v5 Chapter 97： Pride and Prejudice

In the pine forest arena, the audience is already crowded, and the excited people are eagerly awaiting the start of the race preliminaries. The players from various city-states are entering the field one after another, in exchange for cheers from the audience on the sidelines.

However, the game did not announce the start because the referee was still arguing with some people at the entrance. The audience began to dissatisfaction and the Corinthian officials responsible for maintaining the order of the stadium rushed to the entrance and asked the referee: "What happened? Why not start the competition immediately?!"

"Look, this guy said that he is the player in this group of races and has already got the number. But he is not a Greek!"

Collins officials looked in the direction of the referee's finger: the athlete had a long brown shawl, a deep eye socket, a towering nose, thick lips, slender body, strong muscles, although the naked body was covered with olive oil. But still can see the whiteness of his skin... The appearance is obviously not an orthodox Greek.

Officials stunned: "How can the priests of the temple approve him?"

"I think it should be the name of the official of his city-state to help him. The priests don't know that he is an alien." The referee replied.

The official said with anger: "Which city-state player is it? Do you not know the registration rules for the Isthmus Games?!"

"Diagna! We are from Dionia!" Adrians squeezed over and loudly defended: "Alizaru is a Lucania, but he is a Diaonian citizen, according to the Isthmus Games. The regulations, as long as the Greek city-state citizens can participate, we are in line with the requirements!"

Deonia? ! The official felt that the name was a bit impressive, but he couldn’t remember where it was. He didn’t want to be a big country or a strong state. So he taught with a face: “Only the Greeks can participate in the games. This is a well-known thing, because there is no one. A Greek city-state will give an alien citizenship! Don't stop here, delay the game! Leave, or I will send someone to go out!"

Adrians is speechless. He was born poor, grew up and worked as a mercenary, never participated in a Greek Games, and did not understand the rules. This time, the Dionysian Senate decided to send a team to participate in the competition. I hope that there will be a veteran of the Senate as the leader to highlight the importance of the Isthmus Games. The reason why Adrians is actively signing up is because he likes sports and except this On the other hand, he is a place where the only veteran who can only fight and the big character does not know one can play a talent in the Senate. So after he served as the head of the delegation of Dionia, he went to Crotone for many times. Asked the experienced athletes, and specially led the team to start with the Crotone delegation and come to Collins. But now it seems that the Crotones are clearly hidden, and the purpose is probably to see the Diaonians ugly.

When Adrians repented, Lizzaro shouted: "The leader of our coalition, Davers, said, 'No matter what race, as long as it is a coalition citizen, you should have the same rights!' In Dionia, both Greeks, Lucanias and Thrace can join the rugby match!"

Collins officials were stunned by his quirky Greek pronunciation, and then he laughed. He looked up and said loudly to the audience above the arena: "The audience, is this alien right?!"

The audience had long waited for impatience, and they rushed to the lowest level of the audience and shouted: "What a ridiculous paradox! Those who can say these words can only serve as the leader of your barbarians!"

"Get out of the arena, barbarians! Go back to the city-state that will give you citizenship and let you enter! I think it must be a dirty and terrible place!"

"Go out, barbarian! Don't tarnish the sacred place of our Greeks!"

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Mocking and cursing intensively like a sword to Lizaru and Adrians.

Adrians looks pale.

Lizzaru is angry and burns. He is a man who likes to compete and never accepts defeat. Since becoming a Diaonian citizen and heard about the four major sports games, he is eager to compete with all the Greek players, because he believes that no one can run faster than him on the running project! When the news that Dionia was going to send players to participate in the isthmus games was passed to his ears, it was already a little late. He was the name of the newspaper in a hurry. It was so easy to get here, and he was not allowed to enter the competition!

He was not willing to look at the lively and extraordinary stadium, suddenly screamed and slammed out.

"Hey, what are you doing?!" the referee exclaimed.

"Catch him! Hold on to him!!" Collins officials yelled.

Lizaru vigorously opened his legs and waved his arms, squatting like a wolf, barefoot on a soft muddy land, briskly like a free mountain wind whistling in the wilderness, he flew all the way, will The Corinthian officer and his men who wanted to catch him were far behind.

