"See, he's beautiful, like you!"

"I haven't named the child yet, so I'll wait for you to come back and pick it up."

As for the child's name, on the way back, Davers had thought about it. He put one hand around his wife's shoulder, the other on his chin, and said in thought, "I remember the first time I learned that you were pregnant, when I just defeated the Crotone...... And this time he was born, we defeated Crotone again, and the war with Crotone has just ended, this child is so destined for Crotone, this is Hades's will! I don't think it's better to name our children ...... What do you think, Crotto Kataxques? ”

"Crotto Katax...... Crotto Catactus...... "Cristoba whispered it a few times, slightly, worriedly, looking up at her husband: "Isn't this name too ostentatious (Kataks means conquest, and Crotto Kataks means conqueror of Crotone)?" ”

"My child has this name, and when he grows up, and the people of Dionya shout his name, they will think of the hardships of the founding of the country and the contribution of his father to this union, and will be tolerant of him!" At the same time, if my child has ambition, he will create his own glory inspired by this name! ……”

Kristória, who was not too satisfied with the name, thought about it for a while, and finally nodded: "Okay, it's called Crotto Kataxx." ”

As soon as the words fell, the crying of the children in the outhouse stopped abruptly.

Christoya covered her mouth and looked at Davers in surprise: "Oh my God, this name has been blessed by Hera!" The children themselves accepted it! ”

At this time, Asuna came in with the child in her arms.

Christoya took him and whispered, "Little ...... Baby, this is your father! Call Daddy! ”

The child shouted "haha" and danced with his hands.

"Look, he called you!" Christoya smiled softly, and then carefully placed the child in front of Davers.

Davers carefully placed him in his arms, lest he would hurt the little creature if he tried too hard.

This time, the child did not cry, he looked at Davers curiously with his sparkling eyes, and his face was scratched by two fleshy little hands.

Davers let him play with him, at this moment he felt the surging of blood in his heart, and he said excitedly: "Christoya, I want to pass my name as the family name, pass it on to my children, and then they will pass it on to future generations, I believe that the Davos family will become the most dazzling family in the Mediterranean!" ”

Davers's words made Christoya's eyes light up. Most Greeks only have a first name and no surname, in order to distinguish the duplicate name, they often add a place of origin or other annotation in front of the name to distinguish it, such as: Socrates of Athens, Socrates of Asidatis and so on, but the nobles of Persia, a large country in the East, have a surname. Christotia, a native of Miletus Asia Minor, knew of course that she could hear her husband's ambition in Davers's words, and she read her son's future name over and over again with great interest: "Davers. Crotokataks ......"

At this moment, Davers caught a glimpse of a small head popping out of the bedroom door.

"Cynthia, come in!" He beckoned.

Seven-year-old Cynthia led almost five-year-old Adores to the bed hesitantly.

"Come and see your brother!" Davers said happily to the siblings.

"You've got children...... Do you still want us? Cynthia asked timidly.

Davers was stunned, he didn't expect this adopted daughter to be so sensitive, and immediately handed the baby to Christoya, hugged them one by one to his chest, and said loudly: "You will always be my Davers's children, how can I not want you!" ”

Christoya also said softly: "And mom also hopes that when you grow up, you can take good care of and protect your younger brother!" ”

The two children were comforted by the couple, and immediately lost their melancholy, and looked curiously at the baby in Christoya's arms.

"Can I pet him?" Cynthia asked in a whisper.

"Absolutely." Christoya smiled softly.

Cynthia carefully touched the baby's little face: "What's my brother's name?" ”

"Croto Kataxques, his nickname is ...... Well...... It's called Chloe. ”

"He's so small." Adoris also curiously shook the baby's little hand, and said like a little adult: "Brother, I will protect you." ”

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"Hey, wake up! Wake up!! ......" Collebs was woken up from his sleep, his sleepy eyes were open, he still felt sleepy, he turned over and prepared to continue dreaming.

