The days passed.
Li Ba and his companions, who can also be said to be inmates, seize every moment to train and prepare for the Colosseum.
In the first few days, he was worried that the inmates would not be able to form a tacit understanding in a short period of time, so he strictly supervised the training, which lasted for more than ten hours a day.
Later, the companions were able to cooperate tacitly, but there was still no news about going to the arena.
The two jailers clapped their chests and promised that within ten days, Li Ba and the others would be arranged to go to the Colosseum.
Who would have thought that eleven days have passed and there is still no news.
For this reason, Li Ba was a little anxious.
When the jailer was delivering meals every day, Li Ba asked Garvey to inquire about the situation, and the answer he received was, "The Ross Chamber of Commerce hasn't come to the prison to ask for people yet.
It will probably be soon, in the next two days." two days Li Ba touched his stubbled head with a wry smile on his face.
He was really worried that these two jailers were only taking money but not doing anything, disrupting his planned plan.
Fortunately, two days later in the morning, we finally got the exact news.
Tomorrow and early tomorrow morning, the Ross Chamber of Commerce will come to the prison to demand people.
The jailer sent word.
They had made arrangements and all twenty prisoners in this batch were selected in Li Ba's cell.
This is indeed good news The big stone hanging in my heart was finally put down.
Li Ba breathed a sigh of relief, feeling much relieved.
The other prisoners in the cell had different reactions after learning the news.
Father Clark looked calm, Arquette didn't seem to have this problem, and the two guys, Garvey and Barb, looked sad and angry, as if they were going to die generously tomorrow.
Some prisoners also had frightened expressions on their faces.
Li Ba knew what they were thinking.
Everyone is afraid of death, and the critical moment has come.
It is impossible to say that there is no burden in the heart.
To this.
Li Ba once again delivered an impassioned speech to cheer for the inmates.
It's night.
The moonlight is like water, quiet and peaceful.
Tomorrow is the day to go to the Colosseum.
If it had been so late at night before, I would have been snoring like thunder.
Tonight, many prisoners in the cell were tossing and turning and had difficulty falling asleep.
"Li Ba" Clark's voice came.
Li Ba turned around and saw the old man turning sideways towards him, his skinny hands groping inside his chest and clothes.
It seemed like he was about to take out something.
After a long while, he finally took out a piece of gray cloth neatly folded in squares and handed it over tremblingly.
"Dad, this is it."
Li Ba hesitated and did not reach out to pick it up.
"I have something to trouble you with."
Clark smiled.
Through the faint moonlight, Li Ba could clearly see the old man's ravaged face, which was engraved with the vicissitudes of time.
The old man's request to Li Ba is very simple.
If he dies in the arena tomorrow, I hope Li Ba can give him this thing.
To his relatives.
"Don't worry, as long as I'm here, nothing will happen."
Li Ba didn't answer.
Kind words of comfort.
How could he not hear that the old man was making funeral arrangements.
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"Of course I can trust you"
Clark smiled.
He directly stuffed the piece of gray cloth into Li Ba's hand and said: "This thing is very important.
I have an old bone.
If I lose it when I play.
That's not good.
You can keep it for me until the end of the game.
Then."
Leave it to me" After that, he also told Li Ba a place name.
There is also a name.
Li Ba knew it very well.
After thinking for a while, he accepted the gray cloth without saying much.
At the same time, he comforted him with kind words and made a promise: "Don't worry, Dad, I won't let you get hurt in the slightest as long as I'm here in the arena."
"Good boy, I understand what you mean."
Dad Clark patted Li Ba's hand and said in a low tone: "When you go to the arena, don't have any distracting thoughts.
Your only thought is to protect your own life.
Dad has lived for most of his life, that's enough. , I don’t need you to take care of me, and I don’t want to be a burden to you.”
"Daddy" Li Ba still wanted to explain.
But Clark's father shook his hand, interrupted him, and said with a smile: "Go to sleep, recharge yourself, you will have to work hard tomorrow."
The old man lay down again.
Soon, a rhythmic snore sounded.
However, Li Ba felt deeply and couldn't sleep no matter what. bang In the early morning, the sound of a heavy iron door rang.
The prisoners who had woken up long ago, all with nervous expressions on their faces, climbed up and stood against the wall, waiting for the moment to decide their fate.
