swear to love heaven

At nightfall, the street was quiet, except for ten soldiers patrolling back and forth, only the wind blowing from the Aegean Sea was still whistling unscrupulously.

A maid turned the corner of the street and moved forward cautiously against the stone wall. She lowered her head and passed under the cover of the floating wine, and disappeared into the corner in a flash.

"There is no one in front, hurry up." She whispered to her companion hiding behind the wall, and at the same time, she turned her head to monitor the situation on the street.

Titi and several other people leaned down along the wall, and quietly disappeared in the dense night with the scattered shadows cast by the moonlight in front of the house.

Hiding in hiding, I finally came to the meeting point that Nuya said. Through the bright moonlight, I saw a row of inconspicuous houses, ordinary Mycenaean dwellings.

"I'll go, you guys hide." Still the maid who was exploring the way just now, she walked quickly to one of the rooms, and knocked on the wooden door according to the code she had learned in advance.

For a moment, there was no movement inside the door.

Titi hid behind the wall opposite the hut, so anxious that she couldn't even breathe, she stared at the door that didn't move in the night wind.

Suddenly, the door opened with a "hula", and a man stood by the door. The maid said something to him, and he immediately gave way.The maid waved in Titi's direction, but before she had time to adjust her anxious and chaotic breathing, the maid beside her had already dragged her towards the door.

The moment the door slammed shut behind her, Titi shouted eagerly to the man who opened the door: "I am Titi, Princess Khaleesi's maid, take me to see General Bikun!"

The man froze for a moment, then nodded and led them towards the courtyard.

Going around the narrow courtyard and walking along a section of the earth wall for a dozen steps, another courtyard appeared in front of me, and a small white two-story building was hidden behind a few big trees with luxuriant branches.

"Go in, the general is inside." The man pointed to a door and said.

Nodding, hurriedly walked to the door, pushed the door open and entered.

"Titi?"

A slightly startled familiar voice sounded in her ears, Titi broke out in a cold sweat, and suddenly raised her head, her horrified eyes fell on the figure by the window.

"Your Highness!" Shouted in a startled voice, suddenly knelt down, and respectfully saluted the person who was walking towards him.

"Where's Kalixi?" Reaching out to support Titi, Lemomenna's eyes slid past several maids, but he didn't see Kalixi.

"Your Highness, the princess didn't escape, only the slaves and these five maids took advantage of the chaos to escape from the palace." After being terrified all the way, Titi finally couldn't help crying softly.

Hearing Titi's cry, her brown eyes brightened and then darkened, and then fell into an empty darkness.Feeling anxious and confused, she urgently asked: "Taking advantage of the chaos? What's the matter in the palace? Where's Kalixi? How's she doing?"

"The princess paralyzed the king of Mycenae with medicine, causing chaos in the palace. The servants escaped from the palace as planned and came here to report to General Bikun. Before the servants left the palace, the princess was safe and sound, but... the king of Mycenae was paralyzed , He will definitely not let the princess go. Your Highness, you should quickly find a way to save the princess. The princess is staying alone in the palace now, and I don't know what will happen to her."

Ever since Kalixi discovered the purple flowers in the courtyard, she had made an escape plan with Titi. From the beginning to the end, she had no intention of escaping. She just took advantage of the chaos caused by Nam'an's paralysis to give Titi a chance to escape.

Lemomena took a few steps back, leaning on the edge of the table and standing in the dim light from the oil lamp, the slightly drooping hair on her forehead blocked the flickering brown eyes, for a moment, she felt that the blood in her whole body was congealed, The continuous sharp buzzing behind the eardrum was like a thorn buried in the breath, one after another, torturing her heartbeat with the ups and downs of breathing.

"How many do we have in Mycenae?" she asked, looking toward Bikun.

"Counting Yeda's people, there are 480 people in total."

"100 people, is it enough to break through the Lion's Gate?"

"not enough."

"150 people?" He continued to ask, his voice was low and hoarse.

Bikun shook his head, hesitated, but still answered truthfully. "……not enough."

"200 people?"

