She had to keep walking along the beach, and a few months later, a new seaside settlement appeared in her sight.

The sea breeze blew, and several people ran past the tree fern quickly.

[The Lizardman will be on stage today, everyone go and watch! ]

[The Lizardman has won seventeen games in a row. He must be the most powerful person in our area.]

Lizardman, the most powerful person?

Alsophila's ears immediately pricked up. Could this person be the one she was looking for?

She quickly followed.

43 A mortal being can stand shoulder to shoulder with the gods!

Perhaps, it is human nature to like watching the fun.

When Alsophila, carrying a hide backpack and holding a harpoon and the sword of Morphis in her hands, followed the sound and arrived at her destination, she found that there were at least a hundred people standing in front of her.

But what surprised her more than the number of onlookers was the scale of the building in front of her.

"So... so big!"

Alsophila opened its eyes wide and stared in amazement at the building standing in front of the crowd.

It was a huge square building about thirty to forty meters wide and seven or eight meters high. Looking around, the main frame was made entirely of huge stones.

This is the first time she has seen such an exaggerated house since she was born. If it is used to live in, it shouldn't be a problem even if hundreds of people live there, right?

Alsophila squeezed her way to the main gate, and when she looked up she could see several symbols carved next to it.

【****】

She vaguely felt that these symbols were not decorative patterns, but unfortunately, she couldn't understand them at all. Even if she wanted to ask the onlookers around her what they were, she couldn't do it.

In fact, this is the original writing created by humans!

"Literally translated it means Black Storm."

The nursery rhyme enlarges the game screen.

Black Storm is the name of this seaside settlement.

Unlike other villages and tribes where most residents know each other and are related, Black Storm is an "immigrant" settlement. Most of the residents here come from different places and there is no relative relationship within three generations.

Twenty-three years ago, several traveling merchants passed by here accidentally. After discovering the warm climate and abundant resources, they used this place as a temporary resting place.

The news spread quickly, and more and more people who had a hard time living in their original places moved here.

Thus, the atypical human settlement of Black Storm came into being.

In a sense, this settlement with a permanent population of nearly a thousand is the first city in human history!

Here, people no longer rely solely on fishing, hunting and farming for a living.

Some people resell goods to make money from the difference.

Some people do work for others in exchange for payment.

There are also people who survive by stealing.

The new currency, magic stone fragments, has become the only pass here. As long as you have enough magic stone fragments, you can live a comfortable life here even if you do nothing.

In just over a decade, the first market, the first paid entertainment activity and the first arena in human history were born here.

Yes, the Colosseum!

The building in front of Alsophila spinulosa is the Colosseum.

Several big businessmen living in Black Storm City drew inspiration from the slave battles favored by the orc nobles and jointly funded the construction of this arena.

Gladiatorial contests are held regularly in the arena, and participants include professional gladiators trained by the wealthy as well as passers-by who sign up for the contest on their own.

Because the tycoons will take a portion of the ticket revenue as a reward for the winner of the game, there are quite a lot of passers-by participating in each competition.

Don't underestimate the ticket revenue.

Black Storm City is rich in resources, and the residents here have some extra money in their pockets. However, due to the lack of entertainment activities, they don’t know how to spend the extra money.

But with the opening of the Colosseum, all this became history.

Don’t know where to spend your money?

Go to the gladiatorial games!

Money, violence, blood, competition...

The attraction that emerges when these elements are combined is quite amazing.

Every time a gladiatorial contest began, it would attract at least three to four hundred spectators. If there were famous contestants participating in the contest, almost everyone in the city would come to watch the show.

In the free time after dinner, it was so relaxing to watch the fist-fighting performances of the two contestants in the arena illuminated by red flames.

The nursery rhyme has a clear understanding of the history of the Black Storm, but Alsophila, who is among the crowd, does not understand it so well.

Despite the constant talking in her ears, she could only barely make out that everyone was here to watch a fight.

But that's enough.

The reason why she came here to watch the fun was because someone said that the lizard man was the most powerful person around.

Can the most powerful person wield the sword left by his father?

Alsophila decided to see it for himself.

She was standing in the long line to enter the arena, and the few people in front of her were excitedly discussing the gladiatorial contest.

[The Lizardmen can create a new winning streak record if they win two more games. This is really amazing. ]

[I wish I were as good as him. I can only save a little money by working hard from morning till night, but he can make a lot of money just by playing in a game.]

[Stop complaining. I heard that the lizardman became so powerful because he merged two bloodlines. This is extremely dangerous. He is gambling with his life. If things go wrong, he might die.]

[That’s true. I don’t want to die so early. ]

Ten minutes later, Alsophila finally arrived at the entrance of the arena, and two burly men holding bone spears blocked her way.

