Davers' leader's tent could not accommodate more than forty people, so he asked the captain of the guard Martius to lead thirty members (the number of the guards has also expanded), and set up an open space in front of the tent to prevent strangers from entering the venue to spy, and lit torches around...

Davers' eyes swept across everyone's face:

The captain of the first infantry company - the steady and generous Cappus

The second infantry company captain - Antonios, who is good at identifying people and capturing fighter jets

The third infantry company captain - the brave Armintas

Captain of the Fourth Infantry Company - Alexis who is good at thinking and planning

The fifth infantry company captain - his loyal confidant Hilos

The captain of the first light shield company - Epithenis with strong tactical ability

Captain of the Second Light Shield Company - Tspit, who worships Davers for his devotion to God

As well as the baggage officer Mercis, medical officer Herps, Messels, and Cavalry captain Rides (although his horses were few, Davers still retained this organization and soldiers, after all, they already had a lot of experience in cavalry combat). There were also twenty-eight team leaders, all of whom were experienced in combat and had their own talents. In addition, 1,400 veterans who had fought for more than a year. This is all his teams based in this world!

Tonight, he had to convince them that after a long battle of a year, he had no confidence in following him to a thousand miles away in a foreign land. Thinking of this, he coughed lightly and said, "Brothers, the farce you performed in Byzantium today was good! Kriand immediately expressed sympathy for our situation and was willing to provide us with some food. This is all your credit!"

Everyone laughed.

Olivers even loudly said: "Chief, this is not a farce, but a comedy. You didn't see the Byzantines fainting from fright!"

Everyone laughed again, but only Martonis had a ghost in his heart, so he had to lower his head and laugh.

"Yes, comedy." Davers sighed and said, "But how long can this comedy last? We are trapped here, and we cannot go anywhere, and we dare not go. According to reliable information, Sparta is ready to go to war with Persia, and the Spartan general Tibron has arrived in Ephesus to recruit soldiers. How could he let us veterans who have rich experience in fighting against Persia! It won't take long before we can fight again on the land of Persia!"

"Is this true? I'm tired of fighting the Persians, and I don't want to go back!"

"How could this happen?! I'm already planning to buy a piece of land in Crete and find a wife..."

...

Everyone immediately became turbulent and talked very uneasyly...

Davers did not answer them, but shook out another amazing news: "And, the pretty good-hearted Criand is about to step down, and he is replaced by Aristacas of Sparta!"

Someone said "ah".

Davers glanced in that direction and said coldly: "Some of you know him, some of you don't know. I tell you that this Spartan was very famous in the previous war with Athens! It was not because of his bravery in fighting, but-" Davers looked solemn, and he said in a tight tone word by word, "He sold the defeated Greeks twice as slaves!!"

This was like pouring a can of cold water into a boiling oil pan, and everyone suddenly exploded.

"Is he going to sell us?!"

"If he dares to do this, I will fight him!"

"We are free people, not Spartan enemies! They have no reason to do so, and it is against Greek tradition!"

"Sparta was arrogant and domineering, and now it is the overlord of Greece. It is not up to it to decide what to do!"

...

Davers looked at the panicked people, his voice full of emotion, and said, "We are free Greeks, and we live hard to survive. But, in the eyes of the Spartans, in the eyes of those city-state citizens, we are landless pariahs, thieves and robbers who threaten the stability of the city-state! Therefore, Anakes can deceive us at will (referring to the Spartan naval commander who said he would pay them to Byzantine, but he broke the contract as soon as he arrived). Criende can also deceive us at will, trick us out of the city, close the gates, and not give food.

, and face the Thracians with a large number! Sparta is so powerful, can we dare to resist?! Either they are sold as slaves, not enough to eat, and not warm to wear, until one day they die of exhaustion in farms and mines, and then thrown into the wilderness; or they follow Sparta to fight, and they are covered in wounds every day until they die in an unknown wilderness; of course, they may be lucky enough to return to their hometown safely, but so what?! As a landless free man, he is a foreigner in any city-state, and cannot enjoy the rights of any city-state, and he will be despised until he dies silently..."

Everyone listened quietly, so quiet that they could hear someone's sob...

At this time, Davers was also full of tears: "Is this the result we want to fight for a year in Persia and struggle to return to our hometown? Do we not give us the right to live a stable and happy life?! Is there no place in this world where we, the poor and free people, survive quietly!!!"

Davers' heartfelt roar and questioning woke up every team officer present. They clenched their fists, gritted their teeth, and looked angry and painful...

Hilos stood up, stretched out his hands tremblingly, and said, "Captain Davers! Our Commander! Hades's Godly Reverend! Please tell us what we should do?! What should we do to get rid of our predicament!!"

"Yes, Chief Davers, we need your oracle!!" Hilos's words reminded many people, Capps, Antonios, and the others excitedly begged Davers.

When everyone's eyes gathered on Daphs's face, his expression became extremely solemn: "Last night... a man entered my dream. The golden light emitted by his body made me unable to see his appearance... He pulled me up from the bed, passed through the window, and flew into the air... I looked down in fear. The Mediterranean was clearly seen before me like a painting... The Peloponnese Peninsula was like an iron hammer deep into the sea, and to the west, Italy next to it was like a leather boot... Further west, I also saw the pillar of Hercules like a door that separated the Mediterranean from the ocean... The Mediterranean coast of Egypt was like a long green carpet extending to Africa..."

Davers' dreamy narrative attracted everyone. They compared their geographical cognition and found that the Mediterranean was like this, which made them believe in Davers' words.

"At this time, the person emitting golden light said something to me?"

"What did he say?" everyone asked.

"He said, 'Davers, your mission is in the West of the Mediterranean!', and after that, he pushed me out of the air, and then I woke up in fear." Davers said with lingering fear, still in a dream.

“Where is that in the West of the Mediterranean?”

"In Sicily?"

“It could be Italy.”

“It is possible for Iberia to do so.”

"Why it's not Nubia."

"Who is that Golden Light Man, Hadith?"

"How could Hades have golden light? It should be Athena!"

………

Just as everyone was speculating, Davers sighed inwardly. Since he became the leader, he has deliberately avoided his identity as a "goddess" and won the trust of his subordinates through his own abilities. But this time it was important, and he had to use the Greek gods again. He deliberately made the oracle vague.

Because the oracle was ambiguous. For example: In the past, there was a Lydia kingdom in Asia Minor, and he wanted to go to Persia. He went to Delphi and spent a lot of money to obtain the Apollo oracle. The oracle said: A great power would be destroyed. The Lydia people happily went back to war, and the result was that the Lydia kingdom was destroyed. The Apollo priest explained that in Asia Minor, the Lydia kingdom was also a great power.

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