Rome must fall.

Chapter 382 Noriki and Yapod

The two sides fought for several months. The tribes of Lake Gomi, which were short of food and had little food, could no longer hold on and decided to surrender to the Nix tribe. Of course, one of the important reasons for this was that they saw that the surrendered Segestica people were living quite well in the Nix tribe.

When the envoys of Lake Gonamami came to Ophidilla, they did not expect that the Nyx would refuse their surrender, because Maximus did not want to lose the buffer zone of Lake Gonamami so early and border the Brochi territory, thereby stimulating the Brochi people to take some drastic actions, making it impossible for the Nyx to smoothly digest and absorb the occupied land and completely transform it into its own strength.

Finally, the two sides reached an agreement: Gonam Lake would be independent on the surface, but secretly establish a close relationship with Nix and obey Nix's orders. Nix would build a market on the northern border of Gonam Lake to provide cheaper food and daily necessities for the Gonam Lake people, and allow the Gonam Lake people to freely visit their relatives who were previously captured by Nix and are now laborers; once Gonam Lake is incorporated into Nix, all Gonam Lake people will become reserve tribesmen of the Nix tribe and completely obey the arrangements of the Nix tribe...

Today, Maximus's inquiry to Adatis was just to put an end to the agreement. The reason why the Gonamites were also involved in the upcoming war was that Maximus was worried that the Gonamites would be indecisive and make trouble in the rear while his army was advancing, so he wanted to tie them to the chariot as a safety measure.

Not long after seeing off Adatis, Drupodamochi of the Norik Iron Core Tribe and Isidi, the leader of Yapod, jointly asked for a meeting.

"Sage Bodamochi, what can I do for you?"

Maximus was very polite to Podmochi, not out of politeness, but after the Iron Core Tribe and the Nyx Tribe established friendly relations, the druid really kept his promise. He not only visited Nyx alone and visited the Temple of Danu, but also stayed with the priests of Nyx for several months, reading the scriptures in detail and discussing doctrines.

He highly praised the Nix tribe for vigorously developing foreigners into followers of the goddess Danu, and he also admired the measures taken by the Nix people to protect nature, such as planting saplings after felling trees, and repeatedly filtering the sewage discharged by the iron workshop...

He thinks the Ironcore Tribe should learn from the Knicks.

Because of his growing affection for the Nix tribe, after returning to the tribe, he pushed for the Iron Core Tribe and the Nix to strengthen friendly exchanges. This not only led to a sharp increase in trade between the two sides, but also some Noriki people walked out of the mountains, entered the Nix tribe, and went to the Temple of Danu to worship... Therefore, Maximus publicly praised Podamouchi as a good friend of the Nix tribe.

"Sfeli and I would like to ask for your consent to let our tribe send a rugby team to participate in your tribe's summer festival next year." Bodamochi said solemnly.

Maximus was stunned for a moment. He knew that because the Norikians frequently went to the Silinus market to trade, they were influenced by it and began to play rugby. Even rugby and some accessories were purchased from the Silinus market... These situations were reported to the Intelligence Department, but he did not expect that the Iron Core Tribe would make such an important decision so quickly. In any case, this was a good thing for the Knicks Tribe.

Maximus suppressed his joy and said seriously, "I welcome your tribe to send a team to participate in the summer festival. I think this will not only make the festival more lively, but also win the favor of Goddess Danu!"

"Thank you for your generosity, Chief Maximus. Our tribe will make careful preparations and will not let next year's summer festival be inferior because of our participation!" Podmochi expressed his gratitude solemnly.

"Chief Maximus, our tribe is also preparing to send a team to participate in next year's summer festival. I hope you can agree!" Isidy, the leader of the Yapod tribe next to him, shouted.

"Of course there is no problem!" Maximus agreed readily, then changed the subject: "But I want to know whether your tribe will send a team, or all of your Yapod tribes will send a team?"

"Of course it's my tribe." Isidy said confidently, "Don't worry, Chief Maximus. My people also love to play rugby, and they also worship the goddess Danu. I will take them to the summer festival next year, and I will never let you down!"

"Then I'll look forward to your tribal team's performance at next year's festival!" Maximus responded with a smile.

