The difficulty of the life-and-death fighting arena has always been famous for its harshness. Those who come back here are either quite confident in themselves, outsiders who are eager for quick success, or desperate criminals.
Therefore, the gatekeepers were somewhat shocked when they saw Vader. Vader looked tall and handsome, and did not look like a desperate outlaw at all.
He knew that Vader came here not to win, but to kill, and the word "desperate" has always been the most essential annotation of Vader.
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Eden was sitting in the audience of the fighting arena. If Lucian was here, he would recognize him. He was the thin and cold demon who lived next door to them.
He used a hood and a mask to cover the intricate pattern on his forehead. This demon was a succubus, and of a high rank. His lover, the tall and strong demon James, sat beside him, with teeth marks left on his arm from last night by Eden. Seeing that Eden was in a bad mood, James whispered in his ear, "Don't worry."
As he spoke, he held Eden's hand. His hand was very large, and he could hold Eden's thin hand completely in his palm. On his shoulder was still the mark of a slave.
James is a runaway slave from the City of Laziness. He was once a brave warrior, but was framed and became a slave. The identity of the succubus Eden, who is sitting next to him and is his lover, is very special - he is the younger brother of the Lord of the City of Lust.
He fled the city without telling the city lord.
Eden is not a fully developed succubus. He is born with a deficiency and his ability to obtain energy from other people's body fluids is very weak. Even as a succubus, he needs to eat ordinary food. In addition, his charm magic is also quite bad. There is no sibling love among demons, and his sister does not like this weak brother. Before being rewarded by his sister as a general, he sent away the guards who were guarding him and fled the city of lust.
His sister Heloise was a cold queen who would not tolerate any betrayal, though she was extremely beautiful. She issued a harsh arrest warrant for Eden after he escaped. Eden hid from place to place and suffered a lot until he met James, a fugitive slave who escaped from the City of Laziness.
The two traveled together, hiding their identities to avoid being hunted by the two city-states, earning their livings as bounty hunters, and became lovers due to an accident caused by a full moon. James often felt guilty about the exiled little prince because of his identity as a fugitive slave, and risked his life to save him many times. Perhaps God favored this pair of unfortunate lovers, and finally, they obtained a treasure during an expedition.
A map leading to the lair of the notorious nightmare dragon Edith three hundred years ago.
According to legend, this red dragon loved to collect treasures, had a violent temper, and even destroyed the entire palace of a small kingdom on the border of the human race with fire. The cruel red dragon died in the crusade of the warriors, but the curse it left behind destroyed the entire royal family of the kingdom. The small kingdom also disappeared in the dust of history.
But the treasure she left behind was enormous. Legend has it that the financial reports Edith collected during her lifetime were enough to buy an entire city-state in the Demon Realm. With this money, they could even buy some small cities or towns in the Demon Realm that few people cared about and establish their base there.
The location of the lair indicated by the map was remote and close to the dragon mountains, on the central axis of the City of Laziness and the City of Greed. Therefore, they had no choice but to settle in the City of Greed. As their money had run out, they could only resume their old jobs in the city and continue their business as bounty hunters.
It was just that when it rains it rains. Their second mission in Greed City was against the "Black Ice" mercenary group, which was famous for cheating outsiders. In that mission of concealing information, James almost lost an arm, and Eden almost lost his life. They clashed with the Black Ice outside the hotel, and ended up breaking the leg of one of the Black Ice.
Black Ice's deputy leader, Kane, is the cousin of Greedy City Lord. He vowed that he would never let the two go, and he also had enough ability to do it.
Kane's arrogance was so great that he could cover the whole world in Greed City. As the cousin of the city lord, he had enough capital to slowly consume them and torture them to death. Unfortunately, Eden and James both had identities that could not be seen by the public, which made this matter even more difficult.
The two of them did not have enough money and preparation to leave Greed City. Just as they experienced a night of survival, they agreed to take more lucrative jobs the next day to leave Greed City earlier.
But something desperate happened. After going out, the employer who had enthusiastically invited them to join the team ten minutes ago changed his attitude. He not only denied his invitation, but also spoke rudely to the two. James was so angry that he wanted to crush the man's wrist, but was stopped by Eden.
"We can't cause any more fatal trouble now." Eden said coldly. Except when he was in bed, he would show some of his succubus nature. At other times, he was rational and cold, like a fake person.
The two tried several times but failed to join other missions. Black Ice Deputy Leader Kane seemed to have greeted everyone in the square, and any employer would avoid them. Reluctantly, the two entered the life and death fighting field. According to James, he wanted to rest here, watch the fighting, and then think of new ways.
