Chapter 6: The Truth of Freedom
Cang Ye's face was rarely angry, his expression was sad, the long knife in his hand couldn't help but clench, the green tendons burst out, and a new storm was brewing in the silence.
The person in front of him, a broken half-body armor outfit, revealing snow-white and slippery, but at the same time covered with stab wounds, black hair and black eyes, the once silk-smooth long hair was cut off into short ear-length hair, a pretty face has also been disfigured, half of the burns, one eye was poked blind, and the rest of the one eye can no longer see the playfulness and innocence of the past.
The ruined face vaguely bears a resemblance to the night.
Looking at the indifferent person in front of him, Cangye's voice trembled a little:
"Turanian ......"
The twin sister of the Prince of the Night, Princess Turan, the opponent of her last battle, is she her?
Romans, traitors...... Is this the opponent you gave me? What a good opponent!
Taking a deep breath, Cangye forced herself to calm down.
The mad prince's resentment left three wishes before dissipating, the first of which was to find Turan and protect her, even at the cost of his own life.
Cangye himself is the only son of the old emperor, but there are twenty-six princesses, among which the best relationship with Cangye is naturally his twin sister.
On the eve of the fall of the Eastern Kingdom, the old emperor was martyred, and the mad prince killed all the royal women in order to protect their virginity from the invaders before leaving.
With the knife of the scales, he cut off the heads of the queen, the princess, and the princess one by one, and when it was Turan's turn, looking at his frightened sister, the mad prince couldn't do anything, and finally ordered a team of personal soldiers to escort Turan away, but now it seems that all the personal soldiers have already died at the hands of the Romans.
The mad prince could not find Turan, and until he was defeated and captured, he always thought about this sister.
With a low roar like a leopard in her throat, Turan rushed like a beast, and the weapon at his waist was unsheathed, which was the xenomorph weapon that prevailed in the desert - the scimitar.
Cultivating an innocent and ignorant woman into a female gladiator, how cruel and feminine Turan has been subjected to in the past few years!
It could be a drug, or it could be some special training technique.
Cangye didn't dare to think about it, but the anger from the mad prince was further enhanced, and for the first time after crossing, Cangye now felt the changes in human emotions up close, and strong emotions rippled in the calm heart.
Turan's eyes were always flashing with a strong killing intent, as if he couldn't recognize the person in front of him as his brother, and he was bent on taking his life.
The pupils, full of beastly desires, have lost their meaning as humans.
It's all over.
The scimitar and the straight-edged knife are intertwined, and the night is always based on wandering tactics, taking Turan around the edge of the gladiatorial arena in circles.
The audience was very dissatisfied, they wanted to see the fierce collision of iron and blood, which in their eyes was the act of cowards.
"Come on! Kill her, coward! β
"Coward! Go and strip her, rape her, and tear her apart! β
β¦β¦
The restless crowd kept uttering all kinds of foul language, but the night still did not move, and his hands trembled when he looked at his sister who was completely like a beast in front of him.
The superbrain was further activated, forcibly breaking through the 3% limit, and suddenly, Cangye seemed to feel that the brain was being crossed by a high-voltage electric current, and his consciousness was about to be scattered. But through this, the cold mind temporarily suppresses the human heart.
The next moment, Cangye suddenly changed his tactics, stepped forward to meet him, raised his hand and fell, and slashed people away with a single sword.
"Launch a swift offensive!"
"Deal 7 damage to enemy units!"
Good!!
The audience was finally satisfied.
The mad prince's resentment exploded in an instant, almost on the verge of collapse, and the consciousness of the night was seriously disturbed as a result.
With that knife, Cangye did not spare his hand, Turan's abdomen was almost dissected, blood flowed all over the ground, and the wriggling intestines inside could almost be seen.
Roman II was unhappy with this result, and he was able to allow 173 gladiators in the arena to have a ninety-ninety-nine winning streak, but he would never allow a gladiator to win a thousand in a row.
This dirty bunch of slaves is not worthy of noble freedom!
Jia Kun, who was standing on the side, was good at observing words and emotions as early as when he was in the Eastern Country, and when he saw the change in Roman II's expression, he hurriedly nodded and said:
"Your Majesty, please rest assured, the villain is still prepared."
Looking at the groveling ministers, Roman II's mood became happy again, and the same courtiers, or Orientals to do it, made the king feel more happy.
Jia Kun hurriedly summoned the guards, and after some orders, the battle situation on the field changed again.
Oh!!
