Blooming in Montrani's Deathmatch Arena

The guards resumed their work, whipping the cursing and howling sinners.

The six players looked away, exchanged glances for a moment, and then immediately turned their attention to Gao San and Zhao Si.

Based on past experience, whenever this time comes, the Mage and Believer of "Truth" can always glean something from the limited information available, and then give everyone a vivid, Memory history lesson to analyze the current historical context.

But today, both the Mage and the Believer of "Truth" were silent.

Then Cheng Shi and the others looked at Li Yi, Singer, under everyone's gaze, took a half step back.

Upon seeing this, Cheng Shi sighed.

It's confirmed, this group consists of underachievers, so we can't count on them.

It seems I still have to rely on myself.

Seeing that no one could share, he took a few steps back and pressed himself against the back of the cage, then softly called out to the iron-headed man in the white prison uniform behind him:

"Hey bro, I have a way to escape from here tonight. I think you look kind and we have a connection, so I'm planning to give you a ride. How about coming with me tonight?"

The prisoner in white uniform, who had just stopped arguing, froze, turned to look at Cheng Shi pointing at his Prison Helmet, and asked in bewilderment:

"I look familiar? How did you tell?"

"... Um, it's a feeling, a mysterious feeling. Tell me, do you want to run away or not?"

"You have connections?" The white-clad inmate seemed somewhat incredulous.

"Yes, there is, but the way is outside. I need you to take me out of this prison. As soon as we get out, someone will pick us up immediately."

Don't worry, you don't need to exert any effort. Just point me out the exit, and I can handle the rest. How about that?

"If we work together, you'll be able to go back and see your Dolly right away."

Cheng Shi spoke, he picked at the iron nose, and soon his fingertips turned red.

But this guy didn't pay attention to these little tricks; instead, he questioned me with great suspicion:

"What means do you have to bypass the Iron Law Knights? If you had that ability, would you have been caught in the first place?"

Also, Dolly isn't a girl.

?

Regardless of whether Dolly is a girl or not...

The Iron Law Knights? Aren't they the strongest force of the Grand Inquisition? What are they doing here?

No, could this be the capital of the Grand Inquisition, the Kato Court?

Is this Trials taking place in Kato Court's prison?

Even so, the Iron Law Knights shouldn't be stationed at a prison, especially one with such appalling conditions.

This time, Cheng Shi was bewildered. He asked in confusion:

What are the Iron Law Knights doing here?

"You didn't know? You've lost your memory too?"

At this time of year, one of the three Chief Judge of the Grand Inquisition would come to Montrani to witness the Deathmatch Arena and grant the victor a reprieve.

I just forgot why I was sentenced to Death Sentence, but you've even forgotten that.

But seriously, do you really have a way to get out of here?

Cheng Shi chuckled and decisively turned and left.

"No, I was just kidding." This time he didn't pick his nose.

The prisoner, who had been tricked, was stunned and then frantically shook the iron cage, cursing wildly in the direction Cheng Shi had left.

"You bastard, come back here! If you've got the guts, come back here and I'll rip your head off!"

However, the impotent rage only earned him a beating. The prison guard walked over with a cold face and gave Cheng Shi a good "lecture" for his foul-mouthed fellow inmate.

But Cheng Shi was no longer in the mood to pay attention to any of that. At that moment, only one word was echoing in his mind:

Montrani.

This is a city located in Gaoshan County, the capital of the Grand Inquisition. Administratively speaking, it can be considered the capital of Gaoshan County. It is the cradle of the New Law Faction of the Grand Inquisition and the birthplace of countless strange and unusual laws.

As we all know, wherever there are people, there are factions.

A powerful force like the Grand Inquisition, which dominates the Isle of Hope, is naturally divided into numerous factions. However, unlike traditional political factions, the factions within the Grand Inquisition are more like different paths taken by Believer of the Order based on their different understandings of the Order.

The New Law Faction was one of them.

