A farming master in Stardew Valley

Chapter 568: Arena

"The battle is over."

Lyon, who didn't want to talk about this topic, set his sights on the arena. Seeing that the Mage Corps had captured eleven members of the Explorer Team, with only two long-range archers roaming around, he immediately reminded Roche.

"Your 500G should be gone."

"It's okay, I'll let these brats pay me back the money." Roche's face changed instantly after hearing Leon's words. In his mind, he had already started preparing a complete set of intensive training methods for the members of the second combat team below the stage.

"Are you sure you don't want to go down and help them get revenge?" Leon still wanted to see Roche bully the weak. After all, he was really curious about the strength of a 3X-level explorer.

"I can't bring myself to do that." Roche refused without hesitation.

"But if you're bored, you can go down and play. I'll arrange for you to test the waters with a B-level explorer."

Roche thought that since Lyon was able to obtain the Galaxy Weapon, he must be a talented warrior, so he wanted to see Lyon's level.

"No, I'm afraid that I might accidentally kill him or be killed by him. From the time I started fighting until now, I have basically never held back. I always attack with the purpose of killing the opponent." Lyon was tempted, but when he thought about his fighting style, he immediately lost his temper.

"In that case, I'll practice with you?" Roche suggested after hearing Leon's answer.

"Well, you can't bully those mage groups, so you choose to bully me, right?" Lyon rolled his eyes and complained to Roche.

"That's not the case. I just want to see your specific situation. I can guarantee that I won't get hurt. Unless you have 2X level strength, I shouldn't have any pressure in dealing with your attack."

Roche explained, "And didn't you say you wanted to test your actual combat power rating within the guild? This also includes a combat test. Instead of going back to test it, why not test it here? You'll have to fight me in the end anyway."

"Try then?"

Lyon believed what Roche said, so he was eager to try. Up to now, the ones he encountered were either guys who could be killed in one blow, or big guys who were beaten up. He had very little real combat experience. The gap between Roche and Malone did not seem to be that big, so he could indeed give it a try.

"Okay, I'll go apply for a venue."

Seeing that Lyon agreed, Roche immediately stood up and ran to the high stands. A moment later, he came back with two anchor-shaped badges.

"Let's go, we've already booked a venue, let's go down and start fighting."

"So easy? No need to queue?" Lyon thought he would have to wait a while, but who would have thought the fight would start so soon.

"We're not going to a public stage, and the Colosseum isn't the only place that can provide fighting." Roche explained, and then took Leon down the stairs from the stands to the front row of the stands, then walked around the aisle to the edge of the Colosseum, and at the entrance of the passage that continued down, he handed over the two badges he had just applied for.

"Room 24."

After verifying the badge's authenticity, the guard said to Roche.

"Okay, thanks."

After receiving the assigned arena number, Roche led Lyon deeper into the arena. Unlike Lyon's imagined scenario of a football field with a single path leading to the arena, the environment under the stands was quite complex.

There is indeed a long corridor here, but there are circular aisles on both sides of the corridor, and there are many doors on both sides of these aisles, and each door has a number.

And the number of people below is far greater than the number of spectators in the stands.

In the short while since they came down, Lyon has seen no less than twenty people passing by him and Roche. Each of them had a clear purpose and found a numbered room door and pushed it open to enter, or walked out of the door. It was very lively.

"This is the core area of ​​the arena, the arena room. The arena square we saw earlier was mostly for show duels. Serious duels and fights to the death are all held in the arena room. Every arena room here has been enchanted with space expansion magic, so even though the doors don't appear to be very far apart, the space behind them is quite large."

Roche gave Leon some basic knowledge at the right time, and then pointed to a sign with the word "public" on the door of a room marked with the number 0165 and added.

"This is a public arena. If you're interested, you can just push the door open and go in to watch the fight. You don't need to pay for a ticket, but you must choose between betting and rewarding the two duels in the arena.

Many people who think they're strong but short on cash will arrange to duel with like-minded individuals to earn a share of the betting and the audience's bounty. This is also a way to make money. These people are also called gladiators by the people of Elemental City. Some powerful gladiators even have their own teams of fans and agents.

"Hiss, isn't this just a host?" Lyon couldn't help but complain when he heard this familiar operating method.

"What is an anchor?" Roche asked doubtfully.

"People who do similar work to these gladiators." Lyon explained.

"You're talking about ordinary people's jobs in the material world, right? No wonder I've never heard of them." Roche suddenly realized what he meant and then asked Leon, "Then do you think our gladiatorial matches should be open to the public? Maybe we can make some extra money."

"Forget it. I can't afford to lose this guy. I don't think anyone would be interested in watching a one-sided crush." ​​Lyon shook his head and rejected the proposal.

"Indeed, if the gap in strength is too great, there won't be any handicap. So let's just start the fight."

Roche nodded, then took Leon to the fighting room numbered 0024 and pushed the door open.

After entering, Lyon discovered that this was a miniature version of the Colosseum, but compared with the Colosseum above, the venue was much smaller, and there were only three levels of stands, which could probably seat about a few hundred people.

The area under the stands is quite large. It is a 30m*30m square arena that seems to be made of a whole rock layer. It is one meter higher than the ordinary grass around the venue. At the same time, there are decorative pillars in the shape of four different elemental creatures at the four corners of the arena.

"Wait for me. I'm going to report to the manager of this arena and request a weapon. I only have two daggers on me, which are not suitable for the test. I need to get a handy sledgehammer."

"How about getting me a knife? I'm worried that the Galaxy weapons are too sharp and will damage the weapons you applied for." Leon suggested.

"No, weapons are also one of your hard power. It would be meaningless to change this test. And don't worry, the weapons provided by the arena are quite strong. Although the Galaxy Warrior is powerful, it won't be so easy to cut through these special weapons."

Roche comforted Leon, then ran to find the only staff member sitting in the stands besides Leon and Roche who was yawning.

　Happy Mid-Autumn Festival everyone! Love you all! Also, a reminder to those affected by the typhoon to take precautions. I also hope everyone has prepared warm clothing to stay healthy during the recent sudden drop in temperature.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)