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Chapter 616 The opening ceremony of the Dionia Rugby Finals ([-])

Garni was shocked in his heart and said: "I am a Samnite, from Abenirum, north of Potentia."

The surrounding Sicilian envoys who were secretly paying attention to their conversation remembered the words "Samone" and "Abenirum" in their hearts, and quietly thought about this Italian native who had almost never appeared in Turii before. The meaning contained in the celebration of Hades.

While the two were chatting, people began to enter the venue one after another. The ring-shaped arena was quickly filled up, and the atmosphere inside the venue became noisy and lively.

And behind the rostrum, veterans began to appear one after another.

"That is Lysias, the administrator of Thurii! I heard that he has served as the chief general of Crotone many times before..."

"This is Lord Cornelus. He is the most important senator in the Senate, and he is very friendly to the people! Look, he is saying hello to the audience around him!"

"Listen to the enthusiastic cheers of the audience. Without looking, you know that this is the arrival of Lord Priest of the Wand, Plessinas!"

"Look at that cold face, that is Inspector Sesta who scares the senators and officials, but the people of Dionia respect him!"

"Who is this? As fat as a pig."

"Shh, don't talk nonsense! Don't underestimate him, she is Mercis, the finance minister that King Davos relies on, and holds the kingdom's money bag."

"Who is that? Doesn't look Greek."

"He is indeed not a Greek. He is Mariji, a Persian and the Minister of Commerce of the Kingdom of Dionia. You can hear the cheers of the audience. I heard that he has a lot of credit for the reason why Thurii is so prosperous, so The people of Turi are certainly very grateful to him.”

"Who is this?"

The senator who came out of the passage neither waved to the audience nor talked to the other senators. He just sat down. However, the people cheered a lot, and his every move and temperament made everyone laugh. Erni felt that this man must have led an army to fight.

Sure enough, Sycrops said: "That was the hero of the South Italian War, the Hero of Cyros. He once led the army to conquer Locri and its allies, and he had just served as the military minister of Dionia... In his The elder who appeared behind him, despite his ordinary appearance, each of us has benefited from him!"

"Oh, he is?"

"He is Little Heraclid, the minister of construction. He was responsible for the construction of the avenues and stone bridges we walked in Dionia."

"And who are those two? They don't look like Greeks either."

"Of course Vespa and Hermon are not Greeks, but Lucanians, but they are also prominent senators in the Senate. Think about the Lucania region in the territory of the Kingdom of Dionia You can understand it by the size... This one is not a Greek, but he is equally prominent. He is a Cedorum senator from Bruti and the only senator who has served as the governor of Dionia. Behind him were Saru and Kereru...all elders from Bruti..."

Garni listened to Cyclops' introduction and looked at the faces behind the rostrum, which were all different from those of Greeks. He was suddenly touched in his heart.

And when Cyclopus introduced him to the elders of Dionia attending the opening ceremony, his face gradually became confused, because although there were many Dionia elders behind the rostrum, except for Apart from King Davos, several important figures who are most familiar to the envoys from various Sicilian city-states have not yet appeared.

Antonius - the hero who conquered the east coast of Sicily and served as administrator of Naxos for many years. Cyclops and the others had the most dealings with him, while Laodicean, Lysipelatus... These senators from Sicily used to entertain the Sicilian envoys invited to Turii every year, but this year they neither held a banquet nor showed up at the game.

According to Cyclops' understanding, Laodissian loved lively occasions and the limelight. What happened?It had to make Cyclops think deeply.

At this moment, "Oh!!!..." Like a gust of wind blowing across the arena, the entire arena boiled.

"Victory, His Majesty King Davos!!!"

"The king is coming!!!"

……

Cheers erupted in the arena.

King Davos of Dionia was wearing a black Golden Wenboton and a gold pomegranate branch crown. He smiled and waved to everyone. Beside him were Christoya and Agnes. Beautiful princess.

Gailni suddenly widened his eyes, pointed at a young man following Davos, and asked urgently: "Who is he?!"

"Hey, put down your hand. This is disrespectful to King Davos! Don't arouse the anger of the audience!" Cyclops hurriedly pressed his hand, and then said: "You are talking about Davos." King Si's eldest son - Crotokatax, although he looks tall, in fact he is not yet 18 years old, he is still just a teenager."

