Due to deal restructure text to speech player is currently unavailable. Will find a solution soon.

Chapter 804: 804

Chapter 804: Conspiration

After the battle, Commodus felt more relaxed physically and mentally . After he changed into a new set of clothes, the emperor hurriedly left the gladiator school in the dark . After Zhang Heng watched his back disappear, he turned around and walked back to his house . He then saw his slave girl peeking at them through the door’s crack .

Since the slave girl had gotten used to Zhang Heng’s company, she was now more relaxed around him, no longer reserved like when she met him for the first time . When she realized that Zhang Heng had caught her, she did not blush . Instead, she asked curiously .

“Wow! Is that man really the Roman emperor?”

“Don’t you have the copper coins he gave you?” Zhang Heng asked .

“Hmm, I looked at it again, and the person in the coin looks very similar to him . ” The slave girl nodded, “I can’t believe it . Even the emperor has come to see you . How famous are you now? Ah, have you caught up with Sethnets?”

“Not yet,” Zhang Heng said, “Sethnets’s reputation is one accumulated over the years . ”

The slave girl heaved a sigh of relief . She knew that Mark Reuss valued his trump card very much . If Zhang Heng became even more famous, Mark Reuss might send him more female slaves . By that time, she might have been already sent off to serve other gladiators .

Before she got to enjoy the happiness, Zhang Heng added, “I should be able to surpass Sethnets’s popularity by winning the championship of this gladiatorial show . ”

“Huh?” The little slave girl almost jumped up, “So fast?!”

“Well, it’s the grand gladiatorial show held at the Amphitheatrum Flavium after all . Many spectators will attend it, and they will help spread around news about my victories,” Zhang Heng said . “What’s the matter? What are you thinking about?”

“Nothing… Nothing…” the girl slave shook her head quickly and denied . She did not dare to speak out her thoughts .

And after that, Zhang Heng did not ask her any more questions . He then reminded her, “I’m fine that you are now more relaxed around me, but the next time someone visits me, you shouldn’t peek at us again . Some people’s identities are very sensitive, especially the powerful ones . They might kill you even if you only hear a few words from them . ”

“Is it really that bad?” The slave girl didn’t know why and she felt a little frustrated in her heart . Clearly, she did not want Zhang Heng to know what she was thinking but was very disappointed when she saw that Zhang Heng did not care much about her .

Perhaps she was no different from the other slave girls . Even if she were to be replaced one day, Zhang Heng might not even notice it . As she dwelled deep in her thoughts, Zhang Heng had already gone to fetch water by himself . He took a quick cold shower to wash off all the sweat and went to bed early in anticipation of the gladiatorial show the next day .

…

Compared with the first day, the atmosphere of the arena on the second day was obviously different .

Even Sartonilos, the giant Teruelos, and the Thracian Danaos, who were in the limelight on the first day, could feel that the audience’s enthusiasm for them had reduced by a lot . After last night, they knew what Zhang Heng had done to his opponents in both of his earth-shattering battles .

They all knew that they would not be able to do what Zhang Heng did yesterday . Other than the speedy victory hr achieved in the first round, he also defeated a bison with his bare hands . In the spectators’ opinion, those were some incredible feats . As a matter of fact, even the most arrogant Sartonilos could feel a strong sense of crisis .

Zhang Heng had now become their biggest obstacle to winning the championship . Judging from the fact that he had topped the leaderboard and his odds for betting had changed, it was enough to prove that he was everyone’s biggest threat now .

He used his strength to siphon all the attention that other famous gladiators should receive onto himself . And he turned it into his one-man show . That was why it was hard for all the other gladiators to like him .

Bach was probably the only exception since he was the first gladiator that witnessed Zhang Heng’s true strength .

Maybe it was because he had accepted the fact that he was never going to be strong enough to defeat Zhang Heng . He did not feel upset that he was never going to win the championship . He came out of the training room and yelled at Zhang Heng, “I heard that some guys want to join forces to deal with you . You’d better be careful . ”

“Really?” Zhang Heng raised his eyebrows and glanced at Habitus and others on the other side . If something terrible would happen to Zhang Heng, the gladiators from the Victor Arena should have sided with him . However, that did not seem to be the case . Zhang Heng had seen Habitus being summoned by another gladiator . And he returned to his seat after that . Habitus obviously knew that other gladiators were conspiring against him . However, since he did not remind Zhang Heng about it as he did for Bach, he was very likely involved in it .

Zhang Heng was not too bothered by it .

Sometimes, it was hard to make everything go his way . Since he wanted to capture Commodus’s attention with his strength, he would naturally become other gladiators’ threat . Fortunately, Zhang Heng was confident enough that he could beat all the other gladiators with his strength . As compared to when he first entered this dungeon, he was now a completely different person .

At that time, he might have to consider the measures he should take to reduce other gladiators’ hostility towards him . But now, even if Zhang Heng knew that Sartonilos and others wanted to join forces to go against him, he was not going to do anything about it for now .

The reason was straightforward . He was strong enough now .

Due to the extra 24 hours that he had, Zhang Heng’s growth rate had already surpassed the dungeon’s difficulty level, thanks to the time flow rate’s amplification . In fact, the ordinary dungeon after the Whistleblower’s dungeon was no longer dangerous to Zhang Heng . In this dungeon, he could focus on learning new skills . That was why he chose to join the Balance Blade .

Zhang Heng certainly knew the risks of becoming an assassin . But after weighing the risks, he decided to take this risk . This was due to his confidence in his own strength . The final mixed-fight was limited by the rules that the gladiators could only do one-on-one battle . However, it did not affect Zhang Heng . With his lv4 swordsmanship and the newly learned assassin’s footsteps, Zhang Heng did not think anyone was strong enough to defeat him .

This was evident in the gladiatorial performance on the second day .

Zhang Heng won both of the battles fast and clean . No matter what strategy his opponent adopted, Zhang Heng still could bring despair to his opponents with his two Persian swords . The moment he stepped foot on the arena, every single audience would shout his name rhythmically . And the pressure that he brought to his opponent was immense .

The gladiators who earned the right to fight in this arena were star gladiators from their respective gladiator schools . They were used to the audience cheered for them . It was rare for them to see themselves as villains . And the worst part was there was nothing they could do about it .

Tip: You can use left, right, A and D keyboard keys to browse between chapters .