The soldiers of the Seven Hills Empire entered Antilia.
The scene seen from the Eye of Hermes made Amy's body tremble.
"Your Majesty...soldiers from the Seven Hills Empire are...plundering Antilia."
She reported to Ella tremblingly, fearing that Ella would suddenly get angry.
"How can the soldiers of the Seven Hills Empire be like pirates... This must be an illusion that the devil's eye allowed me to see, right? Your Majesty, is this true?"
However, Ella paid no attention to Amy's report. She leaned her head on the crowbar given to her by Jabir, frowning, thinking hard about a crucial thing - why did the Seven Hills Empire's fleet appear here at such a time?
Ella tried to piece together the known information in her mind.
One thing Jaber was right about was that the ships of the Seven Hills Empire that appeared at sea were all offshore warships. These ships were larger than Hestein's longships and could not pass through the Volga. To get to Antilia on the other side of the continent, you can only cross the Strait of Gibraltar and use the sea route to circle half of the entire continent.
No matter how crazy Su Cornelius Scipio was, it was impossible for the navy of the Seven Hills Empire to use offshore warships to conduct such an ocean voyage. In other words, the Qiqiu Empire really used the magic of the Tianfang Empire.
But why do they come here?
In the Seven Hills Empire, not to mention the specific location of the island of Antilia, even the legend of Antilia is rarely known. They would never come here for the Golden City like Hestein.
To say that there is something in this location that interests the Seven Hills Empire, there are only two possibilities: one is Hestein who sacked Brusis, and the other is herself, the current nominal ruler of the Seven Hills Empire. Ella Cornelius Scipio.
Hestein had already escaped by boat, but the fleet did not pursue him. Instead, he landed in Antilia, which meant that their goal was the latter. And the soldiers are looting Antilia, which means - they are not here to take her back, but to kill her?
But even so, there is something unexplainable: if it was just to kill her, Baselisa, who had lost her power, the array used by Su Cornelius Scipio would be too big.
Ella roughly counted, and there were hundreds of warships appearing on the sea. This was almost the entire navy of the Qiqiu Empire!
There must be something that Ella didn't think of, and there must be some information that Ella ignored.
This month's experience has taught Ella that danger is often hidden in this ignored information.
Thinking about it, Ella closed her eyes. What used to be the Wang Family Library has now become a huge puzzle. Part of the puzzle has been pieced together piecemeal - that was completed by Ella's reasoning just now. The areas with more puzzle pieces are still blank.
Ella looked up from the puzzle and saw snowflakes falling from the sky. She stretched out her hand to catch one of them, and the snowflakes melted in her palms. A voice immediately sounded in her head:
"I heard that the merchants on the street are talking about it, saying that a group of fierce pirates have attacked several nearby cities one after another and are approaching the capital. Why haven't I received the report?"
——It’s Ella’s memory.
One piece, two pieces, three pieces, ten pieces, twenty pieces, sixty pieces... The snow fell faster and faster, and it fell heavier and heavier. In the blink of an eye, it spread a thick layer on the ground. Soon, all the memories within a month were spread on the ground, and more distant memories were falling in the sky. Such a scene surprised and frightened Ella - there were so many memories stored in her head!
She stepped on the white snow one footprint after another, looking for the puzzle pieces she needed.
She quickly found a clue: a month ago, the Tianfang Empire secretly sent an envoy to Constantiniya.
Tianfang Empire and Qiqiu Empire are old enemies, and envoys can only be used to declare war or cease war. But if that were the case, there would be no need for the messenger to be “sent secretly” at all.
The Tianfang Empire must have other things to do, and they are things that Ella Cornelius Scipio cannot let her know.
In addition, the Qiqiu Empire may agree to this matter.
Then, there are needed pieces of the puzzle in the current situation of the Tianfang Empire.
The same is true of the current situation of the Qiqiu Empire.
Then comes the second clue: the character of Sue Cornelius Scipio.
A person can easily fake his loyalty, but it is difficult to fake his character. Especially when the other person is Ella's uncle, whom he has been with since childhood.
What proposal will the Tianfang Empire make? How would her cocky, arrogant uncle respond? What will happen?
Finally, the third article: Tianfang Empire and Qiqiu Empire are old enemies.
This is not much of a clue, but it is the most basic rule of the entire puzzle.
Ella groped in the snow, repeatedly assembling the puzzle pieces she found, and constantly eliminating impossible answers. After countless attempts, a complete and perfect puzzle appeared in front of Ella's eyes. After seeing the appearance of the puzzle clearly, Ella suddenly opened her eyes and stood up.
"Amy, we need to get out of the cave right now!"
"Your Majesty... the soldiers of the Seven Hills Empire are killing people everywhere on the island! We will be killed together when we go out!"
"I have to get out."
Ella stared into Amy's eyes and heavily described the pattern she saw displayed by the puzzle:
"The Qiqiu Empire is in danger...it may even perish."
I don’t know when the door of the cave was opened. I don’t know if it was opened when Jabir walked in from the outside, or whether it was opened by Ella after she unlocked the secret of the astrolabe. As soon as they came out of the cave, howls and cries came from all directions, fires were everywhere, and dark smoke covered the sky. It seemed as if that step just now was not walking out of the cave, but walking into the underworld.
Amy hid behind Ella in fear. Ella supported her body with a crowbar and mustered up the courage to walk in the direction of the loudest sound. Every time you walk, you can see people lying dead on the streets, including young people, old people, women, and babies. Ella felt a chill in her body, and the eyes of the dead seemed to be staring at her, staring at Baselisa who ruled the Seven Hills Empire.
An arrow flew past Ella's eyes and hit the body of a child in the distance. A soldier raised his sword in front of her and wiped away the neck of the girl who was pressed under his crotch.
Ella had no power to prevent this from happening. She could not catch the arrow as it flew, nor could she block the sword before it struck. Any soldier, or even an islander, could easily pin her to the ground.
She is so weak.
But if she continues to run away out of fear, she will never grow.
——Besides, it’s not like she can’t do anything.
She resolutely walked into the vortex of violence that was spreading outwards.
