"Stop!" she shouted at the top of her voice to the soldiers in front.
"The Seven Hills Empire abolished slavery hundreds of years ago. How are you different from pirates like this!"
"You can tell by the accent, right? Many people on this island come from the western homeland where the empire has fallen for many years! Do you want to say that these areas have been occupied for too long? Do you want to say that the people in these areas have been with the empire for a long time? Without any contact, they are already enemies of the empire? Do you want to say that the empire has lost the right to claim these homelands!"
The soldiers glanced at her one after another. What caught their eyes was a young woman wearing Seven Hills Empire-style clothes. She was holding a crowbar with a disgraced face. She looked like a miner. However, the clothes on this girl were But it is an extremely rare purple.
This purple robe was brought by Ella from Constantiniya and is made of Phoenician purple. To produce one gram of Phoenician purple dye, it takes at least 12,000 murex, and its value is gold. Three times. It is no exaggeration to say that this purple robe is a symbol of her status. She hopes to shock the soldiers with it.
However, Ella was trembling with fear in her heart - because it was equivalent to showing her wealth in front of a group of bandits. She still can't forget the first night she became a prisoner, a pirate wanted to take off her clothes as a trophy. If she hadn't If these soldiers can be shocked, the situation may be worse than that night.
All Ella could do was suppress the fear in her heart and try her best to show a sense of majesty in front of the soldiers.
"Where is Aulus Junius Brutus? Tell him to come to me immediately!"
She called the army commander by his name in an extremely soft tone. This also risked angering the soldiers.
Fortunately, the soldiers were really frightened by her. They stopped what they were doing and whispered around Ella and Amy. After a while, Aulus Junius Brutus was among a group of Surrounded by soldiers, he walked over in person.
Ella knew that she had successfully completed the first step, calming the soldiers and meeting Aulus.
Aulus was a high-ranking naval admiral and could often see Ella in the palace. Even if Ella's hair changed from blond to black, he would not fail to recognize her.
Sure enough, when Aulus saw the black-haired Ella, he was startled and immediately laughed: "I was still wondering why Constantinier ordered me to attack this island, but I understood after seeing you. What? Do you need me to salute you?"
Hearing Aulus's rude words and his angry face, Ella took a nervous breath.
She knew that the danger had just begun.
Aulus was a member of the Brutus family. Brutus was the most famous family in the Empire of the Seven Hills after the Scipio family. He had seized power many times in the history of the Empire of the Seven Hills - the one with the strongest troops and horses was the king. , this is an unspoken tradition among the major families in the Seven Hills Empire. Purple robes can scare soldiers, but they cannot scare Aulus.
And the latter came precisely to take Ella's life.
If you make a mistake here, Ella may soon lose her head. And Aulus can put the blame for her murder on Su who gave the order, and take the opportunity to launch a coup and replace the Scipio family. Sit on the throne of the Seven Hills Empire.
However, she is different from the powerless Baselisa in Constantiniya. She now has the capital for negotiation - or in other words, she can create the capital for negotiation.
"Do you know where this is?" Ella asked, staring into Aulus's eyes.
"Antilia? It seems to be called that. I don't know the specific location." Aulus spread his hands indifferently, "But it's not a big problem. After the 'cleaning' is over, I can find a living local and ask.
Just ask.”
"You don't know your position but you have already launched an attack? Aulus, do you really believe in my uncle?"
Ella's last half-sentence touched a certain nerve in Aulus, causing Aulus' eyes to narrow.
"What do you mean? Where are we now?"
"Why don't you find a place to sit down and talk? Isn't it a little inconvenient here?"
Ella glanced pointedly at the soldiers surrounding her. Aulus had a sullen face and made a "please" gesture toward a nearby private house.
"Amy, get out of here." Ella hugged Amy's neck and whispered, "I will protect the islanders on this island. From now on, you can settle in Antilia."
