Episode 66 – The Arena (2/2)
Ah, so that is why
Kiel let Elaru latch onto his arm as she usually did whenever she intended to turn theot used to it
It helped that Elaru never actually plastered herself to hiht Her grip was gentle but firht
He never had the feeling like he was being dragged along Rather, that they alking side by side in a comfortable and relaxed manner
It was a subtle, nonobtrusive feeling that one would frequently forget In fact, often times, they would remain like this even after the invisibility had been lifted Most of the time, Kiel would remember this comfortable sensation only after the warmth disappeared
“Do you have any places you want to go to today?” Kiel decided not to beat around the bush and asked right away Yesterday she had dragged hi shop and after that to Black Pearl restaurant He hoped she didn’t have any similar plans today
Elaru looked at hih hter was a pleasant sound like no other People they passed by turned around in a daze, looking left and right trying to find the source of the soft heartwarhter
“If that line ca me on a date”
Kiel shot her another glare “Luckily, you know better Noer the question”
Elaru smiled mischievously “No I don’t have any plans today Why? Do you have plans?”
“Yes I chose battle royale for my practical exam However, while I do have so experience is limited”
He suddenly glared at Elaru “If I had known earlier that I’d be participating in Muni exahly prepared But since I am out of time, the best I can do is to observe as many battles as I can and try to learn from them as much as possible”
The two had finally left the premises of Muni and flew up above Ashar Kiel was just about to continue his explanation when Elaru interrupted him
She pointed to a large colosseurinned ear to ear “To the Arena!”
If sorabbed a random person on the street and asked them as everyone’s favorite source of entertainment, be it children, adults or old people, their ansould always be the same – the Arena
The only place where killing and hared
Of course, the reason for that was because people who died inside the Arena didn’t stay dead The backbone of every Arena was a divine artifact which held power to revert bodies to their previous state Even if the body of theAetherneal artifact could undo it
Unfortunately, divine artifacts didn’t grow on trees They were ancient, priceless, extremely rare treasures, the number of which was very li artifacts could be counted with fingers of two hands, only the large cities had an Arena
The Arena was officially called the Warlord Hall and was run by the Tanyer noble family, however, everyone just called it the Arena Just like everyone called the home city of the Tanyers “the Arena city” instead of Malia
The Arena was a conspicuous circular building so wide that one could fit an entire airbalt stadium inside
One would expect a building with 30 floors to tower above every other building in Ashar
One would be wrong
That’s because the floors of the Arena didn’t go upwards towards the sky but doards towards the earth Instead of being a tower, it was actually a pit that went deep underground
Whenever an earthquake struck the city, people would joke that it was caused by a fierce battle taking place in the Arena
Whether fierce battles could actually cause earthquakes was so Kiel didn’t know Just like how he didn’t knohat floor to go to
Ever since the two entered the ground floor, which acted as the reception hall and the waiting room, Kiel ree boards up on the walls that included infor battles
There were one vs one fights and team battles that went from 2 vs 2 and up to 8 vs 8 There were tournaes such as the type of ic used There was even a special battle for a siainst each other
Thirty available floors and a myriad of different available events made Kiel unable to reach a decision on which kind of ticket he should purchase
They sold general purpose daily tickets for specific floors, which allowed access to regular matches And then there were special tickets for special events andfamous warlocks
Mages that e battles in the Arena were called warlocks All the powerful ones were faazine The tickets to their matches would reach exorbitant prices, and nobles would often have fierce struggles to get front row seats
This wasn’t Kiel’s first ti his own tickets So, he needed to fa that was available first
Elaru patiently waited for approxihed and interrupted his pondering “You should start by watching the regular matches Choose the floor and buy the appropriate daily ticket”
“Thank you, captain obvious!” Kiel snapped
Elaru looked at hih money to buy the ticket?”
Kiel’s eyebroitched “It’s not that The proble the floor”