"Pay first."

【for you. 】

Alsophila took out a small piece of magic stone fragment from the animal skin backpack.

The money was given to her by the good people she met during her journey. The amount was not much, but it was more than enough to watch a gladiatorial contest.

After following the large group into the arena, Alsophila found an empty seat and sat down.

The inside of the arena looked far less impressive than the outside, but her attention was no longer there.

Following the gazes of other spectators, she found the lizard man resting with his eyes closed in a corner of the arena.

Although the Lizardman has the prefix "Lizard", he actually has a very ordinary appearance and does not look like a lizard at all. The reason he has such a nickname is that one of the two bloodlines he has fused is lizard blood.

The moment Alsophila saw him, she began to feel a lot of anticipation.

He has the courage to fight, is very powerful, and is liked by many people. Isn't this the sword master she is looking for?

Now we just need to confirm whether he is a good person!

The competition started soon. Although the lizardmen were not the first to appear in the first round, the atmosphere was still very lively.

【Cut him in the middle! 】

[Hey, what are you doing? Stop hitting me and get down here quickly! ]

The cursing continued for a long time until the Lizardman came on stage.

Amid cheers, the Lizard Man walked onto the ring with an expressionless face. Soon after, his opponent came out. He was a dwarf who was less than 1.5 meters tall.

【? ? ? 】

Alsophila looked at the girl standing opposite the lizardman in astonishment.

The gap is too big. How can we fight her? Does this girl have special abilities that are different from her appearance?

Yeahhhhhh!

When he saw the girl rushing towards the lizardman with fierce eyes, Alsophila nodded seriously.

Sure enough, he is capable...

"what!"

The lizard man punched the girl in the face and sent her flying.

"The winner is, Lizardman!"

【? ? ? 】

Alsophila spinulosa was confused.

Wasn't it too easy to win? Wasn't it a bit too much to use such heavy hands on a child?

The other audience members were also confused.

[Boring, I want to see a river of blood! ]

[How did you find such a weak opponent? ]

[What's so weak about it? It's just that the lizard man is too strong. Even if you replace her with someone stronger than her, she won't be able to withstand a punch from the lizard man.]

At this moment, in the center of the ring, the lizardman who won the match raised his arms high and roared wildly like a beast.

Obviously, he is a man who is quite good at livening up the atmosphere.

As soon as he finished shouting, no more scolding could be heard in the arena. The only thing that was repeated was "Eighteen consecutive wins, eighteen consecutive wins."

Amid the vibrations, Alsophila almost forgot how he walked out of the arena.

She stood at the entrance of the arena and saw the lizardman walking out surrounded by a group of people. She rushed forward without saying a word.

But before she could run to the front, she was pushed to the ground by the surging crowd.

With her physical condition, she would not have been knocked down so easily, but the bag she was carrying was too big. Like the shell on the back of a snail, it directly destroyed her body balance, so that after falling to the ground, she kicked her legs hard several times but was unable to stand up.

Alsophila had to take off his backpack before he could stand up successfully.

But before she could stand firmly, another hand fell on her back and pushed her to the ground.

"Get out of the way!"

【Ouch.】

Alsophila fell all over the floor. When she looked back, she found that the person who pushed her was the one who was protecting the lizard man.

This is too much!

Alsophila climbed up angrily, circled around and came back to the lizard man.

This time, the few people following the lizard man understood what Alsophila meant.

[What, you're still not convinced? ]

[The Lizardmen will be on par with the gods in the future. Can you get close to them just because you want to? 】

Alsophila's eyes widened in anger, and those people laughed even more happily.

[I don't know where this little girl came from, but she has no sense at all. I'm curious about how your mother taught you. If she were standing in front of me now, I would definitely ask her!]

[Go away, go away. If you don't want to suffer, stay away from me. ]

After pushing back and forth several times, Alsophila was not pushed away directly, but because more and more people came out of the arena, she was finally washed away. When she wanted to look for the lizardman, the lizardman had disappeared.

【(▼ヘ▼#)】

Tong Yao saw an angry emoticon appearing above Alsophila’s head.

Being treated like this, even a good-tempered Alsophila would find it hard not to get angry.

But even though she was angry, she didn't do anything rash. She still remembered what her father had told her: two fists are no match for four hands, and when there are many people on the other side, don't be stupid enough to run up and get beaten.

Since there is no way to contact the Lizardmen directly, I'll ask other people here about what kind of people they are.

Alsophila turned around and saw a person kneeling on the ground at the entrance of the empty arena. It was the girl who was knocked away by the lizardman not long ago.

The girl struggled to get up from the ground, but after taking two steps forward she fell to the ground again with a thud.

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