Volume 2 Saving and Doing Chapter 16 Blood as Clothing (I)
Luo Mu walked into the classroom as usual today, not too early or too late, still no one would take the initiative to greet him, still sitting on a small independent table at the back of the classroom, but the difference was that Luo Mu could feel a faint gaze from the left side of the classroom, which was full of resentment, as if he was scolding him for why he didn't show up last night.
Luo Mu didn't mean to respond at all, he leaned lazily against the wall of the classroom, supporting the desk with his hands, as if he was reading the textbook, but in fact, he had completely closed his eyes.
Ciris retracted her eyes looking at Luo Mu, gritted her teeth fiercely, she couldn't read a word of what was written in the book in front of her, and suddenly there was a crisp sound, Ciris realized that she had broken the pencil in her hand, she glanced at the pencil in her hand, snorted hatefully, and took out a new one from her schoolbag, and at this moment the teacher was also standing on the podium.
It has been a full month since Luo Mu and Joey were invited by Theodore to go to the house for dinner, Luo Mu finally gained a rare peace in this month, and Joey went to and from school on time every day, and listened to Joey's nagging quietly in the house at night.
But there is an end to the days of ease, maybe for most people today is still an ordinary day, but the nobles have been waiting for a long time, tonight is the opening moment of the hundred-man battle in the Titan Gladiatorial Arena, Luo Mu has already signed up for the competition according to the way given by Theodore, and the Titangladiatorial Arena has also promised to provide all conventional armor and weapons, Luo Mu has nothing to prepare.
The day's classes passed quickly, with the school bell ringing, the classroom suddenly became hot, Luo Mu threw a book on the table from morning to night into the backpack, then stood up and walked straight to Ciris
Cyreth's movements stopped suddenly, and the classroom seemed to be pinched by the neck, and the silence was almost suffocated in an instant, everyone looked in the direction of Cyrith in shock, Luo Mu's behavior was almost provoking the authority of the nobles, which was even more serious in Corvo's law, and there was a threat of beheading.
Cyris turned his head, snorted for a moment, stared at Luo Mu with some anticipation and said, "Are you coming tonight?" The whole classroom suddenly burst into a gasp, and everyone almost couldn't believe their ears, is this really what that Cyris will say?
The look in the eyes of all the boys can no longer be described as shock, they are now looking at Luo Mu's slightly thin back as if they are looking up to the gods, what did this inconspicuous person do to make Sirius look at him differently?
But the two of them in the whirlpool seemed to ignore everyone's eyes at all, Luo Mu frowned, and said, "Have you forgotten the day, how can I be free today" Of course, Sirius didn't forget what day it was, but what she hoped at all was that Luo Mu would not participate in the 100-person battle competition with a mortality rate of up to 90 percent!
Cyris slammed the homework book in his hand, took out a handful of gold coins from his backpack, stuffed them into Luo Mu's hand, and then pushed Luo Mu's body away, rushed out of the classroom with his schoolbag on his back, until Luo Mu also followed Ciris and walked out of the classroom unhurriedly, the whole classroom suddenly erupted into a huge uproar, they couldn't believe what they saw, and a few well-informed people ran out early to report to Theodore.
And at this moment, Luo Mu had already sat in the carriage home, Joey sat on the side and looked out the window looking at the scenery along the way, Luo Mu suddenly said, "I'm not going back tonight" Joey turned his head a little strangely, and asked, "Brother Mu, are you going to leave now?" Luo Mu shook his head and said, "I'm eating at home", Joey sighed, nodded, signaled that he understood, and then turned his head and continued to look out the window.
Luo Mu hesitated for a moment, and then said, "If I don't come back tomorrow night, you can go to my house..." But before Luo Mu could finish speaking, a choked voice from Joey's shrugged shoulders interrupted him, "Don't say it!" Joey didn't look back, but Luo Mu could almost imagine him in tears, how could Joey not know what Luo Mu was going to do tonight.
Joey sobbed and said, "I know, I can't stop you at all, I haven't really known you yet, have I?"
Luo Mu looked at Joey's back, wanted to speak and stopped, and finally Luo Mu sighed rarely, he looked out the window, the exquisite houses of Cyrenaica flew backwards one by one, Luo Mu said softly, "You are like the morning sun here, you can't shine on my dirty ditch"
Joey's sobbing voice became more and more depressed, but he never looked back, the clatter of the carriage filled all the sounds, and soon the two returned home, Joe Hill did not come back tonight, the hundred-man battle is the most important day of the year for the construction officer, Joey's eyes were red, which made Aida feel distressed, and pulled Joy to ask for a long time, but Joy kept saying that it was okay, but this directly led to Aida not giving Luo Mu a good face all night, and even the rice in the evening was missing a small half bowl.
After eating, Luo Mu returned to his room as usual, he cleaned up his things, in fact, there was nothing to clean up, but Luo Mu himself didn't know what would happen tonight, and at the same time, he was really not sure that he would be able to come back alive tomorrow night.
Luo Muyou looked around the small room that belonged to him, Joey really didn't come to disturb him, Gray poked his head out and looked at Luo Mu a little strangely, it was asking why he didn't add food tonight.
Luo Mu rubbed his gray little head, then draped the cloak on his body, wrapped his entire body, and then jumped out of the small window.
The Colosseum of the Titans (Note 1) is the largest building in Cyrenaica with an area of more than 50,000 hectares in the very center of Cyrenaica.
Luo Mu stood under the Titan Gladiatorial Arena, as if he had returned to the first time he saw Maryland, and was deeply shocked by this building, the gladiatorial arena as a whole is oval, and countless tall columns with a diameter of nearly fifty meters surround and support the entire building every nearly 100 meters, and there are nine hundred and ninety-nine columns that have become the outermost layer of this gladiatorial arena.
