Just when Tapirus was about to leave, the Roman officials finally appeared. He vaguely remembered that the man who was walking towards him was the Roman veteran named Paulus.

"You Roman elders are harder to see than our King of Dionia. You haven't shown up for more than ten days and you won't let us go out. I thought you Rome were going to imprison us here, so I almost couldn't help but want to send someone to Turi's call for help." As soon as Tapirus saw him, he spoke with ridicule and threat, not caring that the timidity in the words would damage his face.

Paulus said unmovedly: "You have seen the chaotic situation outside the hotel, we are also trying to protect your life. And for the past ten days, the Senate has been repeatedly and fiercely debated over Diony's proposal, and there has been no clear result, so he did not inform you."

"So, now there is a result?" Tapirus raised his eyebrows.

"Yes." Paulus said with a serious expression: "Wolsey is a feud with our Rome. When we Rome was still weak, the Wolsey people have been relying on their strength to constantly occupy our Rome land and kill the people of Rome... The Roman citizens made up their minds to eradicate this great enemy of life and death in this war - Wolsey. Therefore, at the urgent citizen meeting, they passed the proposal to continue the war with the majority vote, so I am sorry..."

Tapirus was not disappointed or shocked. In fact, before leaving Turie, King Davers had expressed his vague hope that Rome would reject this proposal.

The main task of Tapirus is to go deep into the city of Rome and understand the detailed situation of the city-state's politics, military, social and other aspects. Although they were restricted and could not go out, the slaves and service personnel in the hotel had long been bribed by them and learned a lot of things.

At this moment, Tapirus asked with a smile: "It sounds like... you have also held a citizenship meeting?"

"Because the Senate has been arguing, I have to finally turn to the Citizens' Assembly to resolve the matter." Paulus said solemnly.

"Okay, I can only bring your decision back and tell His Majesty the King." Tapirus showed regret, but in fact he had longed to leave this ghost place.

"I'm really sorry for you to stay in the hotel during this period! To express my apology, this is a gift from our Senate to you and your followers on behalf of the Roman citizens." Paulus waved his hand, and the accompanying soldiers carried up two boxes.

When I opened it, I saw that it was full of silver coins, and I guess there were at least two tarants in total.

If the previous delay was to allow Rome to occupy as much as possible for Volcy's land as possible to increase the weight of the negotiations on Dionia, then after receiving the clear support of the allied Carthage yesterday, Rome, whose courageousness doubled, did not really want to fight with it after rejecting the proposal of the Kingdom of Dionia, because even with the help of Carthage, the war with Dionia would definitely cause certain losses to Rome. If it could be avoided, it would be avoided as much as possible. So they used money to bribe the Dionia envoy, hoping that he could go back and say something good.

Tapirus blinked and said, "Thank you." He accepted it without any refusal.

Of course, he did not want to take the money for himself, because according to the bill promulgated last year, accepting gifts from foreign countries was a bribery. If he was jealous of money, he might not be long after returning to Turiyi, and the Supervision Department would receive reports from the followers in his messenger group and accused him of it. He just wanted to bring back the money given by Rome and hand it over to the Finance Department, which was also a small contribution he made during his envoy to Rome.

As for saying good things to Rome, it is impossible! Tapirus would only tell King Davers one by one what he saw and heard in Rome.

For the safety of the Dionian emissary, the Roman Senate even arranged a patrol to escort them to the port of Ostia.

When Tapirus and the others walked out of the hotel, countless Roman people shouted fiercely to them: "Dionians, Rome does not welcome you! Get out of the city of Rome like a dog!"

"Damn Romans, how dare they use war to threaten us and want to steal our land! Tell you that the Romans are not afraid of war, and we will kill as much as you come!"

...

Not only did they curse, they also threw debris at the Dionian emissary group, but most of them were blocked by the patrol soldiers with long shields.

Patrol captain Cassius apologized repeatedly: "I'm sorry, these guys are all rude and ignorant people, but when they fight, they are all very brave warriors. I hope you don't mind!"

