Pirate Nova

Chapter 19
After the initial settlement of the pirate ship, Jack was idle.Decided to walk around in the royal city at will.After all, a week is not short, and I can't wait in the hotel all the time. Since I finally came to the Green Kingdom, even if there is filth beneath the surface, it is at least a place worth sightseeing.

Although the buildings in the civilian area of ​​the royal city are not as ornamental as the luxurious castles in the aristocratic area, they are much better than the holy mountain island where I stayed for three months before.A kingdom ruled by a member country of the world government cannot be compared with the backcountry of the Holy Mountain Island.

In the royal city, you can see the pirates who spend money like water going in and out and various places that can give them pleasure. Casinos, taverns, western restaurants, etc. can all be found here.And the minions of the underground forces are undoubtedly secretly controlling the gray industry here.

There is even a famous street not far from the central area of ​​Wangcheng City, and most of the pirates who come to the Green Kingdom will basically choose to spend nights there, spending the money they plundered at sea. All spent on those women.Until you need to go to sea again.

Although Jack had heard a little about it, he was not very interested.It's just that choosing this way of 'venting' is too low-level, and it's not what he wants.

It's just that most of the girls working in those places are residents of civilian areas. Some are forced to repay the debts owed by their parents, and some are attracted by people in noble areas because of their appearance. Throw it in there.And the interest agreement reached by the nobles on the island and the underground forces also allows them to cover the sky with one hand here.

Those who were treated unfairly dared not speak out. As for those who chose to resist, either their bodies were found in the corner of the alley the next day, or they disappeared from everyone's sight forever.

Walking and walking, Jack has gradually left the bustling Central Street.He saw a lot of people walking in one direction, discussing something in groups of twos and threes, looking very excited.

"Hello, I heard yesterday that there will be some new arrangements recently?"

"Hey, you don't know that, the big shots in the noble district seem to have gotten a lot of good stuff, I think it will be a good day today."

"Is there such a good thing? Go, don't go late, otherwise there will be no good position!"

Two middle-aged men in neat suits were talking and laughing as they walked down the street, and one of them pretended to hold up the monocle hanging on the bridge of his nose. Like a gentleman.

"Huh? Is this going to the auction house?"

After observing for a while, Jack didn't see anything, and the people walking in the same direction on the road basically looked like rich people, and they all seemed to be figures in the upper echelon of power in the civilian area.Some of them are managers of big restaurants on Center Street, some are construction bosses, and some are businessmen who go to sea to do business.

These people are very different from the ordinary people that Jack saw before, but they are not nobles on the island, they can only be said to be 'nobles' in the civilian area.

"interesting."

Jack silently followed the flow of people to a huge building. When he looked up, he saw a huge circular building, which looked exactly like the Colosseum in Dressrosa.The logo on the building also confirmed Jack's conjecture from the side.

'Grimm Arena'

The arena is located at the junction of the aristocratic area and the civilian area, with its back against the mountain in the center of the island.Although the scale is not particularly large, the crowd gathered at the door at this time proves the popularity of this place in the Green Kingdom.

drive ~ drive ~
As two steeds galloped forward with a luxurious carriage, the crowd gathered at the entrance of the arena immediately gave way to a wide passage, allowing the carriage to drive unimpeded to the front of the gate.

As the commotion of the crowd gradually subsided, a foot wearing a delicate leather shoe slowly stepped out of the carriage and landed on the ground.After tidying up his clean white suit a little bit, the man walked into the arena under the leadership of a middle-aged man who looked like a manager nodding and bowing.

The man didn't even look at the nearby crowd the whole time, and the way his chin was raised slightly made the people in the civilian areas who called themselves 'gentlemen' dare not look directly at each other's figure.

"My God, what day is it? Why is Ser Jorah coming to the arena?"

"Although I don't know, I'm sure there will be unexpected surprises today!"

"Isn't it? Look!"

The two men turned their heads as they talked, and looked at Ser Jorah's carriage.There are two thick iron chains tied to the rear of the carriage, and at the end of these iron chains are connected two burly men with bare upper body.

The two men whose hands were tied by iron chains were not only sweating profusely because they had to run hard before being taken down by the carriage.Moreover, the dust raised from behind the carriage also covered their bodies, making them look extremely dirty.

What's more conspicuous is that both of these two men have thick rings around their necks. This pair of iron round shackles tightly surround their necks. The cold metal is tightly attached to the skin. People are very uncomfortable.

"Hey, are you serious?"

Jack also looked a little surprised when he saw it, because it was a little different from what he had imagined.

