“It’s a lot of people!” Wrapped in brightly colored cloaks, Ji Huan and Abu stood in the square in front of the Saroye Fighting Arena that Ji Huan had seen from the bathhouse before. Naji followed behind them, clutching a corner of Ji Huan’s shirt with his paws, as he looked around curiously.
The surrounding area was bustling with all kinds of demons, and there were also countless tents around, belonging to those who bought tickets but couldn’t book the hotel or didn’t have the money to stay at the hotel.
They had already seen a lot of demons along the way, thinking that there were already enough of them, but they didn’t expect the gate of the fighting arena to be the place crowded with the most people! Even the trees were occupied by the demons!
Listening to the conversations of the surrounding demons along the way, Ji Huan heard many of them complaining about the difficulty of finding a place to stay in Lugman city. Thinking of this, Ji Huan once again thanked Adan in his heart.
However, he finally understood why Ah Lan wanted to turn the barbecue restaurant into a bathhouse: the barbecue restaurant was just a place to eat, but if it was turned into a bathhouse, it could make people stay longer. Many familiar fighting enthusiasts go there just to find a comfortable place to spend the night.
How to put it, the bathhouse is more comfortable than staying on the roadside, right? It’s also a bit safer.
“Be careful with your purse. There are many thieves in crowded places,” Ji Huan whispered to the two demons beside him.
Few people in Yefar use wallets, and most people generally use purses they sewed by themselves.
“I… don’t have a purse.” Naji said honestly.
Ji Huan:”….”
“Give me your purse, it’s safer to put it with me.” Abu looked around and suggested.
There were crowds of people around, and the demons here were so powerful that it was really hard to tell whether it was a thief or an ordinary demon that bumped into them. Ji Huan nodded and handed his purse to Abu.
Abu then hung two purses around his neck. His stature was much higher than the average height of the demons. In this way, the position of the purses was virtually improved and it was much safer.
After taking a shower and having dinner in the bath house, Adan went out for a drink with his old friend. Ji Huan and Abu then came out to inquire about the whereabouts of the little gray devil. As for Naji, he came out to “look for stones”.
He also owed the old demon fifteen stones.
Ah Lan’s shop was very close to the fighting arena, and Ji Huan secretly thanked the old demon.
If he hadn’t brought them here directly, relying on just him and Abu…
To be honest, he was afraid they couldn’t even afford the fare.
“Anyway, let’s buy a ticket and go in to have a look first.” Looking at the surrounding situation, Ji Huan quickly made a decision.
“Okay.” Abu is a man of action. After Ji Huan made a decision, he immediately began to look for the place where the tickets were sold. He was tall and could look far away, and he immediately saw the demons in the crowd who were selling tickets to passers-by.
“There’s a ticket seller over there, wait for me to catch him—” Abu was about to make a move when Ji Huan hurriedly stopped him.
“You can’t find that kind of person!” Taking a closer look at the demon selling tickets, Ji Huan said in a low voice: “They are most likely selling scalped tickets.”
Of course, there are no “scalped tickets” here. Ji Huan used the term from his hometown. As a young man who grew up in a small place, he had never seen anyone selling scalped tickets before. He only found this word online when he was looking for his sister.
It is said that there are always many people selling “scalped tickets” at train stations, concerts, or other popular places, and these tickets are not official and may be fake, and the scalpers selling tickets may still have some connection with the local underworld. In short, they cannot buy these tickets!
Ji Huan immediately instilled his knowledge of scalpers into the two demons beside him.
Abu and Naji nodded receptively.
“You have to find a legitimate place to buy tickets.” Ji Huan told his not-so-rich life experience to his companions who are even less experienced than himself.
Just when ‘adult’ Ji Huan was worrying about finding the ticket counter, Abu held him up. Although it was a bit embarrassing, Ji Huan didn’t waste this opportunity and immediately spotted the ticket counter marked as “Ticket”. He also took this opportunity to take a look at the surrounding terrain.
