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"Then you'd better win big from the Colosseum!"
"I'll try my best, I'll try my best."
Latis scratched his head, took Jennifer's hand, and led the team into the midday rest and entertainment area. They stopped by the door and looked around at the interior.
In the pale, circular hall, a long, seemingly endless row of shelves lined the outer wall, displaying all sorts of food and toys. In the center of the hall, there were arrangements such as a pool table, bar, beanbags, and targets specially made for monsters. Many monsters were buying food from the shelves and then enjoying it as they headed to the bar or the mini-game area.
"It's so lively."
The girls couldn't help but look curiously into the interior of the hall.
"Fortunately, it's not too crowded. If it were as crowded as the Moss Tribe, it would be a disaster." Latis breathed a sigh of relief and laughed. "After all, it occupies the entire lower level of the audience seating area. I estimate that the diameter of this circular hall is several hundred meters."
He walked across the spacious hall to the shelves, looked at the goods displayed there, and muttered to himself:
"Fried cockroaches, roasted rat meat, what the heck? Snake eggs, frog tongues, centipede legs, fish eyes... Sounds like medicinal herbs, can these things be eaten?"
Latis glanced back at the girls who looked troubled, laughed, shook his head, and continued browsing down the shelves.
"The bulb plant juice seems drinkable, so I'll take it."
"Roasted porcupine meat? Holy crap, they actually have normal food! I'll take it!"
"Raw cuttlefish slices... Can this be eaten raw? Let's try it."
"Premium rice grass, is this for herbivorous monsters? Next one... wait, my spirit ability seems to be telling me it's mainly starch, uh... can it be a staple food? Let's give it a try."
"Sigh, looking at it this way, it seems my cooking skills are still the most reliable. At least the things I make are all edible..."
……
A dozen minutes later, Latis and the others found an empty bar table and sat together, placing the food they had found on the table.
"The total cost was over nine hundred Girona coins... It really is expensive." Latis calculated the expenses, then looked at the girls who were hesitantly tasting their food, and couldn't help but laugh, saying:
"Eat without worry, it won't kill you, I can bring you back to life."
"I wasn't comforted at all!" Geeta muttered, glancing at the sticky teriyaki spider legs in the plate in front of her. After a moment of contemplation, she enveloped them in a ball of dark power, then closed her eyes and swallowed them whole.
"Not bad, he's starting to look like the Dark Knight."
Holnett nodded at Gita, picked up a small, still-wriggling black fish, put it in his mouth, and began to chew calmly.
"...So the darkness in 'Dark Knight' is the darkness of 'dark cuisine'?" Latis couldn't resist making a sarcastic remark upon seeing this. He sighed, looked at the other girls slowly eating, thought for a moment, and said:
"If I still have enough lucky coins after tonight, I can buy some fresh large pieces of meat, and then I'll take out the pot and cook a meal for everyone."
"Huh?" The girls were all taken aback for a moment, then cheered, "Yay!"
"So excited? You guys have great taste."
Latis nodded in satisfaction, chewed on the straw like a cow for a while, and suddenly his eyes swept over a familiar figure. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Zote, who was striding confidently through the shelves, seemingly looking for something to buy.
"Looks like it's already paid its admission fee and come out..."
Latis chewed on some grass and muttered something to himself. He greeted the girls, then stood up, intending to say something to Zote.
However, before he had taken more than a few steps, he saw a chubby figure in front of him; it turned out to be Manager Rat.
Manager Rat smiled and stopped Latis, asking:
"Distinguished guest, how was your morning? Your team seemed to be making great strides this morning, and we'll soon be able to complete the five matches we agreed on and get the information you want."
"Yes, the atmosphere at the game this morning was also very good."
Latis stopped and gave the Rat Manager a perfunctory answer, then suddenly, as if he had thought of something, raised an eyebrow and asked:
"Speaking of which, I saw a very strange challenger in the morning's match. He was clearly very weak, yet he unexpectedly defeated a powerful opponent..."
"Oh, the challenger you're talking about is Zote, right?"
Manager Rat, unaware that Latis and Zote knew each other, assumed he was just curious and narrowed his eyes mysteriously, saying:
"That's a secret plan in our schedule for today's match. Just wait and see what happens in tonight's championship game."
Chapter 446 Afternoon Match Schedule Begins!
"Want to watch the show?"
Latis watched the Rat Manager's departing figure, pondered for a moment, shook his head, sat back down, and muttered to himself while chewing on grass:
"This smells far too obviously of a conspiracy..."
During the brief conversation with Manager Rat, Zote had already disappeared, so Latis didn't bother looking for him anymore and decided to spend the lunch break with the girls first.
"Speaking of which, I've been feeling a bit unwell lately. Do you guys feel the same way?" Snyder finished his sashimi with a bitter expression, turned to look at his two peers, and said:
"It's a feeling of coldness all over the body..."
"You must have an upset stomach." Geeta swallowed the rice porridge in her mouth without changing her expression, wiped her mouth and said, "I felt the same way when I first ate coarse rice porridge in the Holy City. I thought I was going to die."
"I remember it too."
Leafa couldn't help but laugh, nudging Geeta with her elbow and saying, "That day you said you'd rather starve to death or jump off a cliff than eat a single bite of this shoddy food..."
"Stop, stop talking!" Geeta angrily tore off the straw in her hand, crumpled it into a ball, and forced it into Leafa's mouth, then muttered, "I was still young and didn't know any better back then..."