"Your Highness..." He was very embarrassed, his throat moved up and down, and he frowned.

"How many people can break into that damn Lion's Gate, you say."

"At least 2000 people." Having experienced many battles, he is well aware of the cost of breaking through the Lion's Gate. For that huge city gate that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, 2000 people is already the least estimate.

He raised his face slightly, closed his eyes very slowly, and sighed deeply, more like a wry smile held in his throat, manic, chaotic, and sad.

"Your Highness?" Titi whispered timidly.

He raised his hand and put it on his forehead, a weak yellow halo came in from between his fingers, piercing his eyes with aching pain. "What's up?"

"The princess gave the slaves two things, and asked the slaves to pass them on to General Bikun."

"Bring it."

Carefully took out two pieces of parchment wrapped in linen from his arms, and handed them to Lemomena one by one. "This is a map of the acropolis behind the Lion's Gate, including the topographic map of the royal palace in the middle of the acropolis. The princess drew it from memory. She said that the marked places indicate that there are heavy guards." Pointing to one of the larger ones The small cloth bag said: "This is a letter from the princess. The princess didn't know you were here, so General Tobicun handed it to you."

Handing the map to Dawuxia, he opened the letter Kalixi wrote to her, and when he quickly opened it with the linen cloth in his hand, Lemomena realized that his fingers were trembling a little, like the lips on his lips. Breathing, trembling uncontrollably.

"This letter of mine is for the Regent of the Hittites, not Lemomenna. It is your mission to protect the Hittites. The safety of the Hittites is more important than your personal feelings. Don't worry about my safety. Instead of daring to face Mycenae. On the contrary, you must defeat the Hittite enemies with all your strength for me. I will think of a way out of the predicament, and you must have confidence in me. Lemomena, do what you should do , don’t make me a sinner of the Anatolian gods.”

The graceful and elegant handwriting, every word and every word, seems to be the whisper of the beautiful little princess leaning over her ear, but it is so heavy that one cannot breathe...

Lemomenna knew that Khaleesi was begging her to... give her up for Hittite.

After a long time, she smiled slowly, like a sudden night wind, a desolate and sad shadow quickly spread from the brows and the bottom of the eyes... It seemed that a desperate soul silently seeped into the body in front of her, causing This smile is deathly pale.

"How can you give up what you never owned? Why let go of what you already have?"

Whispering to himself, it seems that the whole person has left here, and the figure standing in front of everyone is just an illusory shadow drawn by the moonlight and the night.

One is her country, the blood of the Anatolian plateau flows in her body, and she holds the future of countless Hittites; the other is her true love, who cherishes her beyond her own life and wants to Hold her hand through this life.

Whether to march against the enemy and save Hittite; or to keep her safe and surrender without a fight.

After all, what is the right thing for her to do?

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Sharma stepped out of the cabin and saw the tall figure standing with her hands behind her back on the side of the ship. After hesitating for a moment, she walked towards Ramonsis.

As if knowing that someone was walking behind him, Ramonsis turned his head, and the nodding Sharma was reflected in his deep black eyes. He smiled, turned his gaze back to the blue sea, and remained silent.

A dozen wooden barrels were piled up to the height of a person, and they were neatly stacked on the deck. Walking aside, leaning against the bright wooden barrels, Sharma crossed her arms and looked at the calm Mediterranean Sea following Ramoneses' line of sight. .

"If it were me, I might make the same decision as Lemomena." Suddenly, looking at the sky where the sea and the sky meet, he said nonsensical words in a calm tone.

His eyes flickered slightly, and the same calm tone concealed a different kind of emotion. "Your position is similar to Lemomena's. You must put the country first in everything you do, and sometimes you can only make some decisions that go against your will."

The corners of his mouth were pulled, and his silent smile added a layer of gloom under the sun. "And you?"

"I?"

"If it was you, would you have agreed to let Khaleesi go to Mycenae?"

"will not."

"Sensible, but short-sighted."

"Short, but safe."

He laughed out loud, a big wave hit, and suddenly the hull shook violently.

