Chapter 56 The Colosseum is like an unyielding snow-capped mountain...
After embracing him enough, Hillan got off Sersia and gave him a light, expectant kiss on the lips.
"Come and eat, I have something I want to tell you."
Sersia sat down in the chair, and when she heard that the human wanted to talk to her, she became more solemn.
"Okay, go ahead and tell me, what is it?"
Hillland blinked. "First, I need to let you know that I've discussed a collaboration with Seldon. Second, I have some ideas."
Hillland wanted to implement multi-chain sales, and he told Sersia about his plan, discussing each step in detail.
Sersia listened attentively to Hilllan's thoughts, speaking quietly without interrupting. Hilllan had always been honest, and Sersia knew him well; humans were always worried that he might mind.
Thinking of this, Sersia chuckled and said, "If you want to do it, then do it. It doesn't matter if you don't share the results."
Some things, you should do if you're willing to. If you're always thinking about getting your money's worth, you won't be happy.
Furthermore, it's adorable when humans shyly and expectantly ask him for help. When Sersia sees Hillan looking at him with starry eyes, hoping he'll buy her something, it easily touches the softest spot in Sersia's heart.
Sersia has the means, so of course he's willing to spend money on Hillland, whom he loves, and Hillland is well worth it, isn't she? If he didn't think it was worth it, he would have refused from the start.
Sersia reached out and pinched Hillland's soft cheek. This was something he had learned from Hillland. Whenever he was too sleepy to move after finishing his work, Hillland would pinch him like this.
Hillland's cheek quickly turned red where he was pinched. He pursed his lips, not pulling away from Sersia's pinch, and said gently, "It's because I love you so much that I don't want all your efforts to go unrewarded. If you want to make money, baby, you can use these directly."
Sersia wanted to say that he had more money than he could spend, but he didn't say it. He curled his lips and solemnly hummed in agreement, "The Lord's sincerity is very warm, I have received it."
Hillland knew she had been thoroughly captivated.
After finishing the meal, Hillland let Sersia rest, who had finally returned home. He nestled in Sersia's arms, kissed him gently, and habitually placed his hand on Sersia's waist.
Sersia thought he was going to do it, so she opened her arms and hooked her body around Hillan, and kissed him first.
Hillland, who only wanted to be affectionately close to Sersia, paused for a moment, then realized that Sersia was being indulgent, and went straight for it without hesitation.
He pulled the female insect close to his body and gently kissed Sersia.
Hillan did it very gently, and Sersia rarely felt any discomfort, panting and somewhat unsteady on her feet.
"Hurry...hurry up..."
Hillan obeyed and did as Sersia requested.
After they finished, the two of them took another shower and went straight to sleep.
Sersia originally brought him to Pino Star to let him experience a different regional culture, but they didn't have time. Fortunately, he had nothing to do these few days, so after breakfast the next day, Sersia brought Hillland to the floating city of Pino Star.
"The most famous place in Floating City is the Seno Colosseum, a place that every insect that comes here will visit."
Sersia took the token and led Hillan inside. Then, as if remembering something, she said, "I'm going to Flowing Moon Star in a few days to handle some mining matters. It'll probably take two or three months. Don't come looking for me, okay? It's not safe there."
Sersia raised her hand to tidy up Hillan's wildly flying hair, looked into his eyes, and said softly, "When I return, the era of the Empire will enter a new phase."
Sersia wants to push things along and help the Third Prince ascend to the throne. The turmoil won't subside anytime soon. Hillan knows his own limitations, and staying by Sersia's side would only distract him. "I know, but you have to take good care of yourself. When you need me, don't leave me here alone, okay?"
Sersia smiled, slowly closed her eyes, and kissed him on the lips. "Mmm."
They went inside.
The Colosseum is enormous, surrounded by magnificent, four-story buildings. Besides the restaurants, there's a three-story black market where any kind of transaction can take place, and you can find all sorts of rare items. However, the probability of a violent incident occurring there is also very high.
The match was scheduled to start in the evening, and it was still early, so Sersia took him to the black market. Hillland looked around with curiosity; you could find anything on these insect stalls, even a rusty male insect skull being sold as a candle holder.
Hillland had also visited similar markets on Earth, but his were much simpler and more down-to-earth. They mainly sold secondhand items, antiques, or handmade crafts. He often went there to hunt for things. He remembered going there with his friends a long time ago and buying a secondhand camera. Inside were photos of a loving couple documenting their lives. Hillland didn't delete those photos.
Besides cameras, he would buy some decorative items. In short, he wanted to buy everything, useful or useless. He had to consider the price when choosing, and then if he bought too many things, his allowance would be gone.
