chapter 6 : An exceptional Luck

During the feast, Orion began to distribute the wine in small quantities into the cups of Marius and the others.

 They found it really ridiculous that the small amount of the drink looked like normal wine but a little darker and when they looked closely at the liquid it actually looked a lot more like blood.

 Orion was the first to drink his own wine and as soon as the beverage entered his mouth, all the flavor of the wine flooded his mouth. it was a delicious wine, extremely refreshing and you could taste an aftertaste that was difficult to describe but terribly good and concentrated after each sip.

 Soon the others started drinking as well only to end up looking at Orion in disbelief.

 Marius: By the rod of Jupiter!! This wine is by far the most delicious I have drunk so far. It's incredible ! This is truly the blood of a goddess!

 Everyone else began to savor and compliment the wine but as the seconds passed, a feeling of warmth rose within them.

 The women began to blush and the men began to feel extremely excited, an excitement followed by a feeling of well-being, as if all the problems of the world had disappeared.

 Marius looked at Orion and said with a smile, "You really are the worst bastard, brother!" he then looked at his wife before grabbing her hand and the two immediately left for their room, a few seconds later, it was Ajax and Vayline's turn to leave for their apartments.

 The Spartans to whom Orion had left the company of prostitutes looked at their bosses with puppy eyes.

 Orion: What?! Why are you looking at me?! Go have fun, that's what they're there for!

 The three shouted "Thank you boss!" before picking up the prostitutes and leaving with them.

All that remained was Orion Salma and Sura who were completely red but there, Orion noticed the mistake he had made, "Sura".

 Although this woman was really attractive, he knew that she only loved her husband and he respected that. However, because of her wine she was in this state.

 He escorted the girls to their room and did not return with her, the girls looked at him in disbelief and gratitude because despite his desires, he truly respected the feelings of others.

In the bedroom, the girls looked at each other before jumping on each other and started kissing.

 Orion knew his wine and its effects but unlike the others, he had perfect control over his mental state.

 He quickly went home to grab his heavy equipment and began training as excitement filled his body, "The Blood of Venus lives up to its name dammit ! The feeling of excitement also brings a gain of energy, I have to take advantage of this to train even harder than usual."

 The night passed as moans filled the house and you could also listen to the sounds of a stone being carved, Orion still had a lot of energy even though his muscles ached so he did something else.

 The next day, everyone woke up in a strangely good mood, the prostitutes left walking sideways, the Spartans really weren't little players.

 Marius left his house with a smile from ear to ear, he looked for his friend until near Orion's house he found a person sitting with his back turned cutting a sword made of stone.

 Marius came closer and placed his hand on the person's shoulder and the figure turned around to reveal Orion's face with dark circles under his eyes that had turned red.

 Marius: By the gods!! Orion, is that you?! My prayer was finally heard and the gods punished you by turning you into a monster ahahah!

 Listening to his friend make fun of him, Orion wanted to knock him out with one of the stone swords!

He started to tell him about his night but that only had the effect of increasing Marius' mockery, Orion really wanted to beat him at this level.

 He took Marius to his home and showed him the reserves of Venus' blood which he was to keep safe in his absence and sell in very small quantities, he insisted on high prices and to wait until the demand for the product increased before selling it again.

 Salma and Soura now served as Marius's assistants and would help him with sales.

 Every time he goes to sell, Marius will now be escorted by two Spartans including Ajax to protect him and the merchandise.

 Once his preparations were complete, he packed his things before loading them into the cart and leaving for the Ludus of Batiatus where he will now live among the gladiators.

 Orion asked Salma to bring him food and water every day escorted by one of the Spartans to the ludus.

Before leaving, he came to see Soura, the woman saw Orion's tired face and did not fail to thank him for everything he did for her.

 Orion asked her for her husband's name and a lock of her hair before leaving. She watched Orion leave while praying for his safety, Soura had enormous respect for Orion.

 He had treated her well, dressed, washed and fed her but now he was leaving to look for clues about her husband without asking anything in return. She wanted to cry thinking of this unique man.

 Orion was in a bad mood due to the heat and fatigue of last night, he arrived at Ludus barely greeting Batiatus who guessed that maybe he was tired.

 He went to the room he was going to stay in and unloaded his belongings under the curious gaze of the other gladiators who were training.

 "Hey, the Death Star decided to move in soon enough," a tall gladiator with short curly blonde hair said to his friend.

Overnight, Orion had become the talk of the entire ludus and with Ashur's information, they all knew his nickname.

 "Yeah so what ?! He's just another crazy person who will definitely die like the others one day! Wasting your freedom on this kind of thing is really stupid! " He replied to his friend while continuing the training.

 Orion slept until Doctore knocked on his door "Orion someone is here for you". He got up and got dressed before leaving his room.

 On the other side, the gladiators were eating food that looked more like porridge than anything else. Orion went to the gate to see Salma on the other side with a basket of food and water.

