Uberia and Skiros Island together form the Abantis Islands.

Xin Sheng's main purpose in visiting Youbeya Island was to hunt the Keluni deer, one of the eight legendary animals.

If it weren't for taking care of the shipping orders received by Barnabas, he wouldn't even plan to take a detour to Kalkis.

Kalkis is the capital of the Abantis Islands and the largest city on Uberia.

After the Hippola War, Karkis defeated the old enemy city of Eretria, which was also on Uberia, and since then he exclusively occupied the foreign trade rights of the Abantis Islands.

On the way to Uberia Island, Barnabas introduced to Xinsheng about the situation of Greece's second largest island.

The fiscal revenue of the Abantis Islands mainly comes from the slave trade.

To modern people like Xin Sheng who have long been freed from slavery, the slave trade is very shameful.

But in Greece in this era, the slave trade was completely legal, and even Athens, known as the birthplace of Western culture, used slaves in large quantities.

Today, the Abandis Islands are affiliated with the Peloponnese Union and are managed by Sparta.

The current governor is named Schirex, and is called "just" Schirex by the Spartan soldiers and officials sent with him.

Xin Sheng was not sure whether this nickname was moisture, but the Spartan royal seal engraved on Schirex's leather armor was enough to arouse his suspicion.

Schirex rode his horse through the city avenue of Kalkis and slowly returned to his governor's mansion.

Xin Sheng pulled the hood on his head and quietly hid in the crowd.

"Governor? He is a typical Spartan and is more arrogant towards non-Spartan citizens."

"Governor Schirex is a good person, I heard that he is very generous to the people around him."

"How can I know? Ask others to go! Don't cause trouble for me!"

"Hmph! The Spartans are all the same, and when they face the people, their nostrils always face the sky."

"I heard that the Governor was once a Spartan general. He must have climbed up the high ground and was awarded the position of Governor who did not have to go directly to the battlefield."

Xin Sheng put on his hood and inquired around Kalkis City, and stayed in the tavern for an afternoon.

Ordinary people don’t know much about Schirex, some complain and some praise carefully.

The mercenaries in the tavern focused mainly on Schirex's record and his habit of making money.

This general rarely fought against the enemy with real swords and guns on the battlefield, but strangely, he won a lot of times, and almost every time the other party surrendered voluntarily.

Schirex is never stingy with money on the battlefield, and mercenaries who have made military achievements will be rewarded generously.

Schirex must have used some means to force the enemy to surrender.

Considering his generous information, Xin Sheng speculated that this guy might have won the battle by bribing senior enemy officials and generals.

Xin Sheng has no prejudice against Schirex's approach. As long as he does not commit heinous and despicable behavior, the one who can win on the battlefield is a good general, and the process is not important.

However, the rumors about Schirex are not entirely positive.

Several mercenaries talked privately and they had heard an unconfirmed rumor.

It is said that Schirex had secret contacts with the Persians of Thrace.

The Governor was seen late at night to Cape Artemis in the north of Ubea Island, and at some very hidden secret port, the ships coming from Thrace.

Thrace is located in eastern Macedonia and was once an independent kingdom managed by the Thrace themselves.

In the late 6th century BC, the then Persian emperor Darius I captured Thrace, and this land still belongs to the territory of the Persian Empire.

The news spreading in the tavern is true or false. Before verifying it personally, Xin Sheng could not make a rash conclusion.

"Cape of Artemis..."

...

The flag pattern of the Abantis Islands is the head of a bull, which is also the origin of the name of Uberia. It is a combination of the two words "good" and "bull" in ancient Greek.

According to legend, Uberia Island has a great relationship with the hunting goddess Artemis. There are a large number of bulls in the temple of the goddess at the Cape of Artemis.

Xin Sheng confirmed to Daphne from Fokis that there will be a temple of Artemis near the area where each legendary animal is active, and Uberia Island will naturally be no exception.

Leaving Kalkis City, Xinsheng headed north into Cape Artemis, and found the local Temple of Artemis on a mountain.

"Governor Schirex?"

Since most of the hunting goddess Artemis are hunters, her temples are basically located in the wilderness, and there are very few local residents who come to worship Artemis.

The priest of the Artemis Temple on Ubeya is named Dora. After hearing Xin Sheng's inquiry, she lowered her head and recalled for a moment before giving the answer.

"I didn't pay much attention before, but when you asked this... it seems that I did see Schirex traveling secretly on a night when the moon was hanging high."

Xin Sheng's eyes moved: "Can you remember where he went?"

Dora stretched out her finger to the north of the Cape: "That aspect, but I don't know where he went."

The Keluni deer lives near a small lake in the middle of the Cape Artemis, not far from the west of the temple.

The mountain where the temple is located is not far from the beach in the north of the Cape. Xin Sheng thought about it and decided to look for the secret port that might exist first.

The Keluni Deer won't run, but Schirex may not be.

If Schirex really colluded with the Spartan traitor king as Xin Sheng thought.

Once he finds someone investigating him, he will definitely destroy the evidence as soon as possible.

The intelligence network of the Divine Cult is very developed. Xin Sheng is not sure whether their tentacles will reach the Temple of Artemis, so he can only seize the time to act as soon as possible.

Xin Sheng had just left the Temple of Artemis. Under the gaze of Dora and another priest, a sneaky figure sneaked down the mountain and ran all the way to the city of Kalkis to the southwest.

The priest beside Dora frowned: "It's Ansuna, I didn't expect that she had a secret connection with the Spartans."

"Do you want to catch her back?"

"Need not."

Dora said calmly: "The members of Artemis are from all over Greece, and it is not surprising that there are Spartans, just go with her."

Turning his head to look at Xin Sheng who was riding a horse toward the north, Dora's mouth curled up with a meaningful smile: "And don't you think this is interesting?"

"Who will become prey and who is the hunter? Let's wait patiently for the show to start."

...

The terrain of the cape, named Artemis, is relatively complex. There are almost no roads outside the island and can only walk through the dense woods.

Even if Pegas has extremely strong explosive power and endurance, it cannot rush up in the forest and can only slow down and move forward slowly.

Fortunately, the Temple of Artemis is not far from the beach in the north. When you walk through the branches of woods, you finally see a relatively flat terrain.

"Pegas, accelerate."

Xin Sheng's legs were lightly clamped on Pegas' abdomen: "First go around the beach and see if you can find a secret cave that allows the ship to dock."

"Ye!"

After holding it in the forest for a long time, Pegas hissed and ran away with a long hiss.

The amazing explosive Pegas achieved its maximum speed in a very short period of time, and rushed along the beach like lightning.

"Well~"

When he arrived in the northwest of the beach, Xin Sheng suddenly saw a strange terrain and hurriedly stopped running and was in a state of rising Pegas.

The alert hound immediately followed the mud footprints left on the ground and led Xin Sheng to an inconspicuous small fjord.

The fjord is not large in size, but at least it is enough to allow medium-sized ships like the Adristia to dock, and it is a natural shelter.

However, traces of artificial buildings were found outside this natural port at this time.

Five Spartan soldiers patrolled back and forth outside the cave, and could vaguely see some firelight from the entrance to the cave behind them.
Chapter completed!