The towns of the Sugumbri were the objects of plunder by Roman soldiers, and the Roman legionnaires after Marius's reform were professional soldiers, and their income, in addition to a fixed salary, was the spoils of war, so the looting of enemy towns after the war was the only way for them to get rich. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Or rather, many people risked their lives to join the army and suffered so much just for this moment.

Appis, with his team of hundreds, joined the beastly plunder. This is a military rule, even if Apis feels that such plunder is so barbaric and brutal, but the power of one person cannot change the values and social outlook of an era, so more often than not, Apis can only follow the crowd.

In the barbaric plunder, some Roman soldiers, after looting their possessions, began to ** the women of the tribe, and the towns were full of cries of old people and children.

Apis kicked open the wooden door of a tribal house, but when he entered, he saw a terrible scene, the children and the old people in the house were dead, but they were not killed by the Roman soldiers, but by their mistress, to be exact, their mother, their daughter, who first killed her own child with a dagger, and the father, and then killed himself with the same dagger, with the obvious purpose - they did not want to be slaves of the Romans, and the mistress of the house did not want to be defiled by the Roman soldiers.

It's just that in the corner of the room, there was a slight cry.

Appis clenched his dagger and walked in the direction from which the voice came.

In the next second, the scene that appeared in front of Apis made him feel even more stunned, and he couldn't describe the sadness in words.

A tribal girl was hiding in the corner of the room, crying, her body was stained with bright red blood, probably just her mother wanted to kill her, but the young girl refused her mother's killing out of fear of death, but after some resistance, the hostess saw that the Roman soldiers were about to break in, so she had to cut herself off, leaving this ignorant girl, her mother certainly did not want her to be defiled by the Roman soldiers, but it was too late, so she had to go on the road first?

Appis guessed like this, and couldn't help but feel pity for the barbarian family in front of him.

Ping Pong.

Outside, there was a loud noise of destruction, it seemed that other Roman soldiers had broken into the place, and the woman of this tribe guessed correctly, once the Roman soldiers arrived, it would only cause more inhumane destruction here.

When a few Roman soldiers broke in, they happened to see Apis standing in the room, out of respect for the centurion of the Eagle Banner Brigade, several Roman soldiers immediately stopped plundering, the military regulations in the Roman legions were so strict, when the superior was there, the subordinate had to give up the spoils of war and wait for the centurion's distribution. A few Roman soldiers obviously felt that they had arrived a step too late, and the barbarian girl who was shivering in the corner could have been a good target for them to vent their beastly desires, but now, the centurion of the Eagle Banner Brigade was in front of them, and several Roman soldiers could only respectfully wait for Appis's order......

"I want this barbarian girl, you go elsewhere to find it."

Apis held a wooden staff in one hand and a short sword in the other, declaring his absolute authority, and several Roman soldiers immediately showed embarrassed expressions, indeed, as long as Apis was there, no one would dare to rob this centurion's trophy unless Caesar himself came. But that girl really itched them too much.

"Yes, centurion."

After standing in place for a few seconds, several legionary infantrymen walked away with great interest, and their reason told them that they could not offend Appis for the sake of a barbarian girl and their wealth, and that they might not even be qualified to stay in the legion, and that they might not even get a penny for a whole year of bloody fighting.

After weighing the pros and cons, the Roman soldiers stepped on the bodies of the dead barbarians and left the house.

The barbarian girl hid in the corner of the room, her red eyes staring directly at the "tall and handsome" alien in front of her, and she also held a dagger in her hand, aiming it in the direction that Apis was coming.

"I won't hurt you......"

Appis tried to calm the girl's emotions and put away his dagger. But such efforts were in vain, because no matter how young the girl was, she understood that these robber-like people were Roman soldiers, but she didn't understand why the Roman in front of her would drive away her companions? But no matter what, the barbarian girl was still full of hatred for Appis, and there was not only horror but also resentment in her eyes.

"Get out of here!"

The barbarian girl shouted, her voice undoubtedly heartbreaking and broken, however, Appis couldn't understand what she was shouting. It was not Latin, nor Greek, it was the language of the barbarians themselves.

"That's enough, now put down your little hands."

The girl swung her dagger in panic, but Apis was able to subdue the panicked girl with just one move. As he pressed the barbarian girl beneath him, Appis felt her terrified body writhing with all her might. Appis didn't want to hurt her anymore, such a poor girl, whose family had died in the war, would be a lifetime of indelible pain for the girl.

With a slight force, the dagger in the girl's palm fell, making a crisp metal thump.

“*****”

The barbarian girl was like a wounded kitten, crying in the corner, she didn't know what the Roman soldiers in front of her were going to do to her, now she had no weapons, and her strength was not as good as that of this tall Roman, so she had to resign herself to fate. She began to regret that she did not have the courage to let her mother kill her, and now all her fate would be in the hands of this strange Roman.

Appis tied up the barbarian maiden, held her hands in her hands, and went out into the street.

As the centurion of the Tenth Legion, no one dared to compete with Apis for the spoils of war. Now, this barbarian girl is a slave of Appis, and no one has the right to interfere with what Apis wants to do.

The plundering of the Sucumbri town continued throughout the day, and by dark the legions had set up camp outside the ruined Germanic town, and many of the legionnaires had their own booty and goods, but many more had gained nothing. The Germanic towns were not like the cities of the Eastern Kingdoms, a race that did not even manage agriculture, and can you imagine how much wealth it could have? Apart from slaves, there was little value in this Sucumbri town.

Apis named the barbarian girl Emma and became his first "slave".