Chapter 30 Scapegoat
Piao Tianwen After listening to Xu Mo's analysis, everyone fell into a dead silence. Although they were unwilling to believe this result, their rationality told them that Xu Mo's analysis was correct...
"If Lucius had stopped the uprising in advance, there would not have been so many gladiators tragically killed." Claudia sighed.
"So many gladiators were killed by him. In Lucius's eyes, we gladiators were probably not as good as a livestock!" Ragsius's eyes were red and he clenched his fists hard.
"Arris, since all the brothers of Patacas have been killed, you can take everyone to Mount Vesuvius and join the Spartacus rebels!" Kabar said calmly, "I will stay and break up with Patacas and Lucius. Artemis and everyone's revenge must be avenged!"
"If I want to kill Lucius, I can help!" Hearing Kabar's words, Claudia stood up from Ragsius's arms, her eyes shining with hatred. Although she has not investigated her father's affairs in recent years, she can basically be sure that Lucius cannot be separated from her father's death.
"Let's talk about it when you enter the city!" Xu Mo's eyes flashed and he said lightly, "Dinah, are you ready to enter the city?"
"Well, several hay carriages have been prepared to hide your armor and weapons, and more than a hundred hooded robes. You will dress up as believers of Sailbilly, the Mother of the Gods!" said Dinah with a smile.
"The believer of Saibil..." Xu Mo, who is more familiar with Greek mythology, turned dark, "You did it on purpose, can't you find another Greek god?"
Hearing Xu Mo's words, Claudia and Dinah couldn't help but cover their mouths and chuckled, "Arris, there is nothing to do with this. Only the believers of Sai Billy and the guards of Pompeii will not search their bodies!"
"Arris, isn't it good to be the believer of that God of Sybil?" Ragsius next to him was a little confused.
"Hehe, Lagsius, you don't have to be a believer of Sai Billy. You can ride a carriage with me. Those guards dare not search my carriage!" Claudia dragged Lagsius over.
"Omes, what's going on with that believer of Sai Billy, why does Alrez seem reluctant!" Kabar quietly pulled the clothes of Giant Omes.
"The goddess Sebli has developed a feeling of transcendence of maternal love for her son Attis, so Attis castrated himself. The Romans praised this mother-son love, worshiped the castrated penis very much, and even created a castration day for this. The priests and believers of the Temple of Sebli were the castrated people who cut off their testicles from the castration day." As a Spartan, Omes, of course, knew that the goddess Sebli in Greek mythology, had a little dark face.
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Half an hour later, the disguised gladiator team began to slowly follow the carriages in front and walked towards Pompeii along the avenue.
"Arris, look!" As we approached the main gate of Pompeii, the tall Omes suddenly pointed to the air ahead and said.
"Huh?" Xu Mo raised his head and looked forward. He saw a dark cloud-shaped object in the low altitude far ahead. "It's... a large group of crows!"
When everyone approached the crows, they finally understood why the crows were hovering here. They saw many cross wooden frames erected on both sides of a section of the road in front of the gate of Pompeii, and each cross had a gladiator's body with his head hanging down.
Most of the gladiators were whipped before the execution. The gladiator closest to Xu Mo's eyes were closed and he had been dead for a long time. Two metal nails were firmly nailed between the radius and ulnar of the wrists of both hands, their feet were overlapped, and the nails were nailed into the instep, and there was no support on the heel.
This gladiator was not killed by bleeding, but because of suffocation. His heels were not supported, and he could only breathe slightly with his arms nailed to the cross. However, in such a posture, coupled with the strong pain caused by nailing into the human body, all the muscles on his body had spasms. The air filled with the lungs could not be discharged, and he finally suffocated to death in pain. The stronger the person, the longer the time he suffered, the more these gladiators died. Almost all of them died tragically after several hours of pain and torture.
Crows and other large scavenging birds hovered in the low altitude. Although the sky was already dark, there were still people on the chariot and horse avenue in front of Pompeii. These flat-haired beasts are not afraid to land directly on the cross and enjoy their food.
The tragic scene and the strong corpse stinking made everyone passing by the avenue pale, covering their mouths and noses tightly, suppressing a strong sense of disgust. Looking at the faces of many companions on the cross, everyone in Xu Mo's team began to increase their breathing, and anger filled the hearts of every gladiator, and the rustling footsteps seemed to have a low roar.
If Xu Mo had not specifically instructed everyone in the team, these gladiators would have rushed forward desperately and liberated their companions' bodies from the cross.
"Nia!" Xu Mo, who was hiding in the team, suddenly found a person who shouldn't have appeared here in front of a cross.
As he quietly approached the young woman kneeling on the mud and sobbed softly, Xu Mo opened his eyes wide. He read that right, the woman wearing a ragged Chunica and holding a little baby in her arms was indeed the stunning beauty he had seen at the Badacs training ground, Nilo's wife - Niya!
If Nya is here, then the person on the cross is...
Xu Mo raised his head and looked at the cross in front of Niya. The eyes of the person on the cross had been dug out, leaving only two blood holes, and there was no tongue in his open mouth. However, looking at the angry expression on his face, he seemed not to feel his own pain, but he was still roaring and fighting unwillingly before he died.
"Nilo!" Xu Mo moaned softly. Lucius even sacrificed himself as a scapegoat without any pity.
Two fully armed soldiers were watching over Nia who was holding the baby. Seeing that the sky began to get dark, the two guards poked Nia with the handle of the spear and signaled her to stand up.
Nia stood up tremblingly, her weak body swayed slightly, her eyes were filled with despair, and she was escorted to the outskirts by two Roman guards.
Looking at the backs of the three people, Xu Mo's eyes gradually turned cold. He turned around and looked at Max behind him. Max nodded understandingly and left the team with several Spartan warriors...
Before entering the city, Max returned with a few Spartan warriors, one of whom was holding a small baby boy, and the other was carrying a coma Nia.
"Enter the city!" Looking at the poor Roman beauty, a cold light flashed in Xu Mo's eyes.
Chapter completed!