Tabu nodded blankly in agreement, but just as he came to his senses and wanted to call out to Baiya, she had already walked more than a dozen meters away, heading for the entrance tunnel.
“It ended just like that?!” Master Luo muttered in disbelief. After a moment, a smile slowly crept onto his pale face.
Even though a Silver-rank Magic Beast possesses the power to tear through steel and its body can withstand the slash of ordinary blades, it was once the nightmare of every arena gladiator.
But who could have imagined that a gladiator would pull out a firelock, such a hot weapon? After all, Silver-rank is only Silver-rank—unless you reach Gold-rank and your entire body becomes as hard as steel, you simply can’t resist gunfire.
That bastard with the firelock is really quite likable!!
“We won! We won!” Master Luo raised his arm and shouted. He could no longer suppress his excitement and was the first to break the silence of the arena.
“We won…” An elderly gladiator let go and dropped his weapon, fell to his knees, and covered his face, weeping. Right now, he was truly happy.
We won? We won?! We won!!
Master Luo’s joy spread quickly among the gladiators. The young girl blinked her big eyes; only when everyone around her began shouting of victory did she realize what had happened. She raised her tiny fist, trembling, closed her eyes, and shouted with all her might.
“Victory!”
The ogre’s death meant the gladiators’ survival. In her excitement, the girl remembered Baiya, and her mood instantly dimmed a little. If only Baiya had stayed in the stone cell, she could have survived too, and shared the joy of survival with her.
“Victory!!”
“Victory!!”
“Victory!!”
The gladiators couldn’t control their tears as they shouted loudly in celebration. On the platform, the nobles’ faces grew uglier and uglier, especially Arthur—at this moment, His Highness the Prince wanted nothing more than to kill his own brother!
“Slaughter those barking dogs! Especially the one with the firelock—shoot her full of holes!” Arthur stood up from his chair and roared angrily at the arena.
The excitement of the gladiators who had just been cheering for survival was as if doused by a bucket of cold water. They looked coldly at Arthur, who was ordering the guards to attack, gnashing their teeth in hatred for His Highness the Prince.
“Big brother, this doesn’t follow the rules.” Liumion frowned. He didn’t want Arthur to send people to kill Baiya, even though this slave girl had made him furious.
“Don’t think I don’t know you set me up! Even if the wager stands, I won’t accept it willingly! Sooner or later, I’ll kill you! Why are you all just standing there? Are you really going to let those self-important clowns live?!”
Arthur was certain that Liumion had planned all along to use a blood pact to steal away his slave girl, and had therefore given the firelock to Baiya. How could a Silver-rank Magic Beast stand up to gunfire? Liumion, that despicable bastard!
Little did he know, Liumion had no idea about any of this. He never expected Baiya to steal his firelock and hide it in her armor to bring it into the arena.
Baiya had indeed set Liumion up, but Liumion had no intention of explaining too much. He understood just how deeply paranoid his brother Arthur was—Arthur had long since defined him as a scheming villain.
When the armed guards surrounded the gladiators, Baiya, who had wanted to go to sleep, was also driven back. She stood at the very edge of the group, her little head inside her helmet bobbing up and down.
Just how sleepy is she! Both the gladiators and the guards couldn’t help but think as they witnessed this scene.
“Hamu, something’s not right. Uncle, tell everyone to be careful—it’s not time to relax yet.” Baiya patted the front of her helmet. The sound of her palm against the armor mingled with her dull yawn.
Tabu, standing beside Baiya, nodded and checked the surroundings. He believed every word Baiya said. Since she said there was still danger, then there must be danger.
Tabu calmly relayed Baiya’s words to Master Luo and told him to warn the others to be on guard. Master Luo was about to ask for the reason, but upon learning it came from the armored guard who killed the ogre with a firelock, he silently nodded and turned to instruct his people to pass on the warning.
The guards, who were closing in and tightening their encirclement, witnessed this scene—the gladiators glaring at them and gripping their weapons tighter, but also starting to whisper in twos, as if passing along a message. Maybe they were plotting a sudden revolt. These brazen slaves would never be allowed to succeed!
The guards cursed as they kept their formation, slowly advancing their sharp spears, step by step, carrying out their mission to slaughter the gladiators.
“So this is the threat she spoke of? Isn’t it obvious, something you can see with your own eyes?” Master Luo gripped his iron sword tightly, grinding his teeth as he stared at the approaching line of spears.
“I don’t think that’s what Miss meant.” Tabu knew Master Luo was addressing his own comment, so he shook his head and said firmly.
“Other than these bastard guards in front of us, is there some other threat?” Master Luo rolled his eyes around but still couldn’t spot the hidden danger Baiya had warned of.
Well, whatever—threat or no threat, there’s no harm in staying alert!
After Baiya killed the ogre, Master Luo had almost given up making his own decisions and chose to trust her. Otherwise, he would have focused entirely on guarding against the guards’ every move. At a life-and-death moment like this, getting distracted could be fatal.
“This isn’t going according to the plot at all. If you think about it carefully, this is bad…”
Tabu overheard Baiya mumbling, but didn’t understand what she meant.
Kingdom of the Gods – Ailtia
“Baiya-chan, um, you can’t hide anything. Please answer Fia’s question honestly, completely, and truthfully.”
Fia’s gaze left the crystal ball that projected Baiya’s current situation, and a rare look of seriousness appeared on her adorable face.
“Fia?” Goddess Baiya looked confused, but subconsciously nodded.
“Let me ask you, Baiya-chan, before the time was reset—when you were still the ruling deity of a world—did you wipe out every last one of the evil gods of 【SLAVE】?”
Goddess Baiya’s face instantly turned deathly pale.