 "You forgot to bring some when you came my Lord!" she said with a smile which Orion returned by thanking her. He was about to turn around and leave when she called him.

 Orion: A problem Salma?!

 Salma: No… not really! It's actually about yesterday!

 Orion: Yes Salma I'm really sorry for making you drink Venus' blood, it's my mistake for both of you.

 Salma: No my lord, you don't have to apologize for that! What I meant was that if you would have wanted to spend this night with me, I would have happily accepted… (Before finishing his sentence, Orion kissed him on the lips)

 Orion: Thank you for your appreciation my dear, I will try to call on you if you want it from now on and if you need it then come find me.

 Salma was all red and replied "I will wait impatiently for my lord!", then she turned around to leave.

 Orion then called on the Spartan who escorted him, it was Apollos « In my house, near the baths I left 4 stone training swords. You, your brothers and Ajax will use them to train to increase your speed and strength. »

 "Yes my lord, thank you again for yesterday" the Spartan said laughing and Orion laughed too.

"Take care of Marius' family and take care of yourselves guys. I will come to see you often." he said and the spartan nodded before turning and leaving with the cart.

 Orion took his basket of food and went to eat where the other gladiators were eating their filthy porridge.

 He sat down at a secluded table and began his feast of fresh bread, meat and fruit accompanied by the water that was a luxury at the time in the city.

 He ate greedily under the envious and hateful gazes of others when he heard a voice next to him.

 ?? : It is not wise to taunt other gladiators, you can make enemies like Crixus or Barca oh Death Star.

 Orion looked at the person the voice belonged to and it was Ashur.

 Orion: Do we know each other?!

 Ashur: You don't know me, but I heard about you before you even came here. My name is Ashur.

 Orion: If you already know me then I don't have to introduce myself anymore! I can see in your face that you are a very clever and sneaky person. What do you want ?!

 Ashur narrowed his eyes and his smile trembled for a moment, looking into Orion's piercing eyes, he felt like Orion could read his mind.

 « he's really not a simple person, far from the idiocy of others! This scary guy! » he repeated in his mind.

 Ashur: Oh I don't want anything, I just wanted to introduce myself to the god of the underground arenas. It's an honor, know that Ashur can get you whatever you want here, information or material.

 Orion: Ashur, you're getting interesting! I don't need any materials, just information on one of the other gladiators.

 Ashur: It would be a pleasure to help you. Who is it ?!

 Orion: A Thracian that I saw fighting in the arena, he had killed 4 guys that day! It would be fun to meet him. We called him Spartacus or something. It was quite fun!

 Ashur: Death Star, there is only one Thracian here and that is the one you are looking for, Spartacus. He's sitting there. (he pointed towards a gladiator who was eating next to the tall, blond-haired gladiator.

 « RESUME TRAINING! HURRY UP ! »

 Doctore shouted and the gladiators carried out Oenomaus' command.

Orion thanked Ashur by giving him some of his water and a piece of meat before taking the rest of his food to his room.

 While the gladiators trained, Lucretia sat on the balcony with her handmaidens behind her. She used to bring Crixus the champion into her private chambers to sleep with him and often observed him at his training to get an eyeful.

 Crixus was a gladiator of Gallic origin, tall, muscular and with a handsome, very virile face and short hair shaved on the sides and back.

 He knew that Lucretia was looking at him and liked to show off not because of her but because of one of her servants whom Crixus loved while she too contemplated the body of her lover.

 The door to Orion's room opened and Orion came out with his heavy equipment, he had changed the appearance of this equipment which now looked less ridiculous but still intrigued the people around who stopped for a few seconds to watch it.

 Some people priced Orion as an idiot because this equipment seemed really heavy and awkward for movement. He ignored them and started making a quick series of movements with a completely black sword he had in his hand. It was a stone sword that he had painted.

 Right now, Orion was performing a series of movements with footwork he learned from the Spartans.

Doctore who was observing him looked at him with interest. 

 Orion continued training like this for another hour before returning to his room. Lucretia who was watching was bored and was about to leave when suddenly he came out with his stone weights attached to an iron bar, the weights were bigger than the first ones he had made.

 To everyone's surprise, Orion began to undress, where everyone was prepared to see a frail body because of his feminine face, Orion had bulging muscles, very well defined and extremely flexible.

 Lucretia on the balcony sat up and started drinking water frantically. She had now completely ignored Crixus for Orion who was lifting his weights, the sweat on his tanned complexion helping to make his muscles shine even more.

 He continued several series of exercises before stopping and drinking water in front of the women who looked at him with even more desire.

Lucretia couldn't take it anymore so she got up and went to her room God only knew why.

 Having taken a break, he sat down and observed a group of lined up gladiators doing a series of synchronized movements in front of Doctore.

Suddenly, one of them stopped his movements to fix the fabric wrapped on his arm; it was Spartacus.