A fierce beast roar rang out, and a huge lion burst out of an archway.
With a black mane, golden hair, thick limbs, a body length of nearly three meters, a tail length of one meter, and a weight of nearly 700 pounds, it is intimidating.
Barbary lions, which live in the savannah at the southern tip of the Western Continent, often form herds in families of 10 to 15, and are apex predators in the food chain, even killing steppe elephants when hungry.
The Blood Alliance nations took a fancy to this lion and introduced it into the gladiatorial arena along with other beasts to perform one beast after another.
Gladiators are different from beastfighters, without numerical suppression and special martial arts and weapons, a single gladiator can never be the opponent of this steppe beast.
Obviously, this is to drive the night to death!
"It's George! George the Lion is on the field! β
George is the name of the Barbary lion, and in the Colosseum, like Night, he is almost invincible, devouring more than a thousand humans in five years of service, and even single-handedly killing a steppe elephant.
The last battle of the night was so anticlimactic, and Turan's weakness had already dissatisfied the audience, and now George's appearance just made up for this shortcoming, as for the malicious intent that may be involved behind this, the Romans said that it didn't matter.
George appeared, and was quickly attracted by the smell of blood on Turan's body, and pounced on him with his mouth open.
At the last moment, Cangye stepped forward, and the long knife poured out like silver light.
The Barbary Lion's fur is extremely tough, and in the face of a defense level close to 8 and a strength attribute of 7, an ordinary sword Kenben can't do much damage, and the spear thrust only causes a slight sting sensation at best.
Cangye's attack is George's eyes, after sensitively dodging the beast's paw killing, Cangye's waist bent one, like a water snake catapulted out, the long knife stabbed into George's eye, pierced three inches, and quickly strangled the optic nerve and pulled out.
The tip of the knife brought up a series of beads of blood, and George let out a terrible howl and rolled frantically on the ground.
Avoiding the range of the lion's sweep, the night retreated.
Suddenlyβ
When the night turned around, he saw a scimitar stabbing him, and he couldn't dodge it, and stabbed it straight into the chest.
At the critical moment, Cangye avoided the vital point, and the value of the dodge blessing on agility directly exceeded 10, and he instantly burst into the supernatural realm. In a flash, the sword deviated from the heart by a full five centimeters.
Blood kept oozing out, and the movements in his chest were not as good as those in his heart.
The night looked calm, but the mad prince was in hysteria.
The only remaining relatives in this world, his twin sister, has now been transformed into a beast-like state by the Romans, and the eyes that look at him are only bloodthirsty and have no warmth.
"Kill her! Please, please kill her! β
The resentment of revenge vanished at this moment, and at the last moment, the master's personality was left with the begging to kill the loved one. For Turan now, death is the most merciful destination for her.
Without the restraint of resentment, Cangye returned to a state of emotionlessness and ruthlessness again, however, resentment still affected him.
"Hmm."
With a long sigh, the figure of the night disappeared in an instant.
Turan was startled, let out a beastly roar, and fell to the ground on all fours, constantly retreating.
The cold light swept by, and Turan's figure froze there, a line of bright red blood appeared in his throat, and blood beads continued to seep out.
"Cut your throat!"
"Deal 15 damage to enemy units!"
"Deal a fatal blow, the death verdict passes, the opposing unit dies, and experience point 1 is gained."
Erasing the life of his twin sister, Cang Ye did not have a trace of waves in his heart, turned his eyes without any regret and affection, and immediately launched the most fierce offensive against George.
"Fury!"
In an instant, Nightshade grasped the fluctuation of anger and exploded, thus triggering the skills that belonged to the fighter.
For 30 seconds, gain +2 Strength, +2 Crit, +1 Toughness, and subtract 1 each from Intelligence, Spirit, and Will. Temporary strength was exchanged for a decline in reason, but the spiritual and intellectual attributes that almost crossed into the supernatural realm allowed Nightnight to still control her emotions.
At the end of the day, he still doesn't have a full humanity.
Bring up the character template, and the night is quickly operated.
"[Combat Studies] has 50 points, which is the entry standard; [Tactics] 50 points, reaching the entry standard ......"
One of the four knowledges, [Combat], [Tactics], [Anatomy] and [Human Physics], all meet the entry standard.
"The conditions for integration have been achieved, and knowledge has been integrated! β¦β¦β
"[Killology] generates."
