The lone wolf of Freyrdrand

: Unexpected opponent

“Ladies and gentlemen! The duel this afternoon is about to begin!”

In the center of the arena is a wide sand field, surrounded by layers of auditoriums, which are already overcrowded and noisy.

But even so, a man with a funny cockscomb hairstyle still overwhelmed everyone, his sharp and exaggerated voice drowned out all the noise: “There will be at least six one-on-one duels this afternoon! One of the twelve liquidators has already got Veterans who have experienced glory! There are also newcomers who are participating in the life-and-death fight for the first time! Let us applaud them!”

Extremely enthusiastic cheers erupted from the auditorium, causing Lothar’s ears to hurt a little: “There are too many people… the number of people in the auditorium alone isIt is worth half the population of Avarosa…”

The cockscomb-headed man continued to shout: “I am your arena announcer Karl! No more nonsense! Quasi [resource; source’ group]: 9? 8; 0; 2?. 0′. 5,, 8″ 5. ;6 Ready to bet your coins on a trusted liquidator! Let’s start the first contest! ”

Lothar waited quietly in the lounge, overlooking the center of the arena from the balcony.

He was told at noon that his battle was the second, so Lothar had to wait for a while.

Two liquidators with weapons entered the stage. They yelled at each other and pushed and shoved. Karl blocked between them and introduced loudly.

These two liquidators are not newcomers, so Karl mentioned their names.

[Broken Mountain Hammer] Tylenol.

[Iron Boar Pig] Guimar.

“These are some stupid names…” Lothar listened to these names speechlessly.

But these funny titles seem to be very useful to the audience. They shouted loudly, holding the betting tickets tightly in their hands, and everyone roared loudly as if they were about to burst their throats.

With the announcement of the host Carl, the two liquidators officially started fighting.

Both sides in the battle are tall and powerful, and they all use heavy weapons. As a result, the battle has become quite boring. It is basically a simple competition of brute force.

But such a simple and crude duel completely ignited the atmosphere of the arena. The audience was completely immersed in the heavy blows of the two liquidators without fancy. Under the instigation of the host Karl, the cheers became louder and louder.

In the end, there was a winner between the liquidators, one lived and the other died.

The audience shouted frantically, cheering for the winners and spurning the losers.

Lothar shook his head: “This kind of death is really not worth it, Olaf is much better than you guys.”

Lothar exercised his muscles and bones, and it was his turn to play soon. Since it was daytime, the pain in his body was not too serious, and it should not affect his activities.

Lothar looked up and saw that there were some spacious balconies scattered among the auditoriums, and many people in fine clothes were sitting on them.

Those are the nobles who came to the arena to watch the fight, and they were also the ones Lothar wanted to attract attention to.

“Swain asked me to play more gorgeously…” Lothar pushed open the door, “That’s as good as he wants.”

…

“The next battle! It’s still a classic one-on-one duel!” The host of the cockscomb head, Karl, shouted to the audience, “One side is a new liquidator from Ionia! This is his first battle!”

There were different voices from the auditorium. Some cheered loudly, some shouted boringly, and some cursed the Ionians.

“It’s really noisy…” Lothar walked out of the quasi [resource group] under the guidance of the staff: 9? 8; 0; 2? . 0′. 5,,8″5.;6 Standby, striding toward the center of the arena.

The appearance of Lothar caused the audience’s shouts to pause suddenly, and then someone shouted: “He is a mage!”

Every time Lothar took a step, a layer of icy blue and translucent ice formed around his feet, like a road, leading straight to the center of the arena with Lothar.

Karl shivered. Standing with this new liquidator at close range gave him goosebumps.

“As you can see!” Karl pointed at Lothar with one arm, “This new liquidator is an ice mage! A rare mage liquidator!”

The entire arena was boiling again. It was a rare event to see a mage in the arena. Even many yawning people sitting in the noble seats lifted their spirits.

“And his opponent! It’s 【Intestine Eater】voke! The troll liquidator who has won 34 games in a row!”

“Wait, troll.” Lothar couldn’t help but widen his eyes.

“Ouch!” An unpleasant roar came from the other side of the arena, the iron gate was slowly lifted, and a huge figure appeared from it.

Huge, three-person tall, extremely ugly, covered with warts and prickly heat, the stench can be smelled even tens of meters away.

There is no doubt that this is a troll.

It was covered in scars, its feet were bound by heavy iron ball shackles, its wrists were bound by iron chains, and the other end of the iron chain was held by two wrestlers. Behind the troll were two wrestlers holding burning spears. roasting its back.

The troll that was half pulled and half driven out roared crazily, not only its opponent Lothar, but everyone in the arena.

The only response to it was the fanatical voices of the audience.

Lothar understood why his opponent was it.

Frost trolls are naturally not afraid of severe cold. This group of guys have been sleeping in the snow since they were young. The ice summoned by the frost mage has little effect on them.

Ice magic is almost useless against trolls, and as a human being, there is a huge difference in physique from trolls. No matter how you look at it, it is an absolute disadvantage.

Arranging such an opponent is an obvious target.

However, not many of the audience present could see that this duel was unfair. Most of them were still looking forward to the collision between mages and trolls. Only those sitting on the noble seats have enough vision to know Lothar’s current situation, and they all cast sympathetic eyes.

It’s just that this pity is too hypocritical, and it can’t even cover up the smiles in their eyes.

“Swain didn’t lie to me.” Lothar turned his head, and the feeling of cold pain became clearer. “The only law in this country is the law of the jungle.”

…

A noble seat.

Most of Zassen’s attention is not in the arena, his palms were full of sweat, and he had to tightly clutch the handkerchief, sneaking nervous glances at the people around him.

The person sitting next to him is the lover of his dreams.

She was wearing a veil, and the seductive curves covered by the black veil skirt, only her neck and bare hands were exposed, revealing a skin that was so fair that even the beautiful jade from Ionia could not match.

Zasen secretly swallowed his saliva. As a nobleman, he thinks that he has experienced many stunning beauties in his 30 to 40 years of life, such as a young girl from the countryside, or a lonely lady who has lived in a boudoir for a long time, and even a pardoner. A foreign girl from Rhema and Ionia.

But there is no woman like her who can make Zasen, who has been in love for a long time, be as distracted as a young boy who is just in love.

“Mr. Zasen, what do you think of this match?” The woman spoke, and Zasen could vaguely see her hazy red lips behind the veil.

“She’s asking me for advice!” Zasen sat upright. It took him a lot of effort to invite her to watch the competition with him. The purpose was to show off his erudition in front of the beautiful woman.

“How can an Ice Mage defeat a Frost Troll?” Zasen tried his best to make his statement humorous and funny, “It’s like a satyr attacking a strong man. He just picked the wrong opponent.”

The beautiful woman turned her head to look at Zasen, her eyes behind the veil faintly glowed: “Your metaphor is really appropriate and vivid.”

It was as if a vat of honey had been poured into Zasen’s heart, and he almost couldn’t control the corners of his mouth that rose crazily: “No way, you are too famous, Ms. Elise.”

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Section 77

The death toll was 6,578.

——”Statistics of Death Toll in the Imperial Arena: Year 998 of the Noxus Calendar”