Raising her eyebrows frivolously, Sharma's arrogant attitude is not like a courtier, but more like a close friend.

"Whether this battle can be fought or not is hard to say now. According to the information collected at the moment, Nam'an has already assembled a lot of fleets. He is bound to win this battle. Khalixi must have been trapped in Mycenae It's gone." Sighing, his thick black eyebrows frowned, thinking of the dangerous environment that the delicate little princess was in, besides worrying, he also had clueless regrets. "Lemomenna should have gotten the news. Maybe she has already taken action. However, Kalixi is the key to this battle. Namuan's capture of her is equivalent to winning more than half of the battle."

"King, protecting Khaleesi's safety is the most important thing." Knowing that Khaleesi was going to Mycenae as an envoy, she lived every day in fear. When she learned that Mycenae had assembled the navy, these anxieties finally became Reality.

"Now I hope that Nam'an can propose negotiations, so that at least it can be delayed."

"Even if negotiating, his conditions must be very harsh, and Hittite may not be able to accept it." Sharma did not want to see the flames of war ignited beside Khaleesi. Khaleesi, who was as clean and clear as a mountain stream, could not bear the cruelty of war at all. .

"I heard that even the gods can't easily pass through the lion's gate on the Acropolis. I really want to see it. We must be prepared to land. No matter what, we can't be blocked by a stone gate to rescue Khaleesi .”

"Yes, please rest assured, the king. If you really want to attack, I will lead the army to take the Lion's Gate. No matter how much the price is, I will attack it."

"Be careful yourself, I don't want to lose a good general."

"Yes."

"That smart little princess has touched the hearts of too many people. She must not have any accidents, otherwise..." A long sigh made people discern a ray of sadness.

"..." He lowered his eyes, not wanting others to see the panic in his eyes, wanting to face this war indifferently, but unable to think calmly like before, which made Sharma's pretended calm become very fragile , fragile and vulnerable.

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Moving ten fingers back and forth, and slowly raising his still stiff arm, Nam'an was delighted to find that his upper limb was recovering, but it was limp and lacked any strength.

The palace doctor knelt by his feet, and tapped his calf and thigh back and forth with a small hammer made of ivory. Seeing that Nam'an didn't respond to any pain, he pinched his instep again, then stood up and stepped aside.

"Your Majesty, it looks like we have to wait for a few more days, and the effect of the medicine has not completely faded."

He sighed heavily, at the initial stage of paralysis, dozens of palace doctors were helpless and could only wait for the medicine to lose its effect. "There are such poisonous flowers in the palace. You palace doctors who are familiar with herbal medicine don't know it at all. They are all trash."

The old palace doctor hurriedly knelt down again, with his forehead pressed against the ground, and begged in a terrified voice: "I have neglected my duty, please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

He snorted coldly with disdain, looked at Fei Sier who was waiting in the hall, and asked angrily, "Where is the person? Haven't caught him yet?"

Knowing that he was wrong, he bent down and responded carefully. "Please forgive me, Your Majesty. I have sealed off the whole city and searched from house to house. I will definitely catch them."

What a bunch of trash, roaring out angrily. "What do you useless people do? Why not throw them into the sea and feed them to the fish! How is the fleet assembled?" Getting angry with them was really hard for him. Realizing this, he changed his mind.

"There are still twenty Gyatok ships that have not yet arrived. They will arrive in the evening, and the entire fleet can be assembled tonight."

"Yeah." Finally, he could hear some good news, and his face softened a little.

"Your Majesty, I have received information that the Egyptians at sea have moved."

His eyes moved, and he asked, in a hurry. "Back to Egypt?"

Shaking his head, Fei Sier said with a gloomy face, "No, it's coming to the Aegean Sea."

Impressively, his body froze, if not for the inability to move his legs, he would have jumped up from the soft couch. "Really? When will it be?"

"As soon as I received the report, I immediately entered the palace. Three days at most, two days at the earliest." The Egyptians drove a huge fleet towards the Aegean Sea, which was undoubtedly aimed at Mycenae. The purpose is naturally very clear.

