You find the bandits' inner sanctum.

You gaze around as you catch your breath, watching the battle wind down. {if Legion Assistance = True}The soldiers{else}Your men{endif} are tying up the bandits who remain alive and starting to move your own fallen toward the entrance. {if Adolphus Dead = True}You gesture mutely toward Adolphus's body and a couple of the men come forward to bear him gently away. You watch them go with a heavy heart.{endif}

{If Legion Assistance = True}Optio Felix comes up to you and slaps you on the shoulder, looking oddly cheery. "Well, Lentillus, we seem to have triumphed! No sign of the She-Wolf yet, but perhaps the bitch has run. We'll flush her out eventually. In the meantime, there are of course the spoils to enjoy!"

You frown at him. "The spoils?"

Felix laughs. "You haven't seen yet? Come, this way."

He leads you to a small passageway. {endif}At the back of this chamber, a short tunnel leads into another space that makes your eyes widen and your eyebrows raise as you enter, surrounded by the men.

Clearly it's a sleeping chamber of some kind. Mats and personal possessions lie scattered around its periphery, and there are oil lamps burning on rock-carved shelves and in various nooks and crannies. If the outer chamber was where they would gather, this is clearly where they would spend most of their time. And not only is it a barracks - it appears to be some sort of harem, as the presence of nearly two dozen huddled, naked or nearly naked women, makes clear. Kidnapped slaves, it would seem - the bandits didn't capture any citizens or freemen as far as you know, and some of these women still wear collars. All of them are tied up and look quite cowed by the presence of your men.

{if Legion Assistance = True}Optio Felix glances at you with a smile. "I have to admit, thanks to the Emperor I've never been abroad or sacked a city. But I suspect this is the fun part, eh? After a brush with ****..." {endif}Some of the men are clearly interested in spending some of their adrenaline with these women; a couple are even already starting in, groping the large, pendulous tits of a young **** woman who squirms (but doesn't object) in their grasp. One of the men is starting to undo his belt. Perhaps they - and you - have earned a bit of indulgence...