novelraw Chapter 191 Under the Glory
Chapter 191 Under the Glory
The gladiators in the arena were locked in the arena and could never leave.Dover promised that if one of them could become the champion, he would be free from the arena.However, no one has succeeded so far.
This morning's newspaper published the news that Dover resigned from the king's position and quit Qiwuhai, which caused a great uproar, but immediately someone from the government's secret service CP0 came to clarify: everything was a misunderstanding.
Dover used his Draconian blood to play with the world government and even the whole world, especially this little Dressrosa.It seems that some of the dying people in the arena scanned by Matthew are the sword fighters trapped in this cage.
In the arena, there is a statue of the legendary champion gladiator Cyrus.However, no one in this country remembers who he is, when he won the championship in the arena, or where he is now.No matter who you ask, people will show a confused expression and regard him as a fantasy legend.
"Youxiang, don't you choose a weapon or something?" It seems that you don't have a weapon... Rebecca was a little worried about Youxiang, she said, "I, I don't know what your fighting method is...but Nothing is dangerous."
"It's okay, I can do it like this. I don't know how to use swords or anything like that." It's too heavy to hold... Youxiang shook her head, and she said, "Miss Rebecca, don't worry about me. That's right... Does Miss Rebecca know anything about this statue?"
"Well... Cyrus the sword fighter... I don't know who made this statue, and I don't know who this person is." Rebecca looked up at the statue, and she said, "People say it was made by The fantasy dream of the sword fighters trapped here...but I don't hate it!"
"Well, he's really handsome!" Youxiang smiled, but Ms. Rebecca didn't know... Even if I asked people who seemed to have senior qualifications, they said the same thing.How strange, there are so many strange places in this country.People seem to forget a lot of things, such as toys, such as Cyrus... What is going on?
"Youxiang...Although I shouldn't care about so many other people's affairs, but you, that...are you with Doflamingo..." Rebecca was a little embarrassed, and she said, "Because, I heard ...someone said that they saw you once with him..."
"Miss Rebecca, I can't tell you the purpose of my coming here. I can't make you believe me. But I don't think we will become enemies." Youxiang interrupted Rebecca who was stammering, she said , "Trust Lucy. He has some magic that can turn the most desperate situation around."
"magic?"
"Yeah." Youxiang nodded, she laughed and said, "You have to work hard to see the end, Miss Rebecca. I will definitely see the day when things turn around. Everything you have suffered, in that One day it will become your strength. Sorry! Are you putting on a bit of a show? That... Dover and I are not what people seem to be!"
"But, Youxiang—"
"Miss Rebecca, I'm an undercover agent!" Youxiang whispered close to her, "Miss Rebecca fought hard to help the gladiators here, and I came to Dover to help my friends By my side. That friend rescued me without principle when I was in danger, and took care of me for a long time. So I should do something to repay him. Even if I come to the devil in person, I will not hesitate."
"...Even if you come to a place like this to fight..."
"Yeah. No matter what it is, I will do it for him." Youxiang nodded, and at this time Luffy ran over: "Xiangxiang! What are you doing here! They say I'm in Group C !"
"Ah... I seem to be E... come on?" Just now I was distracted, it doesn't matter which group it is, the important thing is the investigation of 99, please follow him Rossi, I don't know how it is now.Obviously, he was about to start fighting skills, but 99 was nowhere to be seen. His purpose was not fighting skills, so he must be investigating somewhere now.
"I'm in Group D. It looks like we're not even in one group." That's great... neither You Xiang nor Lucy want to fight them so early.Rebecca said, "Mr. 99... just disappeared."
"Hmm... well, we don't know him very well anyway!" After fooling around, Youxiang pushed the way and flew to the crowded place, "Let's watch other people's games first. I heard that there will be people from the Canglan Opera Troupe performing at the very beginning!"
"The opera troupe... Ah! Is that the one who can sing well!" Luffy still remembered the performance in Tedes, he said, "He also came to Dressrosa!"
