Chapter 660: Liquidation Arena
Elise thought seriously and finally answered Geno.
"There is no such thing as the meat grinder competition recently. But I heard that a group of prisoners of war returned from the Ionian Asian Tournament has been bought by the liquidators and will be put into the arena soon. Draven should go and see the excitement and look for opponents that can be fought in it."
Everyone who lives in the Immortal Fortress knows that Draven is bored because this time Draius went to war without taking him. When he is bored, he wants to find something to do, so he goes to the arena to watch the battle every day.
And he is the kind of person who acts high-profile and likes to attract attention to show his presence, so it is difficult for Elise to not hear from him.
"Then let's go and see the fun, maybe you don't know yet, I just came from Ionia." Geno seemed to mention it casually, but kept revealing some information to Elise.
When these scattered messages formed a complete network in Elise's mind, he believed that he could draw out that rose.
"Is that so? Are you here to avoid the war?" Elise asked Geno, stretching out his spider's legs to hook a bunch of keys on the wooden rack and put them in the palm of his hand: "It seems you need to live for a long time?"
Geno pressed the handrail of the stairs, which was very strong, but covered with dust. He replied: "No, I will stay for one night. I will find a hotel to stay in by myself tomorrow."
"Okay." Elise felt that her kindness was difficult for ordinary people to accept, but she also had her own considerations. If Geno lived in other mansions, there were many people and eyes. If Geno had something to do, the first thing that others thought of was her, so she could only bring Geno to this abandoned old house. Since Geno did not accept her kindness, then forget it, but she still had to do some etiquette.
"This is the key to this house. You can sleep in the housekeeper's house tonight, and the end of the corridor is."
She split one out of the keychain and handed it to Geno. Geno passed through the key ring with his finger, said thank you, and then threw the key to the room Elise arranged for him.
Elise returned to her wedding room.
When he opened the door, Geno found that the room was still covered with dust, even on the bed. Only after lifting the quilt, the sheets were relatively clean, but he no longer had the heart to sleep.
He opened the window for breathing, but unexpectedly found that the window was facing the immortal fortress in the center of the city. A blue light appeared in his eyes, and he saw a huge dark energy flashing on the stone pillars of the immortal fortress.
So he called Tam and asked him what he knew about the Immortal Fortress.
Fat catfish Tam tidied up his top hat, then squeezed over to occupy the entire window, looking at the immortal fortress with yellow eyes, and a fishy and sexy voice sound between his thick and wet lips. He could not imagine how it had both the two temperaments that were completely opposite to the elegance and vulgarity.
"For thousands of years, another demon has been entrenched in the fortress of immortality. It never leaves here, but its hands and feet can reach the horizon. Unlike us who devour the evil, it prefers to collect knowledge. It divides itself into countless three-eyed crow incarnations, spreads itself all over the world, pecks away a piece of memory-filled debris from the souls of the dying person, and sends it back to its nest for it to taste carefully."
"Do you know that this demon was out of the cage more than ten years ago? He is now living in a mortal body and sharing all the knowledge it has collected with this mortal. It sounds like a kind demon. Do you want to learn from others?"
Geno teased Tam, but Tam felt that it had done enough for Geno.
"Devil? Kindness? How is that possible?" Tam called three questions in a row, as if he had heard the funnyest joke in the world.
"The demon is condensed by human evil thoughts. It is born with absolute malice towards humans. This is an inviolable nature. You only see this demon helping humans, but what is the price? This demon must be seeking a greater conspiracy, and no demon will provide free help to humans."
Tam said very firmly, because no one understands the demon better than the demon himself.
"What if humans win the demon with wisdom and sign an agreement with it." Geno looked at Tam meaningfully until Tam turned around and looked at him.
"If the human beings you are talking about are just mortals, then I can be sure that the demon will definitely let the water go."
"Okay, since you're so sure." Geno breathed a sigh of relief, then pointed his finger at the Immortal Fortress: "So can you take me to the demon's lair for a visit?"
"I'm afraid it won't work. It's blocked by dark magic. I can't take you in." Tam shook his head. Since it had no neck, his whole stomach also swayed with his head.
"Wouldn't you be able to get in?" Geno had already seen it with spiritual vision. There was no Bandel portal in the Immortal Fortress. Moreover, Elise also mentioned that the Immortal Fortress was a penalty area and was guarded by Svein. If it weren't for Black Rose's leadership, he would definitely not be able to get in, but he didn't want Levlan to know that he had been there, so he wouldn't have to break through.
"Let's find another way to sneak in." Geno sat on the chair and asked Tam to leave.
He was not only interested in the demon, he also had to contact the deepest secrets of the Immortal Fortress, but Lephran would never let him go in easily because her weakness was hidden there.
The next morning, Geno asked Elliri to take her to the liquidation arena.
Elise's noble identity also allowed Geno to enjoy a noble treatment. He chose a forward and evacuated seat among the seats above the high walls, so he did not have to squeeze into the crowd of crazy people. The arena was open-air, but Geno's aristocratic seat had a sunshade ceiling, and there were bright red flags to show his status before the high walls. Even the seats were cold stone thrones, far from being comparable to ordinary seats.
And beneath the round walls is an empty arena, without any fancy rockery or fountains, the gladiators will compete on a thick piece of loess.
The Liquidation Arena is the only form of entertainment in Noxus, and its origins date back to the dark age before the founding of Noxus.
The predecessor of Noxus was a predatory tribe, with constant friction between combative people. They liked to conquer each other with force, so they gradually formed a culture of gladiatorship.
Because of this, a sacred liquidation arena was set up in the Immortal Fortress quilt to allow the warriors to prove their courage and strength.
Later, as Noxus became stronger, the imperial nobles did not have to conquer the cities and lands themselves. As they gradually became corrupt, they began to look for new excitement, so they threw prisoners of war from all over the arena, allowing them to fight each other, and the only winner could gain the recognition of the empire and become free people again.
For freedom, many people fell between this inch, and their blood dyed the arena red, just to satisfy the cruel pleasures of the dignitaries and become places for entertainment for the corrupt nobles.
But with the development of competitive culture, the battles taking place in the arena have undergone subtle changes. People tend to see superb skills games rather than barbaric life-and-death duels.
Chapter completed!