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Chapter 791: 791

Chapter 791: Provocation

“What do you mean by letting loose sometimes?” The young emperor was a little puzzled .

Dior smiled, “You like gladiatorial fights, don’t you?”

“No, I just watch it occasionally to relax,” denied Commodus . “I am too busy and have a lot of things to do every day . In fact, I am thinking about issuing new coins before leaving . What I meant is that I want the people of Rome to get to know me through these gladiatorial performances . As for those living in more remote places, however, I’ll need to let them know that the empire has a new emperor . Hence, I plan to ask someone to cast coins with my head on them . The emperors of late have done similar things too…”

“Yes, yes, I can understand that you need to rule such a big country . You must be exhausted now . All the more you should loosen up and enjoy yourself in this rare time of leisure, right?” Dior said . He beckoned the servant to bring two more glasses of wine before taking one and handing the other to the young emperor .

“You need to relax . We won’t talk about politics tonight . ”

The young emperor hesitated and took the glass of wine and drank it, “Okay, let us take a good look at the warriors here . ”

The owners of the gladiator schools had been waiting a long time . After getting permission, they stepped forward to pay their respects to Dior and Commodus . After that, they began to introduce their gladiators .

“Your Majesty, this is the giant Terufelos . He is a Sarmatian . He was sold to the northeast of the empire when he was still a boy . I found him in a very remote copper mine and bought him over . At that time, he was so skinny because he did not have enough food every day . But I knew he was born to become a gladiator . Once fed and the iron pickaxe in his hand replaced by a weapon, he would become a great gladiator . And he did not disappoint me . I took him on tour, and no one could defeat him . His body contains infinite power, just like a beast,” said an old man that looked like a dried corpse . He then nodded to Terufelos, and the latter walked out of the crowd .

Admittedly, his gigantic figure must have exerted a great deal of pressure on the people around him . Seeing him making a move, Commodus’s guards immediately tensed and drew out their weapons one after another .

“It’s okay,” Commodus said, “Let’s see what he is going to do . ”

Terufelos did not speak . Instead, he walked towards the fountain in the center of the front hall . He rubbed his hands, bent down, and with only one hand, he picked up the marble statue in front of the fountain, the height of a person .

Upon witnessing the scene, all the guests who had come for the banquet tonight exclaimed in amazement . His master was elated as well . On the contrary, the owners of the other gladiator schools had a solemn look on them . Since they had experience dealing with the gladiators, they knew that it was easy for their gladiators to defeat him . There were many gladiators with outstanding strength, but they could not do what Terufelos just did . With this overwhelming power, he was slated to become a strong contender for that gladiatorial show’s championship .

Terufelos then swung the marble statue twice and put it back to its original position, before returning to where he stood .

“If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn’t have believed that such powerful people even exist!” Commodus exclaimed in excitement . “Your nickname is Giant, isn’t it?”

Terufelos nodded .

“It suits you well . I wish you good results in the gladiatorial performance later . ”

Commodus seemed to have released his long-repressed interest . He then followed Dior to talk to the next gladiator .

“His name is Ellaxois, from Diatilla . He achieved a proud record of nineteen consecutive victories . And he is very good at using the trident…”

“Danaus, a Thracian gladiator . Everyone is aware that Thracians give birth to many outstanding gladiators, and among them, Danaus is the best one . He is especially good at slicing his opponent’s throats…”

“Julicia, a Celtic . His body is amazingly flexible, and no one can beat him in close combat…”

“…”

As Dior and Commodus continued to walk, they saw more and more gladiators . All of them had their own legendary tales, and they were the trump cards of their respective arenas . Since they were a lot of them here, there was not much time to introduce themselves .

Except for the Sarmatian, who had a unique look, Commodus could not remember the names of most of the gladiators . He would only look at each one for a short while before moving on to the next . Zhang Heng knew that if this went on, he might just not complete the task assigned by the Balance Blade . Although he had made a name for himself during this period, coupled with the way Mark Reuss promoted him, lots of people in Rome now knew his name .

Zhang Heng was, however, still a rookie, and his battle record was nowhere nearly as glorious as veteran gladiators who had fought for many years . Strictly speaking, although he was the talk of the town, he wasn’t even close to becoming a legendary gladiator . And his biggest disadvantage was that Commodus had just come back from the frontline, and he happened to miss the time of his rise to fame . The emperor also needed to attend to many things, so it was only logical that he had never heard of his name .

Zhang Heng knew that he had to find a way to attract Commodus’s attention .

At present, Commodus had suddenly stopped in front of a gladiator, pointed, and gasped in surprise . “Are you Sartonillos?”

“Yes, your honorable majesty . I didn’t expect you to know my name,” Sartonilos bowed .

“Of course, I know your name! I went to see your gladiatorial show with my sister before leaving Rome . More than once, they said that Sethnets is old and that you are the strongest gladiator in Rome right now . What do you think? Are you confident enough to win the battle this time?”

“I will dedicate all the victory and glory to you,” Sartonilos said .

Just when the two parties were talking happily, Commodus heard someone speaking in disdain .

“I don’t think His Majesty would take a liking to someone that lies . ”

Sartonilos’s face changed suddenly . He looked in the direction where the voice came from and found that the person who just talked was an Oriental man . Sartonilos did not remember that he had seen this Oriental man before . Earlier, when the gladiators were gathered at the front hall and were waiting, the latter made no moves that attracted attention . Sartonilos, too had no idea why Zhang Heng would provoke him now .

Sartonilos wasn’t the kind that allowed someone to provoke him . He respectfully said to Commodus, “Your Majesty, can I deal with this matter?”

Commodus figured what he was going to do . If it were placed in the past, he would probably reject Sartonilos’s request because his father was with him . This time, though, he remembered what Dior told him . There was no need to be too serious since he was here to have fun this evening .

So he smiled and said, “Of course . ”

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