Lord of Arcane

Chapter 1774 Devil Challenges Bad Intentions
Xia Duo took out the invitation letter casually, and only then did he notice that the crumpled invitation letter that had been rubbed by the gatekeeper at the door before had returned to its smoothness.

It turned out that I was wrong!

Xia Duo complained in his heart. When he first got the invitation letter, he noticed a little magical aura on it, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

Looking at it now, it's somewhat slapped.

Xia Duo really wanted to study this rather peculiar flexible paper-like invitation letter made of memory metal. He had already thought of many uses of this material.

But at this moment, the dwarf on the opposite side has already stretched out his hand, so he can only wait for another chance later.

After Xia Duo handed over the invitation letter, the dwarf covered the invitation letter with shimmering hands. After some inspection, he said to Xia Duo:

"Guest, please follow me, and I will take you to the stands."

"Ah."

Xia Duo nodded, and followed the other party into another passage. During the process, the dwarf mage was still introducing to Xia Duo——

"What is going on now is the ultimate challenge of Oscar, the warrior of the Stone Ax clan. The opponent is a demon. The guest came a bit late, and has missed the most exciting part of the battle. Now the battle is probably over."

"Demons? You are actually displaying demons in the arena?"

Xia Duo immediately frowned. Even if the demon is controlled, it still radiates an indistinct demonic aura all the time. If the aura leaks, infected bodies will be created outside, and then the abyss may descend.

It is somewhat irresponsible for the arena to do this. The Underdark has already been ravaged by demons once, and the lingering poison has not been cleared up to now. Now that the demons have been brought to the surface, it is impossible——

It is hard for Xia Duo not to make conspiratorial speculations such as "beggar-thy-neighbor" or "beggars in trouble", because this matter is too sensitive, and he has to speculate on others with the greatest malice.

Only demons that have been completely purified are good demons, and all other behaviors that delay purification are the common enemy of all intelligent creatures.

Regarding Xia Duo's question, the dwarf mage in front seemed a little unhappy, but his service attitude was still sincere, "The guest misunderstood, the opponent for the ultimate challenge was chosen by Oscar himself, and the demon was also brought by him. Our arena is just to provide A place of battle.

"In addition, please rest assured that the Stone Axe family has obtained the consent of King Pasteur to bring the demons to the surface after making sure that there will be no negative impact."

It’s fine if the dwarf mage doesn’t explain it, but Xia Duo’s suspicion becomes even worse when he explains it. If this matter is just a private act in the arena, it may not be so serious, but if King Pasteur’s consent can be obtained, then the problem will be serious.

Maybe the dwarves didn't care too much, thinking that all the demons in the Underdark can be defeated, and it's okay to send only one to a duel, but Xia Duo, who had communicated with Ted's envoy in the outer plane not long ago, knew——

The devil's breath is not only infected through contact, even if you just glance at it, there is a risk of infection!

Not to mention that in an environment as emotional as the arena and extremely susceptible to external infection, it is almost inevitable to be infected by the breath of demons while watching demons fighting.

It's just that being infected doesn't necessarily mean becoming an infected body, but there are also many negative effects, and if you watch it too much, it's not necessarily true, maybe even a completely demonized dwarf demon can be produced.

Thinking of Danzo's official attitude of letting go of vigilance towards demons, Xia Duo suddenly had a bad feeling, and the situation in the Underdark would be even worse.

Of course, it is also possible that the dwarves themselves knew it, but in order to "share the difficulties" with the surface, deliberately pretending not to know, that would be even more terrifying.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo was in no mood to ask the dwarf mage about the next battle.

……

He was silent all the way, and soon came to the end of the passage. After passing a spiral staircase, Xia Duo appeared on the stands of the arena.

Although they are all bleachers, the location here is obviously more "advanced". There are hollowed-out stone pillars on both sides to block the view, and it is directly opposite, because the arena is not open to the public at this time, but there is actually no one there.

Of course, there are the same or even higher-level stands on both sides, but apart from the sound, nothing else can be perceived. Xia Duo noticed that the stone pillars on both sides were engraved with fine and regular runes, and there was a faint magical aura coming out.

It should be the effect of dwarven magic that is usually very rare.

The stand where Xia Duo is located has three seats, arranged in a triangle, one is behind but higher, and two are parallel, slightly lower than the back one.

The dwarf mage briefly introduced the facilities on the side of the stand, and controlled the stone ball next to the chair to send up a bottle of wine like a demonstration, and said to Xia Duo:

"This is the Ice Flame Wine from the Underdark Region. It is regarded as a welcome gift for every invited guest in the arena. Guests can dispose of it as they like."

The dwarf mage didn't touch the bottle of wine, but walked to the side of the hollow stone pillar, and finally said:
"If a guest needs anything, just tap the stone ball next to the chair to give an order, and I can hear it at any time, so I won't bother you here."

After finishing speaking, he slammed into the stone pillar and disappeared.

……

After the dwarf mage left, Xia Duo relaxed a little. He noticed that the dwarf mage in charge of "scrubbing" in the center of the arena had already started to leave. Maybe the next duel was about to begin.

But, what about the people from the Seven Towers?

It seems that the Seven Towers did not mention that they would send people here, and Hilda Lanna, she should have chosen this place, but she was not the first to come here, which made Xia Duo a little dissatisfied.

Turning around, he saw three stone chairs behind him, two front and one back, two low and one high, and he went straight to the taller one behind and sat down.

After sitting down, the host had already begun to introduce the gladiators who would appear next. Xia Duo thought for a while and put his hand on the stone ball beside the chair.

However, he didn't order anything, but sensed the open magic strings of this dwarf magic facility, compared with the operation method introduced by the mage receptionist before, he fiddled with it twice at random.

Afterwards, the stone chair that Xia Duo sat on began to descend, and at the same time, the two chairs in front began to separate to the two sides, and finally Xia Duo's chair moved to the front, becoming three juxtaposed.

At this time, the host hadn't finished introducing the "great feats" of the gladiators who will be on stage——

"Go deep into the ice field, hunt white dragons, fight frost giants, he is—"

It's a pity that the audience in the arena is now only invited "members", and there are no more ordinary audiences to set off the atmosphere. Although there are several suspected groups of relatives and friends cheering, it is obviously much worse than the previous ultimate challenge.

However, Xia Duo still knew the name of the next gladiator who will appear before the introduction by the host——%#￥@*#
Xia Duo couldn't understand the dwarven language, but the host would report it again in Elven language——

Quentin, warrior of the Ugarte (Stoneeye) clan!

Later, I don’t know if I was notified temporarily that there were human guests present, and I introduced it again in stammering Nether language, and then the warrior appeared——

(End of this chapter)