I remembered that when I was on the last mission to Turi, Dionyya was still in danger under the threat of Dionysius' army. Unexpectedly, a few months later, the soldiers of Syracuse actually needed the Dionyya to nod their heads and agree to go home alive... Everything happened too quickly, as if in a dream.

Kerithops cheered up and walked into the city.

In this war, the Silitines were either killed or sold, and there were not many left, but now there were quite a few residents in the city, not only the soldiers of the second, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh legions, but also the troops who conquered Lokri and their allies led by Hilos and Hironimus, who also returned to Silitines.

Logically, the prisoners of Syracuse were being sent back in batches, and the army of Dionys should have been disbanded and returned home in batches to alleviate the pressure of logistics supply and at the same time alleviate the labor shortage in the alliance. However, Davers considered that the Great Greek War had just ended and the surrendered city-state people were not attached to them, and they were afraid of recurrence, so he gathered heavy troops in Silitung, thinking of a deterrent effect in order to successfully implement a series of plans to govern Great Greek that Dionys subsequently implemented.

In addition, there is a special group in the city, that is, the nearly 1,000 engineers and craftsmen in the Syracuse army. Davers had been lingering with them for a long time. Therefore, as soon as the Syracuse army surrendered, he immediately ordered the protection of these people, and did not hesitate to violate his promise. In the negotiations with Ferosanus, these people were not counted as released. At the same time, he forced Ferosanus to agree to his request: the Deonia fleet would send their families.

Davers also made various promises to these people, including citizenship, land, a good research environment, etc., and finally barely "retained" these people.

The soldiers of the Dionians were wandering around the streets in groups and chatting, with a relaxed expression on their faces. Even when they saw Kelithops, they just looked at them curiously. They neither went forward to ask the patrol captain who led the way, nor showed any awe, just like seeing an ordinary person. Although Kelithops' outfit was so distinct: scarlet cloak, long hair, and thick beard, there was only Sparta in Greece.

Compared to when Kerithops went to Turiyi a few months ago, the Dionian soldiers were more calm.

Kerithops couldn't help but think: Perhaps because they defeated the powerful Syracuse, Dionia had become the Greek overlord of the Western Mediterranean, so no Greek city-state scared them...

Thinking of this, Crithops felt that this was the meaning of the Spartan Elders Council once again eager to send him to Dionia, and he felt that he had a great responsibility.

The soldiers of the Dionians gathered in the arena to participate or watch the rugby competitions of various legions organized by senior team officials. The noise in the field was several blocks away. Although Kelithops was curious, he had no time to watch.

He was soon taken to the town hall, but was notified that King Davers was receiving visitors in the living room and asked him to wait in the side room.

This wait took more than ten minutes. If it were other Spartan envoys, they would have been angry for a long time and would think that this was an insult to Sparta. Kerithops could still restrain himself because he did see those visitors, which shows that the Dionians did not lie, were not deliberately making things difficult, but just not like other Greek city-states regard Spartan envoys as the most important. Kerithops could only endure this. After all, this is not the Greek mainland, not Ionia, or Asia Minor, but the Great Greece, which Sparta had weak influence, and was even more afraid of Dionia, which was not afraid of Sparta!

"Kelitorps, I'm glad to see you again!" Davers showed enthusiasm after seeing him, and said in particular: "I'm sorry for letting you wait for a long time just now! I've been here several generals from Colenya, which took me a lot of time."

Colena?!Kelitopus's heart moved: it was a city-state of the Southern Italian alliance. He first betrayed Dionia and threw himself into Syracuse. Later, after Syracuse was defeated, he turned back to Dionia...

After almost all Great Greece was conquered by Dionysia, Kerithops could think of the reason why this unreputable city-state sent envoys here. He calmed down and said, "Davers, congratulations on defeating Dionysius and winning the war!"

"Sparta sent you here just to congratulate me?" Davers said with a smile on his face, but his words went straight to the point.

"You have defeated Sparta's ally, Serracuse, and sent troops to land in Sicily and occupied some Greek city-states in Sicily... The Council of Spartan Elders was concerned about the aggressiveness shown by Dionys and sent me to Davers... King, please understand, does Dionys have hostility towards Sparta?!" Kerithops looked at Davers and said the last sentence in a deep voice.

