Colosseum

The **Dark Moon Arena** or **Colosseum** is one of the largest buildings in the city. It is where Mozu from around the Demon Realm congregate to compete in life-death gladiator-style matches of strength and gore in front of large city audiences. Audience members can gamble and make bets over who wins and loses.

## History

It was quite famous four hundred years ago. The Beelzebub Royal Family who had disappeared from the historical stage at that time appeared in the Dark Moon City. They controlled the Dark Moon Estate, and they attempted to conquer the Red Spirit Estate and threaten the capital city. Lord of Midnight Sun heard the news and came to fight against the Beelzebub royal family in this arena. He heavily injured the opponent eventually. No one heard of the man ever since.

The arena was a great source of income and one of the landmarks of Dark Moon City. Thirty years ago, the lord of Dark Moon Grimm, also Shea's father, lost to Joseph's father, Red Spirit Lord Josh in a Sky Battle. It was a deep disgrace. She could not believe that it would return to her hands so quickly.

After defeating Arux, Agulie (Chen) becomes the new owner of the Coliseum.

## Description

Didi said, "The coliseum has several battles every day. One can gamble on who wins or loses. I heard that the arena was the most lively place in the Dark Moon, and the stadium was full almost every battle. However, it's rather quiet now. Unless there are big matches like the previous Masters Challenge and Sky Battle, the usual audience is less than 30% of the arena." Chen Rui had been to the arena twice, so he knew that the arena was really big. If it was full, it could accommodate tens of thousands of people. Even if it was less than 30%, there were still more than a thousand people.

The manager of the arena was one of the Three scythes of Joseph: Arux. Anyone with strength and confidence could sign up. The winner of the battle would receive a sizable amount of reward and the loser could also get a meager reward. Yet, this kind of battle was quite dangerous as it risked life, and deaths were reported almost every day.

## Participating

Most of the people who participated in the battle were all desperate demon. The people who provoked them definitely wouldn't end well. One of them immediately said, "If you want to sign up, just walk straight and turn left to the house upstairs."

Chen Rui nodded, walked straight and found the house that the centaur mentioned. This house was a lobby that was huge and had a rather grand furnishings. There was a desk blocking the entrance, and a lich was sitting at the table.

"Is the arena registration here?"

The lich pointed to the wooden sign at the entrance lazily. Chen Rui took a look and everything was clearly written on the sign. The arena battle was divided into three levels, the low-level, intermediate-level and high-level; the higher the level, the higher the prize. Winning streak prize would also increase accordingly the streaks. According to the rules, there was also the difference between empty-handed and weapon. At the bottom, it particularly stated: At Your Own Risk.

The lich waited for Chen Rui to finish reading and said, "If you confirm to participate, give me your name and strength level. Generally, you will be arranged to a match within three days. You can go to the bulletin board outside the arena to see your match number. If you lied about your strength or ran away cowardly, you will be severely punished by Sir Arux."

## Story

### Registration

Chen registers at the Coliseum under the alias Agulie and rank intermediate demon. The battle starts in 3 days. Chen is given ticket #64.

"Aguile... I seem to have heard it before." The lich Keaton (Qidun) tried to recall, but he couldn't remember anything. He gave an iron plate to Chen Rui, "It doesn't matter what you're called. Unless you can survive more than three battles, otherwise your name is pointless. No one will remember what a corpse is called. In the future, you are No. 64. Remember to look at the bulletin board outside the arena. The battle usually sends notices two days before, and it starts at night, so don't miss the time."

As Chen Rui took over the sign of No. 64 his eyes unintentionally saw a flourescent statue made of Fluorescent Stone.

At this moment, an imp ran in and said Lance's opponent No. 52 had gone missing. Arux was hunting 52 down. Keaton then said, "No. 64, your chance is here. Coincidentally, one of the matches lacks one person. If you win, you can get double the prize!"

Chen Rui pointed to the hall and said, "I don't want double the prize; I want that."