The anxious shouts of Collins officials also reminded the athletes who were still waiting on the starting line, and they began to chase the unruly aliens.

Not only was Lizaru not afraid, but he was even more excited.

The audience under the field was surprised to see that in the face of the players' chasing, the aliens acted like a civet cat, and the pace was as fast as a cheetah, flashing them one by one...

The race became chasing and arresting. Most of the audience not only did not complain, but felt excited. Some of them actually stood up and cheered for the "lonely hero" on the field.

As one of the best running backs in the Dionysian rugby game, Lizzaru uses his skill and skill to dodge while maintaining the speed of advancement, a circle...two laps...three laps...

The cheers on the field were getting louder and louder, until the Corinthian officials called more people and blocked the space on the court before they hugged him.

The breathless Collins official said nothing, and gave Lizzar a punch.

Lizzar struggled to break free, and there were too many people who pressed him. He could only glare at the Corinthian officials.

"Stop! Stop!" Adrians rushed over and grabbed the fist that Collins officials raised again: "Let the citizens of our civet cats go, or I will protest to the Corinthian Parliament!"

"Protest?!" Collins officials stared at him and sneered: "Take him to me too! Destroy the Holy Isthmus Games, this is a big sin! Lock it up first, let your eccentric city-state alliance make compensation, and then come back. People!"

A group of people took Lizaru and Adrians off the field.

At this time, Lizzar struggled and shouted: "I, the citizen of Dionia, Lizaru is the champion of the Isthmus Games!"

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The arena resumed order and the game started again, but the audience on the side of the field also talked about the farce.

"The man just did run very fast, but unfortunately it was a barbarian, otherwise he would really win the championship!"

"Which race is he? He actually said that he is a Greek city-state citizen. Which city-state actually gave citizenship to a barbarian?!"

"He seems to be talking about Dionya, is Diaonia a Greek city-state? I have never heard of it."

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The audience of the Isthmus Games comes from all directions, of course, there are Greeks from the Western Mediterranean, and the number is quite large, they naturally become the answer to these questions.

"Diagna is a city-state alliance that was established last year. It is in the north-central part of Greater Greece. The central city is Turui. The aliens should have been Lukanians, and the Dionyns have occupied a lot. The land of the Lucanias, but also the Lukania citizenship that lives in the territory."

"That is to say, this Dionysian alliance does not only give a barbaric citizenship, but a lot?!"

"Yes, not only the Lucanias, they also give the Thracians, the Egyptians... As long as they are willing to become Dionian citizens, after their assessment, they meet the conditions and become officially dressed in a few years. Ionian citizens, but also get 'parts'!"

"Hey, smart Athena, am I fainting, I got it wrong?! Barbarians can not only become citizens, but also get 'shares'! This is simply... this is simply...Diagna is really A Greek city-state alliance?!"

"Iavones, you Peloponnesians are indifferent to what happened in the Western Mediterranean. As long as you arrive in the Gulf of Taranto by boat, the words that ring the most in your ear It is - Dionia, where not only tens of thousands of free people flock to Dionia, want to be citizens of the alliance, and the councils of the major Greek city-states are paying attention to the movement of Dionia... ..."

“I can understand that free people want to be citizens and get 'shares.' But why are the tops of the major Greek city-states –”

"Because Diaonia is already the most powerful city-state alliance in South Asia!"

"What?! Are you kidding?! I remember that the big powers of Greece are not Crotone and Tarantum?!"

"Oh, not long ago, Crotone lost to Dionia twice in the battle, and there was no previous scenery. And Tarantum... When I came to Corinth, I heard that it was forced to invite Dior. Nigeria helped them to drive away the barbarians in the aggressor territory. Diania has promised to send reinforcements... You don’t know how big the territory of Dionia is! It now governs Turui, Amendola, Kerry. Misa and the large territory of Lucania, as well as Laos and Castellón, which are affiliated with Tarantum. In addition, Crotone, Trina, Silitine, Culleny Ya also formed a South-Italian alliance with Dionia... You talked about whether it is the most powerful force in Greece!"