Although Mecca Kiddes is young, he is relatively determined, and he is not a person who can be easily convinced, but at this moment he is also a little hesitant.

At this moment, a shout came from behind him: "Mecca Kiddes, we should go back!" ”

It was the officials of the Cretan delegation and the leader of their archery team who shouted the call, and it was also interesting to say that in the past games held in Greece, the competitors basically went to the competition place on their own, and few city-states organized special groups to participate. However, this time, when Dionia issued an invitation, he asked in the letter that each participating city-state and region must have officials lead the athletes to form a delegation and participate in a group, so as to facilitate management.

At the same time, according to the number of medals won by the delegations of each region and city-state, Dionya will also make a special medal table, which will be posted at the entrance and exit of each arena, updated daily, and by the end of the Games, Dionya will give the top three regions and city-states in the total number of medals to give rich rewards.

This is not only a matter of money, but also about the honor of the city-states and regions, so it greatly mobilized the enthusiasm of the officials of the Cretan city-states to participate in the games, these Cretan nobles who have always been not very concerned with the affairs of Greece have signed up to join the athletes' delegation, to Turriy, because of the large number of applicants, in the end there is a running competition specially held for this purpose to select the leading officials, the person who made this suggestion is very reasonable: the Cretan officials who led the team to Turriy are the role models of the athletes, Of course, it is also necessary to have a good body that is good at competition.

These selected officials did not perform their duties well at first, only taking care of themselves, not taking care of the daily diet and daily life of the athletes, and even participating in training themselves after arriving at the training ground, sometimes clashing with the athletes...... However, whether it was at the training ground or in the athletes' hotel, players and officials from other regions and city-states were everywhere, competition was everywhere, and under pressure, Cretan officials gradually completed the transformation of their identities and began to devote themselves to serving the athletes.

You must know that the leader who is shouting is also from the mother state of Mecca Kiddes, who was born in the aristocracy, he didn't pay much attention to Mecca Kiddes, who was born as a commoner, at first, but now he can give Mecca Kiddes and other Cretan archers some care and help on the training ground, which is already a very big change, Mecca Kiddes will certainly not be unappreciative, he is a little reluctant to return the bow and arrow to the target reporter.

According to the rules of the Games, for the sake of fairness, the Games will provide them with bows and arrows during the games, that is, the set they use in training, which is obviously of much better quality than Mecca Kis's own bow and arrows, and he is now more and more comfortable using them, and he is eager to take them home. But he knew that such a beautifully crafted, high-quality bow and arrow would never be too expensive for him to afford, unless he could win the championship and receive the rich reward.

"May Hades bless you and make you a good place in the race!" The target announcer smiled and blessed him.

"Thank you!" Kiddes in Mecca felt a warmth in his heart, since he arrived in Turiyi, the Dioonians he met had a friendly attitude towards him, which made him feel very kind, and even had a good impression of Hades, the patron saint of the Dionian kingdom, so he responded: "May Hades bless you with peace in your life!" ”

When he returned to the Cretan team, the team leader, Frax, was already a little impatient and said, "We have to hurry back to the hotel!" I just heard from the management here that in order to ensure the smooth holding of tomorrow's sports meeting, the city hall of Turriy will implement a curfew throughout the city from this evening, and in order to avoid trouble, we have to hurry back to the hotel! ”

At his urging, the Cretan players quickly packed their packages, left the archery range, and hurried east.

Although the archery range was newly built to host the archery competitions of the Games, it did not cost as much money and time as swimming pools and racetracks, because archery is an open-air competition, and only a fence was built around the archery range, and long wooden benches were placed behind the competitors for spectators to sit and watch. It is built to the west of Turii, next to the Turii military camp, and it is logically a little remote from the city, but every day the roads around it are bustling with traffic, and many people often enter the archery range to watch the training.

However, when the Cretan archery team set out on the way back, they clearly felt that there were fewer pedestrians on the road, and after entering the outer city, they frequently encountered patrols, which caused a lot of delay. By the time they got back to the athletes' hotel, it was already dark and the lobby was already lit with candles.

Already sweating, Kiddes Mecca did not immediately go to dinner, but went to the baths of the hotel. The athletes' hotel in the western outer city is built next to the Ramara-Sevoni Arena and consists of four large six-storey "huizi" buildings, with the baths in the middle of these "huizi" buildings.

