Not long after, the content of the conversation in the crowd where the soldiers gathered in twos and threes changed: "You know, I learned a shocking piece of news the day before yesterday from Falba, the most trusted servant of Hiktas?"

"What amazing news?!"

"In his living room, Hiktath secretly received a messenger sent by the King of Dionia!"

"What?!"

"Hey, shut your mouth, don't talk nonsense and slander Lord Hiktas's reputation!"

"It's true! I heard from the drunken Falba himself in the tavern, and he also said that the Dionian envoy had brought King Davers's promise that as soon as Lord Hiktas led the people of our port area to submit to the Kingdom of Dionia, we would immediately become citizens of the Kingdom of Dionia, and we would be able to have a fertile share, and we would be able to hold various public offices in the kingdom according to our abilities, and our children would be able to enjoy almost free education, and we would be able to do real military service (the Greeks were proud of their military service for the city-states, But this mainly refers to cavalry and heavy infantry, and for the poor and freedmen, who can only serve as light infantry and sailors, and have no honor at all), they can be rewarded according to their merits, and even promoted to the rank of general......"

"Just like the Katanai people now?!"

"Yes, at that time we will be citizens of the Kingdom of Dionya just like the Catanays, and naturally we will have the same rights!"

As a neighbor of Katanay, the people of the port area have not only witnessed the development of the city from ruins to a prosperous city in the past 10 years, but also learned countless times from the mouths of maritime merchants about the prosperity and freedom of the life of the Katanai people, and their hearts have long been very envious, knowing that many of the citizens of Katanai were free people and even slaves living in the port of Syracuse.

They can all live such a rich life, why can't we? …… The people in the port area have been puzzled and unwilling more than once, and now it seems that the opportunity is in front of them, and the audience is a little unable to sit still.

"Did Hiktas say yes?!"

"Alas, if he had agreed, we would not have been here. But haven't you noticed that there is something wrong with his mood these days? ”

"Oh, no wonder I thought he was weird in the past two days, I met him on the road, I greeted him, he didn't seem to hear, he lowered his head and thought about something......"

"Hey, I said we are citizens of Syracuse, and Dionya is our enemy, and Hiktath was right not to promise them! He should have grabbed the messenger and sent him to the council right then!" ”

"That's right, Hiktath is confused, if the other generals know about this, he won't be able to say it clearly, maybe he will be punished, and he won't even be able to be a general!"

"Don't be presumptuous, when did those people in the city think we were citizens of Syracuse, they took away the land that belonged to us, gave us only a small number of seats in the council, and many proposals concerning our interests could not be passed! ……”

"That's right! That's right! Since the people of Syracuse don't welcome us, why are we desperately guarding it here! Do you know that in the past, the life of the people of our port was even more miserable, they were oppressed by the people in the city, not to mention owning land, and they did not even have the right to participate in the citizens' assembly, only a little better than slaves? It was with the help of the Dioonians that the civilians of our port were united and forced the council to make some concessions and get some rights, but did that satisfy us?! ”

"If you want to live like the Catanays, now is a great opportunity! Hearing that the Dioonians have captured the fortress of Yurialus, the people of the council are terrified, they have sent all the men in the city to defend against the attack of the Dionians, otherwise they will not transfer us to the most sacred place by the people of the city to serve as a backup, as long as Hiktas leads us to submit to Dionya at this time, we can help Dionia, take Syracuse, and truly become their citizens! ”

……

Hiktas once thought that Artemis was the only Dionian spy infiltrating the city of Syracuse, but he was wrong. Perhaps in Africa and Iberia, the Dionian intelligence department has very few personnel because of the whip, but a close neighbor like Syracuse with an important strategic position has so many grievances with Dionia, how can Aristias ignore it, there are no less than 10 subordinates who have been arranged to lurk in the port area for more than 10 years, and the port people who are influenced by them and have a good impression of Dionya are not known how many, so once Artemis they start to implement the plan, Soon the soldiers of the whole square were talking about the "secret conversation between the Dionian envoy and Hiktath".