When it comes to buying tickets, it’s Abu who comes in handy.
His size was still considered the largest here, few people dare to stand in front of him, and he soon came back with three tickets.
“I…I don’t have any money…” Holding the ticket that Abu gave him, Naji hesitated a little.
“It’s fine!” Abu waved his hand indifferently: he paid for the ticket out of his own pocket, thinking that he was born as a generous demon.
Immediately afterwards, Abu picked up Ji Huan and Naji together and stuffed them under his armpits. He bumped left and right, and quickly created a bloody path among the demons queuing up to enter the arena. The three of them showed their tickets and quickly entered the arena.
They are not the only ones who did this. Abu bought tickets for the cheapest seats for the latest fight. These tickets were sold randomly without seat numbers, and whoever came first would have priority in selecting seats. Therefore, Abu’s behavior was completely in line with the rules.
Thanks to Abu’s great strength, the three of them quickly sat in the seats with the best view available at such ticket prices.
However, this match was very ordinary, with only a few spectators. The small venue was almost empty, with only a few demons sitting there.
Like the stadium on Earth, the audience seat was higher than the middle fighting platform. Surrounded in the middle by the audience was the bottom fighting platform, which was not large and seemed to be made of stone. It’s not known whether there wasn’t enough time, but there were still blood stains left on it that haven’t been wiped clean, probably from the last fight.
The fight started soon, and two demons appeared at both ends of the fighting platform. After the voice sounded “start”, they quickly started fighting together.
It’s somewhat similar to boxing matches on Earth, but much more ferocious than that. There are no rules or restrictions on fighting here. Although in principle, one party can verbally “admit defeat” to end the match, many demons fight quite ferociously to attract more people to watch, without giving their opponents the chance to admit defeat!
However, the match they were watching right now was the lowest level competition after all. Both sides were participating in the competition for the first time, and their strength has not been divided yet. There was a significant difference between them, so not long after, one of the demons was thrown out of the platform, and the referee announced that the demon remaining on the platform won.
It only lasted for five minutes.
The demon that won left from the player-only exit, while the one who lost…
As the audience left the arena one after another, the arena staff came over, not the medical staff for treating the players, but the cleaning staff with tools on their backs.
“He’s dead.” Abu announced the result of that player succinctly.
Ji Huan stood in front of the tournament schedule board.
The huge monitor was densely marked with the arrangement plans for various fighting matches in the arena, ongoing ones, the ones that had just ended… Advanced level fights involve the appearance of both sides, while the lower level fights don’t even have a name.
Ji Huan looked at the schedule and simply counted. In this arena, there are almost two hundred lowest level matches everyday…
Although the lower level fights usually don’t take too long, they can’t just watch every fight until they find Xiao Hui, right?
It will take too long, and the key point is that they don’t have that much money…
Staring at the schedule board in front of him, Ji Huan’s mind flashed with one idea after another.
“I’m going to participate in the competition.” Just as Ji Huan’s brain was running at high speed, Abu’s voice suddenly came from above.
His tone was very firm, making a declarative sentence.
“The contestants here would also get to stay backstage, right? Maybe I can meet a lot of contestants there before the game. After entering, I can find out more information than we can as a spectator, and we can also make some money like this. Our money is almost used up.”
Staring at the tall demon for a while, Ji Huan realized for the first time that the other party’s eyes are actually dark blue.
“Don’t look at me like that, for me, this is also a profession. Don’t forget, if it weren’t for the old man beating up the other party and tearing up the contract, I should have already been standing on the fighting platform here. “Abu laughed.
Ji Huan finally agreed with his decision.
Becoming a player here was very simple, you just need to go to the lobby on the left at the entrance to register. However, there were many demons who had the same idea, so they had to wait in line for a while to receive the contract.
