Chapter 228: Visitors in the Arena
"What do you think?"
Lin Ke chuckled and looked at Rica.
Rica was no longer a child; she understood quite a lot now.
"Me?" Rica pointed at her own nose, shedding her earlier shyness: "I'm easygoing, how about you, hubby?"
Rica sat casually in the chair, without a trace of the shy demeanor from just now.
Lin Ke knew that Rica had been putting on an act just now, and even the Insomnia Emperor probably knew it too.
Just like the Insomnia Emperor said, the offspring of a mother dragon wouldn't be as docile as a rabbit, right?
It makes you wonder what the Insomnia Emperor went through in the past to say something like that...
"How about this, after we attend the Noble Council, we'll pick a day when everyone is free to get married."
Lin Ke sat beside Rica, gently holding her hand.
Rica's hand stiffened, but she nonchalantly nodded.
Over the years, Rica had tirelessly traveled around the Gula Kingdom for Lin Ke's enterprises; otherwise, things like the Wonder Land and newsstands wouldn't have been so easily established among the lords.
Fortunately, here unlike the past life, the upper classes possess an overwhelming power over everything and nearly absolute authority in conversation.
So many people are willing to respect members of the Gula Royal Family.
Lin Ke saw all of Rica's efforts.
Whether it was because he was moved, or because of affection growing over time, he couldn't part with Rica for a long time now.
And for the Gula Royal Family, being the youngest daughter of the Insomnia Emperor, no one dared gossip except the Insomnia Emperor.
The last one to gossip was the Eldest Prince, who now has been sent to reflect in solitude.
"Hmm, alright, no problem, isn't it just getting married? Haha, haha, hehe, hahaha."
Rica forced a couple of laughs, then took a big gulp of a mango sago mix to calm herself down, then casually glared at Lin Ke: "What are you looking at?"
Lin Ke was caught between laughter and tears: "Shall we head to the Wonder Land? I heard Red wrote a few new skits."
Stand-up comedy, skits, theater, singing and dancing... all sorts of performances take place at the Wonder Land.
And different floors and sections have people performing and watching simultaneously, so the citizens choose what suits them best to watch.
There, you can find joy, sadness, passion, warmth, and such emotions.
"No no no, today we're going to the Arena!" Rica felt like she wanted to hit something, but surely she couldn't hit Lin Ke, right? So the Arena it was.
"Arena?" Lin Ke was shocked, had this girl gone mad?
"Yeah! Let's go!" Rica clenched her fists: "I just ate too many sweets, I want to exercise."
She looked at Lin Ke again: "Your body hasn't fully recovered yet, just watch me get a hundred consecutive wins!"
A thousand wins would likely earn Lin Ke's audience.
So would a hundred consecutive wins.
Oftentimes, winning a thousand times is easier than winning a hundred times consecutively!
The key in participating in ranked matches at the Arena is that using professional power is strictly prohibited; only physical strength and technique can be used.
Those keyboard warriors in the past life couldn't even achieve a hundred wins in a basic game and dared to question the Gladiators with hundreds of wins in Ancient Rome.
In reality, if an ordinary person can win a hundred times in a row, their physical strength or technique must have reached a state of ultimate perfection, or both.
Currently, no one at the Arena has achieved the hundred consecutive win rule set by Lin Ke, just like the award he set for masterfully reading ten thousand books in the library.
The awards for these two wonders are respectively the "Warrior" and "Scholar" awards.
Warrior Award, Scholar Award!
Encouraging those who strive in training and learning.
Efforts may not yield results, but they would earn Lin Ke's commendation.
He admires those who make up for their inadequacies through diligence and doesn't like those who think they are smart but don't work hard.
Of course, he likes those who are both smart and diligent even more.
If Rica achieved a hundred consecutive wins...
Lin Ke looked at Rica's slender arms and legs and couldn't help but shake his head.
If Rica managed a hundred consecutive wins, then the entire Arena's muscular men would probably be ashamed.
But if Rica wanted to play, Lin Ke wouldn't refuse.
As long as it's not a matter of life and death, the ranked matches have medical teams and referees responsible, so safety isn't a concern.
The two swiped their IDs, paid with Azanen Coin, and then went to the Arena together.
...
Ah Da is a ten-win champion at the Arena, as well as a fifteen-win champion.
He originally managed one of the Gula Cattle Ranches for Azaenn Castle, often engaging in matches against Gula cattle, so his large physique possessed great strength.
Upon arriving in Great Wilderness City, he continued to manage the Gula Cattle Ranch, though now using some scientific grazing method.
His time became free.
Besides buying lottery tickets every day, he would go to the Arena.
The Arena, a must-visit place for men!
Wearing a mask, standing on the designated spot for ten-win champions, Ah Da raised his arms and called out: "Dragon! I am the Dragon!"
Ah Da's title in the ranked matches - Dragon!
"Dragon! Dragon!"
"Tear him apart! Tear your enemy apart!"
"I bet on you to win! I bet on you for this round!"
In this small-scale Arena, a few hundred spectators roared, cheering for the Dragon, Ah Da.
Ten consecutive wins, thirty consecutive wins, fifty consecutive wins, eighty consecutive wins, and a hundred consecutive wins.
People with ten consecutive wins, their opponents only range between ten to thirty consecutive wins.
Those with ten wins and beyond follow the same pattern, and so on.
Consecutive wins are rare, and they have always been rare over the past few years.
Everyone is cautious about earning points in ranked matches.
A hundred wins are easy to get, but ten consecutive wins are hard to come by.
The physical strength and skills of the contestants improve very slowly, the gaps between each other aren't so substantial, and each battle carries the possibility of loss.
Yet, very few people refuse the Arena's invitations for ranked matches.
After all, each stage comes with its own rewards.
With official betting and supervision, many people greatly enjoy the thrill of it.
And today, the ten consecutive win Dragon Ah Da accepted a duel invitation from a newly-acclaimed ten-win contestant.
"Today's duel is between the Dragon and our new ten-win Tree Demon!"
At that moment, a slender, golden-haired masked girl stepped onto what seemed like a circular arena.
This girl had green eyes.
People in the arena could feel her alluring figure and the charm beneath her mask.
Ah Da didn't pay much attention; there were many with green eyes and blonde hair, he couldn't hold back just because they were good-looking?
He still had a family to feed!
But seeing the tiny frame of the woman opposite, he still warned, "You may have strong techniques, but I have a lot of strength, and I'm afraid I'll hurt you."
He spoke in a muffled voice, with a noticeable sense of honesty.
Ah Da estimated that this woman had barely managed to climb to ten wins with sheer technique.
But among those he battled, except for a few in the early days, he had defeated all the technique-centric ones, earning his streak of victories.
Out of kind-heartedness, Ah Da issued a warning to the woman.
However...
"Dragon? Do you have dragon blood?"