Chapter 8: The Mole
In the evening, in a luxurious bedroom at Bardax Manor, the owner of the manor, Bardax, was lying on his side on a chaise longue. Bardachus is only in his 30s, with a white face and beard, and a typical Latin appearance. At this time, a plump slave girl was kneeling beside the bed, peeling grapes to feed him, and Bardacus ate a few grapes, then sat up, put his big hand into the slave's thin chunica clothes, and wantonly played with a pair of huge meat balls on the slave's chest.
Bardax played with it for a while, then he snorted at the slave girl, who intentionally lifted the hem of his toga robe and buried her head in it, Bardax closed her eyes and snorted comfortably.
While Bardax was enjoying himself, a heavily armed guard came in through the door, oblivious to the enchanting scene in the room, and said, "Master, he has come!" ”
Bardax opened his eyes and pushed the slave girl's head to signal her to go out. After the slave girl went out, the guards brought a man in a robe into the room, closed the door and went out. When the man in the robe entered the door, he subconsciously stood in the shadows of the room, and even Bardax across from him could barely see his face.
"How's the gladiator doing? Did you find out anything? Bardax glanced at the man in the robe and spoke slowly.
"Master, as you might expect, your gladiators are plotting a rebellion to escape from the Bardax Gladiator School and Pompeii. Although they did not show any abnormalities during the daytime training, they would gather in twos and threes every night. The man in the robe hesitated for a moment, then spoke.
"This is impossible, after dark, they are not allowed to leave the room, the cell door will be locked, and the keys will be only the guards and ......" Badacus was only halfway through speaking, when suddenly, as if thinking of something, exclaimed angrily, "Neos has betrayed the Badacus family!" ”
"It's the only possibility, my master!" The man in the robe owes a debt and replied.
"Since Neos is also involved, then the rebels are probably not just a few gladiators as I originally imagined, who are the leaders among them? Did the new slaves get involved? Unable to remain calm any longer, Badax walked agitated around the room, the gravity of the situation far greater than he had imagined.
In fact, Bardax was able to spot anomalies in the gladiator school, not that the gladiators had exposed obvious flaws. The Bardax family started by training gladiators for generations, and it has gone through five generations, with a history of nearly 100 years.
For these fierce beast-like gladiators, Bardax was an animal trainer, and his years of experience made him subconsciously perceive the subtle changes in the atmosphere in the gladiator school. Only then did he send the robed man to infiltrate the gladiators to investigate the situation, but he didn't expect to poke such a large hornet's nest.
"Master, although you have given me the right to move freely, the time is too short for me to get close to the core of those gladiators. However, I believe that at least one of the two champion gladiators, Cabal and Lagerseus, was involved in this rebellion! The man in the robe said cautiously.
"Hmph, you don't have to be so careful, even if he is a champion gladiator, as long as he participates in the rebellion, I will still execute him, and the Bardax School has never lacked champions. In addition, you have missed a man who I believe must have been one of the rebellions, and that the Spartans had never considered themselves slaves. Bardax said through gritted teeth.
The civilization of the Spartans was a unique militaristic culture, advocating force, and the whole country was a large military camp. Spartan babies were selected after birth, and only healthy and strong babies survived. Spartan boys received military training from an early age, were required to be absolutely obedient to their superiors, strengthened their courage, physical strength and cruel character, and cultivated the habit of not crying, picky eaters, noisy, not afraid of darkness, not afraid of loneliness, every Spartan is a fighting machine.
Every Spartan would make the owners of gladiator schools hate and love, Spartans were born good gladiators, even if they were not trained in gladiatorial fighting, their fighting skills and physical fitness far surpassed those of ordinary gladiators. But the Spartans were also the proudest and most self-respecting people, and even the Romans were not taken seriously by them, and the Spartan warriors, who had never been organized in battle, were captured.
Even when they were sold into slavery, the Spartans were still rebellious and went their own way. Pain and punishment had almost no effect on the Spartans, because even the children of Sparta were whipped once during the festival to train their obedience and patience, and the punishment was only seen by them as a test of themselves.
In fact, at least five of the Spartan regiments, which had less than thirty men at the Bardachus Gladiator School, reached the level of champion gladiators. And the strongest of them, Eumes and Chisonis, in the private evaluation of the gladiators, surpassed the two active champion gladiators of Bardachus, Cabal and Lagersius.
However, what gave Bardax a headache was that the Spartan gladiators were only willing to participate in team fights, not individual battles, and coercion and lure had no effect on the Spartans. Bardax's Spartan Regiment is a terrifying team in Pompeii, as long as they participate in the team fight, the opposing team has already been sentenced to death, and the death of all members is the only outcome.
Whenever Pompeii begins a grand gladiatorial performance, the team fights, except for Bardax, the bosses of several other gladiator schools have to draw lots to draw an unlucky guy to be a substitute for the dead. And the gladiatorial performances in Pompeii, only the team fights of the Spartan regiment, and bets are not accepted in the underground casinos.
As soon as he heard that a large number of gladiators were plotting a rebellion, Bardax immediately thought of the Spartan Regiment, and his first thought was that Artemis would definitely lead the Spartan Regiment to participate in this rebellion.
The two champion gladiators, the chief gladiator instructor Neos, and the Spartan regiment, these people almost wiped out the elite of the Bardachus gladiator school. If Bardax now leads the army to put them all to death, then the Bardax family is finished.
"When the ......," Bardax angrily swept all the fruit bowls on the table to the ground, his chest heaving violently, panting.
"Master!" The guards outside the door heard the movement in the room, and immediately ran in and pressed the robe man to the ground, drew his short sword and aimed it at the robe man's neck.
"I'm fine, let him go!" Bardax took a few deep breaths and waved at the guards.
"Master, Neos has just reported the candidates for the gladiatorial show for the evening......" The guard put away his dagger and was about to go out when he suddenly remembered something and immediately reported to Bardacus.
"A gladiatorial show at night?" Bardax immediately recalled the gladiatorial performances that the estate had held in the evening to entertain several Roman nobles, "The new Spartan slaves Cole and Artemis? ”
"Master, about that Cole ......," the man in the robe interjected suddenly.
"Well, I see, you're doing a good job, let's get out first and continue to spy on their rebellion time and specific personnel!" Bardax motioned for the man in the robe to go back.
After the man in the robe was taken away by the guards, a flash of sharpness flashed in Bardax's eyes, and his fingers tapped on the table, "Spartan ......"
(It's busy today, and it's more likely to be a little later in the evening, around 8 or 9 o'clock)