Augustus Road

"I have no ability. I have to rely entirely on you. My mother told me that my responsibility is to be cautious." - The wife of Ischomachos in ancient Greece said to him

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Pontu's giant monster ship had no intention of stopping. It shot out flaming arrows and flying rocks from all sides, sweeping away the survivors floating on the water with great force.

Calabis stumbled to Helenputina's white horse, hugged the horse's neck, and begged it to sacrifice its life for its mistress and accept him with great spirituality, although he had never ridden it. .

The white horse whistled low and quickly knelt down. Calabis stepped on it, and then he took off his heavy helmet and armor, only wrapping himself in a cloak. The horse carried him and swam deeper, surrounded by It was the wind and water that were cold to the bone. At this moment, there was a shout from the shore. He turned around and saw Hebrida and a few soldiers running to the beach and throwing a noose at him. He turned around and caught it. With it around his waist, the rockets fired by the Pontus people kept passing over his head, almost burning his hair.

The Queen is a very adaptable person. She asked Elcapa to return to the helm in time and rowed back towards the nearby Acropolis. Ella also rocked the oar back on the boat. At this time, a small and medium-sized stone , the flying stones from the three-decker rowing boat of Pontus hit Ella's boat. The boat shook violently and pushed little Nicole, who was holding the lamb, into the water!

Almost three people jumped into the sea at the same time.

First it was Karabis. He suddenly got off the horse and swam hard towards the direction where Nicole fell into the water. The white horse didn't make any sound. It had swam too far and exceeded the limit that a horse could bear. Karabis After Bisi left, it hung its four hooves and slowly sank toward the bottom of the sea, shrinking into a blurry white shadow until it disappeared.

The second one was Ella, who was still wearing armor. She bit her ponytail in her mouth. Before she could take off the heavy armor, she plunged into the sea water with a sudden movement, and struggled to lift Nicole who fell into the water with both hands. Step up and win even a little bit of time.

The third one was the Queen of the Amazons. She wisely took off her armor and told Elcapa to continue calmly steering the boat in the direction where Neeko fell into the water, and then jumped into the sea.

Hebrida on the shore pulled the rope and howled, "Bring me more ropes quickly!" Several soldiers tied knots on the ropes like a relay, making it easier for their legion envoys to swim deeper. go.

Karabis only knew how to open his arms, use the breathing techniques and speed swimming techniques taught to him by Tyranion, and swim desperately in the direction of Little Neeko. He was like a flexible swordfish, splitting the water waves, moving forward indomitably, he His only fear was that Neeko would sink into the water before he could reach his daughter.

But when he grabbed Nico, who was still floating on the sea, Nico's body sank suddenly, and he felt the pain and weakness all over his body - he saw that under Nico, the waves were still there. Ella raised her hands high, only half of her face was exposed above the water, her hair and body were completely soaked, and she was exhausted from the exhaustion of her physical strength, but she saw Karabis take Nicol and opened her eyes slightly. He lowered his eyes, seemed to show a smile, and then closed his eyes quietly again. With all the armor on his body, he quickly submerged into the sea water, first his face, then his forehead, and finally his stiff hands...

"Ella..." Karabis felt wet, hot and salty liquid flow out of his cheeks. He remembered Ella's words once. She had a child, but she couldn't keep it. People who don't have children can't understand that. The love for children and the pain of losing them. But he couldn't continue to think about it, because there was a rope tightly wrapped around his waist, allowing him to make free movements and hold Nicole sideways as much as possible on the water. Helen Putina also swam over there, and she took over Using the strength of the exhausted Calabis, he pulled Nicole over. Elcapa on the boat held up his shield to resist the flying arrows, and threw a lasso to quickly drag little Nicole over. Got on the boat.

At this time, on the tower of the Acropolis, the Roman soldiers launched flaming stone bullets at Pontus's small fleet and made a threatening attack, forcing the fleet to leave the shooting range of the Acropolis and attack the larger fleet. Approaching the shore of Ponticabion, this was the main target assigned to them by Adiana anyway - the whole city had no intention of resisting, and the Pontic soldiers began to board the swift single-layer oar boats. On the shores of the city, soon the city began to burst into flames and smoke, and it began to fall.

Calabis was very tired, his hands and legs were as stiff as wood, and his eyes were filled with black dots swimming around. "I don't have the energy to go back anymore, so be it, forgive me, Potty." " He didn't even have the strength to feel sick and vomited, and he quickly floated on the water like a dead fish. His body swayed with the waves, and the salty and bitter sea water poured in bit by bit from his nose and mouth. His consciousness began to blur, until finally he was dragged to the beach by Hebrida and others with ropes like a piece of garbage fished out of the sea.

The soldiers and centurions gathered around the breathing legion envoys and shouted loudly. Hebrida kicked several of them hard, "This bastard is not asleep - hurry up and find a blanket and a stretcher." Come, carry him to the temple, where there is a brazier!"

A stone bullet flew from outside the city and hit the eaves of the Minerva Temple in the city at an angle, causing the dust on the roof to fall down and hit Carapis' face. He opened his eyelids with difficulty. In front of him was a dark dome and a swaying chandelier. It seemed that he was lying on the ground, covered with a thick blanket. There were also the footsteps of soldiers walking around in his ears. He subconsciously touched the side, but touched a small ball of tenderness with a slight throbbing. He turned his head and saw Helenputina's gazelle-like eyes, looking at him at a loss.

"Where's Nicole?"

"She's on your side, Carapis."

Carapis turned his head again, and his arm regained consciousness. Little Nicole curled up like a cat, lying in his arms, and her small pale face began to show some blood color.

"Thank the ancestors, my good girl is still alive." Carabis lay upright with his head tilted back, feeling that the greatest happiness was on his left and right sides, and then he remembered Ella's last smile, and tears could not stop falling again.

Helenputina did not let go of Carabis's hand from her chest. She thought of Ella and shed tears. After a while, the queen turned over and got into his arms, and asked softly: "Will you take Nicole back to that distant city of Rome? How will she be there..."

"There... is completely different from here." Carabis' face touched Helenputina's red hair, thinking about her question, he could only answer like this. (To be continued)