Chapter 198 Arena
"Alec, Kale, you two stay here and don't let anyone in to destroy it. I'll have someone come to clean up later, and you can go back to Rose Castle on your own."
"Yes, sir!"
Standing at the door of the shop, Gervis kept Alex and Carle behind. Now that the shop belonged to him, of course he had to send people to guard it to prevent anyone from entering the shop to cause damage, and also to prepare for the arrival of the convoy later.
Since the store decorations are ready-made, Gervis has no intention of redecorating the store and will prepare to open it in the next few days. Thinking of those golden coins, Gervis is already thirsty for them.
After Alec and the other man agreed, Gervis headed towards the South District with only Ike and Pat.
Gervis' next stop is the Orc Arena. In his previous life, he had seen many videos about gladiators on the Internet, and this world is about fighting with orcs, so Gervis is very interested.
And there was another reason why Gervis went there, which was to see what kinds of monsters there were and whether all orc spaces could produce orc leaders. This was related to Gervis's energy point mission, and he had to find out clearly.
The Orcs' Arena was only built at the beginning of last year, but Winterfell has been built for many years. There is very little space left in the city now, so the site of the arena was finally chosen in the southern area.
As for why it is not held in the West District and the North District, it is of course for the safety of the nobles in the East District and for their convenience in watching. The West District and the North District are all inhabited by common people, so it goes without saying that they are dirty and messy, and many people are just trying to make ends meet, so how could they have the spare money to buy tickets to watch the fights.
Gervis and Pat rode their horses along Champagne Street directly to the South District. Walking on the streets of the South District, Gervis immediately felt the hustle and bustle here. It was like stepping into a completely different world just across the street from the East District.
The main street in this southern district is called Red Leaf Street. Red Leaf Street is actually as spacious as Champagne Street, but at this moment the street is crowded with passers-by. In addition to shops on both sides of the street, there is also a row of stalls outside, which takes up half of the originally spacious street.
When Gervis and Pat rode by on horseback, followed by fully armed guards, all passers-by moved aside as quickly as possible, and most people bowed and saluted when Gervis and Pat passed by.
"Pat, do you know how much a store in the South District costs in gold coins?"
Seeing the busy streets, Gervis was a little tempted. Although he already had a store in the East District, Gervis did not underestimate the spending power of the common people and wealthy businessmen in the South District. After all, a little bit adds up to a lot. Thomas selling ice cubes in the South District was a good example.
"Grevith, do you want to buy a store in this South District?"
Pat was a little surprised. To be honest, he didn't like the South District. The streets were crowded and dirty, and he could smell sour smell from the people passing by. If it weren't for going to the arena, Pat would never come to the South District.
"I've heard of the shops on Red Leaf Street in the South District. One shop costs more than 200 gold coins, and those in worse locations cost more than 100 gold coins."
Although Pat didn't like the South District, since Gervis asked, he told him what he knew.
"Oh, it's not cheap either. I'm just asking around. If there's a suitable one, I'd like to buy one and sell ice cubes here!"
Gervis did a quick calculation in his mind. The shops in the South District were not cheap either. 100 gold coins was something an ordinary person couldn't save up even if he didn't eat or drink for ten lifetimes.
"Haha, this is Winterfell. Although it is in the South District, with a shop like this, several generations can live without worries about food and clothing. Many shops here are actually owned by the nobles in the East District. They don't have fiefs, but they still live a comfortable life because they bought these shops and now rent them out to others. The rent for a year alone is enough to cover their expenses. If they had four or five shops, their lives would be much more comfortable than ours."
Pat smiled as he sat on his horse and started to introduce everything to Gervis. As the two of them moved forward unimpeded, a huge building finally appeared in the distance.
"Gevis, that's the arena!"
Hearing Pat's previous words, Gervis couldn't help but mutter in his heart: "It turns out that there are landlords in this world too!"
But the next moment he was attracted by the three words "Colosseum". Gervis looked up into the distance and saw a huge circular building standing there quietly like an ancient behemoth.
