Many citizens gathered outside the Senate, demanding the deployment of the imperial legion to aid the British Province.
Old Romans were proud people too!
At this time, how could they abandon the empire’s hero?
A string of messages, like an epic, filled the Roman populace with a sense of participation, with some even volunteering for military service, wanting to rescue the British Province like the Britons had for the empire.
To hell with the Saxon pirates!
This is the time to destroy them for tearing up the treaty and sneaking an attack!
Very soon.
A second piece of news also arrived: the empire’s British Legion had already set out for aid. After the Battle of Sharon, the Britannian Imperial Legion directly headed to Southampton to rescue the imperial citizens being ravaged by the Saxon pirates.
Instantly, the emotions of the Roman people were greatly appeased, merely waiting for good news to come.
As for another piece of news.
After the Battle of Sharon ended, Governor Duncan of the British Province directly seized the command of the Britannian Imperial Legion and led the army back to Great Britain.
There wasn’t even the slightest ripple caused.
Protector of the Realm Aetius even directly tore up the letter concerning the Britannian Imperial Legion; at this time, nothing could shake Duncan. The Saxon pirate’s breach of the treaty and invasion was so timely that the change of allegiance by the Britannian Imperial Legion became somewhat reasonable.
Also, around this time, Emperor Valentinian III received Duncan’s letter and learned the entire process of the Battle of Sharon.
"Bastard!"
"The old thing actually wanted to use the adopted son’s status to buy off generals who supported me!"
Emperor Valentinian III was infuriated, breaking many things on the spot, and hastily ordered, "Send someone to catch up with Quintus and have him find a way to gather more rewards."
This was simply outrageous!
He, a dignified emperor of the empire, had no prestige in the army; having finally found a prominent supporter, he began to accumulate some military prestige, and Aetius dared to undermine him.
This was blatant disrespect towards him.
Even more infuriating was Aetius’s intent to release God’s Whip - Attila. The old thing still harbored old sentiments, brazenly disregarding the empire’s interests for his own personal ties.
Valentinian III lost all the enjoyment from vigorously rebuking in the Senate a few days ago.
He only thought about how to secure Duncan’s loyalty, gain his military support, and then find a way to weaken Aetius’s power, so he could extend his influence into the empire’s military forces.
All intelligence continued to churn and spread.
As for Anya, she was already resting, waiting for Duncan to return and fully reward her. Without a doubt, the network of information behind these events was disseminated secretly by her. Otherwise, intelligence on Great Britain couldn’t have been delivered so quickly.
In this era, messages spread very slowly.
But Anya had her own network, and her guild traveled between the British Channel, making it so that most information the Roman populace learned was secretly disseminated by her.
This time, Anya had made another significant contribution, preparing herself to go head-to-head with the Crow Queen - Triss; she aimed to come out on top this time.
No matter being a two-star Whiteboard.
Anya never easily acknowledges defeat, growing stronger with each battle!
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