They consistently maintain that "Order" should not merely be rigid rules, but should also have endless Change and the right to change the rules at any time, even though these Change must still conform to a certain "Order".

Although this ideology was quite popular among the people, its supporters did not constitute a majority among the Adjudicator. Therefore, the Adjudicator of the New Law Faction could not promote their ideas throughout the entire Grand Inquisition and had to remain in a remote Corner, making Gaoshan County the cradle of the "New Law".

The so-called new laws are not entirely new laws that have been thoroughly researched and promoted, but rather some "novel" laws that are completely unacceptable to the public.

Cheng Shi knew something about this city because he had undergone Trials in Gaoshan County in the past.

That Trials happened to be Trials of [Order], and so he endured the longest three days of his life in a frenzy under absurd new laws such as "no eating meat at midnight", "no snoring while sleeping" and "a third person must be present when dating someone of the opposite sex".

At that time, the city was not the capital of the Gaoshan County, so it goes without saying how outrageous Montrani's laws would be, given that it was the birthplace of the new law.

At this Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi was only grateful that it was chaos rather than Order that brought down this Trials. In this way, at least he no longer had to worry that the high and mighty Trials Adjudicator would find excuses to strike him again after the Trials ended.

He frowned and walked to the other side of the cage, trying to awaken the "historical" Memory of some of his teammates with the newly acquired intelligence. While Cheng Shi Cheng Shi to extract information, his teammates were not idle either; at least it seemed that everyone had gained something.

It's okay to have bad grades; as long as you're willing to learn, there's still hope.

As the driving force behind the Trials cooperation, Li Yi knocked on the bars of the cage, attracting everyone's attention. He carefully considered his words and then selflessly shared everything he had just learned.

"The Deathmatch Arena, the place we are in is called the Deathmatch Arena."

I don't know if any of you are familiar with the Death Sentence. It's one of the new laws that the New Law Faction just enacted a few years ago. Criminals sentenced to Death Sentence are imprisoned here, in Montrani, right under our feet, no matter where they are. They are then subjected to a brutal deathmatch performance with the goal of 'only one alive'.

No one knew why they were sentenced to Death Sentence, nor how they came to be sentenced to Death Sentence. The punishment seemed to be a crime arbitrarily assigned by the Adjudicator, and each person sentenced had nowhere to appeal and no way to defend themselves.

Moreover, the trials of Death Sentence often involve many people, ranging from 3 or 4 to 7 or 8. These criminals are imprisoned at the same time, then put on prison uniforms of the same color, and wait for the 'final deathmatch' to arrive.

On the day of the 'final showdown,' the two prisoners ranked 1 and 2 will be dragged into the arena and then fight to the death amidst the cheers and spectators of tens of thousands of Montrani citizens.

The winner will then have another 'performance' with the prisoner ranked 3rd, and this cycle will continue until only one prisoner remains who wears the same color uniform.

The lucky survivor will receive a pardon from the Grand Inquisition, be spared punishment, and may even be recruited as a member of the Punishment Knights.

As for what the Punishment Knights... you might as well look back and see that the guards who are whipping sinners are the Punishment Knight.

They had endured such flogging before donning the prison guard uniforms, so they knew the best angle to whip a criminal to inflict the most pain...

"..."

What dragon-slaying hero becomes the dragon himself?

Putting aside whether it's a dragon or not, you, a Prophet, know quite a lot, don't you?

Why didn't you say so earlier?

Cheng Shi wasn't the only one with this question; others did too. But it wasn't Li Yi who answered their questions; it was Ji Er from room number 2.

He then rested his helmet on the railing and said again in Yin-Yang:

"How come I didn't know that Prophet also have the talent of making people tell the truth?"

I just saw you stick a card on the guy behind you, a Playing Card with a mouth drawn on it, so I wanted to ask our teammate who's Prophet, what about...?

What is it?

Upon hearing this, Cheng Shi's pupils suddenly contracted.

Playing Card.

Whether Prophet exist is debatable, but there is one profession that certainly exists.

That's the Singer and Magician of "Deception"!