Knowledge represents the foundation of a profession. The Anno game is very close to reality, and the generation of skills, combat skills, or spells requires a corresponding level of learning to unlock, so there is no skill point in the game, but correspondingly, there is no need to worry about which skill to choose.
Even if it is not only skills, but also employment and full-time work, it is necessary to have corresponding knowledge. Therefore, a strong professional is also a learned scholar.
"Killology: Synthesis through entry-level combat, tactics, anatomy, and human physics, this is a discipline that explains killing in detail, with a variety of subtle killing techniques. Learning progress 10 enters the 'Beginner' stage, knowledge is officially activated, Critical Hit +1, Evasion +1, experience points are doubled for each unit killed, and the points of [Art of Killing] can be further doubled. β
It can be said that the official activation of [Killing] is the official start of the player template, and the acquisition of experience points no longer comes from training, but through a large number of kills to advance madly!
[Killing] is a prerequisite for advanced sword fighters. In the next step, Cangye gradually synthesized two classes, Warrior and Fighter.
"Killology detected, preconditions, class synthesis begins to ......"
"Activate the Pro Sword Fighter."
A second-order regular professional sword fighter, the road to promotion to the supernatural realm has been paved, as long as he leaves this plane now, Cangye's combat power will instantly increase by as much as four or five times.
Picking up the scimitar from the ground, the [Dual-wielding Weapon Fighting Technique] was activated, the [Swift Attack] was activated, and the action of the night was like a whirlwind, and the Lion King George was slashed dozens of times in just a dozen seconds.
The critical damage of 6 points is superimposed on the strength, even if the opponent's defense ability is terrifyingly high, but each knife can still bring 2-3 points of damage to the lion, and if you hit it according to the vital point, the damage is stacked by 3 times.
After a lot of effort, the lion king George lost nearly 100 health points, and half of his body was covered in blood.
The strong smell of blood caused George to fall into a state of madness, but at this time, Cangye activated the [Quick Dodge Skill], which added an additional 3 points to the dodge judgment, so that Cangye's evasion value directly reached 10 points.
Sliding underneath George, the twin swords aimed at the softest abdomen and slashed.
Seven or eight slashes in a row, each of which can cause more than ten points of damage.
After a moment of convulsion, the majestic Barbary lion fell to the hands of the human.
"Enemy unit dies, gain 42 experience points...... An unknown influence is detected, experience points are elapsed, and experience points 21 are gained. β
This is the Faith Harvest Zone, where the mystery of the lower end is no less than that of any paranormal phenomenon, and the night is forced to accept the reality that nearly half of the experience points have passed.
Lifted the lion carcass, withdrew the double knives, and looked around the field indifferently in the night.
In the audience, there was silence at the moment.
With such a huge gap, with one enemy and two enemies, Cangye can still win, and many people have doubts in their hearts.
Is this really something that humans can do?
The silence lasted less than a few moments, followed by thunderous applause, cheers, and screams, as bright red roses sprinkled into the night, offering the most beautiful flowers to a fighter for freedom.
"Freedom! Freely! β
Roman II's face was bruised, so that he could not violate the rules. Walking past Jia Kun, whose face was pale with fright, he faced everyone and shouted:
"The god of blood and slaughter reigns! Congratulations, Nights Dragon, you have proved your bravery before my gods, and the victors deserve to be free. β
"In the name of all the Romans kings, from now on you are a free man, a free gladiator, and you have extra holidays every week, and I hope that you will still be able to put on wonderful performances for my god in the future."
Yes, this is freedom, free gladiators, the only difference is that they don't have to worry about being bought and sold like goods, they don't have to worry about being killed at will, they don't have to stay in a room like a prison, they have a salary for every gladiatorial fight, and they have extra holidays every week.
But in return, he had to pay the obligation of a free man, to fight for Caligula, to fight for the king, and likewise, to tithe a tenth of every salary he received.
From slaves to freemen, the constant is the threat of death anytime and anywhere.
Gladiators of freedom? What a sarcastic name, is this the only way out for the slave gladiators who did not choose to revolt?
The betrayal of Spartacus led to the failure of the slave revolt in order to prevent them from affecting himself or the mad prince's revenge plan, but at this moment, the mad prince's resentment dissipated, and the uncontrolled night couldn't help but think back to what he had done so far.
Cangye was expressionless, knelt on one knee, and put one hand on his chest to express his gratitude to Roman II with the highest courtesy, and when he looked at the courtier Jia Kun next to the king, Cangye looked at him for a second longer.
Revenge? Maybe a good reason.