Chapter 64
The latest website: The corridors of the Colosseum are very spacious.
On both sides of the corridor, a relief stone pillar stands every few meters, leading to the end.
The semi-circular arc-shaped ground is made of square stone slabs, with dark cyan markings faintly visible on it, giving a heavy sense of sight.
Maud walked on the corridor, and there were many people with different expressions.
These people are sitting or standing, watching the contestants who walk from the entrance to this place with a vague gesture.
This feigned wait-and-see behavior is more out of investigation.
After all, this time's championship income has injected unprecedented vitality into the Beast Fighting Competition.
In order to get the devil fruit that is rumored to be an ancient species of animals, and Bailey, who started at 50 million.
In the Colosseum, no matter the novice or the veteran, they are all full of energy.
It's better to say that the ancient animal type devil fruit is a rare thing in the world, and people are flocking to it.
If it weren't for the national conditions of the Kingdom of Ahab, such a rare devil fruit would be difficult to imagine as a prize for the champion of the competition for the fun of fighting beasts.
As soon as he entered the Colosseum, Maud was once again baptized by his gaze.
This is the inevitable effect of fame.
No matter where he goes, he will always attract the attention of most people present.
In the eyes that looked at him, there were mostly unconcealed scrutiny.
If his reputation was more intimidating, even if he would attract the attention of those around him, he would not be so recklessly scrutinized.
Ignoring the gazes from all around, Maud and his party walked in two directions under the guidance of the staff.
Maud is a contestant, so he has to go to the lounge on the left, while Lafayette and the others are spectators, and they have to go to the auditorium of the Colosseum from the right.
As they parted, Maud gave Lafayette a wink, who gave him a no-nonsense gesture.
In this competition,
In addition to getting the Devil Fruit, they also plan to make a fortune from the betting table of the Beast Fighting Competition.
And their gambling capital is the tens of millions of Baileys they have recently collected from East Street.
In addition, their trump card is the seemingly weak, helpless and pitiful Bailey.
The two fundamentally different Baileys are the key to their profits in this beast fighting competition.
After parting with Lafayette and the others, Maud and Luo went to the lounge prepared by the organizer for the players.
According to the guide staff, there are 50 large lounges in the Colosseum, which covers an area several times larger than the conventional Roman arena.
At present, every lounge is full, which shows how popular this Beast Fighting Competition is.
After coming to the lounge, as the staff said, the head of the lounge was full of people.
When they got here, Bepo and Bailey, as fighting beasts, were led to another room by the staff.
Seeing that the lounge was crowded, Maud turned around and walked to the corridor outside.
Luo naturally couldn't go in and squeeze, and went outside with Maud.
It is no wonder that there are so many contestants standing or sitting on the ground along the corridor.
The feelings are not all for investigation, but the lounge is full.
Maud leaned against the corridor wall, took out the beast-fighting rules book he had just asked for from the staff, and read it carefully with his head down.
Not far away, a small group of contestants looked at Maud who was flipping through the small book of rules in surprise.
That kind of small book is actually prepared for the audience.
Normally, those who come to participate in the competition will basically have a deep understanding of the rules of beast fighting in advance.
And on the eve of the start of the Beast Fighting Competition, Maud actually took out a small book of rules and read it, and he read it so seriously.
Give them the feeling that they are playing tickets.
Maud ignored the strange eyes from around him, and looked at the rules of the competition with great interest.
Luo didn't disturb Maud's interest. He leaned against the wall with his knife in his arms, lowered his head slightly, and closed his eyes to sleep.
After a long time, Maud closed the little book.
"It's really bad fun."
Maud muttered to himself.
Fighting beasts, literally understood, is the fighting between beasts.
The rules are not complicated and clear enough.
In simple terms, the condition of victory is immortality.
Interestingly, the word "beast" in the fighting beast also includes human beings.
That is to say, in the following beast fighting competitions, in addition to the more common large and ferocious beasts, there may be humans on all fours.
In addition to this, the more interesting thing is that the fighting beasts can wear various special equipment and props.
Maud didn't really know the rules until he brought Bailey to the game.
But it doesn't matter.
