Chapter 95 The Beast in the Colosseum
"Wait a minute." When Dani was about to leave with her brothers, Grazdan, with pearl tassels, reached out and called her, "We are very happy to complete this big deal today. We will hold a celebration in the Colosseum. Mother of Dragons, come with us. The people of Astapor will present you with the most exciting show."
"Now?" Dani asked.
"The Colosseum is just behind my pyramid and is also my property. If we go down now, we can start watching the duel immediately." Grazdan said proudly.
Dani didn't want to go in her heart. She didn't need to think about how bloody and cruel the slave duel was, but the master had already invited her, and she would be very different if she refused.
In the slave trade, every participant is guilty.
But just like the flour trade in the movie, the seller asked you to taste a little, but you said you never use this, it is estimated that it will be difficult to continue the business, so the police uncle will follow the tradition when he is undercover.
"Okay." Dani nodded and agreed.
Immediately, a servant walked quickly to the top garden, holding a red flag and waving it vigorously. The good masters did not stop, and with the help of the servants, they sat in the sedan chair and went down the pyramid from the back door.
Dany did not have a sedan chair, and the good master did not say that he would prepare a sedan chair for her.
She, Jorah, Whitebeard and others followed the good master down the stone steps step by step.
In the process of going down the pyramid, Dany admired the ingenuity of the Ghis people's design more and more. Among other things, there are several systems of stairs in and out of the pyramid.
There are stairs for climbing on all four sides of the pyramid, and there is also a set of circular stone stairs inside. The internal stairs not only connect all the rooms in the tower, but also connect to the entrances of the four external stairs.
Similarly, because of the circular shape, the internal stairs are much flatter than the external stairs. Going up and down the stairs in a sedan chair is almost the same as walking on the ground.
When going down the circular stairs, Dany passed by a spacious and bright stone house, in which there were several old scholars with white hair and white beards, who were teaching the children of Grazdan.
She also smelled the fragrance in the stone kitchen. The chef's shouting stopped when the master arrived. The busy weaving women workers saw the team of masters outside the door, stopped their work, knelt down and kowtowed. The wine cellar and the slave training room.
Every time the master went up and down the pyramid, it was equivalent to the process of the king inspecting the territory.
They ruled their small kingdom year after year, and now it has been more than 5,000 years!
Maybe their rule will continue, 10,000 years, 100,000 years, maybe.
As Grazdan said, the Great Arena is behind his pyramid. The Astapor Gate, the Punishment Square, the Great Pyramid, and the Arena are on a central axis.
The magnificent pyramid towers into the clouds, but the huge arena is dug under the ground, a deep pit like a bowl, surrounded by circles of red brick paved audience seats.
There is a hidden stone road between the pyramid and the arena rostrum. It is spacious enough for an elephant to pass through. There are stone houses with iron fences on both sides of the stone road, which are used for duels. "Consumables" such as slaves, gladiators, lions, colossi, wolves, etc. live in them.
"Hahaha, when I find a shadow priest to hatch the dragon, I'll build a dragon cave here." The good masters in front completely ignored Dany and others behind them, laughing and imagining the future.
"It must be exciting to see a fire dragon eating people." Another good master echoed.
"Ahem, even if the dragon is hatched, have you thought about how to control it?" Euron smiled strangely and said loudly in Valyrian.
"If you don't commit suicide, you won't die. If you commit suicide, you will definitely die. If you are not afraid of death, just keep doing it." Dany said in a low voice like grinding her teeth.
The good master in front was a little far away, and she neither heard her words nor saw her lips move, but Euron's words were clearly transmitted to the passage in front, and the laughter of the good masters suddenly stopped.
After they exchanged glances, "old friend" Kraznys asked, "Sir Euron, what do you want to say?"
Feeling the sharp edge on his lower back, Euron touched his nose and said with a sly smile, "I want to tell you all to go to the ruins of Valyria as soon as possible. There are secret techniques to control dragons and countless dragon eggs there. If possible, we can work together."
"Euron, you have no right to speak here." Dany shouted loudly, forcibly ending the topic.
When the good lords turned around and continued to move forward, Dany waved her hand implicitly, asking Ago to take back the Arak scimitar against Euron's lower back.
Euron reached back and touched his fingertips, and found that his fingertips were stained with a little red. He smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I will be a free man tomorrow."
"That's tomorrow's business. Today, at this moment, you should be honest." Dany said lightly.
"Huha huha huha."
The dazzling sky light shot into the tunnel from the exit, accompanied by the "huha" sound like a tsunami.
Just half an hour after the Good Lord and Dany came down from the pyramid, the arena was already full of Gith people with black and red hair standing upright.
Compared with modern basketball and football fields, this large arena is not too big. Dany estimated that there should be no more than 3,000 spectators.
The duel field below is a circular dirt ground with a diameter of 50 meters, and a strong muscular man is standing in the center.
