Patricia Taylor
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"Already planning for your retirement so early? Not about to do some more things when you are still young?" Antonius asked back. Giovanni shredded his shoulders and replied. "My brother you are not into my trade of mercenaries, it is basically a trade for youngsters like you… that arrow from the other day penetrated right through my muscles into my bones, resulting in severe pain whenever there's a rain or wind blowing, not mentioning that it shall be winter soon, which will make matters…-
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"My brother… what are you doing here?" Antonius looked at Giovanni in his eyes and replied with a warm smile on his face. "Ahh, my brother, as you can see we are thieves over here…And congratulations! Your guard caught me!" Another guard, holding his halberd, shouted out. "Liar! Which thief in Europia goes putting things inside instead of taking things out!" No one responded to him, Antonius and Giovanni continued staring at each other, millions of thoughts ran through Giovanni, but he soon realised…
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Abdullah is astounded as he asked back, pointing at Mauro "How is this bloodshed called protection?" "Because he committed a crime over here in my place." Antonius replied. "That means by law or by nature, whether we decide to punish Mauro or not, he is under our disposal. I sent a messenger to him when we left that warehouse… judging by the time he set off for here as soon as he got the news, came to save Mauro of course." "And for these slashes, looks very pain to you right? But observe closer, each…
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Antonius pinned his hands on the handle of his blade, crouching laying low as he moves towards the source of the noise. While Abdullah called the guards to follow and cover Antonius, and he personally grabbed a crossbow in the crates by the doors and started loading it with bolt. "Hey!...Hey, hey, hey, it is me." Just as the situation and atmosphere grew tense, a man emerged behind a container. It is Giovanni's right-hand man, Mauro. Antonius surveyed Mauro, who is dressed in a black leather coat,…
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"Orban, how much metal and manpower will this take up?" Realised that the big metal rod might be a potential huge waste of resources, Antonius asked reluctantly. Orban and Jacob, connected by the bond of father and son, immediately realised that their employer has doubts in his mind. Orban stepped up and explained. "Your highness, one piece of high calibre artillery like this shall take up around six thousand litra or pound of metal, and it takes around two months for around two dozen workers to make…
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Meanwhile, the 'heroic admiral' they are talking about are in his iron forge, inspecting the progress made by Orban and Jacob. The iron work forge, being the only one in the Genoese quarters in the north of the city, is not only the largest but busiest iron forge in the entire city. Each day loads and loads of coals, metal ores, fragments, spoilt weapons, armours and arrowheads are loaded into the forge ships after ships right through the harbour of Neorion and Prosphorion. The first brick of the iron…
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Constantine went back to the imperial garden, back to the same old pavilion where he can relax, a bard plays a soothing ancient Greek tune, a palace maiden gently massages his chins and head, another maiden peels and feeds him with fresh grapes. If it is just looking by this scene, one would have thought that the Roman Empire is still at the height of her power with a lazy tyrant living a lavish and sinful lifestyle. This brief period of relaxation came to an abrupt stop as an imperial guard came in…
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This meeting between Selim Pasha and Constantine soon ended, as the later repeatedly comforted and pleased the former, promising again and again that he shall have no other inhumane prisoner, and will be treated well as a noble captive before the ransom is paid. Antonius will not be able to bother him anymore in this city. Selim Pasha is then brought down to reside in a residence built for foreign ambassadors, away from the harbour where Antonius and his men resides and train. However, Constantine's…
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"Don't test yourself, young man." The old physician said as he picked up a pair of bronze scalpels, scratched it against each other, and placed it inside a brazier of flames. "I am going to do direct surgeries against your muscles, that level of pain, trust me is worse than any kind of wounds that you got ever before." "It is fine, signore, just do whatever you like, and don't tie my arm to a metal rod, I shall never allow my arms to be bound by something" Giovanni pulled a table towards him and looked…
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Selim Pasha remained reticent and silent for a while, forced a smile upon his face, and responded. "Abdullah… I have never imagined back then that a loyal subject to my Sultan like you will betray him." Abdullah shrugged his shoulders and replied. "While I was brought onto a pirate's boat against all odds, and after I realised it there's no way for me to disembark already." Abdullah turned to Antonius and introduced. "My friend, this man here is Ahmad Selim Pasha, governing the Eyalet of East Rumelia,…
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