The bells stopped, and Plecinas led the saints out of the crowd and stood on either side of the entrance to the temple and began to sing in unison.

This time, it's no longer just pure singing, but the lyrics: "

Hades God is just and severe,

Thy light shines upon the earth,

Our hearts are full of passion,

Come to your temple,

Thy light shines upon us,

……”

"It's ...... Is this a new Hades ode?! "The hearts of the people were full of amazement, a different melody, but so beautiful and magnificent. As the song continued, they were completely moved by the holiness and ideals that the song showed.

Countless people fell to their knees reverently, silently reciting Hades' carols, tears of excitement in their eyes......

When the song ended, some people couldn't leave for a long time, until the people around them cheered: "Davers!! ...... "They discovered that at some point Davers, the Archon of Ionia and High Priest of the Alliance, appeared on a circular altar in front of the temple, dressed in white robes, with a white scarf on his head, and a torch in his hand, while Plesinus was beside him, carrying a large, smooth, concave bronze mirror with another priest.

The eyes of the people widened in curiosity, because it was rumored that the senators of the Senate had a heated discussion about the "sacred fire of the temple of Hades". Because the holy flame is not only the spiritual system of the people of the Greek city-states, but also represents the inheritance of civilization, especially these Greek city-states in the western Mediterranean, they are all colonial cities, the holy flame of the Acropolis is not just a random fire source to ignite, it has always been taken away from the temple of the mother state by the colonial founders, and it has been preserved, until the temple is built in the new city, the holy flame is lit with fire, and it is burned from generation to generation to show the nostalgia of the homeland and the inheritance of the torch!

Therefore, the patriarchs born in Turiyi, led by Polyxis, proposed to introduce the fire again from Athens, which was strongly opposed by Antonios, Amintas and others, on the grounds that the old Turiy no longer exists, and the new Turiy is not a sub-state of Athens!

As for Cornerus' proposal to "draw fire from the temple of Zeus in Amendolala", it was also opposed, and the Turiy senators considered the small city of Amendolara to be insufficient to represent the entire Ionian League.

The arguments were fierce, and finally Davers clapped his head and said, "Since Dionia is a new union of city-states, there is no mother state, and the temple of Hades is almost the only temple of the guardian of the city-state in the Mediterranean. Then I think that Hades gave us the sacred fire on the day of the temple celebration to show his favor to Dionia! ”

These words were spread throughout the city that day, and soon throughout the Alliance. Now the common people, the senators, and the newly informed dignitaries were watching with curiosity and excitement at the unlit torch in the hands of the high priest, waiting for a miracle to happen, or for the greatest joke of Great Greece.

Facing the entrance of the temple, Davers half-knelt on the altar with a solemn expression, holding the torch in his hand.

Plecinus and the priest took a few steps back, struggling to raise the bronze mirror, turning it slowly and adjusting its angle to focus the scorching sunlight onto a tuft of papyrus sticking out from the top of the torch......

The well-known Ode to Hades was once again sung from the mouths of the saints, and the sound spread through the sky......

The noon sun scorched everyone, and the sweaty people were unaware, and their attention was always projected on the motionless Davers......

The clock ticks by.

The bronze mirror was dazzling, and the torch remained the same......

"What do you say Hades will bestow on the Holy Fire, I think he is arrogant, do you really think you can do anything!" Polyxis sneered in a low voice, the reason why what Davers said in the venue could spread so widely and so quickly was that he had done a lot of work from it, and he hoped to see Davers make a fool of himself at this moment, which would take a big blow to the prestige of the young consul!

Burks touched him with his hand, kindly reminding him to be quiet.

Polyxis rolled his eyes back. Burks, once a good friend of his, was now one of the strongest supporters of Davers in the Senate, and Polyxis did not want to associate with him except for some reason.

Suddenly, he saw what seemed to be green smoke rising from the top of the torch, and he thought he had misseen it, and blinked vigorously.

Exclamations have been heard from all directions.

Soon, the green smoke turned into a small cluster of dancing red-yellow flames, which quickly ignited the linen cloth soaked in olive oil.

Flames, blazing!

"Oh, Hades!!" The people who witnessed the miracle shouted like a landslide and a tsunami, and the whole hill seemed to shake.

Even the VIPs looked at each other in disbelief: could it be that Dionia was really favored by Hades?!

Davers really got Hades's favor?! The patriarchs looked at Davers in awe, while Polyxis's body trembled slightly, and he seemed to see Hades' majestic eyes staring coldly at him in the torch held aloft by Davers.

Davers secretly breathed a sigh of relief, although he had practiced a few times before, and even specially chose a sunny day, and used the square performance to extend the ignition ceremony until noon, but he was still a little apprehensive in his heart, after all, this was in front of tens of thousands of people, if he messed up, his planned plan and the prestige of the divine favor would be ruined! Thankfully, Hades willing, he succeeded!