“…Yeah, right~” Leafa finished chewing the grass jelly, winked at Geeta, suppressed a laugh, gave a thumbs up, and said, “It’s delicious!”
"Ugh!"
Geeta immediately clutched her head and let out a mournful cry, then punched Leafa's thigh hard, complaining:
"You're so annoying! You must have learned bad habits from your master. You used to be so well-behaved!"
"Huh? Is there something I need to do?"
Jennifer, who had been watching with great interest, was suddenly stunned, pointed at her own face, and shouted angrily:
"I'm innocent! I'm such a proper person. Leafa must be naturally mischievous and naughty, and now she can't hide it anymore, that's why she's like this!"
Leafa stuck out her tongue innocently, not refuting her master's words, but simply lowered her head with a smile and stuffed another clump of rice cake into her mouth.
"See, she's already tacitly agreeing," Jennifer said with a snort. "If you ask me, you kids are clearly all naughty..."
Latis listened to the girls' noisy conversation and couldn't help but smile. He watched for a while, then noticed Snyder's slightly pale face. His brow furrowed, and he sat down beside her, asking in a low voice:
"Snyder, are you really feeling unwell?"
“Um, sir…” Snyder’s face tightened slightly, concealing his earlier discomfort, and after a moment of hesitation, he said, “I can’t really explain it…”
"Wait a minute."
Latis also noticed something strange. After thinking for a moment, he activated the Dream Nail's ability and carefully observed the girls for a while. Sure enough, he found a faint, almost imperceptible halo around them. However, it seemed that because there was still light power within them, it had not yet invaded their bodies.
"Could it be..." He frowned, recalling that the monsters he had fought with Zote before had all fainted instantly because their internal auras had been activated. Could it be that the challengers who fought here had all been injected with the power of those divine kingdoms?
Considering the sight of a halo entering Zote's body during his battle, this must be the answer.
However, Zote didn't seem to be affected by those halos... Could it be because of its constitution related to the container? That seems quite possible.
As for Snyder, it was probably because of her strong aptitude for the power of light that she was able to feel this slight discomfort.
Latis stroked his chin, picked up the Dream Nail, and waved it lightly at the girls, taking away the aura surrounding them.
Sure enough, Snyder's expression softened considerably. She opened her soft hands in surprise to examine them, then glanced at Latis, who was arranging the Dream Nails beside her. She instantly guessed what was happening, gently tugged at Latis's sleeve, and whispered:
"Thank you, sir."
"It's alright, but I'll probably have to deal with this issue for you guys from time to time during the afternoon's match."
Latis glanced at Leafa and Geeta, who were completely bewildered, and patted Snyder on the head with a smile. Although he still wanted to tell her not to use the title "Master" anymore, he had gotten used to it, and since there was no real difference in their social status, he didn't bother to correct Snyder's way of addressing her.
"Anyway, that's about it for lunch break." He looked at everyone who had finished their lunch, clapped his hands, and said, "Good luck in the afternoon's match."
The girls exchanged glances and then broke into positive smiles.
"Good~"
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"The afternoon's match is about to start, let's conserve our energy first, then wipe them out completely..."
Zote yawned as he returned to his waiting area. He glanced at the open animal cages, shrugged dismissively, walked to a nearby bench, and collapsed onto it with a thud.
Its simple mind flashed quickly through the morning's events and that evil human, then gradually went blank.
"zzz..."
Zuo Te opened his mouth wide and let out a snoring sound like a pig.
Suddenly, it felt like it was having a dream.
Before the dream began, it heard some familiar voices, and someone responded majestically to the deafening cheers. Although the voices were nothing like its own, Zote still felt that only it possessed such supreme majesty in the world.
It was born with a certain mission; the world needs it, and it must travel throughout the earth to serve as a vessel for what the gods have lost…
Wait, what container?
Zuo Te subconsciously wiped his mouth, turned over, and the word he couldn't understand instantly passed through his mind.
The dream's scenes flowed swiftly like a river, and a few seconds later, it stopped at the scene of its victory.
Zote glanced around at the cheering monsters in the audience, held the trophy in his hand, and proudly raised his chin.
A true man is born between heaven and earth; how can he remain subservient to others for long! He is a role model for everyone! A true man should be like this!
However, it soon got a little bored because the audience kept repeating things like "powerful Zote," "long live the champion," and "Zote is invincible." After listening carefully for so long, there wasn't even a single cheer praising its tenacious qualities and unparalleled beauty.
Zuo Te frowned, glanced around, and wondered why the audience wouldn't shut up. It knew it was invincible, but the audience's flattery was too forced, and it didn't like it.
It's a person of status now, so even if it enjoys praise from others, it has to be the kind of praise that's cultured and original. After all, how many people would like to praise it to its face but don't have the chance?
However, it seems that it doesn't know what to do after winning the championship, as if its life goal has ended just like that.
Just as Zote was playing with the trophy in its hand, lost in thought, its gaze suddenly fell upon a burly figure busy at work in its own waiting area not far away.
That is……
Zuo Te frowned slightly, and the person's information gradually surfaced in his mind.
Latis, a human from the surface world, is... its personal chef? However, he always seems to harbor ulterior motives, trying to poison it with his culinary culinary creations...
Zuo Te curled his lips into a sneer and let out a cold snort.