Is this apology? Tapirus narrowed his eyes into a slit and said lightly: "I heard that in Rome, there are many rude and ignorant civilians like this. I'm afraid you will not feel good when they turn their ferocity against the Roman nobles."

After hearing this, Cassius looked a little bad.

In the afternoon of the same day, the Dionian emissary left the Ostia port by boat.

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News of the Kautini tribe's defeat spread throughout the Samone region, causing great shock.

At the request of the Kautini people, the four major tribal alliances of Samone immediately held an emergency meeting to discuss how to deal with this matter.

The meeting was held in Kautem.

"Dear leaders, the Dionians violated the alliance and sent troops to ambush our Cautenian people on the plains of Campania. Without any defense, Segovani, the great leader of our Cautenian, and more than 2,000 soldiers were captured, more than 3,000 soldiers were killed and injured, and all tribes suffered serious losses... After the battle, the Cautenian Alliance immediately sent people to negotiate with the Dionians in Campania, but they refused to release our captured tribes and chiefs, but they arrogantly warned us that we must stop all hostile activities.

Now, the army of Dionia is stationed in Tesala, threatening the territory west of Kautini like a hungry wolf. Lora, Cesala, Capua, and the tribes living around these towns have moved to the mountains because they are afraid of being destroyed. Now the entire Kautini area is in chaos...

I urge all the great leaders to work together to stop the invasion of the Dionians and avenge the dead Kautini people!" Usibik, another leader of the large tribe living in Kautinim, asked in tears.

"When I entered the city, I think you have seen the tragic situation in Kautem City. You can't let the Dionians go wild like this, otherwise Kautem's today will be our tomorrow!" Contruk, the chief of Kautem, stood up angrily.

The Kalacheni tribe lives in the middle of the mountainous area. It is surrounded by Penteney, Hilpini, and the so-called Samonai branch, the Frentani people. It has the least number of people, the smallest territory, but also the most brave, adhering to the ancient traditions of the Samonai people.

"I said ten years ago, don't be afraid of the Dionians. Even if they kill many of our warriors, we, as the descendants of the wolf god Savoni, will fight them to the end!" Although Contruk is over fifty years old, his voice is like a bell. He pointed at Badani, the great leader of Pentney: "You bent your knees to the enemy for your captured father and tribe, but your father died of shame and suicide after returning. Don't you want to take revenge?!"

"And you--" Contruk pointed his finger at the great leader of Hilpini, Lesguk, and rebuked: "In the war ten years ago, your tribe had the most casualties and wounded soldiers, and they also lost large areas of land such as Kopsa and Enona. As the leader, you don't want to avenge them and take back the territory. Instead, you try to please the enemy like a dog. What's the result?! The Dionians did not give you any benefits, but insidiously disagrees with the friendly relations between your tribes, resulting in the Abenirums not obeying your orders, but instead being kind to the Dionians. This is simply a shame!"

"And you Kautini!" Contruk pointed his hand at Usibik: "If it weren't for your great leader who supported the two fools to sign the covenant with Dionia, he wouldn't have become a prisoner of the enemy today! Look at your current areas such as Nuceria, where the people there gave up their faith in the great wolf god and worshiped the gods of aliens. This is a betrayal of ancestors! This is blasphemy! Your defeat today is Savoni's punishment for you!"

Lesguk, Badani, and Usipic were scolded by Contruk, which was so shameless. Since Contruk was the leader of Samonet who had been in office for nearly 30 years, he was the oldest and had a prestige in the tribal alliance, although they were dissatisfied, it was difficult to refute it.

At this time, Junni, the high priest of the four major tribes of Samonet, also sternly said: "The insidious and cunning Dionys have sinister intentions towards us Samonet. They not only want to destroy our people, but also want to replace our great gods with evil gods. They want to destroy our traditions and make us Samonets completely their slaves! We can no longer bear it, we must take up weapons and fight them to the end! Drive them out of the mountains, take back our land, and restore our traditional beliefs!"

"It is not enough to drive out of the mountains. We must deal with them severely so that they dare not offend us Samonets again!" Contruk emphasized again.
Chapter completed!