Immediately, the water-stained leather whip was whipped on his body, and it hurt so much that he immediately jumped up in pain, and the demonic voice of the overseer sounded in his ears: "Get out of the quarry at once, Lord Lusimonese will give me a lecture!" ”

Colebs had long been frightened by the overseer's leather whip, dragged his sore legs, endured hunger, staggered out of the cave, and accidentally knocked down his companion beside him, he subconsciously reached out to pull, but he was also taken to the ground with a weak body, and tossed for a while before getting up, during which he was kicked several times by the overseer.

The Crotone captives staggered out of the quarry caves like ants, and gathered on the circular quarry square.

Freshly dug marble is piled up here and there. On the watchtower at the entrance, Lusimenez, the head of the Turiyi Stone Mine, looked down impatiently at the scene below: "It's too slow, you go and rush, let these crotone soft eggs hurry up!" He commanded his men.

As a result, the Crotone were driven like lambs to the watchtower by the overseers with clubs and whips.

This similar scene was also played out in front of the Turii Copper Mine and the Hades Temple construction site.

"Crotone, for the sins you have committed against Turiy, I hate to keep you here for a hundred years! Let your filthy flesh turn into sewage, and your fragile bones into powder! ......" Lusimonese scolded viciously, "but the great Hades has been merciful, and we have signed an armistice with the damned Crotone, and ...... Became a ...... Alliance, now you ...... OK...... Coming home......"

Reluctantly, Lusimones said this, and the field suddenly fell silent, and the captives could not believe their ears.

He ...... What did he say? The companion next to him asked in a trembling voice.

He said...... He said we could go home......" Colebs muttered, and then he seemed to react, grabbing his companion's shoulders sharply, "Did you hear that?!" We can go home! We are free! ……”

Countless people were moved to tears after confirming that the news was true, hugging each other, cheering, kissing the ground under their feet, and closing their eyes to feel the warm sun...... For the past few days, they have been mining in dark caves like slaves, and they have to endure beatings by the overseers, not having enough to eat, and not sleeping well...... To the brink of collapse of these pampered citizens of Crotone, who have never felt so precious as they do today.

Lusimhenes snorted coldly a few times, not wanting to look at it again: "Bring the bread and cheese over and let them eat enough." ”

"They're full, what if they resist?! There are so many captives, we can't deal with them! The subordinate said hesitantly.

"Isn't that right?" Lusimonez sneered: "They broke the contract they just signed first, and we just wiped them all out!" ”

"Understood."

"When they have finished eating, let them go to the river to take a bath, and change their clothes, lest the people from Crotori say that we have mistreated the captives."

It's not called abuse! The subordinates slandered in their hearts.

With the arrival of the Crotone emissary, the captives were convinced of the fact that Dionya had formed an alliance with Crotone and that they were going home, and marched in procession to the port of Turriy, under the protection of heavily armed Dionian soldiers......

Why protect? Fearing that the radical Turi's would hurt these unarmed and weak Crotone captives. This had happened to Kolebs once half a year earlier, but this time the Turii did not cause any trouble for the huge contingent that was to return to Crotone, as he feared, and even when they reached the port, they saw very few Turii.

Where have all the people of Turii gone? The thought only flashed through Kolebus's mind, and now his heart was completely occupied with joy: he could go home without a hitch!

The troop transports left the port of Turiyi, and the captives were completely relieved.

"This place, I'll never come again!" A captive's ventive shout was met with the nod of approval from most of the soldiers, including Colebs: two wars, two captures, and especially the second, were nightmarish days, and they didn't even want to remember them. Each of them had a greater or lesser fear of the Dionian Alliance in their hearts!

In fact, in the Second Crotone War, Dionya treated Crotone's captives in this way because it was a last resort, after all, the management of tens of thousands of captives was already very difficult, and most of Dionia's own male citizens were fighting abroad. At the same time, Crotone's fleet also raided the shores of Tulic from time to time, and if these captives were to riot, the consequences would be unimaginable. That is why the Senate decided to imprison them as if they were slaves in the mountain mines, far from the coast, and crush them with harsh conditions, hunger, and heavy labor......

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The people of Dionya had no intention of paying attention to the prisoners of Crotone who had left Turiyi, because their hero was about to return!

The Third Legion left 3,000 men under the leadership of Asistes to temporarily defend the city of Aspraustum. The 1st Army left 2,000 men, led by Shilos, to temporarily administer Crimesa. All other troops returned.