Rome Must Fall

The two sides fought for several months. The tribes of Lake Gonamite, which were short of food, could not hold on any longer and decided to surrender to the Nix tribe. Of course, one of the important reasons was that they saw that the surrendered Segestica people were living quite well in the Nix tribe.

When the envoys of Lake Gonamite came to Ophidalia, they did not expect the Nix people to refuse their surrender, because Maximus did not want to lose the buffer zone of Lake Gonamite so early and border the territory of Brochi, thus stimulating the Brochi people to take some drastic actions, so that the Nix could not smoothly digest and absorb the occupied land and completely transform it into its own power.

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

Today, Maximus's inquiry to Adatis is just to put an end to this agreement. The reason why the Gonam people are also involved in the next war is that Maximus is worried that the Gonam people will be indecisive and make trouble in the rear while his army is moving forward, so he wants to tie them to the chariot as insurance.

Not long after sending Adatis away, Drupodamochi of the Noriki Iron Core Tribe and Isidy, the leader of Yapod, jointly asked for an audience.

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

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

He greatly appreciated the Nix Tribe's efforts to develop foreigners as believers of the goddess Danu, and he also admired the Nix people's measures to protect nature, such as replanting saplings after felling trees, and repeatedly filtering the sewage discharged by the iron workshop...

He felt that the Iron Core Tribe should learn from Nix.

Just because he had a growing affection for the Nix Tribe, after returning to the tribe, he pushed the Iron Core Tribe and Nix to strengthen friendly exchanges, which 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...So Maximus publicly praised Podamouchi as a good friend of the Nix Tribe.

"Sfeli and I want 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 Noriki people frequently entered the Silinus market to trade, they also started to play rugby under its influence. Even rugby and some auxiliary equipment were purchased from the Silinus market... These situations were reported by the Intelligence Department, but he did not expect the Iron Core Tribe to make such an important decision so quickly. In any case, this is a good thing for the Nix Tribe.

Maximus suppressed his joy and said seriously: "I very much 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 the goddess Danu!"

"Thank you for your generosity, Chief Maximus. Our tribe will definitely make careful preparations and will never let next year's summer festival be inferior because of our participation!" Bodamochi expressed his gratitude solemnly.

"Captain Maximus, our tribe is also going to send a team to participate in the summer festival next year. I hope you can agree!" The leader of the Yapod tribe, Isidy, shouted.

"Of course there is no problem!" Maximus agreed readily, and 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: "Captain Maximus, don't worry, my tribesmen also love to play rugby, and they also respect the goddess Danu very much. I will take them to the summer festival next year, and I will never let you down!"

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

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

Perhaps because his seat was next to Bodamochi, 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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Amid the cheers of countless Nix people, the rugby final ended.

All the players of Toldelido collapsed on the court exhausted, and some even covered their faces and cried; while the players of Slodia Snotia were also very tired, but they were all screaming.

Yes, this game was full of ups and downs and wonderful.

When the big hourglass made specifically for rugby games was about to run out, Todelido was still two points ahead of the opponent.

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

Goves used up his last bit of strength, relying on the inertia of speed and rich experience in major competitions, he avoided interceptions from multiple opponents, and finally stumbled and fell in the touchdown area, scoring three points, causing the Todelido 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 Toleruge hurried to gather the players and led them to the stands.

The audience in the stands congratulated them.

Toleruge was the first to walk up to Maximus.

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

This is a bronze statue of the goddess Danu more than one foot high, which was carefully carved by Maximus. The dignified and gentle goddess Danu has the same figure, appearance, and clothing as the statue in the temple, which is lifelike and golden. It's just that his right hand holds a rugby ball and his left hand holds a bunch of heavy wheat ears, which shows its close connection with the rugby game of the summer festival.

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

According to the news from 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 owns it will be more likely to get the attention of the goddess Danu...

Although Maximus did not personally confirm this rumor, the people believed it, because Snotia was indeed becoming more and more prosperous during the four years of preserving the statue, and its residents were becoming more and more wealthy...

Torreruco carefully held up the goddess statue and couldn't help boasting: "Chief, the championship will still belong to Snotia next year!"

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

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

When Govis first met Maximus, his attitude towards him was quite rude, but now he was standing in front of the leader of the Nix, and his heart was full of awe.

The main reason was that Maximus led his army to conquer Segestica and save his fellow Scotishchi people. More importantly, he was the offspring of the goddess Danu and was deeply blessed by the goddess Danu. Otherwise, the Nix 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 rugby sport he loved.

Even when Govis's wife had a difficult delivery, the doctors used the technology invented by Maximus and inspired by the goddess Danu to keep the mother and child safe...

Leader Maximus is the son of God! ... Govis is now convinced of this.

"Govis, congratulations, you helped the Snotia team win this year's rugby championship!" Maximus looked at Govis in front of him, and he also felt a little emotional. This once unruly Scotishchi warrior was the focus of the intelligence department. He knew very well the changes that this person had undergone in the Nix tribe in recent years.

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

"Very good, very good!" Maximus nodded in approval: Yes, Goves is now a qualified member of the Nix tribe!