The Bardax gladiator school is surrounded by cliffs on three sides, with only the façade being a five-meter-high boulder wall. The school is divided into two main parts from front to back, with the manor in front and a huge training ground in the back against the cliff. The manor is a semi-recessed structure, divided into two parts: the ground is an ordinary aristocratic manor, and the underground part is the living place of gladiators.

There are more than 300 formal gladiators in the school, and more than 200 preparatory gladiators who are being trained, it is not the largest gladiator school in Pompeii, but the gladiators inside are very famous, and it is an elite gladiator school that mainly trains elite gladiators. The elimination rate is very high.

In addition to the gladiators, there are more than 50 heavily armed mercenaries in the school to prevent the gladiators from rioting~chaos. Gladiators were not allowed to fight against real people in their usual training, and could only use wooden weapons, all iron weapons were locked in an arsenal, and the keys were only available to the instructors of the gladiator school.

In addition to training and eating, gladiators had to wear shackles to enter and leave the estate. Of course, if they won a gladiatorial match, Bardachus would also give them a small tournament bonus, and basically, all of the gladiators' winnings would be spent on the spirits and girls that the school regularly provided them.

Gladiators lived in cells that were cramped and devoid of sunlight, and unless they were the champions of gladiators, i.e., gladiators who had won the grand finale of the annual tournaments in Pompeii or Rome, their living conditions would be a little better than those of ordinary gladiators, and Bardacus would meet their usual less excessive requirements.

The underground premises where the gladiators lived were separated from the noble estates on the ground were separated by iron fenced gates, and the keys were only available to Bardachus and mercenary guards, not even the school instructors.

There were more than a dozen gladiator instructors at the Bardax Gladiator School, and the chief instructor was a one-eyed Gaul named Neos, who was said to be a god of the arena who had experienced hundreds of gladiatorial battles.

While the elder Bardax was still alive, Neos began to fight for the Bardacus family, and was bought from the slave market by the old Bardax Sr. at the age of 14, and has been fighting in the arena for nearly twenty years. In his final gladiatorial battle, he was victorious, but he was also seriously wounded and blinded in the eye by his opponent, and miraculously struggled to survive at the hands of death when everyone thought that the god of the arena was about to fall.

When the elder Bardax died, he gave Nyos the status of a freeman, making him the chief instructor of the Bardax gladiator school, and continuing to serve the Bardax family. Nyos trained gladiators meticulously and severely, and many famous gladiators ate his whip, and with Nyos's miraculous resurrection, the gladiators privately referred to him as Cerberus.

Among the elite gladiators trained by Nyos, there are currently two active champion gladiators, one is the Carthaginian Kabal, known as the Carthaginian beast, with a thick body and great strength, and fights with swords and shields. The other was a Thracian named Lagseus, who was a man of great fitness, with slender arms, and a rare beauty, who was very popular with the ladies of Pompeii, who often spent a lot of money to ask Bardacus to let them have a spring breeze with Ragalseus.

"Nilo, how do you know this?" Xu Mo asked in a low voice while queuing up to eat with a wooden plate.

"I'm a Roman, I grew up in Pompeii, and when I wasn't a slave, I used to go to the arena to watch gladiatorial matches!" Nilo said proudly.

"Are you a Roman? How did you end up being a slave! Xu Mo asked strangely.

"This ...... I owe a lot of debt and then ...... I sold myself! Nilo scratched his head and said a little embarrassed.

"Sold yourself to the gladiator school?" Xu Mo was a little speechless, gladiator is not a good profession, he is struggling on the death line all the time, even if he is a slave, it should be regarded as the most dangerous slave profession.

"Cole, although I am also a slave, I am a Roman after all, and I can redeem myself if I have money. If I had been a gladiator here for three years, the prize money from the tournament would not only allow me to redeem myself, but also buy a large piece of land on the outskirts of Pompeii! Nilo looked tenderly at a small silk sac in his hand.

"I hope you'll be alive in three years!" Xu Mo said expressionlessly, "Was the silk sac given to you by your lover?" ”

"No, it's my wife Helen's hair, she cut it for me before she left, and she told me that seeing this little silk sac is the same as seeing her!" Nilo said a little gloomily, "Cole, you know what, I used to be a jerk, fighting, drinking, gambling, it was my wife who changed me. ”

"Since you have a family, why do you sell yourself to the Gladiator Academy, if you die......" Xu Mo said with a frown.

"Because I owe a lot of debts, and I often have to hide from the collectors, and I have no fixed place to live. However, Helen was pregnant more than half a year ago, and we could no longer hide in the province, so I decided to come here to be a gladiator, and the money from selling my body could pay off the debt I owed, so that Helen and the soon-to-be-born child would not have to worry all day long. As long as I live out of here in three years' time, I vow that Helen and my children will live happily ever after. Nilo said with a determined gaze.

While the two were talking, the line to receive the food soon came to Xu Mo, the cook glanced at Xu Mo, the spoon in his hand shook in the iron bucket, fished out a black thing from the bucket and put it on the wooden plate in his hand, and forked a few slices of black bread from the copper plate next to him and put it on, and then waved his hand at Xu Mo, signaling that he could go.

Xu Mo took the wooden plate and returned to a wooden table with Nilo, picked up the wooden spoon and carefully flicked the black food, wanting to study what it was.

"Mashed potatoes, mixed with salami (a fermented meat) for gladiators, are enough to fight with a sword for half an hour! Many people want to get this kind of salami recipe from the gladiator school, but it's a pity that gladiator schools like Bardax will never reveal it to outsiders! Nilo explained with a smile when he saw Xu Mo frowning and studying the food.

A high-calorie meal for ancient gladiators? Xu Mo looked at the black mud in front of him with a little surprise, he was amazed by the high professional surname of the ancient Roman gladiator school.

"Phew!" Just as Xu Mo wanted to shake a spoonful of black mud and taste the taste, a stout gladiator walked to the table, leaned down and propped his hands on the table, lowered his head and spit a mouthful of thick phlegm into his wooden plate, "Eat it all, don't waste food!" ”

The mashed potatoes mixed with salami were black and ugly, and after adding this thick phlegm, Xu Mo suddenly felt a little sick to his stomach, and his mouth was filled with sour water.

Xu Mo blinked, and slowly looked up at the gladiator man beside him, and his eyes began to flash with a dangerous light.

"Don't do it, you're no match for him, he's Kabal, a Carthaginian beast!" Nilo, who was next to him, grabbed Xu Mo's arm under the table and whispered a warning.