"Arena?" asked Lenovo, "are we going to the arena?"

The burly man said, "It is the place with the highest mortality rate in the entire Northern Regions, even higher than the Huluojia Mountain Range, so, are you ready? ”

"Prepare what?"

"The embrace of the god of the underworld. ”

Li Nuo didn't care about death, but he was very interested in the arena: "So, we will become gladiators?"

The burly man looked at Li Nuo in surprise, and then burst out laughing. Although the others didn't smile, they looked at Li Nuo with a hint of pity in their eyes.

"Am I saying the wrong thing?" Li Nuo scratched his head.

The burly man smiled and said: "Gladiators are the darlings of the arena, carefully selected and cultivated by the big shots, although they can also compete and die, but at least they eat well, sleep well, go in and out freely, and if they win, they will be rewarded with money and women." They also have a contract with the big guys, and when the contract expires, they are free. ”

"What about us?"

"We people who entered the arena are only worthy of being fighting slaves, the property of the arena, there is no freedom, no reward, only to survive in battle, even if we die, it is impossible to be carried out of the arena. ”

Li Nuo couldn't figure it out, "Do you want to store the corpse in the arena?" ”

"You're thinking too much. The burly man's barely stopped laughter sounded again, "If there is no corpse, the corpse of the fighting slave will feed the demonic beasts, especially the fresh corpses of the warriors, which is a great supplement for the demonic beasts." ”

Li Nuo was frightened for a while, it turned out that the depiction of the arena in film and television works had been beautified, and the reality was even more cruel.

"Of course, some big names like to pick some potential fighters from the new fighters, and if you're lucky enough to be chosen, then you still have hope of surviving. Similarly, after becoming a fighting slave, if you have strength, good performance, and a lot of luck, you may also be favored by a big man and spend a lot of money to make you his gladiator. These two situations can be regarded as the best destination for fighting slaves. ”

Li Nuo said: "That's not very desperate. ”

The burly man sneered: "What do you know? In the first case, only those martial artists who are not too old can be selected, and they have to happen to meet someone to choose. In the second case, it is even less likely, if you embody the value, how can the owner of the arena let you go so easily? There will be a sky-high price, and how many big people are willing to pay such a price? Thousands of fighting slaves die every year, and there may not be a single fighting slave who becomes a gladiator. ”

Leno didn't speak, he didn't take the burly man's intimidation to heart, he was about to go through the trials of death, and there was no better place for him than the arena.

As for leaving, he was planted with a ghost stone by the Yin Owl Man, and his life and death were already in the hands of others, and he couldn't leave Aegean City in the first place, so such restrictions didn't make sense to him.

The rain became heavier, and the prisoner cart drove in through the side door of the arena and came to a long corridor.

A competitive steward and two guards were already waiting there, and the steward held his fat belly and said impatiently: "Hurry up, you damn pigs." ”

The coachman dismounted, opened the door of the cage, and urged the people inside to get out of the car.

The eight men in the cage rushed down, and whenever someone reached the door, the two guards immediately grabbed the person and dragged him out of the car rudely.

Here, the fighting slave is the least status, just a money-making tool in the arena, or a tool that does not need to be maintained and repaired.

After several people got out of the car, the steward was in front and two guards were behind, pushing and shoving several people forward like escorting prisoners. The group walked down a long circular corridor and then down a spiraling staircase to the basement.

The basement is very large, and it is divided into dungeons, and at a glance, the number of dungeons is not at all countable.

Li Nuo and the others were driven to the end along the aisle in the middle of the two rows of dungeons, and the pungent stench permeated the entire aisle.

Only in a few dungeons, Li Nuo saw the wounded, and those wounded had dead eyes, no pain, not even a look of despair.

The steward led the way, and while covering his nose with a handkerchief, he said: "Here, you pray not to be injured, death is liberation, and the end of injury is only to become a delicious meal for the monster in the next battle." ”

A guard opened a vacant dungeon, drove Li Nuo and the others inside, and closed the cell door.

The steward stood outside the cell door and said, "Do not try to escape, you must have heard that this arena belongs to His Majesty the King, and His Majesty has signed a decree that all slaves who attempt to escape from this arena will be complicit, and parents, wives and children will be hanged." After finishing speaking, he frowned in disgust, and led the two guards away,

Li Nuo secretly scolded that the king of the Heavenly Empire was a selfish and greedy tyrant, and this decree was far more effective than any surveillance and security measures.

The only thing in the whole dungeon was the dim light of an oil lamp on the wall, the floor was covered with dead grass, which was already damp and moldy, and there was a round wooden lid in the corner covering the ground, emitting a foul smell, and there was nothing else in the dungeon.

