Macrus's Troubles

Macrus's Troubles

The man responsible for receiving the gladiators from the various Gladiator Schools was a slightly lame Slav.

He first led everyone to gather inside the arena and familiarize themselves with the grounds. Once everyone had arrived, he reiterated the rules of combat. The morning was basically arranged for Beast Fighter performances. The arena had gathered quite a few rare and exotic beasts from all over the country, allowing the Beast Fighters to display their animal-taming skills—or the beasts to display their appetites.

In the afternoon, it would be the gladiators' turn to take the stage. Much like the gladiatorial performances Zhang Heng had experienced at Victor Arena before, the performances at the Flavian Amphitheatre were divided into many events. Regardless of the event, only the victorious gladiators could advance to the next round.

In the end, the arena would select seventy-two warriors to take part in the final melee.

Yes, in form, it was very similar to the Twelve-Man Melee Zhang Heng had participated in before. However, every gladiator would fight alone, and the final winner would become the champion of this gladiatorial performance.

On the surface, this seemed like a very fair way to fight, but in reality, it was not. As everyone knew, there were many types of gladiators. Even in the Twelve-Man Melee, Victor Arena's most popular event, not every type of gladiator had been thrown together, because some gladiator professions were simply too overpowered—for example, Knight Gladiators and Chariot Gladiators. The former were equipped with horses, while the latter directly drove chariots. There were also Archer Gladiators.

Under normal circumstances, these gladiators with special professions competed among themselves—for instance, archers against archers, chariots against chariots.

However, in order to make things more entertaining, this gladiatorial performance had unprecedentedly gathered all gladiators together. This meant