The first to find out that the situation in the square was not Hiktas, who had been thinking about problems on the platform, but his opponent Selekekus in the square, as one of the senior officers of this army, he was surprised after hearing the conversation of the soldiers, but immediately realized that this might be a good opportunity for him, so he hurriedly asked a few senior officers who were also at odds with Hiktas to come to the platform, and asked menacingly: "Hiktas, it turns out that you have colluded with Dionya and are ready to betray us Syracuse!" ”

The trance-like Hiktath was startled by Selekekus's words, and only came back to his senses after a while, glared at Selekekus and the others with unkind faces, and said angrily: "Selekekus, for the position of this general, are you already dizzy!" Collusion with foreign enemies is a great crime of treason, you slander me like this, don't blame me for being unkind to you! ”

Selekekus was not afraid at all, and sneered: "It's not that I'm slandering you, listen carefully with your ears, what thousands of people are saying about this time!" They are all testimonies to your enemies! You don't have to be angry at me until the council sends someone...... Hehe...... There's a chance for you to get angry! ”

Selekecus smiled wantonly, taking the opportunity to vent the resentment that he had been suppressed by Hiktas, he had been fighting with Hiktas for many years, and knew him better, just looking at the change in Hiktas's expression just now under the sudden questioning, he had the bottom in his heart: this matter is likely to be true!

When Shyktas heard this, his face was cloudy, and before he could make any more excuses, and Selekecus, who already had the answer in his heart, was not ready to argue with him anymore, he turned around and walked down the stage, ready to return to the team he led, waiting for the council to deal with Siktas, and then he could take over the power he had been longing for for a long time, but a group of people blocked his way.

"Zamoratis." Selekekus proudly raised his head and said disdainfully: "Your uncle is finished, there will be no one to protect you in the future, if you do it against me again, don't want to stay in the port, get out of my way!" ”

Zamoratis looked at him coldly: "I want to see who is in the port"

Before he could finish his sentence, one of the people next to him suddenly rushed forward, took out the dagger hidden in his arms, and stabbed Zamoratis in the chest several times with quick movements.

Immediately he vomited blood, and could not speak, so he fell to the ground suddenly, and he did not live when he saw it.

Zamoratis was stunned by the sudden change in front of him, and he didn't react for a while: "You...... What are you doing here?! ”

Several senior officers who followed Selekekus were even more panicked and exclaimed, "Murder! Kill! ......" wanted to turn around and run away, but Artemis, who had been prepared, led people and stepped forward to catch them one by one.

Artemis then slapped the Assassin on the shoulder and exclaimed, "Well done! Count your first credit today! ”

The assassin smiled innocently, the blood splattered on his face and the dark skin intertwined, looking a little intimidating: "Thank you, boss! ”

"Chriskus!" Samoratis was surprised to recognize the Assassin at this time.

This Criscus came to the port of Syracuse two years ago, claiming to be a homeless from Greece, has been working as a laborer in the port to carry goods, honest and honest, always contributes the most, takes the least money, and is often bullied...... But he never expected such an honest and honest person to be such a fierce character, as if he was still Artemis's subordinate...... Thinking of this, Zamoratis's hair stood on end.

At this time, Artemis seemed to know what he was thinking, and said to him in a straight voice: "Only by doing this can you force your uncle to make up his mind as soon as possible!" ”

With that, he strode towards Hiktath.

Zamoratis hesitated for a moment, but followed closely.

Hiktaş had already understood the situation in the square clearly, and he also saw the scene that had just happened, and in the face of Artemis, who approached him, he seemed relatively calm at the moment: "You arranged all this?" ”

Artemis understood what he was referring to, and did not respond, but said: "Selekekus has already sent someone to the council to inform, and ...... Look at it."

Artemis Finger Square: Some soldiers led by Selekekus rushed to the platform to seek justice in anger when they saw their officers killed, but were forcibly stopped by Zamoratis's men, and the two sides were already clashing.

"Not only for your sake, but for the sake of the entire Syracuse port area, you have to make a decision right away!" Artemis said in a deep voice.

"Do the Dionians really care about the people of the port area of Syracuse?!" Hitarx was designed by Artemis, and he was depressed and uncomfortable, and couldn't help but taunt.

"Uncle!" Zamoratis, who was on the side, couldn't help but speak.