Book of the Otherworld

Chapter 19
Suddenly, bursts of mist appeared in front of the eyes, and the surrounding audience, gladiators, and those dead bodies gradually disappeared in the mist.

This should be the end of the memory, he thought, and soon the fog gradually cleared away, and a new scene appeared in front of his eyes, the same sandy ground and auditorium, but compared to the last arena, the venue It is obviously much bigger, and the number of viewers has also increased a lot.This should be another memory, Xiao Zhen thought.

And this time his opponent was no longer a human, but a bull with sharp knives on its horns.

The ancient Romans liked to add various gimmicks to the gladiatorial competition. The scene in front of them is called Theseus vs. Minotaur.

The gladiator played the famous hero Theseus in ancient Greek mythology, and the bull played the Minotaur, of course.

Looking at the bull in front of him, Xiao Zhen couldn't help but feel uncertain for a while. This Alex's fighting power is undoubtedly quite strong, but he doesn't know if he can fight and win against a bull.

At this time, a slave ran towards Xiao Zhen (Alex), and put a red shirt on him.

The bull seemed to be stimulated, howled, and rushed towards Alex.

But Alex didn't panic, his heart was as calm as water, and he fixed his eyes on the bull's eyes. Just when the bull's horn was more than one meter away from him, Alex suddenly rolled over to the left, With no time to spare, he dodged the sprint of the bull's horn, and just avoided the blow.

The bull rushed a long way before stopping, turned its head around, and charged over again.

Still doing the same thing, Alex dodged four times in a row, and Xiao Zhen could clearly feel that the speed of the bull's charge would be slower each time than the last time.

When the bull rushed over for the fifth time, Alex didn't continue to dodge, he turned sideways on the spot, and at the moment he passed the bull shoulder to shoulder, a sword was drawn on the bull.

Blood spurted out, the bull was stimulated by the pain, and immediately became crazy, and rushed towards him with more ferocious momentum, but Xiao Zhen (Alex) knew that this kind of madness was just a flashback, and it was already there. The strength of a weary bull loses quickly with the blood.

Alex kept circling around the bull, stabbing his sword from time to time, and at the same time nimbly dodged the bull's attacks from time to time. Sure enough, as more and more wounds appeared on his body, the bull gasped and gradually became depressed. After falling down, the surrounding sand was already stained red with blood, and the bull's collision seemed to be in slow motion. Alex's dodging became more and more relaxed and leisurely. Finally, the bull lost even the last bit of strength, and it lay on the ground. , looking at Alex calmly.

Xiao Zhen (Alex) read some information from that look, he walked slowly to the bull, and stabbed the long sword deeply into the bull's neck.

With a miserable howl, the bull's eyes gradually dimmed.

That's sad!Xiao Zhen suddenly realized the meaning of the message. In a sense, whether it was the bull or Alex, or the giant man who died under Alex's sword, they were essentially the same pathetic existence.

However, before there was time to feel sad about the spring and autumn, the mist filled up again, covering everything in front of me, and the second memory ended.

But Xiao Zhen became curious in his heart, he was looking forward to what the third memory would be.

When the fog dissipated again, there was another scene in front of him. This was obviously the interior of a palace. Xiao Zhen could feel that what he was wearing was no longer rough linen and hard armor, but a soft Roman style. Not far away, a beautiful lady was looking at him with piercing eyes.

She walked towards him slowly, slid her fingers across his solid muscles, and let out a click of admiration.

Xiao Zhen was speechless for a while, what's the situation?What made him even more speechless was that the lady suddenly took off her long skirt, and what happened next left Xiao Zhen dumbfounded, but compared to the previous two memories, this memory made him enjoy it extremely.

However, this memory didn't last long. Half an hour later, the fog filled the air again, blocking the sight.

Then came the fourth memory.