It was just a thin piece of paper, the terms were very simple, there was no time limit, even one game was enough, if you win, you will get 1% of the ticket revenue, and if you lose…
The organizer wouldn’t be responsible for medical expenses.
They are also not responsible for the burial of the corpse.
Ji Huan read the terms of the contract to Abu one by one.
“The previous contract was really a scam. If you win, you would only get 0.5% of the ticket revenue.” Abu raised his eyebrows, and then signed his name on the contract——he can already write his own name now, following Ji Huan teachings.
After he finished speaking, Abu handed over the signed contract with his name to the registrar.
Naji also handed over the signed contract.
“Naji, that’s the player’s contract.” Afraid that he didn’t understand and made a mistake, Ji Huan hurriedly grabbed his wrist.
A thin monster like bean sprouts, with wrists as thin as its body, but exceptionally strong, Ji Huan can’t shake it at all!
“I… will also help you find people.” The thin demon said slowly.
Looking straight at Ji Huan, the bean-sprout like demon smiled foolishly.
The two demons who had signed the contract were quickly taken away by the staff. Watching the two figures, one tall and one short, gradually walking away, Ji Huan remained silent for a moment before walking towards the contract level staff. He asked, “Excuse me, do you have any vacant positions other than the players?”
Ji Huan originally intended to apply for positions such as contract registrar or platform cleaner, but the former was full, while the latter… His strength was not strong enough. Fortunately, because of the crazy atmosphere here, several waiters were eaten, so he successfully applied for the position and became a waiter – a short-term one.
Almost at the same moment——
The little gray devil was finally released from the room that only had a huge pool, and behind him was a rotten aquatic monster that had been eaten and only had a skeleton left;
While Adan was eating with a mysterious friend in a dark box, and there was a singer in the box humming a strange little tune with a hoarse throat, covering the voices of both parties in the conversation;
Abu and Naji each started their first match in the sparse crowd of spectators. As rookies, they were unknown;
Ji Huan started his training as a waiter in the arena;
And Mr. Jin Murphy Firzaha… under the escort of a group of bodyguards in black, stepped off the private aircraft.
“We’ve reached Lugman.” Beside him, the beautiful red-haired female demon smiled slightly.
——
As for Hei Dan——
At this time, accompanied by his grandpa, he is earnestly completing the homework assigned by his uncle.
“Oh my! What does this word mean? Should it be an ‘egg’, poor lamb-horned demon, even now he doesn’t know more than ten characters and often confuses them. Before his grandson left, he taught him ten characters and asked him to teach it to Hei Dan after memorizing. The old demon was trembling all night, dreaming and memorizing, but he couldn’t remember any egg——
He forgot all about it the next morning.
As a callas whose IQ is below the average level of demons, it is a bit difficult for the lamb-horned demon to be a teacher.
“It should be “egg”, right? It should be…” The lamb-horned denom muttered to himself, and after a while it seemed that it was similar to what he remembered, so he smiled and said to his great-grandson in his arms: “Black egg ~this word says “egg”, which is the “egg” of black egg! Look, there are two identical words here, so when they are connected, they are egg egg.”
The black egg in his arms… was in a hurry!
Although he is too small, Hei Dan’s memory is much better than Grandpa’s. When his uncle left, although he took care of Grandpa’s teaching work, and taught him over and over again, Grandpa didn’t remember anything, but Hei Dan remembered all of it.
Pointing at the two words that Grandpa just said were “egg”, Hei Dan’s little brain was clear. Uncle clearly said that these two words are read as “Grandpa”!
“Ah… ah! Grandpa!” Pointing to the two words that Grandpa mispronounced, Hei Dan was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead, and he actually pronounced these two words correctly!
“Ah! Hei Dan called Grandpa!!!!” He didn’t realize that it was his great-grandson correcting his mistake. Grandpa was just pleasantly surprised to find that his great-grandson could call… Grandpa!
Although there seems to be a problem with seniority here, grandpa can still read, right?
Grandpa was very happy!
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