The four guards at the security guard at the passage saw Lorist walking over by himself, muttering.
"Hey, what's up?" a guard asked.
"Don't mention it, it's disgusting, the Great Sword Master Benag is so ruthless..." Lorist knocked on the iron gate that was as thick as a bowl: "Brother Stam asked me to get some tools to clean it up there. There will be bodies to be moved."
A guard soldier came over and opened the iron gate and said, "You stupid, why do you do it yourself, just go to the first floor and find a few slaves and servants to come and clean it up. Anyway, the corpse will be transported to the monster pen to feed the monsters..."
Lorist nodded: "I thought so too, but Brother Stam told me to move quickly, if it takes too long to go up and down the floor, maybe the Great Swordsman Benag is not happy again."
Another soldier said with a smile: "It's unlucky for you two, just happened to be in a bad mood. By the way, how many people died just now? I was a little terrified when I heard the echo of the screams, I guess Those slaves must have died terribly..."
The door opened, and Lorist walked in to find a good location, and replied with a smile, "Four."
As the sword light flickered, the lives of the four guards were frozen at this moment. Four swords, all with a crack in the throat, and the four guards fell to the ground without even making a scream. Lorist raised his hand, and El, who was in the dark, rushed over with seven or eight family soldiers, and hurriedly stripped the corpses of the four guards into naked pigs. In addition to El, three more family soldiers of similar stature were found to put on the standard equipment of the four sets of soldiers of the Praetorian Guards.
The rest of the family soldiers dragged the four corpses back. Lorist looked El and the three family soldiers up and down, and nodded with satisfaction: "Very well, fortunately, the enemy is equipped with this kind of antique bronze helmet, and it is usually difficult for people who are not familiar with them to tell the difference. You guys Just guard here. If there are enemies who want to come in to patrol and fail to recognize you, let them in and clean them up. If you find something wrong with you, do it right away. Don't let them escape and report..."
El nodded: "My lord, I understand."
Lorist took the key and walked back. With El around, he felt relieved. The soldiers of the Praetorian Guards staying here were only of the Bronze and Black Iron ranks. Maybe the ones leading the team were of the Silver rank. This is similar to that of the Norton family Soldiers are not much different. A dozen or so patrolling soldiers came over and ran into El, a three-star silver star, and with the help of three family soldiers from the Black Iron Order, there shouldn't be any problems.
"Thanks, his name is Jades, this is Mason, this is Sunderhank, and his name is Prom. The four of them are all of the golden rank, so they are locked here with me. Well, what do you call you? Hughes, the slave great swordsman, took the bronze key brought back by Lorist, opened the four cells next door, released the four golden gladiators, and introduced them to Lorist while removing their shackles .
"Norton Lorist, you can just call me Locke." Lorist nodded at Hughes and the four golden gladiators.
"Our lord is the Roaring Bear of the North - the head of the Norton family, and an earl." Fatty Shi stepped forward and introduced it seriously.
However, the great swordsman Hughes didn't take Lorist's earl status seriously, and he nodded casually and replied: "Well, let's call you Lord Locke or Lord Earl. Jades, Prom, Here, you take the key and go to release all the guys behind."
"Just call me Locke, that's what my friends call me." Lorist watched curiously as the two golden gladiators, Jades and Prom, disappeared into the darkness: "Is there anyone else?"
"Well, the three underground floors were originally used to detain slave gladiators above the silver rank, and twenty-seven of them were imprisoned in the innermost part. Your people are mainly locked up here because they are too tightly grouped, and they have become objects of strict precautions. ’ said Hughes.
"My lord, you just said that our family armed forces have occupied Nubit Port?" Fatty Shi asked from the side.
"Yes." Lorist introduced the current battle situation: "... I sneaked into this royal city because I was worried about you. Fortunately, I came in time, otherwise I won't be able to see you in this life."
"My lord, you shouldn't take risks alone. It doesn't matter if we die. You bear the burden of the family. If something happens to you, we will die." Jim, Toke and Klimber and others When the family knights heard that Lorist had come to the arena for them, they were all moved to tears.
"That's right, my lord, you shouldn't take such a big risk..." Fatty Shi also sighed.
"Nonsense, although I am the head of the Norton family, I am also your friend and brother. You fell into the hands of the enemy and became captives for the sake of the family. If I don't pay attention to it, are you still human..." Lorist said.
"Well said, of course you did well, there are very few nobles like you now. Lord Locke, what are you going to do next?" Hughes, the great swordsman next to him, asked with a cheer.