In Amy's shocked expression, Ella pushed Amy away, turned around and followed Aulus into the house.
She successfully brought Aulus to the negotiating table.
However, the bargaining chip that Aulus holds is 10,000 soldiers and the lives of everyone on the island. Ella's bargaining chip is only her and her mouth.
The place Aulus chose was an islander's house, which was now a mess.
He turned over an overturned table, sat down on the stool next to him, then put his feet on the table as if no one else was around, looked at Ella who was standing, and smiled: "Dear Basile
Sha, should we change places?"
"No need. I'm just a woman who has lost her power and knows her place."
Hearing Ella's answer, Aulus held his belly and laughed proudly. After laughing enough, he slowly asked: "Okay, it's time to tell me, where are we now? Cyprus
Nearby? Near Malta? Or near Corsica?”
"It's in the North Sea."
Aulus suddenly took his feet off the table.
"What did you say? Say it again?"
"It's in the North Sea, near the Northern Islands. Further north, there's the Atlantic Ocean."
Ella deliberately used a calm tone to talk to Aulus because she knew that at this time, the calmer she showed, the more anxious Aulus would be.
"Impossible! It takes at least two months to sail from Constantiniya to the Northern Islands!"
"If you go from the Volga River to the North Sea, it only takes a month. And it has indeed only been about a month since you last saw me, right?"
"But it only took us a moment to get to Antilia!"
"Of course, because this is magic. And obviously, the magic of Qiqiu Empire cannot do this kind of thing."
Aulus' face suddenly turned green.
Ella put her hands on the table, stared at Aulus and said:
"It's the magic of the Tianfang Empire. My uncle colluded with the Tianfang Empire and wanted to get rid of me."
Aulus didn't speak for a long time. He was thinking about the meaning of Aila's words. But Aila knew that this alone was not enough to suppress the admiral.
Sure enough, not long after, Aulus blinked and suddenly laughed: "It's interesting. Su. Cornelius Scipio colluded with the Tianfang Empire. This is a very useful secret - if he is
Basileus, this secret is enough to dethrone the Scipio family from the throne, and even expel Scipio completely from the Empire of the Seven Hills. So without further ado - let me help him become Basileus."
"Do you really think that after killing me, you will still have a chance to use this secret?"
Ella played this trump card for negotiating with Aulus.
The smile on Aulus' face disappeared: "What do you mean? What does Suta want to do?"
"Literally. You are in the North Sea now. Your fleets are all offshore warships. Even if my uncle does nothing next, you will not be able to return to the Qiqiu Empire. You will only perish on the sea."
If the target was Hestein and his men, this sentence would not be convincing at all. Their ships were much smaller than Aulus's, but they could sail across the ocean and plunder the coasts of various countries.
.
But Aila understands that the navy of the Qiqiu Empire cannot do this kind of thing. They have been drowned in the calm inland sea for too long, too long. If it were not for the rise of the Tianfang Empire, the Qiu Qiu Empire would not even want to form its own navy.
, but still hired ships from the island republic to replace occasional troop transport needs.
She knows the Qiqiu Empire too well.
Sure enough, Aulus panicked.
He slammed the table hard and shouted: "He sent us here, how could he not take us back! Even if he wanted to attack the Brutus family, he would not dare to destroy more than a hundred battleships!"
"Yes, there are more than a hundred battleships, which is almost the entire strength of the Qiqiu Empire's navy. If the Qiqiu Empire loses you, then the Tianfang Empire's army can land and attack any of our coastal military districts. The land fortresses will be lost.
Its function. The Tianfang Empire can even attack our capital Constantiniya directly from the sea. Once things develop like that, the Qiqiu Empire will be destroyed in just a few years."
"Of course, so how could Su do such a thing!"
"My uncle wouldn't do this, but - what about the Tianfang Empire? Don't forget, you didn't rely on my uncle, but relied on the magic of the Tianfang Empire to get here."
