Invade the white dove

Julis stood outside the red brick tavern, his eyes gradually fell on the neatly cut bluestone bricks of Cylupu Avenue from the huge Colosseum opposite.

"Garman Colosseum. The air here is filled with the smell of blood." Mr. Knight beside him muttered softly.His slender fingers rested on the brim of the hat, and the down feathers of the blue-tailed white pigeon swayed gently in the breeze.

Julius was attracted by this sigh.He turned his head to look at Sotiria's angular profile.

His Mr. Knight is actually not like the knight that Julius had contacted in Odong Kingdom.Sotiria behaved elegantly and had a witty conversation. Such a person should have spent most of his time in books and traveling instead of competing with other knights and hunting in the forest.

Moreover, even Sotiria's appearance was delicate and unusual.His eyes are deep, the bridge of his nose is straight, and the curvature of the mandibular angle is cleverly calculated in advance.

Julius once admired the sculpture of Earl, the god of beauty in polytheism. To put it bluntly, if the gloomy color that occasionally flashed between Sotiria's eyebrows and eyes were excluded, his beauty could compare with the statue of Earl.

"Looking at me in a daze, are you fascinated by me, Julius?" Sotiria suddenly lowered his head, a narrow smile flashed in his eyes.

Julis didn't have time to look back, perhaps because the sun scorching the earth was smoky on his face, he felt his ears burn uncontrollably: "King Kyle must be being welcomed by the crowd right now."

"You'll see him soon." Sotiria put his hand on Yuris' forehead, covering his head from the sun, "I will help you."

According to Ryan, after bathing and burning incense, the king will come from the palace on the west side of the Colosseum.The guards with guns lined up in the lead, followed by the orchestra and singers sitting in the carriage, playing and singing "Stanley's Song". The bard I met at the city gate was also invited to sing a king's hymn.

Behind them came the carriages of princes and nobles, all adorned with precious stones and gold.

The most luxurious of course is the king's carriage, which is pulled smoothly by eight black horses. The carriage is surrounded by courtiers wearing feather crowns and gold velvet cloaks, each with a beautiful face.

At the corner of each street, the procession will temporarily stop, and the king will open a corner of the curtain at this time, wave to the townspeople on both sides of the road, and accept their salute and praise.

When the carriage reaches the main street, which is the fountain square of Cyrup Avenue where Julius is standing now, ten boys and ten girls will jump off the float, carrying flower baskets, and cheered by the audience. The middle sprinkled rose petals into the air.

The king will finally get off at the entrance of the Garman Colosseum, his boots will step on the woolen carpet, and he will walk along the spiral staircase of the Colosseum to the third-floor royal stand.

"Damn it, why are you still standing here!"

A man in a red jacket, white tights, and exaggerated feather decoration came over, grabbed Julius and walked towards the entrance of the Colosseum.

It was Ryan, the leader who agreed to Julius to participate in the gladiatorial competition three days ago.

"The king is coming soon, I want to take a look." Ulis said.

Now he doesn't bother to cover his hair either.In order to welcome the king, people wearing red hair ornaments and demon masks on the streets are more eye-catching than him.

"It is impossible for a gladiator to have the opportunity to see the king, except for the salute, until the end of the match."

Ryan said, pushing Julis towards the entrance of the Colosseum.

Uris reluctantly glanced at the end of Cylupu Avenue again.Sotiria chuckled and rubbed his palms on the top of his head.

On the second day after entering the city, Ryan introduced Julis to the person in charge of the Colosseum.

The person in charge was very satisfied with him, the candidate who volunteered to play the messenger of hell, and personally introduced him to this landmark building that the citizens of Stanley were proud of.

It is said that the previous king, Sprue III, spent a full ten years building the prototype of the Colosseum.

But until he was bitten through the stomach by wild wolves during a wild hunt, and before he died regretfully, Sprue III was unable to see the true appearance of the Colosseum.

"It's a pity." The person in charge pointed to the arc-shaped top of the Colosseum, "Even the original temple was not as high as the Colosseum, and there is no more spectacular building than it. Standing on the third-floor stand You can even have a panoramic view of the entire city of Stanley!"

This Colosseum looks like a circle from the outside, but it is actually an ellipse. It can be used to perform operas and competitions on weekdays. During special celebrations, there will be competitions between man and beast. At that time, it is the real crowd. .

"As long as the citizens living in Stanley City will be willing to buy a ticket to watch the performance." The person in charge said.

In fact, the Colosseum can indeed accommodate all of Stanislav's permanent population - 9 people.

As the capital of the empire, the population of Stani City is actually not that large, because many people were attracted by the richer Odong Kingdom.

Ulis was pushed by Ryan into the largest arch of the cylindrical building.

The person in charge said that starting from the first-floor stands, there are 80 semicircular arches on each floor, and in front of each arch, there are gilded marble statues.

——"The statues here used to be gladiators, but the king thought they were too ugly, so he ordered the craftsmen to carve devils and put them on it." When mentioning the king, the attitude of the person in charge is obviously not respectful when mentioning the Colosseum , "Gladiator or devil, which one is uglier, it's really hard to say, isn't it?"

