Eagle Flag of Epirus

　　 "Everything goes well, I greet you on behalf of Miss Antonia." Igor, who walked off the deck, saluted Justinian.

And Justinian nodded and waved in greeting: "Thank you for your assistance. Say hello to Antonia." Both parties used the etiquette between Varangians, and the greetings between the two were as easy as General old knowledge.

　　Saleus, who watched this scene from the side, didn't react at all, what was going on. How could these pirates hired under the hands of the Pisa suddenly turn back? Why did they look familiar to Justinian? Why did they help them secretly before the abandoned castle last night?

　　 And these are of course the layout Justinian made before arriving in Moriah-since he escaped from Constantinople, he and Antonia on the ship separated. Antonia took the Vadaritais to Thessaloniki to stabilize the situation in Macedonia, while she went to the new islands in the Aegean Sea alone to contact the Anbu of the Doria family, which is the group of Ross pirates in front of them. They. With their help, Justinian went to Argos to meet the Pizzas to seek an alliance, but he never regarded the Pizzas as a reliable ally, so he let the Ross pirates lie down and wait for the opportunity. After the suppression of the great Latin rebellion, the opportunity soon came. When he and Pierre were suspicious of each other, Pierre did not choose among the Latin prisoners of war he had sent over. Instead, he chose to recruit pirates who seemed to only recognize money and not people. Under arms. Everything that followed happened as Justinian expected. From the Pisans attacking Athens and successfully colluding with Romanus to secretly collude with Romanus to setting himself a trap with his own good intentions, there are no secrets in his eyes for the conspiracy. This is why he dared to take a hundred people to Athens alone. In front of the castle that day, on the surface, the Corfu company company surrounded them, but the Ross pirates who landed from the sea not far away have been hiding in the dark and watching what happened. It can be said that from the beginning to the end, Justinian is dominating the game that he must win.

Looking at Baron Pierre floating in the shallows of the sea, Yaroslav couldn’t help but sigh for him secretly. Although he killed him, in the end it was his own means, and in the end he was in a more powerful conspiracy. It ended up harming others and self. Looking at the two men in front of him, this big man in Rose was even more convinced that they were definitely the last existence he didn't want to provoke in his entire life.

　　At this moment, Justinian looked at the corpses all over the ground, and suddenly remembered something, and asked Salius on the side: "Romanus Dukas, who of you saw him?"

　　 Everyone looked at each other, and then I remembered that they were chasing and killing the Pizzaman, but forgot the other culprit.

　　……

　　 On the outskirts of the north of Athens, on a small hill. With several rhythmic sounds from behind the granite, the soldiers who had been waiting here forcefully removed the granite blocking the entrance of the cave. Behind the granite, in the mouth of the cave, two people were seen panting out of the secret tunnel in it.

　　 is the first one, no one else, it is Romanus Dukas, who was in danger in the city of Athens and almost died without a burial place. At the last moment, someone who suddenly appeared in the crowd caught him and led him to hide in the secret passage in the city of Athens, only to escape.

"His Royal Highness, I have advised you not to be too hasty. If I hadn't come in time this time, you would have died there. Moria's little fox won't have any scruples because of your identity. The nobles of the Peloponnese should know the best." Said the Saxon man who rescued his disciple.

　　 "I don't need you to save me, Mustafa!" As if poked into a painful spot by the other's words, Romanus, who could not be refuted, could only resolutely use his anger to respond to the teacher he has always respected.

Mustafa was not angry, but said calmly: "If I had not been in the smuggling business in Athens for a few years before becoming your father's animal trainer, I would not be able to save you today. So it is not saving you. It’s not me who got you, but your own luck."

"Even so, it's just **** luck." The decadent Romanus looked at the completely lost city of Athens behind him, with despair in his eyes-what he had lost at this time was not a city, but the entire Peloponnese. Nissah, and even the position of the heir to Ducás of Agrinion. Once this matter is known to his father, he will never hope to get his father's blue eyes, and he will never touch the center of power again.

"You can't say that, Your Highness." Mustafa shook his head lightly. "Good luck is also a form of strength. The blessing of gods is far more precious than others, just like Hannibal in Rome. Even if there was Canney's prosperity, it was only a defeat in the end. I have reminded you a long time ago that Justinian has never been an opponent you need to keep in mind. As the noble son of the Dukas family, your eyes should be more long-term. "

"Longer term?" Romanus hesitated slightly. The man in front of him had been emphasizing this sentence to himself a long time ago, and every time he heard it, he could feel a different meaning, but this time he was a little confused. .

Mustafa smiled slightly: "Justinian is now like Hannibal after the Battle of Cannae. Although he seems to be famous, his actions in Moria and Macedonia have already allowed him to The Roman aristocracy has become notorious. In this case, do you think your father, Prince Theodore, would really consider him as his son-in-law? Those rumors are just to win him over and prevent him from being Mihai. It’s just that the emperor of Seoul is overwhelmed."

　　 "Really?" After listening to Mustafa's analysis before him, Romanus couldn't help being surprised, but then fell into distress again. "But even so, if the matter of today is known by the father..."

"Of course you must let Prince Theodor know, not only the Prince, but also the princes and princes of Agrinion and even Epirus. You, as the son of the Dukas family, in order to prevent Moria from despicable The warlord in Athens stepped forward, but unfortunately failed. After this information was spread, the prince would not punish you too aggressively even if he was dissatisfied with you. Because by then, the contradiction between you and Justinian will be It will be the contradiction between the nobles of Epirus and the overriding native warlords. Instead of laughing at you, the nobles will feel the humiliation you have suffered and share the same hatred. You know, even though the Prince and Mihai are now Emperor Ul is engaged in a civil war, but in the eyes of the nobles, this is just his own business. On the contrary, Justinian is an alien and the biggest threat. His origin and the means of appointing foreign races like Turkic people~www.mtlnovel .com~ will remind the Dukas side branch of the Focas family they hate the most. Not to mention that he still inherited the throne of Anastasius Komunin, presumably all Dukas will be returned. I remember the unpleasant holidays with His Majesty the Emperor Isaac I. By then, Justinian will be unable to do anything, and your reputation will greatly increase as a result." Mustafa said slowly.

　　The details of this strategy and the speculation about all causes and effects made Romanus amazed. He never expected the ending of what he thought would be exhausted, but he was easily revitalized in the hands of this Saxon man.

　　 But there is still a problem——

"But what do they do with the Corfu Company?" Romanus Dukas couldn't help worrying again. Those guys who turned against Justinian's corpses could not wait to smash them into pieces, but they are undoubtedly the biggest he is right now. The gate of life.

　　 "This is of course easy to handle." Mustafa's expression was slightly cold, "Let them die without evidence."

　　 "There is no proof of death? But if you can kill them, it will be easier." Romanus shook his head in confusion.

However, he saw Mustafa's face with a cold smile and said: "I didn't say that they must be killed. It is enough to make most people think that they are dead. If the next day, Ah If Grignon learned that Corfu had been occupied by the Venetians, who would believe the words of those under Justinian?"

Such cold words fell into Romanus' ears, and the young nobleman’s face was first unbelievably horrified, and then turned into a hint of excitement, and the complex expressions intertwined and sank into the conspiracy with the last cold gaze. In the abyss...