When the fog dissipated again, at this moment, Xiao Zhen (Alex) found himself sitting on a bench in a basement, and the sunlight came in through the fence of the basement exit, carrying the smell of wind, sand and blood .

At the same time, there were trumpets and cheers.

where is this place?Xiao Zhen was taken aback for a moment, and he looked to the side. On both sides of him, there were more than a dozen people wearing simple armor and holding swords. These people were obviously gladiators just like him.

"Alex, get ready, you and your men will be on the field soon." A man dressed as an ancient Roman soldier came over and shouted at him.

Xiao Zhen (Alex) stood up from the bench, and he glanced at the people around him. The eyes of those gladiators looked at him, which made him excited. There were trust, determination, and admiration in those eyes.

"My brethren and comrades in arms, we have defeated countless opponents to get to where we are today. Many died in the field, but we survived. However, to be free, we have to win the last battle, brother Let’s all stand up and use the swords in our hands to decide our own destiny!”

"Hasa! Salute to you, Alex!" The gladiators raised their weapons and shouted.The shout made Xiao Zhen's blood boil for a while.

The fence was suddenly opened, and the sun shone in from the outside. It was scorching hot and dazzling. Xiao Zhen (Alex) nodded at the dozen or so gladiators under him, and led them into two rows. Go outside along the ramp.

At this moment, he was extremely excited. With so many powerful gladiators, this battle must be extremely exciting, but for some reason, he could feel that in Alex's memory, there seemed to be a bit of depression. Anger and fear.

When Xiao Zhen finally walked out of the basement, he was stunned.

This is a huge square, ten times larger than the arenas he saw twice before, and the high auditoriums around it are filled with spectators, tens of thousands, the flags are flying, the horns are sounding, The sound of war drums.

The entire arena was like a giant bowl, and the surrounding cheers came wave after wave, making Xiao Zhen who was at the bottom of the bowl feel as if he was in the center of the storm.

(This is the ancient Roman Colosseum!?) Almost instantly, Xiao Zhen understood his situation, and at the same time was extremely excited. In reality, few people could really see the scene in front of him.

A fat man in a silk robe shouted from the high platform.

"Welcome to the ancient battlefield. Today, His Majesty the great Roman Emperor will lead you to relive an ancient history, Caesar's Battle of Gaul.

What you see before your eyes is a tribe of barbarians from Gaul, they are bloodthirsty, cruel, barbaric, murderous opponents full of desire to kill, trying to challenge our great Majesty Caesar and his Roman warriors, and waiting for these The end of the savage must be perdition. "

Ha ha ha ha!Waves of malicious mocking and laughter came from the auditorium, making Xiao Zhen faintly feel uneasy.

The fat man was still shouting loudly.

"And next, the ones who will enter the arena are the great Caesar and his loyal Northern Legion!"

With a bang, a door at the other end of the arena was suddenly opened, and more than [-] gladiators from the enemy lined up and rushed out from inside.

These gladiators are not only much more numerous than Alex's side, but they are all wearing armor, holding large shields, spears and daggers, and even a chariot, which has completely overwhelmed them both in terms of equipment and momentum. this side.

So it turns out that Xiao Zhen finally understands now that there seem to be two gladiator teams, one of them plays the role of the ancient Gauls, and the other side plays the role of the Northern Legion led by Caesar, but judging from the script , My side is not very good, after all, in history, it was the Romans who won in the end.

Although the enemy on the opposite side is not a real Roman soldier, but a gladiator with more combat experience, coupled with the advantages in equipment and numbers, it can be said that his side is at a huge disadvantage.

And it seems that he is not the only one who understands this, the gladiators under Alex all looked at him at this moment.

Xiao Zhen could clearly feel that Alex was full of anger and unwillingness. This emotion infected him and made him raise the sword in his hand, "Fight to the end!"

"Fight to the end!" He roared, and those gladiators also shouted immediately, and under the leadership of Alex, they rushed towards the opposite enemy.

(End of this chapter)