But now, under the blazing sun, there are 240 statues of devils, with their ugly heads bowed down, staring at Julius who raised his head and looked at them from a distance, as if laughing at his insignificance and strength. inability.

The two directly entered the underground space of the Colosseum through the lifting platform.

The passages here are criss-crossed, like an underground labyrinth.Even though Uris has walked countless times in the past three days, he still hasn't fully identified the road here. If it weren't for Ryan leading him, he might be lost forever in this darkness where there is no light.

Seeing Ryan, the other staff who were busy with the field work put their right hands on their chests to greet him.

Julius was taken to a rare basement with windows, where there was plenty of light. The four sides of the room were filled with polished weapons, and in the center stood a row of young girls wrapped in the thinnest clothes. Holding a black robe in their hands.

"Pick one you like." Ryan ordered.

"Didn't you confirm it before?" Julius didn't want to look at this black cursed color.

"The costume designer recommends this style with dark red shading." Ryan said, a girl with braids stepped forward and raised the dress in her hand.

The little girl from the Red Brick Tavern.

"Lisa?"

Julis looked at this familiar face with some surprise. It was through rescuing this girl that he had the opportunity to participate in the gladiatorial competition.

Lisa blinked, and she lowered her head: "Messenger... my lord, please put it on."

The girl's voice trembled, and when she saw Julius approaching her, the tremor became more obvious.

Yulis wanted to ask Lisa why she appeared here, but stopped talking when he saw the girl's expression.He carefully took the dress from Lisa's hand, so as not to touch Lisa himself.

It was a court-popular style whose length should have covered the feet, but on Julius it only reached his calves.

A dark red gold velvet jacket, a tight black waistcoat that outlines his thin waist, and a black silk shirt with intricate patterns, and a red bow tie around his neck, making Julis fair The face is more transparent.

The belt is also studded with precious stones, the largest one is a ruby ​​in the middle, carved into the shape of a skull.

The red cloak, which is lighter in color than the robe, is fixed on the shoulders. When walking, it looks like the statue in the demon temple has been resurrected!

Ryan was still explaining to Ulis the procedure for going on stage later, and they had rehearsed this damn step at least twenty times in three days.Julis listened without any reaction, only to feel that the noisy human voice above his head became more and more clear, almost deafening his ears.

Perhaps the king has come to the Colosseum and is receiving the worship of his subjects.

"Come back to your senses, it's your turn to play!" Ryan rubbed Julis' shoulders, as if encouraging every gladiator who was about to fight.

Julis was pushed onto the two carriages, only then did he realize that even the horses were covered with skull-like masks, and the carriage he was standing on had huge skulls carved on the outside.

There was a rattling sound of gears, and the trap door in front of the carriage was pushed up by the slaves. Julius waved the rein, and the horse neighed, dragging him out of the underground labyrinth.

The sunlight turned into a sharp sword and pierced his eyes mercilessly, making him unable to see.The screams and cheers of the audience poured into his ears like sea water, so that he didn't know where he was.

It was up to the two well-trained horses to carry him down the ramp and, according to the established procedure, in the small circle in the middle of the Colosseum.

Julius's red hair glistened in the sun.

The Colosseum on the upper and lower floors was full of spectators sitting and standing, waving things in their hands to him almost fanatically.

But just because 9 people are crammed into such a space, everyone becomes an ant-like dot in Julis' eyes.He could only vaguely see that the palace nobles sitting on the first floor were ants of various bright colors.The colors of the ants in the second and third layers are much plainer.

Ulis took a deep breath, and put the sinful crown made of bone that Ryan had stuffed into his hand on his head.

Someone was screaming, someone was crying, and the buzzing sound echoed in the Colosseum. Julius should not have heard anyone's voice clearly, but in the chaos of almost crazy howls, he clearly heard a young man A brisk voice with an obvious juvenile feel:

"Bless you, my messenger!"

Julis' eyes instantly locked on the position due north of the stands on the first floor.

Those brightly colored ants instantly turned into a clear human face.

He saw the young king leaning comfortably on the reclining chair, his golden hair covering his thin face, his white fingers holding a bunch of grapes, and amidst the cheers of the audience, he randomly threw the bunches of grapes into the field Throw.

"Messenger! Messenger!"

The audience yelled.

The noble ladies covered their mouths with feather fans and whispered to each other without taking their eyes off Julis's face.Ordinary people stood up, holding the backs of the seats in front of them with their hands, almost turning their whole bodies over, just to get closer to this handsome envoy.

"Thank you my king."

Julius yelled hoarsely.Compared with his appearance, his voice is obviously more in line with the inherent impression of the devil.

Many spectators have fainted, and even the noble ladies are in a mess.The young king looked at this unprecedented messenger of death with great interest, and threw another shiny object into the field with great interest.

It was the most famous pink pearl in the Odong Kingdom.

"If you can survive to the end." King Kyle's voice was not loud, but as soon as he spoke, the entire Colosseum fell silent, "I will give you Odong's night pearl."