Chapter 413 The Oracle of the Goddess Danu (I)

After hearing these words, Lurios felt emotions surge in his chest.

"Come on, let's go inside and talk." Vercingetoli enthusiastically took Lurios' arm and led him into the living room, then waved away the others.

When they were the only two people left in the hall, Lurios coughed lightly and said: "That day your uncle led his troops to raid the camp, and I was captured by them. Your uncle persuaded me to surrender. After I refused, he took me and The other captured tribesmen were sold together to Roman slave traders.

We were escorted to Roman Gaul (the province of Northern Italy) and sold in the slave market in a town called Ravenna. Within a few days I was picked up by a merchant who claimed to be from the Roman province of Illyria. Buy it...

The businessman carried dozens of compatriots, including me, in a pack car all the way eastward, farther and farther away from our homes. I thought about escaping, but there were more than a dozen heavily armed guards guarding the entire team. Being hungry all the time, I had no chance to escape...

After the team crossed the Adriatic Gulf and entered the territory of the Illyrian province, the guards did not take us into any seaside town controlled by the Romans, but took us directly over the mountains to the east... …

It was not until then that they told us that they were not citizens of the province under Roman jurisdiction, but the Nyx tribe from the mountains. The reason why they bought us was to prevent us from continuing to be enslaved by the Romans and gain access to To be free and become a people of their tribe——"

Vercingetorio, who was listening carefully, couldn't help but interject: "What race is this Nix tribe?"

"They told us at the time that the Nyx tribe was a mixed tribe composed of Illyrians, Celts and a few other ethnic groups who had been enslaved by Rome. Although their leader Maximus was an Illyrian He is a demi-human, but he is the reincarnation of the descendant of the goddess Danu, and is deeply protected by the goddess——"

Vercingetor interrupted him in surprise: "Wait, what did you say?! The leader of that tribe is the descendant of the goddess Danu?! Are you sure you are talking about the goddess Danu that we Gauls know well?! "

"It's the goddess Danu we believe in!" Lurios said with emphasis: "We were also surprised when we heard this, and they also said that it was precisely because the goddess Danu gave their leader Maximus After issuing an oracle, requiring him to do his best to save the people of Gaul who were enslaved by the Romans, leader Maximus asked them to dress up as Illyrian merchants and use their hard-earned money to go to the slave market in Inner Gaul. Buy our fellow Gauls in bulk...

We didn’t fully believe what they said at the time, but we knew that we were far away from home. Even if we escaped successfully, there would be powerful Romans and other strange tribes in between. At the hands of the Romans, he suffered even more cruel punishment——"

As Lurios said this, his left hand touched an obvious scar on his right shoulder, which was covered with the mark of a slave.

"...We began to cooperate with the guards to cross the mountains. Although the mountain road was long and difficult to walk, it was obvious that they had been prepared for it. They built camps every other section of the mountain road so that we could rest and replenish water in time. So basically no one got sick or collapsed from fatigue.

After about ten days, we crossed the mountains and entered the territory of an Illyrian tribe called Ardie, which was an ally of the Nyx tribe.

Later I learned that the Aldiyi tribe was actually completely dependent on the Nyx tribe because of the huge difference in strength. Therefore, we had unimpeded access within the territory of the Aldiyi tribe and received a good reception. Soon we were on the boat. Sailing north into Nick After sailing for a few days, we entered the territory of the Nix tribe and entered a wider river. After sailing for several days, we entered a larger and wider river... Finally we arrived at the central town of the Nix tribe - Yelipoli (meaning The Holy City, on the north bank of the middle reaches of the Drau River).

During this voyage, we passed through many Knicks towns, and they all looked lively and prosperous. I also saw that there was mostly flat and vast land on both sides of the river, which had been opened up into farmland. The people there used oxen and horses to plow the fields. The roads on the bank were very similar to the roads of the Romans, very wide, flat, and Strong; there are a lot of pedestrians on the road. Oh, by the way, they also built many bridges on the river. They are the kind of bridges that stand high on the river and boats can pass underneath...

So I thought for a while that the guards were lying to us. This so-called tribe of Nyx was actually land under the control of the Romans. But later I realized that I was wrong. Not only did the Nyx tribe not belong to Rome, it even had a grudge against Rome! ——”

Vercingetori was shocked and couldn't help but ask: "Lurios, are you saying that such a powerful and wealthy...Nix tribe has enmity with the Romans?!"

Lurios did not answer directly, but asked instead: "Vercingetoli, do you know when the Nyx tribe was established?"

