Chapter 50: A Duel to the Death
"Is this the sorrow of the weak?" said Gaia after a long time.
As soon as the words were spoken, a young man in a coarse cloth coat was kicked out of the tavern next to him, and stumbled to Gaia's feet, and a rough man was chased out of the tavern, he stepped on the young man's face, and said viciously: "Do you think Miss Ani will take a fancy to you like this, it's just a toad who wants to eat swan meat, hum!
If it was usual, Gaia would at most raise her eyelids for this kind of thing, spare it and leave. But today he is very sensitive, and the sentence "the toad wants to eat swan meat" seems to be like a needle pricked in his heart......
Shaking her head, Gaia shook off the jumbled thoughts and continued on her way. At this point, he really didn't know where he was going, whether to go to the Adventurers' Guild or to find a carriage to get to that beautiful sister.
"Tsk, it's really a narrow road, little ghost, remember me?" a discordant laugh came, and Gaia frowned just by hearing the voice.
Arro, the guy who nearly slit Gaia's throat with a dagger last time in Karting City. Gaia can be said to be upset now, and now that he has met this annoying guy again, he said in a very cold tone: "Get out of here, don't bother me." ”
"Yo, that's not a small tone. Ah Luo joked, he was also alone at this time, and the dagger at his waist was not pulled out. This is the center of the city, and private fights are not allowed on the streets.
Of course, this private fight generally refers to the contest between those who have fighting spirit and magic, mainly because they are afraid that these cultivators will destroy the surrounding buildings, like the situation of the young man who was pushed out of the tavern just now, as long as no one is killed, the city guards will generally not care.
"Do you want to fight?" Gaia said coldly, he was a little depressed in his heart, and he just used this guy to vent for himself.
"Haha, I heard you right, right?" Ah Luo laughed uncontrollably, this little ghost who was almost killed by himself a few months ago is now unashamedly provoking himself, it is simply ridiculous.
"Hmph, go to the dueling arena!" Gaia didn't talk nonsense to him. He was now a third-order junior swordsman and a second-order junior magician, and he was confident that he would take out this first-order intermediate swordsman.
Ah Luo didn't expect this little ghost to dare to play like this, and showed a sinister smile and said: "This is what you said, since you want to play, play bigger, dare you follow me into the field of life and death!"
"Why don't you dare!" Gaia didn't hesitate. The field of life and death is the same as the dueling field, it is a place for those cultivators to compete, the difference is that the people who enter the field of life and death, the two sides generally have a lot of hatred, so the person who enters the field of life and death to fight is regardless of life and death.
"Okay! for your courage, I'll leave you a whole corpse later!" Arro actually doesn't have a deep grudge against Gaia, but he is a quirk, and he is uncomfortable when he sees those talented guys, and he wants to strangle these future powerhouses in the cradle. Today, I happened to meet Gaia alone in Karting City, and the city guards of Karting City were not decorations, so he didn't dare to openly attack Gaia, so he just stepped forward to provoke a few words. What I didn't expect was that this kid actually took the initiative to propose a duel, and it was still a life and death field, and he didn't need to bear any consequences if he killed him, but it greatly satisfied his perverted psychology.
The two walked very simply to the nearest life and death scene. The field of life and death is inside the dueling arena and occupies a small area. As soon as he walked into the somewhat dimly lit arena, the lewd man who was collecting the entrance fee at the door grinned and said to Ah Luo: "Hey, man, who are you fighting with today?"
Ah Luo was obviously a regular visitor here, but he probably couldn't pull his face and say that he would duel with the little boy Gaia, so he just snorted coldly and walked straight into the arena without saying anything.
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"Oh! Thirteen-year-old third-order junior swordsman vs. thirty-year-old first-order intermediate swordsman, a duel of life and death!
"Is this any better? That little imp is simply looking for death!"
"Bet bet, I'll buy an intermediate swordsman to win!"
"Intermediate swordsman wins, fifty silver coins!"
"Intermediate swordsman wins, two gold coins!"
The Fighting Demon Hall is generally for nobles and high-level cultivators, and the Duel Arena is for everyone, even civilians can spend dozens of copper coins to watch the cultivators' duels, for ignorant civilians, the duel without bets can be much more boring, so the Duel Arena will let those viewers place bets before each duel starts to enliven the atmosphere of the scene.
"The ratio of the challenger Gaia to the receiver Arrow is 1:20"
After the judge read out this ratio, Gaia was stunned, he didn't expect that someone would win by himself in such a situation. According to his thinking, this ratio should be at least below 1:100.
"Gaia, come on, Brother Hei has put all his belongings on you!" At this moment, a loud voice came from the audience.
Gaia took advantage of the situation and saw a dark-skinned young man shouting at him, it was actually a black man who had been born and died in the Demon Beast Mountain Range. I remember that the black man had been recuperating in the Magic Guild for a long time because of a broken arm, but he didn't expect that he was still in Karting City and came to watch this game.
"Big black brother, I won't let you down!" Gaia clenched her fists and waved at the black man.
"It just so happens that someone else collects your body. With a sneer, Arrow walked up to the center of the arena, drew the dagger at his waist, and played with the dexterous weapon with great interest.
Gaia also stepped into the center of the field, drew his one-handed sword, which had no lustre, and drew a cross in front of his chest. This cross-marking gesture is a ritual for authentic swordsmen before a duel, not because Gaia respects his opponent, but because the referee has not yet announced the start of the match, and he can't be idle, so let's be a hot player.
"Shred that boy!
"Arrow, pierce his heart with your dagger!"
"Kill this guy who can't help himself!"
There was a shout from the audience, most of these people would come here because they were used to seeing blood, and they would not take pity on Gaia just because he was an underage child, and in their eyes mercy was not as lovely as the gold coins that were won back.
"Let's go!" The referee finally dropped the flag, this arena is not maintained by an enchantment, so the referee is not allowed to step down from the stage, and keep a little distance from the center of the arena, so as not to be affected by the fighting spirit.
As soon as the referee's words fell, Ah Luo put away his leisurely demeanor, put the dagger out horizontally with a gloomy face, and moved his footsteps quickly, like a light breeze......
This Aro is also an agile swordsman, his footwork is very strange, left and right, elusive, and Gaia, who is holding a one-handed sword, has to take a few steps backwards.
Gaia could have used the Whirlwind and Wind Blade to interfere with the other party's rush first, but he didn't. He remembered that the captain had defeated this Arro with the strength of a third-order junior swordsman, and he firmly believed that he could do it too.