Renn returned to the "Windmill Tavern" in Mechanical City.
After all, his goal is still the slave gladiatorial match later.
But what he didn't expect was that the "Windmill Tavern" would close down when he arrived!
... .
Ren walked out of the alley and suddenly felt very confused.
It was running fine just now, now it's closed
Although he vaguely felt that this was related to what happened before, he also found it unbelievable.
It’s you who saves people, but you have nothing to do with others
He took to the streets a little depressed, planning to wander around a little longer and find a place to stay. Thinking that since the taverns are closed, the gladiatorial matches should also be closed.
Unexpectedly, not far away, he met the mustache broker from before.
It's the familiar word for soliciting customers again, but it's just changed to the name of a tavern.
"Hey, sir, do you want a drink? There is a wonderful barbarian slave gladiatorial match at the 'Oak Tavern' tonight..."
Ren was hugged by the mustache again, and then the mustache recognized him.
The mustache greeted with exaggerated enthusiasm: "Oh! Dear Mr. Doctor, you didn't have enough fun just drinking, right? I'm sorry, no one expected to encounter such an emergency."
When Ren heard about the gladiatorial match, he stopped again, pretending to be unhappy, and complained: "The 'Windmill Tavern' you introduced to me is terrible! I drank half of it with money, and I liked it. You're a nice girl, and the bar is closed! I shouldn't believe you..."
The mustache looked like he was mourning for his heir, and quickly explained: "Dear Sir, no one wants this to happen. But no one thought that the 'ghost girl' would come, and she almost fell to death in the gambling stall... Fortunately, there was an unlucky doctor who got that 'ghost girl' away. Oh, of course I'm not talking about a noble doctor like you..."
Obviously, he didn't know that the "unlucky doctor" was Lane.
This guy explained in a crackling tone, which probably meant that if the boss thought it was unlucky, he would close the business. Then, he was introduced to a new place called "Oak Tavern".
Mustache is still introducing enthusiastically: "Although the gambling stalls of the 'Oak Tavern' are a bit small, if you like gambling, it is actually more exciting to bet on gladiatorial games. If you can win a few upsets, you are guaranteed to make a lot of money. ..."
Ren pretended to be a little interested and asked: "What kind of gladiatorial competition? Didn't you say before that it is only held in the 'Windmill Tavern'?"
Mustache: "It's the one at the Windmill Tavern! But because the tavern was closed, it was changed to the Oak Tavern. As you know, the dealer has already opened the handicap, and tonight's game will definitely be held, otherwise Those big bosses will lose a lot of money..."
"oh?"
Ren was hugged by the enthusiastic mustache and went to the "Oak Tavern" half-heartedly.
... ..
The "Oak Tavern" has a similar layout, and is also located in the underground cabin of Mechanical City.
Moreover, it is equally lively here.
But listening to the conversations of the guests, it seems that many of them came here in the same "transition" as him.
It’s a noisy tavern, and the most talked about topic is naturally the previous “windmill tavern closing incident”.
Ren walked all the way across the dance floor and listened to a few words.
"That 'ghost girl' is really evil! I heard it from hearsay before, but I didn't believe it. When I saw blood just now, I suddenly felt dizzy. Later, I lost eight games in a row, and I was so angry that I left on the spot. That dog dealer is cheap."
"The bookmakers are not having it easy either. Now that the gambling stalls are closed, the losses are even greater..."
"Haha, you guys left early and didn't see anything exciting. I heard that a guy won twenty-one games in a row and lost tens of thousands of gold coins. Otherwise, the boss wouldn't have announced the closure of business."
"Ah, someone actually won money? How the hell can you still win money when you meet that plague god?"
"Haha, of course I won, but I wouldn't dare win even if you gave me that money."
"What happened?"
"Just now, I heard that that guy got rich suddenly, and I wanted to find two girls to play with. Just as I was getting excited, he suddenly became very angry, and the two girls were so scared that they were naked. The white-haired butt ran out and screamed so loudly that half the people in the street knew... "
"So evil?"
"..."
When Ren heard this, he understood what happened in the Windmill Tavern after he left.
I had only heard about it before, but now I have experienced it myself. That little girl named Naretta seems to be really evil with her "bad luck" buff.
... .
Mustache led Renn directly to the arena on the next floor, and the noise could be heard from a distance.
The layout of the arena is a bit like the indoor basketball court in the previous life, except that the central court has become an octagonal iron cage, covering an area of four to five hundred square meters. There are thick and strong steel cable nets all around to seal it.
There were already thousands of people sitting in the terraced stands, and it was extremely noisy.
Renn sat down and picked up the event sheet on the stool, as well as the betting form.
Slave fighting is a long-standing "entertainment activity" in the two empires of Sid and Omar, and is highly sought after by people in the upper class.
Because it was a fight to the death, it was extremely bloody.
Gladiators were ruthless, and there were endless killing moves of this kind. The vast majority of fighters are war slaves. When these elites on the battlefield go to the arena, they will show a ferocious side that the nobles who live in the mechanical city cannot see, and they are also very entertaining.
Because it is a death match, there are many unpredictable factors, and the gambling is also very entertaining.
There used to be no slaves in Glory City, and such bloody duels were expressly prohibited. Now that the country has been established, the tactics played by the Omarhid nobles have also spread here, and the business is getting more and more prosperous.
There are eight fights tonight.
