The Royal Arena, also known as the Grand Duel Arena or the Great Colosseum, is the largest arena in the Tianyang Empire and the largest arena on the mainland.
Its architectural type is similar to that of later stadiums, but it differs in various places.
In a continent full of magic and martial arts, there is no concept of sports competition.
The only purpose of building an arena is naturally for duels, and watching duels is undoubtedly the favorite entertainment activity of mainland residents.
There are many types of duels, the most common being duels between nobles.
The nobles have a transcendent status, and the laws of the empire do not have much binding force on them.
Especially for those wealthy aristocratic families, the law is just a piece of paper.
If there is a conflict between two great nobles and no one can arbitrate between them, then dueling becomes the only and most effective method.
The conflicting parties only need to agree on the number of people and methods for the duel, and then notify the city arena.
The arena manager will arrange a time for them, and at the same time announce the duel, and invite celebrities from all walks of life and the general public to come and watch the battle.
In a duel in full public view, the losing party will naturally be embarrassed to cheat, otherwise the family's reputation will be lost.
In some ways, a duel is even more binding than a legal arbitration.
It is for this reason that the city arena also has a special name: the Court of Nobles.
The manager of the arena is either the city lord or the most powerful noble in a city.
However, the nobles are not so bored that they just come to duel for fun.
When there is no noble duel, the arena will arrange some battles on its own.
For example, the arena will often hold arena competitions to attract strong players to compete.
The winner will receive a large amount of money or a certain treasure, and the arena can make money by setting up gambling games.
The arena match is not the most exciting duel, the bloodiest duel is the beast battle.
Some arenas will acquire Warcraft for taming, and then allow challengers to fight against the Warcraft.
This kind of specially trained monster is much more ferocious than humans, and it doesn't even know what it means to be merciful.
There are only three outcomes in a beast battle, either the monster is killed, the monster is torn into pieces, or both parties die together.
However, the Royal Arena is not just an ordinary city arena.
It has an extremely important historical position in the Tianyang Empire and existed even before the Tianyang Empire was established.
One of the founding generals of the Tianyang Empire, Grand Duke Blazing Axe, who had the same status as Grand Duke Tulip, was born in the Grand Arena and was once a slave fighter in the arena.
The life story of this Duke of Blazing Ax is very mysterious.
No one knows where he comes from, and no one knows why he was caught in the arena.
Moreover, he is a slave fighter with the lowest status and may be killed at any time.
You must know that the mainland banned slave-catching activities a long time ago, and the number of slaves is not large.
Usually only the heinous criminals and prisoners of war are demoted as slaves.
But Duke Blazing Ax obviously does not belong to these two types of people.
First of all, there is no trial record of him at all, so naturally he cannot be a prisoner.
It is even more impossible for prisoners of war.
The management of prisoners of war is stricter than that of prisoners, and they will be branded with marks and numbers on their chests before being sent to the arena.
Although Duke Blazing Ax has some weird tattoos, he does not have a number, and he is obviously not a prisoner of war.
Of course, these things only attracted attention after Duke Blazing Ax became famous.
As a slave warrior, he could turn into a cold corpse at any time, so no one cared about his origins.
A strong person can stand out in any environment, even on the Shura battlefield where death may occur at any time.
Perhaps for Duke Blazing Axe, the large arena is the most suitable environment for him.
While other slave warriors had to please the powerful nobles in order to obtain more weapons and armor in order to save their lives, Duke Blazing Ax successfully obtained the weapons with only a rusty axe.
He has won hundreds of games, and all of them were complete victories.
He seemed to be a born fighter, born to duel, and no matter what opponent he faced, even the ferocious monsters would not take a step back, as if there was no such negative emotion of fear in his heart.
Even after he later became a general and went to the battlefield, facing opponents no longer as individual fighters but as thousands of troops, Duke Blazing Ax still did not change his brave style.
He doesn't need a mount, and even refuses to wear armor.
He can terrify his enemies with just the giant ax in his hand.
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If Nanna's ancestor, the Duke of Tulips, was a gorgeous golden flower blooming on the battlefield, then the Duke of Blazing Ax was a ball of flame that would never go out.
The two were on par with each other, and eventually both became the Grand Duke of the Empire, the left and right arms of the founding emperor.
Time has passed, vicissitudes have passed, and thousands of years have passed.
The two romantic figures eventually became legends, and their descendants gradually declined.
Nanna and her incompetent brother are the only ones left in the dignified Tulip family, and Duke Blazing Ax has lost his inheritance early.
You may only think of him accidentally when you see the Royal Arena.
It's just that Duke Blazing Ax probably never imagined that the arena for which he was famous would one day become an open-air prison where hundreds of thousands of people were imprisoned.
If Izumi knew anything, I am afraid that this bellicose Duke would come back with a large group of underworld creatures.