Although this Colosseum is not as tall as the Rose Castle, it occupies a considerable area. Gervis estimated that this Colosseum is at least as big as his own Golden Castle. Then the two of them began to concentrate on their journey and arrived at the outskirts of the arena.
From here on, the flow of people is no longer dense, and the surrounding houses become sparse. It is estimated that many houses were demolished in order to build this huge arena.
When he actually got close to the Colosseum, Gervis realized that he had underestimated its size. The Colosseum was at least 40 meters high, which was not much smaller than Gervis's own castle. The Colosseum was circular in shape and built with huge stones. The height of each layer increased from bottom to top. The first layer was about 6 meters high, the second layer was 15 meters, and the third layer was the highest.
This arena has a total of three floors. The walls of each floor are made into the shape of an arch. Inside the arch is a corridor. There are already many people walking in the corridor.
At this moment, Gervis and his companions were still more than 400 meters away from the arena, but they could still hear the huge cheers coming from the arena.
"Grevith, we have to hurry, the fight should start soon!"
Hearing the cheers, Pat increased the speed of his horse and urged Gervis to catch up.
"Hey! Pat, there's a slave market here?"
Gervis urged the unicorn and was about to run towards the entrance of the arena with Pat, but when they were more than 200 meters away from the arena, they found a huge market surrounded by fences, and the market was crowded with people.
Thanks to the unicorn's nearly two-meter height, Gervis's sight passed through the crowd in the market and saw many people with tattered clothes, dishevelled hair and faces, and wearing handcuffs and bracelets. These people were either locked in wooden cages or tied to pillars.
Gervis was immediately certain that this was the legendary slave market, but when he saw it with his own eyes, especially the sight of those slaves being locked up like livestock waiting to be sold, Gervis was still shocked by the scene.
"Yes, the slave market. Gervis, please come quickly. I wonder how many fights there will be today. If there is only one, it will be a waste of our trip if we go too late. Let's go shopping in the slave market after we finish watching the fights."
Pat was already excited as he listened to the cheers coming from the arena. When he saw Gervis stopping outside the slave market, he immediately said that this slave market was the most normal thing in Pat's eyes, just like the grocery market people see on Earth.
Seeing that Pat was so impatient, Gervis did not delay any longer. After all, if there was really only one fight, he would have to wait until tomorrow.
Because this arena was newly built and was owned by the Jones family, it even had space to store the monsters, which saved Gervis a lot of trouble. Of course, the price was also high, requiring 1 silver coin a day. For safety, Gervis had to pay the silver coin and bring the unicorn into the space for storage.
When Gervis stored the unicorn, Pat had already bought the tickets. One ticket cost 30 copper coins. This price was for seats on the third floor. It was spacious and comfortable. Although it was not a box, it had a roof to protect against wind and rain, and the view was also ample.
The prices on the first and second floors are slightly lower, with ticket prices of 5 copper coins and 1 copper coin. The 5 copper coin ticket has a seat on the second floor, and the 1 copper coin ticket is the cheapest standing ticket.
"Demon Hunter! Demon Hunter! Demon Hunter!"
When Gervis and others arrived at the third floor, the battle in the arena was about to begin. The space of the purple elf worm was opening. At this moment, the elf worm had risen into the air and turned into a ball of light. The position of the elf worm was right opposite Gervis and others.
On the side of Gervis, there were 15 human warriors wearing leather armor and iron helmets. Each of them had different weapons in their hands. Five of them held spears and round shields, eight held long swords, and there were two archers holding longbows in the back.
Gervis looked at the 15 people carefully and found that they did not show any fear on their faces when facing the orc space ahead. It was obvious that this was not the first time they faced such a battle.
Bang!
As the elf worms completed gathering energy, the orc space was opened, and a two-meter-long and wide undulating space gate appeared in the field!
"Orcs! Orcs! Orcs!"
As the orc space was officially opened, both the civilians below and the nobles on both sides of Gervis stood up and began to cheer, including Pat, who stood up and danced.
(End of this chapter)
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