"Are you sure he is the eldest son of King Davos?!" Gairni asked again in disbelief.

"I attend the Hades celebration every year. Prince Clotokatax has appeared many times. How could I be wrong?" Cyclops was a little angry when he heard his doubts. In order to show his respect for Dioni With the understanding of the royal family, he added: "King Davos also has an adopted son named Adoris. I heard that he has gone with the army to conquer Dauni. Clotokatax is indeed Davos's biological eldest son. The beautiful girl beside him is the king's adopted daughter Cynthia. It is said that she is already 20 years old and not yet married. There are so many suitors that King Davos doesn't know how to choose. It’s been delayed until now…”

Cycrops quietly told Gearni these gossip news, showing off his well-informed meaning: "The little girl holding Cynthia's arm is Eunice, the eldest daughter of King Davos, talking to her The little boy is the king's second son Apox, and the little boy who is looking around is the king's third son Briantes. Oh! His youngest daughter is also here, the one who is led by Princess Agnes Little girl Avia, this is the first time she has appeared in the opening ceremony of rugby! Your luck is really good, this is the first time that King Davers and his family have all appeared on the rugby field, no wonder the people of Dionia It would be so exciting!”

Gairni seemed to have ignored the Tyndarese man's eloquent words and stared blankly at the rostrum. He did not expect the gentle, lovely and helpful figure who made them very grateful two days ago. Young man Li turned out to be the distinguished prince of Dionia.Is this the special regard King Davos has for me, Abenirum? !Thinking of this, Gairni became excited, maybe this time the purpose of coming to Turiyi for help could be achieved.

In fact, he thought too much. Crotoka Tax just happened to be on that day to go to the mountain pass to meet the team coming from the north.

After he returned home, Christoya was shocked to learn that her son had gone alone to have long-term contact with the rumored fierce Samnite people.

But when Davos found out, he praised his son for doing a good job and said: As a bloodline of Pluto, the prince of Dionia should have such courage and courage!He also encouraged his son to continue to entertain the Samnites well.

For this reason, Davos had a rare little quarrel with his wife.

But at this moment, the Davos family is enjoying themselves.After everyone sat down, Davos nodded to Lysias in front of the rostrum.

Lysias, the administrator of Thurii, said: "Begin."

The trumpeters on both sides of the rostrum immediately raised their long brass horns at an angle, and the high-pitched trumpets resounded throughout the arena.

Teams from various towns in Dionia began to enter the stadium.

Eight priests wearing white robes came in from the east entrance first. They were carrying a wooden statue of Hades holding a football in his hand. The image was similar to the bronze statue outside the arena, but smaller in size. , but its surface is covered with gold foil, which shines gold under the sunlight.

Following the eight solemn-looking priests was the Turiyi team. Led by the guide holding a wooden sign engraved with "Turiyi", they just stepped onto the track outside the venue, and the audience on the sidelines started to cheer. Cheers loudly.Since Turiyi is the center of the Kingdom of Dionia and the venue for the finals, the number of spectators present to watch the opening ceremony is of course the largest number of Turiyi people, so the Turiyi team takes the lead every year.

Thurii's rugby players waved to the audience, and the audience cheered for them. They interacted on and off the field, pushing the atmosphere in the arena to a climax.

But the unfamiliar team that played next made the audience dumbfounded.

"Abellnum?!" The spectators sitting closest to the track opened their eyes wide and saw clearly the name of the town on the guide's wooden sign. They were still confused: What is this place?
It turns out that there is a rule for the entry order of the teams in the opening ceremony of the Dionia Kingdom Rugby Finals. Except for the first and last teams, which must be Turui and another specific town team, all other participating teams , including invited teams from non-Dionia kingdoms, entered the venue in alphabetical order of their town names. This not only shows Dionia's principle of fairness and justice, regardless of closeness, but also reduces conflicts. and quarrel.

This team starts with the word "A", so they are naturally in the front, but except for a very few spectators from northern Lucania who know something about it, others know nothing about it, but they still watch the game all year round. Give this strange team courtesy applause and cheers.

When the team passed by the VIP area, Gairni, who had been silent all the time, suddenly stood up, pointed at the team walking on the track, and shouted excitedly: "Abenirum! This is Abenirum from Samonai." Benirum team! They are the warriors of the mountains!" He also loudly shouted the names of the players in Samnite.

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