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Chapter 18 Iron Armored Paladin (1)

That happened before Ella learned that Constantine was besieged by the Duke of Burgundy.

A medium-sized fleet of island republics appeared on the sea outside Delphi City. Two thousand soldiers from the island republics were hula-laid off the ship. Giovanni was surrounded by soldiers in the middle, following Ipolita next to him.

The port was empty and there were no people. They came all the way to the city of Delphi and then saw the defenders.

"Delphi, a trade location known as the world's navel, is so weak in the city defense." Giovanni sighed, "From this attitude, there are probably only militias from some towns who guard the city."

Ipolita said: "This is inevitable. The Imperial Guards and the Illyria Field Army were fighting with the Almani coalition led by the Duke of Saxony in the Albanian region and thessaly region. How could it be that they could arrive at Delphi so quickly? Using the rapid maneuvering of the sea, this is the power of the party controlling the sea. However, it was a bit beyond my expectations that the Imperial Guards could appear in the Thessaly region so quickly."

Giovanni shook his head: "It's not just the number of defenders, but I think the city walls here are not high, and it seems to be completely unattracted."

"When it was called the Navel of the World, the walls of the Ancient City of Delphi were still very tall. But time has changed. This is the New City of Delphi. Since its founding, it has no connection with the title of "Narrow of the World".

Giovanni was a little discouraged: "I thought the navy of the Seven Hills Empire would hide here. Now it's completely lost."

"Of course it is impossible to hide here. The most likely place for the remnants of the Seven Hills Empire Navy is the Bay of Ambrakiya, which is surrounded by land and there is only a narrow strait for ships to enter and exit. When they hide there, they can get the most protection."

"Ambrachia Bay? Isn't that not far from where the Duke of Saxony landed?" Giovanni was startled, and then asked angrily, "Ipolita, since you know the location of the Seven Hills Empire fleet, why did you let the navy run around the distance to Delphi?"

"Why did I bring it?" Ipolita laughed, "Mr. Giovanni, you are the main general, I am the deputy general. The person who can decide where this unit lands is you, not me."

"Ipolita! Because the King of Bohemia recommended, the Governor made an exception to let you become a maid as a deputy. But that is to give you advice for me, not to hide it! If you have any dissatisfaction with the identity of the Deputy General, I can report to the Governor and let you go back and be your maid with peace of mind!"

Ipolita laughed again: "Govani, why are you so angry? Didn't I say that the remnants of the Seven Hills Empire's naval forces are now hiding in the waters that can protect them the most. With our little force, do you still want to annihilate them? Delphi's defense is weak now, so we will rob the outside of the city. Isn't that great?"

"Light robs outside the city?" Giovanni stared at Ipolita, "You are an elf, so you can't lead your soldiers into Delphi City?"

Ipolita put away his smile and bowed slightly: "I am just a maid, I can't do such a thing. Master, since you have such ambitions, what will I give you the next military achievements? I have some other things to do."

"Wait! Where do you want to go?"

Ipolita ignored Giovanni's question and walked alone towards the opposite place to Delphi City.

"Ipolita! I am the main general here!" Giovanni shouted behind Ipolita, "I don't allow you to leave now! Lead troops to attack Delphi immediately!"

Ipolita didn't look back.

"Ipolita! I will report your behavior to the Governor when I go back! Don't think of leading troops again!"

Ipolita left Giovanni, left the troops of the Island Republic, left the New City of Delphi, and walked towards the former site of the Old City of Delphi.

She came under the towering cliff. The big tree symbolizing the death of the Son of God stretched its branches towards the infinite sky.

Ipolita raised his head and whispered the ancient words on the cliff:

"In the seventy-seventh year of the empire, Emperor Nero, the ruler of the Qiqiu Empire, and the great Augustus, defeated the Tianfang Empire here."

She closed her eyes, opened her arms, and savored the old glory behind the words. After a while, she patted off the dust on her body, knelt down towards the cliff, and bowed respectfully a few times:

"Augustus, Ipolita is back with his troops today."

After doing this, Epolita stood up and slapped the dust off her body again. Then she walked towards the temple of Delphi.

At the door, she met Draguè, dressed in a priest.

"Is it the only little guy?" Epolita asked with a smile, "Where is your sister?"

"Sister is gone, now I am the priest here." Draguè looked at Epolita with a vigilant look, "Who are you? What are you trying to do here?"

"I'll get a box like this. It was entrusted by my ancestors to the priests of this temple to guard." Epolita gestured in the air with his hands, "I wonder if your sister has ever told you about this box? If I know, can I return the box to me?"

Draguè obviously understood what Ipolita was saying. She threw a dagger towards Ipolita. Ipolita took the dagger and walked to the center of the countless stone pillars outside the temple. Ipolita used her shoes to sweep the soil covering the ground, and a marble slab with heralds was immediately exposed under the soil.

Without saying a word, Epolita cut his fingers with a dagger and dripped blood on the stone slab. In an instant, the heralds on the stone slab glowed with a red luster. After the luster faded, Epolita turned his head and looked at Draguère with a smile.

Draguè nodded with a dark face: "I understand. Your box is still there. I'll get it now."

After a while, Draguè pushed a half-height box out. Ipolita opened the box in front of Draguè. The box contained a set of golden armor and an exquisite white bow.

"I received the stuff." Ipolita smiled and raised his head, "Little priest, how about you go with me?"

Draguer shook his head: "I still want to be a priest in the temple."

Ipolita said "Huh": Little priest, don't you know why this temple is the Temple of Apollo?"

"Why?"

"Apollo is the patron saint of the Augustus clan! This temple was built by Emperor Nero to commemorate his victory. Everything inside, whether it is bricks or people, is all Augustus' belongings..."

"No, this temple existed a few hundred years before Emperor Nero came to power. Emperor Nero just renovated it." Draguer shook his head and denied Epolita's words, "and the temple he renovated had long been collapsed. The temple you see now was newly built, and it has nothing to do with Emperor Nero."
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