"Dole!" The sharp arrow inserted into the shield trembled violently.

"Mr. Alrez, are you okay?" A young Spartan soldier held up a shield to cover Xu Mo.

"Ogtians!" Xu Mo looked at the Spartan young man who suddenly appeared beside him in surprise.

"It's me, sir!" Ogtians replied happily, "You said that you can't get anything wrong with you to take us back to Sparta!"

"Of course, Ogtianus, of course!" Xu Mo said with a smile, a strange color flashing in his eyes. He did not expect that in the valley at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, he would always remember the words he said to this Spartan boy in his heart.

"It seems that Luo Pan's watermark horseman did not give up. Arris, according to the distance between merchant ships and warships, we may be caught up by them at dawn!" Chis Onis walked to Xu Mo's side and said worriedly.

"After all, they are warships, and the paddlers are more tacit than our paddlers' cooperation." Xu Mo said expressionlessly, "But we don't need to compete with them in speed! Chis Onis, do you know that as prey, sometimes we don't need to run faster than hunters, we just need to be a little faster than other preys, that's enough!"

It seemed that the gods were also responding to Xu Mo's words. The merchant ship they were in soon surpassed another Carthage merchant ship that was ahead of them. The two chasing Luo Pan's winged watermark horse warships quickly separated one to attack, the merchant ship that was first left behind in this death race.

"Arris, are we going to go back and help them?" Omes said hesitantly.

"No, Omes, we can't help them. Not only does Luo's winged watermark horsemen have more than us, but they are also regular navy, familiar with fighting on undulating sea boats. Our gladiator brothers are okay sitting and paddling, so let them stand, let alone fighting, it's difficult to stand firm!" Xu Mo shook his head firmly.

"Although there are some unexpected factors in the process of burning the watermark horse warship of Luospan, if the fighting will of these Carthaginians could be more tenacious, the watermark horse warship of Luospan's watermark horse warship was no longer available. Now, the Carthaginians must pay for their weakness, and I will never let my brothers accompany them to bear this mistake!"

"You are right, Alres!" Omes sighed and turned away. Kabar's death made him feel that he had a responsibility to these Carthaginians, but if this responsibility was to be borne by other gladiator brothers with their lives, Omes would not convince himself to take risks.

...

"Rose, your perception is the strongest in the team. I hope you will tell me that I feel that Lao K's ship is faster than us and is slowly catching up with us. Is this my illusion?" Qin Long, who was standing at the stern of the ship, frowned and asked Rose next to him.

"No, it's not that their ship is faster than us, it's that our ship is decreasing. I think we have to call Joseph over, as if something is not very right..." Rose said with a serious expression.

"Old k!" Joseph murmured to himself with an ugly expression, standing in front of the prisoner-of-war cell.

The cell is located on the bottom of the merchant ship. This layer was originally relatively humid and the water vapor was very thick. In addition, during this period, the people on the merchant ship were busy and very nervous. When Qin Long and others discovered that the speed of the merchant ship was decreasing, they found that the water accumulation on this layer was nearly half a meter deep.

"There are a few small holes below, which have been leaking. I have blocked them!" Qin Long shook the sea water on his hair, "It seems that it was chopped out by someone with a hand axe, but the hole is not big and it will not sink the ship!"

"How long does it take to clean up the accumulated water?" Roland asked in a deep voice.

"In this era, there is no water pump, and we have to rely on manpower to scoop water. There is not enough manpower on our boat, and there are not enough paddlers to scoop water. Anyway..." Rose's face turned pale, as if she had thought of something.

"Anyway, no matter whether we organize people to scoop water by hand or continue to move forward, we will be caught up with and surpassed by Lao K. A hunter, two prey, the hunter will only want the one who falls behind, right?" Joseph said with a wry smile, "Lao K should have made this reserve plan long ago. As long as the watermark horse warship that Luo Panfeng has not burned, he will use the other two merchant ships as abandoned children!"

"No wonder when we received this warship, a group of Spartan warriors came out of the bottom cabin. I should have checked it out at that time." Anon said regretfully.

"It's not your fault. Even if you checked it at that time, you couldn't see it. These holes were just in the gap between the wood, and you could not detect it if you covered it up a little." Joseph shook his head, "This is my mistake. I should know that Lao K's layout will not be so easy to crack!"

"Isn't this his style?" Qin Long sneered, "Even if we weren't, he had arranged this backup plan. He would leave his companion as an abandoned son whenever there was danger!"

"It seems that we are going to fight the watermark horseman with Luo Spian's wings head-on!" Joseph glanced at the group members and said with a heavy face.

