be rewarded with a hundred pounds per scalp; At the zoo in Vienna, the Germans display their rare elephant men they have captured in Africa; If one day, the wolf clan is defeated, maybe it will be people like us who will be thrown into the gladiatorial arena. ”

Lavinia opened her mouth slightly, clearly startled by Lothar's idea.

Lothar said in a calm tone: "Especially pure-bloods, think about it, werewolves vs. vampires, this gimmick doesn't feel worse than dragoon slaying giants." ”

"Next up is our dragon knight, Benito Ricardo, a legendary gladiator with the blood of Hechuli in his veins, and his dragon companion Zack!"

With a loud roar.

The whole venue was shaking.

A huge dragon beast with a red helmet on its head and a body length of more than ten meters slowly walked in through the rising gate.

A series of exclamations suddenly rang out from the stands.

Compared to the giants locked in chains and cages, this drake beast was undoubtedly far more terrifying, and its sharp claws made it clear at a glance that it must have extraordinary lethality.

As Lothar had guessed, it wasn't a dragon, just a dragon-like, but not dragon-like beast, with no scales, clad in iron armor stitched together with pieces of iron, with a relatively small head and a mouth full of shark-like teeth, and pursed lips if it were.

Behind it, a gladiator named Benito, carrying a giant dragon lance more than four meters long in one hand, wearing a horizontal helmet unique to centurions in the Roman army, and a sturdy and strong chest like a marble statue, attracted the exclamations and admiration of the women in the stands.

And this Benito knight is also quite self-conscious of a "star figure", I saw him raise his arms high, clench them into fists, sometimes beat his chest, and sometimes wave at the audience, and let out a war cry of unknown meaning from his mouth.

Compared to the withering of the giants when they appeared, this dragon knight can be described as imposing.

Lavinia commented: "Although this guy looks quite pompous, he is not a simple character. ”

"Indeed, his riding spear should be made of pure iron, and he can carry such a heavy weapon with one hand, and he still looks at it with ease, and his combat power will not be weaker than that of an ordinary centurion."

"It's a lot of money to hire such a character, isn't it?"

Lavinia muttered.

Lothar shook his head and said: "It is also possible that there is no appearance fee at all, this Benito needs fame, and the circus needs a wonderful performance, and the two sides hit it off and take what they need." ”

"It's a possibility."

Lavinia asked, "Which of them do you think will win?" ”

Lothar asked rhetorically, "Who do you want to win?" ”

"Emotionally speaking, I should hope that the giant can win, as an intelligent life, he is locked in a cage all day long, unable to touch the ground, and he can't even straighten his waist, which is more unfree than the beast in a cage. This feeling must be terrible. ”

"But reason tells me that dying in battle is the best ending for giants."

Lavinia whispered, "Even, if the giant goes berserk, we will have to clean up the mess in the end." ”

"Miss Lavinia, rationality is a virtue, but we don't have to be so rational all the time, we will lose a lot of fun."

Lavinia glanced at Lothar with some confusion: "Perhaps, but I'm used to it." ”

As he spoke, the circus men had removed the iron ropes from the giants, scattered like birds and beasts, and fled from the arena.

In the huge circular field, only the dragon knight and the giant were left.

Knight Benito took a deep breath and roared, "Stand up, evil giant, today, will be your death." ”

The giant sat on the cart, the cage was open and the chains were removed.

But he still sat on the cart in a daze, without the slightest thought of fighting.

The spectators in the stands burst into boos.

They were looking forward to a close fight, not a one-sided slaughter by the dragon knight against a giant who had no intention of fighting.

"Stand up, giant, fight me, have you lost even the courage to fight?"

Benito brandished the spear in his hand, and the drake under his crotch let out a provocative roar.

The giant sighed deeply.

Immediately, he slowly stood up from the board car and stepped on the ground.

As he stood on the ground, the rusty armor on his body was suddenly covered with a thick layer of earthy yellow light, which made people feel unmoved at a glance.

"Okay, great!"

Benito rejoiced: "It seems that you have not lost the glory of your ancestors, come, let's have a good fight." ”

The giant pulled down the mask attached to his helmet, and no one could see his face clearly.

The two stood opposite each other.

With Benito's shout, the drake kicked its feet on the ground and sped out like arrows from a string, charging towards the giant.

At this moment, even Lothar, who has always been interested in circus performances, couldn't help but devote herself to this competition.

However, the evolution of the battle situation was completely beyond everyone's expectations.

I saw that in the flash of light, the giant had already grabbed the relatively slender neck of the dragon beast, and slammed the dragon beast, which looked even bigger than him, to the ground, and the "dragon knight" behind it didn't even have time to stab the dragon spear in his hand.