He only has a piece of white cloth wrapped around his waist. While waving his arms and shouting "Huha", the atmosphere on the scene has been raised to the highest point.
The eight Good Lords have fixed seats and sit at the highest point of the rostrum.
Although Dany is a distinguished guest, she is only assigned a wooden chair on the lower red brick stairs. Euron sits next to her, and Jorah, Whitebeard and others don't even have seats.
"The Gith are so arrogant!" Jorah complained behind Dany, "We shouldn't have come here."
"How can a guest refuse an invitation from the host?" Dany sighed and comforted him, "Since we are here, we should make the best of it. It's almost noon, and the duel will be over soon."
"It won't be over soon, master," said Missandei, "The good masters will have lunch or even dinner in the arena, and many times the duels will last until dark."
"Alas, we really shouldn't have come here." Dany was stunned and sighed.
Suddenly, the noisy "Huha" sound disappeared, and the arena became quiet. The muscular man retreated into the corridor, and a middle-aged man in a yellow tokar robe walked out of the corridor, followed by a group of slaves.
The slaves quickly nailed three wooden crosses in the center of the arena, and then three ignorant girls of four or five years old were tied to the crosses.
Three more slaves came over, each carrying a large clay pot, and poured the sticky liquid in it over the heads of the three girls.
The two white girls started to cry. The copper-skinned centaur girl was stunned for only a moment, then she opened her mouth with several missing teeth and greedily sucked the brown liquid flowing to her lips, her face filled with satisfaction and happiness.
After a while, a mixture of sweet, greasy, and fishy smells rushed towards Dany.
"To the great Son of the Harpy, today's appetizer is 'Hungry Bear's Love'. The three slaves will be drizzled with honey, fresh human blood, and rotten fish and shrimp, and then our giant bear Pluto will choose the favorite food. Which one do you think Mr. Hungry Bear will choose first?"
The host waved his hand towards the animal pen opposite, retreated to the corridor, and shouted loudly: "Now, please welcome our giant bear who has been hungry for 10 days, Pluto XXVIII!"
"Roar!" The sound waves spread throughout the venue, making the cheering Gis people quiet down. The iron fence was just halfway raised, and the three-meter-tall black bear impatiently drilled out of the gap. The huge force made the steel fence as thick as an arm slightly deformed.
"Bang, bang, bang" The giant bear landed on all fours and ran like flying, bringing a trail of red smoke on the muddy ground.
It didn't hesitate for almost a moment, and ran straight to the centaur girl who was still licking the honey with its tongue.
"Crack!"
The giant bear's mouth was as big as a basin, as if it had bitten off a piece of sugar cane, and juice dripped from the edge of its furry mouth. "Ugh!" Dany squatted on the ground, vomit, snot, and tears sprayed out at the same time.
"Hehehe, this Westeros bitch was scared." Kraznys said to the good master beside him with a smile.
"Khaleesi, are you okay?" The centaur maid supported Dany and asked, and Jorah and Whitebeard also looked at her nervously.
"No, it's okay." Dany didn't get up, squatting on the ground and said sullenly.
Euron watched with relish the giant bear chewing three pieces of sugarcane, and said to Glazdan with a smile: "My good lord, although this show is wonderful, it is not exciting enough.
In fact, I also like watching duelist competitions. It's very lonely during the voyage, so I use blood to attract a group of sharks, and then throw the same number of sailors into the sea, each with a scimitar and a piece of clothing soaked in blood. Wow, that's so satisfying."
"Hiss--" Glazdan with pearl tassels took a breath, touched his thick chin and commented: "Not bad, not bad, it's exciting to think about it, and it gives me the idea of building an aquatic arena. However, you have been on the sea all the time, and if you keep playing like this, I'm afraid there won't be enough sailors!"
"Hey, have you forgotten my profession?" Euron waved his hand indifferently, and smiled: "For us Iron People, everything on the sea is at our disposal, treasures, women, and men. As long as we are a little 'thrifty' in the process of taking, how many 'gladiators' can't we find?"
"Euron, if you say another word, I will immediately ask you to go down and give everyone a wonderful performance." Dany stood up and slapped his scabby face.
The lazy smile in Euron's blue right eye turned vicious. Dany looked at him coldly, "If you dare to hide, dare to resist, I will chop off one of your hands."
After that, she slapped him seven or eight times under Euron's venomous eyes.
His hands were all red, and the blood scabs on Euron's face broke, and blood oozes out.
During the whole process, the good people were laughing and pointing at him.
After Dany vented her emotions and returned to her seat, Kraznys smiled and said to Euron, whose face was covered in blood: "In fact, we also have a very exciting program. The previous 'Hungry Bear's Love' was just an appetizer. The next one to appear is-"
"The big bear and the little girl!" The host's loud shout covered the words of the good master, "Next, let's see if the giant bear Pluto can keep his name. Please welcome our most ferocious cousin-"
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