The heat waves came one after another, and Alex found himself standing on the desert of Jerusalem, with the scorching sun hanging above his head.

Even though he had been serving here for two years, he still couldn't stand the hot climate, his throat was smoking, and it would be great if he could drink a cool spring water.

The voice of the commander of the legion sounded blurred in his ears: "Before, is the Persian tribe who is unwilling to surrender. Olius, you are responsible for taking the lead. Sevis, take your men to surround their retreat from the left wing, and do not let any enemy go. Alex, you take people to rush in with me. Remember, all the people in that village are our enemies, and no one can be let go."

The scene in front of me seemed familiar. The empty desert was filled with fully armed Roman soldiers. Not far ahead was a tribal camp with smoke. Alex wanted to say something, but opened his mouth, but couldn't say a word.

The battle suddenly started for some reason. Alex found himself standing in the village, bleeding from the sword in his hand, and Persian corpses were everywhere, including men, women, elderly people, and children.

He saw a soldier under him pressing a woman against the wall and thrusting his lower body frantically. He saw another soldier telling a child who was still in crazily throwing him into the burning house. He felt a flame burning in his chest, and almost spurting fire out of his eyes. The burning heat became stronger and stronger, almost igniting him all the way-

The slave who was wiping Alex's body with a wet rag heard a murmur from the Gladiator's mouth, "It shouldn't be like this, you can't do this."

He shook his head and smiled, and continued his work.

Just when Alex felt that he was about to be burned to ashes by the anger in his heart, a cool rain fell on him, extinguishing the flame, and the heat did not completely fade. He felt like a piece of charcoal soaked in the water, smoking all over his body. The smoke obscured his vision, and the surroundings became dark. The village, soldiers, legion commanders, and the crying woman disappeared all at once. He suddenly remembered everything, all of which were memories of the past. He had already left Jerusalem and was no longer a centurion.

A strange sound rang in his ear, as if from a distant horizon, vague and unable to hear clearly. Then he felt his mouth be broken open and a hard thing was stuffed into his mouth. The bitter feeling suddenly filled his mouth. He tried hard to spit out the thing, but in vain.

The warm water flowed into his mouth, and he diluted the bitterness, and he swallowed greedily, as if he had just walked out of the desert.

"He will get better," Lin Tianyu said with a smile when he saw the aspirin successfully fed.

"That may not be the case. They don't seem to have changed much."

"Whatever you think, but I think we can complete the transaction now."

"But they are not getting better yet."

Lin Tianyu looked at the businessman with a strange expression on his face, "I always thought you were a shrewd businessman, but now I realize that you are so stupid."

The businessman was immediately annoyed when he heard this, but Lin Tianyu's words left him speechless.

"If we complete the transaction now, no matter whether they are dead or alive, you can get at least these two treasures, but if you wait until the result comes out before making a transaction..."

The merchant thought about it and immediately understood that it would be fine if Lin Tianyu succeeded. If he failed and Alex died, then there would be no need for the other party to make any transactions with him. By then, not only would his gladiators die, but he would not even be able to get the treasure.

Thinking of this, he thought that he was indeed stupid, so he hurriedly signed Lin Tianyu's contract book, took two items and left in a hurry.

Lin Tianyu sighed, despised the seemingly savvy businessman, and then asked the two slaves to carry Alex out of the clinic.

He was not going to take Alex back to the Apius's house to take care of him. Although he had a good relationship with Apius, infectious diseases were something that everyone avoided in this era. After all, he was just a guest, and it would be too unreasonable to bring a patient who had a fever epidemic back rashly.

So he rented a house in the city of Rome, settled Alex in it, and bought two slaves who knew how to take care of the patient in the clinic.

After all this, Lin Tianyu did not leave. The house was very big. He found a room outside and settled down. While continuing to observe Alex's condition, he found a way to ask Apius to help him exchange his money for hard currency such as gold and gems.

Alex's condition quickly stabilized, perhaps because of his strong body, or because people in this era have never used antibiotics and their bodies have no resistance to drugs. After taking a few tablets of aspirin, the fever gradually subsided.

