Catastrophe Card King
Chapter 1730 - 525: Forty Thieves_3

Chapter 1730: Chapter 525: Forty Thieves_3

Compared to the bloodthirsty diet of Demon Beasts, human food is truly too delicious.

The aloof Miss Peacock turned into a foodie, munching on all the way.

Walking along, they came upon a massive cylindrical building complex, upheld by thousands of colossal Corinthian classical columns, constituting the entire theater.

This is the "Central Gladiator Arena" of Giant Spirit City.

Dragon Descendants delight in combat, and a Gladiator Arena is an essential structure in almost every city.

At the entrance of the Gladiator Arena, a huge banner was already up, advertising the "King of the Gladiators Challenge".

On the billboard, portraits of ten competing Gladiators were displayed.

Like an arrest warrant, it introduced the Gladiators’ backgrounds and track records.

All ten are Gladiators meticulously groomed by major Commerce Guilds and noble families, including invited experts; each one a veteran of countless battles.

There are Knight Generals, mercenaries, War Slaves, professional Fighters, masters of various fighting schools...

Leonard Churchill spotted Barre Shepherd’s portrait right away.

The description underneath revealed: founder of the Domineering Fist Sect, a Seventh-Order Qi Master, master of the Demon God Secret Skill "Gluttony", with a record of 93 wins, 7 draws, and 1 loss...

The details were very thorough.

Seeing the "93 wins" stat, Leonard Churchill knew Barre Shepherd had been through many fierce battles since his time in the Southern Continent.

Yet, how come he had seven draws and one loss?

Is there anyone of the Same Tier who could beat that old man?

The rest were even more impressive; just from glancing at the bios, they seemed as strong, if not stronger than Barre Shepherd, all with "100+" victory records, some draws, and very few defeats.

...

If one were to talk about true combat skills, few could match up to professional Gladiators.

Even Leonard Churchill felt an itch to try his hands at the competition after reading those introductions.

This was a rare experience indeed.

Leonard Churchill knew Barre Shepherd’s character well: to battle against the best was one of his aspirations.

Previously in the East Wilderness, it was the lack of worthy adversaries that led him to choose secluded intensive training.

Leonard Churchill planned to rescue people after this contest as well.

However, upon seeing the betting odds, Leonard Churchill suddenly realized there might be an unforeseen event in the Gladiator fight: "Heh heh, looks like the organizer is planning for an ’upset’..."

In a ten-people competition, normally the top three hot picks for champion would have odds between 2 to 6 times, while moderately favored contenders might have 10+ odds, and the weakest could have very attractive odds of several dozen times...

This ensures the betting companies don’t go bankrupt due to lopsided betting.

But in reality, any competition involving betting is bound to have under-the-table dealings.

Leonard Churchill was all too familiar with betting schemes.

Rigged refereeing, deliberate losses...

A clever bookie would even arrange the plot based on betting activity.

In this Extraordinary World without the internet and its information bottlenecks, Commerce Guilds thrive on such dirty tricks to fill their coffers.

This "King of the Gladiators Challenge" wasn’t a fight to the death, leaving too many manipulatable factors.

For example, this information was released by the organizers themselves, and the average person couldn’t verify it.

Looking at the odds for a few profiles of popular candidates for the championship, Leonard Churchill knew there might be some upsets if the odds were higher than usual.

And Barre Shepherd was one such dark horse, with high odds.

Sophia Jones also looked at the Gladiator profiles, guessing what Leonard Churchill was up to, and asked, "You want to place a bet?"

"Hmm."

Leonard Churchill smiled and nodded, "Of course I’m betting on Senior Barre Shepherd to win."

He finally realized how the "draws and losses" in the records came about. It’s likely that the organizers made it up, writing whatever they wished.

Being from the East Wilderness, Barre Shepherd was unknown in the Southern Continent, which made it the easiest to falsify his records without arousing suspicion.

But Leonard Churchill knew the true strength of Barre Shepherd.

No matter the dark horse, he believed Barre Shepherd could power through.

Sophia Jones smiled knowingly.

The earlier the bet, the more unknowns, and the higher the odds.

Leonard Churchill found it amusing and went to the betting window to purchase a bunch of tickets. As long as it was for Barre Shepherd to win, he chose the highest odds and bet to the maximum.

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