After a long time, Davers's expression became resolute: "When I defeat Persia and return triumphantly, I will abdicate and you will take over as the second king of the sacred kingdom of Dionia!" ”

When Klotocatax heard this, he was shocked: "Father, you are in good spirits, in good health, you have never had a serious illness, and the doctor said that you have no problem living to be a hundred years old, why did you suddenly say that you want to abdicate?!" Please dispel this ridiculous idea, I will never agree to it, child! ……”

He was so excited, even a little frightened, that he almost knelt down for Davers.

Davers looked at him kindly, and said with relief: "Child, I know that you are very filial, but this idea of mine is not a whim, I have been thinking about it for a long time......"

Davos stretched out his hand again, lightly pressed his son's broad shoulder, and said with emotion: "I became the king of a powerful kingdom in the Mediterranean from a poor mercenary, and in addition to the blessing of Hades, all I have to do is hard work - perseverance!" From being afraid of battle to personally leading the soldiers to charge, from not knowing about war to knowing about war, from being unfamiliar with political affairs to being familiar with the problems of the kingdom in all its sizes, and in all aspects...... In the past 30 years, I have not dared to relax for a moment, and I have always been vigilant and work hard! Go for it! Otherwise, everything that was previously gained will be in vain! …… Now that the kingdom is politically stable, and the great cause of dominating the Mediterranean is about to be completed, I have nothing to worry about! ”

Davers tapped his leg with his other hand and said softly: "You think I'm in good health, it's all an illusion, in the past few years, I often can't eat because of stomach pain, and the joints in my shoulders and knees often hurt...... These are all the faults left over from the previous wars. I'm old...... Not only was my energy low, but my memory was also declining, and I often fell asleep while reviewing documents, and sometimes I forgot important things......"

Listening to this, Klotocatax felt a burst of sadness, and said eagerly with red eyes: "Father, you don't have to work as hard as before, the child has grown up, and the child can share a lot of affairs for you, you just need to continue to grasp the direction of progress for the kingdom!" You don't have to—"

Davos interrupted him with a smile: "Cloto, I, I, have worked hard for most of my life, and I really want to live a dull and leisurely life, talk and laugh with old friends without any worries, and go around without any worries, to see Athens, Sparta, Carthage, Byzantium...... Bring your two mothers, of course...... I didn't know for so many years that every time I went on an expedition, your mothers worried about me day and night! I didn't know that I was in the palace until late at night, and your mothers were waiting all night......"

Davers said emotionally: "I owe them a lot, and I want to use the little time in the second half of my life to compensate them, Cloto, will you give me this chance?" ”

"Father......" Klotockataks hesitated.

Davers smiled freely and said solemnly: "The reason why I want to abdicate is also because I want to give us Hades. The Davers family set an example. When people are old, their minds tend to become rigid, conservative, and stubborn, which is nothing to ordinary people, but for a kingdom, this is not conducive to the development of the kingdom!

Let the heir ascend the throne earlier, accumulate more experience, and if something goes wrong, the father and son can still discuss, which will be beneficial to the whole kingdom...... There has never been a kingdom that has never endured, so let the successor have more exercise and a few less mediocre people, we Hades. The Davers family may be able to hold on a little longer......"

"Maybe it's just a naïve idea on my part." Davers smiled slightly, and said seriously: "Let's focus on the present, even if Persia is defeated by us in the future and the kingdom controls the entire Mediterranean, there are still many problems facing Dionia, just like how to change the national policy of establishing Dionya by force, so that the kingdom can develop more smoothly, and how to make the regional forces that encompass the entire Mediterranean more and more integrated into the kingdom without splitting......

Moreover, even without Persia and Carthage as rivals, the kingdom would have no fewer enemies in the future, such as the Gauls who lived in the vast territory north of the Alps, and the more savage and fierce Germanic peoples who lived north of the Gauls and in the dense forests...... These problems will all need to be faced by you, and some of them will even carry over to Chris's next generation and beyond, so don't rush and take your time......"

"Father—" Klotocatax was excited to say something.

Davers interrupted him with another wave of his hand: "Alright, we've been out long enough, it's time to get back to the banquet, don't let everyone worry!" Remember, this matter is kept in absolute secrecy! ”

Crotokataks's heart was full of emotions, and in the end he could only squeeze out aggrievedly: "Yes......"

