Azeroth’s Death Track

The champions of the last Champions Cup were the Shattered Sun battle group from Shattrath City, most of them were tough draenei gladiators. They won the prize money and took it back to build Shattrath City. The fighters are regarded as heroes by the whole city, and this year they recruited some broken berserkers, and the goal is still to be the champion.

Beside Tyrion, Glokush, who also returned to Nagrand during his vacation, enthusiastically introduced several strong teams of this Champions Cup to the high lord.

As a former warchief, Glokush is very passionate about gladiatorial combat. In fact, from the first Champions Cup to the current sixth, he has never been absent. Fighters, Glokush is also familiar.

This is probably one of his few hobbies as an undead.

Of course, the Lord of Death came to watch the gladiatorial fight not just to relieve boredom. In the gladiatorial match, the closer to the final, the fiercer the gladiators would be, and there would always be some unlucky gladiators who were injured or killed directly. These gladiators who are proficient in fighting but can no longer eat this bowl of rice are the targets recruited by the death lords.

The Dark Blade Legion has no shortage of low-level soldiers, but there is still a great lack of middle-level commanders and elite soldiers with strong combat skills.

What about the local orcs?

Tyrion hugged the young Anduin and Sarantia and sat on his lap, talking to Glokush beside him. He asked with great interest:

Could it be that the orcs who are passionate about glory are not the opponents of the Draenei?

The quality of the orc gladiators in Galadar is a bit lower... This is natural. Grandma Gaiyaan is not a leader who likes force, and her tribe is also young people. Naturally, it is not as good as those soldiers in this respect. A draenei of birth.

Glokush shook his head regretfully, but then he said happily:

However, I heard that there are gladiators from the Moknasa clan representing the orcs this year. The strength and combat skills of those hybrids are very outstanding. Rexxar is just one of the better clansmen among them, but he is not the strongest yet. , and the gladiators on death row in District 13 of Frostfire Ridge are fighting for freedom, and those prisoners who are burdened with crimes will not keep their hands. In short, this year's competition must be worth seeing!

Well, it sounds interesting.

Tyrion rubbed his chin. His powerful eyesight didn't need to be taken seriously, but with a quick glance, the environment of the entire huge arena could be seen. The great lord soon discovered some disharmony. On the edge of the arena, among the crowds, some goblins with loudspeakers were shouting something, and the surroundings were crowded with exiles of various races, all holding gold coins or other valuables in their hands.

What is that doing?

The High Lord asked:

Are they opening the market?

Uh, those are the goblins of the Dark Blade Consortium. There are other gladiatorial competitions like betting on the championship. This is the first time for the Champions Cup, but this is already a part of the gladiatorial competition. In fact, now A large part of the prize money for all famous gladiatorial competitions is also provided by our consortium. The goblins have even formed a series of small gladiatorial competitions, from the arena of the stone maul ogre to the death fight in the ruins of the overhanging castle They organize all the competitions, but the most profitable one is the Champions Cup.

Glokush explained:

I've heard that even the Shattrath Defense Force and the Court of the Arakkoa's Tongtian Peak seem to be involved in the business of these goblins, and no one is thinking of banning them. This is not cost-effective, even for us, it is not cost-effective.

Well, it's not that I don't dislike the official behavior, but...

Tyrion rubbed his forehead:

With money in the mix, does the game become ... less fair?

Won't!

Glokush patted his chest and said in a deep voice:

This is a gladiatorial match held under the holy mountain of orcs. No one dares to play tricks. However, attacks on assassinated gladiators before the match do happen from time to time, but how should I put it...the gladiators who died in the assassination did not He is considered a real powerhouse, not worth noting at all.”

Dad, Dad, look! Draenei! Shattered Sun! I've heard of them! How cool!

The girls who were drinking drinks and eating snacks suddenly screamed, not only them, the whole square was boiling at this moment, from Tyrion's point of view, everyone in the whole square was like Standing up like crazy, waving arms, ribbons or other things, some people were screaming, some people were swearing, the whole square was churning like a tumbling tide.

This made Tyrion couldn't help but turn his gaze to the arena below. The one who walked out of the arena amidst cheers was the champion of the last gladiatorial competition, the Shattered Sun Squad from Shattrath City. There are not many people, only more than 20, but each of them is a tall and heroic draenei warrior, some are carrying crystal warhammers, some are holding sword shields, and some are naked from the upper body, exposing rock-like muscles, while The arms are wrapped around the unique glove weapons of the Draenei.

The draenei's gauntlets are not the same as the assassination gauntlets used by human assassins. They look like two curved shields, dotted with gems, and fixed on the strong arms of the gladiators. Whether it is smashing or sweeping, the heavy weapons are amazingly powerful, and when necessary, they can be used as overlapping heavy shields.

The gladiators of Shattered Sun were all wearing scarlet cloaks, and they proudly waved to the audience, which caused another wave of screams.

This is an exhibition game, used to whet the appetite of the audience...For the uninitiated, it looks very exciting.

Glockush took out a bottle of blood wine from the wine cabinet next to him, and poured it for himself and Tyrion. He looked at the three huge, fierce, metal-clothed beasts that were released into the arena below. The armored hydra said with a look of disdain:

It's really disgusting to let gladiators fight mindless beasts. The real excitement is yet to come, especially in the last 4 days. After reaching the semi-finals, the scene makes the blood boil for a dead man like me.

While the orc death lord was speaking, the three gladiators who appeared in the champion exhibition match faced three hydras weighing several tons respectively. These have elephant-like bodies, thick limbs, and three ugly snakes. The monsters in the head are beasts unique to Draenor. They like to swim in the mud and shallow seas. They are absolutely dangerous creatures for ordinary people, but for well-trained fighters, their threat is not worth mentioning .

