Chapter 258: Runaway Slaves

The arena south of Ariante has a long history and is said to have been established during the reign of Adhra I.

During this period, it was expanded several times to become the current arena with a capacity of 50,000 spectators.

The people who participated in the gladiatorial battles were generally low-status people such as slaves, servants, and guards, because once they entered the arena, only one of the two contestants survived.

Killing your opponent is the only rule of the arena, as long as you kill the opponent, you are the winner.

This bloody and exciting competition, coupled with the gambling markets set up by the organizers, made the arena one of the important entertainment venues for the wealthy.

Led by Art, Nebula, Ryan, and Shinas arrive at the arena together.

The design of the Colosseum is somewhat similar to that of the Colosseum in Rome, with the entire building divided into four floors from the outside, with the bottom three floors being double-arched, each arched supported by stone columns on both sides. The fourth floor is decorated with pilasters carved with strange patterns, and there are four large arches directly opposite the four radii.

The arena can accommodate up to 50,000 spectators, and the seats of the spectators are divided according to the price of the tickets, and the front row is specially prepared for those who have a large status and status, and is not usually sold to the public, and only the front row of seats is protected by multiple inscriptions.

The arena is built with hard and heavy shagang stones, and the builders have added special binders to the gaps in the shagang, the entire arena can be said to be unbreakable, plus the defensive inscriptions carved by several inscription masters, it must be that even dozens of magisters and quasi-knights cannot break through this arena.

Of course, the solidity of the arena had nothing to do with the Nebula and the others at all, and they didn't think about making enemies of the arena.

After paying the entrance fee of ten gold coins each, the four Nebulas entered the arena without any problems.

"There are so many guards in the arena! And the strength is pretty good. Seeing the rows of guards at the entrance, Nebula sighed in amazement.

Art shook his head and said to Nebula, "These are just superficial guards, there should be stronger guards in the dark. After all, few of the contestants in the arena were weak, and if they were just these ordinary guards, they wouldn't be able to stop the slaves from escaping. ”

"Slave!? Ariante doesn't seem to be a slave country! After hearing Art's explanation, Shinas on the side asked Art very suspiciously.

After finding an empty seat and sitting down, Art explained to Shinas in detail: "Although Ariante did not establish slavery, it did not explicitly prohibit it. Coupled with the continuous extension of the arena, the slaves naturally had the soil for their existence. ”

Listening to Art's explanation, Shinas frowned, she really didn't like the inhuman system that oppressed the poor people as slaves.

Probably seeing the disgruntled look on Shinas's face, Art continued, "Of course, most of the slaves in these arenas are death row inmates in Ariant Prison. However, there are also some people who are bankrupt and forced to sell themselves into slavery in order to pay off their debts. As long as these slaves behave well and let the wealthy patrons take a fancy to them, they may have a chance to redeem their freedom. ”

After listening to Art's explanation, Shinas became even more disgusted with the arena.

Those death row prisoners are okay, after all, they have to die sooner or later, but those who sell themselves into slavery because of lack of money should not be treated so excessively, isn't this forcing them to die?

Nebula and Ryan don't feel anything, it's not that they're cold-blooded and inhuman, it's that it's impossible to get everyone equal in this adventurous world of the jungle.

Slaves are weak, so they have no way to decide their own fate, let alone get the same treatment as the strong.

Equality can only be established when the strength of the two sides is almost the same, and if the strength is no longer equal, then the so-called equality will naturally cease to exist

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Just as the first gladiatorial fight in the afternoon was about to begin, an unexpected event broke the peace in the audience.

A young man about ten years old, dressed in coarse cloth and handcuffs, ran desperately in the audience, while more than a dozen guards hurriedly chased after him.

The boy used all kinds of obstacles around him to skillfully avoid the guards who were caught again and again.

Just as the boy ran to the vicinity of Xingyun and the others, and was extremely close to the exit of the arena, a double halberd with two concave heads shot out from the wall of the fourth floor of the arena and hit the boy's handcuffs.

Under the huge impact, the boy couldn't help but lean forward and fell to the ground, the double halberd was firmly inserted into the ground, and the chain of the young man's handcuffs was just restrained by this double halberd, the young man couldn't move half a step at all, he could only obediently tie his hands and catch it.