"Maybe it's not that bad," James said. "If I sell my sword and get some other stuff together, I can always save up a gold coin."
"Your sword? That's the last relic your family left you." Ian said, "And one gold coin is enough for our journey. It took us two months to get here from the Lazy City..."
The commotion in the arena grew louder. The host announced that two new contestants had entered the arena. Ian now looked toward the arena, and when he saw the participant standing on the left, he was stunned.
The excited voices of the demons could be heard from the seats.
"Fight!"
"Press Kumbo!"
"Beat that pretty boy to death!"
Kunbo is the warrior standing on the left. No matter from his body shape or appearance, he has strong fighting ability. Standing on the right is a thin young man wearing a mask. The mask only covers the upper half of his face. The classical and elegant features on the lower half of his face make him worthy of the title of "pretty boy" in this fighting arena.
His name is on his nameplate.
"Werther".
"He looks like someone who lives in the room next to ours." James was the first to speak. Although he lacked strategy and brains, his observation and memory were of great help to him, as he was able to lead Eden, who was less capable and still being hunted, here.
Eden nodded.
He remembered that there were two people living in Werther's room. In addition to Werther, there was also a succubus named Louise. Eden was impressed by the couple because they were beautiful even though they were wearing masks. Werther's beauty always had a sense of intimidation, while Louise's beauty was much more seductive.
Besides that, of course, it was also because of the conflict that the young couple had caused in the pub on the first floor. Jealousy was a common thing, but Eden always felt that the relationship between the two was a little subtle, like it had some elements of command and coercion, and it was like some kind of master-servant game.
The audience began to place bets on the two participants. Due to the difference in appearance between the two, the betting balance clearly leaned towards Kumble. Eden thought for a moment, took out a silver coin, and threw it on the side of Witt, who only had a few coins.
James obviously couldn't understand Eden's behavior, but supporting Eden's decision was already a habit for him. The fight was about to begin, and Kumble began to show off his muscles in preparation, while Witt just stood on the other side. Facing his lover's doubts, Eden just explained: "I think they are people who are short of money."
"So?" James said.
"They are not short of money, so why would they come here like desperate criminals and risk their lives? I think Witt may have absolute confidence in his ability." Eden said, "and his lover Louise is also in the audience - his white hair will be very conspicuous. Obviously, he doesn't think this competition will be a matter of life and death for him."
Eden's first judgment was correct, but his second was totally wrong.
Vader and Lucian were not lovers, and Lucian did not think she cared whether Vader lived or died.
The competition begins!
The first match ended unexpectedly. Almost at the moment when Kumble jumped, his head fell down. Wade's action was so fast that no one even saw how he made the move.
This unexpected outcome caused a small commotion, but more people believed that Kumble was just a show-off. In the previous fight, Witt's opponent was an experienced boxer - but he was defeated at almost the same speed.
Then came the next match, the next match, the next match, and the next match... In each match, Witte refreshed everyone's opinion. More and more people came to bet on him. They talked eagerly about Witte, who had just arrived in Greed City, and lamented his bad luck—the Lord of Greed City or his guards often came here to watch the fighting and recruited some powerful warriors as his hands. Unfortunately, they were not present today.
The opponent of Witt's last match was a very powerful demon. He had won the championship twice in another life-and-death fighting arena, but he violated the rules and beat his opponent to death when his opponent had already begged for mercy. After seeing the thin and beautiful Witt, he was very contemptuous at first. It was not until Witt broke ten joints and could not stand that he lay on the ground, peeing and shitting and begging for mercy.
He knew that his current mood was very similar to the mood of those opponents who were beaten to death by him in the non-life-gambling arena. And Wade looked at his tearful face and felt indifferent and disgusted.
This is what he wanted to see, he thought.
He recalled his battle with Lucian in the secret passage. It was a thrilling battle. Lucian never begged for mercy until the very end and even trapped him in the confessional.
He stabbed the knife into the demon's brain, and the demon was completely unable to move.
There were times when Lucian "begged" him for mercy. But he knew it all—it was all Lucian's "pleas for mercy" that he took to heart and could say at will. When he said those "pleas for mercy", his eyes were full of smiles, as if he had already won.
At the moment when the enemy's blood splashed on his face, the scene from last night's dream flashed through Wade's mind again.
Lucian took the initiative to spread her legs under him, her lips trembling and her eyes flushed.
He suddenly wanted to know what Lucian looked like when begging for mercy in such a situation.
He wanted to know what Lucian was like at that time...
How distressed, soft, and...
It makes people want to bully him again.