Chapter 244: Endless Malice (4k)

Soon, Moon gathered a large number of young and middle-aged slaves to go to the nameless mountain to excavate the ruins.

On the way to the ruins, many slaves did not quite understand what was happening.

They kept asking their companions what they were going to do.

"Hey, my brother, what's going on? What does Lord Augustus want us to do?"

The person who heard this said immediately:

"I heard from Lord Quintus that they were going to excavate a relic from the Age of Gods. To be honest, I have no idea what that is."

"But I know that Lord Quintus and the others said that there are weapons in there that can help us deal with those damn slave owners!"

Relics of the Age of Gods?
"Are you sure, bro?"

"Of course we are sure. This is what Lord Quintus told us before we set out. By the way, this is for you. We will have to dig hard later."

An iron pickaxe was instantly thrown at the slave who was asking the question.

The other party weighed the weapon in his hand before carrying it on his shoulder and said:
"That will definitely require hard work, but you know what, brother?"

The person in front turned around and asked:
"what do you know?"

The man looked around and then came up and said:

"I'm not saying this to be discouraged. I did escape from outside. So I have to tell you people who were originally in Agassiz."

The man became more and more puzzled and said:

"what exactly is it?"

He whispered:
"Lord Augustus should not be able to win. When we came here, we saw many warships. In order to defeat Lord Augustus, the Romans sent an army so numerous that it almost covered the sky and the sun!"

"But look at us, look around you, there are only slaves like us here, we just have a little strength, but we don't know how to fight and kill people!"

The man shook his head and said:
"Perhaps you are right, but so what? I want to follow Lord Augustus forever. I don't want to go back to being a slave."

The man wanted to continue speaking, but after someone behind him pulled him, he changed his words:
"You are right. We don't want to go back to being slaves."

Afterwards, he and the person who pulled him slowly fell behind. After they could no longer see the people at the beginning, they spoke to the slaves next to them with great worry:
"My friend, were you in Agassiz from the beginning?"

"Yes. What's the matter, brother? Are you feeling unwell? I see you don't look well. Can you give me your pickaxe? I'll hold it for you."

"No, it's not that. It's just a pickaxe. I'm not that serious. I just remembered a lot of things I heard when I came here."

The new person being addressed nodded and asked curiously:
"whats the matter?"

"I saw a lot of Roman troops surrounding us, but that's nothing. We have Lord Augustus. But, I also heard that the Romans offered a reward."

"It is said that any slave who participated in the rebellion would be pardoned and rewarded as long as he was willing to cooperate with the Romans to suppress the rebellion. Not only would his status as a slave be eliminated, but he would also receive a large sum of gold coins and become a superior person from then on."

The person being addressed frowned and said:

"This is obviously a trick of the Romans. They are not so kind. They just want us to betray Lord Augustus! They want us to continue to be their slaves!"

"I bet the Romans will regret it after this is done!"

The man nodded affirmatively and said:

"I thought so too, but brother, there are too many of us, and it's not enough for us to think so. What if, I mean what if, what if someone believes it?"

"Then I will chop off his dog head!"

"But what if there are many such people? What if they really affect the outcome of the battle? What if they really help the Romans win?"

After saying this, the man said nothing more, but just lowered his head and walked forward with great worry.

Only the person who was spoken to was left standing there in a state of uncertainty.

Then, people in other places were approached by different people and talked about similar things.

"Brother, I heard that the Romans offered a high reward for Augustus' head, saying that as long as you offer Augustus' head, you can directly become the governor of the province."

"My friend, I am really worried. I heard that there are many traitors among us who have listened to the Romans' slander and want to kill our brothers in exchange for the wealth promised by the Romans."

Such sounds were heard everywhere among the team excavating the ruins and in the fortress of Agas.

Quintus heard a lot of bad news and rumors, which happened late thirteen years ago. He found Moon with great concern and explained everything to him.

"Sir, I am concerned that there are Roman spies among us, and there are many of them. They are coming too fast. I think we should perhaps temporarily control the 30,000 or so people who have fled to join us."