Slave, this was the first time he saw someone who became someone else's slave after he came to this world.Although slavery has not been abolished in the world of pirates, he did not expect to see slaves in the Green Kingdom.After all, according to his vision, the only ones who can own slaves are the Celestial Dragons who live in the Holy Land-Mariejoia.

But looking back now, Jack feels he was a little naive.As one of the member countries of the world government, the Kingdom of Green is involved in both underground industries and human trafficking.From the shops all over the island, we can see the country's attitude towards the gray industry, so it doesn't matter.

And it is not too unusual for nobles in the ruling class to get some slaves as playthings.After all, only residents of countries that have joined the world government will be protected by the slave law.Neither the human trafficking groups nor the nobles of the various kingdoms are allowed to traffic and enslave the residents of the joined countries.

As for those pirates who do evil at sea, and ordinary people in non-member countries are not within the scope of protection at all.And there is only one end for these people after they are caught by the slave hunting team of human trafficking, that is, they are trafficked after being put on slave collars around their necks.And there is no chance of escape at all, at least for ordinary people.

For those ordinary people who don't know how to use high-level armed color domineering, the difficult operation of using "Liu Ying" to remove the collar of a slave is of course an unattainable dream.Moreover, these collars will immediately turn into a high-explosive bomb when the slaves try to escape, which can blow the wearer's head to pieces in an instant.

Therefore, for most people who are caught and put on collars, the fate of this life is already unchangeable.Most of them will accept who they are, and would rather live in disgrace than try to escape.

Although the remaining small group of people still have the desire to resist, the collars around their necks are pinching their throats like a pair of cold iron hands, making them dare not do anything out of the ordinary.

As for the man in the white suit called Sir Jorah, Jack guessed that the other party should be a nobleman living in the central area, and his status is probably not low in the noble circle.And what happened next let Jack know that what he thought was not wrong.

In addition to Sir Jorah who had just entered, there were also three nobles from the center of the island who came to the arena one after another in a carriage.One of the fat nobles and another tall and thin lady entered the gate together, and the last young man with blond hair also walked in with a slave under the watchful eyes of everyone.

"Come on, let's go in and have a look."

He knew that there shouldn't be any problem if he wanted to go in, because he saw that except for those real nobles, people in other civilian areas would pay money at the gate before they could be let in.And although I spent a lot of money on the pirate ship, I still have more than 1000 million Baileys on me, which should be more than enough to buy a ticket.

Jack stood quietly in the long queue, walking forward methodically.When it was his turn, although the person in charge of collecting money at the door saw his identity as a pirate, he did not stop him from entering.He was released only after receiving 50 Pele's ticket money.

It seems that the management here doesn't care about the identity of the people who enter the arena. It seems that as long as they can afford the tickets, they can go in and watch. The ticket price of 50 Baileys is a huge sum of money for ordinary residents, but it is just a drizzle for Jack.

Jack, who followed the spectators into the arena, casually found an inconspicuous corner and sat down. Although it was not yet noon, there were not many people in the arena at this time.Even near the corner he specially selected, there were spectators seated in twos and threes, discussing something with each other.

The center of the arena is a piece of sand, and the distance from the ground to the stands is seven or eight meters high. The plan of ordinary people who want to jump on the stands to escape may not work here at all.However, Jack, who always maintained a domineering and domineering cover of knowledge, found that besides sand, there were many other things buried in the sand in the field.

A severed bone was abruptly half-buried in the yellow-brown sand, most of which belonged to human bones.And there are still many dried blood stains on the sand, forming dark red areas of different sizes, making people wonder how many lives are buried under this yellow sand.

"Audience friends, please get ready! The competition is about to start!"

A man in sunglasses wearing a top hat and a blue-and-white striped suit grabbed the radio phone bug in his hand and shouted excitedly from a high platform downwards, and his words ended with his words.A clear picture of the center of the arena suddenly appeared on the high wall in the center of the arena.

"Then, let us give you a warm welcome! Contestants No. [-] and No. [-] are on stage!"

As the iron gate on the wall inside the venue slowly rose, two men with weapons stepped into the yellow sand with big strides. The slave collars on their necks reflected the sunlight from above their heads, which immediately made them became the focus of attention.

"Oh! It's started!!"

"Number 100! Don't let me down!! I bet [-] million Baileys on you!!"

"Hurry up and fight!!"

For a moment, as the host deliberately mobilized his emotions, the huge arena was filled with deafening voices from the audience, and Jack looked at the two slaves and the emotional audience in the arena, frowned, and then began to fall silent. Silently pay attention to the battle that is about to start on the field.

(End of this chapter)