From seizing the Gladiator Arena to using Viscount Timba to reward the Army of Humiliation with wine and meat, to killing the drunken soldiers, a total of two days had passed. In fact, these two days had been a torment for Lorist, Great Swordsman Seuss, Fatty Shi, and the others who had seized the Gladiator Arena. Fortunately, only two messengers had come to the Gladiator Arena in the past two days. The first messenger brought a letter regarding the rotation of the two Imperial Guard squads guarding the Gladiator Arena. They would be changing shifts in two days. The second messenger had asked the manager of the arena to send someone to collect the food supplies. The request had already been approved, and they were waiting to be collected.
In order to keep it a secret, the two messengers had been killed. They did not see anyone familiar when they entered the arena, so they asked a few questions out of curiosity. Although they were brushed off, Fatty Shi had no choice but to kill them just in case. Fortunately, it just so happened that Viscount Timba was ordered to hold a feast for the Shameless Legion, which attracted the attention of everyone in Royal City. The Imperial Guards and the people in the grain warehouse did not have any suspicions about the disappearance of the two messengers. They only thought that the two messengers who did not return were most likely to sneak into the camp of the Shameless Legion to get themselves a chance to feast.
As the sky began to brighten, the slave gladiators retreated back to the Coliseum. Now, all they had to do was to wait patiently for the Hamidas Kingdom to realize that the 20,000 soldiers of the Humiliation Legion had been slaughtered. Then, they would defend the Coliseum until the Norton Family's armed forces arrived.
Halfway through the slaughter, El took advantage of the moment when the silver moon was covered by the clouds to sneak out of the Hamidas capital. He wanted to find the light cavalry that was sweeping through the plains of the capital as soon as possible and contact the Norton Family's armed forces in the hills. He wanted to tell them about the destruction of the Army of Humiliation. Then, he would tell them not to waste time and directly attack the capital after wiping out the imperial guards.
It could be said that after the Humiliation Legion fell into the trap and was slaughtered, the countdown clock for the destruction of the Haneabada Kingdom rang. In addition to the royal guard corps, the slave-catching team members and the mercenaries who formed the Humiliation Legion were already the most experienced and powerful military personnel of the kingdom. The death of more than 20,000 people had completely exhausted the kingdom's last confidence.
At nine o 'clock the next morning, two teams of soldiers from the Imperial Guard Corps, who had gone to the Gladiator Arena for their rotation, smelled a strong scent of blood when they passed by the Imperial Guard Corps' campsite. The team leader felt that something was wrong and ordered his men to climb the campsite's wall to see what was going on. In the end, the two soldiers who climbed up the wall were so shocked that they fell off the wall. They trembled and reported, "Dead, dead, all dead …"
After forcing open the gate of the camp, everyone was shocked. The visual impact of over 20,000 corpses sent chills down everyone's spines. The camp had been dyed purplish black, and the smell of blood was nauseating …
The alarm bell of the capital rang. The silent annihilation of the Army of Humiliation in one night caused great panic in the capital. The furious Luther III dragged Viscount Timba, who was so scared that he wet his pants, out of the carriage. With red eyes, he shouted, "Is this the reward you were talking about?" Then, he pulled out his sword and beheaded Viscount Timba.
All the clues pointed to the open door of the Gladiator Arena. Two squads of the Imperial Guard Corps were ordered to enter the Gladiator Arena to search. However, after they entered, they never came out. It was as if the Gladiator Arena had become a huge demonic beast that swallowed the soldiers of the two squads.
No one dared to enter the arena anymore. Now, the defense of King's City was very weak. Other than the four city defense brigades of a thousand people in each of the four districts, there were also two thousand royal guards and less than two thousand and five hundred imperial guards guarding the western district's resource warehouse. The current situation was very clear. The arena had been occupied by the enemy, and the enemy was very strong. Thinking about how they could annihilate the two Great Swordsmen and nearly ten Gold Gladiator instructors in the arena, and how they could silently slaughter over 20,000 soldiers of the Army of Humiliation in one night, it was obvious that the enemy had come prepared and attacked the kingdom's vital point.
In Laurist's previous life, he had heard a saying, "How can you allow others to sleep peacefully at your bedside?" Now, Luther III was behaving in the same way. After beheading Viscount Timba, he looked at the corpses all over the ground. His anger gradually turned to fear, and then from fear to panic. To be able to kill over 20,000 people in one night, would they attack the inner city and cut off his head in one night?
The more he thought about it, the more afraid Luther III became. He wanted to mobilize all the people he could use to surround him. At this moment, he lost contact with the two imperial guard squads that had entered the arena to search. This was the last straw that broke Luther III's calm, and he issued a series of crazy orders.
First, Luther III wanted to recruit soldiers. All men between the ages of 16 and 50 in the capital had to become soldiers of the kingdom and prepare to fight for the kingdom on the battlefield. Now, they were stationed on the road between the northern district and the inner city to prevent the enemies from the arena from attacking the palace at night.