Moon, who was walking at the front of the team, said without turning his head:

"If there is no control, the situation will only get out of control."

The Romans undoubtedly expected internal strife among themselves.

And controlling the more than 30,000 slaves who had finally escaped was a huge point of intensification.

Quintus nodded bitterly and said self-reproachfully:

"A similar thing happened thirteen years ago, but that was much later. I should have reacted sooner. I should have asked you to temporarily control those thirty thousand people earlier."

Moen smiled and said:

"How to control it? Turn away the slaves who are full of hope? Or drain the blood of the passionate warriors? There is no way to control it. They come and we have to accept them. We know this is the only way, and the Romans also know this is the only way."

This is an open conspiracy. You want to rescue all the slaves in the Old World. So what will you do with the slaves who have fought hard to escape from their original hell and come to join you?
If they accepted it, there would inevitably be Roman spies, hidden assassins, or even rebels mixed in.

But if you refuse, who will believe in you anymore? They have risked a lot of risk and hardship to come to you!

We can't let their enthusiasm go to waste.

Quintus became more and more depressed, but he still said:

"They should be refused entry even then. Internal instability is too terrible. The harm is far more serious than temporarily refusing them."

"As long as we can keep going, everyone will know what we are going to do, but now, I am worried that we may not be able to go on."

Moon stopped and patted Quintus on the shoulder.
"Denying them entry won't stop it. Supernatural power is omnipresent, and Agas is a huge city with a population of millions even after removing the slave owners."

All Moon had was a group of slaves and the name of Augustus, which was of no use to him for the time being.

He couldn't tightly guard a city with millions of people.

Quintus said a little desperately:

"Are we just going to sit back and watch them do it?"

Moon turned around and led everyone forward again:

"Of course not. Did you tell everyone that we were going to excavate the Temple of Mourning?"

"Yes, as you instructed, I let everyone know what we were going to do."

"That's enough."

After hearing this, Quintus began to understand what Moon meant.

But he was just confused and couldn't understand many key points.

He couldn't help but stepped forward and asked:

"Sir, have you prepared any countermeasures?"

Moon did not answer Quintus's question. He just asked:
"Is there anything else I need to know?"

Although Quintus was curious, he suppressed his questions when he saw this.

He knew what the adults meant. With their side in such a passive situation, it would be better if fewer people knew about their hidden cards. It was not a question of not trusting anyone.

But in the extraordinary world, many things can be leaked if they are spoken out. "Nothing major, but as for the minor things, we caught a very strange corpse desecrator."

Corpse defiler???
Another time traveler from the Human League?
"We were planning to let her go, but she was so confused at the time that she told us that she knew an angel and that she was the legendary witch of salvation."

A time traveler who knows the Witch of Redemption???
Wait, no?

"Is she a transcendent of the puppet path? Perhaps a sequence seven?"

"Yes, sir, how did you know?"

Moen wanted to cover his face.

It was undoubtedly Miss Leida.

Why are you coming to the Old World if you're not looking for El in Baratheon?
Wait, she is the witch's follower, could she have been summoned by the witch?
Moon knew that everything would not develop as he expected, but he really didn't expect it to develop this way.

After thinking about it, Moon gave up the idea of ​​letting Miss Leida go.

He rubbed his eyes and said to Quintus:

"Please bring her here."

"Yes, my lord."

Soon, Miss Leida was tied up by several gladiators and sent to Moon.

Looking at this very familiar timid girl.

Moen was a little tired.

It's really Leida.
And Leda kept swallowing her saliva as she looked at the great man in front of her who was wearing a bloody ribbon.

Augustus Julius, the Uncrowned Lord of the World, the biggest figure she had come into contact with since she came to this world.

I thought that as a princess, El was invincible, but I didn't expect to encounter enemies from the sky as soon as I arrived in the Old World.

Notice that the other person is looking at you.

Leida forced a smile and said:

"How are you, Lord Augustus?"

