The bell stopped, and Presinas led the saints out of the crowd, stood on both sides of the temple entrance, and began to sing in unison.

This time, it is no longer just a pure singing voice, but also the lyrics:

Hades is just and harsh,

Your glory shines on the earth,

We are full of enthusiasm,

Come to your temple,

Your light shines on us,

…”

"Is this...is this a new Hades hymn?!" The people were filled with surprise, a unique melody, but so wonderful and magnificent. As the song continued, they were completely deeply moved by the holiness and ideals expressed by the song.

Countless people knelt devoutly, silently chanting Hades's ode, and tears of excitement flowed in their eyes...

When the song ended, some people could not leave for a long time until the people around them cheered: "Davers!!!..." They discovered that at some point, the Consul of the Dionys, the Alliance High Priest Davers, was wearing a white robe, a white scarf on his head, and a torch in his hand, appeared on a circular altar in front of the temple, while Presinas was beside him, carrying a large, smooth concave bronze mirror with another male priest.

The people were curious and wide-eyed because there were rumors before that the senators of the Senate had a fierce discussion on the "Hadis Temple Holy Fire". Because the sacred fire is not only the spiritual connection between the people of the Greek city-state, but also represents the inheritance of civilization, especially the Greek city-states in the Western Mediterranean. They are all colonial cities. The sacred fire in the Acropolis is not just a source of fire to ignite it. The colonial city builders have always taken away a little fire from the temple of the mother state and kept it. It was not until the temple was built in the new city that the sacred fire was ignited with fire and burned from generation to generation to show the nostalgia of the hometown and the inheritance of the torch!

Therefore, the veteran born in Turiyi, led by Polyxis, proposed to introduce fire from Athens again, which was strongly opposed by Antonios, Amintas and others, on the grounds that the old Turiyi no longer exists, and the new Turiyi is not a son of Athens!

As for Cornerus' proposal to "pull the fire from the Temple of Zeus in Amendorara", he was also opposed. The elders of Turiyi believed that the small town of Amendorara was not enough to represent the entire Dionian League.

There was a fierce quarrel between the several parties, and finally Davers made a decision: "Since Dionya is a newly built city-confederate alliance, without a mother state, the Temple of Hades is almost the only patron temple of the city-state in the Mediterranean. Then I think Hades gave us the holy fire on the day of the temple celebration to show his favor to Dionya!"

These words were spread throughout the city that day and soon spread throughout the alliance. Now, both ordinary people, senators, and VIPs who had just received the news were looking at the unlit torch in the hands of the high priest, waiting for the miracle to happen, or looking forward to the biggest joke in the Great Greece.

Facing the entrance to the temple, Davers half-kneeled on the altar with a solemn expression, holding the torch in his hand.

Presinas and the priest took a few steps back, raised the bronze mirror with great difficulty, turned slowly, adjusted the angle, and focused the scorching sun onto a cluster of papyrus confetti protruding from the top of the torch...

The well-known hymn Hades was sang again from the saints, and the sound spread to the sky...

The bright sun at noon burned everyone, and the sweaty people were unaware of it, and their attention was always projected on the motionless Davers...

Time passes by minute by minute.

The bronze mirror shines dazzlingly, and the torch remains the same...

"I think Hades will give the sacred fire. I think he is arrogant and really thinks he can do anything!" Polyxis sneered in a low voice. The reason why Davers said in the meeting place spread so widely and so quickly was that he tried a lot from it. He hoped that seeing Davers make a fool of himself at this moment would greatly hit the prestige of the young consul!

Burkes touched him with his hands, kindly reminding him to keep quiet.

Poluxis rolled his eyes. Burques was his former good friend, and now he is one of the strong supporters of the Senate of Turiyi to Davers. If it weren't for some reason, Poluxis wouldn't want to interact with him again.

Suddenly, he saw that blue smoke seemed to be rising from the top of the torch. He thought he had read it wrong and blinked hard.

Sudden screams of exclamations have come from all directions.

Soon, the blue smoke turned into a small cluster of beating red and yellow flames, quickly igniting the sackcloth soaked in olive oil.

Flames burn!

"Oh, Hades!!!" The people who witnessed this miracle had cheered like a tsunami, and the whole hill seemed to be shaking.

Even the VIPs looked at each other with disbelief: Could it be that Dionia was really favored by Hades?!

Davers really got the favor of Hades?! The elders looked at Davers in awe in awe, and Polyxis's body was trembling slightly. He seemed to see Hades' majestic eyes looking at him coldly in the torch held by Davers.

Davers breathed a sigh of relief. Although he had practiced several times before, and even chose sunny days, and used the square performance to continue the ignition ceremony until noon, he was still a little nervous. After all, this was in front of tens of thousands of people. If he was screwed up, his careful plan and the reputation of the gods would be destroyed! Fortunately, Hades blessed him and he succeeded!

