On the tower, the sea was fierce, and Calabis slowly circled around, holding his shield in front of Adina, while Elkapa raised his small bows with both hands and pointed them at him and the princess, and the whole scene was about to erupt.

"Helenputina, you should relax, one thing this princess is right, I am also sad about Ella's death, but everything I do is also for you and little Niko, but also for the Amazon Kingdom." Calabis tried to soothe the queen.

"Don't say anything about the Amazon Kingdom, that's none of your business! As I said when I was yujian to you three years ago, men have always been the most fragile creatures, and you are no exception, a guy blinded by beauty and wealth, my countenance does not want your blood to be splashed. With that, Helenputina pulled down her visor, leaving only a cold reflection.

"Queen, black smoke has been lit up in Ponticabion." Al Capa said.

"Shut up, Elkapa, don't interfere with my vision." When Helenputina had said this, all those present came to their senses, laid down their weapons, and looked down Elkapa's hand, and sure enough, a huge city across the bay was rising with black plumes of smoke.

Adiana was shocked and held the arrow window with both hands, "Those pillars of smoke surround Marcha's palace!" ”

"That's right." Helen Putina and Al Capa muttered to themselves.

"Hey, princess, the consequences of your formation of a new model army have come." The princess turned around and saw Calabis leaning against the wall, her black hair fluttering, "I ask you, who are the centurions of the new model army?" ”

"Most of them are Pompeo's deserters, and a few are from Syria, what? You mean to say that these Romans have rebelled. ”

"Nope. The soldiers of the Roman legions did not recognize the camp. Only money - there is only one reason why they burn cities. They did not receive the military pay they hoped for. Calabis crossed his hands, "Adiana, I can now be sure that your father Mithridates did not have six thousand Tallents of gold and silver, which is what I conjectured the last time I asked you on the White Sail, that your father had been paying all the soldiers for a year except before he fled from Pontus. After so many battles, even after capturing the opposite city, he did not give a single reward to the soldiers, for a tyrant like your father, there is only one reason for doing this, his assets of six thousand Talents are simply illusory, he deceived everyone, the Bronze Shield Army, the New Model Army, the generals, the eunuchs, the concubines, and of course, you Adiana. Tens of thousands of people followed Mithridates like fools, who had no assets. Circumnavigated half of the Black Sea. ”

"Impossible!" Adiana's mood began to become unstable, "It is known that the key to her father's vault is in the hands of Stratonis, and she counts it every day. ”

"Yes, it has to be counted once a day, but I don't believe that at this moment, your father will still entrust so many assets to a concubine, and this concubine is also a prop for your father's acting. The explanation is that Stratonis doesn't know what she's counting, or she subconsciously thinks that it's gold and silver. "Of course, everything is just my speculation, so may you recall how the gold and silver in the vault were packaged?" ”

"It's a jar with iron on it." After Adiana finished speaking, she felt that the world was spinning, she held on to the arrow window, and slowly squatted down, "All my plans, are they just a dream-like illusion?" I was deceived by my father too? ”

Calabis put his hand on her shoulder and said, "You can now understand why Mithridates Weishenme expelled you - otherwise, you would be surrounded in the palace today, including you Adiana." The new model army, tainted with the habits of the Romans, would not recognize any princess or queen. These pillars of smoke indicate that the king of Pontus is about to die, and this is the funeral of Mithridates. ”

At this time, everyone present was silent, except for the noisy sea breeze and Adiana's low sobs.

"Cheer up, everyone! Adiana, I must tell you that we don't have to care too much about the six thousand Tallents, and that it is imperative that I get your father's body, whether by suicide or homicide. Calabis said coldly.

The answer to him was Adiana tearing, cursing and beating with tears, but Calabis was still expressionless, even if his face was scratched with blood, Zuihou He grabbed Adiana's hand and shouted: "I can understand your feelings, but the body is a valuable thing for your father Zuihou, Pompey wants it, I want it, it's better to give it to me than cheap Pompey!" I promise to let his body be dressed in the most honorable clothes and accessories, and enjoy the treatment of the royal family. ”

"Weishenme wants to give it to you, you and Pompey are both enemies of Pontus, both bastards! Isn't there anything more shameful than putting the body of my father on a mule cart and appearing in the triumphal ceremony of the city of Rome, where it is watched and talked about by thousands of untouchables? And me, you also have to tie me around my neck as a slave and lead me through the dirty streets of Rome, right! Adiana gritted her snow-white fighting teeth and burst into tears, still clutching Calabis's neck and face. The unruly Calabis pressed her shoulders against the wall, "Enough, Adiana, what you need now is not to shout, but to make a choice bravely and calmly - the Bronze Shield Army has been destroyed, and if Minander and Stratonis were together, they would not dare to go to Ponticabion again, and their most likely whereabouts would be to go to Pompey by boat, and now they have nothing more than one capital in their hands, which is the so-called Six Thousand Tallents." So, now the authenticity of this gold and silver is meaningless to us, and your father is the only bet we have left, otherwise what capital do you have to bargain with Rome?! Think about it, your father is no longer saved, he doesn't have the money for a war, Pompey and the Thirteenth Legion will annihilate him sooner or later. ”

"Tell me to make a choice" Adiana, leaning against the wall, laughed maniacally with tears in her eyes.

Helenputina and Elkapa, over there, watched Calabis continue, "Yes, listen—now that the palace of Malcha is under siege, and no one is willing to serve your father anymore, so now go out and let our advance team receive the city peacefully as a princess, and by the way, accept your father's body." ”

In the wind, held by Calabis's shoulders, Adiana raised her head and howled like a beautiful she-wolf, gritting Sensen's teeth, chestnut hair and crystal tears fluttering together.

"Man, I don't know if it's weak, but it's definitely the most terrible." Seeing all this, Helenputina whispered in amazement, and then she turned her eyes and looked out of the tower, the clouds were torn by the manic wind, the black fireworks over the palace of Ponticabion were even more intense, and a sea dove was flying against the wind, although it tried its best and screamed bitterly, but the strong air currents still stopped its body, and it could only stretch its wings in vain at the origin. (To be continued......)