"This..." Lorist patted his head, and said a little embarrassedly: "I really don't have any plans. I just wanted to come in today to find out the situation in the arena and talk to them. I just couldn't help it because of the emergency." Stop shooting. If it is one or two people, maybe I can think of a way to take them out, but now there are so many people here, I have nothing to do. At worst, I will kill them all the way. Anyway, the imperial guards in the royal city are going out these days. The defense force is also insufficient, and it should be possible to lead everyone out of the city gate. But I can't guarantee how many people can rush out... "
The great swordsman Hughes took a deep look at Lorist, probably wondering why Lorist could lead everyone out of the royal city. He pondered for a while and said: "If you only want to come out of the royal city, then you don't need to kill it. I know a secret path. Come with me..."
Hughes turned and left, and Lorist followed with Fatty Shi and Tok, and asked Jim, Klimber and other family knights and the family soldiers to wait here.
Walking through a dark passage, there was a loud noise in front. When I got closer, I saw that the two golden gladiators were helping a group of people unshackle. Seeing the great swordsman Hughes, Lorist and others greeted each other.
The great swordsman Hughes led the crowd to the door of the innermost room of the row of cells. He stood in front of the door and sighed for a long time before ordering the golden gladiator named Jades to open the door of the cell. After he went in, he removed the broken wooden bed against the wall and the rotten-smelling straw mats on it, knocked the big bluestone on the ground with his hands, and then lifted one of them, revealing a It's a very small crypt, and the hole just fits a person into it...
"Old Jones has been digging this secret passage for 14 years. When he was ready to escape, he fell on the arena..." Great swordsman Hughes said with emotion: "That day, before he went to the arena, he was very tired. He told me excitedly that he could hide two slices of black bread at the end of the game and escape at night. But I didn’t wait until his end... His gladiatorial fight that day was one man against two saber-toothed tigers... "
If the slave gladiator wins the battle, he can get a big meal reward, that is, roast meat, potatoes, black bread and bad wine. He can eat as much as he wants, and no one cares about taking two slices of black bread home for supper at night. .
"Where does this secret passage lead to?" Lorist asked.
"I don't know." The big sword sishus shook his head: "Old Jones told me that he dug to the underground sewer outlet, and there was only the last big bluestone left untouched. As long as he gets rid of this big bluestone, he can Escaping. But old Jones was dead for two years, and I was never held in this cell, so I couldn't find out myself."
After speaking, the great swordsman Hughes rummaged through the back of the broken wooden bed, and found a small piece of metal and a piece of wire long from his thumb: "This is his tool. This is a broken sword tip, which is the old Jones picked it up and hid it in the arena. He found this wire from a broken basket. The most important thing is that these two things can form sword light through fighting spirit. Old Jones used these two things to open the shackles secretly every night It took fourteen years of digging to get through this secret passage."
Niu, Lorist remembered that he had seen a classic Hollywood movie in his previous life, called redemption, in which the protagonist was wrongly sentenced to a long sentence, and he used a metal spoon in the cell of the prison. After more than ten years, he dug a secret passage to the gutter, escaped and gained freedom. This old Jones was really similar to the protagonist of the movie, but unfortunately he was not as lucky as the protagonist, and died in the arena before escaping.
"My lord, why don't I go down and have a look." Tork said and burrowed into the cave.
"Hey, wait a minute." Fatty Shi stuffed the torch in his hand: "Take the torch down and see clearly..."
Toke went down for about half an hour, and then crawled out of the burrow covered in dirt.
"My lord, this secret passage is not long, only about 14 or 15 meters. It's too narrow, and I can't turn around, and I can't hold my breath. But there is a row of bluestone walls at the end, and there is still a small space. I smashed it I found two large bluestones, and it turned out to be a sewer, in which two people could walk side by side. I walked two to three hundred meters to the place where the wind blows to a drain, but there are also two rows of large iron fence bars erected at the drain. It's as thick as the mouth of a bowl... "
Toke made a gesture to indicate the thickness, hesitated and said: "I looked, and found that the drain seems to be in a recess, and there is a tower about 50 meters away from the outside, which is connected with the city wall. If we If we go out from this drain, we will be easily spotted by the enemies on the city walls and towers. If they launch long-range attacks with crossbows, we will be unarmed, we can only be beaten, and we cannot fight back at all... "
As Tork said, he squatted down and drew a semicircular arc on the ground. Two small circles were drawn at the two tops of the semicircle to indicate the two towers, and then he clicked in the middle of the semicircular arc to indicate that this is drainage. mouth.
"Where does the sewer on the other side lead to?" Fatty Shi asked.
"I didn't go there, but I thought it was very dark and long, and I didn't know where it led, and I came back because I was afraid that the adults would wait in a hurry." Toke shook his head and said.