The hand that had just regained consciousness rested on the side of the couch, knocking on the golden edge of the bed, stopping every now and then.After a while, he glanced at Fei Sier, and then moved his cold eyes to the brightly lit window. The bright sunlight wrapped around his sight, but failed to illuminate the endless dark abyss in his eyes.

Silent, his solemn face was filled with the horror of not having time to digest the Egyptians turning the steering wheel and coming to Mycenae, and the countermeasures were quickly turning in his mind.

"Faith, send troops immediately to stop the Egyptians at sea."

Startled, hesitated, puzzled. "Your Majesty, send troops now? Gyatok's ship hasn't arrived yet, do you want to wait?"

"You can't wait, or it will be too late. Hurry up, mobilize a hundred ships and set off now. No matter what you want to stop the Egyptians at sea, you must not let them get close to Mycenae!" The combat capabilities of the Egyptians will be greatly reduced at sea. , far less powerful than Mycenae, which has been dealing with the sea all year round.However, if you let them log in, it will be quite troublesome.

Not asking any more questions, fighting early or late is a battle, Fei Sier nodded and saluted, and left the hall at a faster pace.

I had long been worried that Egypt would support the Hittites, but I didn't expect them to come so quickly. Ramoneses had been eyeing the Aegean Federation. If it hadn't been for the bitter battle with the Hittites for the Sinai Peninsula that had dragged him down, he might have led Egypt Legion aggressively violated.

This ambitious little pharaoh possessed the enviably rich desert country beside the Nile River, and took the Sinai Peninsula, and finally couldn't help his ambition to expand the territory across the sea.

Nam'an was not particularly worried about the Egyptians. First, there was a stretch of the Mediterranean Sea between them. It was not possible to transfer Egyptian troops to Mycenae with one or two hundred ships.Secondly, he has grasped Hittite's fatal injury at present. If Egypt attacks rashly, Lemomenna will definitely stop Ramos in order to protect the safety of Khaleesi.

Just in case, it is best to keep Egypt away from Mycenae first. As long as they lose the naval battle, they can dispel the arrogance of Egypt and Hittite and let them understand who is the real maritime overlord.

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Bikun's adjutant came in a hurry, he knelt down to salute Lemomenna who was standing by the table studying the map with everyone, and then hurriedly reported. "Your Highness, we are searching for Titi from house to house, and we will find here soon."

Her brown eyes did not show anxiety, but her eyes remained on the blueprint depicting the topography of the Acropolis without looking up. She simply ordered, "Got it, go down."

"Yes." The adjutant nodded, got up and left the room.

Pointing to a place where the circle was drawn on the map, lightly tapped the circle with his fingertips, looked sideways, and said: "Bikun, follow the plan, let Yeda get ready, and act immediately when you get the signal."

Bi Kun saluted respectfully, and the excitement in his eyes could not be restrained, it was a bloodthirsty and warlike nature.

"Da Wuxia, where are you?"

"It's all been found out. The wizard will enter the palace tomorrow morning to pray for Nam'an's exorcism. We will act tonight." I learned a very important message from Titi. Nam'an is quite superstitious. For everything, let the wizard enter the palace to ask God for blessing.

For a major event such as poisoning and paralysis, he must summon a wizard. This is an excellent opportunity to sneak into the palace.

"Kushina should be here soon, before he appears in front of the Mycenaeans with his fleet, we need to rescue Khaleesi first." Aziz walked over from the window, propping the back of the chair with one hand, reminding explain.

The brows were slightly frowned, and only for a moment, the unruly and unruly eyes returned to the bottom of the beautiful eyes, the light brown eyes flickered with a cold light close to the devil.

"Tomorrow, go meet that wishful thinking King of Mycenae!"

Aziz touched his chin, and the corners of his mouth, which was always in a happy arc, turned up a little bit. With a relaxed smile on his face, there was no sense of urgency that a big battle was imminent.