Today, even Arquette, who always stood up slowly, stood against the wall with a solemn expression.
This man, as strong as a lion, stood over two meters tall, a full head taller than Li Ba.
Li Ba also looked solemn.
For him, whether he can get out of trouble depends on today.
The iron door slammed open, and a small group of twenty jailers with swords hanging on their waists and shackles on their hands squeezed into the small and dirty cell, fully armed.
The two jailers responsible for delivering meals to Li Ba and the others were also among them.
The bearded jailer had a fierce look on his face, glanced at the prisoner standing against the wall, and said loudly at the top of his voice: "You pigs, let me hear you clearly.
Anyone whose name is called, come to the door one by one."
Then the first name he called was Garvey.
Garvey looked a little nervous and walked to the iron gate.
Immediately, a jailer walked up to him, shackled Garvey's legs and ankles, and escorted him out of the cell.
"Ronald, Barb Clark Dawn" Dawn is Li Ba.
He gave himself a false name to prevent anyone from revealing his identity.
When the bearded jailer called out Li Ba's name, seventeen prisoners had been escorted out of the cell, and he was the eighteenth.
When he came to the door, like his companions who had gone out first, a jailer came over, put shackles on his feet, and escorted him out.
Walking out of the cell, Li Ba finally saw the long-lost blue sky and white clouds.
After exiting the iron door of the cell, there was a small courtyard outside, which was not large, only about ten square meters.
Standing in the yard, you can see the blue sky when you look up.
The sun shines through the clouds and shines on Li Ba, making him feel indescribable warmth.
Squinting at the sky, Li Ba took a deep breath and felt the long-lost freedom.
"You yellow-skinned pig, why are you in a daze and leave quickly?"
The jailer's shouts and curses came from behind.
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Li Ba was pushed towards the outside of the courtyard by a big hand, and he cursed in his mind.
You bastards are the pigs who gave birth to sons without assholes.
Get out of the yard.
There are many buildings around the entrance, and there is a stone road running from east to west at your feet.
Li Ba glanced at him.
I saw my companion who had come out earlier heading east along the stone road.
He didn't wait for the son of a bitch jailer behind him to speak, dragging his heavy shackles and clattering behind them.
The shackles on the feet didn't look very thick, but they were very heavy.
They probably weighed less than thirty kilograms.
They were dark and made of unknown metal.
It's inconvenient to walk with this thing on both feet.
Li Ba estimated in his mind that in his current state.
This pair of shackles will affect at least a quarter of the speed.
The two soul talismans cannot be used and can only rely on the physical strength.
If the speed is affected, the strength will undoubtedly be weakened accordingly.
These are all things that can't be helped.
To paraphrase an old saying, you are the swordsman and I am the fish.
Your life is in the hands of others, how can you still expect to be treated fairly?
Along the stone path, Li Ba quickened his pace and quickly caught up with the team in front.
Behind him, two other prisoners were also escorted out.
Arquette is one of them.
Now, all the twenty prisoners in their cell who signed up to go to the arena were escorted out.
Twenty prisoners.
Plus more than twenty heavily armed jailers.
The team marched along the stone road, passed through more than a dozen buildings, and arrived at a wide square.
Far away.
Li Ba had already seen two carriages parked in the square.
Specifically, it should be two cage cars.
A tall prison.
In addition, the two heads look like camels, but have no humps.
The monsters covered with blue scales are combined together to create this unique cage car.
This monster that looks like a camel and is covered with blue scales is called a camel horse.
It is a mutated beast unique to the Western Continent.
It is extremely powerful and has a docile temperament.
It can be artificially raised and domesticated, used to pull living animals, and can also be equipped with cavalry.
Its use is equivalent to that of a war horse.
In the Western Continent, there are businesses that specialize in hunting and domesticating camels.
A good camel is worth a lot of money, and generally only military cavalry or wealthy nobles can equip it.
Next to the cage car, there were six or seven people standing.
Two of them are old acquaintances of Li Ba.
One is the warden of Balague Prison, a middle-aged man in his forties wearing leather armor.
The other was a gray-robed magician who personally put a slave ring on Li Ba.
His name seemed to be Neil.
As for the other guys, wearing luxurious and gorgeous robes, if nothing else, they should be the owners of the Colosseum, the Ross Chamber of Commerce.