Davers slowly stood up, held the torch high, walked slowly for a week, enjoying the cheers of the people with a solemn expression like waves in the storm, pushing him to the top again and again...

Then, accompanied by the priests, he entered the temple and ignited the dark black bronze brazier in front of the statue of Hades one by one. From then on, the holy fire of the Hades Temple will continue day and night to bless Dionia to prosperity.

When Davers walked out of the temple, the loud sound of the warlock sounded, accompanied by the low drum beats, Cappus, Drax and Hironimus were headed by three legion commanders, plus eight squadron commanders, all wearing military uniforms, carrying three stone tablets, and under the escort of 40 squadron commanders, they came to the temple.

When most people looked at the three stone tablets with one person high in confusion, the high priest's words were sent into the ears of the people with the help of the voice-giver: "The establishment and development of the Dionysian City-Constitutional Union cannot be separated from the blessing of Hades! It is also inseparable from the efforts made by the citizens! Today, when we enjoy peace and prosperity, please do not forget the warriors who sacrificed their lives to defend Dionys! Their names are engraved on these three stone tablets. Hades appreciated their loyalty and bravery to the alliance, allowing their souls to enter the temple, turn into heroic spirits, continue to defend Dionys, and accept the admiration and worship of the children and descendants of the Dionys!" After saying that, Davers knelt in front of the stone tablet with a solemn expression.

Immediately afterwards, the commander of the legion, the captain of the squad, the commander of the squad, and all the soldiers present were half kneeling on the ground facing the stone tablet, with a solemn expression.

In the eyes of the people, the stone tablet engraved with handwriting is no longer a cold stone, but a vivid figure with names and surnames...

"Wuwuwu..." In addition to the VIPs, the people of Dionian kneeling all over the mountains and fields were filled with the solemn atmosphere, and there were uncontrollable crying sounds. Those crying were the relatives of the soldiers who died in battle.

"The warriors will never die, and the heroic spirit will last forever!"

"The warriors are immortal, and the heroic spirit will last forever!!!"

...

Davers led the people to kowtow to the stone tablet.

At this moment, the grass and trees are affectionate, and the heaven and earth are sad. A strong wind blew at the right time, and even the sun was blocked by the clouds, making the people believe that their shouts were responded.

For a time, the prayers of the people continued to last...

The military horn and the war drums played in unison. The general and the team officer took neat steps and carried the stone tablet into the temple under the gaze of millions of eyes.

"The Dionians respect the warriors to such an extent!" Lycius had heard before that Dionian held a triumphant ceremony for the army that returned victoriously. At this moment, they were deeply moved to see them sending the stone tablets of the dead into the temple.

"With such a sacred move, how could the citizens of Dionians not be willing to fight to the death!" Ascamas, the commander of the Crotone Army, was no longer mocking, and had a serious look on his face.

He and Lucias looked at each other, thinking about the same question: If there is another war with Dionia in the future, will Crotone defeat such a high morale Dionian?

The VIPs from the Southern Italian League have more or less felt this way, and for Elia's Canios, Dionia's strength is exactly what he is happy to see.

After the drums and trumpets disappeared, the harp sounded again...

Amid the melodious sound of the piano, Little Heraclid and Piasix walked to the temple with a half-body stone statue.

"People of Dionia, please tell me who designed the new city of Turiyi? Who led us to build it?" Davers asked loudly.

"...It's Heraclide." The answer was intermittent.

"Who designed and built the Temple of Hades?" Davers asked again.

"Heraclid!" This time the answer was much more neat.

"Whether it is building a new city or a temple, who always comes first and leaves the last every day, gets seriously ill, and still has to devote all his energy to his love for the city's buildings and ultimately devote his life?" Davers asked loudly again: "Who is he?!"

"Heraclid!!!" a neat and powerful answer echoed among the hills.

"In view of the contributions made by Heraclid, this architect's architectural master to treat Dionys, his statue will be placed in the Temple of the Sage, and won the favor of Hades, and continue to use his talents to contribute to the Elysee Paradise! At the same time, in the years to come, as long as the people of Dionys make great contributions to the prosperity and development of Dionys, their statues will also be placed in the Temple, and will be admired by future generations, and their souls and alliances will live together!" Due to the miracle of the Holy Fire, Davers is now possessed like Hades, and his words will naturally inspire the people.

Note: The plot of whether the hand-held concave bronze mirror can focus on sunlight can ignite papyrus when I first wrote it. Later, I remembered that Rome besieged the city of Syracuse a hundred years later in history, Archimedes designed many equipment to help defend the city. One of them was to let the soldiers stand at the top of the city, holding hundreds of concave bronze mirrors, focusing on the sunlight, and ignite the sails of the Romans moored in the bay. Sails can be ignited, so papyrus should be easier, and it is too close.
Chapter completed!