This group of gladiatorial arenas is nearly 100 meters high, and can accommodate up to 100,000 people at the same time, and the 9,999 arched huge hollows neatly arranged on the outer wall seem to be the gateway to another world, the walls are mostly decorated with pilasters, and the whole body is wrapped in marble。
And Titan was the bravest giant in Corvo mythology and legend.
At this moment, the Titan Gladiatorial Colosseum was full of people, countless people poured into the gladiatorial arena, and the carriages were countless, Luo Mu was located in one of the eighty entrances and exits, Luo Mu handed over a badge printed with the head of a giant, a soldier in full costume led Luo Mu to the gladiatorial arena, the soldier was wearing a red military uniform, a golden double row of buttons, and the white tassel on the helmet was even more heroic, which was only allowed to be worn by soldiers during the feast.
The Titan Gladiatorial Arena is divided into three layers, the outermost passage, the middle layer of the disposal room, the inner layer is the stands, the stands are divided into one, two and three layers, the first floor is the nearest grandstand from the gladiatorial arena, this floor is only the royal family and Corvo's top ten noble families are eligible to sit, it is worth mentioning that the Ogst family is one of these ten families.
The second floor is the position of most of the nobles, the third floor has more than a dozen levels of grandstand seats, and the upper level is full of wide stands, the third floor is the position of some commoners from wealthy families, and the top grandstand is the position of ordinary commoners who have spent a lot of money.
Although it is only a division of grandstand seats, it vividly reflects Corvo's class division.
Luo Mu was led by the soldiers to the underground of the gladiatorial arena, the underground space is as vast as the ground, although it is underground, but it is brightly lit by the ubiquitous torches, there are countless rooms and prisons, this is the place where props and items are stored, as well as where slaves, gladiators, and beasts are held, and most of the places where Luo Mu passes through are prisoners who are used to fight.
Most of these slaves were sent by nobles, and a small number of them applied to join, and Johill, the construction officer's job was to arrange these slaves reasonably, so that their fight presented the most exciting program effect, but the price of this program effect was the undignified death of countless slaves.
This underground is like an ant's nest full of countless passages, but the soldier is familiar with leading Luo Mu to a significantly wider large room, there are already dozens of people in the big room, these dozens of people are obviously much stronger, Luo Mu walked into the room, the cell door behind him was re-locked by the soldier, only those who survive tonight are eligible to go out from here again, and the person who walks out from here is no longer an ordinary person, in addition to the reward of the gladiatorial arena, countless nobles are also proud of having a slave who won the battle of a hundred people, so tonight's battle can continue to attract countless people to come to die, because as long as it wins, for civilians, it represents a step to the sky.
After Luo Mu entered the room, he looked at it slightly, and the other gladiators who participated in tonight's battle all looked at Luo Mu coldly, but Luo Mu's far from being a sturdy figure could not attract their attention at all, and they were all secretly happy that there was one more person who was sent to death.
Almost all of these powerful slaves were selected by the major nobles, they all shouldered the dignity of a noble family, and naturally there was a gambling game corresponding to tonight's feast of life and death, almost all the great nobles joined this gambling game, these slaves who are now gearing up are not only about their dignity, but also closely related to their interests.
So these slaves are all ruthless characters who have experienced countless life and death battles, of course, Luo Mu is naturally not qualified to be selected by Theodore, naturally on this gambling board of millions of gold coins, Luo Mu's sense of existence is minimal, almost no one chooses to bet on Luo Mu, at this moment this huge room is quiet and suffocating, no one will be idle to talk, because they are life and death enemies in the next moment.
Everyone was quietly wiping down their weapons, and there was a row of weapon racks on one side of the room, on which there were all kinds of weapons, and there were also a lot of extremely useful armor, and there were no guns in the weapons, because the builders of the Titan Gladiatorial Arena knew very well that only cold weapons could bring the bloodiest fights.
Luo Mu randomly chose a half-body armor to wear on his body, and then took out the cloud cutting from the cloak and sat quietly in a corner.
I don't know how long later, the huge room suddenly opened up, a huge pillar of light shot out from above, violent cheers and commotion suddenly filled the room, everyone stood up in unison, at the same time, a huge circular elevator slowly descended, stopped in the center of the room, no one spoke, they knew, it was about to begin.
And in the first row of independent grandstand rooms in the gladiatorial arena, Theodore had a gloomy face, it was obvious that Theodore had clearly known what was going on after school today, and a waiter next to him was bending over, and Theodore asked coldly, "Is it arranged?"
The waiter bent down deeply and said, "I've already informed Scher, no problem, Master Theodore" Theodore nodded, looked at the center of the gladiatorial arena, paused and said, "After the matter is done, you will get what you want"
The waiter's waist was bent lower, and he bowed out, and he did not straighten up until he exited Theodore's room, and he looked sideways at the center of the gladiatorial arena, where the elevator had been slowly activated, and the heads of the most important gladiators had been revealed, and the cheers in the entire gladiatorial arena were deafening.
There was a trace of unbearability on the waiter's face, but he turned to calm down, he turned around and lifted the blood-red silk curtain, and walked towards the side of the passage, the face Luo Mu was very familiar with, every morning he would sit at the table with gold wire glasses and peruse today's Cyrenaica morning newspaper.
The waiter was none other than Johill.
Note 1: The Colosseum of the Titan: The Colosseum of the Titans has always been known for its ingenious design and bloody programs, not only are there countless passages under the gladiatorial arena, but also countless pipes for drinking water, at the celebration of the centenary of Corvo's founding, the Colosseum of the Titans once almost drained a river of water, and introduced it into the central arena of the arena, and staged a naval battle for the royal family and major nobles, after the performance, the water of the river was exhausted scarlet.