Lord of Arcane

Chapter 1773 Asker Arena

Ascor.

Walking on the uneven stone road in the dark alley, Xia Duo was inevitably a little disappointed. In his original expectation, Asker should be an extremely prosperous port city.

As an important trading city in the Northland, it should at least be more prosperous than Sevington, not to mention comparing it to elf main cities like Alintar and Evereska.

But the reality is—

It's more like a magnified bazaar than a city.

Although there are dwarves living in the city, they are obviously separated from other urban areas, forming relatively independent small communities. It is difficult for outsiders to enter, and outsiders are not welcome there.

The dark alley where Xia Duo is currently located is not in the dwarven community, but near the port, where mainly human businessmen take a temporary rest.

The elf merchants mainly gathered near another port in the east, and the two sides did not move much when there was no transaction.

As for the underground passage leading to the real Danzo in the Underdark, it is in the urban area within the mountain, which is also open to humans or elves.

However, it is generally necessary to declare in advance, and after a certain amount has gathered, the Danzo official will arrange a convoy to escort these merchants to the underground world, nominally to prevent the merchants from being attacked by dangerous creatures in the Underdark.

Of course, if the identities are different, the convenience they enjoy will also be different.

When Xia Duo first arrived in Askol, he had a chat with a steward of Kilan High Tower who was stationed here. The person revealed that only high-level mages could leave at any time.

Otherwise, we can only wait for the channel to open. This time is still uncertain, because it is arranged according to the number of people and goods.

If you are lucky, you can leave on the same day if you catch up on the same day. If you are not lucky, it may not be impossible to wait for the first half of the year.

Xia Duo speculates that Dan Zuo may be using this method to control the inflow of foreign goods, so as to avoid too much profit from foreign businessmen.

The real situation is unknown for the time being, but one point can be proved from the side, that is, when foreign merchants come to Asker, most of them will not choose to enter the Underdark Region, but will sell and purchase goods on the spot.

It can be said that in an enlarged version of the market like Asker, more than half of the transactions are directly handled by the official Danzo.

Similar to the nature of the special zone.

Noticing this, it is actually not difficult to understand why King Helien of Yeerlan proposed that the northern countries fully open trade would be rejected.

It's not just that Xia Duo blew a little wind in front of Horn. In fact, neither the Seven Towers, Danzo, or those small countries want to see such a thing happen.

Like Askor, once the comprehensive open trade agreement is passed, this place may not decline, but it is also easy to predict that large-scale merchants and large quantities of goods will flood the Underdark region from here to grab a lot of benefits.

The choice is almost self-evident.

……

Unknowingly, Xia Duo has passed through the dark alley according to the guidance of the spell, and entered a neighborhood that is more tidy, but the style is closer to the rough and grand style of the dwarves.

This is not an independent community where dwarves live, but a commercial street mainly run by dwarves. Xia Duo finally stopped at the entrance of a very conspicuous open-air arena.

A dwarf carrying a long-handled ax at the door saw someone staying, looked at Xia Duo suspiciously, and asked: "Humans, it is not open to the public now, do you have an invitation letter?"

"Have."

Xia Duo handed over the invitation letter he got from the Kilan High Tower station, and the dwarf took it casually, rubbed it vigorously, and nodded, "It's true, let's go in!"

After speaking, he made way for the dark passage behind him.

Xia Duo didn't take it seriously, took the invitation letter handed over by the other party, and walked straight into the passage. Just entering the passage, Xia Duo's eyes lit up, and he squinted subconsciously. The inside of this passage is completely different from the outside.

It looked dark on the outside, but it was really bright inside. The passage was about five meters high and wide enough to accommodate four or five humans walking side by side.

Various battle scenes are engraved on the walls on both sides, and Xia Duo noticed that most of the backgrounds are in this arena.

As for the protagonist, there are mainly dwarves, of course there are elves, and humans are the least. If he didn't find one at the end of the passage, he thought there was no record of human gladiators here!
The gladiators who can be recorded on both sides of this channel are probably some extraordinary fighters. Their opponents run on the ground, fly in the sky, and even swim in the water.

Of course, there are also scenes of rivalries.

Xia Duo was more concerned about the only recorded human battle scene. The human gladiator's opponent was tall and strong, with a slightly bowed back and fangs. It was obviously a powerful female troll.

The battle scene is very concise. In the center of the relief is the winning scene where the human holds a sword in one hand and the troll's head in the other, and lifts up to cheer.

The edge revolves around these specific battle scenes, not killing the enemy through magic, but killing the troll alone with a sword. Xia Duo has practiced the swordsmanship of the elven swordsinger.

It can probably be seen that this human's fighting style is completely different from that of a swordsinger. It should be said that it is closer to the fighting style of a dwarf, but it does not have the various magical abilities of a dwarf warrior.

It should be said that he is just a powerful ordinary person.

However, from the closed eyes on the head of the troll in the center of the relief, it can be seen that the sword used by the human gladiator is not an ordinary sword weapon, at least it has the ability to restrain the recovery of the troll.

If not, then when the human gladiator cut off the troll's head, he would have to guard against the troll's incarnation "Xing Tian" to continue fighting.

Even before the head is cut off, it will be consumed by the troll's injury-for-injury play.

But no matter what, this human gladiator was powerful enough to kill a troll who was stronger and faster than him with just a single sword.

Xia Duo was very curious about who this person was, because before today, he had never heard of such a human being. Perhaps it was due to the strong magic atmosphere in Netheril, and it was difficult for non-casters to be elegant.

But this will not be the case in the future. With such a powerful combat talent, armed with magic or magic equipment, its deterrent power may not be inferior to a few high-level mages.

……

Soon, after the passage was completed, Xia Duo felt that he had passed through a layer of enchantment, and several hoarse shouts came from his ears.

Although he couldn't understand the dwarven language, he could guess from the high pitched voice that he might be cheering for the battle in the arena.

At the same time, a dwarf in heavy armor who wrapped himself into a round wine barrel came to Xia Duo.

Just as Xia Duo was sweating coldly for the other party, for fear that the other party would accidentally fall and roll around, the other party had already stretched out a hand and said to Xia Duo, "Guest, your invitation letter?"

(End of this chapter)