Chapter 17: Escape from the Cave

Time passed minute by minute, and it was noon, and I was yelling with a dry mouth. Whether it was scolding or calling for help, it was as if we were cut off from the world, and no reply came from the mouth of the cave, not even from wild beasts.

Andrew has been depressed since he lost the banner of the Gemina Legion, as if the spirit of the whole person is attached to the banner, and now the banner has been taken away by the female thief of Tenaia, and half of Andrew's soul has been taken away.

"Listen, Andrew."

I grabbed Andrew's chain mail as he was slumped on the ground, lifted him up suddenly, and raised a somewhat hoarse voice: "We can't sit still here anymore, we have to find a way to get out!" ”

"You don't understand, Luga."

Andrew pushed my hand away and said, "Haven't you seen it yet?" That hateful, vicious woman has taken our flag, and listening to her just now almost means that she has given the flag of the Legion to that odious officer to improve his military exploits! In the same way, this woman also got the money she wanted, and when it was over, we would not be understood! No one believes that we are the men of the Gemina Legion anymore, it's over, it's over! ”

Talking and talking, Andrew actually burst into tears, in this short ten days of getting along, it was the first time I saw Andrew crying, desperate as if he wanted to die happily in the next second! Maybe I didn't know the profundity, but Andrew's loyalty to the glory of the army and the legion really surprised me. Maybe I don't understand what glory can mean right now. But now the priority is to get out, not wait here to die!

"Andrew." I patted him on the shoulder and comforted, "What if he hasn't been sold yet?" ”

"What?"

Andrew looked up and asked me in surprise, "Is what you just said true?" ”

"I'm not sure." I shrugged my shoulders and told him that I didn't know exactly what was going on, but continued, "I don't think we can solve this problem alone right now." If this stupid woman had really sold the flag to that Roman officer, we would not have snatched it back by ourselves now, even if we died a hundred times. ”

"So, what do you mean?"

"We need help!" I calmly said to him, "We need to go out and find all the resources that can help us, it may be a little little, only Dr. Bella and his wife, but based on Dr. Bella's experience, we should be able to know what that thief is!" ”

"So, how do we get out?"

yes, how to get out? It's a problem, because it's a lot higher than the two of us stacked on top of each other. I can't help but think of a story from my childhood about MacArthur, who passed the deep barrel of West Point by his own means, and the general situation is like this.

I looked around, the hole was full of dirt and rubble, and we had no tools in our hands, and when I looked at the hole above my head, and then at my own hands, I couldn't help but smile bitterly, it seemed that it was time to work hard.

Andrew and I dug the dirt from one side of the hole with our bare hands, and piled it up from side to side, and stepped on it little by little, it's really hard to imagine the amount of work I had with Andrew at that time. The previous voluntary labor, cleaning the road and so on, is not worth mentioning at all compared to this. That's to be able to complain a few words, it's not a strange and shameful thing to shout tired, but this is different, not only is it more bitter and tired, not to mention, I don't even have the courage to shout tired, rest, that is, when stepping on the soil, I can relax myself a little when I jump on the spot.

"Damn woman, vicious woman!" Andrew kept scolding while doing it, this can make us both tired, and now the sins we both suffer are due to that damn stinky woman, and it is a unanimous decision made by both of us secretly in our hearts to peel her skin and bones, even if she is a lot more beautiful than ordinary people, I want to tell her in righteous words that beauty can't save your dog's life! Seeing that the mound of dirt in front of me was only as high as my knees, damn, my temper came up at once, but when I looked at the mouth of the cave, it was so high, it was still far away. I couldn't help but sigh, suppressed my impatient temperament, buckled the dirt between my fingernails, and silently lowered my head to work.

Time passed minute by minute, the sun outside the cave entrance became brighter and brighter, we were still working, knowing that the light was dim and the sunset stained half of the sky red, we were still working, at this time our throats were dry and about to burst into flames, but there was nothing, not even urine to spill. In such difficult conditions, I gritted my teeth with tears in my eyes and continued to work.

Soon, the sun set off its last rays, and the sky darkened completely. Finally, the steps made of clay were as tall as mine alone, and that height should be enough!

"So, which of us goes up first?"

I started asking Andrew, "You, Luga, you're a little thinner than me. Andrew said, motioning for me to climb the dirt stairs that were as high as I am, and as I had already said, the hole was as high as the two of us together, and even if I stood on the stairs and stretched out my hand, it was only a knuckle distance from the hole.

"Andrew, help me, I'm not tall enough!"

Although it is said that it is European, it must be a lack of nutritional intake, and I feel that this height is still a little shorter than when I was alive. Luckily, with Andrew's help, he grabbed both of my ankles and lifted them up, and now I was able to grasp the ground outside the hole, and my aching arm slammed into a force that propped my entire upper body out of the hole. I didn't dare to rest, so I quickly caught Andrew's outstretched hand below and dragged him up.

"So, Luga, what are we going to do next?"

"Goo-goo-goo......"

After listening to Andrew's words, my stomach protested like this, and I had to be cheeky and say, "Why don't we be cheeky enough to visit Dr. Bella's house?" ”

"That's right." Andrew rubbed his stomach, it seemed that he was also hungry. Now that you've made your decision, let's get going.

After half an hour's journey, I still remembered how to walk this road, and soon I saw a fire, a small torch outside the village, and next to it were two soldiers in leather armor who were staring at us in horror. I didn't dare to talk, because the chain mail on my body was now full of mud, and I couldn't even see the original appearance on my face, and I was dressed up like a beggar. Again, Andrew was similar, not caring about the strange gaze cast by the guard. It's just that the head at the bottom has quickened the pace of hurrying.

Dr. Bella's house was right in front of me, and I saw the lights still lit inside, but luckily, the family hadn't slept yet!