Chapter 25: Despicable
"Samsara 228, you have completed the Competing Surname Mission: Bardax Revolt (C+ Rank). Rewards: 10,000 credits, 12 skill points. ”
"Arres, what are we going to do next?" Omus walked up from behind Xu Mo and asked respectfully.
"Clean up the battlefield and collect all the Roman armor and weapons, including...... Their leather sandals! Xu Mo glanced at the simple clogs on Omus's feet and said.
"Boss, I counted, we still have one hundred and fifty-six people left, of which there are about eighty people who are slightly injured, more than twenty seriously injured, and eight of the seriously injured may not survive tonight!" Jeanna came to Xu Mo's side and said softly.
"Arres, I'll give those eight brothers a ride!" Cabal next to him heard Jeanne's words, his eyes darkened, and then he said with a resolute expression.
Xu Mo glanced at Cabal and nodded silently, when the gladiators were in Bardax Manor, they ate and lived together, and they lived together for so long, and they had a deep affection for each other. But if a gladiator is really incurable, often his best brother will choose to kill him himself, so that he will not have to suffer from the pain before he dies.
Before it was completely dark, the rebels finally cleared the entire battlefield. Although the armor on the Roman soldiers was already scarred and damaged, it was all standardized, and the gladiators put together more than a hundred pairs of armor that were still in good condition. Combined with the part of the armor they originally had, they barely turned all the gladiators into hoplites.
The gladiatorial daggers and tattered log shields in the hands of the gladiators were also replaced with the double-edged swords, javelins and egg shields of the Roman soldiers, and Xu Mo also asked the gladiators to carry the more than forty vertical tower shields discarded by the Roman soldiers onto the carriage. If it weren't for the limited space in the carriage, Xu Mo would even want to take away the already tattered armor and weapons.
Before leaving the battlefield, the Romans took all their wounded companions with them, leaving only the bodies of both friend and foe. The gladiators piled up the bodies of their companions and padded dry dead wood and fallen leaves under the corpses, preparing to cremate their companions.
As for the Roman soldiers who were stripped into pigs by the gladiators, the gladiators were not going to collect the burials, but after Xu Mo groaned slightly, he still ordered the gladiators to pile the Romans into a pile of corpses and cremate them as well. This was not because Xu Mo had a conscience, but because he was worried that the Roman soldiers who had been stripped into pigs would provoke the Roman troops who came from behind and pursued them endlessly.
"Arres, come here, there's something I want to tell you!" Cabal said, lowering his voice.
"Cabal, what's the matter?" Xu Mo followed Cabal out of the crowd and to a corner on the side.
"Come here, tell Arres what you've seen!" Cabal beckoned, summoning a few miscellaneous slaves from around the corner.
"Lord Arres, that's right, we people don't have the ability to fight, so when you fought the Romans, we all hid, and we saw ......" The slaves, who had been miscellaneous servants, looked at each other and spoke.
"Are you sure you're right?" Xu Mo was startled and subconsciously looked at Kabal.
"They should be right, before informing you, I went to count the corpses of my brothers, and with the addition of the living, we are nearly forty missing!" Cabal said with a solemn face.
"Damn Bardax, damn mercenaries ......" The actions of Bardax and his mercenaries made Xu Mo unusually angry.
It turned out that after Bardacus's mercenaries entered the battlefield, many gladiators were wounded by these mercenaries and cooperated with Roman soldiers, and lost their ability to move on the battlefield. Unknowingly, these gladiators were captured by mercenaries with lassoes, and the number reached as many as forty.
The battle between the Romans and the gladiators was so fierce that everyone was so focused on the battle that even Xu Mo didn't notice that this kind of thing had happened on the battlefield. Only these miscellaneous slaves, who had gone into hiding because they had not participated in the battle, observed it.
"I didn't tell Ragseus and Eumes about this, you are now the leader, it's up to you to decide what to do!" Cabal sighed and said, "I don't think Bardax will necessarily execute them, and even if you decide to give them up, I can understand that they won't say anything." ”
"Cabal, call Ragtheus and Eumes here, this matter cannot be hidden from them. I know what you're worried about, and if they don't want to listen to me now, then let's break up! To defeat the Romans, we must be a strong army, united, obedient to orders, and not emotional! Xu Mo closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then said lightly.
To Cabal's surprise, not to mention Eumes, even Ragtheus calmed down after cursing a few vicious words of Bardacus when he learned about this. War is the best teacher, Cabal, Lagerseus, and Eumes, who have learned a lot after such a brutal battle.
Champion gladiators are not only excellent in physique, but also outstanding in combat, and those who can perform well in a certain aspect, although they cannot be said to be all extremely intelligent people, but most of them are not stupid. The same is true of the three champion gladiators in front of them, although they have no great knowledge and lack social skills, they are all very smart, not to mention that just now, they have paid the price of blood.
"If only we had known the news earlier!" Omes shook his head with a wry smile, "Arres, you decide, we are willing to obey any orders you make!" ”
Ragseus opened his mouth to speak, but before he could open his mouth, he sighed, closed his mouth again, and remained silent.
"Let's go, let's find a hidden place to recuperate first, and tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, we will send someone into Pompeii City to investigate the situation!" Xu Mo's eyes flashed, and the final word came.
"Boss, ...... this mission we received," Dinah asked in surprise during the team communication.
"Samsara 228, you have triggered the Competing Surname Mission: Salvation (B+ Rank)! Save the slave gladiators in the original Bardax Manor, each slave gladiator rewards 500 credits, 1 skill point, and every ten slave gladiators saved, an additional free caste. The time limit of the mission, within two days from now, the task fails, and the subsequent competing surname task may be triggered! ”
"Hint: Follow-up competitive surname tasks may have priority, and competitive surname tasks with priority have mandatory surnames, and the reincarnation must complete them, and the consequences of task failure are extremely serious."