Next, Luther III ordered slaves to clean up the camp of the imperial guard and get rid of all the corpses. They also took down the walls, dormitories, and other defensive facilities of the imperial guard's camp to clear out the firing range. Nearly a hundred ballistae were transferred from the four city walls to the inner city and set up densely on the walls of the inner city, aiming at the arena. Unfortunately, the walls of the spectator stands on both sides of the arena were much taller than the inner city walls, and the ballistae could only aim at the lower part in the middle.
Third, Luther III requested all the nobles in the capital to gather all their forces and use them as the main force to attack the arena. This order was unanimously rejected by the nobles. No one was willing to contribute the only guards they had at this critical moment. Thus, they argued for an entire day, giving Laurist and the others enough time to rest …
While Luther III was issuing a series of orders, Laurist, Swordmaster Theseus, Jades, Mason, and Senderhank were chatting. They did not enter the underground prison, but sat at the highest point of the spectator stands, monitoring the situation outside as they chatted and boasted.
Laurist asked them what they were planning to do after destroying the Haneabada Kingdom.
Swordmaster Theseus did not answer, but it was obvious that he was very confused. He had been sold to this slave kingdom as a gladiator for nearly twenty years, and the slave gladiators that came with him had long since died. He was the illegitimate child of the God of War, and not only did he not die, but he had also advanced from a Silver-ranked gladiator to a Great Swordmaster. He had never thought about his own future, and the only thing he could think about was how to struggle to survive.
Jades was a former citizen of the Crisen Empire, and he was actually a knight of the Royal Knights. However, he was unlucky and fainted in the first battle, and his belongings were plundered by the refugees who were cleaning up the battlefield. Finally, he met a kind-hearted person who saved his life, and in the end, he was captured by slave traders and sold to the mines for four years to mine copper. When he slowly recovered from his injuries and was about to start a massacre in the mines to take revenge, he unfortunately ran into Luther III, who had come to inspect, and the level 3 Great Swordmaster Rosie Gabia, who had come with him. As a result, he was captured and thrown into the arena.
Mason was the leader of a mercenary group. However, his mercenary group accidentally clashed with Duke Gouffman's slave-catching team and was annihilated. He was captured and sold to the arena, where he had been a slave gladiator for five years. His greatest wish was to kill Duke Goufman with his own hands, and as for what he would do in the future, he had not thought about it.
Senderhank wanted to return to his hometown to take revenge, and his experience was more like a tragedy. He was a noble of the Himlesias Kingdom, but he was obsessed with martial arts. When he was young, he only wanted to advance to the Gold rank before starting a family, so he often went out to travel, ignoring the feelings of his fiancée. In the end, his fiancée hooked up with his younger brother, and when he returned, he mixed a potion with fine wine and drank it. When he woke up, he found out that he had been sold to a slave trader, and his younger brother had become the head of the family …
Lollister expressed that he would welcome them to join the Norton Family, or they could live in his family's territory. This was the first time Lollister had formally expressed his intention to recruit them.
Swordmaster Theseus agreed without hesitation, and his attitude was indifferent. He had nowhere to go anyway. However, his only condition was to stay for a year or two, and if they were suitable, they could stay. If not, they could leave. Lollister agreed.
Jades and Mason both expressed that they would consider it first. They wanted to return to their hometown to see if they still had any relatives, and when they found them, they would go to the Norton Family's territory and join the Norton Family.
Senderhank rejected Lollister's offer. His hometown was too far away from the Crimson Empire. One was at the northern end of the human settlement, while the other was at the southern end. There was also the Romon Empire in between. Moreover, he had always wanted to return to his hometown to take back his position as the head of the family, and take revenge on his fiancée and his younger brother. Lollister could only wish him all the best and have a smooth journey.
On the third of October, the Haneabada Kingdom discovered that the twenty thousand soldiers of the Retribution Corps had been wiped out in one night, and fell into chaos. Apart from sending two squads of royal guards to search the arena, they did not take any other action. This allowed Lollister and the slave gladiators to spend the day peacefully.
On the fourth of October, the Haneabada Kingdom finally reacted. They sent out six swordmasters, and this was the only military force that could pose a threat to Lollister. The leader was a level three swordmaster, Rosie Gabia. He was a member of the royal family, as well as Luther III's swordsmanship teacher. With the kingdom facing a crisis, he led the commander of the royal guards, the great swordsman Viscount Zackery, as well as four great swordsmen consecrated by the kingdom's nobles who had escaped from Nubit Harbor and charged into the arena.
However, Great Swordmaster Rosie Gabbia didn't expect that he would run into Laurist. The two of them were evenly matched and fought until the sky turned dark. In the end, even Viscount Sacri came up to attack them. The two of them were locked in a stalemate. Neither of them could do anything to the other and ended up in a draw.
On the other side, the result of the battle was unexpected. The four swordmasters who were worshipped by the slave nobles did not seem to live up to their name. Master Swordmaster Seuss took on the only level two swordmaster, the one who had chased Josk and Yuri around the hills. The two fought back and forth, and after a while, Seuss, a level one swordmaster, began to gain the upper hand.
