Elden: Ring of Calamity

Chapter 50
In the evening, Lucia bid farewell to Lance Shanks at the Temple of the Ancient Dragon, and returned to the Temple of Valyria by car.The carriage passed through the eastern part of the city where the temple was located, and when it approached the Golden Temple, it suddenly rained heavily outside the carriage.

Different from the usual cold patter of autumn rain, this rain came especially fast. The heavy raindrops smashed into the car body like silver arrows piercing the sky, and the only thing that could be heard in the car was a muffled crackling sound.

Lucia stared at the blurred glass windows stained by rain, his eyes froze without focus, and all the scenes in his vision became blurred together.What he saw and heard during the day was like a gigantic whirlpool in the deep sea, with all kinds of colorful seawater glued together chaotically, even if he wanted to extract something from it, it would be difficult for him to do so for a while.

The debate about ancient dragon belief and gold belief with Sister Lance seems to be still echoing in my ears. Scenes of ancient dragon temple, weapon workshop, arena, and sewer well flashed before my eyes.He couldn't help but think of the hybrids and demihumans who worked in the temple, and then their appearance became the playthings of the gladiators who were ruthlessly killed by the fighters, and finally everything was frozen in the depths of the dirty and smelly well, mutilated The dead bodies piled up into mountains, and the children of ominous omens fought frantically with giant shrimps and crabs in the blood and mud, vying for a chance to survive.
According to the original historical development, the arena was gradually abolished after Ladagang ascended the throne, but as far as the current situation is concerned, it is clear that all this has not had time to happen.

Moreover, this measure was never intended to protect the lives of those alien races, but the incarnation of the golden law believed that such bloody and brutal activities were contrary to the absolute order promoted by the law, and the alien races rescued from the arena were still in the arena. The role of slaves was played all over the country.

In fact, nothing will change.

"Why all of this?" Lucia murmured in confusion, looking at the blue-gray sky beyond the rain.

Although he, who is also an "alien race" under the golden law, does not have to face such an encounter, but as a well-educated creature with basic conscience, he can at least see that something is wrong in this world.

Since the highest peak of civilization development after the Forbidden War and the fleeting heyday of the Golden Tree, what kind of depravity and darkness will the shattered war that will come decades later be like?

Just a little speculation is enough to make people feel chilling.

He didn't know what the source of these evils was, whether they were ignorant and tyrannical mortals, narrow and harsh beliefs, failed rulers, distorted laws, or those superior demigods, gods, and Gods from beyond the sky?

In the foreseeable long period of time, alien races such as hybrids, demihumans, omens, and mountain demons who are incompatible with the golden law will still face endless humiliation, torture, and torture.Children like Clivell's adopted daughter Monica are being born every moment, and the absurd tragedies of birth sins like Montgot and the Montgo brothers are endlessly staged, and these will continue until The war that destroyed everything broke out, and lasted until all living beings were reduced to weeds and livestock in the chaotic world, and then ended in the dead silence where most lives died out, and then started a new cycle.

What can he do in such a fateful endless cycle of sorrow?

On the way back to Valyria, he thought a lot, but without the support of reality, all his ideas about "what the world should look like" were doomed to be nothing but meaningless fantasy.

In this vast fate that engulfs all existence in the world, high-ranking persons such as demigods and gods are just puppets under the control of the law, otherwise they would not end up being beheaded by faded ones one by one.

"I can't do anything," he murmured.

Just like Queen Nightmare's last warning to him that night, in the future of this world, even surviving is a luxury. With the power he possesses, how can he really do anything?

"Your Highness, what's the matter with you?" In the courtyard, Guerrell hurried over with a big umbrella to cover Lucia's head.

In her field of vision, just now Lucia jumped out of the car without even waiting for it to come to a complete stop, standing in a trance in the rain, even if she rushed over to greet him the first time she saw it, he was also drenched all over rain.

"It's Guerrell," Lucia seemed to be awakened, and glanced at the silly dragon girl in front of her, with a faint smile on her face, "I'm fine, don't worry."

"Your Highness is lying again." The girl secretly slandered, although he was smiling all the time, but she could tell that there was no trace of joy in that smile, only a deep and helpless sadness.

"Go back, it's getting late." He said softly.

The following month was no different from usual. In Guerrell's eyes, His Highness's brief confusion was like a dream that only appeared in that heavy rain, and disappeared when the wind stopped and the rain stopped.Lucia still practiced hard day after day, Mikaela and Marenia would still come to visit from time to time, and the former and Lucia's sparring and sparring continued, but it was the unknowingly gaining the upper hand. Became Lucia.

In addition, Lucia would often go to the Celant Arena to participate in the gladiator fights as Lucifer.During this period of time, he won consecutive battles, his points rose all the way, and he soon reached the Zigang class.With Lance Shanks' prior arrangement, old Hart couldn't find out any problems with his identity, and instead sent him an invitation to the year-end battle festival.

Opponents below the Zigang level could no longer provide Lucia with enough training value, so he accepted the invitation after a little thought, and was also going to watch the final event in Rodel's gladiatorial world by the way.

According to Old Hart's cryptic suggestion, the battle festival is not just a grand gladiatorial competition. In addition to the original bonuses and various benefits, senior gladiators also have the opportunity to grab greater wealth during the festival.But as soon as he asked what the opportunity was, he was reluctant to mention it anyway.

One day in the first ten days of October, Lucia came out of the arena wearing a masked armor as usual. Not long after walking, he happened to see a few arena guards throwing a hybrid with a broken leg into a nearby alley.

He has encountered similar situations three or four times this month, but this time, just as he was about to secretly provide some help to that hybrid as usual as "Lucifer", he suddenly caught a glimpse of a beautiful figure coming from Flashed across the street.

A pretty girl in a long robe hurried to the half-breed who was seriously injured and lost consciousness. First, she checked his injuries, and then took out a roll of gauze from her bosom to wrap up the cut of the half-breed's leg. stop bleeding.Then she grabbed the hybrid's arm and tried to lift him up, but she couldn't do it because she was too weak.

At this moment, the sound of armor colliding came from a distance, and Lucia looked intently, and saw a knight in heavy gold armor running quickly, reached out and gently took over the hybrid's body, with a helpless tone Said: "You are running too fast, I am not familiar with this road, I almost lost it."

It was a boy's voice, and Lucia thought it was familiar, but he couldn't tell the identity of the owner of the voice for a while.

"No way, time is life!" The girl walked forward with her hands behind her back and smiled, "Besides, I've slowed down the speed very slowly, if you can't catch up, your training in the Ancient Dragon Temple will be in vain ?”

"Switching the concept secretly, I am obviously not familiar with the terrain."

"hey-hey."

The pair of boys and girls carried the injured hybrid to the distance, and Lucia looked at the knight sword on the boy's waist for the first time. It was indeed the style he had seen in the weapon workshop of the Ancient Dragon Temple before, although he didn't look at it in a hurry. Whether there is a dragon claw coat of arms on his chest, but this alone is enough to identify his identity.

"The Temple of the Ancient Dragon, the Knight of the Ancient Dragon" Lucia's brain was spinning rapidly, "Wait, this is Christopher? Who is that girl?"

After a brief hesitation, he chose to follow quietly, and walked with the two into the streets and alleys of the lower city.

　I'm back home, and I've been saving my manuscripts for the past two days. Before it's on the shelves, I'll start double-updating 1.1.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)