Busy, another day. ???
After Ji Mo washed his hands, he pressed his eyebrows to relieve the nerves that had been tense for the whole day.
Returning to his tent, looking at the darkening sky, Ji Mo lay down on the bed and planned to take a rest in order to quickly recover from his exhausted energy.
But just after he closed his eyes, a soft cry made him open his eyes again.
It was Sislo, loyal servant of Maximus.
"What's up?"
"Master, I have something to ask you!" Sislo lowered his head and said.
"Okay!" Ji Mo responded, stood up, and walked with him.
As soon as he entered the camp, Ji Mo saw Maximus kneeling in front of the prayer platform, praying for his wife and children. Then he stood quietly, waiting for him to finish praying.
"Ancestors, I ask you to guide me. Mother in heaven, please guide me in the direction of the future. Father in heaven, please protect my wife and children. Please tell them that I only live to embrace them again. Ancestors, I am proud of you and will follow the instructions of my ancestors and live with dignity!"
His tone was low and sincere, making people feel his attachment.
After praying, Maximus solemnly picked up a small wooden figure on the prayer platform, kissed it gently, and then stood up.
"Mo!" Maximus smiled at Ji Mo. Although it was still as warm as usual, it was a little less bright and a little more heavy.
"What's wrong?" Ji Mo sat down and opened his mouth to ask.
"I'm afraid I have to break my promise, I can't leave with you, I can't take you to see my hometown!" Maximus was full of apologies.
Ji Mo looked into Maximus's eyes and said with certainty: "It must be Caesar!".
"Yes!" Maximus nodded slowly and briefly told him that when he went to see Caesar in the afternoon, Caesar was going to hand over the power of Rome to him and ask him to restore Rome to a republic.
"As I guessed, Caesar did not intend to let Maximus go back, but to find a difficult task for him?"
Looking at Maximus who was surrounded by a gloomy look, Ji Mo said: "Why don't you refuse? If you refuse, Caesar should let you go!".
"This is a mission, I'm still a soldier!" Maximus bit his lips bitterly, raised his head, and said to Ji Mo again: "I'm sorry, Mo, I...".
Interrupting the other party's words, Ji Mo said without any doubt: "I'll stay too!".
"But..." Maximus was shocked.
Ji Mo said nonchalantly: "It's nothing, I don't have a home here, it's the same anywhere!".
"Okay!" Maximus raised the corner of his mouth and regained a bit of brilliance.
"If this is the case, be careful with Commodus!" Ji Mo reminded.
"I know!" Maximus nodded.
"In this case, I'll go back first, otherwise Finn will come looking for me!"
Meanwhile, while talking to Maximus at the end of the season, Commodus in their mouth slowly lifted his hand from the back of his father's head that he had pinned to his chest.
Seeing his father losing his breath and glaring unwillingly, Commodus shed two lines of dirty tears in his snake-like eyes. Although he didn't want to do this, he loved power more, so he fell in love with his father. He told him that Maximus was the new heir, but before he officially announced it to others, he took the opportunity to hug his father and pressed the father's face hard on his chest. It had been a long time since he left. Not many old people's lives.
And after he did this, he gained valuable time for himself.
Next, it’s time to deal with Maximus!
…
Looking at the dancing lights in the dim tent, Ji Mo, who had just stepped into it, shrunk his steps and planned to retract his left leg, but as soon as he lifted his leg, a loud sound came from around him.
"I think we should have a good talk!" A plain voice came from not far behind Ji Mo,
Ji Mo turned around and looked at Quintas, who was standing outside the encirclement composed of the Praetorian Guards brought by Commodus from Rome, with a cold look in his eyes.
"Don't look at me like that. I know you don't agree, but I think it's better for you to listen to what I have to say!" As he said that, a fainting figure was held up by two guards and appeared in the encirclement. Outside, in front of Quintas, and Quintus was holding the dagger in his hand on the neck of the figure.
And that person was Finn.
Ji Mo glanced around and found that the camp he was in had been surrounded by layers of guards. Even Quintas cunningly stood outside the circle of guards, far away from him, and silently made his assessment. Suddenly, after realizing that his chance of saving Finn before the opponent killed him was less than 30%, Ji Mo stood there, folded his arms, and said, "What do you want to say?".
"Help the new Caesar control the Legion with me!" Quintus stated his purpose directly.
"New Caesar!" Ji Mo narrowed his eyes slightly.
"That's right, the new Caesar, His Highness Commodus!" Quintus said, then shook his head with a look of affected regret, and said: "Caesar Marcus has passed away tonight, and appointed His Highness Commodus is the new Caesar...".
Ji Mo secretly sneered and thought: "Haha, I don't believe that when the other party has just made the decision to hand over the power of Rome to Maximus, he will die on such a strange night! And he will also hand over the position to He killed Commodus, so he must have been killed by Commodus, his son!”
"Choose!" Quintus' voice was filled with a hint of urgency.
At this time, a system prompt sounded in Ji Mo's mind.
"Second phase mission: selection.
Maximus? Commodus?
Note: When you answer Quintus's words, you make a choice, and the choice is related to the subsequent tasks. "
"Choose?" Ji Mo smiled helplessly. The system's intervention was really not at the right time. Originally, he wanted to pretend to agree to the other party and save Finn first, but now as long as he agrees to the other party, the result of this choice will be It can't be changed...
And choose Commodus? What a joke!
"No, I refuse!"
He chose the former without any hesitation, and as his words came out, Commodus's option disappeared, but Quintus breathed a sigh of relief. He was really afraid of agreeing at the end of the season.
Commodus hates Maximus because of his father's affairs, so Maximus has been put on the death list. After Maximus's death, the current legion will not listen to him. Even Quintas only controls a small part of the command, but it is different in the end of the season, which has a high reputation among the soldiers.
Therefore, as long as Ji Mo agrees, Quintus's importance in Commodus's eyes will be greatly reduced, and this is why Quintas breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Ji Mo's rejection.
"In that case, let's kill both of them!" Quintus sneered and swung the dagger in his hand towards the unconscious Finn.
