Chapter 12 Narpan

"Orius?"

This is another new term. Luca knew that this was a pardon of a group of slaves by the Roman Emperor Caracalla nearly two hundred years ago. These freed slaves had no surnames, so most of them used Orius as their surname. This also made this surname discriminated against for a time, because everyone knew that if someone had this surname, their ancestors must have been slaves, and such a status would immediately be inferior to others. Luca was also surprised to find that not only the Bella couple knew him, but many people in the village also knew him, but no one told him where his biological parents were. So there is no doubt that Luca is an orphan in this world. And he joined the army because he was really desperate and had no way to support himself without eating military pay. Otherwise, who would be bored and compete with tall and strong Germans like Andrew for jobs.

"I don't know. Someone else told me." Andrew shrugged. It was not difficult to tell from his expression that he did not look down on Luca's surname at all. "Besides, my surname is Orius. There's nothing wrong with that." Following him all the way north, walking through the winding dirt road, they did not expect that the fishing village here was actually connected to the town. Strictly speaking, it was located outside the town's city wall. The two of them arrived early in the morning. The city gate had just been opened. There were three soldiers standing guard outside the gate, wearing brown leather armor and barbarian Roman bronze helmets. The soldiers on both sides looked like they had not woken up yet, and were dozing off under the lights on the city gate.

"It seems that the defense is not that tight. If we go in, there should be no need to explain too much!" Luca and Andrew looked at the armor and the legion flag in their hands, and their confidence instantly exploded. How could they, as regular legion soldiers, take these gatekeepers seriously? Thinking of this, they strode towards the city gate.

What puzzled them was that the soldiers in charge of defense became alert as soon as they saw them. They immediately formed a human wall to block the way of Luca and Andrew. The leader shouted loudly, but when they looked closely, they saw that the armor and helmets on the two of them were standard equipment of the Imperial Field Army, and Andrew, the leader, was carrying a very conspicuous legion flag.

"Speak of your intentions, stranger!"

The leading guard at the city gate pointed at the two of them and questioned loudly.

"I'm Andrew, a soldier from the 5th Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Regiment of the 7th Gemina Legion." Then Andrew pointed at Luca and said, "This is Orius Luca, a soldier from the 1st Regiment. He was injured in the head during the battle and his brain isn't working very well."

"Whose brain is not working well? You are the one who is not working well. Your whole family is not working well!"

Although Luga cursed in his heart, he dared not say it out loud. In order to be able to follow Andrew back to this unfamiliar army, Luga tried his best to keep smiling, but in his heart he still greeted Andrew unceremoniously, starting with his grandfather's grandfather.

"Gemina Corps?"

The soldier defending the city repeated the story and then asked, "Didn't the Gemina Legion fall to the siege of the Goths half a month ago?"

Andrew seemed to have known that the guard would say that, so he waved his hand and put the legion flag almost in front of the soldier's face, and said sternly: "Come and check whether this is the genuine flag of the Gemina Legion."

The soldier took a closer look. It was said that if the flag was a high-quality imitation, it could be mistaken for the real thing, but the badge made of real gold would definitely not be mixed with any water. The soldier's eyes changed quickly. It seemed that he knew what was good. Seeing the flag of this legion, he did not dare to neglect it. This was the legion that saved their lives. Anyone would at least think about it before making a judgment.

"This still doesn't prove your identity."

Perhaps for safety reasons, or to deliberately delay time, the soldiers guarding the city still shook their heads when they saw the military flag. After a brief discussion, they decided not to allow us to enter.

"Then how can we prove it?" Andrew was a little unhappy, wondering why these bastards who had never been far away and had never seen the world were deliberately blocking him.

"Unless your legion's highest commander comes forward to prove it." The leading soldier stretched out his hand and asked Andrew for it.

"prove?"

Andrew, a German who always insisted on his own opinion, became angry when he heard that his legion commander was asked to step in. He grabbed the soldier's leather shoulder guard and used such great strength that he lifted the soldier up against the wall.

"Invasion! Invasion!"

The remaining two soldiers shouted to the soldiers on the city gate to sound the alarm. For the Narbang City that had just escaped from danger, every soldier's tense nerves had not relaxed much at this time. The alarm bell on the city gate rang, and people on the city wall surged. In the blink of an eye, dozens of arrows on the city wall were aimed at Luga and Andrew. Because Andrew was in the city gate, their archers could not reach him, so they aimed at the confused Luga.

"Hey, hey, hey, let's talk it out, let's talk it out!" Luca saw that the situation was not good, and quickly stretched out his hand to apologize to the archers on the city wall. This was not a joke.

Even in a group fight, Luga had never seen such a large battle. He was so scared that he forgot he had a shield. In order to let the archers realize that he had surrendered and was no longer a threat, he quickly threw the iron sword on his waist and the large shield in his left hand to the ground and raised his hands high to show them that he had surrendered. He didn't know if they could understand his gesture of surrender, but the archers did not loosen their taut bowstrings. It seemed that this trick was not very effective.

Andrew was tough. He was so angry that he didn't care about anything. The two guards behind him were holding iron swords, and the big man had his back to them. They didn't dare to take a step forward, but just kept a safe distance and yelled at Andrew to let go of their companions. The poor guy who was caught had his feet off the ground and his face was red in the air.

"I followed the legion commander Littorio to save you. Littorio brought you the food you were thirsty for. For you! There are only two of us left in the Gemina Legion. Now you want Littorio to prove it? Then I'll have to send you to heaven to see him!" Andrew became more and more excited. He drew his sword and put it on the man's neck, scaring the two people behind him to scream. The soldiers' exclamations stimulated the archers all the time.

"Hey, Andrew, restrain yourself. I, I seem to be in some trouble."

Luga panicked when he saw this scene, and hurriedly shouted at him to try to stop him and tell him not to act on impulse. But it cannot be said that Luga was not calm and had poor psychological quality. There were dozens of arrows pointing at me. If he made a move, Luga would instantly become a hedgehog.

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The situation now fell into a stalemate. They were afraid that Andrew would kill the guard guarding the city, so they kidnapped Luca with bows and arrows. Naturally, Andrew did not dare to act rashly.

"Please, I'm just a farmer, and the town is without guards. Please, I don't want to die!"

The guy pressed against the wall was so scared that he was crying and couldn't speak clearly. This seemingly weak sentence was a bolt from the blue for Luca. The gatekeepers were all new, so Luca, the archer on the wall, raised his head and swallowed his saliva, looking at the trembling hands holding the bows. The arrows on the bows could end with just a tremble of the hands. The more he thought about it, the more guilty he felt. At this time, he just wanted to pee. I wonder if they will forgive him for being scared to pee his pants? Luca really wanted to try it, but he didn't know if it would work.

"Who is making such a fuss here?"

A roar came from the city gate. Luca looked down and saw a tall and strong man (just a little shorter than Andrew) with a wolfskin on his shoulders, who looked like an officer. Behind him was a whole hundred-man team of soldiers. He had money in hand, and he walked with his head held high. This was my first impression of this officer.

Sorry, I was drunk yesterday, so I didn't update.

(End of this chapter)