As the shapely Rebecca walked toward the arena, the blue cape behind her fluttered gently in the wind.
The right hand curled on her shoulder clenched even tighter, while her tightly pursed lips revealed just how unwilling she was to accept this.
As Rebecca walked, the two pieces of armor over her chest trembled along with her movements. Her clean, efficient attire perfectly showed off her slender figure.
Even Lu Yu, watching from far outside the arena, found himself captivated by that wonderful figure. What a breathtakingly curvaceous body.
As Rebecca approached the arena, a wave of jeers rose around her. The entire place seemed to sink into a blood-red haze, and the voices around her became like the howls of beasts tearing at flesh.
Whether they were contestants in the arena or spectators in the stands, all of them glared viciously, as though they wanted nothing more than to tear Rebecca to pieces.
Curses filled the air.
"Die, Rebecca! Heir to that filthy bloodline! Die, Rebecca!"
"Die, Rebecca! We'll definitely execute you today!"
"You're the shame of Dressrosa! Your arsonist grandfather's sins were unforgivable! Why didn't he burn you, his granddaughter, to death too?!!"
Amid the barrage of abuse, a few particularly clear remarks could be heard, all of them cursing Rebecca.
"So something like that really happened? The former King Riku was actually an arsonist?"
"The Corrida Coliseum's final elimination round has begun! The appearance of the phantom princess Rebecca has drawn a chorus of boos from the entire audience!"
The host announced loudly into his microphone from the announcer's booth.
Tears swirled in Rebecca's eyes. She pressed her downturned lips tightly together.
"Rebecca and all of us have been fighting desperately to escape alive from this pitch-black valley with no exit, but this is as far as