Chapter 86 The Truth

"Impossible!" Guy interrupted me rudely. He pointed outside the tent and shouted at me, "Their chief centurion just told me that they are only going to build fortifications. If he dares to lie to me, I will kill him!"

"Building fortifications?" This was the first time I saw an army that only brought weapons to build fortifications. They didn't even bring the most basic raw materials. Did the Burgundians prepare them? "Sir, I don't seem to see that they have any preparations for building fortifications."

What I said made Guy fall into deep thought. He paced back and forth in front of us, as if my words had aroused the problems he was worried about.

"Hey, Luca!" Just as Guy was lost in thought, Andrew leaned over and whispered to me, "Are you sure? You pulled me here, and if something goes wrong, I won't be able to escape!"

"Who knows?" I shrugged. I wasn't really sure, but I felt that the equipment of the soldiers of the comrade's army was not what they were used to build fortifications. I reminded Andrew, "Hey, don't forget, builders don't bring anything, but they have everything they need for war. What are they doing? Digging pits with swords?"

After my encouragement, Andrew began to waver. He nodded continuously and it seemed that he was determined to stand firm on my side.

"Damn beast!" Guy clenched his fist and hit his thigh hard. He was very anxious. I think it must be related to the eagle flag.

"Let's go and have a look!" Guy yelled at us, picked up the cloak on the table and put it on his shoulders, then walked through the tent with big strides. Andrew and I didn't dare to delay, so we quickly caught up with him, followed Guy, and quickly stepped onto the road that the Eighth Comrades Legion had just walked.

"Hey, sir, you're not allowed to leave here now!"

Chief Centurion Guy walked to the front of the main camp, and the soldiers in charge of guarding hurried to stop him.

“Get out of the way!”

Chief Centurion Guy didn't give any face at all and directly pushed down the soldier who came to stop him.

"Sir, we can't leave here!"

Another guy came to block the road, but judging from the yellow vertical horsetail on his head, this guy was a centurion.

"What! Didn't someone specifically say on the gate that I can't pass through?" He had just knocked down one person when another one came. Chief Centurion Guy looked even more furious. He yelled at the centurion guarding the gate, "Tell me, who gave the order not to pass through this gate?"

"Yes, yes." The centurion might have been confused by Guy's yelling. He stammered and couldn't say anything. It was unclear whether he was ordered to keep it secret or was really shocked by Guy's questioning and couldn't speak.

"Tell me! Who is it?"

Seeing that the centurion was silent and dumbfounded, Chief Centurion Guy's temper immediately flared up. It was well known that this guy liked to use weapons when he got angry, and this time was no exception. As he spoke, he put his hand on the hilt of the sword, which frightened the gatekeepers and made them scream.

Thanks to Andrew's quick eyes and hands, he rushed forward, grabbed the hilt of the sword in Guy's hand, and pressed it down hard, and finally managed to curb Guy's anger.

"Littorio! Littorio, commander of the Eighth Legion!"

The centurion was obviously panicking, and he trembled as he spoke the man's name. I was also a little panicked after hearing this, because although I knew this a long time ago, I just didn't dare to tell Andrew. I didn't expect that the centurion would say it out loud. At this moment, Andrew paused, and he stood there in a daze, probably because he heard this name that he shouldn't have heard.

"Hurry! Open the door!" I seized this hard-earned opportunity. While the soldiers were still in a daze, I quickly exaggerated the situation. "Look, our chief centurion is so angry that he can hardly control himself. I tell you, when the sword is chopped off, it will be useless even if you complain to Marshal Aetius!"

After hearing what I said, these soldiers who were originally a little hesitant no longer dared to be so unreasonable. They nodded repeatedly and called on other people to work together to push the wooden door open.

"All right, sir!" I held Guy's back and pointed to the open camp gate and said, "Look, the door is open! Let's go out quickly!"

This sentence really worked. Guy, who was just yelling that he would teach that centurion a lesson, suddenly became quiet. He was breathing heavily, and it seemed that he had spent a lot of energy. He pushed Andrew away, and Andrew just let go of his hand obediently and lowered his head, probably still brooding over what the centurion said.

I had just walked out of the camp gate and had only taken a few steps.

"Luka."

Andrew called me from behind. I turned around and looked at his serious expression. I guess he knew what was going on. I took a deep breath and told myself that no matter what Andrew asked, I would answer him truthfully at this time.

"The centurion just now was Litorio, right?" Andrew asked me, his tone was very gloomy, he must be very serious in his heart and what I say next must be the truth.

I turned around and looked at him without saying a word. I just waited quietly for him to ask questions and nodded.

"The Littorio he mentioned, if I'm not mistaken, this guy named Littorio is the commander of our Seventh Gemina Legion." Andrew's tone seemed very calm, he raised his head and looked straight into my eyes.

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I didn't look overly surprised at this question, the answer to which I already knew. On the contrary, my calmness made me see a little surprise in Andrew's eyes.

"You already knew the answer, right?" he asked me with his eyes wide open.

"Yes!" I didn't avoid the question but answered directly. I saw that his expression was even more surprised, and there was a hint of disbelief in his wide eyes.

"Have you been hiding the fact about this matter?" Andrew asked me harshly. His expression looked like he was very angry. Yes, he was angry with me.

"Oh, oh, look at you."

Guy walked over to my side, looked at me, then looked at Andrew, and said with a smile: "Two old comrades who have been through life and death together are now arguing about whether your boss is dead or not. But now I feel that you both wish he was dead."

"But! But I clearly saw him die, carried away by the Goths, and became their trophy!" Andrew lost control. He pointed in the direction of Worms and roared hysterically at Guy and me: "But now he is back, he is not dead, and he has joined another legion. Why? Why!"

"Of course he's not dead!" Guy spread his hands and patiently said, "That guy was Aetius's right-hand man. He didn't die so easily. Of course, Aetius spent a lot of effort to redeem him. It seems that," Guy stroked his chin and thought for a while, then said, "It seems that it is close to tens of thousands of orens. It's really a big deal, enough to form half a legion."

I didn't expect that Littorio is so valuable. This really surprised me a lot. I guess this guy is worth the price.

(End of this chapter)