Several people gathered at the table and continued to discuss all the details of the operation in detail.This is an interlocking plan, everyone undertakes heavy tasks, and their own mistakes will implicate others, and any slight mistakes in any link will point everyone to the road to the underworld.

Tomorrow's action will be the only chance to reverse the disadvantaged situation. Whether Kalixi can be rescued safely, and whether Hittite can turn defeat into victory, will have a result tomorrow.

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The gloomy light pierced through the humid and turbid air, and cast coldly on the feet. The uneven stone floor was covered with water stains flowing from the wall, which made this small dungeon full of bone-eating chills. breath.

Sitting on the ground against the hard and rough wall, arms folded with bent legs, chin on knees, a pair of blue eyes full of melancholy, staring at the torches outside the railing in a daze.

The dim light and shadow shake tremblingly on the ground, casting a strange shadow on those peeling and mottled walls, as if a roaring beast will suddenly emerge from the place where the light cannot shine, dragging you into the wall with its teeth and claws after the world.

Shrinking her feet, Kalixi felt very cold. From her fingertips to her breath, from her body to her heart, she was tightly wrapped in fear. When the fear in her heart reached a certain level, the fear changed from a nothingness emotion. Become a real feeling, so that the body cannot feel everything around it.

At this moment, the cold brought about by the drop in temperature is even worse. The numb and tingling fingertips tremble in front of his eyes like twigs in the wind.

Fingers crossed, and she clenched her fear, Khaleesi took a deep breath, but inhaled a corrupt smell mixed with blood, coughed a few times, and frowned uncomfortably.

"Princess, are you okay?" Nuya's vague voice came through the thick wall.

"I'm fine, Nuya, how is your injury?"

"It's okay, just a little flesh injury."

"It's hurting you."

"Princess, you don't have to be sad. This servant didn't care about life and death long before she became an Emperor Eagle Warrior. If you are afraid of death, your servant might as well continue to be bullied in the wine shop."

"Nuya, do you regret being a warrior?" I miss everything about Hittite, the longer I leave, the more things I miss... The air in the valley, the wind on the plateau, the familiar language, the corridor of the palace, the library The fragrance of paper, even the bouquet of fresh flowers picked in the morning on the window sill, has become a picture that is still fresh in my mind.

"Regret? Princess, compared to the days I lived before, I am not only a soldier, but also a human being. Do you think I will regret being a man?" Even the thick stone walls could not stop Nuya from feeling sad for a moment. breath.

"Your previous life must have been terrible."

"Scary is the lightest word to describe it."

"Nuya, I'm glad that Lemomena chose you to protect me."

"It's our honor to protect you." Nuya said sincerely, being able to participate in this protection mission proved that they are the best female warriors among the imperial eagles.

Standing up and walking to the wooden railing, Kalixi looked around to make sure that the guards in the cell were not nearby. She lowered her voice and whispered to the cell next door where Nuya was being held: "Nuya, can you do something for me?" thing?"

"Tell me." Nuya moved to the railing and listened attentively.

"Weapon, I want a weapon, preferably a dagger." She spoke firmly, and the flame of the torch on the wall flickered suddenly, just as she said these words.

Surprised, asked. "What do you want this for?"

A small flame flickered deep in the pupils, bright, tough, and difficult to catch. "Self-defense, I always feel that I don't have a weapon in my hand, and I don't know what to do."

"When we were locked up, we were all searched, and even our hair accessories were taken away, let alone the dagger." Frowning, he was thinking about how to get a dagger for Khaleesi. In this ghostly place where there are only stones and only wood, Where to find a metal weapon.

"Can you get it for me?"

"Nuya do my best." Nodding, a method suddenly appeared, although it may not be effective, but you can try it.

"Thank you." Sitting down along the wall, chuckled.

"Princess, don't say thank you, this servant can't afford it." Knowing that Kalixi couldn't see her, Nuya still nodded respectfully.

With a faint smile, he leaned back with his head slightly raised, and let out a long sigh.Hidden at the bottom of the blue eyes is a magnificent light that no one can see, like a gap separating the two worlds, one delicate and sharp, the other resolutely sad.