There are markings on the event sheet, such as "Decapitated Ghost", "Undertaker", "Ruthless Iron Hand"... are all code names for gladiators.
The betting slip contains odds and some brief introductions, such as height, weight, maximum punching power, extraordinary level, what fighting skills he is good at, and his previous identity.
All gladiators have a 100% winning rate and no defeats.
Because once the fight begins, only one gladiator will make it out of the Octagon alive.
The only difference between all gladiators is how many games they have won in a row.
Renn has no interest at all in this kind of game where he watches similar people fight for fun.
He focused on the introduction of the last scene and frowned slightly.
[The eighth game: 'Barbarian Viper' versus 'Iron Jack', the odds of winning and losing are 1.12:4.8; the odds of game time are 1:1.2 for three minutes, 1:12 for five minutes, eight minutes... ]
Renn was still looking at the details on the event sheet, but the punters around him were having a heated discussion.
"Hey, old Parker, who do you like tonight?"
"It's hard to say for the first few games. After all, there have been a lot of upsets recently. If we just look at the wins, it's really hard to say who will make a sure profit. Only the last game is sure."
"Bah, I also know that the last game is a sure profit. The barbarian 'Venomous Snake' has won thirty-six games in a row. There is no match for human gladiators at the same level! I'm going to buy the first few games first. If you win, you will bet on the barbarian in the end..."
"Haha, I also think that although the odds are a little lower, the good news is that I can definitely make money. Anyway, I am a stud player and I bet two million. The money given away by the banker is free..."
"But having said that, barbarians are really powerful in combat. The fighting skills may seem very wild, but they are no weaker than the 'Six Secret Styles' of the fighter sequence..."
"It's hard to say. Wasn't that barbarian killed in the upset seven days ago?"
"Tch! It's obviously the banker's fault, right? The barbarian killed three games in a row, and was seriously injured in the extra game before being killed..."
"..."
Renn listened to the punters talking, and a strange look flashed across his expression.
He suddenly realized that this gladiatorial match seemed to be part of a trap, just waiting for someone to jump in. However, there seems to be only one Coleman fighter tonight, and Hab's "auction items" will not appear.
The bunny girl next to him was still waiting for him to place a bet, but Ren looked normal and filled in a few bets at random, placing a bet of over one million liso.
... .
The gladiatorial match began, the host came on stage, and the cheers from all around became louder and louder.
First, the fighters are introduced to show the gamblers' status so that they can collect the last wave of bets.
Renn seemed to be looking at the fighters in the octagonal cage with interest, but he was scanning everyone in the stands from the corner of his eye.
If this is a trap, then there must be an ambush.
With just a glance, "Zhi Nao" could identify a few people who were not looking at the fighting field without him having to distinguish them. Probably those guys were also inspecting the "abnormal spectators" in the stands.
Renn calmed down and looked as usual.
"Now, the first battle begins!"
After the host announced, he walked out of the iron cage, and then locked the two entrances and exits.
The first scene was an appetizer, featuring two female gladiators.
They didn't wear any armor, they were all topless, and the only clothing on their bodies was a pair of short leather pants. When the battle began, they faced each other with rough shields and iron swords, and then cautiously swam away.
This is somewhat similar to the "women's sumo" of the Tang Dynasty in the previous life. Shirtless, it is said to be a wrestling match, but it also sells sentimentality.
The two female gladiators are both first-level [Awakened Ones], but judging from their pace, they are both extraordinary beings with rich combat experience. The event list said that one was a war slave who was a female knight under the command of a defeated noble; the other was a professional fighting slave raised by a noble's family.
In the stands, the cheers and shouts grew louder and louder.
"kill!"
"kill!"
"kill!"
"..."
At this time, the two female gladiators found the right opportunity and collided with each other. The violent impact made their chests rise and fall, which also caused a wave of whistles and weird laughter from the punters.
There was no emotion in Ren's heart, but he also imitated the excitement of the gamblers, whistling and shouting for the side he was betting on.
The gladiatorial game is very enjoyable to watch, but if you just stop at it.
But once the cage is sealed, it is destined that only one person will be able to walk out of the ring alive.
The two female fighters were both experienced in fighting, but even though they were evenly matched at first, they gradually became angry.
The loser will die, and no one will be spared.
They don't even have leather armor on their bodies, and a slash of the knife will definitely open a terrifying, flesh-riddled wound on their skin. And because during strenuous exercise, blood flows out like a rolling spring.
As soon as blood started to appear, the subsequent scenes became extremely bloody and turned into a fight between the two sides.
It was like a slaughterhouse, with blood spraying everywhere. The warm smell of blood soon spread throughout the fighting arena.
But just like this scene, the well-dressed nobles, gentlemen and ladies shouted excitedly. For them, this is an "excitement" they have never experienced before.
In the end, the female knight chopped off the other party's head, twisted the bloody head and raised it up, declaring the duel over.
She won the victory, but she herself looked like a bloody person, with several terrifying scars left all over her body. All the way down the stage, blood flowed all over the floor, and I became numb and accustomed to it.
When watching the female knight chop off her opponent's head with a single blow, the winning gamblers burst into hysterical cheers.
"Haha, I won! I made a small profit of half a million!"
"I'm just saying, the female knights who come off the battlefield are even more powerful..."
"..."
Renn also won. He followed the gamblers around him and bought casually, but he didn't feel any psychological disturbance at all.