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Chapter 757: 757

Chapter 757: Battle Arrangement

They were supposed to fight with their peers . Many of them were left in fear when Gaby told them that they had to fight with the school’s official gladiators . Undeniably, it was terrible news . Some, however, were not bothered by this change of rule . Among these was Bach .

He walked towards the spot where they were supposed to draw the lots, grabbed a wooden sign casually, and handed it to the trainer on the side . The latter looked at the name on the wooden sign . “Bach, play against Posthumus,” he said .

After that, he wrote Bach’s name on the other side of the wooden sign to mark the game arrangement for this round of the fight .

Bach grinned, “Tell that guy, wash up and wait for me!”

After speaking, he walked away from the lot-drawing table . When he stepped down from the stage, he did not forget to glance at Zhang Heng again . Gaby noticed that Bach kept on looking at Zhang Heng the whole time . He knew that Bach had fought Zhang Heng earlier and won the battle . What he did not know, however, were the specific details of the battle . He could not figure out why Zhang Heng irked Bach so much . For a while, Gaby was even a little suspicious of Bach’s sexual orientation .

Bach then drew the lot, marking the beginning of the assessment for everyone .

The hellish training had allowed Gaby the pleasure of everyone’s respect . Since he set the assessment, everyone could only bite the bullet and abide by the new rules . Not all were as talented as Bach . It seemed like he was not worried about the fight with the official gladiators . Without a doubt, the winner would pass the assessment . On the other hand, the losers might pass in the evaluation if they performed well during the battle . As long as they tried their best to fight their opponents, there was still hope for them .

Of course, this had a lot to do with their opponents as well . The best scenario would be fighting with someone who had just become an official gladiator . That would mean the gap of skill between both sides would not be that wide . Their win-rate would also increase if they fought with the gladiators that always lost .

Of course, the worst scenario was to run into venerable veteran gladiators who had rich combat experience . Usually, those battles would be over in a short time . The moment they found their opponent’s flaws, there was no chance for the opponent to fight back . In other words, the gladiator candidate would be unable to showcase the result of their intensive training, and the probability of them passing the assessment would be very low .

Zhang Heng waited until half of the gladiator candidates drew their lots before going up the stage .

To the others, Zhang Heng was simply unlucky that he had to go against a veteran gladiator named Garba . Thirty-seven years old this year, he was considered to be the oldest among the other gladiators . If he was still allowed to fight in the arena, that meant he had to be very good at what he did . At his age, his physical fitness had drastically decreased . Basically, he was relying on his combat experience to fight his opponents .

Looking at Garba’s record, he was a consistent fighter . Even though he could not defeat those grandmasters, he could rely on his combat experience to drag the battle and make it more exciting for the spectators . This kind of gladiator was usually known as the legendary newcomer-killer .

The biggest shortcoming of the newcomers was experience, or rather, the lack of . Whether it was control of the battle rhythm or the ability to react to critical moments, their trainers taught none of these . These were things they had to accumulate through battles .

Garba happened to be a gladiator with a lot of experience .

Unfortunately, he was about to meet a monster newcomer that would cause him to lose a battle . Let alone other aspects, even Garba with a lot of combat experience would be unable to defeat Zhang Heng .

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Zhang Heng did not care much about the result of his draw . It made no difference to him who his opponent was . After looking at the name on it, he handed the wooden sign to the trainer and stepped down from the stage .

Varo was more nervous than Zhang Heng . His combat level was considered below average, meaning his chances of defeating his peers were extremely low . He was now asked to fight a real gladiator from the arena, causing him to be extremely anxious . After all, he had worked so hard and survived the hellish training . All his effort would be wasted if he failed in his assessment .

Varo took a deep breath and waited until most of the people knew who their opponents would be . He then walked to the lot-drawing table and drew a wooden card with his trembling right hand .

When he saw the name on the wooden card, and his face started to turn pale, and he was in complete shock . His right hand trembled even more severely now . And that was not it . What he did next was throw away the wooden card, ran to the side, and vomited his undigested breakfast from his stomach .

The trainer picked up the wooden card on the ground and looked at Varo with a hint of sympathy . According to the rules, he had to announce his draw’s result, “Varo’s opponent is Habitus . ”

Everyone was left bewildered when they heard the name, and their eyes involuntarily landed on Gaby .

This had gone overboard . Let alone arranging for them to fight formal gladiators, making the gladiator school’s trump card fight with a candidate was an act of a bully . It was no wonder Varo started vomiting .

Earlier, Habitus managed to defeat Bach and humiliated him by making him fall to the ground . If he had fought with other gladiator candidates, they would have ended up a lot worse .

“Don’t look at me,” Gaby said causally, “Habitus volunteered to join the battle . ”

That was only the half-truth . Habitus did mention to Gaby that he wanted to join the assessment and became the judge . And he pointed out that he only wanted to fight with Bach .

Habitus realized that the school had placed too much emphasis on Bach as their current trump card . Hence, Habitus felt that his status was challenged . So, he wanted to teach Bach a lesson, showing Gaby who was more worthy of the school’s investment .

Gaby, however, told Habitus that the final assessment would be based on a lot-drawing system . It had been done to ensure fairness and that there would be no predetermined opponents for the candidates . Gaby did not believe that Bach was ready to rechallenge Habitus after completing forty-nine days of training .

Habitus thought this matter was over . He did not expect that Gaby would mess with him by including his name in the lot-drawing box . Just when he was about to find a place to have a good drink, Gaby had sent someone to break the news to him about him having to fight someone during the assessment tomorrow . Also, his opponent was a rookie named Varo .

Habitus was furious when he heard the news .

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Meanwhile, the last gladiator candidate had drawn the final lot, marking the end of the lot-drawing session .

Everyone’s mood was different when they saw the opponents they had to face during their assessment .

Gaby then clapped his hands again to attract everyone’s attention . “The assessment will begin tomorrow morning, and the master will come over to witness your training result . I hope you can perform well . And you can ask your trainers about your opponent’s information . Everyone needs to be ready to face the battle tomorrow . Do not let the master down . ”

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