Douluo: The Adventures of King Skin

"How refreshing it is to see the moonlight! She is like a small piece of money, you would think it is a small silver flower. The moon is cold and chaste. I am sure she is a virgin, she has the beauty of a virgin. Yes, She was a virgin. She was never defiled. She was never given to a man like the other goddesses."

--"Salome"

The chariot stopped at some point. The four white horses lowered their heads and flexed their hooves. Jason and Medea were packing their feathers on the stand, and occasionally flew out for a lap silently.

In the darkness between the stars and lights, two figures leaned against everything, talking about the city's plans with great interest.

Cratessipolis had a strong idea of ​​the layout of loops and radials, while Pyrrhus insisted on a grid city of extreme countermeasures.

The two people were at loggerheads, so they had to compromise with each other and came up with a form that combined a central axis, a square grid, rings and radial lines...

This can be considered a mutual exchange of feelings, right?

Holding a living woman in his arms and chatting happily about topics that interest both of them was something Pyrrhus had never experienced before.

Although Cratesipolis might be about ten years older than him, he didn't mind the age gap, or had never thought about it at all.

Not to mention that he is a person who has experienced two lives and has been online for nearly 50 years. According to his original concept, Crat Sipolis in her 20s is still at her best.

And she was so beautiful and so alive.

As for Stratonis, Birkenna, and... well...

well!Take it one step at a time.

He wasn't shameless, he just felt lonely for too long, and now he finally encountered the possibility of happiness, and he no longer had the courage to refuse.

"Pyrrhus, I also took this fortress. Just a few years ago."

In the dark sky of twinkling stars, only a huge silhouette of Acrocorinth remained, like a silent volcano.

"At that time, Olympias was hunted by Cassander, and Polyperchon and his son were defeated again and again, like wild dogs that had lost their family. You know how ridiculous these father and son are. With a little bit of pathetic ambition, they can only live in peace. Tico and Cassander wavered back and forth, seeking some breathing room.

"Alexander took Antigonus's funding, turned his back on him, and wanted to seize his territory in the northern Peloponnese. However, he was assassinated in Western Zion. I took over the army and pacified Western Zion. The Zionites rebelled and took great pains to capture half of the Peloponnese.

"Later, when Antigonus was besieged by the kings last time, he sent Polyperchon the mother and son of Barsin. What an excellent opportunity! But this old bastard has completely lost his fighting spirit. He just wants to be quiet. After he has passed his old age and has no descendants!"

"You hate them, father and son?"

"Of course I hate them! I hate them! I hate them to die!

"That bastard Alexander, who was chased around like a dog by Cassander, who is nearly fifty and has no heirs, and who is as weak as a man in battle, took out his anger on me, insulted me, beat me! That's right. , I came from a bad background, and I didn’t bring him an army or a dowry. I just had a tool that he randomly selected to pass on the family line!

"I started to show my kindness to the soldiers early on and bribed them with some small favors. I have been looking forward to his death!"

"Then he finally..."

"I killed him!" Cratesipolis screamed in a low voice, "How could I continue to tolerate him! How could I wait to be tortured to death by him like the women in front of me!"

"..."

"And that old bastard Polyperchon, this pathetic villain, such an incompetent person, he has clearly cut off his descendants, has clearly given up fighting, and clearly does not hesitate to become Cassander's slave in order to preserve his little bit of power!

"It's people like this who still treat me like a slave!

"And those soldiers, I led them to conquer so many territories, but they support that old bastard who is waiting for death!

"Just because I'm a woman!"

Cratesipolis seemed to calm down again, "Pyrrhus, what a sad thing it is to be a slave's slave." She said in a sad tone:

“Especially after taking power and trying to live a free life, how could I continue to tolerate that kind of treatment?

"So I secretly found Ptolemy and persuaded him to betray his allies and march to Greece, while I served as his internal agent in the Peloponnese.

"The defenders of Corinth were unwilling to follow me, so I took Ptolemy's men and pretended to be reinforcements. I tricked the city gates into opening and entered Acro Corinth myself! Make them bow to me again!"

