Chapter 158: 158 The Bloody and Cruel Colosseum

Although Luoning did not participate in every step of planning Princess Blanche's itinerary, as her escort, he still knew what each segment would specifically entail.

For the part where they watched the gladiator performance at the Colosseum, they were merely spectators, and there was no segment specifically requiring an introduction.

The sudden spotlight made Luoning secretly vigilant, which was why he reminded Maiken to be on guard against the surroundings, so as to avoid any unexpected situations.

However, he seemed to have been overthinking it.

The host opposite the stands turned off the spotlight, and after waiting for the atmosphere at the scene to cool down slightly, began to reintroduce today's beast-fighting program, gradually drawing the audience's attention back.

This beast-fighting program had been advertised for Along time, and almost all the spectators who came knew that the gladiator this time needed to defeat a Level 3 Magical Beast, the Green-Skinned Troll.

This type of magical beast had the appearance of a primate, but it also had long arms and huge soles, with webbing between its fingers and toes; it was highly skilled at both climbing and swimming.

According to the introduction, the Green-Skinned Troll had a pair of sharp horns on its head, long fangs in its mouth, and red eyes, making it look extremely ugly.

Many people came to watch out of curiosity, after all, some people living in cities rarely had the opportunity to see a magical beast with their own eyes.

"Next, let us use the most enthusiastic applause and gasps to welcome tonight's protagonist to the stage!"

Accompanied by the host's loud shout, the huge stone gate on the east wall of the Colosseum slowly opened, exposing a massive iron cage to everyone.

Suddenly, those who saw the monster in the cage could not help but gasp, and some timid women could not help but scream in fright.

Inside the cage was a massive monster nearly three meters tall; its angrily roaring fangs and the basin-sized palms that were gripping the iron cage tightly were chilling.

"This kind of creature should be rare in the Wushan Mountains; perhaps it was captured from the Mist Mountain Range."

Blanche had clearly seen a Green-Skinned Troll before. "It seems the organizers put a lot of effort into this year-end performance; no wonder the ticket price is so expensive."

"You know about this creature?" Luoning asked in surprise.

He did not have many memories of magical beasts.

Blanche nodded. "These creatures generally move in groups of three to five, and the strongest individuals can rival a human Bronze Knight. They possess a certain level of intelligence, but it is not high."

While they were speaking, the door in front of the iron cage had already been slowly pulled up from the gap above the stone gate, and the trapped Green-Skinned Troll rushed out like a madman.

It roared at the sky, its already red eyes becoming extremely bloodthirsty now that they were fueled by anger.

Especially after seeing the audience in the stands, it actually roared angrily and rushed toward the wall, leaping two or three meters high, and then climbed two meters along the wall, scaring the audience above into gasping and retreating repeatedly.

Fortunately, the stands were more than ten meters higher than the performance stage, so no matter how well the Green-Skinned Troll could climb, it could only helplessly fall back onto the performance stage in the end.

The startled audience recovered; this scene did not make them timid, but rather even more excited, and they looked forward to the upcoming beast-fighting match even more, with many people cheering.

Blanche glanced at the troll that had fallen back and continued, "This creature is irritable, bloodthirsty, and likes to feed on humans. Historically, there seem to have been times when trolls were rampant, and incidents of humans being eaten were everywhere."

Luoning nodded slowly and gave her a thumbs-up. "You're never too old to learn; Blanche, you really are a scholar."

Blanche felt a little embarrassed. "It's nothing, I've just read a lot of books."

While the two were talking, the host had already appeased and ignited the audience's emotions. "Now, let us welcome our first gladiator, the undefeated God of War of the intermediate arena, the Wolf King!"

Clatter~

A small door on the west wall slowly opened, and a burly knight wearing heavy armor and holding a knight's longsword walked in slowly.

The backgrounds of gladiators were quite complex; some were free knights, while others were captured Professional Knights sold by slave owners to the Colosseum for performances.

The former got money if they won, and the latter's slave owner got money if they won.

However, whether they were free knights or slave knights, dying in the Colosseum meant dying in vain; their families or slave owners would not receive any compensation.

As this gladiator entered the arena, the angry Green-Skinned Troll seemed to have found a target for its vent; it roared angrily at the human gladiator nicknamed "Wolf King" and then rushed over like a madman.

The Wolf King let out a roar, and powerful Battle Qi erupted from his body, condensing a brilliant Sword Radiance on his knight's sword.

He slashed out with his sword, the Sword Radiance shot out, and he himself ran toward the troll, preparing to deliver a finishing blow.

Regardless of how powerful this move was, at least the Wolf King's momentum had been released.

This naturally drew gasps from the ordinary audience in the stands, who thought this Green-Skinned Troll was about to be slain by this sword strike; some people were even shouting the Wolf King's name.

But the ending was always surprising.

The Green-Skinned Troll did not dodge or evade; it raised a palm, a yellow light flashed on its palm, and then it slapped down fiercely, shattering the Sword Radiance just like that.

Then it extended its thick, long arm, reached across two or three meters, and grabbed the Wolf King by the neck.

"Crack!"

The harsh sound of breaking bones made the entire Colosseum fall silent. When the longsword in the knight's hand fell to the ground with a clatter, the crowd finally reacted; some people jumped up in fright, as if having a stress response.

The troll had killed a human, and its anger seemed to have been vented; the bloodthirsty light in its eyes faded a little.

It made a gurgling sound in its throat, then sat on the ground, pulled over the Wolf King's corpse, and in front of all the spectators, bit open the skull, scooped out the brains inside, and began to enjoy them.

This scene made people's scalps tingle, and there was a chorus of gasps from the stands.

Luoning could not help but frown; he had never seen a magical beast eat a human in front of him before.

This scene looked too cruel and too bloody.

But looking at the surrounding audience, besides gasping, there was an abnormally stimulated look in their eyes.

And at this moment, the host's voice rang out at just the right time.

"It seems that an Intermediate Knight is unable to defeat this crazy magical beast!"

He paused for a moment, then said loudly, "Then next, let us invite three gladiators from the intermediate arena to challenge this monster at the same time!"

Sure enough, as soon as these words fell, they immediately drew applause and cheers from the audience.

"These three gladiators have all achieved an amazing record of ten consecutive victories in the arena; their stamina and their strength have reached an astonishing level!"

"Let us applaud and welcome them!"

The small door on the west side was opened again, and three gladiators dressed exactly like the Wolf King just now walked in.

They looked at each other, then cautiously separated their positions, preparing to coordinate their attacks from three directions to kill this magical beast.

Luoning leaned on the railing of the stands, looking at the scene below. "This troll is clearly a Level 3 Magical Beast; why let Intermediate Knights challenge it?"

Blanche said, "Because that is the only way to make the beast-fighting exciting."

Actually, Luoning knew this even without her saying it.

It was just that such an answer was too bloody, and Luoning once again caught a glimpse of another corner of the darkness and cruelty of this world.

Human life here is merely a tool used to please others, receiving not a shred of respect.

Luoning glanced at Blanche, and there seemed to be a sense of excitement in her eyes as well; as expected, everyone in this world is influenced by this kind of atmosphere.

Perhaps she feels cruelty in her heart, perhaps she also has mercy, but that is all there is to it.

Although Luoning will not betray his own interests, he is someone influenced by socialism, and having come to this other world, he still has some of his own thoughts and some things he wants to do.

"What is it that I want to do?"

Luoning leaned against the railing, watching the three Knights below launch an attack on the green-skinned giant troll from three directions.

That green monster discarded the headless corpse of the previous gladiator and began to howl excitedly; facing the three of them, it still showed no sign of fear at all.

(End of this chapter)