Chapter 17 The Slaughter
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Two days passed in the blink of an eye.
Caesar’s body has been buried, and the staff of the arena did not come to look for the body. They were happy to let the gladiators stay with the body until the body completely decomposed until only the skeleton was left, adding a bit of eerieness to the cave. .
The lights in the cave will kill the germs produced during the decay of the corpse and prevent the gladiators from getting sick and dying during non-fighting.
In this arena, on this planet called Nuceria, their technological level is higher than in the clouds, and their moral level is as low as the center of the earth.
It wasn’t until today, two days later, that there were some disturbances in this trapped animal-like life.
"What are the people outside doing?"
Hono lay weakly on the cold rock, tying his abdomen tightly with the tattered shirt that originally covered his upper body.
Except for Qin Xia and Angron, the other gladiators were all lying in a mess, breathing in and out weakly.
Honor said before that there will be a good meal day before the gladiator day, and two or three days before the good meal day, no food will be distributed to allow the gladiators to fast.
Now everyone is staggering around hungry.
The overwhelming cheers and shouts outside reached everyone's ears, but most people here didn't even have the strength to stand up and open the windows to take a look.
Now that Qin Xia is crossing her legs and closing her eyes, only the other person who will not be affected, Angron, can go and see what is going on.
So Angron stood up, walked to the window and looked outside.
"A ceremony is taking place in the arena, and people gather in the arena."
Angron conveyed the situation from the outside world.
“Five people riding mechanical war horses entered the combat area of the arena, but they did not start killing each other, but paraded in the arena as if they were bathed in glory.”
"Then more people came riding on biological war horses, following the five knights riding mechanical war horses, covered in glittering gold."
After describing it, Angron Looked at Honor and asked: "Are they high knights?"
Hearing this question, Honor gave out two weak smiles: "They are not high knights... They came to the arena to participate in the gladiatorial battle. I guess they will fight with us in the next gladiatorial battle."
Angron tilted his head, obviously confused as to why those horsemen, since they were also gladiators, could ride their big horses and show off their power through the city, while people like him had to be locked in a cave and fasted.
The negative emotions generated by the gladiators' hunger made Angron feel tortured and painful.
"They are not gladiators, although they want to participate in gladiators." As if he knew what Angron wanted to ask, Honor answered directly.
"Not a gladiator?" Angron's eyes showed confusion.
"They are nobles, nobles under the high knights. Young masters from some noble families will come to the arena for excitement."
Hono said weakly.
“Then their families will build powerful armors and weapons for them, and let the young masters in the family who want to come to the arena together to find excitement form a gladiatorial team.”
"The people you are talking about riding mechanical war horses should be the noble children of the Tarke family, and the knights behind them riding ordinary war horses are their servants."
"These little bastards The name of Lamb’s gladiatorial team is the Untouchable Slaughterers”
After Onuo finished speaking, Angron looked out the window with deep thoughts.
Qin Xia, who was sitting cross-legged in meditation, opened his eyes: "Untouchable Slaughterer? What the hell is this dog's name?"
Onuo could only show a bitter smile in his tone: "This name It's really disgusting, but they are still the stars of the noble team in the Nuceria Gladiator."
Qin Xia wanted to curse something, but he swallowed the words and closed his eyes, focusing on it. Explore the use of psychic powers. "Why didn't the Nucerians resist?"
A word of endless doubt reached the ears of the gladiators.
Hearing these words, the gladiators cast their eyes towards Angron with difficulty.
"The Nucerians resisted," Honor said.
"No... no..." Angron shook his head, "I don't mean whether anyone resisted, but... if the name of the gladiatorial team composed of nobles is called the Untouchable Slaughterer, they will not do anything. If they don’t hide it to this extent, why don’t all the Nucerians resist them together?”
Hearing this, Honor, who is quite philosophical, also lowered his head at this time.
It’s not that he doesn’t have answers, but his answers tend to be found in people’s character and thinking.
Most people in Nuceria are accustomed to being enslaved by nobles, and Nucerians themselves are prone to enslavement.
This is Honor's answer.
"Maybe..." Honor raised his head and stared into Angron's eyes with an indignant expression. "Those who resisted were either killed or locked up in the arena like us. The rest Those who dare not resist the nobles are like animals in a pen. The brave ones are slaughtered and eaten, and the rest are cowardly."
Angron was almost wrinkled. His facial features relaxed slightly, and he seemed to understand.
"Nonsense."
A slightly cold word came from Honor's side.
Angron and the others looked at the speaker as they looked at Honor.
Qin Xia opened his eyes again and stared at Honor: "Brother, I have to admit that you are good at thinking and you have the potential of a philosopher, but you only have a little bit. And in this matter you said "It's not right at all."
Ono was not angry when he heard the refutation. He simply thought about the question and came up with an improvised answer when he couldn't get an answer.
He listened quietly and signaled Qin Xia to continue. He wanted to hear the views of this person with ink in his belly.
"Do we want to escape from the duel to die, or so that we can get out of trouble?" Qin Xia asked everyone.
“What kind of bullshit is this!”
The female gladiator who had been preparing to leave the cave with Qin Xia and Caesar to collect information let out an angry shout.
She doesn't think this question is a problem.
"Everyone is trying to get out of trouble, not to die." Honor said, "Obvious. Man."
"So." Qin Xia nodded, "The high knights of Nuceria have a monopoly Technology, this world is full of barbarism and ignorance, just like a world full of primitive people, but the technology used by the nobles is so advanced that it makes people feel hopeless."
"The nobles here don't even need it. A large number of soldiers come to establish a military foundation for their rule. "
"Iron men like security omnics will not betray their users, nor will they show mercy. They have become the most loyal butchers of the nobles."< br>
“In such an environment, if the purpose of people’s resistance is not to die, but to really change something, then patience and waiting for changes are necessary.”
"This is a question of material foundation and objective environment. There is no answer from the perspective of character and thinking."
After saying this, Qin Xia looked at Angron.
Angron nodded thoughtfully.
The gladiators were also thoughtful.
But for mortals, thinking only lasted less than two minutes, because the hunger that was about to devour their reason made their brains only able to maintain basic physiological activities.
(End of this chapter)