Chapter 289: The Great Escape (5)
Standing in the middle of the arena, Todd looked at the cheering spectators in the stands around him, and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Split Mountain Giant" Cotton laughed and walked up behind Todd, patted the other man on the shoulder, and said happily, "We won!"
"Cunning Fox" Beson sat on the ground and said exhaustedly, "I thought I was going to die this time." ”
The slaves of the Colosseum, entering the arena through the gate, began to load the corpses onto the carts as usual, and cleaned up the mess on the battlefield.
Concierge stood on a high viewing platform, looking down on everything in front of him.
The excited spectators, seeing the appearance of the king, turned their bodies to the viewing platform, raised their thumbs up, and shouted the slogan "Give freedom" in unison.
Concierge smiled and held out his hand, signaling everyone to be calm.
Under everyone's astonished gaze, a group of soldiers escorted a woman in black to a high podium.
Raising his head to see the woman's face clearly, Todd's pupils dilated instantly, and his fingers trembled slightly.
That woman was none other than Boyle's fiancée, Deirdre.
"In my kingdom, under my nose, there is a horrific rebellion!" Concierber stood on the stage and pointed to the gladiatorial arena: "Someone is training these gladiators as rebels with the intention of subverting the foundation of the kingdom!"
The audience looked at each other, and someone loudly questioned: "To say that these gladiators are rebels, what is the evidence?"
"Proof?" Concierber pulled Deirdre over and pushed her in front of him, and said in a loud voice, "The people who frequent the Red Circle must be no stranger to this woman. She was once a member of the gladiators, the Lady of Pain, and now she is up to her to uncover this conspiracy to you!"
Concierber, who had retreated from his seat, glanced at Vergar, who walked up to Deirdre's side and whispered to her, "Say it, just as agreed, say it quickly!"
Standing on the high platform, Dildre looked pained and did not say a word.
"Think of your father, think of your people, can you bear to watch them suffer in prison?" Fergar leaned closer to Dildre, "You have to do a simple thing, just identify the rebellion of Fergus, Fiocha, and Boyle in public......"
The impatient Concierber got up from his seat with a gloomy face, and shouted at the woman: "Don't you know what kind of crime it is to help a slave escape without permission?
Dildre looked at the crowd below the platform, tears dripping down her jade-like cheeks, her plump lips bitten by her teeth, and blood pooling on her chin, but she remained silent the whole time.
Looking at this woman's resolute and stubborn appearance, Fugar lost his mind for a moment, and he suddenly remembered the daughter in his family who was like a pearl.
He whispered to Deirdre, "Not all of your men are as brave and fearless as you. From their mouths, the king already knew the escape hatch on the second basement floor, and sent heavy troops to guard the exit of the tunnel. Even if they were able to escape, a large number of cavalry regiments and patrols were dispatched to the passes and plank roads leading to the southern tribes. Look at the reality, Boyle and his people are finished, and you still have a long way to go, so there is no need to be martyred for them......"
Todd, who was standing in the audience, closed his eyes quietly, and after three seconds, he opened his eyes and glanced at the door at the end of the field.
The moment he turned his head, Deirdre suddenly broke free from the soldier's restraints, rolled over and jumped off the twenty-meter platform, and fell straight to the ground. This scene made everyone in the audience scream in unison.
Seeing Deirdre's falling body, Todd opened his legs and activated his speed ability with all his might, charging towards the bottom of the platform.
In the eyes of others, his figure turned into a gray lightning bolt, and in just a few seconds, he completed the actions of sprinting, jumping, and saving people.
Jumping into the air, Todd grabbed Deirdri, took advantage of the momentum of the forward rush, and rolled a few times when he fell to the ground, reducing the force of the fall.
At Todd's call, Deirdre slowly opened her eyes, and her body was fine except for the tremors caused by the fright.
Seeing this scene, the audience was full of emotion, and while praising Deirdre's bravery and loyalty, they loudly rebuked the farce.
"These gladiators are innocent!How can they be rebels?!"
"This is completely a blatant frame-up, a sinister slander!"
"That's right! Give these gladiators freedom!"
Queen Maeve, who had seen the whole thing from beginning to end, looked at the man and woman who were hugging each other in the field, and said to Concierber in a very mocking tone: "Hehe, the men of Ulster, show their strength by oppressing women, and this tradition is indeed worthy of its name. ”
The failure of the plan, the betrayal of the pawns, the accusations of the population.
Concierber was on the verge of madness at this time, and Queen Maeve's sarcasm was like the last goose feather on top of the burden, which completely collapsed his psychological bottom line, and he completely lost his mind, and with all his strength, he yelled at Vergar: "Kill them! Kill them all!
Seeing the king's madness, Fogal stopped talking, and finally sighed and went down the stairs.
Dildre lay in Todd's arms, grabbed the latter's arm, and said urgently: "That tunnel, the king has discovered ......"
Todd nodded at her, "When I saw you appear, I knew that the tunnel was exposed. ”
"What about your people, what about them?"
"There's always a way......"
"Cunning Fox" Beisen walked to the side of the two and whispered: "Two, let's save the love story for later, do you think there is anything wrong?"
Todd looked up at the surroundings when he heard this, the excited audience was noisy, but there was no sound on the high platform, and the soldiers who were originally standing on the wall of the field hurriedly withdrew.
"Something is wrong...... Todd said as he helped Deirdre to his feet, frowning.
With a creaking of the reels, the gate at the end of the arena slowly opened.
Cotton looked at the open door and laughed as he walked forward, "Freedom! They have decided to give us freedom! God, after all these years, I can finally go back to my hometown, see my wife and daughter, and take a sip of the clan's ale!"
Watching the others walk forward, Todre took Dildri's hand, but stepped back.
Behind the gate, there was the roar of a beast. In the next second, a group of mutant giant wolves five meters long and covered with spikes knocked down the gate and rushed into the gladiatorial arena.
Cotton, the closest "Rip Mountain Giant" to the gate, his smile was still frozen on his face, but his body was instantly torn to pieces by these monsters.