Chapter 143 Fall

"Maybe, or Marshal Aetius has forgotten you." I remained calm, trying to stay calm. Since I was wrong, I had to be completely wrong. Anyway, the Bagaudas outside surrounded this place tightly. If he had a second-hand plan, I would definitely be caught by them. They had a lot of questions to ask me, and I needed to do my best to deceive them after ensuring safety.

Maybe it's just so despicable. This was something I used to despise, but I wanted to be decent, and the result of being decent is to be abandoned and left behind. Instead of this, I might as well let him, let Aresio live in my lies.

"He may have really forgotten, or really intended to abandon me." A trace of disappointment flashed in Aresio's eyes, but he quickly raised his head and said in a self-deprecating tone: "It should be like that. I should have expected his character." As he said that, he straightened his loose white robe, stood up in a daze, and muttered: "It's time to go!"

"Walk?"

Listening to what Alessio said, I suddenly felt that if he was going to leave, then the problem was a bit serious. I saw him slowly stand up and nod to the soldiers on both sides of the wooden table.

"Governor! Governor!"

At this moment, a series of hurried footsteps were heard behind Aresio, and then a soldier was seen running out from the shadows. He should have run out from the dark stairs.

All of us turned our attention to the panicked soldier, who was breathing heavily and saying, "Bagunda, the Bagunda slaves are coming! They have broken through the city wall!"

"What about Fred and the guards outside?" Alessio asked. He looked naturally unhurried, but for me, this was a real emergency!

"The remaining guards have retreated outside the door. They are now in chaos. The Bagauda slaves are coming like a flood!" The soldiers were obviously at a loss as to what to do in the face of a powerful enemy, so they were waiting for their governor Aresio to give them directions.

The enemy really reached the door. I left my seat and walked to the tightly closed door of the Governor's Mansion. I leaned my ear against the door and listened carefully. Yes, the shouting and killing was very close and it was getting more and more intense. I was afraid that except for the soldiers who were passing on the orders at any time, no one else knew what kind of fighting was going on outside.

"The guards outside should be able to hold out for a while. Even if they are defeated, we still have this sturdy city gate. I think we have enough time!" Alessio said, and ordered a soldier beside him: "Call the scouts who are still upstairs. Let's set off."

There is indeed a secret passage! No wonder Aresio was so leisurely. He turned around and came to his ornately decorated bed, calling two guards to help him push the bed back. I rushed over with the other soldiers. Everyone was curious and wanted to see what mysterious thing was under Aresio's bed.

Sure enough, there was a movable wooden board under Aresio's ornately decorated bed. Aresio asked a soldier to bring a torch to light it up. He reached out and grabbed the dusty leather handle, muttering to himself, "I have been preparing for a long time, and today it finally comes in handy."

“Squeak!”

Aresio exerted force suddenly, and the movable wooden board was pulled open. In an instant, a very damp smell as if it had been concealed for a long time suddenly rushed towards him with a wave of air.

This is a dark cave, without any light at all. Looking through the already dim hall, basically nothing can be seen inside.

The tool used to go down was a long wooden ladder. Maybe it had been a long time, and no one knew whether the ladder was still as strong as it was back then.

"Go down first. Everyone should bring a torch."

Alessio gave the order, and soon several soldiers who volunteered climbed down the ladder holding torches. They were there to clear the way, and also to test whether the ladder was solid or not. No one knew what would happen to them.

The first one held a torch in one hand, and with the help of everyone, he stepped on the ladder little by little. The first step made the ladder creak and creak, and his whole body tensed up immediately. Then he stepped on the second step and slowly climbed down. He climbed down little by little amid the creaking sound of the ladder until he reached the bottom, which was nearly ten meters away from where we were.

"How is it, can we walk inside?"

Seeing him go down, adding a ray of light to the dark cave, Aresio immediately shouted into the cave, he wanted to confirm whether it was safe or not.

"Yes, my Lord."

The echo in the cave made everyone present breathe a sigh of relief. Through the firelight, I saw smiles on everyone's face. Finally, they could leave this killing place. No one was not excited to save their lives.

Next came the second one. This soldier was a scout. He tied his cloak tightly around his shoulders, held a wooden torch in his mouth, carried a shield and a sword on his back, and slowly climbed down the ladder.

Only after the scout went down did Aresio, with the support of the soldiers, slowly step onto the seemingly shaky ladder.

Before leaving, he stared at me and Andrew and said, "Gentlemen, I hope you can follow me after I go down. Of course, the prerequisite is that you throw away your leather armor and clothes. I really can't stand this smell!"

After saying that, Aresio went down, and all the soldiers turned their eyes to us, as if urging us to hurry up!

How could I hesitate over such a trivial matter? I pulled off my leather armor with great effort.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

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The sound of heavy knocking on the door sounded behind us, indicating that the guards defending the outer perimeter of the Governor's Mansion had completely failed!

"Hurry! Hurry up!"

At this time, there was a commotion among the soldiers behind us. They urged us to move forward, but we were all holding back. No one knew if they would suddenly flee, leaving us no chance to even get close to the ladder. I didn't dare to lag behind, so I took back the iron sword from the soldier who had just disarmed me, and Andrew and I hurriedly climbed down the ladder.

Amid the creaking sounds, I took every step carefully, fearing that something should go wrong.

"Boom! Boom!"

The banging on the door was getting louder and louder above my head, and the soldiers who were waiting could no longer hold back! They pushed aside the soldiers who were maintaining order, and pushed and shoved each other above my head, all wanting to climb up the ladder and go down as soon as possible.

“Andrew, hurry!”

I called out to Andrew below, and my limbs couldn't help but speed up.

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