Rome Must Fall Chapter 5: Act as a guide

"You traitor, you actually have the nerve to stand up!" Cross immediately rushed over, grabbed his chest, and raised his big fists. His scarred face had a pair of wolf-like eyes. His eyes shot out a biting and fierce light, and he said viciously: "You have killed so many of our brothers, and now-"

"Okay, Cross, now is not the time for internal strife, we need Maximus' help!" Sure enough, Spartacus quickly stepped forward to stop him.

"Bah!" Cross spit out a thick mouthful of phlegm on Maximus's face, and then he was reluctantly separated by Spartacus.

Maximus stretched out his hand to wipe the phlegm from his face, and felt temporarily relieved: If Spartacus hadn't taken action in time, he was really afraid that Cross would beat him to death, because in the memory of the original owner, this guy Although he is the second gladiator in the school, his opponents are either killed or seriously injured in the competitions he participates in. Even his daily training often causes injuries to his companions. This is a dangerous man who regards human life as nothing.

Even though Cross had let go of his hand, his sharp gaze was still fixed on Maximus, like a sharp knife that pierced Maximus' heart and made him regret that he should not have stood up. .

"Maximus, are you really familiar with the roads here?!" Spartacus asked extremely seriously.

Maximus calmed down and said confidently: "I grew up in Capua, and I can find the way here with my eyes closed! With me leading the way, we can leave here soon, but ——"

Maximus paused for a moment and said with a hint of showoff: "Our current location is in the south of the city. There are two avenues going south from the city of Capua. One is Appia Avenue, which leads to the southeast. Toward the Samnite Mountains; the other is the Via Agna, which faces south and crosses the entire Campania plain. Which one should we take?"

South of Rome, Capua is one of the few large cities that is crossed by two Roman roads. It is an important transportation hub, so it not only has developed agriculture, but also has prosperous commerce.

"We should go to the mountainous area, which is easier for us to hide." Altonix suggested from the side.

"It's getting dark. It's not safe to go to the mountains at this time, and the Samnites are not easy to deal with. We should go south." Although the incident happened suddenly and the riot was a bit hasty, Spartacus He had a plan in his mind, but he didn't intend to reveal it at this moment, so he found another reason.

However, everyone understands what they heard. Not far east of Capua is the Samnite Mountains. The Samnite mountain people are poor and fierce, and they are a major source of Octolatus. (the name given to those Roman citizens who volunteered to become gladiators). Although they did not have a gladiator school, they had encountered them frequently as opponents in the arena, and their strength should not be underestimated, so no one said anything. be opposed to.

On the contrary, Maximus boldly suggested based on the memory of the original owner: "Let's go south from Ania Avenue. There is a Flora Temple (Buddha) on the side of the avenue about seven or eight miles away from Capua. Lola, an Italian goddess who protects lush vegetation), when it gets dark, we can go to the temple to rest."

"We'll talk about it then." Spartacus was noncommittal.

Maximus turned and walked towards the end of the team. The gladiators looked at him a little strangely, which showed that Collins's curse just now had an effect.

Cross had a dark face, holding a dagger, and followed Maximus closely, obviously to monitor him and prevent him from deliberately leading the wrong way.

Maximus was a little frightened, but when he saw Spartacus beside him, he calmed down again.

The team set off again. Although it was delayed for a while, the alleyways they passed were still empty. The nearby residents were aware of the anomalies in the Gladiator School, but no one dared to organize a team to stop these murderous monsters. On the contrary, They closed their doors and hid.

Under the leadership of Maximus, the gladiators quickly walked out of the maze-like neighborhood and stepped onto the Avenue of Ania. Many people breathed a sigh of relief. The wide and solid road made the entire team move faster. Speed ​​it up.

Maximus looked around while running. Although he had the memory of the original owner, he couldn't help but sigh when he personally experienced this famous Roman avenue: the flat and solid stone pavement, with deep waterproofing on both sides Ditches, leafy street trees, soft dirt roads for people to walk on, and even simple chairs and stools for people to rest can be seen from time to time beside the sidewalk... This completely has all the elements of today's urban roads, and it was built a hundred years ago. It has been carefully maintained and is still running well today, which can give a glimpse of Rome's strength.

How could such a powerful country be defeated by just a bunch of gladiators! ... Maximus suddenly felt a strong uneasiness in his heart.

The sun has set in the western mountains, the afterglow gradually dissipates, and night is coming. Usually at this time, there are still some pedestrians on both sides of the avenue, but this gang of ferocious gladiators scared the pedestrians and hid far away. However, the vehicles driving on the avenue could not avoid the gladiators blocking the way. A donkey cart carrying flour was intercepted, and the gladiators cheered: "Finally, we can eat delicious bread!"

Gladiators train and compete every day and need to eat a lot of food. However, the school has to make money and it is impossible for them to eat well. Therefore, apart from occasionally killing beasts in gladiator competitions, they can eat some meat. , their main food is barley, which is cheap and unpalatable but high in calories. The quantity is sufficient, so the gladiators are nicknamed "barley people", but even this is much better than the poor people who are full and hungry. .

The gladiators were so happy that they spared the owner of the donkey cart.

Not long after, a large carriage came in front. The owner of the carriage realized that the situation was not good and quickly turned around.

Enomuyi ran over with several brothers and stopped him. Soon he shouted excitedly: "Spartacus, come on, there are a lot of weapons in the car!"

Spartacus refreshed himself and rushed towards the intercepted carriage with Cross and the others.

The carport was densely packed with daggers, long swords, spears, square shields, round shields, helmets, greaves, and even a few fishing nets ~IndoMTL.com~ but there was no breastplate, because these were all It's a gladiator's equipment.

Spartacus touched the cold shield and said excitedly to the gladiators: "Brothers, our actions have been blessed by Ares, and he has sent us weapons!"

The gladiators burst into cheers, and some even shouted: "With weapons, we have nothing to fear. We might as well go back and kill Batiatus!"

Someone immediately retorted: "Idiot, Batiatus has already fled into the city, there is no way we can catch him."

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Spartacus ignored their noise and turned around and said: "Hamilcar, count carefully, how many weapons are there?"

Before Hamilcar could respond, Maximus said first: "Let me count."

This was another opportunity to earn some performance. Seeing that Spartacus had no objection, Maximus jumped onto the carriage and started counting points seriously.

Spartacus walked up to the coachman, who quickly begged him for mercy. He asked in a deep voice: "Tell me, where did you send these gladiator equipment? Where do you want to send them? Go?"

"Send... to the arena in the city..." the coachman said in panic: "Because the day after tomorrow is the founding day of Capua... the chief executive is going to hold a large-scale gladiatorial competition to celebrate... for fear of not having enough weapons and equipment... ...So...so I was ordered to transport some from Naples..."

Spartacus and Cross looked at each other. In fact, the gladiator school they were in also received an invitation from the city lord's palace. It is said that the reward was quite generous. If there had not been this riot, there would have been many brothers. Will fall in the arena to satisfy the blood **** of the Capua audience.