"How?" Makruz rubbed his hands and looked at Zhang Heng expectantly.

The latter took the two Persian swords in his hand and tried them out, nodding, "Not bad." ”

"If you like it, I'm counting on you this time." "For the sake of the honor of the Victor Arena, we must win this gladiatorial performance. ”

"I'll do my best." Zhang Hengdao.

"Good, I know you're the most reliable." Makruz patted Zhang Heng's shoulder with satisfaction, "In addition to you, we also plan to send Bach, Habitus, Canero, Murkazan, Parral and Miro to make up for the quota of seven people, but of course I am most optimistic about you, in addition, I asked Gabi to investigate the personnel of several other arenas and mark the key objects that need attention, although the specific list will not come out until tomorrow." Oh yes, there's a dinner party tonight that you need to attend. ”

Zhang Heng raised his eyebrows.

"I know, I know, there is an agreement between us, but this time it is different, the dinner is held in the home of Dior, he is one of the most powerful people in the entire Senate, and the most powerful people in the entire empire will be present at that time, including our new Emperor His Majesty, they want to see what the warriors who are going to appear tomorrow are like before the gladiatorial show begins, not only you, all gladiators must go, and I will have someone send you new clothes in the afternoon."

After saying that, Makruz turned and walked out of the door, but when he reached the door, he stopped again, paused and added, "You'd better use the rest of the time to take a shower and sprinkle yourself with some perfume, and believe me, it's never a bad thing to make yourself popular with these people, you're going to be dealing with some of the most powerful people in all of Rome." ”

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Zhang Heng's little slave girl is quite diligent with her hands and feet, Makruz just left with her front foot, and she was preparing things for Zhang Heng with her back foot, but she just opened the door with the wooden barrel, but the next moment she couldn't help but yawn, and the wooden barrel in her hand also fell to the ground, the little slave girl was a little flustered and wanted to bend down to pick up the wooden barrel, but at this moment a stronger sleepiness surged up on her head, she couldn't resist this sleepiness, and finally fell asleep on the ground holding the barrel so softly.

Zhang Heng looked at Dadatis who walked in from outside the door, and was a little surprised, "Did you actually come to me in broad daylight today?" ”

"Don't worry, I'm careful, no one sees me." The old trainer said, "You've completed our previous agreement and entered the list of gladiatorial performances, and I can tell you the next goal." ”

"Huh?"

"If nothing else, you've already been invited to tonight's dinner, this is a rare opportunity for you, and we need you to approach someone at the dinner party and impress him if possible."

"Who?"

"Our Majesty, Commodus." Dadatis spat out a name.

"So your target is really the Roman Emperor?" Zhang Heng didn't show much shock when he heard this name, perhaps because the historical Commodus died in assassination, and the appearance of Dadatis in the gladiator school itself can already explain a lot of problems.

Commodus was probably the favorite gladiatorial show of all Roman emperors, and he also had a quirk, just watching it in the stands was not enough, he had to go down in person to be enjoyable, and his last death in history was quite chic, he was strangled to death in the bathtub by a gladiator.

"Maybe it is, maybe it isn't." The old trainer's answer was ambiguous.

"We'd better be honest, because if it's Commodus, I'm afraid I'm going to drop out of testing." Zhang Hengdao.

"Why?" The old trainer asked seriously.

"I may be a Gentile, but I'm not stupid enough to know what the consequences of assassinating a Roman emperor will be." Zhang Heng said lightly, "The conditions you offered are not enough for me to take this kind of risk. ”

Hearing this, Dadatis looked into Zhang Heng's eyes, and after a moment, the old trainer gave in, "Okay, I can assure you that your target this time is not Commodus. ”

"Who's that?" Zhang Heng asked, "It's all come to this point, do you still want to hide it from me?" ”

The old trainer hesitated for a long time this time, and finally spoke, "Otlus, Commodus's most trusted advisor, also has some royal blood, but before he met Commodus, he was already very down, and he was in the market all day long, but now, our friend seems to have turned over, he and another young man named Clinder are now Commodus's right-hand men, and Commodus is inseparable, if nothing else, he is likely to be the second person in the empire in the future." ”

"Why did you assassinate him?"

"This is an oracle from Kleis, and our duty is only to carry it out, not to ask why." The old trainer said, "The plan is simple, Otlus's whereabouts have always been secretive, he knows that his current position is jealous, so he is cautious, and he has been guarding against being assassinated, but he always has to do things for Commodus, only Commodus knows his whereabouts." ”

"So you want me to approach Commodus and get from him the whereabouts of Otlus?"

"Yes, that's right." "Commodus is different from other emperors, he seems to be very fond of interacting with the low-level people, and especially gladiators, and you can use this to get close to him and gradually build friendships with him." ”

Zhang Heng thought for a while and asked, "Even if I help you solve this matter, even if you pass the test, won't you bother me anymore?" ”

"Yes, then you will be the core member of the Balanced Blade as my successor, and like I said before, our governance is actually very loose and free, until the next oracle arrives, and the members of the organization can go their own way."

"Until the next oracle arrives?" Zhang Heng asked rhetorically.

The old trainer rolled his eyes, "I know what you're thinking, you don't have to worry so much, the Blade of Balance isn't just you, you won't always catch a sheep's hair, although there is no clear rule, but normally, the same member will not perform two missions in a row, but I can't guarantee it later." ”

Zhang Heng is not too worried about the future, anyway, he will not be there after the dungeon time, even if the power of the Balance Blade is a hundred times greater, it is impossible to break out of the dungeon and hunt him down for two thousand years, in addition, Zhang Heng feels that the old man has bothered to teach him for so long, there is no merit and hard work, and he is not good at just eating grass and not milking, so it is to repay the other party's grace, and also to help the Balance Blade find the whereabouts of Ottrus.

Therefore, Zhang Heng said, "Okay, this matter is on me." ”