Davers stood up, pushed open the door of the study, looked at the dark night outside, as if he had been relieved of a heavy burden, and said in a relaxed tone: "Let's wait for news from Africa while enjoying the Games in the next few days." ”

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The first day of the Dionian Games ignited the excitement of the athletes and spectators, and the rest of the competition was in full swing, with all those in Turii taking part in the festivities every day, cheering and shouting wildly on the side of the arena and drinking in the restaurants after the games......

But in this celebratory atmosphere, the common people were completely unaware that the Egyptian envoy delegation had been caught in a storm at sea, and no one knew that on the morning of the second day of the opening ceremony, King Davers had summoned Aristiras, the head of the intelligence department, to the study of the mansion for a secret conversation.

On the fifth day of the competition, the final of individual archery was held at the archery arena west of the city of Turiyi, and the finalists were Mecca Kiddes from Crete and Stasipurs from the Dionya Turiyi region.

The two sides have completed the prescribed three rounds, a total of nine arrows, and are waiting for the referee to calculate the results.

In fact, after each round of shooting, the target reporter will take the round wooden board with the arrow inserted and show it to the contestants and spectators to show the fairness of the competition, so both the contestants and the spectators have a rough idea of the results of the competition. But when the referee shouted loudly: "Mecca Kiddes of Crete, 86 rings; Stasipurs of Turiyi, 86! There was a cry of regret in the audience, but then there was a warm applause.

At the beginning of the archery competition, there were not too many spectators who came to watch the competition, and more than half of the spectators were curious to watch this event that had never appeared in other games, and even many had to buy tickets to the archery venue because they could not buy tickets for other games, so they had no choice but to buy tickets for the archery venue to feel the real atmosphere of the games.

However, the organisers' clever setting of the archery schedule and the quiet but exciting style of archery compared to other fierce sports gradually attracted a large number of fans, and by the time of the final, it was already hard to find.

"The two sides are tied, so there is an extra round!" As soon as the referee finished speaking, the crowd began to cheer, of course there were more games, and the vast majority of the audience was cheering for Stasipurs, after all, Stasipul was a native of Turiyi, and Siritaios was the happiest among the few who cheered for Mecca Kiddes.

In the 100-meter semi-finals the day before yesterday, Siritaios was eliminated, and he was not too frustrated because he was not too confident of winning the championship, on the contrary, because of his eye-catching performance a few days ago, some people really contacted him privately and expressed their desire to marry his daughter to him.

But there were no Ionian citizens among these people, and the reason was simple: most of the young women of Dionya received an orthodox education in Dionian schools from an early age, and most of them were knowledgeable, intelligent, and open-minded women, and they could not be completely attracted by their handsome faces and bodybuilders, not to mention that the current of Dionian society at this time was to revere the heroes of the battlefield, down-to-earth and capable officials, and knowledgeable scholars, and Siritaios was not even a Dionian citizen, just a Greek from a barren island, The young women of Dionya were so proud of their kingdom that they had become the overlords of the Greek world that they had no regard for it.

Ciritaios' jumping and shouting in the audience had no effect on Mecca Kiddes, and his attention was focused on his opponent: an elderly Dionian citizen, but he showed no sign of being in good shape, but was burly and well-proportioned, with short hair and piercing eyes, and appeared calm and capable.

Seeing that Mecca Kiddes was looking at him, the Turii player named Stasipulus also turned his head and smiled at him, raising his hands and feet with a kind of bearing, which made Mecca Kiddes feel a little broken.

"The playoff begins, please prepare for both players!" The referee's shout made Mecca Kiddes retract his mind, he took a match arrow from the staff next to him, put it on the bowstring, then took a deep breath, and then slowly exhaled, the distracting thoughts in his heart were also expelled with the breath, he slowly raised the bow while pulling the string, when the right arm was slightly above the shoulder, the left hand pulled the bowstring to the ear, then he stopped all movement, like a statue completely still.

The already experienced spectators held their breath at this moment, and the entire archery arena became unusually quiet.

After a while, I heard "Whoosh! …… Sou! ......" two bowstrings sounded one after another, and two arrows shot out.

Instead of staring at the situation, Kiddes did not hurry to take another arrow and wound it again.