Chapter 998 arena
After hearing Dian Qing's question, Simmons grinned and said, "This principle is simple. Washing a shit basin to you to serve the rice. If you don't tell you, it will have no effect on you. But you know, can you still eat? The lord already knows it now, so naturally he can't eat this water anymore. Isn't this the same principle?"
After he finished speaking, Dian Qing put down the knife and fork in his hand, frowned and said, "Simmons, Simmons, you deliberately made me unable to finish this meal well, right? You have explained this principle, but I can't eat it anymore."
Like Dian Qing, the others put down the knife and fork in their hands, but fortunately they had almost eaten. At this time, Simmons thought of something and said to Feng Yu again:
"Lord, just as you said. Although the lead is poisonous, the Romans did not realize it. Over time, it would shake the foundation of this country. Do you need to remind these high-ranking officials and nobles of Rome?"
Feng Yu said silently, not quarrel about Simmons's question. He just tapped the tabletop gently with his fingers.
Dian Qing, who was standing by, said: "Yesterday, Alexander said that there was a banquet for genius, that is, we would meet with the lord tomorrow. When we were taking a bath in the Grand Bathroom yesterday, we chatted with the locals and learned that the most distinctive parts of this city of Rome are the Grand Theater and the Gladiator. Why not take this time to go to the Grand Theater and the Gladiator today."
Three hours later, Feng Yu and others entered the famous arena on the east bank of the Tiber River. It was the same as the large bathhouse, and the arena was free, but the seats inside were divided into levels. The gatekeepers of the arena guessed that they seemed to be new and specifically advised them some rules - in the arena, the Roman nobles had seats for nobles, citizens had seats for citizens, and free people and foreigners also had separate areas. People with lower seats could not sit in higher seats, but those with higher seats could sit in lower seats. In addition, slaves could also follow their masters to enter specific areas, but the number of slaves brought by the nobles and citizens was limited.
When everyone entered the arena, except Feng Yu, the rest were shocked by the grand momentum of the arena. Although they had imagined it through others' descriptions, this super building that could accommodate 90,000 spectators at the same time was far beyond their imagination.
Simmons first came to his senses and said with a bit of pride on his face: "Actually, this arena is also a copy of the Greek Olympian stadium. The Olympian stadium was built a thousand years ago. I heard my parents say it at a young age. On the way to Rome, I passed Thrace, I specifically inquired about it. It turned out that it was still there and it was not destroyed in history. I wanted to go and see it. Unfortunately, the stadium was in Elis on the Peloponnese Peninsula, and it was not smooth."
Feng Yu said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, there will be a chance in the future. And I have never forgotten what I said to you in my early years." Simmons' expression suddenly became serious.
When they got into the stands, they found that the 90,000 people had only sat in the stands for less than 30%. Feng Yu and others found a random spot in the free and foreigners area to sit down. At this time, the gladiator performance had not started, so they started chatting.
Feng Yu saw some locals around him, so he deliberately said in Latin: "We have been walking along the way, passing through some Roman towns and watching some small-scale gladiatorial performances and competitions. But in my impression, the audience seemed to be full. And I have also heard that the people in Roman city were very enthusiastic about gladiatorial competitions. But why are there less than 30% of the entire venue now?"
Sure enough, before Simmons, who knew Latin, answered with a translator, a local man shouted:
"Foreigners, it's your first time in Rome, so of course I don't know about it! Today is Tuesday, and there will be no important gladiator competitions during this period, so the attendance rate is naturally not high. When you wait for the weekend, let alone find the position, I'm afraid you won't even squeeze in. Besides, even if you sit 30%, there will be 30,000 people watching, right?"
Feng Yu smiled, ignored him and waited patiently with everyone for the start of the gladiatorial competition.
With the sound of Rome's trombones, the killing stage in the middle of the arena finally kicked off. The first beast fighting performance began.
More than a dozen strong beast fighters who were protected by armor came to the center of the field with shields, swords and javelins, and then released several wild boars on the other side. These beast fighters killed several wild boars to the ground without any accident, and then they killed a bear and an African lion.
Feng Yu and others have seen these performances and are quite bored. Dian Qing complained: "I thought the gladiatorial performance in this Roman capital would be more exciting than ordinary towns, but I didn't expect it to be the same. We have also seen such boring performances in some larger Roman cities."
Simmons also replied: "That's right, holding weapons, shields, and even javelins, and there are more than a dozen people. Killing some unarmed beasts is a hero. It's really boring."
Not only them, some of the other audience members in the stands couldn't help but start to boo. First one or two people, then more and more people echoed, and finally they rang out. Some people in Feng Yu's rows urged: "Come on the main dishes, serve the main dishes, and the beast fighter! Come on the gladiator!"
With the sound of percussion instruments, the beast fighters retreated outside the field, and at the same time a group of slaves ran into the field, dragging the corpses of the beasts out with all their might.
Then, a host of the arena with a bald head and purple-red robe ran out. He stood on the platform above the gate of the arena and reported to the audience the details of the next two sides of the gladiator: "In the next series of games, we have a record of ninety-nine consecutive victories, Patney, the lion of the Fifth Lion, will appear. He will once again turn today's Gladiator into an altar to his path to freedom and glory. The first game is..."
Here, the hosting of passionate and gorgeous introduction, the real fight finally began.
Time flies, and five consecutive games have been played on the court. The first three games are many to many, the fourth one to one, and the fifth one is one to three people. In these five games, the gladiator named Patney participated from beginning to end.
Feng Yu found that the name of Patney, who was strong like a cow and beautifully-looking gladiator was the focus of attention of the audience. Whenever he killed or forced a landing an opponent, the whole audience would burst into cheers like thunder. Especially in the third game, the whole audience reached its peak. When Patney pulled the dagger out of the body of the last opponent, the whole audience seemed to be boiling...
Chapter completed!