Chapter 797 Marcus’s Troubles

The person responsible for receiving the gladiators from each gladiator school was a somewhat lame Slavic man.

He led everyone to gather in the arena to familiarize themselves with the venue. After that, he reiterated the rules of the battle once everyone arrived. In the morning, the performances were basically performed by beast warriors. The arena collected many performances from all over the country. Exotic animals can be used for beast warriors to show their beast-taming skills or for beasts to show their appetite.

In the afternoon, it was the turn of the gladiators to take the stage. Similar to the gladiatorial performance Zhang Heng had experienced at the Victor Arena, the gladiator performance in the Flavi Amphitheater was also divided into many events, and no matter what the event, Only the winning gladiator advances to the next round of combat.

In the end, 72 warriors will be selected in the arena to participate in the final melee.

Yes, the situation is very similar to the twelve-man melee that Zhang Heng participated in before, but each gladiator fights alone, and the final winner is the champion of this gladiatorial performance.

On the surface, this is a fair way to fight, but in fact it is not. As we all know, there are many types of gladiators. Even the most popular twelve-man melee in Victor Arena does not include all types of gladiators. Put them together, because some gladiator professions are too buggy, such as knight gladiators and chariot gladiators. The former is equipped with horses, and the latter directly drives a chariot. In addition, there are archer gladiators.

Under normal circumstances, gladiators of these special professions play different roles, such as archers versus archers, chariots versus chariots.

However, in order to increase the viewing pleasure, this time the gladiatorial performance has unprecedentedly gathered all the gladiators together. In this way, even the popular gladiators who were favored by everyone before may have the possibility of overturning if they accidentally face off against a more powerful profession, but In turn, the gladiator who finally wins the championship will be rich in gold.

Zhang Heng also met a few old acquaintances while getting familiar with the venue, including the power-mad Telephilus nicknamed the Giant, the Thracian Danaos from the Isaiah Arena, and of course Sartoni, whom he had just made a grudge against. Los, the latter has been looking at him coldly. Zhang Heng believes that as long as there is a chance in the subsequent gladiatorial performance, Sartonillos will definitely kill him without hesitation.

There are also some special professions of gladiators worth noting.

Zhang Heng and others just did a brief warm-up exercise and were taken to the side lounge. They will wait here until it is their turn to appear. Fortunately, the arena has prepared breakfast and lunch for them. At the same time, if they need There are two small training rooms next door.

Marcus also arrived at the Flavi Amphitheater later to boost the morale of his gladiators, "Everyone, it is time to test the promise you have made and protect the honor of the Victor Arena. When you stand When you are on the court, you represent not only yourself, but also the arena behind you, so no matter who your opponent is, don’t be timid or afraid, show your strength and courage, Nemesis, the goddess of revenge Si will always take care of you!"

After Marcus finished speaking, he looked at Zhang Heng one more time, and the latter nodded to him.

Marcus felt a little relieved after seeing this. He wiped the sweat from his forehead. Although the gladiatorial performance did not require him to perform, considering that this performance is likely to affect the gladiator schools for at least the next ten years. Boom and bust, it means a lot of money, and he couldn't even sleep well last night.

In addition, he finally saw what Gabi meant when he said Zhang Heng was difficult to control.

The conflict between the latter and Sartonilos last night was definitely something he didn't want to see, but fortunately the final result was a tie, and Zhang Heng had a slight upper hand, but Markrus felt that from the perspective of risks and benefits, From this point of view, this battle is completely unnecessary. There is not much benefit from winning. If he loses, the foreign gladiator who had his head smashed will be the fate of Zhang Heng. In this case, Victor’s economy has not started before the gladiatorial performance. Lost his trump card.

In addition, he could also see that Zhang Heng wanted to win the favor of Commodus, which was consistent with his interests. Naturally, Marcus also hoped that the young emperor would pay attention to his gladiator school and come to Victor more often. Watching performances in the arena is more effective than any other publicity. However, Zhang Heng has not discussed this matter with him before. He is completely self-initiated. At the same time, he has a vague desire to get out of the Gladiator School by taking advantage of Commodus. Meaning, it also made Marcus a little uncomfortable.

But now he needs Zhang Heng to win the championship for him in this gladiatorial performance, so even if he has any ideas, he can only press it first. As for other things, he can only wait until the gladiatorial performance is over.

Of course, if Zhang Heng really wins the championship, he will be further out of Marcus's control, but this can be regarded as some kind of happy trouble. Marcus did not stay in the gladiator's lounge for too long and encouraged him. After a few words, he left. There was a place for him in the stands, where he would watch the next game.

As soon as he left with his front foot, another figure appeared in front of Zhang Heng.

When Sartonilos stood up and walked towards Zhang Heng, the guard in the lounge immediately drew out his weapon and warned the former loudly that no gladiator was allowed to do anything in any arena's lounge, no matter what the relationship between the two parties was. All grievances and grievances should be settled on the field.

However, Sartonilos ignored those warnings, walked straight to Zhang Heng, and spoke.

"I will pray for you, Oriental, that you can win all the way to the final melee, because then your head will be mine, and as long as I am armed, what happened last night will never happen again. "

"That's true." Zhang Heng nodded, "If we all had weapons, what happened last night wouldn't have happened."

Due to the pressure brought by Sartonilos, the guard in the lounge had to call his companions not far away. However, by the time he gathered his men, Sartonilos had returned to his seat and stopped looking. Zhang Heng glanced at him.

And soon, everyone heard footsteps and noises coming from above their heads, and knew that this was the audience starting to enter.

This gladiatorial performance was prepared by the Senate and funded by the royal family. It was specifically designed to entertain people in Rome and win the hearts of the people. Therefore, no fee was charged. Of course, although there were 90,000 seats, compared to the 1.5 million in Rome, The population is still quite insufficient.

Not to mention the nobles, there are corresponding areas for them to sit, but if civilians want to enter, they need a kind of dominoes, which are somewhat similar to later concert tickets. The seat numbers of the stands will be engraved on them, as well as the entrance tickets. Gate numbers and areas ensure everyone can enter in an orderly manner.