I Have 48 Hours a Day

Chapter 760 It’s Your Turn

Marcus's figure appeared again on the balcony of the second floor after forty-nine days. This time, two female slaves were beside him, a Persian and a Parthian, who helped him sit in the chair. .

But Marcus didn't seem to be happy, because the arena's attendance rate had dropped again in the past two months, and he had to increase the number of appearances of Habitus, which slightly restored the audience, but the greedy Habitus Bitus also took the opportunity to ask him for more shares and a promise to train him as the school's ace.

On the other hand, Marcus also heard the news from the front. It was said that the new emperor of the empire, Commodus, seemed to have no intention of taking over the stall left by his father Aurelius, and was preparing to negotiate peace with the Germans. This was a huge blow to Marcus. This is not good news, because prisoners of war are also a very important part of his source of gladiators. Especially high-level gladiators are often selected from prisoners of war, and now he is busy looking for Sisnatus. As his successor, Marcus now can only place his hopes on Bach.

In addition, according to custom, a grand gladiator performance will be held when a new emperor ascends the throne. In order to win the favor of the people, this performance is free. The performance is held at the Flavian Amphitheater, the largest in the entire Roman Empire. The arena, funded by the royal family, used 80,000 slaves and took eight years to build. It can accommodate up to 90,000 spectators. Considering its age, it has to be said that this arena is a landmark in the history of architecture. Miracle.

However, the arena alone is obviously not enough without the gladiators, who are the highlight of the show.

Although the royal family also has a gladiator school, it is not large enough to support a grand performance. This requires several private gladiator schools to provide personnel, which of course is not free. After all, gladiators are notoriously expensive. However, because this performance is used to win the hearts and minds of the people and does not generate any income, the expenses must be borne by the organizers.

Of course, getting money from nobles and His Majesty the Emperor is not as easy as asking for money from civilians.

If he wants less, Marcus will suffer a big loss. If he wants more, if he offends some big shot, or the Emperor himself, he will no longer be able to hang out in Rome. Therefore, under normal circumstances, Marcus will choose a small loss. Not only did you sell a favor, but you didn't shed too much blood yourself.

But no matter what, this is an annoying thing after all.

Marcus came to inspect the goods with all these troubles and dissatisfaction with the new emperor. He had spent a lot of money on these slaves, and he had to know whether the money he spent was worth it.

The order of the battle was also drawn by lot. After giving a respectful salute to Marcus, Gabi began to organize this assessment.

The rules of combat are similar to those of ordinary gladiator performances, except that wooden weapons are used. In a one-on-one confrontation, each gladiator can only use one kind of weapon. A sneak attack from behind is an act that will be despised by the audience. Once one of the parties The other side cannot attack again if they admit defeat. In addition, there will be a trainer who will act as a referee.

After making sure everyone understood the rules, Gabby started calling names.

The first couple to take the stage was a free gladiator named Griff. He was very lucky. His opponent was a young man who had just been a gladiator for half a year. He was a little younger than him and did not have much fighting experience. , but in the end the young gladiator won, but the two fought for a long time, and there was some back and forth. In the end, Grif was caught by the opponent and ended the battle.

Gabby commented, "I'm not focused enough. It was fine for a while, but as time went on, I had more distracting thoughts, and my attacks were not decisive enough. I was restrained. Caution is a good thing, but sometimes the situation on the field requires you to make a quick decision." , even a wrong decision is probably better than indecision.”

Grif looked a little depressed when he heard this. He knew that what Gabi said was the truth, because he was a newcomer, and this was the final test that decided his fate. It was inevitable that he would overthink it, and sometimes he would hesitate when he saw the other party's flaws. Could it be a trap and miss a lot of opportunities?

But Gabi paused, perhaps because he could fight his opponent back and forth for so long, and finally uttered those two words, "Qualified."

Grif's expression suddenly turned from worry to joy, and without saying anything, Gaby asked him to stay in the room on the west side.

Following Grif was a slave named Galata, and his opponent was a well-known gladiator with three years of combat experience. If Grif was cautious, then Galata's The performance is simply as if facing a powerful enemy.

As soon as the opponent started to move, he couldn't help but take a few steps back. His fear of fighting made Gabi frown. Fortunately, Galata quickly realized that his actions just now were very negative, but then he He made another big mistake. In order to make up for his previous poor performance, he actually changed his defense and started to attack carelessly.

His opponent was keenly aware of the flaw in his attack, and neatly dodged Galata's attack, and then placed the training sword on the latter's neck. The whole process did not take much effort. , and easily won the battle, Galata couldn't help but turn pale.

He looked at Gabi with an almost pleading look, but the latter remained unmoved and said in an emotionless voice, "Bad choice of battles, rough and rash advance, the ability to adapt to situations is not as good as a pig, unqualified, the house to the east .”

"Please give me another chance because of how hard I trained before. I was not ready this time. Next time, I will definitely not make this mistake again," Galata begged after hearing this. He said, of course he knows what the house to the east means, especially since he is not a free man like Griff. He can only go mining if he fails to pass the test.

"But death never gives you a second chance, kid." Gabi said coldly, and then with a wink, two trainers pulled Gellarta away, who had almost collapsed on the ground. .

On the second floor, Marcus never said a word from beginning to end, and was eating a fig peeled by the female slave next to him.

He didn't have much interest in the previous battles. With so many people below, the only one he really cared about was Bach, because now it was the deadline he had agreed with Gabi, and he wanted to see Sisnates' successor. How was the training by Gabi, but Bach's battle was arranged very late, so Marcus could only wait patiently.

Gabby spoke again after Galata was dragged down.

"Zhang Heng, Garba, it's your group's turn."

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