Isidi's tribe is adjacent to the city of Silinus of Nyx. Its territory was originally occupied by the Segestica people, and then returned by the Nyx. Its people were already grateful, and received help from the city of Silinus during the reconstruction process. The two sides had frequent exchanges afterwards, making it the most friendly tribe among the Yapod tribes to Nyx. Therefore, Isidi would be invited by Nyx during the summer festival every year.

Perhaps because his seat was next to Podmochi, he suddenly made this decision after hearing the conversation between the two.

Although only one tribe in Yapod sent a team to participate, Maximus believed that this was a good start, because if there is one, there will be two.

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The football final ended amid the cheers of countless Knicks fans.

All the players of Toldlido collapsed on the court exhausted, some even covered their faces and cried; while the players of Slobodan Snotia, although also very tired, were roaring loudly.

Yes, this game was full of ups and downs. When the big hourglass made specifically for football games was about to run out, Todd Ledo was still leading his opponent by two points.

At this moment, Goves, who had been defending in the backcourt throughout the game, received a pass from his teammate and suddenly rushed forward. This move was beyond the opponent's expectations. Seeing that victory was about to be won, the inexperienced Todlido players relaxed a little. When Goves had already rushed forward, they tried desperately to intercept him, but it was too late.

Govais used up his last bit of strength, and with the inertia of his speed and his rich experience in major competitions, he evaded interceptions from multiple opponents, and finally staggered and fell in the end zone, scoring three points and causing the Toddler team to lose by one point.

"Woo!!!..." The trumpet sounded again, urging the champion players to go to the stands to receive their awards.

Head coach Torrelugo quickly gathered the players and led them to the stands.

The audience in the stands congratulated them.

Toleruge was the first to approach Maximus.

"Congratulations, Tolergo, this is the fourth time you have led your team to win the championship!" Maximus praised loudly and handed him the statue of the goddess Danu.

This is a foot-high bronze statue of the goddess Danu, which was carefully carved by Maximus. The dignified and gentle goddess Danu has the same figure, appearance and clothing as the statues in the temple, which is lifelike and golden. However, her right hand holds a rugby ball and her left hand holds a bunch of heavy wheat ears, which shows its close connection with the rugby game in the summer festival.

According to the regulations, the winning team can take the statue back to their team for worship, and then return it to Maximus one year later so that it can be awarded to the new champion.

According to the news spread in the main house, Maximus once told Lady Nesia privately that this statue took him a lot of effort and was praised by the goddess Danu in a dream, so whichever town has it will be more likely to get the attention of the goddess Danu...

Although Maximus did not personally confirm the rumor, the people believed it firmly, because Snotia had indeed become more and more prosperous during the four years that the statue had been preserved, and its residents had become increasingly wealthy...

Toleruge carefully held up the goddess statue and couldn't help but boast: "Chief, next year's championship will still belong to Snowtia!"

"Try hard." Maximus encouraged. In fact, deep down he didn't want the rugby championship to be monopolized by one town. Although this year's championship still belonged to Snotia, the process was quite thrilling, so he felt that the championship might change hands next year. Considering that Toleruge was in high spirits, he didn't pour cold water on him.

Tolerugo left happily, and the team captain Govis came up next.

When Goves first met Maximus, he was quite rude to him, but now he was standing in front of Chief Nix, his heart was full of awe.

One of the main reasons was that Maximus led his army to conquer Segestica and saved his fellow Scodisci. More importantly, he was the descendant of the goddess Danu and was deeply blessed by her. Otherwise, the Knicks tribe, which had only been established for a few years, could not have developed so rapidly, and it could not have so many unprecedented good things, including the sport of football that he loved.

Even when Gorves' wife had a difficult birth, the doctors used the technique invented by Maximus and inspired by the goddess Danu to keep both mother and child safe...

Chief Maximus is the Son of God! ...Gervais is now convinced of this.

"Govais, congratulations on helping the Snowtia team win this year's football championship!" Maximus looked at Gervais in front of him, feeling a little emotional. This once unruly Scottischi warrior was the focus of the Intelligence Department, and he was well aware of the changes that had taken place in this man in the Knicks tribe in recent years.

"This is the result of the joint efforts of all our team members!" Govis responded very seriously.

"Very good, very good!" Maximus nodded approvingly: Yes, now Govez is already a qualified member of the Nix tribe!

(End of this chapter)