"I regained control of the army, I captured Corinth! I am no longer a woman!"

Cratesipolis could no longer say anything at this point. She fell on Pyrrhus and sobbed, and her tears wet his shoulders like rain.

Pyrrhus hugged her tightly in silence, feeling her slender ribs trembling under the thin skin, as if he was holding an injured animal.

The Hellenistic world before BC was a man's world, and women in the stories of successors were just the lace to decorate the princes' hegemony, leaving only a few anecdotes to accompany the meal.

On the Internet in later generations, when it comes to women in the Greek era, the only ones that are famous are famous prostitutes and courtesans.

Just like Demetrius's wife Phila, she has been famous since the time of Antipater, but because she is a woman, her reputation in history may not be as good as that of Lamia who played the flute. .

He didn't know how to comfort Cratesipolis, and he couldn't judge what Cratesipolis had done.

The so-called successor war is originally a disaster driven by evil desires. This is not a reasonable world to begin with, and the murder and betrayal she committed are her efforts to fight against unfair treatment in this context.

I don’t know how long Cratsipolis cried.

When she had finished crying, she raised her head to wipe away her tears and looked at the brightly lit city of Corinth in the distance.

The side face of Cratesipolis in the dim light was like the most beautiful marble statue, and her tearful eyes at this moment were more vivid than those stone statues.

"In just a few months, we have captured all of Cassander's territory except Athens.

"Ptolemy is willing to respect my authority, but it's a pity that he is not as good at fighting as a woman.

"Taking such a huge advantage, but not wanting to break up with Cassander, he pretended to give freedom to the Greek city-states, so various city-states began to defy him, and he was helpless.

"When Antigonus' troops threatened Egypt, he had no choice but to reconcile with Cassander in a panic and withdraw his troops from Greece..."

Cratsipolis sighed: "I have no choice but to give up all my achievements and leave here with some of the remaining troops..."

"Then you went to Patra."

"Well. I originally thought my life would end like this, until the news came that you defeated Cassander."

"I?"

She put her arms around Pyrrhus.

She was still taller, and Pyrrhus had to tilt his face slightly upward to look at her.

She lowered her head, their foreheads touching.

She could feel the warm breath blowing on her chest. Under the dim light, his face was blurred, and only his still bright eyes were looking at her.

He didn't know how much of a shock he had caused her when he, as an exile who had lost his country, led a group of beggar-like mercenaries to land in the Gulf of Magnesia.And when the news came, he defeated Cassander and took Thessaly into his hands. What an encouragement it gave her!

"So I cheered up again. I have been living in Patras for the past few years. Although I have nothing to do, I have made friends with many Macedonian ladies due to my previous reputation. Among them, the one with the highest status and the best relationship with me is Fila."

"Dmitri's wife?" My mother-in-law?

Pyrrhus finally knew what the problem was.

Although his historical level is very average, he can probably confirm that there was no such female tyrant who ruled Achaia alone in Greece during this period.If nothing else, she will appear in various games such as Total War. This kind of historical female character is an absolute selling point in all historical games!

Is this the so-called butterfly effect?

"What about...Dmitri?" Pyrrhus hesitated before asking the question: "Don't you know him a long time ago?"

"Are you jealous?" Cratsipolis asked.

"..."

There was a smile on her lips, feeling a little proud:

"Dmitri led the army to liberate Athens. His reputation at that time was the same as yours now. I thought this was an opportunity, so I tried to find a way to contact him.

"But after we met, I discovered that this man was only interested in my body, so that's fine. More importantly, he didn't believe that a woman could lead an army in battle. In his eyes, I was just an interesting toy!"

Cratesipolis gritted her teeth when she said this, "I realized that it would be difficult to cooperate with him, so I secretly informed Cassander's people - as long as he died in the Peloponnese, the situation would become chaotic again, and I There’s a chance!”

What the hell!

"It's a pity that I was too hesitant. In order to keep the possibility of cooperating with Antigonus who came for revenge, I didn't do everything possible and let him escape with his life... Haha! You should really see him running away wearing women's clothes. That’s the virtue of that time.”

What the hell! ! !