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Chapter 25 Surena's Triumph (Part 2)

"Put down that dirty head first for the time being. Assassin does not like such bloody things." Surena said to his groom as he headed towards the monarch's box.

The helpless Pomax Serris placed Crasso's head with lime on the edge of the stage. At this time, the entire group of veterans, even Hellod himself, saw such great "achievements" of the frontline general, and then started a craze of cheering again.

At that time, Euripides' tragedy "The Companion of Dionys" was being performed on the court stage. It describes the young king of Thebes. Pendos, who dared to question the boundless magic power of Dionysus. As a result, his mother and wife were lured by the power of Bacchus and sang wildly. Pendos himself was trapped in the trap of Dionysus. In the face of his biological mother Agaoai and his female companions, he was mistaken for a young lion, but was killed by rocks and branches. His body was dismembered and was held in his arms by his mother, boasting about his bravery.

Because women were not allowed to play roles in ancient Greek drama stages, Pentos' mother Agaoai was played by an actor named Jason from the coastal city of Silesia. His crazy performance appropriately showed the expression of an ignorant noble lady being bewitched by the God of Baccarat, which won the applause. At this time, he suddenly saw Crasso's head on the edge of the stage, and couldn't help but fall deeply into the atmosphere of "Baccarat's Companion". He took off the dress of the king on the stage, and used it as a plate and silk, and gently held Crasso's head in his hand. Although he was separated by a mask, the audience in the entire theater was silent. He could feel his scorching gaze staring at the head of the Roman consul.

At this time, no one suspected that Jason was the mother Agaoai in the tragedy, and Crassus's head belonged to her son. But after seeing Jason for a long time, he sang in an excited tone: "Today we are conducting a large-scale hunting, and we must catch noble prey in the mountains and ridges!"

Then, in order to respond to his lyrics, the choir in front sang in unison: "Who is the honor to kill the beast?"

At this time, Hellod, Surena and all the Parthian elders sang in unison in Greek. "It's me, thanks to my supreme courage!"

After singing, applause and cheers almost collapsed the dome of the theater. Everyone hugged each other warmly to express their joy of defeating the Romans. At this time, when Mavpo Maxellis saw the actor snatch his spoils, he rushed down recklessly, pushed Jason aside, snatched his head, and shouted, "Disposing this head is not the actor's duty!"

Hellod led the lead and laughed kindly, and it seemed that he was in a good mood. He immediately sent a message to the Chief Guard, rewarding Jason and Pomac Seris with each of Tarant's silver, and holding Surena's arm tightly, asking everyone present to enjoy the greatest dinner at the court tonight, "I ask you, the great general, the noble clan, to put a small diamond-covered crown on my son Pacruz. As for Selheth, don't worry, you will see him on the execution ground three days later."

Surena was completely intoxicated. During the dinner party, he looked at the rows of reliefs on the palace walls. They were made by the Parthians imitating the style of the ancient Assyrian Empire. On it was the brave king of Assyrians, and of course they also represent the scene of the current Parthian king riding on horseback and hunting lions and leopards. He undoubtedly seemed to be in this scene. As long as Syria is obtained in the coming year, there will be a forbidden body with Gerardia, and then the beautiful Queen Eubertnia will automatically expose her white skin and lie on his bed, and be in love with him.

That night, Herod invited the drunk Surena to stay in the villa in the palace courtyard. This was an extremely quiet villa with nomadic decorations. Surena fell on the large couch surrounded by a group of women, and they were still moving on themselves, vomiting drunken things from time to time.

Surena's groom was sitting in the night on the stone chair in the yard, and placed the silver coins given by Assassin in his box one by one, heavy and loud, until he heard the faint and polite knocking of the door. Although the door was not locked, the slaves and women in the palace must always be so polite, otherwise it would be a disaster for General Surena to be unhappy. Therefore, Pomaxes pressed the leather box, slapped the lights across his shoulder, held the lights, and used his only remaining eye to grop the wall to answer the door. He was not very adaptable to this one-eyed life, and went to see if there were any wine tools for continued carnival and lust.

A cold and sharp sword pierced the night and pierced into the groom's belly. Then his single eyes grew and he saw the master of the hand holding the hilt of the sword. It happened to be General Selsith who was "in a cage". The flames shook a few times and a short fight occurred. Selsith's entourage soldiers kicked the groom's body aside. Next, about twenty or thirty people, holding long swords, scimitars, sharp axes, etc., entered Surena's dormitory in a row.

Surena's legs were cut off at the earliest, and the splashed blood spurted several women all over their faces. They screamed and stood up to run away. On the bloody couch, Surena was naked, with a hint of incredible pupils. Because of the anesthetic effect of alcohol, he had not yet felt the pain of breaking his feet. Instead, he looked at the trembling wound and said to Selcith, "Can your Majesty no longer reward me?"

"Yes, because your contribution is too great, unless he rewards you with the throne, but he cannot, so you must die." After Selheth answered this sentence quickly, the serf warriors beside him rushed up, swords and axes fell, and the blood leaped, and the curtain was filled with the blood of the great general and political idiot. Then Selheth pulled Surena's head with slightly open eyes in his hand, holding it in his hand, and chanted the line from "Bio God's Companion": "If a person only thinks about human affairs only, rather than arrogance in his responsibilities, his life will not be painful."

After saying that, he carried his blood-dropped head and walked to the secret room of the palace. There, Herod and his two sons were waiting. After seeing the head of the hero, Herod pointed and said to his two sons, "Look, this is the main evil of this country. Now that he has perished, the country can naturally be peaceful and there is no source of internal strife anymore. Just negotiate with the new Armenian king and the Romans."

Naturally, at this time, Herod already knew what was happening in Armenia and no longer had any illusions about their reinforcements. (To be continued...)
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