"Their horses are neither beautiful nor good at running. They can only ride straight forward or turn right." - Tasido's "Germany" describes Germanic cavalry in "Germany"

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The whole scene solidified, Adianna lay in the hall, her eyes passed through her hair, staring blankly at the statue of Minerva above, the goddess's eyes seemed to be looking down at her, her hands naturally drooped to the side, and the pendant rolled on the ground. Little Neko and Karabis stood beside her, watching this surprising scene.

"Father, what did she drink just now?"

Karabis squatted down and stroked Neko's hair, "She had just drunk a poisonous poison, and she thought she would die soon. But this princess named Adiana was chronically poisoned very early, and the toxins were called power and ambition."

Soon, Adianna's face turned blue and she began to retching. She thought that the toxins were beginning to spread in the blood and organs. She struggled to get up, holding the gold base of the Statue of Minerva with her hands, so that she could relax her mind and have a graceful death posture. "Carabis, please do not insult my body because of the relationship between us as a master and servant." Then she breathed rapidly, her face flushed, and she kept saying "I'm going to die."

Until she saw Karabis sitting cross-legged, looking at her miserable posture, and eating mazza with big mouthfuls, she was angry, her chest was undulating, her eyes glaring at the bastard, but she couldn't speak in her mouth, as if she was condemning the injustice.

"This is your third time being stupid. The princess."

When Karabis said this, the princess realized that the venom in the pendant had been replaced by a bi-eared pot, but she still asked, "What are you putting in it?"

"The most ordinary mint water." After Karabis said, he reached out to Adiana, "I have to tell you, Adiana, the Copper Shield Army has been severely damaged and annihilated by us, and your father is about to end. Yes, if you want to hate me, I don't blame you, but it's not too late to wait until the matter is settled. You used poison and castration to force me to kill Obishus, but now it's even more."

"But there is still a vault in the hands of that slut Stratonice. She had been with Minander, the governor of the Copper Shield Army. You didn't find her dirty body when you cleaned the battlefield?" As he said, Adiana saw through Karabis's thoughts and knew that Stratonice and Minand must have escaped. Then she whispered, "About six thousand Tarant. I can join forces with you, but I want half."

"Impossible, the six thousand Tarent gold and silver have been taken away by the two dogs and men to show off Pompeii."

The princess' tone was sarcastic again, "I told you on the white sailboat that we can kill that bitch and seize these wealth before Pompei or your commander of the thirteenth legion arrives - a small part of it to your subordinates, we take up the big part, and then we can be together, with so much money, we will become kings and queens who rule the world."

"Would you be my queen?"

"Yes, because your ability of a bi-eared pottery has slightly surpassed that little bit of what I expect from you. I think it would be better to marry you than to a fool like Charnus or Marca, but I want to share the rule of our empire." When the princess said this, she was not embarrassed at all, as if she was discussing a deal in the market of a small town in the Black Sea. In addition, she held Karabis's hand without hesitation.

Karabis laughed, "It's a pity that the Bendu Empire is almost gone now, and I don't want to marry you. I don't want to die inexplicably on the couch one day. But we can still cooperate. As long as you can only get one thousand Tarants, it's not bad. Think about it, it's enough for you to bribe the Roman Senate and rule such a big kingdom as Bosphorus."

"Trade!" Adianna's mare-colored eyes rolled and agreed to this second-level plan: If she could really get this wealth, it would be enough to maintain a fleet of 300 ships. "When it comes to this, your current military achievements will only lift the siege of the Acropolis, but if you want to completely defeat Bendu, you must have the support of the navy."

"I have no navy, Marca's fleet has collapsed, and there is no movement between Pompeii and Petternius so far - in the current situation, whoever wants to own a fleet can get the lead." Karabis judged.

Adianna's eyes rolled again and said, "We might as well wait for the opportunity."

"What are you waiting for?"

"The Thirteenth Legion waiting for you, and even Poncepei sends you a fleet." The King smiled mysteriously and said, "After the Copper Shield Army was wiped out, my father had only Achilaus's new model army, and the army was not strong enough. The key to victory or defeat was naturally on Achilles' fleet, but whether it was Pompey or your legion commander Petterneus, it was not easy to defeat Achilles. The Roman fleet would inevitably stay here for a long time, and on this battlefield we also enjoy the benefits of the landlords, then..."

"What you mean is that we use some small means to achieve our goals in this war?"

"I regret it when I was a double-eared pottery jar. I should have let you follow me. In this way, the empire will be yours and mine." Adiana sighed a little, and Karabis nodded politely, and then both of them laughed and held their hands tighter.

“Is there a sand table?”

Karabis asked Xiao Niko to move the multiple oil lamps closer, line up the sand table and paper sketches. Adianna held her cheeks with her hands, stared for a while, and gestured with her slender fingers: "When we crossed the Simmerian Strait, the Eighth Legion of the waste Triali always followed our tails, but she dared not fight. She is probably still spinning around Korkis. But if Pompei solved Petra, Triali would be the pioneer of his army. There will be frequent storms in the ocean in spring and summer, and he can only let the fleet choose the shortest and most convenient distance."

"That is to say, Pompei has two roads, one is from Korkis to the Simmerian Strait by land, and the other is from the harbor of Stola City in Korkis, and from the sea to Pontikabien."

"Hey, Lord Legion Envoy, it's time for you to decide what to do."

"I don't care how Pompei's team comes. I'm only responsible for making him unable to get up or stay in Ponticabien." Karabis smiled sinisterly. Adianna likes the expression of a binaural pottery jar, which makes her feel very happy.

At this moment, there was a sound behind them. Xiao Niko called her mother to come. Karabis turned around and saw that Helenputina was standing at the door of the temple, behind her was El Capa holding her bloody head with a javelin. The queen looked at the two of them with a confused expression.
Chapter completed!