 "STOP!" Doctore ordered before coming before Spartacus.

 "Spartacus, would you rather go to the mines?!" 

 Spartacus: I only aim for victory, Doctore.

 Doctore: And what are you going to win if you're not even focused during your training?!

 Spartacus gave a proud look before saying "I come from Thrace, victory is in my veins".

 Orion who listened to this almost burst out laughing, for him Spartacus was really just an imbecile.

 Doctore smiled "Thrace huh? ", he took out his cock and urinated right in front of Spartacus,

 "The Trace is just a puddle of piss" he said looking Spartacus in the eye.

 He looked at him with contempt and ordered

 "On your knees!" 

 After a few seconds of hesitation, Spartacus obeyed.

 Doctore then began to speak while circling around Spartacus,

 "The countries where you were born, your origins, you will forget them. The only things that matter now are the words that come out of my mouth and the sand beneath your feet... which you will come to worship."

 As he finished his sentence, he pushed Spartacus's back with his foot and his face hit the ground where Doctore urinated.

 Orion: Disgusting! Humiliating!

 Crixus who didn't like Spartacus was off to the side and started making fun of him, he looked at Spartacus provocatively saying "The sand smells like Thrace now, maybe I should shit on it to complete the picture." 

 "No one wants to see your ass full of shit, get back to your workout and stop pissing off!" A voice sounded, Crixus looked to where the sound was coming from and found Orion walking towards Spartacus with a wooden sword.

 Crixus: Can you say that again, little girl?!

 Orion: By the gods!! Don't tell me you're shitting through your ears! You have so much shit inside that you can't hear from this distance?!

 Crixus: You- (interrupted )

 Orion: I saw Thrace and it is true that it is a dump, but Gaul where you come from, I worked there. This place sets the record for bad shit and you... you stink like them.

 "BASTARD !" Crixus shouted as he charged towards Orion who had his back turned, he sent a huge attack with his wooden sword but Orion dodged it by ducking and at the same time, he swept the support leg of Crixus who found himself on the ground completely unbalanced. As he wanted to get up, the tip of Orion's sword was already on his neck.

 Orion: I have only been here a short time but I have already absorbed Doctore's lessons, rushing into a fight is an invitation to death (Doctore nodded in approval at this sentence).

Orion : Even in the arena your opponent will be able to provoke you and if you do that again with someone like me there, you are dead champion of Capua. It's hard to believe that you became champion with this pig personality.

 "Enough Orion ! Let my men resume their training" Doctore said calmly.

 One of the guards came for Crixus, telling him that he was wanted in the villa. He shot a look of hatred towards Orion who ignored him and left with the guard.

 Orion looked at Spartacus and said to Doctore

 "This Thracian believes he does not need lessons or training to win in an arena. Please let me show this idiot how weak and pathetic he is."

 Doctore nodded "Great initiative, this dog is all yours but I forbid you from damaging it like Gnaeus" he said coldly.

 Orion: I'll try to remember that.

 "GET BACK TO TRAINING!" Doctore shouted to the other gladiators who immediately got back to it.

 Before Spartacus barely recovered, Orion came and looked at him coldly. 

 "Take your sword and attack me Thracian, I will show you how worthless you are" he said as he placed his own sword on the ground.

 Spartacus saw that he was being taken down and began to attack him but Orion dodged his attacks while mocking him.

 As he easily avoided Spartacus' blows, he began to speak.

"You said victory was in your veins in Thrace, yet you can't even touch me with your sword" he said before throw a punch at Spartacus.

 Angered by Orion, he continued to attack but Orion still spoke "I know a Thracian woman who I bought as a slave very recently, a real beauty!" 

 He continued to dodge blows and beat Spartacus with his fists as he continued

 "This woman was separated from her husband, a Thracian warrior like you. She was raped by Roman soldiers and sold to a Syrian merchant" Spartacus' movements suddenly stopped when he listened to Orion's last line.

 "You're losing your concentration, you idiot!" Orion told him as he sent him to the ground with a sweep.

 "Tell me now Thracian where was the victory in your veins when these horrors happened to this woman and her husband ##*##? (Spartacus real name) "

 Spartacus on the ground looked at him in disbelief, his eyes became watery and asked Orion "How do you know that name?!" »

 Orion: That's her husband's name and she confided in me. I bought her back and now she works for me. Do you know who owns this name Spartacus?!

 Spartacus: ##*## is my name.

 Orion: And what is the name of the woman I told you about?!

 Spartacus: S… Sura (he said as a tear fell from his eye).

 Orion had a surprised look but there was also a satisfied smile on his face, his luck was exceptional and Soura's long sought husband had been found by him on the first try with ease and even for him it was incredible.

 "With luck like this, I wonder what I can't accomplish! I'm tired of being so exceptional!" he muttered to himself with a smug smile as Spartacus looked on.