Maximus continued: "…Then, without stopping for a moment, march west along the road. Along the way, Pompeian soldiers who arrive one after another may already be chasing from behind, or they may be shooting arrows at you from the city walls not far from the road. If your actions are slow or your reactions dull, you might die under their arrows or be caught and surrounded by the enemy.
When you arrive at the Herculaneum Gate, you'll still have to fight the enemy guarding the city gate. You must kill them as quickly as possible to seize control of the gate before the enemy's main forces arrive. Only then can the main force of the Guard, lying in ambush outside the city, enter smoothly, allowing us to secure ultimate victory... Now tell me, can you do it?!"
The group fell into a silence. After a long while, a few soldiers hesitantly responded in low voices, "…We… can do it…"