When they first checked in and entered the bath for the first time, they were overwhelmed by the red tape, but now they are fully used to it and enjoy it.

When Mecca Kiddes came out of the baths, he felt refreshed and exhausted, and even the soreness in his arms disappeared without a trace.

If only there was such a bath in Herculeon! …… Mecca Kiddes had such an idea in his heart, but he thought about it: if that were the case, there must be a lot of people going to bathe, and the cost would not be low, but it was not like it was free here! Alas, the Dioonians are so happy!

This envy lasted until they entered the restaurant.

On one side of the dining room is a neatly arranged row of tables, each of which sits a large wide-mouthed clay pot with steaming hot food: stewed chicken, egg custard, roast beef, fried fish, roast lamb shank, haggis soup, honey bread, sweet porridge...... There was even wine, beer, and juice syrup.

Dinner at the inn is so rich and delicious every day, and they can eat and drink as much as they want, without any restrictions, and when the dishes in the clay pot are finished, the waiter at the restaurant can add them to it at any time.

When they first walked into the restaurant and heard the waiter say that they could eat and drink for free, they thought they had heard it wrong, until it was confirmed that it was true, and some of them began to eat and drink wildly, and as a result, their stomachs were so swollen that they had to call a doctor for emergency treatment, making a joke.

Some players have speculated that this is a welcome banquet, which is why it is so special, and it will not be so generous in the future.

Every breakfast and dinner after that (the athletes' restaurant does not serve lunch, but athletes are allowed to bring a little breakfast out of the restaurant so that they can eat it at noon during training) made all the athletes drop their jaws, almost suspecting that they were at the Elysée's paradise, which the Ionians often mention.

"Ionia is so powerful and rich! You should be happy to be a citizen of this kingdom! What a blessing to be able to participate in this sports day! ...... "After seeing the prosperity of the giant city of Turriy and enjoying the benefits that Turriy provided to the athletes, the athletes recalled the bitterness they experienced when they participated in other games, and felt the preciousness of the Dionian Games, especially when they learned from the waiters at the athletes' hotel that the Turriyi Town Hall did not do it on purpose to please them, and in fact the athletes who came to Tourii every year to participate in the rugby and football finals also enjoyed such treatment. Therefore, they are more certain that Dionia is a paradise for athletes.

Before the Games had even taken place, Dioonia had captured the hearts of almost all the athletes, and what Tourii had done was worth it, as it had already achieved one of the purposes for which Davers was holding the Games.

Athletes kept entering the restaurant, and by the time Mecca Kiddes was carrying wooden plates filled with the food they wanted to eat, the restaurant was almost full.

"Here, Mecca Kiddes!" Someone beckoned to him.

Mecca Kiddes hurriedly walked over: "Siritaios, you came back early!" ”

Siritaios, also a young nobleman from the city of Heraklion in Crete, signed up for the running competition of the Games, and after more than 20 days of getting along, the two from the same city-state have become friends.

"I didn't train much today, I just wore the ...... they offered Shorts, I tried to run a few times, and it felt okay, and the start, arm wave, step, and sprint were not affected. As soon as Siritaios finished speaking, another Cretan runner next to him immediately complained: "I feel very affected, the fabric rubs against my thighs when I run, and it is very uncomfortable!" Historically, the sports meeting has been a fruit competition, but Dionya has to change the tradition and let everyone wear this thing, which is a blasphemy against the gods! ”

Siritaios glanced at him: "Since you are not satisfied with this games, you can withdraw from the competition." ”

The man said, "The game starts tomorrow, and then quit...... Not so good. ”

"Come on, I see you, you can't bear the free food and comfortable service here." Siritaios directly exposed his thoughts, and then said half-jokingly, half-seriously: "Dionya is now the overlord of the entire Greek world, much stronger than Sparta back then, and even Olympia and Delphi have to submit to it, not to mention wearing shorts, even if everyone wears a Burton game, I don't think any city-state dares to oppose it openly!"

And, if you think about it, Ionia allows women to watch the game, and it is said that there will be Princess and Princess of Ionia sitting in the audience at tomorrow's ceremony, so it is understandable that we should play in shorts. ”