Chen pointed to the fluorescent statue.

When Keaton was about to speak, a strange voice sounded from behind, "Okay! As long as you can win against the bloody hand, Lance!"

A burly figure had appeared in the room instantly with a bloody head in his hand. That man threw the head toward the imp, "Hang this out and warn those who still dare to flee next time."

That head belonged to No. 52 who tried to escape. As Keithahn said, Arux never let anyone live. The imp picked up the head nervously and stepped down. Keithahn immediately wiped the blood on the ground swiftly.

"If you dare to sign up for the fighting battle, you must have an understanding of death." Arux was a fiercely looking great demon exuding an unconcealed spirit. His voice was also very strange, as if it was gold and iron hitting, "I despise those cowards the most!"

"Secretive guy, if you want the sculpture, exchange it with Lance's head! If you don't dare, get out of the arena now!" The Great Demon's sharp eyes fell on Chen Rui's face, but Chen Rui wore a metal mask just in case for the negotiation today.

Chen Rui thought quickly and finally made up his mind, "When does it start?"

Seeing the cloaked man wasn't scared, Arux nodded in satisfaction, "Right now!"

### Press release

Yesterday evening, a shocking event happened at the Coliseum. No. 64, Aguile defeated Reka and publicly exposed the ugly act of cheating between Sheriff Alan and Balrog Reka. As a result, Reka was killed by Arux, the arena's owner. Arux then announced the astonishing news that after a month, Aguile would directly challenge Arux him.

However, this was only the beginning of the shocking news. When Aguile left the arena, he was attacked by Alan. He was chased by the Karon Family's Higher Demon, Mikas. At that time, the financial officer Joseph Alvin's subordinate, Royce bumped into them. As Royce's good friend Arux publicly announced the challenge after a month, Royce prevented Mikas from killing Aguile.

No one expected Mikas would use his flame to poison Royce when he wasn't paying attention. At that time, Aguile had taken the opportunity to escape. Mikas failed to catch up to Aguile, so he took his anger out on Royce's magic store. He destroyed the magic store and stole everything. Royce, who was furious, couldn't bother about the poison. Royce chased Mikas all the way to the outside of the city and killed Mikas. Also, previously when Mikas was passing the city gate, he passed the space bracelet with all the treasures robbed from the magic store to Alan through Ganke. This could be proven by all the guarding soldiers.

Royce who was poisoned went to Arux. They carried Mikas' corpse and fought their way to Alan's mansion, injuring many people. Even the most powerful Higher Demon, Sarado (萨拉多) of the Karon Family was alarmed. Sarado and Arux battled fiercely and both were heavily damaged eventually. Royce and Arux returned to the arena to recover while Sarado retrieved Mikas' body. Now, their relationship was extremely tense.

When Mikas was destroying the magic store last night, if it wasn't for Royce's timely arrival, Grougis in the store would have almost been killed.

The two biggest forces in the city were at daggers drawn, and it might even escalate to war at any time. As the lord of Dark Moon, Princess Royal, Shea naturally couldn't sit idle and not do anything. She specifically made Gauss mediate, and she warned them not to fight on a large-scale in the city.

In fact, the happiest party was the one that tried to mediate. When the despicable Old Gauss tried to "mediate", he also appropriately used certain wordings that, on the surface, was to limit the two parties, but in reality, it was to instigate quietly.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 18
2. ↑ Chapter 140
3. ↑ Chapter 137
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Chapter 45
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Chapter 46
6. ↑ Chapter 46 (Steambun)
7. ↑ (See Chapter 72) Of course, in reality, Agulie killed Mikas. But as part of Chen and Royce's plot, they spread a rumor that it was Royce who killed Mikas.
8. ↑ (Chapter 72 spoiler) This was actually Chen using Camouflage to look like Mikas.
9. ↑ Joseph's family and Alan's family
10. ↑ Chapter 71 (Steambun)