When the first ray of sunlight in the morning fell on the creeper on the balcony of the apartment, the city of Rome also opened her eyes.
More and more people came out of their residences, especially those slaves and civilians with relatively low social status. They woke up the earliest and started a day of hard work for their livelihood.
The tinkling sound came from the workshop. It was the coppersmith beating the bottom of the pan. This loud noise also woke up his neighbors next door, but everyone has long been accustomed to this kind of thing. Yes, and got up from the bed while cursing.
The slave girl came down from the apartment building holding a clay pot, came to the huge pot by the wall, poured the owner's urine contained in the pot into the bigger pot, and then It didn't take long for the urine collected in it to be sent to a laundromat, where it was dumped into a vat of dirty clothes.
There, the laundromat slaves who have been waiting for a long time will jump into the tank and step on the dirty clothes soaked in urine with their feet, because the business of the laundromat is so good that even the emperor specially targets Urine begins to be taxed.
The slave girl poured her urine, rubbed her eyes, and turned to go upstairs, but the next moment she bumped into a boy who had been squatting by the wall before, so the slave girl didn't notice him before, so the slave girl quickly apologized.
But the young man didn't answer her. At this moment, he was concentrating on drawing something on the wall. They were two villains. Judging from their weapons and armor, one should be a fish helmet fighter and the other should be a protector. They are also marked below. Names, Bach, Rufus.
With just a few strokes, the image of the little man named Bach and the little man named Rufus popped off the wall.
And beside this graffiti, there is another line of big characters.
The Victor Arena will present you with exciting duel performances for 3 consecutive days from June 17th to 19th, in addition to the familiar dancer Habitus, Bone Crusher Nashika, Black Scythe Rufus and newcomers Bach's wonderful duel, as well as the exciting animal fighting performance, the arena is equipped with awnings, the lower stands are sprayed with perfume, and each attendee will receive a small gift, which is your first choice for summer leisure.
After finishing the last stroke, the young man took two steps back to appreciate his masterpiece, with a satisfied expression on his mouth. After that, he finally noticed the slave girl who was standing on the side with her head poked and looking at this side. The sun fell on the latter's On the eyebrows, a layer of gold was drawn for her.
So the boy also reached out and wiped the slave girl's face. Seeing that the latter showed a shy look, she whistled, laughed and ran down the apartment wall with the dye and paintbrush.
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He was not the only painter who advertised the new performance in the Arena of Victor. In fact, there were many similar advertisement painters in Rome, because at that time, such small advertisements on the wall could be seen almost everywhere. There are advertising slogans made by young girls to help lonely men solve their distress, bold love words between young couples, ruthless words of debt collectors, and accusations against evildoers...
The walls of these residences and public buildings, and even the tombstones in the cemetery are basically equivalent to the billboards of that era. The publicity work before the start of the gladiatorial performance.
Audiences who are interested in going to watch can get all the information about a gladiatorial performance in advance, and then there is the question of whether the wallet should bleed. For the Roman people who are relatively scarce in entertainment activities, the gladiator performance is no less attractive than s9.
On the other side, the gladiators selected to enter and exit the battle are also making final preparations.
Valo and Zhang Heng conducted some coordinated training. The previous 50-day special training was basically aimed at their individual battles. The part of this kind of two-person combat should be trained slowly later.
This is why all newcomers feel that they are unlucky. Except for Nashika's group, even those groups with slightly weaker strength have basically undergone cooperative combat training, and Zhang Heng and Varozeng have to start from scratch.
Varo also saw Nashika on the training ground. The latter looked stronger than Bach, his arms almost caught up with Varo's thighs, and his body was full of muscles. His occupation was a hunter. This is a profession similar to the fish helmet fighter. They are all heavily armored gladiators, equipped with a sword and a huge rectangular shield, and in addition to wearing half armor.
Varo had seen Nashika use his rectangular shield to knock out a sparring hapless man during training, who broke two ribs.
"I know what broken bones mean... I don't want to face that guy in the arena." Varo said to Zhang Heng beside him.
However, Nashika himself doesn't seem to think so. When training on the same training ground, he always makes one or two provocative moves towards Varo and Zhang Heng from time to time, but he also saw someone on Bach's side After provoking him, Varo finally felt a little better.
This is actually a kind of tradition in the gladiator school, and the old people often give the newcomers some color in the first battle.
And until the night before the performance, the gladiators prayed as usual. The gladiator school did not force the gladiators to believe in a certain god, but most of the gladiators would choose to believe in Nemesis, the goddess of vengeance. A small number of people believe in Victoria, the goddess of victory, or Mars, the god of war, and Germanic people like Bach also have their own gods believed by their tribes.
However, Valo noticed that Zhang Heng didn't make any prayers, so he asked curiously, "Is there no god in your east...?"
"Yes, but I don't really need it." Zhang Heng told the truth. In fact, he didn't mind paying homage to Nemesis, the goddess of nemesis, but anyway, he is now a candidate core member of Balance Blade. , even if you don't like the idea of the Balanced Blade, you still have to give the boss Kreis, the god of murder and assassins, a little face, and it's not good to openly go to the competitor's camp.
"..."
"I like your sense of humor. I feel less nervous when I'm with you." Varo said, putting the amulet engraved with Nemesis in his pocket respectfully, "I will fight tomorrow's battle." Protect your back."
"You just need to protect your front." Zhang Heng said.
"We will survive." Varo said in a firm voice as if to cheer himself up.
"Don't worry, we're going to win."