But now there's obviously no such problem. Although Hillan has his own money, he still likes to have Sersia pay for him. He picked out a few things and put them in a paper bag. The game is about to start.
The interior of the Colosseum is different from the exterior. Its shape is like a funnel, wider at the top and narrower at the bottom. The platform in the middle is wide and vast, sinking about ten meters into the ground. There are four gates in the walls. In the middle is the Colosseum, which is covered with mud and sand. You can vaguely see the dried and congealed blood in it.
Hillland, who rarely watches related movies, felt a little dizzy when he was in the audience for the first time.
The first contestant was an exceptionally large and ferocious snow wolf. A huge cheer erupted around it after it appeared. Hillan was somewhat bewildered, so Sersia lowered her voice and explained, "The snow wolves that can participate in the competition are all special species captured from the distant Azure Star. They are fundamentally different from ordinary wolves. They mutate during development, possess consciousness, and when they mutate to a certain state, they live in society like normal insects."
Sersia paused, "They eat raw meat, and sometimes like insects, they enjoy torturing their prey, but at the same time, they are also food for the insect race. The meat of the losers in the competition will be divided and eaten as one of the rewards for the winners."
Snow wolf meat is rich in energy and can delay the onset of mental breakdowns. Its firm and delicious texture makes it a rare delicacy for the wealthy and powerful.
Fearing it would be too much of a shock to Hillan, Sersia carefully chose her words, “They were originally hunted as food, until some insects discovered their racial characteristics and bred them into killing machines. Those that failed or lost would be eaten.”
They are conscious, so if they don't want to be eaten, they will frantically kill their opponents.
Hillland's eyes widened in disbelief. He had never imagined that they could have human-like appearances, intelligence, and even be cooked into food.
Good heavens! Hillan is really struggling to process all this.
The gates had been opened, and the cheers grew louder. Sersia didn't continue speaking, but instead looked towards the center of the arena.
The werewolf was fighting a tall and burly female insect. In just a few rounds, the werewolf tore her to pieces, blood and flesh scattered all over the ground, while a chorus of cheers erupted around him.
99 had never seen anything like this before, so she joined them to watch. When she saw this scene, she almost threw up along with Hillan.
"Ugh... my intestines are all over the floor, damn it..."
The system immediately launched into a tirade of profanity. Even though Hillland had seen bloody scenes before, he still felt like fainting on the spot, but he continued watching anyway.
Feno fought over thirty matches, battling female insects, even more ferocious beasts, and some female insects who fought in the arena for money.
There was an insect who owned a giant two-headed dog. He laughed wildly and prepared to have this specially researched alien dog fight him.
If he loses, he'll only feel the pain for a while; if he wins, he'll gain much more than just a little.
99 screamed while holding Hillland's head. Hillland was numb and watched on. In the end, Feno still won.
In the final battle, a small, thin female insect emerged from the gate.
Feno had always been in a wolf-like state, but for some reason, when he saw the female insect, he slowly transformed into a human.
He had a full head of cold gray hair, thick and soft, like the cold gray fur of a snow wolf, and his eyes were the same color. When he stood up, he looked like a towering snow mountain.
Feno was covered in blood, his eyes lowered, and when he looked at the female insect, he exuded the chilling aura of Xuechuan.
99 strangely sensed the product's call. Unable to suppress the program's heat, it glanced at Hillland and then happily moved closer to take a closer look.
This competition truly disgusted many insects, who criticized why a weak female insect was chosen, saying what was so interesting about her and they wanted to see violence and gore!
However, the match ended in a farcical manner. The valiant snow wolf was killed by a female insect that couldn't even kill an ant, and fell to the ground in a pool of blood.
The arena erupted in chaos, filled with screams and shouts.
The chaotic insects were quickly dispersed. 99 kept an eye on things and only returned in a daze after Hillan and the others had all gone home.
99 is very excited.
"Host, they really are a couple! They faked their deaths to escape and have this final match!! Ahhh, the lovey-dovey couple, I'm ready again!!"
Hillland was surprised, but not entirely unexpected.
Did they escape?
99 nodded vigorously, "I was terrified! They escaped! That snow wolf is probably planning to take that female insect to another planet."
Hillland nodded in agreement, and he breathed a sigh of relief, still not wanting them to just waste their lives in the arena.
Seeing him lost in thought, Sersia asked him a question. Hillan snapped out of his daze and told her about his system's collaboration with the Snow Wolf product.
Sersia sighed, "If they don't escape the floating city within an hour, they've essentially failed."
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