Anyway, Bailey's positioning is to play the role of a pig and eat a tiger. In the early stage, he will play a few waves of weak and helpless, so as to raise the gambling odds a little bit, so he doesn't have to wear those messy equipment.
Hearing Maud's whisper, Luo slowly opened his eyes and glanced sideways at Maud.
Aware of Luo's gaze, Maud held up a small book and asked, "Are you clear about the rules?"
Luo shook his head.
It was Bebo who came to participate in the competition and not him, so how could he have a deep understanding of the rules of beast fighting?
"Have a few glances before the competition starts?"
Maud shook the small book of rules at Luo.
"Not interested in."
Luo Hui rejected Maud's kindness.
Maud looked at Luo in surprise and sighed: "You are so casual."
"..."
Luo raised his hand and pulled the edge of the fur hat off a little, thinking to himself, who is a crammer like you, who has the right to speak of me?
The attitude of these two contestants is full of ticket-playing nature.
However, the fighting beasts brought by them were full of fighting spirit.
Time passed little by little.
As the opening ceremony came to an end, in the circular beast arena, the stepped auditorium that could accommodate more than 100,000 people was full.
In addition to the Colosseum, there are also live broadcasts by the image bug.
For this grand event, the Kingdom of Ahab has spent almost all its manpower and resources.
In return, when the competition ends, there will certainly be a lot of money.
Maud and Luo came to the viewing platform at the top, and looked down at the densely packed heads in the amphitheater.
"so many people……"
A strange color flashed across Maud's eyes.
Although he was mentally prepared, the popularity of this event was beyond his imagination.
He looked at the auditorium with less than half of the seats left, and an idea suddenly appeared in his mind.
Over time, if you have enough capital...
Perhaps, he can also prepare a "Expo Fair" similar to the Beast Fighting Competition.
As long as you prepare a heavy prize that is irresistible to heroes from all walks of life, you can turn the "World Expo" into a mouse trap and attract prey one by one.
When his mood was floating, Maud's eyes narrowed slightly.
Luo was aware of it, and looked a little surprised at Maud, who exuded an awe-inspiring aura.
At this moment, along with the host's passionate opening remarks, in the circular arena, the large iron gates with fences located in four directions slowly rose, and figures came out from the iron gates.
In the center of the arena is a square giant stone arena with four straight stone paths extending around it.
The end of the stone road leads directly to the place where the iron gate is located. In terms of overall look and feel, it is quite similar to the cross street structure in Dick City.
The other area is occupied by a thorn-like plant.
That thorn-like plant was exactly the target of Luo's trip - the roots of the hanging lamp vine.
The thorns on the roots are highly poisonous, even if they are stabbed with a trivial wound and the toxins seeping into the blood, in just one minute, the poisoned person can experience a heart-wrenching experience that is worse than death. pain.
If there is no antidote, the poisoned person will be killed.
This highly poisonous plant is not only a national treasure for the survival of Ahab, but also a frequent visitor to various tortures. It is often used by nobles to torture slaves for fun.
At this time, the area outside the square arena was covered with hanging lamp vine roots, the intention of which was obvious.
Above the auditorium on the south side of the arena, a giant screen hangs.
As the image worm looked into the arena, live pictures of giant beasts appeared on the giant screen.
After zooming in and zooming in, the terrifying deterrent power displayed by the beasts caused the audience to exclaim frequently.
Suddenly, the staff in charge of the broadcast was very naughty and put the image bug's perspective on a special contestant.
Immediately afterwards, the small figure of Bailey crawling slowly on the stone road appeared on the screen, which formed a strong contrast with the surrounding giant and mighty beasts.
There was a brief silence in the audience.
After a few seconds, laughter flooded into the arena.
"Pfft, hahaha!"
"Haha, what is that little white guy?"
"With that kind of body type, it's over after being stepped on?"
"Hahaha……"
Seeing Bailey's salted fish, not only the audience in the Beast Arena burst into joy, but also laughter came from outside.
So funny.
It was the first time they saw such a small thing to participate in the endless beast fighting competition.
Perhaps, at the beginning of the opening, it will be trampled into small cakes.