"I don't need to go through this, I know where it is." The great swordsman Hughes said: "I heard a slave gladiator say that the exit is on the ring road. In fact, this sewer is also a drain. Haneyabada Islands There are many heavy rains, and it often lasts for two or three days. The reason why Wangcheng does not accumulate water is because of these sewers. There are such sewers and drains in the four urban areas. Every month, the No. 10 guards will go in to inspect and let the slaves clean up Somehow, the slave gladiator who told me this was originally a slave who often cleaned the sewers, but was sent to the arena because he beat the slave overseer. He died in the arena after only three fights... "
"My lord, what should we do now?" Fatty Shi asked.
Lorist was in trouble. Even though there was a secret passage leading to the outside of the city, it was still useless. What he wanted to bring was not just a few people, but more than two hundred people. It would take two to three hours just to go through this secret passage. , and everyone is hungry and cold. Just like what they learned from Fatty Shi and the others, now they are locked in a cell for a day without fighting and eat a bowl of miscellaneous grain batter. Seeing myself coming to rescue them lifted my spirits a bit, but I'm afraid everyone won't be able to hold on for long if they hurry.
Besides, judging from the situation of Toke's investigation just now, it is very difficult to escape from the drain. So many people will definitely alarm the guards on the city walls and towers. Without weapons and equipment, if they encounter a long-range attack, they may suffer heavy casualties. . I want to lead them to escape, but not lead them to a dead end...
If you kill the enemies on the city walls and towers first, then letting everyone flee is not an option. Although the guards on the city walls and towers were not taken seriously by him, the current situation was that the enemy's guards on the city walls were very strict, and killing the city walls by himself would definitely alarm the enemies. As long as the enemy sends out a few great sword masters to pester me and then send people to chase after Fatty Shi and the others, these escaped family soldiers will be unable to fight the enemy with bare hands, and no matter how powerful I am, I will not be able to rescue everyone...
For a while, Lorist also had a problem, he hesitated for a long time while rubbing his chin, but couldn't come up with any good idea.
"Lord Locke, I just heard you say that the Royal Guards of the Royal City went out in the morning, so do you know how many guards there are in the arena?" The question of the great swordsman Hughes interrupted Lorist's contemplation.
"Oh, there should be more than 200 soldiers from the Imperial Guard Legion guarding the arena, about two teams." Lorist replied.
"Great, can Master Locke lend us some weapons? I want to rescue those slave gladiators on the second floor, and occupy the first floor as soon as possible so that we have a chance to breathe." Hughes sword the teacher said.
"Huh?" Lorist was taken aback, what did the great swordsman Hughes say
"Oh, Lord Locke, that's right." Hughes Great Sword Temple quickly explained after seeing Lorist's expression: "In fact, the two hundred soldiers of the Guards Corps you mentioned are only responsible for patrolling and guarding the arena. There are one or two hundred instructors and stewards who live on the other side, and they are the real threat to us. And another second-level great swordsman Jiluweit who sits in the arena also lives there.
However, the underground cell where our slave gladiators are held is only the entrance and exit on the first floor. If we quickly occupy that entrance and exit first, and prevent those gladiators from teaching and managing affairs, as well as the second-level great swordsman, we will have time. Arranging how to get out of here... "
"Where is the storehouse for storing food and weapons in the arena?" Lorist asked.
"It's over there too." The great swordsman Hughes squatted down and drew an oval on the ground like Tork: "My lord, this is the arena. The underground cell where our slave gladiators are held is on the right. Warcraft The bar is also on the side. The dormitory where the gladiators teach and manage them is on the left, and the grain warehouse and arsenal are also on the left. Every morning, the slaves and servants go to collect the grain, cook it on the top, and send it to the bottom for us to eat , After eating the guards and those gladiator instructors, we will be taken out to conduct various training in the arena... "
"Oh, great sword master Nasius, is there a big difference in level between you and that second-level great sword master?" Lorist asked.
"Well, generally speaking, I can hold a stalemate with him. If I try my best, he may not be my opponent, but even if I win, I will have to pay a high price. There are more than a dozen golden-ranked gladiator instructors on their side. , I would not be an opponent if I swarmed up. Don't look at Jades Mason and they are also golden gladiators, but they are not full, but they are weak because of the heavy iron chains wrapped around them, so they are not their opponents in a fight That's why I said to kill first, and occupy the entrance and exit of the first floor while there are still few guards, so as to gain time." The great swordsman Hughes replied very honestly.
That being the case, why not occupy the arena first? An idea suddenly popped up in Lorist's mind. Taking advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness, we first cleaned up the left-behind squad of more than 200 Imperial Guards, and then went to the other side of the arena. Those gladiator instructors and the second-level great swordsman were also cleaned up. Did the family soldiers gain time to recuperate? Here, we can dig this secret passage to be bigger and easier to pass through, and we can also seize weapons for preliminary arming, and then eat enough, wear warmth and nourish our spirits, so that we can escape with more certainty...
"I have an idea..." Lorist said.
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