The evening glow shone on the land of Agrinion. There were only a few pedestrians in the quiet and deserted streets, and a bell sounded leisurely from the church in the center of the city not far away.

After a busy day at home, the people of Agrinon, who are ready to rest and enjoy a bowl of fragrant fish sauce, all know that this is a signal for the nobles to go to the church to prepare for the Patriarch to preside over the service. This is the first time the church has hosted it since the truce.

It was an important event, so the large and small Roman nobles in the territory of Prince Agrinion returned from the army to participate.

"Dmitri, did you hear that so many nobles rushed back to Agrinion this time, especially the eldest sons of various families? It seems that His Highness the Prince is going to choose a husband for His Highness Irina." Prepare for dinner.

At this time, Zoe looked at her husband in front of her and whispered.

"Where did you hear this?" asked Dmitry, the doctor from Agrinion, stopping the spoon from his mouth.

It can be said that Prince Theodore's love for his daughter Irina is known to everyone in the city. He is extremely favored in everything, and his status is not inferior to that of His Highness Romanus, who is the only son of the prince. If this is true, then

No wonder so many nobles came to Agrinion to attend the service this time.

But what Dmitri was more curious about was how his wife, who never left the house, knew about this incident.

Zoe poured a spoonful of fish sauce into her husband's bowl and replied:

"I heard it from Vasily next door. Isn't he helping out in the church? I also heard it from the priests' private chats."

"Could he be drinking again and mishearing?" After learning the source of his wife's news, Dmitri couldn't help but feel disapproving.

But his wife Zoe said seriously: "It's absolutely true, even if you don't believe me and Vasily, how can the priests still lie in private!"

"Okay, okay, you're right, Zoe! But even if it's true, it's none of our business. Our son still has to send letters back from the front line, but the gentleman can take time to come back and hold a cocktail party

And the wedding." Too lazy to argue with his wife, Dr. Dmitry, who had been tired for a long day, muttered, scooped a spoonful of fish sauce and stuffed it into his mouth.

He would only say these words to his wife, and these heartfelt words are also the voice of every Agrinon civilian today. Zoe was no longer surprised by her husband's complaints, and only asked: "I will go to deliver the goods at noon today."

During the meal, I saw that you were so busy that you didn’t even bother to eat. Is there another emergency?"

"Hey! There were all those bastard soldiers. They were killing and not burying them one by one. They couldn't help but stuff a half-dead body into me, and even told me to save it no matter what. What could I do? I could only die.

It's a waste of time." Dmitri was very angry when he thought about it now, but at the time he was very frightened.

"So how are you doing now?" Zoe poured her husband a glass of sour wine.

Dmitri took a sip, shook his head, took another spoonful of fish sauce, and said: "Just try to hold your breath! He looks like an ascetic monk... Alas, in these years, a few more things like this will happen.

I’m not surprised that this happened.”

"Say less. After you drink a little bit of wine, you lose control of your mouth. It's useless even if you say it a few times." Seeing her husband speaking so freely again, Zoe couldn't help scolding her.

"Isn't it the same for you? Besides, you haven't gotten used to it after so many years?" Looking at his wife, Dmitri couldn't help teasing her.

The couple looked at each other, and then smiled at the same time. Only at this time did the two of them feel the warmth of home.

Just as the couple was eating dinner and drinking wine, chatting about the day's experiences, there was a sudden knock on the door outside the house, interrupting the little peace.

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In the cathedral of Agrinion, several corpses fell in a pool of blood in the messy church, and the blood spattered on the mottled holy images. It is hard to believe that someone would do such a sacrilegious act, but

It did happen.

All of the dead who were killed were respectable young nobles from Prince Agrinion's territory. The family behind them was Prince Theodore's right-hand man, and they themselves also carried the hope of the family's prosperity. However, now they are

Being killed as casually as harvesting straw, Ben

More nobles worshiping in the church became prisoners. No one expected that such a thing would happen. A moment ago, they were happily waiting for which outstanding young nobleman would win the favor of the prince's daughter. However,

The next moment the killing came to them.

The first people who died were the eldest sons of the nobles Bunonius and Merisenno. They were strong candidates to run for the prince's son-in-law, so they died without pain. The arrows fired by the arranged crossbowmen instantly killed

However, the remaining nobles were not so lucky. The Croatian warriors of Taranit of Tambei and Gavras of Cesarlian were ambushed just as they drew their weapons in an attempt to defend themselves.

He cracked his skull with the back of an axe.

The one who resisted to the end was Andronikos, the garrison commander of Agrinion. Although he was a battle-hardened general, the soldiers he brought with him were all required to be stationed outside the city. Andronikos, who was trying to break out of the siege,

As expected, Ronika was

An ambushing crossbowman shot him. His cheek was pierced by a crossbow arrow, and the torn wound exposed his bloody gums. Andronikos fell to the ground, knocking over the shrine behind him, and saw only the holy image, the Holy Grail, the tablecloth, the pizza and the

Holy wine was spilled all over the floor

.But he still didn't wait for death. He grabbed the silver wine bottle on the ground and smashed it into the head of a crossbowman who went up to check. Andronikos was about to pick up the long sword that someone else had dropped on the ground. But his hand was still there.

Without touching the sword belt, she fell to the ground and never got up again - a Croatian axemen cut off one of his legs from behind. In front of many Agrinion nobles, this tenacious

The head of the guard chief was chopped off with two axes.

At this time, a Saracen man sat high on a black pine bench where Prince Theodore usually sat, observing the massacre that took place with great interest.

Everything is going according to his plan. Presumably outside the city at this time, his proud disciple Romanus must have succeeded. He will kill all the nobles here and take important people hostage. In this way, the nobles and their troops on the front line can

If he was dissatisfied, he could only resort to the enemy. However, a piece of news reported by his subordinates at this time made this scheming man frown.

"Lord Muswar, we have searched inside and outside, but there is still no trace of them."

"Useless thing!" Muswar stood up from his seat, kicked the subordinate who reported the report, stared at his subordinate like a poisonous snake ready to attack, and said: "Go find it immediately! Whether it's death or not,

It’s a job, you must find them for me, otherwise you will come to see me!”

Musvar dismissed his men, looked at the messy church, and kicked over the chair next to him angrily. He never thought that the purpose of this time was Agelena, who should be here.

Mother and daughter Irina actually disappeared from the sight of so many people. This made the Saracen man feel a little uneasy.
Chapter completed!