Rome Must Perish

Maximus anticipated this question and calmly said, "I’ve already mentioned that the Nix Tribe doesn’t force you, but you must consider your future situation carefully.

You’re all from those two villages to the east, and the men from those villages have either died in battle or been captured. If your husbands are still alive, they’re likely suffering as slaves in the Alde Tribe. If you’re willing and can persuade your husbands to join the Nix Tribe as Reserve Tribe Members, the tribe will not only keep you together, but also provide separate accommodation for you and your husband. In three years, once your husband becomes an Official Tribe Member, he will have his own house and land...

Otherwise, considering the Aldeans’ hatred for Segestica, it’ll be fortunate if your husbands are still alive in half a year; by then, as widows, you can reconsider marrying a tribesman from our tribe."

Hearing Maximus’s words, many women from Segestica turned pale.

"If I can convince my husband to join your tribe, can you immediately bring him back from the Alde Tribe?!" The woman who spoke earlier now looked anxious, urgently voicing the shared concern of the women from Segestica.

"Of course," Maximus replied earnestly. "Tomorrow, I’ll have my subordinates go there to record who wishes for their husbands to join the Nix Tribe. I will then use the list to persuade the Aldeans to release your husbands. But if you deceive me and can’t persuade your husbands, I guarantee you’ll never see your husbands again!"

After saying this, Maximus no longer paid them any attention, surveying the surroundings and loudly announced, "I won’t say much more; sisters, I hope you can all find a good husband!"

Amidst the women’s laughter and chatter, the first group of men entered the assembly. Their numbers were small because they were the chief officers and subordinates of the Nix Tribe’s nine departments.

Facing numerous women’s gazes, the older men like Gaius, Volenus, Flanitnus, and Capito appeared relatively calm. Most of them had families in the past but were separated due to various reasons. They thought they would spend their later years in loneliness, but Spartacus’s uprising broke their chains and Maximus gave them a new life. After his persuasion, they decided to establish new families on this new land and let their bloodlines continue...

Among the department subordinates, many young ones were inexperienced. Hearing the unabashed comments from the crowd, they blushed.

Suddenly, a woman in the front row stood up and loudly addressed Maximus, who was standing aside, ready to watch the fun, "Leader, all these men coming on stage belong to our tribe, but there’s someone missing!"