"Sixty-nine levels, it shouldn't be more than seventy levels." Looking at the commander of the guards on the fourth-story wall, Nebula muttered silently in his heart.

"Let go of me! Let me go! I'm not Daniel, I'm Chiyura. My sister is Sehera, who serves His Royal Highness the Prince, and you can't frame me so casually!! The young man with a yellow strip of cloth on his head struggled as he yelled at the guards.

However, this group of guards is only responsible for catching the escaped slaves, as for what this person has to hide, they will not be nosy at all, and those who work in the arena must learn to turn a deaf ear if they want to live long, otherwise they will not be able to face the slaves who are sad and miserable, constantly wailing and wailing.

"Wait! Since this kid says he's not the Daniel you're looking for, why don't you investigate it!? Is this how you disregard human life in the Colosseum? "Shinas"! He stood up and asked rhetorically in a very unkind tone to the group of guards.

Hearing these words of Shinas, one of the middle-aged guards shook his head with a smile as if he had heard something funny, and replied to Shinas, "This brother, are you joking!?" We are just ordinary guards, it is impossible to investigate the true identity of the slaves one by one, we only follow the orders of our superiors. Now that he's been branded as a slave and sent to the arena, whether he was Chiyura or someone else, he can only be Daniel now! ”

After hearing what the middle-aged guard said, the young man who called himself Zhiyura slowly lowered his head, and Zhiyura's eyes gradually became gray and dark, full of despair.

Just as Sinas was so angry that he was about to make a move, Nebula reached out to stop Xinus's movements, and made an immediate stop gesture to Xinas in a very covert manner.

Although Xinas didn't know what Nebula was going to do, out of trust in Nebula, Xinas temporarily stopped his action and sat down in his place.

At the same time, the Captain of the Guard, who was standing on the fourth floor wall, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Shinas calmly sit back in his place. With his sixty-ninth level strength, he can naturally see that Shinas is unusual, not to mention that after Shinas became angry, a trace of momentum overflowed slightly, this momentum was so majestic that even the guard commander felt terrified, if this strong man really made a move, I am afraid that these four gladiatorial battles this afternoon will not be able to continue.

Now that he has sat down peacefully, it should mean that he is not going to meddle in this matter!

Thinking of this, the commander of the guard gradually relaxed, and in a few moments, he jumped off the wall and went out on to inspect the rest of the place.

"Nebula, the guard commander who got in the way is gone, can you get that kid out?" Shinas whispered to Nebula.

Although Nebula said that he already knew that Shinas was still thinking about the seemingly innocent child, if he really wanted to save the slave from the arena safe and sound, it would be really troublesome and he would have to take a big risk.

There were about 200 guards in the arena, of which there were more than 100 at level 20, more than 80 at level 30, and more than 20 captains and commanders from level 40 to level 60.

In addition, there should be one or two powerhouses above level seventy, and when passing by the entrance, Nebula clearly sensed that there were powerhouses above level seventy near the entrance, probably as the guards on the last floor of the arena.

Breaking out in front of such a huge team will definitely have dead and wounded, and it will definitely expose the true strength of himself or Shinas, and even expose the identities of himself and others, and become a wanted criminal for Ariante.

Nebula didn't want to do such a risky thing for someone he didn't even know, but this was a plea from Shinas to himself, and Nebula couldn't refuse at all.

"Okay, I'll try my best, and if there's anything urgent, I'll let you know via communicator." Nebula finished speaking and left his seat and walked into the arena.

The interior of the arena is full of stone chambers, whether it is the office of the arena staff, the toilets that the guests need for convenience, or the place where slaves are held.

The slaves were held in a large stone chamber with an iron fence as a door in the southernmost part, and there were at least a dozen guards on the way, and it was absolutely impossible to break in.

To enter and exit this road normally, there must be a badge on the chest of the guard captain or above, and this kind of badge pattern is very complicated, and it is difficult to make a badge with the same appearance. And the captain of the guard is usually surrounded by four to six guards, and it is impossible to deal with five or six of them in one go without making a sound!

There's only one way left