Under the orders of the jailer, Li Ba and his companions were brought to the cage car and stood in a row.
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Then, the bearded jailer walked forward with a smile on his face and reported the situation to the warden.
The warden waved his hand after hearing this, and the bearded man immediately stepped aside.
"Mr.
Anthony, all twenty prisoners are here, please count them," the warden said with a smile to a bald man in his fifties beside him.
The bald man whom he called Anthony squinted at the row of prisoners standing in front of him.
He glanced from left to right, stopped at Li Ba, and said with an exclamation: "Your Excellency, the warden, I didn't expect this group of prisoners."
There is also an Oriental among the prisoners.”
"Oh, he is a spy captured by the City Guards.
However, after interrogation by Mr.
Neil and I, this guy is probably not a spy.
As for why he was sent to Balague Prison by the City Guards as a spy, we have to ask Jayne "Commander" When he said these words, the warden showed a mocking look on his face, and his expression seemed to be very disdainful.
"The Lord of the City has clear rewards and punishments.
If Commander Jayne catches an Eastern spy, he will be rewarded with a hundred gold coins.
Under the temptation of the shiny gold coins, Jayne will not care whether this guy is a spy or not.
He only needs to take the person to the prison warden, your Excellency."
Once you lose it here, you will go back to claim credit and receive rewards, haha."
The bald man named Anthony puffed out his belly and laughed.
From the conversation between the two people, Li Ba heard some clues.
Damn it, I didn’t expect that I was so valuable.
No wonder those bastards sent me directly to this hellish place indiscriminately.
The resentment in my heart has no effect at all.
Now that the deal is done, it is better to face the reality and brace up for the upcoming life and death battle.
"It's getting late.
There are events arranged in the gladiatorial arena today, and we are waiting for you to hire the warden.
We still follow the old rules, two gold coins for each prisoner.
There are forty gold coins here.
Please count them."
Anthony took out a money bag and gave it to the warden.
The latter took the money bag, his eyes were shining, his face was full of greed, he counted it carefully, and then said: "Dear Mr.
Anthony, the quality of my batch of prisoners is much better than the previous batches.
You see, not only are they There are orientals and a barbarian.
Having the two of them participating in the event will add a lot of attractions to the audience.
The income of your chamber of commerce will definitely increase.
Do you think you can add more?"
After hearing this, Anthony frowned at first, and then his eyes fell on Arquette.
After looking at him for a long time, he nodded and said, "Yes, there is another barbarian.
If the warden hadn't mentioned it, I would have almost looked at him.
I missed it.
Well, now that the warden has spoken, I will add five more gold coins, what do you think?"
"Five gold coins are too little.
It's not enough for me to treat my brothers to a drink.
Dear Mr.
Anthony, you must add at least twenty gold coins."
"Oh, this is not in line with the contract we signed in advance."
The two guys haggled over the price.
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Finally, the bald old man Anthony gave him ten more gold coins, and the warden was satisfied, with a smile like a chrysanthemum blooming on his face.
"It's a pleasure to work together."
The two guys smiled and shook hands.
Then, the warden looked at Master Neil who was standing beside him.
Without waiting for him to speak, the latter took out a bunch of small iron pieces similar to keys and handed them to Anthony.
After Anthony took his right hand, he made a noble salute to Master Neil and said in a rather respectful tone: "There is Master Launier."
Neil nodded and smiled silently.
Transaction is over.
Anthony gave an order, and several of his men immediately went to open the cage doors of the two cage cars.
Under the orders of the jailer to drive them away, Li Ba and a group of twenty prisoners boarded the cage car.
The cage looked quite big, but after a dozen people entered it, it still felt very crowded.
The people at Ross Chamber of Commerce lowered the black curtain on the cage, and the prisoners inside were immediately plunged into darkness.
It probably took a few minutes.
Li Ba heard several mooing sounds coming from outside, and then, the cage car underneath him began to move.
The cage car has a small space, and is covered by black curtains.
It is so tight that there is no light at all.
The people inside felt like they were locked in a box, feeling depressed and unable to breathe.
The breathing of the companions around him, the nervous heartbeat, and the squeaking sound of the wheels were particularly harsh at this moment.
In the small space, the atmosphere was very dull.
No one spoke, as if they were quietly waiting for the moment to decide their fate: