Augustus Road

In the city of Ponticabion, there is a Greek-style building courtyard. There is still snow on the roof and steps. A girl with light brown hair wearing thin clothes climbed up along the corrugated pillars, and then She raised her eyes, pouted and broke off a long ice skate, then slid it down, then jumped into the snow, excitedly holding the ice skate and dancing around like a sword.

The bell rang, and she saw a gray and majestic little goat running on the snow. The bell was coming from the golden bell around its neck. The goat was dragging a small car behind it. The girl clapped and laughed, and rushed He went over and straddled the bleating little goat, raised the "sword" in his hand higher, and screamed like a pirate.

Then she saw a man wearing a legionary cloak standing on the snow in front of the courtyard, holding the rope on the lamb cart, smiling at her, giving her a familiar feeling - yes, he His lips and nose are exactly the same as his own. The girl, who was less than four years old, gave birth to a lamb and screamed at the man. Calabis was about to shed tears again. He squatted down and stretched out his arms towards little Nicole, preparing for a father-daughter relationship. The warmest hug.

As a result, the sharp point of the ice skate in Little Nicole's hand was as fast as lightning, and it hit him hard on the chin and chest. The pain made him cover his face and half kneel on the snow. Then Nicole gave up the attack, He stood there uneasily, looking at this strange man.

"It's you, how can you find it here?" Helen Putina wore a lavender-colored robe at home and tied her wavy red hair into a braid. She walked down the steps, followed by El Capa and Ella. Behind her, seeing this scene, she walked to the stables on the side of the yard and began to feed and saddle the horses.

"Yes, you are not difficult to find, Helenputina. I only need to find the Temple of Diana in Ponticabion City. You must be closest." Calabis bit his lip and stood up. , when little Nicole saw her mother coming, she carried the ice skate and stood beside her mother, like a little warrior serving, but her eyes squinted at Calabis from time to time.

"There are three temples of Diana in the city, large and small, unless you started looking for them at midnight last night." Helen Putina said with her chin in her hand.

Karabis made a gesture of surrender, "Yes, that's right, I gave a lot of money to the officers at the Malcha Palace. They told you where you were. It cost me a day to walk here." time."

"Now that you have seen Nicole, please go back. I have received your gift." Helenputina patted Nicole on the shoulder and signaled that she could go back to the house, but the little girl ran to the door again. In front of the sheep, while touching the soft wool, he continued to eavesdrop curiously on the conversation between the two adults.

"I want to ask how your kingdom is doing!" Karabis suddenly asked.

The three Amazon female warriors present all turned their heads to Calabis. After a while, Helenputina said: "There is nothing to hide. There are only a few hundred people left in my kingdom, and most of them are too old. The women who are unable to fight, and a few slaves, live in the forests and mountain villages."

"I can help you revive the Amazon Kingdom."

Helenputina laughed lightly, "Calabis, you don't have to worry, because our kingdom has been like this for thousands of years. I only need to collect ten talents per year here in Malcha to feed everyone." people."

"But you can settle the accounts! Hundreds of old women who cannot work and can only rely on these wages to support themselves, as well as male slaves, if this continues for only thirty years, the Amazon Kingdom will automatically perish, and those who will bear the shame of national subjugation at that time, She is my daughter of Calabis!”

Hearing this, the Amazon Queen also raised her voice, "Niko has no father, she is just my daughter, the future Amazon Queen."

Calabis took a step further into the courtyard and put his hand on his chest, "No, she is my daughter. I will build temples for her in Africa, Spain, and Gaul for the goddess of hunting Diana. I will In the name of my father."

"You are dizzy, Karabis. Let's protect this city from the Pontic army first! At least I still hope you can survive." After Helenputina finished speaking, she really pulled Nico's hand. The little hand entered the house...

"It's really boring. I'll take the first step." Over there, Elcapa, with his braids hanging down, rode impatiently on his horse and left the courtyard in a hurry. Afterwards, "Stormy Ella" rode by Calabis and secretly patted his shoulder, "The queen will put on her armor soon and go to the palace of Malcha to pay an audience, because the army of Pontus has surrounded her." Once we reach the Acropolis, we can fight alongside you again, Calabis. Take care!" After saying that, he whipped himself and rode away.

"Hey, meeting Malcha?" Karabis turned back, looked at Ella's back, and then looked at the door of the main hall of the courtyard filled with snow. The little gray sheep looked at him and bleated affectionately.

In the round palace of Malca, Calabis sat on an armchair with his legs crossed on the drawing table. Claudius sat next to him with a dull smile, and he was so close and intimate to Calabis! Because all the centurions were standing in two rows like a glaring King Kong. The original governor of Bosporus, Malcha, had his eyebrows lowered and looked like he was frustrated. He stood with his hands lowered, almost like a servant.

The three female warriors Helenputina, El Capa and Ella standing by the door stood there blankly, not understanding what happened last night.

"Amazon Queen, right? Now your former employer has transferred your kingdom's army, um, a total of three people, to me, which means that you are now an auxiliary force of the legion. I forgot to introduce myself. I am the 13th Legion's special envoy, Carabis Cornelius Marcus F, and this is my superior, His Excellency Baburius Claudius, who is the deputy general of the legion."

When introducing him, Claudius tilted his face towards Helenputina, still with a dull and charming smile, "In addition, I have handed over the command of the front line to Special Envoy Carabis, yes, full authority."

Helenputina glanced at Carabis, who was crossing his legs, and asked seriously : "So, what arrangements does the envoy have for the war in the direction of the Acropolis?"

"We lack ships, and the long bridge and chain between the Acropolis and Ponticabiae across the bay must be used to prevent enemy ships from attacking and cut off the connection between the two places. Our opponent is Adiana, the princess of Pontus. This woman is extremely cruel and ruthless and proficient in tricks." Carapis touched his nose, thought for a while, put down his legs, put his hands on the drawing table and said, "We must lay more wooden stakes and sunken ships in the bay to prevent Pontus' ships from entering."

"What? You said that the Pontus army was actually commanded by my sister Adiana?" Marca screamed as if he had seen a ghost. (To be continued.)