"How could I possibly know? I just learned the name of the Nix tribe from you." Vercingetoli found Lurios's question a bit funny.

"Eighteen years ago!" Lurios said in a deep voice with emphasis: "Eighteen years ago, Chief Maximus led his men to establish the Nyx tribe with the help of the Ardei people, and then here In eighteen years, the Nyx tribe defeated the Pannoni tribe alliance that had almost destroyed the Ardei tribe, completely occupied their land, and then defeated the Boi people, who were more powerful than the Pannoni people, and the Taurisi tribe. People also annexed their land.

They also defeated the Germans who scared us Gauls. Now the territory of the Nyx tribe is much larger than our entire southern Gaul region. It is precisely because of the power of the Nyx tribe that other surrounding tribes have made friends with it. Even the powerful Dacians have formed an alliance with the Nyx tribe..."

Vercingetorio was stunned when he heard this. If it weren't for the fact that the speaker was Rurios, he would have thought that the other party was bragging.

Vercingetorius had seen extremely powerful forces. It only took Caesar a few years to make the entire Gaul region surrender, but behind Caesar was a steady stream of support from the entire Roman world. But according to Lurios, the Nyx tribe was established with the help of the Ardei people who were about to be wiped out by the Pannoni. What could it rely on?

Thinking of this, Vercingeoli asked directly: "What did this tribe of Nyx rely on to defeat these powerful enemies?"

Rurios expected that Vercingetorius would ask this question. He looked at the other person with a nervous and expectant light in his eyes, but he slowed down his speaking speed so that every word coming out of his mouth could be understood clearly. Passed into the other party's ears: "What is the Knicks tribe doing in just a dozen years?" Defeated so many powerful enemies in just a year? When I was appointed by Chief Maximus to come to you, he told me a secret that the Nyx tribe had hidden for many years, and asked me to swear an oath to the goddess Danu. , don’t tell anyone else except you!”

"Don't worry! I also promise you that I will not tell this secret to anyone!" At this time, Vercingetoli seemed to understand the reason why Lurios wanted to talk to him alone, and he immediately made his promise solemnly.

After receiving the response he deserved, Lurios said in a deep voice: "Chief Maximus told me that he was once a slave of the Romans. Because he was unwilling to be enslaved, he followed the gladiators of Spartacus. Riots broke out in the Roman region of Campania, organizing other slaves and paupers against the Romans—"

"Huh? Spartacus!" Vercingetorio exclaimed.

The Averni people often had trade relations with the Romans. Of course, he had heard about the Spartacus rebellion that disrupted the whole of Italy. Even during this period, he thought of it from time to time to encourage himself, but he did not expect the person involved. One of them was actually the leader of the Nyx tribe, which made him even more interested in what Lurios said next.

"...Chief Maximus led a team alone to follow Spartacus and defeated the Romans many times. However, because Spartacus and others were unwilling to leave Italy, he had to lead his team to cross over alone. Mountains, entered the territory of the Aldie people, and finally established the Nyx tribe.

At that time, he had more than 10,000 men, most of whom were strong warriors. These warriors wore weapons and armor captured from the Romans. They were able to use Roman tactics proficiently and had rich combat experience and Strict discipline...

The Pannonians did not understand them at all and thought they would be as easy as dealing with the Ardeans, so they were negligent in fighting the enemy. As a result, they suffered successive disastrous defeats, allowing the Nyx to gain a firm foothold..."

Vercingetor's expression became a little gloomy, because he thought that the fighting between the Gauls and the Romans in recent years was quite similar to what Lurios said.

"... After the Nyx tribe established a foothold, it was able to continuously defeat other powerful tribes. In just a dozen years, the tribe expanded and became one of the most powerful forces on the extremely vast river plain. There is also another The more important reason——"

Lulios's voice suddenly rose: "That is the blessing of Goddess Danu! Because Leader Maximus is the descendant of Goddess Danu, Goddess Danu has always protected the entire Nyx tribe!

He constantly imparts some knowledge to Chief Maximus in his dreams that is not available in our world, so that the people of the Nyx tribe can use this knowledge, so that their fields can harvest much more food than ours, and they can Allowing their workshops to produce more, cheaper, and better goods will allow their craftsmen to create some extremely terrifying weapons that we have never seen before...

Therefore, the Nix army is extremely powerful and the people are very wealthy. Even if other tribes there have more people and larger territories than the Nix, they cannot be its opponents! …”