...

"Simon, Lao K's ship seems to be catching up with another merchant ship. They are so fast!" Xueer said in a little surprised.

"It's not that Lao K's ship has become faster, but that other merchant ship has become slower. It seems that this is Lao K's backup!" Simon raised his eyebrows and said in admiration, "It's really perfect! Lao K is a criminal genius. He has almost turned the conspiracy into an art!"

"It's just treating others as shields. What's so great about this!" Manniu shrugged indifferently.

"No, no, you don't understand. In fact, his plan is just a backup plan, prepared to fill the flaws of the original plan. And the best part is that no matter what choice Joseph and we make, it will not affect him. Now, I only have one question left to understand!" Simon supported his chin and frowned.

"What is it?" Xueer, wearing a princess dress, asked curiously.

"The gladiator led by Lao K should not belong to the Sicily slave rebel army. Why did he come to Sicily? Sicily belongs to the secondary battlefield. With Lao K's strength, he should go to Hannibal, Spartacus, and Leonidas. Why did he have to travel thousands of miles to Sicily to compete with us for these non-stop missions? Is there anything very important that I missed?" Simon muttered to himself with a little depressed depression.

"Yes! We had no choice but to follow these watermarks of Luo spreading our wings, and they were actually robbed of the profits by Lao K. Simon, I hate him!" Xueer raised her mouth and waved her small fist.

...

"Boss, stop watching, Joseph's group of people are taking their own blame!" Dinah said hatefully, "If it weren't for them, Kabar, Claudia and those Carthage prisoners of war would not have to die!"

Xu Mo retracted his gaze and no longer paid attention to the battle between the ship Joseph in the distance and the last watermark horse warship with Luo spreading wings. "The death of Kabar and Claudia cannot be completely blamed. They have born in the wrong era. By the way, have you guys not finished the 'revenge' mission yet?"

"Yes, we see that you have not received the reward for this task, and I thought..." Dinah said embarrassedly.

"Haha, collect the quest reward! There is no way to do this quest to destroy Pompeii now!" Xu Mo couldn't help laughing.

"Boss, is it really impossible to complete the third item of this competitive task?" Dinah asked in confusion.

"Haha, do you still remember that the difficulty of this task is from level c- to level a-. In fact, the difficulty of the task is not floating, but increasing. According to my estimate, killing Badacus is at level c-, killing Lucius will have to reach level b, and destroying Pompeiius is at level a-level difficulty." Xu Mo pondered for a moment and continued to answer, "I once explained in the 'Save' mission that the strength of the Gladiator Rebel Army is only enough to complete the C-level mission!"

"Then Lucius..." Dinah raised her mouth and retorted.

"Lucius is an accident. When the space statistics are difficult, he will not count the watermark of the accidental incidents that Joseph and others hit the Governor's Mansion. Half of the credit we can accomplish this task must be remembered on the more than 500 gladiators and rebels who hit the Governor's Mansion." Xu Mo sighed lightly.

"Can't there be an accident if you destroy Pompeii?" Dinah twisted her body and said unyieldingly.

"In my calculations, there are only two ways to achieve the destruction of Pompeii. Dinah, do you still remember the 'Apollo Secret Medicine' and the 'Olympus Demon Grass' I got?" Xu Mo's face was a little solemn.

"Boss, you might be saying that there are unnatural forces in this world!" Dinah frowned and said in surprise.

"It's very likely! I remember that in the real world, ancient Pompeii was destroyed by Mount Vesuvius erupting. However, in this world, we don't know when Mount Vesuvius erupted, and with personal power, we cannot affect the movement of the earth's crust. Therefore, only unnatural forces are left to make Mount Vesuvius erupt at a time and at a certain point. This is the first way to complete the task!" Xu Mo raised a finger and said to Dinah.

"So there is another way?" Dinah nodded and agreed with Xu Mo's point of view.

"There is another way, which is to work sincerely with Elise and his group to lead the Spartacus uprising army to attack Pompeii. At the same time, it is also necessary that Serpis not make trouble in it. This is another way!" Xu Mo raised his second finger and said helplessly.

"This method seems to be more difficult than asking the gods on Mount Olympus to detonate Mount Vesuvius. No wonder the mission difficulty reaches level a-level!" Dinah said with a wry smile.

"Okay, you inform Max and Selna to receive the mission reward!" After Xu Mo said that, he also clicked on the rewards of the "Revenge" mission and the "Liberation Slave Ship" mission. However, the prompt message from the instant information screen made him stunned...

(To be continued
Chapter completed!