"I met Captain Skylark in the square before, and he is still as energetic as before." Bouncing around.As Youxiang spoke, she raised her eyes, and saw that there seemed to be... a lot of people were secretly looking over, paying attention to this side.She said softly, "Luffy... didn't reveal his identity, right?"
"Huh, huh?" Lu Fei was also a little strange when he heard it, and he looked around, "... Those people are here for Xiangxiang."
"Huh?!" It was aimed at me...could it be, wait...Is it the Emerald Isle? !Have they not given up yet?They were defeated by Dover almost slaughtered before, what the hell are they! !
"Is it okay? Xiangxiang?" Luffy said, "It's okay to run away now and go back to Ace and Sabo. My friends are also outside, and the Sonny is in the nearby bay... We have arrived Dressrosa, you also told us a lot of useful information. So now it's ready."
"Luffy..." You were right.Having utilized Dover for so long, perhaps it is no longer necessary.But, but... Youxiang said, "Now, it's my turn to fight. So, I have to face them too."
"…………"Yeah.You think so.In that case... Luffy turned around, put his hand on Youxiang's shoulder, and smiled, "Well, I know! I'll help you too! Let's win Ace's fruit!"
"I can do it myself!" Youxiang puffed up her mouth, and she said, "You don't believe me anymore!"
"That's Ace and Sabo! I've always believed that Xiangxiang is coming! Xiangxiang is also very strong, although in other aspects..."
"Which aspect?"
"Hmm~"
"You're thinking! You're just talking! Luffy!"
"Hahahaha! I don't have it! It's true!"
"Luffy also perfunctory me! Hmph..."
Lu Fei was joking and had no intention of explaining at all, although You Xiang was a little angry, she still followed him.When they walked together, their relationship seemed very good.Rebecca couldn't figure out what was going on with them either...but none of them looked like bad guys.
What did Youxiang mean...?
"Ahhhhhh...it's that lord..." Rebecca was still thinking, but she noticed the whispering around her, no, it should be said to herself.A strangely dressed man with a green cockscomb head hid in a corner, secretly looking at Lu Fei (Lu Xi) with tears in his eyes, as if he saw some important person.
In this competition, a lot of strange people really came.Perhaps, everything that happened before was an omen.Maybe, this time it will really change.Rebecca grasped the sword at her waist, she wanted to leave here, she wanted to win the championship, this time, she couldn't give up the opportunity.
--stench.
It's a stench.Ordinary people may not be able to smell this stench.But 99 felt that it had permeated the air and made it hard to breathe.It was his gift and his curse.At the same time, it is also the 'mission' of his family.
When he was just sensible, he would also be afraid and trembling because of the smell and the "ghost" that others could not see in his sight from time to time.He didn't understand why he was the only one suffering from this.He doesn't understand why other children can grow up normally and happily, but he has to do those high-intensity exercises non-stop, hone his martial arts, and can't stop for a moment.
Like myself, my mother can see these things, and even hear some voices that others cannot hear. 99 doesn't know what it feels like, but it must be very desperation and collapse.Because his mother finally chose to end her life by herself when he was only five or six years old.
At the moment of her death, did those voices stop, did those ghosts finally disappear... 99 doesn't know.But his father told him that his mother died smiling.
"Why does our family have to bear all this, Father?"
"This is our mission."
"Did the mother kill herself because she didn't want to take on this mission?"
"........."
Father seemed unable to answer the question.He remained silent and never spoke again.This was the last conversation between 99 and his father. The next day, his father disappeared. He didn't know if he was dead or alive, and he didn't know where he went. Anyway, he never appeared again.
Later, 99 could only inherit the family business by himself, and was raised by his aunt until he became an adult.He bears these 'curses'.He thought that both father and mother disappeared because they failed to defeat it.Then for them, for the fathers and mothers of more people, I must take on this mission and fight on.
