Rome must fall.

Chapter 301 Temporary Military Order
Staggs remembered her because she had previously exposed the chief's crimes: a few years ago, her youngest son was playing in the mountains and poked a beehive. As a result, bees swarmed out of the hive and stung the chief's sheep that were grazing not far away. The chief's relative was in charge of herding the sheep. He angrily kicked the child several times, and the child fell to the ground and was trampled by the crazy running sheep and died on the spot.

Afterwards, the patriarch made a judgment: his relatives were not guilty, and it was the child's naughtiness that led to his death. For this reason, his family also lost several sheep, so he was unwilling to pay compensation.

The woman's husband was dissatisfied and brought the case to the tribal meeting, but the chief and all the clan leaders upheld the original verdict. Her husband was also preparing to go to the main village to complain to the chief, but was threatened by the clan leader: If he continued to do this, his family would have to hand in more grain every year, and he would also have to do some hard and tiring work in the clan and the tribe...

Her family surrendered, but the hatred was buried in her heart. Although the clan leader's relatives had died in the war in the past few years and the woman's husband had no news, she blamed all the suffering on the clan leader.

When she took the dagger, she was a little afraid and hesitant, but she finally hardened her heart, closed her eyes, held the dagger tightly with both hands, stabbed forward with force, and pierced the patriarch's stomach.

Seeing the other person struggling in a pool of blood, she covered her face and cried.

The two tribal chiefs were executed in public, and the executioners were their own people... It was a huge shock to the people of Segestica who witnessed this.

They once thought that the patriarch who was high and mighty was just being trampled under their feet. They once thought that they could only swallow their anger for certain things, but just now they were able to hold a sharp blade and resolve the injustice in their hearts...

Most people felt unprecedentedly happy. When leaving the venue, they chatted with each other enthusiastically because they could not hide their excitement. Some people even quietly expressed their regret: "It's a pity that the chief and other clan leaders are not here!"

After the people of Segestica had dispersed, Nicocus came to Staggs and asked, "Captain, how was my performance just now?"

"That's right! But you still have to keep working hard. If a lot of people volunteer to join the tribe in three days, I will report to the captain and recommend you for credit!" Staggs encouraged.

"Thank you, Captain. I will keep working hard!" Nicokus answered excitedly, and began to think in his mind: I might have to visit every household next time to make those who are still hesitating make up their minds.

At this time, Starks called all the soldiers deployed around the square and said to them: "Brothers, we will stay here for a while. Do you remember the temporary military orders issued by the Legion?"

"Remember!"

"What's Article 1? You tell me." Staggs pointed at one of the soldiers.

"Don't act alone in the village. You must get the consent of the centurion and move together in a team. This is even necessary if you need to go out to poop or pee."

"Good." Staggs pointed to another soldier, a new recruit from Skodishchi. "Second, you tell me."

"In the village, unless the residents take hostile actions, you must not actively provoke, insult or even harm them, and you must try to show kindness to these residents at ordinary times."

Staggs looked at him and asked in a deep voice, "That's a good point. Can you do it?"

The soldier hesitated: "...Yes."

Staggs's eyes swept across the faces of all the new Skodischi recruits in the team, and he said earnestly: "Brothers from Skodischi, I know you have suffered a lot from the Segestica people, but now you are members of the Nix tribe, and you will soon get a lot of fertile land, and you will have a very good life!

I know you have hatred towards the Segestica people, but as your captain, I don't want you to make mistakes at this time, which would make all your previous efforts go to waste, understand? !"

"understand……"

"The sound is too quiet, I can't hear it!"

"Understood!" The Scodis recruits responded in unison.

"I hope you'll keep your word!" Staggs nodded vigorously, and then said, "Next, the main house here will be our camp. I just took a look, the main house is quite large, and there are several other houses. If we clean it up, it should be enough for us to live in. If it's not enough, we can send some people to the house next door. But for safety, we should try to live together."

"Captain, although the leader of this tribe is not here, his family still lives in the main house." Centurion Proconsus reminded.