Alex woke up one night. He opened his eyes and found that there was a strange place in front of him. Under him was no longer the straw from the Gladiatorium, but the clean linen mattress. He felt his throat was so dry that he shouted with difficulty, "Water!"

A slave poured a cup of well water from a pottery pot and sent it to his mouth. He drank all the water and felt a little awake. Although he didn't know where he was, the slave's attitude towards him made him know that he was safe. The moonlight outside the window shone in, which made Alex feel at ease. He closed his eyes and fell asleep again.

When the sun shone on him the next morning, Alex woke up from his sleep. He felt that his body was already healed. Although he was still a little sore and exhausted, it did not affect his movements.

Alex walked down the window and observed around him. A set of linen clothes was placed on a wooden table. He felt clean and tidy after putting on it. How many times better than the coarse cloth clothes he used to soaked with sweat stains.

When he walked out of his room with doubt, he found a man in a weird robe sitting on the desk in the small hall outside with something written.

As if he heard his footsteps, the man raised his head and smiled at Alex. Alex was surprised to find that the other party had a very strange appearance, black hair and dark eyes, and his face was different from any race he had seen. He couldn't help but feel extremely surprised.

"Are you awake, are you feeling better?" the man asked sideways.

Alex didn't know who the other party was, but his intuition told him that this person cured him.

"It's much better, where am I?"

"Rome," Lin Tianyu said.

"By the way!" He seemed to suddenly remember something, picked up a parchment scroll from the table and threw it to Alex, "By the way, you will be free from today."

"Freed?" Alex opened the scroll in disbelief. It was clearly a contract document that said he had handed over his ownership to a foreigner named Tianyu.

"You are the Heavenly Words."

"That's right," Lin Tianyu nodded, "and I am willing to give you freedom. Of course, it is not without conditions. You need to serve me as my guard for five years. During these five years, you need to travel with me, obey my instructions, and protect my safety. In five years, I will give you a sum of money as your reward for the past five years. At that time, you can choose to continue serving me, and of course you can also choose to leave, as you please. What do you think?"

Alex was a little puzzled when he heard the other party's words, "But I am your slave. You can ask me to do anything without paying me."

Lin Tianyu spread his hands, "But I don't need slaves. What I need is a loyal guard, a reliable partner, and a trustworthy friend."

"Friend?" Alex muttered to himself, he felt a little unfamiliar with the word.

"That's right," Lin Tianyu said with a smile, walked up to him and patted Alex on the shoulder, "Besides, the world I live in does not allow slaves, so I neither need slaves nor force others to be my slaves."

“It sounds like your hometown is a wonderful place.”

"Haha, believe me, it's definitely not as beautiful as you think."

Lin Tianyu said self-deprecatingly, "Okay, please decide now whether you want to be my guard. If you don't want to, I won't force you. I will send you back to your guild hall and continue to be your gladiator."

"I don't think I have any other choice," Alex said calmly, "at least one guard should be safer than a gladiator, I'm willing."

"Very good," Lin Tianyu untied his sword from his waist, "and then, from now on, you will officially take office."

Alex took the thrown sword, surprised the length and strange appearance of the sword. He gently pulled the sword out of the scabbard, and a trace of cold light came into his eyes, illuminating his surprised expression.

This is an ancient pine pattern sword imitating the Han Dynasty style. It is slightly shorter than the 88k samurai sword and the medieval two-handed sword, but it is more than 80 cm long. The sword body is made of pattern steel and has naturally generated pine patterns on the door, which is exquisite. This sword cost Lin Tianyu more than 10,000 yuan and is also his favorite sword. At this time, Alex held it in his hand. Looking at the priceless rare treasure in his hand, it was a bit unbelievable.

"This is?"

"Your weapon, how can you do as a guard without a decent weapon?" Lin Tianyu's tone was natural, leaving Alex speechless.

"Okay, don't show this kind of surprise. There are still many things that surprise you in the future. Now you still need to rest and take care of your health quickly. I'm about to set off home soon."
Chapter completed!