"You're lying! These reports are forged! Liar! Traitor!"
Realizing she had fallen into the other side's debate trap, Gogo rushed forward in a furious rage, clawing at the traitor and spitting in his smug face. She tried to snatch the intelligence from the Athenian nobles' hands to verify its authenticity.
However, just as the Spartan Queen made her move, Divine Blood guards outside the doors surged into the hall without ceremony and pulled her away.
The bearded man's retreat-for-advance display of sympathy was exceedingly clever, reducing all of Gogo's earlier efforts to nothing.
This sudden betrayal also threw the poised Spartan Queen off balance. The Divine Blood Aristocrats seated high above grew even colder and waved a hand, ordering the two women expelled from the Mount of the God of War.
"Everyone, I've also heard that after Divine Ancestor Romulus fell, the severely weakened Roman Empire still managed to repel the Persian Empire's invasion. Even the Hunnic Empire failed to break through the defenses of a bunch of Celtic barbarians.
Could it be that we Athenians, who defeated Persia twice, cannot accomplish such a thing?
In the end, the Persians are merely a pile of sand that looks strong but is hollow within. They cannot withstand the waves of the Sea of Oceanus, and they pose no threat whatsoever to Greece's safety.
What's more, the Egyptians have already switched sides, and Ramesses II will arrive in Athens shortly. We can join hands with Egypt before taking action. There is no need to take responsibility for the recklessness of Leonidas, that war maniac; nor is there any need to forge Sparta's glorious achievements with the blood and sacrifices of all Greece!
Glory should belong to Athens! Greece can only be the Athenians' Greece!"
At that moment, the bearded man pressed his