Davers slowly stood up, held the torch alof, and walked slowly for a week, enjoying with a solemn expression the cheers of the crowd like waves in a storm, pushing him to the top again and again......

Accompanied by the priests, he then walked into the temple and lit the dark black bronze brazier in front of the statue of Hades, and the flame of Hades would continue day and night, blessing Dionia with prosperity.

When Davers walked out of the temple, the loud trumpet sounded, accompanied by a low drum beat, led by the three regimental commanders of Capus, Drax, and Hieronimus, plus eight captains, all dressed in uniform, carrying three stone tablets each, escorted by 40 detachment leaders, came to the temple.

When most of the people looked at the three stone tablets that were one person high, the words of the high priest, with the help of the voicer, reached the ears of the people: "The establishment and development of the Dionian city-state alliance is inseparable from the blessing of Hades!" It is also inseparable from the efforts of the citizens! As we enjoy peace and prosperity, please do not forget the warriors who gave their lives to defend Dionia! Their names are engraved on these three stone tablets, and Hades appreciates their loyalty and valor to the Alliance, allowing their souls to enter the temple and become heroic spirits to continue to defend Dionia, and to be worshipped by the descendants and descendants of the Dionians! With that, Davers knelt down in front of the stele with a solemn expression.

Immediately afterwards, the corps commander, the group leader, the detachment leader, and all the soldiers present knelt on the ground in front of the stone monument with solemn expressions.

In the eyes of the people, the stone tablet engraved with handwriting is no longer a cold stone, but a vivid figure with a name and a surname......

......In addition to the VIPs, the mountains were full of kneeling Ionian people, and in this solemn atmosphere, there were irrepressible cries, and those weepers were the dependents of soldiers who died in battle.

"Warriors don't die, and heroic spirits live on!"

"Warriors don't die, heroic spirits live forever!!"

……

Davers led the people in kowtowing to the stele.

At this moment, the grass and trees are affectionate, the heavens and the earth are sad, and a strong wind blew at the right time, and even the sun was blocked by the clouds, which made the people believe that their cries had been answered.

For a time, the people's prayers were endless......

The military horn and the war drum were played in unison, and the generals and team officers walked in a neat step, under the attention of thousands of pairs of eyes, carrying the stone tablet into the temple.

"The Ionians have such a reverence for warriors!" Lycias had heard of Dionys's triumphal ceremony for the victorious army, and was moved to see them send the monuments of the war dead to the temple.

"With such a sacred measure, how can the citizens of Dionya not be willing to fight to the death!" Commander Ascalaz, the commander of the Navy in Crotone, who was on the side, also had no mocking mood, and his face was serious.

He and Lycias looked at each other, thinking the same question: in the event of another war with Dioonia, would Crotone be able to defeat such a demoralized Dionian?

The dignitaries from the Southern Italian League felt this way to a greater or lesser extent, and for Elia's Canios, Dionia's strength was what he was happy to see.

After the sound of the drum and trumpet died down, the harp sounded again......

Amid the melodious sound of the piano, Heraclid the Younger and Piasicx carried a stone bust to the temple.

"Tell me, people of Dionia, who designed the new city of Turiyi? Who led us to build? Davers asked aloud.

“…… It was Heraclied. The reply was staccato.

"Who designed and built the Temple of Hades?" Davers asked again.

"Heraclid!" This time the answer was much neater.

"Whether it's building a new city or a temple, who is always the first to come and the last to leave every day, who is seriously ill, and still has to devote all his energy to his love for the city's architecture, and finally dedicate his life?" Davers asked again aloud, "Who is he?!" ”

"Heraclid !!" Neat and powerful answers echoed through the hills.

"In view of Heraclied, the master builder's contribution to Dionia, his statue will be housed in the Temple's Temple of the Wise Woman, and Hades will continue to use his talent to contribute to the Elysée! At the same time, in the years to come, as long as there are people of Ionia who have made great contributions to the prosperity and development of Dionia, then their statues will also be settled in the temple and will be admired by future generations, and the soul will coexist with the alliance! Because of the miracle of the sacred fire, Davers is now possessed like Hades, and his words are naturally more inspiring to the people.

Note: As for the plot of whether the holding of a concave bronze mirror focusing on sunlight can ignite the papyrus, I was a little unsure when I first wrote it. Later, I remembered that a hundred years later in history, when Rome besieged the city of Syracuse, Archimedes designed a lot of equipment to help defend the city, one of which was to have soldiers stand at the head of the city, holding hundreds of concave bronze mirrors, focusing on the sunlight and lighting the sails of the Romans' warships anchored in the bay. The sails could be lit, and the papyrus should be easier, and much closer.