"But there are only three of us (there were more people living in the main house originally, but since the Pannonian coalition launched a massive attack on Nix this time, the chances of victory are very high, so the leader brought many relatives to join the army so that they can make contributions, and yesterday the soldiers of the Third Legion took away all the slaves in the main house, so there are only a few people left in the main house). It's a waste to let them live in such a big place! Let them live in other houses. I see that many houses here are relatively empty. Let your team do this."

"Oh, yes." Proconsus responded reluctantly. "Casaridoa, your team will be responsible for cooking."

"Captain, why don't you look for other teams?" Casalidoa was obviously unwilling.

"Because your team has the most recruits, the food they cook should satisfy everyone." Starks responded confidently.

This is indeed true, because there are many new Skodischi recruits in Casalidoa's team. When they were slaves of the Segestica people, in addition to farming and grazing, they also did housework. Two of them even worked part-time as cooks for their former masters.

Staggs was quite familiar with the situation of the soldiers in his team. Of course, there was another reason he didn't mention. He asked the squad with the most recruits, Scodis, to stay in the house as much as possible to cook and hang around the village less. This also greatly reduced the occurrence of conflicts.

"Okay... okay." Although Casalido was reluctant, he had to obey the order.

"Other teams, follow me to familiarize yourself with the entire village, as well as the surrounding roads and terrain, so that you can better patrol and intercept villagers who attempt to escape."

"Yes!!"

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When in the square, Selisis was like a bystander. He neither protested against any actions of the Nyx soldiers nor cooperated with them to expose some of the crimes of his patriarch.

But when he returned home, he hugged his son and spun around like a windmill.

"Dad, Dad, put me down!" the child protested loudly.

Instead of listening, Celithis burst into laughter.

The wife stood at the door, watching this scene, but did not step forward to stop it. It was the first time since they got married that she saw her husband so happy. She more or less understood the reason: their patriarch Egalos was dead!
That year, when Selysis fled back to the tribe from Savatoi, the tribe leader Egalos refused to accept him. The reason was that Selysis helped the Scodisci to suppress their own compatriots and was a traitor to the tribe. He even threatened to arrest and try him!

Selysis had no choice but to join the rebels led by the chieftain. In order to prove himself, he performed bravely in every battle. After the war, the chieftain wanted to include him in his tribe, but Selysis insisted on going back. So the chieftain personally summoned the leader of his tribe and earnestly told him: "Selysis is a hero of the Segestica people. Treat him well!"

This time when Selysis returned to the tribe, he was welcomed by the tribesmen. Everyone respected him and often went to listen to him talk about his thrilling battle experiences whenever they had time.

This aroused the jealousy of the tribe leader Egalos, who used various methods to suppress him. For example, when the tribe was dividing the land, the leader specifically proposed: "Give more to Selysis because he made a great contribution in the war."

But Egalos argued: "Selisis is a hero, but he is alone. If he gives more land, it will cause dissatisfaction among his people and damage his prestige...

His words were actually agreed by many tribe leaders. As a result, the land allocated to Selisis was less than that of ordinary tribesmen (during the rule of the Skodishchi, more than half of the land around the Segestica tribes belonged to the Skodishchi and was handed over to the Segestica people for cultivation, but most of the harvest had to be handed over. After the Segestica people gained independence, these lands were taken back and redistributed to the tribesmen by the tribes)...

Another example: Selysis did not want the Skodischi slaves, so rumors began to spread in the tribe, such as "Selysis is indeed on the side of the Skodischi, no wonder he followed the Skodischi to massacre our compatriots...", causing the tribe members to distance themselves from him...

Living in such an environment, Selysis felt very uncomfortable. He had the idea of ​​"leaving the tribe and joining the great chief", but his strong self-esteem stopped him from doing so. As a result, he gradually became silent and negative. He was no longer the brave warrior who dared to take the lead in everything, but a lazy tribesman who would hide away when something happened.

Today, the shackles that had been weighing on him for more than a decade were finally removed. Although he remained silent in the square due to his long-established habit, he completely let go of his emotions when he returned home...

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" There was knock on the door.

"Someone is coming, I'll go open the door." said the wife.

"I'll go." Selysis put his son down and strode towards the gate.

"Mom, Dad bullies me! You have to teach him a lesson for me!" The six-year-old son pouted and was about to cry.

(End of this chapter)