Jades, Mason, and Senderhank took on the other three level one swordmasters with the determination to die. However, after fighting for a long time, the three were pleasantly surprised to find that the three swordmasters were pushovers. After fighting for about an hour, the three swordmasters were already sweating profusely. Their faces were pale, and they could only focus on defending.
The three Gold Rank slave gladiators were so excited that they traded injuries for injuries and risked their lives. In the end, the three First Rank Great Swordsmen couldn't resist anymore. Two of them ran away and one of them was injured. Then, the injured First Rank Great Swordsmen was dismembered by the three Gold Rank slave gladiators.
The outcome of the battle was decided, and the level two swordmaster who was fighting Seuss could not hold on any longer. He found an opening and ran away. The remaining level three swordmaster, Rosie Gabia, could only helplessly protect Viscount Sacri as he retreated from the arena.
This was the first attack on the arena. Six swordmasters had entered, but only one remained. Lollister's side was victorious.
On the 5th of October, the Haneabada Kingdom once again launched an attack on the arena. This time, it was not just five swordmasters. Following behind them were ten or so Gold-ranked knights and swordsmen, as well as nearly a thousand nobles' private soldiers. This time, Laurist and the others were caught unprepared. Although Laurist had killed nearly a hundred people, and four or five Gold-ranked knights and swordsmen had died by his hands, he could not do anything alone. After Master Swordmaster Seuss, Jades, and the other two were forced into the basement, Laurist had no way of retreating into the underground prison to continue defending.
This was the second attack on the Gladiator Arena. The Haneabada Kingdom had suffered more than a hundred casualties, forcing Laurist and the others to retreat to the underground prison. Mason and Senderhank were both heavily injured, Master Swordmaster Seuss was lightly injured, and Laurist was exhausted. The Haneabada Kingdom obtained a strategic victory and recovered the upper level of the arena.
On the 6th of October, the Haneabada Kingdom continued to attack the underground level of the Gladiator Arena. However, they did not expect Fatty Shi to pile up the soil in the sacks that were used to store food, turning the underground level into a maze. No matter how many people entered, none of them could return. In addition, Master Swordmaster Lollister and Master Swordmaster Theseus were like fish in water. They gave Master Swordmaster Rosie Gabia, who took the risk to enter, a blow and forced him to retreat.
This time, Lollister's group won, and the Haneabada Kingdom lost more than two hundred people.
On the 7th of October, the Haneabada Kingdom changed their strategy. They gathered nearly a thousand slave laborers and prepared to dig from the top to the bottom, excavating the entire underground level. At noon, the first report of defeat came. The Haneabada Kingdom's only cavalry unit was ambushed by thousands of enemy light cavalry when they went to suppress a slave rebellion in a royal manor. Most of the one thousand eight hundred people died in battle, and only seventy survivors returned. The enemy — the light cavalry scouts of the Norton Family had already appeared in the sight of the city wall guards.
In the afternoon, the Haneabada Kingdom attacked the underground floor of the arena like crazy. They knew in their hearts that once the enemy surrounded the city and occupied the arena in the city, it would be difficult to fight in the city. Only by removing the cancer of the arena could they prepare to defend the capital city.
The Haneabada Kingdom fought through the night. Lollister and the others fought back with their lives. The entire underground level was torn open by countless skylights, and the enemy jumped down from above one by one. The underground level was covered with corpses. In the end, Lollister and the others were forced to retreat to the second underground level. It was already the morning of the next day.
Both sides suffered losses. Lollister's family soldiers were either killed or injured, and more than three hundred slave gladiators were lost. However, the losses on the Haneabada Kingdom's side were even greater. Nearly a thousand people had died in battle alone, and more than a thousand were injured. It could be said that all the mobile forces that the Hamidas Kingdom could mobilize had been exhausted …
On the 8th of October, neither side fought.
On the 9th of October, another report of defeat came. The Royal Guards of the Haneabada Kingdom had been lured into the hilly area by the Norton Family's armed forces and were surrounded. When they broke out of the encirclement, they fell into a trap and were completely annihilated. The commander of the Royal Guards, Luther III's uncle, died on the spot. As the news spread, anguished wails rang out from all over King City. The entire city was in chaos.
On the 10th of October, the light cavalry scouts of the Norton Family had already surrounded the Hamidas Kingdom. The light cavalry scouts could be seen everywhere on the city walls.
On the 11th of October, the Norton Family's armed forces arrived at the city walls, accompanied by tens of thousands of freed slaves. They began to build camps and defensive facilities around the city …
On the 12th of October, Luther III forced the residents of the city to defend the city walls and sent messengers to ask for peace. However, the commander of the Norton Family's armed forces, Ross, refused.
Around eight o 'clock at night, Lollister led the slave gladiators to attack the northern city wall and successfully occupied it. A large number of the Norton Family's armed forces entered the city through the northern sewers. The Hamidas Kingdom fell just like that …
On the afternoon of the 13th of October, the Level-3 Great Swordsman Rossi Gabia was beheaded by Lollister. In despair, Luther III killed his three concubines and a prince who had just been born a few months ago. He then set himself on fire in his bedroom. The Haneabada Kingdom, which had been a slave kingdom for nearly a hundred years, perished just like that.
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