"So you have an opponent who is also an Assassin Order?" Zhang Heng asked.

"Yes, and because it was created by the traitors of the Balanced Blade, the organizational structure is very similar to the Balanced Blade, no, it should be said that except for the lack of priests, they are almost a copy of the Balanced Blade, and even the number of core members is the same as ours." The old trainer said helplessly.

"Huh."

"Although they are only two hundred years old, they have received the support of the rulers at the time, and they have developed very quickly, and they have been working against us, I should have waited for you to pass the test and join the Balance Blade before telling you, but given the current situation, it is indeed possible that you will meet them in the future, so let me know you in advance." "In short, for your safety, it's best that you don't discuss the Blade of Balance in public at any time. ”

"Understood." Zhang Hengdao.

"Very well, I'm going to teach you how to hide in the crowd so you know how to deal with the situation when you go out." Dadatis Road.

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For more than a month, Zhang Heng's life was simple, the old trainer would come to him late at night from time to time to continue to teach him the fighting skills of an assassin, and during the day he would go out and play peek-a-boo with several free sparring partners hired by other gladiator schools.

Because the old trainer set a requirement for him not to do anything, Zhang Heng still had a lot of effort to deal with the people who followed him at first, as he himself said, his appearance is very special in the city of Rome, and it is not easy to hide in the crowd, but Zhang Heng has another killer trick in addition to the stealth skills given to him by Dadadis, that is, his lv2 makeup technique, to the surprise of the old trainer, Zhang Heng is actually self-taught, Under great external pressure, he began to try to combine makeup and stealth to better help himself hide his body.

In addition, Zhang Heng also participated in four more gladiatorial performances, and all four of them won without exception, because each win was very clean and neat, coupled with Makrus's operation and packaging methods, his popularity has been greatly improved in a short period of time.

Now almost the whole city of Rome knows that there is a very powerful Oriental in the Victor Arena.

And Zhang Heng also got the nickname of Black Lightning, and he has received more than 100 love letters these days, and Makruz couldn't stop his mouth happily watching the arena that had been declining since Sisnatus fill up again.

Soon, however, another thing took over.

That is, the new emperor of Rome, His Majesty Commodus, finally returned from the front.

The Antonine dynasty has gone through five virtuous kings since Neval, but it is interesting to note that the first four of these five emperors did not have any heirs to inherit the throne, so they all chose to adopt an adopted son with outstanding moral character and pass the throne to his adopted son, until Aurelius had a son, Commodus.

Strictly speaking, Commodus was not Aurelius' first son, Aurelius had four sons before Commodus, but unfortunately the eldest child only lived to be 11 years old, so Fustina gave birth to a pair of twins for Aurelius, the elder brother died at the age of 4, and the younger brother was Commodus.

Aurelius then welcomed his seventh son, Marcus, who was made heir at the age of 4 and died of illness at the age of 7, eventually becoming the only surviving son of Aurelius.

This may sound a bit miserable, but considering that none of Aurelius' four predecessors had sons to succeed him, Aurelius was in a good situation.

And the philosopher-emperor, who had a premonition of his imminent demise before his death, began to raise his sole heir, and took Commodus with him when he went out on a campaign against the Germans, personally teaching Commodus in government affairs and leading his army to war, seeking military support for him, and arranging a marriage between Commodus and Christina, who came from a prominent Roman family, and whose father had served two consuls and had considerable influence in the Senate, in Aurelius's vision, Christina would be the link between Commodus and the Senate, and the marriage would help Commodus further solidify his rule.

However, Aurelius did not expect that his illness was worse than he had imagined, and in the end he was not able to teach Commodus for longer, and he died at the age of nineteen.

And now, this young man, who was just starting his sophomore year, took over the scepter from his father and became the new ruler of the entire Roman Empire.

With his almost saintly father in front of him, and the four heroes before him, people are waiting to see how the new emperor will behave, especially when he returns to the center of imperial power.

Commodus did not disappoint his people, and the day after his return to Rome, he announced that he would hold a grand gladiatorial show to reward the army and gain the support of the people.

The young man, who had just turned twenty, had not forgotten his father's teaching that bread and circus performances were essential to the reign of a king, and his act of generosity was immediately met with cheers and support from the populace.

At the same time, the Senate, which was responsible for preparing the gladiatorial performance, also began to act, and relevant notices and documents were distributed to all gladiator schools, not only in Rome, but also in other cities.

There is no doubt that it will be a feast for the whole people to participate in the gladiator performances.

"Look, here's a new weapon I've got just for you."

On this afternoon, Makrus suddenly came to the door and brought a gift, which were two Persian swords, but the shape was actually closer to the sword than the sword, and it was the ancestor of the Damascus knife in later generations.

The two knives brought by Makrus were significantly better than the traditional standard weapons, and the Roman weapons of this era had begun to use iron and steel in large quantities, but the quality of the swords was generally poor because it was difficult to control the carbon content.

However, the two Persian swords brought by Makrus this time can indeed be called high-quality, not only sharp enough, but also more rare is that there are no shortcomings of other sharp weapons, and they are also very hard, and the method of building is actually a bit like the practice of katana in later generations, wrapped in low-carbon steel with high-carbon steel, which can perfectly match the advantages of the two.

I just don't know if the caster stumbled upon it, or if he really mastered some kind of magical casting method.

Zhang Heng prefers the former, otherwise the quality of weapons in the entire Rome can be improved to a higher level.