As Glokush said, these are beasts after all, no matter how ferocious the beasts are, they are nothing against real warriors.

For the Holy Light!

The bare-chested Draenei gladiator let out a roar. He crossed his arms and stood in front of him. His two heavy shield-like gauntlets protected his body. His teammates with warhammers and double blades followed behind him. , the three of them stared at the corrosive breath of the hydra. Amidst the screams of everyone in the arena, the slightly crooked Broken Gladiator with double blades jumped up, the sharp swords in his hands interlaced. Flying through the air, amidst the blood splatter, a head of the hydra flew into the sky.

The fierce blow from the first sight of blood was like pouring oil on the firewood, making the atmosphere even more heated, while the draenei fist fighter used his gauntlets and huge beasts in a serious manner. Confronting each other head-on, every powerful impact will cause the ground to vibrate slightly, and at the moment when the boxing fighter swung his gauntlet and smashed the beast's brain full of sharp teeth into the ground, even the silly girl Dornan let out a cry. A squeal of pleasure.

Glokush is right... In the eyes of laymen, such a fist-to-flesh, blood-splattered gladiatorial fight is already exciting enough, even the two little ones sitting on Tyrion's lap were fiercely fought Attracted, whenever the draenei fell into danger, Anduin and Sarantia would clench their little fists, and whenever the gladiators achieved combat skills, they would laugh out loud.

And ten minutes later, after three bloody draenei gladiators beat the three bruised hydras to the ground, when the gladiators stood on the huge bodies of the hydras to greet the audience, another scene appeared in the square. Thinking of waves of cheers like a tsunami, in the box, the five children also huddled together, celebrating the victory.

Although, in the eyes of their parents, this exhibition game seemed very, very...boring.

The three-headed hydra placed in front of Glokush's eyes probably wouldn't be able to survive even a minute, and if Tyrion appeared on the stage, maybe it only needed a look to make this ferocious beast paralyzed from fright... In short , Their strength is too strong, so this exhibition game full of performance elements seems to them to be indescribably clumsy.

Well, the strength of these draenei is not bad, comparable to elite high-level knights, and their tactical thinking is not rough, it is worth cultivating.

Tyrion leaned lazily on the chair, shaking the wine glass in his hand, amidst the sound of ice cubes colliding with the glass, he said softly:

If they unfortunately die in battle, we must absorb them into the legion. We need such talents...

I'm really here for that.

Glokush smiled:

After every championship match, we will harvest a lot of potential knights. To be honest, boss, I think that the entertainment form of gladiatorial matches should be promoted to the entire Federation. It can not only make the people martial, but also discover Seedlings with potential can serve multiple purposes.”

I'll have to talk to Lord Van Cleef about this, but I think he probably won't refuse.

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According to the flow of the Champions Cup gladiatorial competition, after the exhibition match, the main match will begin. Dozens of gladiatorial teams from the world of Draenor, as well as some famous gladiatorial teams from Azeroth this year will be in the arena. Catch and fight, but for the sake of viewing, the arena was not separated, but enough time was left for these little-known teams.

Generally speaking, each primary match lasts about 10 minutes, with an interval of 5 minutes between each match. There are two modes of team competition and individual competition. Once the top 32 matches are entered, the gladiatorial match will Fixed in the more cooperative mode of the team competition.

Of course, there are also some strong fighters who choose to participate alone, but in an unlimited gladiatorial match, it is difficult for a single gladiator, no matter how powerful, to get a good ranking.

The rhythm of the competition in the past few days was not intense, and the audience's attention was not too concentrated, but in each competition, there were some dark horses that turned out to attract the attention of most audiences from the very beginning.

For example, now, in the 14th game of the main match, the Black Specters from Azeroth are fighting against the Khajiit tribe from the edge of Tongtian Peak. No one knew about these two teams before the game, and few people knew about this match. The game kept their attention, but to be honest, the process and result of this game surprised the audience who had limited attention to them.

Tiger people, this is a native species of Draenor world, very similar to the werewolf form of Azeroth, but they are more agile and stronger than werewolves. Unfortunately, tiger people have suffered from arakkoa and arakkoa in the past century. The slaughter of orcs is now very rare.

Ordinary life, such as humans, species that are not dominant in body size, are often at an extreme disadvantage when facing tiger people.

The Khajiit tribe had five of the best hunters, while the Black Phantoms had only one human warrior in black armor, holding a sword and a heavy shield. The moment he walked into the arena, boos were overwhelming The silent warrior was drowned, and the five tiger-man gladiators even let out harsh laughter.

Nobody thinks this human can beat 5 well-coordinated Khajiit.

But the moment the whistle sounded, the black-armored warrior raised his sword and launched an incomparably powerful charge. The ground under his feet was split inch by inch, and the anger enveloping his body like a flame set him off like a spirit of flame. It was just a simple shield slam and a sword sweep without using any high-level combat skills. In less than 10 seconds, five huge tiger men died tragically at his feet.

The black-armored warrior didn't care about the audience's opinion of him at all. He moved his wrist to shake off the blood on the sword, and then walked back to the passageway of the arena silently just like when he came.

It wasn't until he was a child that the cheers of the entire arena came long ago... This was the most crisp and ruthless victory since the start of the match, and it was so fast that the audience didn't even realize it.

And this also means that a dark horse that attracted attention was born.

However, what the black-armored warrior didn't know was that in less than 2 minutes from his appearance to his exit, Tyrion's gaze never left his body. He drank the blood wine in one gulp, his eyes narrowed...

Well... after a few years, your appearance on the stage is really surprising.

My friend... Varian!

(PS: The first two books have gladiatorial plots, so the details of the gladiatorial battles are not described here. Everyone knows that King Wa will win the championship, so this is OK. The main description is the story between several characters.)