Chapter 90 Fire

Levi left, but more than forty soldiers came in the evening. They claimed to be dispatched from the 8th Comrades Legion, and reported to Andrew and me in the middle of the camp in front of Chief Centurion Guy and everyone else.

I was embarrassed. I didn't know why. Why did Aetius say to give me and Andrew soldiers? It was as if he was afraid that my and Andrew's centurions would be short of one person. Looking at these forty people, I didn't know what to do. I looked around and saw the soldiers from Guy's two centurions appearing around me. They looked at the forty soldiers and then at me, their eyes full of confusion. I think they were wondering why I could be favored so easily.

Through the firelight, I clearly saw the livid face of Chief Centurion Guy not far away. He sat at the entrance of his tent, not saying a word, staring into each other's eyes for a short second. Guy's eyes were filled with inexplicable anger, but that look only lasted for a second before he quickly lowered his head, stood up, and turned back into his tent.

I felt an inexplicable sense of crisis in my heart. I seemed to understand what those eyes conveyed to me in that second. Rather than anger, it was more of a warning. The appearance of these forty reinforcement soldiers basically made me, Andrew, and the chief centurion Guy clearly draw a line.

Instead, I began to feel dissatisfied with Aetius in my heart. I had never met him before, but under his leadership, I was promoted step by step. However, the disadvantage of this was that I felt more and more uneasy.

I pointed casually, signaling them to find a tent that was short of people or empty, and they were also soldiers from the Eighth Comrades Legion. Their arrival was warmly welcomed by my soldiers. They cheered, whistled, and hugged the newcomers. I think this is what Guy and his centurion didn't want to see.

I sat beside the campfire in the middle of the camp, which was warmer than the tent. I sat by the fire to keep warm while trying to guess what Aetius or Livy meant by this matter. Maybe I was too stupid and ordinary, I really couldn't figure out what Aetius had in mind for me.

"Luka!"

The call was not loud, but it was like a bolt from the blue, which frightened me so much that I almost jumped up. I quickly looked up and saw that it was Andrew. I breathed a sigh of relief and complained to him, "You almost scared me to death."

"What's the matter, Luka? Why do you look so glum at this carefree time?"

Looking at Andrew's innocent and somewhat stupid look, I smiled. I really didn't know whether to scold him or praise him.

I shook my head and lied to him, telling him that I was just thinking about Tenaia and Anais.

"Ha, Luca, you are really a favorite of Venus. It's okay for you to miss one girl, but you think of two at once. Cupid is so ignorant that he shot two arrows at you. Hahahaha!"

I don’t know what’s wrong with this guy Andrew. He’s so happy. Could it be that he’s so satisfied with the twenty more people?

"What's wrong? Luka, why are you so depressed? I don't think you are missing that girl!"

"Ah, you are not smart when you should be smart, but you are quite clever when you shouldn't be smart. I really have no way to say anything to you."

"Luga, you must be wondering why Marshal Aetius wants to give you these additional troops?" Andrew asked me in a deep voice.

"Yes, I am also full of doubts about this." I said, looking at the bonfire burning in front of me, which was enough to swallow me up. All I could see was the slightly dancing flames. I said, "There is no love without reason, and there is no hate without reason."

"Hey, Luca, don't think too much of the bad stuff!" Andrew turned to comfort me and said, "Maybe Marshal Aetius thinks we are talented because we survived by chance near Nar?"

"Oh, that's enough, Andrew. I really can't think of any excuse more appropriate than the one you're giving now." I smiled and waved at him, indicating that I really didn't want to continue this kind of communication.

Now I am afraid that not only the chief centurion Guy, but also all the soldiers under his command will have a gap between me and Andrew, or even hostility. This may be what Aetius thinks. However, this is just my inner thoughts, just one person's opinion. I can't tell Andrew my thoughts now. I dare not imagine how Andrew, who insists that Aetius is the embodiment of justice, will view my rebellious remarks.

The night ended like this. I felt completely warm, so I put on the fur blanket and returned to the tent. The temperature was very different from the campfire outside. The cold forced me to put on all the clothes and cloaks I could to wrap myself tightly. In the darkness and silence, I felt my eyelids getting heavier and heavier. After a while, I fell into a deep sleep.

In the haze, I just felt that I was lying there, which was the ground, or to be more precise, in a piece of scorched earth.

Fire, fire everywhere, flames were burning all around me on the scorched earth, it looked like there was no firewood, I couldn't tell why, I was lying on the ground, my arms and legs were also covered with burning flames. I panicked and quickly put out the flames with my hands.

I stood up again, and in an instant, heart-wrenching screams rang out all around. The sound was so miserable, not just one person, but thousands of people screaming at the same time. I looked up again and saw countless people struggling in the sea of ​​fire, just like in a blazing hell. People who were slowly swallowed by the flames kept struggling, desperately looking for a possible way out in the flames.

"Am I dreaming?"

I stood up and asked myself, spreading out my hands. I saw that my hands were covered in blood and there was scorched earth between my fingernails.

“What’s wrong with me!”

I stood in the sea of ​​fire, watching the flames all around me constantly eating away at the land beneath my feet. In the sea of ​​fire, the charred people lost their last bit of strength while struggling, and their screams gradually died down.

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At this time, the flames were burning all around, but I could not hear the sound of burning. However, I heard the sound of horse hooves coming from behind me.

"who!"

I turned around quickly and saw a figure outside the flames. He was riding a tall horse, like a god. But in the thick smoke of the flames, I could only see the figure, and then everything became blurry, and I could only see a faint outline.

"Who are you?"

I asked him, but he didn't answer. He was like a sculpture, quiet and motionless.

The flames burned stronger and stronger, getting closer and closer, surrounding me in an area less than one square meter.

The flames were getting closer and closer, and I felt my hair, armor, clothes, and flesh were all infected by the flames and burning.

The knight turned around, rode his horse back, and left me with a blazing flame to burn in it.

(End of this chapter)