Chapter 181 Action

In the final analysis, Alessio still refused to trust the two of us, or rather, he never chose to trust the two of us even for a second. He only regarded us as a tool to complete his plan.

If you ask me why I say that, looking at the way we both dress, we are dressed in tattered clothes, wearing chain mail that is deliberately old and rusty, and centurion horn helmets that are also rusty. We are deliberately decorated to look like we have experienced vicissitudes of life, but it is true. Although we usually pay attention to cleaning our bodies, so that we can't see anything on the surface, our hearts have experienced vicissitudes of life, just like the armor on our bodies. A worn-out shield and a well-worn iron sword, according to Aresio, are to match the following speech, to increase their credibility, to convince Valentinian who is already like a frightened bird. I don't know how much preparation he has made for this, he even found the flag that was destroyed in the battle and asked me to keep it. I don't know how much he wants this to succeed, for this he is really a little crazy.

Before leaving, he specifically told us that when we rescued Caesar from the forest, we should tell Caesar that it was Aresio's instruction, so that Aresio could be freed from the premise of disappearing and reappear in the public eye. He also promised us that if we succeeded according to his wishes, we would enjoy endless wealth and glory and never have to suffer again! This condition was very tempting, but also very dangerous.

Our mission was to find the legion of Caesar Valentinian III in the endless black forest and bring him out. Before that, Alessio asked Andrew and I to memorize the map of this area, from the forests and rivers to the jungle trails. I could tell them apart roughly, because there were only a few secret roads, so I only needed to lead Valentinian's legion out through that trail.

"I don't know how much benefit we will get this time?" Andrew walked and looked back. After he was sure that no one was following him, he complained, "Could it be that the damn handsome man is using us as guns?"

"You're right, Andrew!" I was really helpless about Andrew's late realization. I shook my head with a wry smile and said, "Alessio is obviously using us as cannon fodder. I'm afraid that after he's done, he'll kick us out and there'll be nothing for us to do!"

"Well, I don't think so!" Andrew shook his head firmly. "Alessio once said that he is different from Aetius, and he is much better than that damned Antony. I don't think he would do anything to kill a meritorious official. Besides, he did take care of me during that time."

Andrew still didn't change at all. He was so stubborn and stubborn that he believed everything was black and white. I really wanted to say that he had forgotten what he would feel when he heard Livy's words after defending Aetius. Well, there are not many such stubborn friends. He is stubborn, but I will learn from it. I will never suffer such a loss! "Stop!"

Oh, shit! This sudden sound scared me so much that I almost jumped on the spot. I was so scared that I was sweating and my heart was pounding. Andrew also stayed where he was. He looked up and saw a head sticking out of the bushes. The man was wearing a leather helmet and hiding behind the bushes. The eyes under the leather helmet stared at us intently. "Where did you come from, you barbarian? Get out of here quickly if you know what's good for you. Don't die here out of ignorance!"

"Hey, hey!" A mere scout dared to block my way, and threatened me with his famous words. He kept calling me a barbarian. I had no idea which group he belonged to. I didn't answer, but kept my hand on the hilt of the sword, and slowly approached the head that stuck out of the bushes, so that I could draw my sword at the shortest distance. If I didn't kill this arrogant young man, I would be very angry.

“Forget it, forget it!”

But at this moment, Andrew suddenly grabbed me, waved at the head that stuck out, and apologized to them in an apologetic tone: "Sorry, sorry! We are a little rude, we will leave right away, right away!"

"What! Andrew, are you crazy!" I shouted at Andrew behind me, "This kid really needs a lesson. No matter if he is a Bagauda or a Roman, he still has to follow the rules! If we don't teach him a lesson this time, we won't have a chance in the future!"

"Look around, Luka, stop trying to show off, and run!"

Andrew's reminder made me look up and around. Hey, it was true. I didn't know when the surroundings became so lively. More than a dozen soldiers wearing leather armor and leather helmets were drawing their bows and arrows at the two of us. All of them pulled their bows in a circle and slowly approached us in a circle.

"Damn, it looks like we've really fallen into a wolf's den!" I instantly shut my mouth, not daring to speak. I stood where I was, watching the dozen or so scouts slowly approaching.

"you."

The leader stood up from the bushes, walked slowly to me, and looked me up and down with his eyes wide open. I was sure that they must have been confused by the makeup we were wearing.

"Which part are you guys from?"

I was afraid that I had killed a good person by mistake. After all, in such a surrounded place, all strangers could not be trusted!

"us."

“Boom!”

Before I could even open my mouth to say the lines I had prepared, I felt a hard hit on my head, and then I fell to the ground, lost consciousness, and knew nothing.

When I opened my eyes again, I found that I was stripped naked and tied to a tree. This was a camp hidden in the forest. The tall trees blocked out the sun, and the bushes under them could hide horses, not to mention people. Because they escaped in a hurry, their equipment was not in order, and they didn't even have a tent. Almost everyone rested against the tree, and pessimism and hesitation were written all over everyone's face. There were patrolling soldiers all around, and most of them were using felled wood to make temporary weapons and equipment to supply themselves. Andrew was tied to a tree three meters away from me, but he didn't seem to wake up yet.

"Hey, soldier!"

I shouted to the patrolling soldiers, "Call your officers out immediately. I have very important news to report to them!"

At this time, the soldiers who were walking in front of me stopped and looked at me with curiosity in their eyes. After listening to my speech, they even whispered to each other in private.

"Hurry up!" I looked anxious, mainly because I felt that I was about to forget half of the words I memorized, so I had to get them to act and call Valentinian out for a face-to-face confrontation. "I tell you, I know you are surrounded, but I know the way out. Laughing? Humph, you can laugh as much as you want, but when the army of Bagauda rushes in, I wonder if you can still laugh! Hey, why are you standing there like an idiot? Can you get out like this?"

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It seemed that they were frightened by my threats, or rather that this was no small matter. The soldiers were stunned and at a loss for a moment. One of them ran out, and within five or six minutes, noisy footsteps were heard.

"stand up!"

The soldiers stopped what they were doing and stood up.

I saw a team of guards in neat and gorgeous equipment coming out in front of me. They were tall, wearing helmets with red vertical horse hems, golden scale armor, and red cloaks on their shoulders. There were more than ten people at the beginning. They stood in two rows on the left and right. After a while, a man appeared in the middle of the two rows. He was very young, just over 20 years old, maybe even less than 20 years old. He wore a golden crown and a robe that only the royal family was qualified to wear. The scale armor inside was looming. He walked briskly, allowing me to see his face clearly. He held his head high and tried to maintain his dignity, but he couldn't hide his fatigue. He walked in front of me and stared at me with his red eyes. Although the look was a look of mutual gaze, it was more like scrutiny.

"I heard that it was you who were looking for me, stranger!" The young man's red lips slightly opened, and his childish voice came into my ears.

(End of this chapter)