Li Nuo grew up, although he was not clothed and fed, he also had no worries about food and clothing, even if he slept in the wilderness in the Huluojia Mountains, the conditions were several times stronger than here. But as long as he thought that Cangyue Kaoru fell into the hands of the wicked, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead, he felt that these hardships were nothing, so he regarded it as a good tempering for himself, and he wasn't prepared to stay long anyway.

He saw that the burly man and the others were sitting against the wall without saying a word and resting on the dry grass, and he had no intention of speaking, so he found a place to sit down, and thought silently about his thoughts.

In the evening, someone pushed a wheelbarrow and handed out food from cell to cell, and the so-called food was a broken bowl with an unknown liquid poured into it, and there was almost no taste.

After dinner, several guards came to the dungeon, and six people were selected from several cells to be taken away, and they were not sent back until midnight, and when they returned, only three remained, one of whom was carried back by two guards.

The few cells near Li Nuo may be all new slaves, but no one pays attention to them.

The next day's breakfast, like the previous night, was still tasteless and liquid, with a coarse black bread and an old, hard piece of jerky added at noon.

The dungeon is dark, and it is impossible to distinguish between day and night, and can only tell the time by eating three meals a day. After eating lunch, Li Nuo drew a bar on the wall to count the days.

When the burly man saw it, he smiled and said, "There is no point in you doing this, the most useless thing here is time." ”

Li Nuo said: "I have my own reasons. ”

The burly man said: "It's not for women? I've seen a lot of people like you, and I always think that love is more important than everything." Here, it's a luxury to be alive, so forget about her sooner. ”

Li Nuo was silent and sat down silently.

The burly man said: "It's boring to stay here anyway, why don't you tell me, maybe when Lao Tzu has seen her." ”

Li Nuo was silent for a long time, with a look of memory in his eyes, and said leisurely: "She is a priest, very beautiful, I have never seen a girl more beautiful than her." ”

The burly man was surprised, smacked his lips and said, "Lao Tzu has been to countless women, but he has never been a priest." You're really lucky, you kid can come across such a superlative. ”

Li Nuo turned his head to look at the burly man's eyes, and said lightly: "If you dare to insult her again, I will fight with you." ”

His gaze was soft, and his tone was flat, as if he was saying that he was going to invite someone to dinner, without the slightest intimidation. But the burly man seemed to be threatened by him, opened his mouth, and did not speak.

Li Nuo continued: "I only stayed with her for a few days, and these days are my happiest days, but happy days are always short-lived. I, as a man, actually watched her being taken away by the bad guys, but I couldn't do anything. Am I useless?"

Li Nuo's expression was still flat, as if he was talking about other people's misfortunes, but his eyes were surprisingly firm, and he didn't mean to think he was useless at all.

The burly man's face was straight, and he said: "Although I sympathize with you, I still want to advise you, instead of feeling sorry for yourself here, it is better to plan your next life, you will never have the opportunity to meet her again in this life." ”

Li Nuo said: "She is suffering from the bad people, maybe the environment is not as bad as here, but I know that she is very painful in her heart, a hundred times more painful than me." I promised her that I would save her, and as long as I had a breath left, I would never give up. ”

The burly man sighed and said, "I'm afraid that you won't be able to stay for a few days." ”

Li Nuo said firmly: "So I want to be stronger, stronger than anyone else." ”

The burly man sneered and said, "Every new slave here thinks like this, but if you look around, how many people still have this kind of fantasy? If you are lucky enough not to die, sooner or later you will become the walking dead like them." ”

Li Nuo couldn't help but retort, "Aren't you new here?" ”

The burly man said proudly: "Lao Tzu is new, but there are many people here who were personally sent in by Lao Tzu." ”

Li Nuo was stunned for a moment, and said, "It seems that you are not a good person either." Is there a sense that evil is being retributed?"

The burly man didn't care and said, "It's all business." There are profits and losses in business, but this time Lao Tzu's business is at a loss, and he has nothing to say. ”

Li Nuo was curious: "How did you get here?"

The burly man smiled and said, "If you can survive for three days, I'll tell you." ”

Li Nuo didn't bother to pay attention to him, closed his eyes and stopped talking.

In the afternoon, the steward, who had brought a few people in yesterday, led a group of people back into the dungeon. He led the crowd to a cell headed by Li Nuo and the others, and said, "Miss Ji'er, the new fighting slaves are all here, you choose slowly." ”

The leader of this group of people is a woman, with a goose egg face, willow eyebrows and starry eyes, beautiful and heroic, with a slender figure, wearing a red power suit, which makes her look heroic.

The people behind her were dressed in armor and wore long swords at their waists, and they were all her guards.

The steward turned to the nearby cells and shouted, "Stand up for me, line up, you pigs are lucky to meet Miss Ji'er to choose a gladiator today." Give me some spirits, if Miss Ji'er takes a fancy to you, it will be good for you. ”