Yes, according to previous investigations, all the surviving residents of the city were imprisoned in the large arena.
After all, this is the only place with enough space to accommodate such a large number of people.
In order to prevent the residents from starving to death, the demons would deliver meals once a day, but this only allowed the residents to barely survive.
"Your Highness, we can't go any further."
In the dark shadow, Caron, who was in charge of the investigation, retracted his artificial eyes and said respectfully to Su Tu.
This group of them has arrived near the Royal Arena and is currently hiding under a low wall.
Probably for the convenience of surveillance, the demons demolished the buildings near the arena, leaving no place to hide.
The reason why Su Tu and others were able to avoid being discovered was with the help of shadow magic.
"I understand."
Su Tu said solemnly, while placing a small hexagonal mirror in front of his eyes.
This mirror is a magical product through which you can discover things that are invisible to the naked eye.
For example, through this mirror at this time, you can see many red shadows floating in the air and wandering around the arena.
Those are shadow demons responsible for surveillance.
Demons such as shadow demons, succubi, and heart-eating demons have no physical bodies, are difficult to detect at night, and can float around, making them perfect monitors.
But this is not the most important thing.
The most troublesome thing is that the shadow demons have special contact methods.
Unless they can be killed all at once, once one of them is attacked, all the shadow demons within a certain range will be able to detect it.
"Tela Lei, is the distance here enough?"
After observing for a while, Su Tu breathed out lightly and tried to keep his mind calm.
It can be said that reaching this point is already the second to last step.
We are just missing the last step.
We must not make any mistakes.
"Okay, but it's best to find an opportunity to enter the arena as originally planned."
Tralei, the short man holding a long staff, said in a low voice.
Although they are all Su Tu's subordinates, his status is slightly more special.
Most of the people who were willing to be subordinates were from ordinary backgrounds, especially the people around Su Tu, who basically had the idea of turning their backs on themselves.
But Tralei is different.
He comes from a mysterious family of summoners and can be reused no matter where he goes.
Especially in this operation, Tralei can be said to have taken the greatest credit.
Without him, this operation would not have happened.
Sutu frowned.
Since Tralei said this, no matter how difficult it was, he could only find a way to be satisfied.
"Karon, are you sure there are no demons at the demon king level here?"
After thinking carefully, Sutu asked again.
Although the shadow demon is troublesome, it is weak after all.
What Su Tu is most worried about is that there is a particularly powerful demon stationed here.
"Probably not, it's the same as before."
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Caron shook his head.
Although he was not a combatant, he was the most tired in this period of time.
At Sutu's request, Caron controlled his artificial eyes to fly into the city to conduct reconnaissance almost every day to find out the movements of the demons, especially the situation around the arena.
The farther the distance, the more mental power Charon consumes to control the artificial eyes.
He is in a state of overdraft almost every day, but during this time, Charon's ability has also been greatly enhanced.
Sutu still believed in Kalon's investigative ability.
After hearing his answer, he nodded slightly, then turned around and said: "Fenri, use darkness to attack."
"Your Highness, are you sure?"
Fenri, the only shadow mage in the team and the bald man who uses the Shadow Cloak, stepped forward and said: "Your Highness, with my ability, I can only use Shadow Blast once at most.
After that, I All magic will be lost and there will be no way to help you."
"It's okay."
Su Tu said firmly, and it seemed that he had made up his mind, "It only takes one time.
If you want to make all the shadow demons disappear in one time, can you do it?"
Fenri did not answer, but breathed a long sigh of relief, put the shadow cloak on himself, and closed his eyes at the same time.
His whole body was suddenly shrouded in darkness, as if all the light was absorbed by it.
At the same time, everyone else gathered around Su Tu, their faces solemn as if they were on guard for something.
After losing the cover of the shadow cloak, Sutu and others were immediately exposed to the moonlight, and there were no buildings nearby to block them.
They were soon discovered by a shadow demon wandering nearby.
At this time, even if we kill it instantly, it is too late.
There is a special way of contact between shadow demons.
Being discovered by one shadow demon is equivalent to being discovered by a large group of shadow demons.
I believe that the news of Su Tu and others' appearance will soon It was spread and reached the ears of Gyalpo and other demon kings.
It's just that this time the shadow demons failed to do so.
At the same time that Su Tu and others were discovered, the bald man Fenli opened his eyes, and a black shock wave centered on his eyebrows and headed west at an extremely fast speed.
Dispersed in all directions.
This shock wave was very strange.
It did not cause any physical oscillations, and it did not even blow up a particle of dust.
But when the dark impact passed by, Su Tu and others' faces darkened, their bodies swayed, as if they had lost their minds in an instant.
But compared to those shadow demons, the situation of Su Tu and others is completely negligible.
After the black impact, all the shadow demons dissipated instantly like popped balloons, leaving nothing behind
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