Kerithops's words made Daphis's expression serious, and he said seriously: "I have said before to Phoebidas, who assisted Dionysius invading my Great Greece. As long as Sparta has no malice towards Dionysia, Dionysa has no malice towards Sparta, and I have no interest in the land across the Adriatic Sea."

"Sparta certainly has no hostility towards Dionysia!" Kerithops immediately made a solemn statement: "Sparta helped Syracuse because we had a covenant with Dionysius. When this covenant was established, there was no Dionysian alliance in Greece. We had to act according to Hercules' oath, but this situation will not happen again from now on!"

Davers immediately savored what he savored from Kerithops' words, and raised his eyebrows: "Sparta gave up Dionysius?"

Krithops did not give a direct answer, but suggested: "Davers, since neither of us is hostile, do you see if we both sides should enter into an agreement to avoid the two powerful city-states and city-constitutional alliances of Sparta and Dionia being involved in meaningless wars due to some unnecessary friction and conflict."

It is rare that when Davers met the guest, Henipolis, who did not interrupt, looked at Kelithops at this moment, and looked at Davers again, looking excited: Sparta recognized that Dionia had an equal status with it, and took the initiative to seek a peace agreement from Dionia?!!

Davers still looked calm. He did not consider this so-called glory at all, but continued to ask: "What kind of agreement?"

Other Greek city-states have always been begging for agreements and covenants from Sparta. The elders of Sparta put forward various harsh conditions based on the situation to gain benefits for Sparta. If they take the initiative to seek agreements like today, they have to be forced to show their trump card first. It is a bit unaccustomed to Kerithops, but the bad situation Sparta is facing now forces him to bow his head. Even if he feels frustrated, his face must show friendship: "Sparta hopes to sign a long-term peace agreement with Dionia, and both sides will maintain peace, not violate each other, and do not participate in hostilities against the other city-states!" At this point, Kerithops paused.

Davers understood that the reason why Sparta made this proposal was probably because he was worried that Dionia would join the anti-Spartan alliance. It seemed that Sparta's situation was not very good.

Seeing that Davers' expression remained unchanged, Kerithops could not guess what he was thinking, so he took a breath and continued to say the conditions offered by the Elders' Council: "At the same time, Sparta will force Serracuse to accept the truce and provide war compensation to Dionia. He also hopes that Dionia will not force Serracuse too much to stop further invading Serracuse's interests. After all, Sparta is still an ally of Serracuse, and has been in friendly relations for decades..." Kerithops said this and looked at Davers again.

Davers still couldn't see his happiness and anger on his face, but the clerk next to him couldn't help but say: "Syracuse has signed a peace treaty with us. Sparta... What right does Sparta have to interfere with our Dionia's handling of the aftermath of this war!"

Kerithops ignored Henipolis. Seeing that Davers was still silent, he continued: "In addition, Tarantum was instigated by Syracuse this time to launch a war against Dionia. They have been punished by the gods. Now the aliens are besieging this great city-state, and the Greeks' land is being occupied by the aliens! Tarantum has recognized the mistakes he made before and is willing to pay a large amount of war reparations to Dionia in order to get your forgiveness. As Tarantum's mother state, Sparta must protect this city connected to our bloodline, Sparta hopes that Dionia can release Tarantum's captives, so that Tarantum can resist the attacks of the aliens and become a barrier to the east of Great Greece again!"

"At this time, the Spartans were concerned about the safety of the Great Greece!" Henipolis sarcastically said angrily: "When Dionysius led his army to invade Great Greece, burned, killed, looted, and even slaughtered the people of Silit, why didn't you Spartans come out to dissuade them! Tarantum tore up the covenant and suddenly attacked the land of Diony, where are you!..."

Kerithops seemed to have not heard of these words and said to Davers: "This is the terms of peace talks formulated by the Spartan Elders Council after many discussions and the specific details need to be further negotiated with King Davers."

"This is the sincerity of Sparta's negotiations, and there is no need to talk about it anymore." Davers's calm tone was like the sea before the storm. He stared at Kerithops, his eyes were like sharp blades. He shone with cold light: "Krithops, in Persia, you and I are comrades-in-arms, and I have been born and died together. If you come to visit me in a private capacity today, I will treat you with kindness! But as a Spartan envoy, I can only say sorry!"
Chapter completed!