Looking at Leida who was trying to talk to him, Moon asked directly without any expression:

"The witch is in the Old World?"

Her hands and feet were tied, and only Leida's head could move. She nodded hurriedly:

"Yes, sir. I am a follower of the Witch of Redemption. I came to the Old World according to her will. So, can you please let me go and find her in Pompeii?"

Moon sighed deeply at this.

For some reason, Quintus felt that this was the first time he saw deep helplessness and confusion in this great man.

It seemed like this was the only thing that had greatly exceeded his expectations.

It was also the only thing that made him a little unsure of how to deal with it.
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In the Roman front camp during the siege of Agasi.

The Western Roman Emperor quickly walked into the Eastern Roman Emperor's tent and asked:
"The slaves are going to excavate the Temple of Mourning?"

In the tent, there was not only the Eastern Roman Emperor, but also the other three Roman emperors.

Although they raised their heads when they heard this, their expressions showed no surprise at all.

The Western Roman Emperor knew that they had known about this for a long time.

So he said in an even more strange tone:

"Since you know that, why don't you just attack them? That's the weapons storehouse of the Age of Gods!"

If there is anything worth saying about the Old World, this poor place without gods.

That must be Augustus Julius and the Temple of the Mourning where the Sword is kept.

The emperors remained unmoved.

The Western Roman Emperor felt like he was going crazy. Don’t these guys know what that means?

"Why this reaction? Don't you think the Firstborns have something terrible in their arsenal that could turn the tables on those slaves?"

After hearing this, the emperors looked at each other and laughed.

Seeing this, the Western Roman Emperor became even more confused and said angrily:

"If you don't care, I'll take care of it myself. I'll gather my army right now!"

At this point, the Eastern Roman Emperor stepped forward and said:

"Okay, okay, my friend, don't be so anxious. We all know about this matter. We also know that there may be something very scary hidden in it."

"But don't you think the remains of the eldest sons could be very dangerous? If that's the case, why not let those untouchables explore the way?"

The Western Roman Emperor thought this was bullshit:
"Let them explore the way? Aren't you afraid that they will just go in and get the horrible God Age heritage?"

The Eastern Roman Emperor raised his wine glass and said with a smile:
"That's the point! We're not afraid!"

The Western Roman Emperor frowned deeply and asked seriously:

"What is it that I don't know?"

The other Roman emperors all laughed and said:
"We have prepared a great gift for the old and confused Augustus, and we have delivered it to him early."

"As long as he opens the door of the Temple of Remembrance, he will be sent to us immediately!"

What Augustus, what founder of Rome, what master of the world.

Aren’t you going to become their defeated opponent soon and a new glorious record?

They were a little surprised at how smoothly the process went.

It seemed that the other party was completely unprepared. He must have thought that as long as he opened the memorial hall first, he could rest assured.

They admitted that they too feared the legendary arsenal of the Age of Gods.

But no matter how powerful a weapon is, it’s scary if you don’t get it, right?

Amid their laughter, the Western Roman Emperor walked aside with a slight frown.

He was sidelined, which is not good news.

So after the laughter ended, he turned to the emperor of Pompeii Rome and asked:
"My people told me that some merchants said something bad happened in Quija City? So what happened?"

Amid the curiosity of the other emperors, the Roman emperor Pompeii said calmly:

"Just some minor things, it's all right now."

"Really? Why did I hear that it was the Abyss Watchers from the Forsaken Land who destroyed the entire city of Quija?"

The emperors who were still sitting stood up immediately.

The evil intentions of the Abyss Watchers are far more serious than a mortal rebelling with a group of slaves.

"what happened?"

Facing the emperors' questions, the Roman emperor who had offended the elves simply repeated his words once again:

"I told you, there's no problem now. Or has your territory been attacked?"

"Don't be ridiculous. Why do the Abyss Watchers come to Rome if they don't monitor and guard against the Abyss? Are we the Abyss?"

　I have a cold, so I will just write 4,000 words for now.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)