Traveling through time, I'm making pancakes in Warhammer

Chapter 401 The performance begins

two hours later

The long-silent arena of Flockfanger has reopened as a new group of gladiators has arrived today.

The arena is circular in shape and built with white stone bricks. Both its exquisiteness and scale far exceed the wooden arena built by the orcs on Karenya in half an hour.

The arena is large enough to hold hundreds of thousands of people, but since its construction, the seats have never been full.

Because this is Freya's private property, no other audiences are welcome here except Freya and a few invited guests.

Howard accompanied Freya to sit in the stands of the exclusive box in the front row of the audience. In this huge arena, the only real audience members were him and Freya. The rest were just Freya's followers and musicians.

In order to watch the fight, Freya specially wore a purple robe and a laurel crown on her head, dressed like an ancient emperor.

It was noon in Flockfanger, the sun was scorching, and the maid held up a wisteria awning for Freya. The unique bitter fragrance of the plant poured down like a waterfall, spreading.

In addition to these maids, there were also many guards standing around, wearing light scale armor, feathered bronze helmets, holding spears and shields, and with short swords hanging at their waists.

Of course, rather than saying that these people are "guards", it is better to say that they are playing the role of "guards" and acting as an atmosphere group.

After all, the people they are guarding are not mortals, but great demons under the throne of Slaanesh. To be honest, the combined combat power of these guards may not be as strong as one finger of Freya.

In addition to the maids and the emperor's guards, there were also several clerks who recorded the fighting conditions and itinerary, as well as servants who were responsible for providing drinks, food and other services who were qualified to accompany Freya here.

Howard sat on the cushion with Freya. He looked completely absent-minded. Neither the gorgeous decorations around him, the music played by the musicians, nor the drinks and food on the table in front of him could arouse his interest at all.

He had no desire to come and watch the fight.

Although Freya seemed to be asking for his opinion before, in fact his answer was meaningless. After Freya asked this question, those warring Space Marines, both from Chaos and Empire, were destined to become tools for this demon's amusement.

If Howard really had to choose, he would rather continue sitting by the lake.

Just as Howard was in a daze, the soothing and smooth music in the background suddenly shifted up a pitch and then fell silent.

The sudden change in tone also woke Howard from his trance. Based on his experience of participating in sports games when he was in school, this either meant that the game was about to start or the leader was about to give a speech.

Sure enough, just after the music died down, a human walked to the center of the yellow land at the bottom of the arena. The first thing he did was to bow and greet Freya in the stands.

This person should be the announcer of this gladiatorial contest. His duties are similar to those of the orc commentator on Karenya.

Then more humans and people of other races came out from the staff passage and arranged the venue.

These human employees pushed out several wooden carts, some of which were placed with weapons such as spears, axes, and hammers. These weapons had no power systems, runes, or magic, they were just ordinary weapons.

There was also a wooden cart with various shields hanging on it, including heavy tactical shields that could provide protection for the entire person, as well as light and flexible small round shields, but there was no armor.

Because for the gladiators on both sides who are about to participate in the fight, ordinary rattan armor or even iron armor is nothing more than a layer of paper or paper folded in half. Even if they are provided with armor, they probably will not consider it as long as it is not power armor.

Soon the venue was set up, and the announcer said to Freya, "My lady, please allow me to introduce to you the gladiators and procedures for this fight."

Although these Space Marines who were about to participate in the gladiatorial combat were all captured by Freya, Freya had no interest in personally formulating the process and methods of the gladiatorial combat. Instead, she directly handed the captured Space Marines over to the manager of the arena.

After receiving Freya's approval, the announcer continued, "There are two teams of gladiators participating in this fight. One is composed of twelve warriors from the Burning Scratches Warband, and the other is composed of twelve warriors from the Thunderbolt Warband."

By using the two terms "Warband" and "Chapter", Howard was able to distinguish which side was the Chaos side and which was the Empire side. As for the number of twelve people... the number of Space Marines captured by Freya's demons could not be exactly this number. The twelve people participating in the gladiatorial contest were probably those selected by the arena manager.

As for what will happen to those Star Warriors who were not selected, Howard doesn't want to think about it.

After introducing the origins and number of gladiators, the announcer began to explain the further procedures of the competition: "The two teams of gladiators will be divided into two groups, each with six people. They will fight in individual combat and in group combat respectively. The first one will be the individual combat."

Announcer: "In a single-player fight, neither fighter may enter the arena without weapons or armor. However, they may choose from the weapons and armor we have prepared. Then, the fight begins. The fight is a duel to the death. Only when one fighter dies can they be replaced. When all gladiators on one side are dead, the other side is declared victorious."

After explaining the individual fights, the announcer observed Freya's expression. After confirming that the demon didn't look displeased, he continued with the group fights:

"There are no restrictions on group duels. The winner of a single-player duel will also be included in the group duel. Therefore, a group duel will not be a fair contest in terms of numbers, but it is also a reward for the victor. In a group duel, gladiators from both teams are allowed to wear their original armor, but are not allowed to use power weapons. This continues until one team is completely defeated."

Finally, the announcer added, "In addition to these regular contents, we have also prepared some extra surprises. We hope you will like them."

After introducing the gladiators and the proceedings, the announcer bowed to Freya again: "Madam."

After listening to the introduction, Freya sat up straighter. She took off her gloves and threw them into the arena. Her voice was lazy:

"Very good, then let the show begin."