Must, defeat this curse.
"There are some seriously injured sword fighters here, and they don't want to tell me much." 99 reported the situation through the phone bug. "However, as the investigators said, this place is full of stench. The barrier is also crumbling."
"Didn't you find any trace of the devil?" A nice female voice came from the other side of the phone bug.
"No. Although it is indeed full of stench...but it has not yet reached the level where demons can be realized. It may be because there are many people coming and going above the arena every day. Anyway, Dressrosa It's a very prosperous country." At least on the surface. 99 replied, "I will find a way to let the gladiators tell me more or go deeper into the arena..."
"Hmm... Mr. 99, you are too serious." The lady sighed, and she said, "Try to get closer to people, so that people will be willing to tell you what's on your mind?"
"Sorry, nun...I'm not very good at this." 99 felt a little unsure, "Why don't you let me follow this smell and continue to investigate."
"Isn't that very dangerous? You have to know that you may not only face evil spirits, but also evil people, Mr. 99."
"That's what it says..."
"Sometimes it's okay to ask for help."
"Here, in this kind of place, who else can..."
"Let me help you. Mr. 99." At this moment, Rosie appeared in front of 99 while smoking a cigarette. He sighed and said, "Miss Nun opposite. Can I just leave this kid to me? "
"Oh, you are...Xiao Youxiang's friend, right?" Sister Qianchun immediately recognized Rossi's voice, and she said, "Vice Admiral Don Quixote Luo, who was recorded as dead 13 years ago, Xixidi... I want to know more, why are you still alive?"
"—Devil!" In an instant, Mr. 99 took two steps back and pulled out his knife. He looked at Rossi vigilantly and said, "This breath is definitely a demon. Don't come near me !"
"Hey..." You are still the first person to treat me as a devil so seriously.Rossi shook his head helplessly, and he said, "I'm not your enemy. You are the navy on mission now, Mr. 99. Let me help you, as a 'senior of the navy', when it comes to undercover investigations... ...I'm very experienced?"
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The author has something to say:
Let me help you with some related matters about Xiangxiang's "curse":
First of all, we have learned from the words of Frey and other demons that a long, long time ago, there was a group of people named "Mages". Although they were human beings, they were born with the following abilities:
1. Fully perceive demons and other spiritual bodies (including seeing, hearing, smelling, etc.)
2. Stay awake in the dream world
3. You can use the magic of the dream world
4. Repair damaged and weak barriers
5. Seal or disperse demons
But this group of people with different talents, we now know that they have all been killed (sacrificed to the fear of the devil), and no one like them will be born since then, so it is equivalent to complete extinction.
However, we also now find that while the pure mages are extinct, there are less pure types that possess some of the abilities that mages of old did.For example, our Xiangxiang and Jun 99 who appeared in this chapter are like this.
Compared with the abilities of mages, Xiangxiang's abilities are:
1. Fully perceive demons and other spiritual bodies → can see and hear
2. Stay awake in the dream world→√
3. You can use the magic of the dream world→×
4. Repair damaged and weak barriers→×
5. Seal or disperse demons→×
The abilities of Mr. 99 and his family are:
1. Fully aware of spirits such as demons → can see and smell (stinky), and a few can also hear (such as 99 Jun's mother)
2. Stay awake in the dream world→×
3. You can use the magic of the dream world→×
4. Repair damaged and weak barriers→×
5. Seal or disperse demons → only disperse (that is, the evil spirits in the previous chapters disperse)
And currently in Totland, the group of self-proclaimed mages who captured Mr. Fear should also only have the ability of some mages.
(Actually, the design of the demon part is inspired by the game "Dragon Age". Although many parts have been changed beyond recognition by me...but the settings about gods and magic are still used. This series of games is very interesting in all aspects, and everyone is interested You can try it. But there are no handsome devils like Frey and the others in it hahahaha, let me say it first to avoid everyone's disappointment)