Miri and Norn descend a different staircase than the spiral staircase that came climbing with Gorza. It doesn't go through the ground floor, and it looks like it's going underground.
Gorza's expression didn't seem as dark as Norn thought.
504 black medals, 50.4 million senses. 30-50 times in Norn's life, even though it's just an amount of money to live without work.
When Norn asks Milli about it somewhat,
"That's a kind of show. Gorza, the strongest protégé, and the average person who was lucky enough to make rough money on the ground floor... You could have won or lost. Honestly, losing 5.4 million sence is no big deal for this casino."
"... Huh?
"Norn, didn't you notice? There was someone upstairs with a silver medal and a gold medal. Probably, but can you tell by the ten black medals in silver and a hundred black medals in gold?
Norn heard it and didn't know what it was about at first, but soon he realized his face turned bright blue.
A hundred black medals, or 10 million senses, is a medal that some people in the VIP area can come up with.
To a world too different from his own, Norn was surprised, as well as taking it for granted that the VIP area and the general area were separated.
"The strongest Doctor... that's what they used to call me, but now I'm the owner of a shitty casino. In fact, this is how I still lost to you."
"Oh? I told you earlier. I (...) lost. Well, I'll take about 90% of Norn's medals."
"Eh."
Norn raised a voice that could also be taken as a protest... but it shrank when Mimi stares at him.
Norn didn't think it would all be his thing from the start either, but he thought he'd get at least 30% of it, divided into mountains.
And then the two of you came...
"... What is it, here"
Dim large room. Out of nowhere in the center, the stage was illuminated with an atmosphere reminiscent of the Guild's arena.
"It's an underground arena. Let humans and demons, sometimes humans, fight each other, bet money. Well, it's like a bad hobby show."
"... oh, no. I don't care if something illegal is done."
"You forgot? This is a state-run casino."
That means this show is a national tattoo.
"And it's not Gorza's fault either. Because this place has been happening at least before me or Norn, yeah, Gorza was born. Someone who can no longer repay the debt he made at the casino and has become a slave. An adventurer looking for a thousand bucks. A lot of people fight here."
"... some of the VIP passengers should know about this place."
Gorza shrugged like trouble.
"Don't worry about it. Because the way I found out about this place is special. There are no rumors out there."
"To be taught how and what to do..."
"Secret."
"Yes, sir."
Norn watched Gorza bow his head respectfully, but the cheer boiled in the setting.
When I looked at the arena, I set up an iron sword there - but I just set it up, and there was a man surrounded by four goblins who didn't seem used to the battle. I was just in the blind spot earlier, so I couldn't see it from Norn's position.
"You're betting on how many goblins you can take down. ○ 2.1 times, one 2.4 times...... Phew, that means most of the time, you die before you defeat all the goblins"
"Death...... no"
"Norn, you see that man's black slave collar. That's a criminal slave collar with a capital offense. I have no sympathy."
"Yes. He did the theft in the noble mansion of the King's capital and was convicted of death by trial. And I picked it up. If we can win ten times in a row here, we will be granted amnesty. This is WWII, but I injured my leg in WWI, so that's probably it."
"By the way, who survived the Ten Wars and was spared from death?
Gorza won't answer Milli's question. That is the answer.
Death is only death. Still, they fight to the end with the hope that only they will help. And the moment that hope turns into despair - they're feeding.
Now a goblin stick hit the man in the back directly. Slash and kill one goblin like a fallen one, but no longer.
Rarely struck by the three remaining goblins, blood splashes over the stage. And the goblins began to eat their arms, their feet, pulling off their necks, and tumbling away. Goblins don't eat together. Because goblin meat doesn't taste good. And they don't even have the concept of burial together. They don't even look at the carcass of the fellow they fought with until earlier, and they kept eating the man's bones, but fully-equipped adventure-style men come and drive the goblins towards the cage. I turned to the adventurer only for a moment to kill him, but he is driven into the cage because of the demon-sheltering incense the men put on. Not to feed the body to the end, at least to mourn the remains, etc. I guess it's because the goblins have to be kept hungry at all times. They are constantly starving, letting death and neighborhood. To make you fight humans.
"... terrible"
Norn groans pompously.
Her sensibility was Matomo, Miri thought.
At least, an aristocratic man smiling at people getting killed. An aristocratic woman who, while slightly turning away from her face, is actually smiling and watching that battle.
They don't see people as people. Nobility is nobility by birth. Royalty is royalty by birth. Because they've been planted that way, they really believe that they are a different life than any other human being.
The remains of the man were retrieved by the officials, and a man in a tuxedo used the magic of life, Purification "Clean," to wash the stage away. After the blood, it disappears clean.
"... Milli, why did we come here"
"Looking for someone a little... right. I wonder if being out in the audience means being an athlete after all. Mr. Gorza, who and who might be next?
"Right, I'm coming out now."
Gorza pointed to the arena.
One is hooded and can't see his face. but it seems like a woman because of her body thinness.
And another naked giant man appeared in his upper body. The weapon is axed and a black slave collar is worn around his neck. He's a criminal slave who's been sentenced to death.
"........................... ah"
It was not any other Norn who looked at the man and raised his voice.
The face is blue with fear as is the color of the hair, with small feet and trembling with fear.
"Norn, do you know him?
To Milli's question, she nodded small.
Gorza explains whether Norn thought he couldn't answer for a while.
"He is a man who was a bandit. The occupation is banditry. A certain adventurer captured me and told me I was guilty of death. He had his leg tendon cut off and couldn't move, but he was treated by a magician, and he's fighting here. We are currently winning eight, and if we win two more, we will be granted amnesty."
"And he's the leader of the bandits who grabbed me before."
"... So you're talking about the bandit you knocked down?
Miri looked at Norn and waited for his reply, seeing the bandit man again.
Think of your own brother fighting that bandit - ahead of that imagination there was a brother who would be bummed out.
Miri has always been with Ichiko, so he knows how strong he is. Sometimes it jumped beneath the guys who were scuffling with justice, and vice versa. Miri showed Hell to the men who were scabbing.
"... well fine. It's that woman I'm running errands with."
A woman who was relative to a bandit man removed her hood and exposed her face.
A young woman with white skin and brown hair.
"Oz, she's 1.2 times, the guy's 8 times... you decide here already"
Miri told him to look at the odds table and whine.
"Yeah, I'm sure of her arm. We're already closed for voting."
"... I see."
If it had been before the voting deadline, Miri would have staked all her wealth on her.
That was all, the difference in strength between the two in front of me was historical.
"Are you that strong?
Norn looked at the name written on the odds vote and asked.
"Well, the woman named Mr. Cannon..."
The answer to that question will be told along with the signal to start the match.
Demon Swordsman Kanon.
Miri doesn't know, but her prowess, which is both related to Ichitsu, was about to be revealed.