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The army of the Hansa stood in the middle of a field dotted with killed. Yes, the warriors of Warta carried their dead to the copse, where they were dressed on the last road of the Magi troops.

Among the hundreds of horsemen, stood Vatey, proud of his warriors.

— All well done, survived, and they took good prey in the field, — the centurion quietly said, — that’s how many horses they collected

— And the army of Oum never came… said the tenner Palak, still quieter.

“You can see late, the pants were tied,” Zvan whispered angrily.

— Maybe what the matter is, — explained Vatey, — we ourselves survived.

— What prey… If their convoy and camp, then the matter is different. And so we got it, it’s a couple of tatty boots on my brother… And the arrows were spent, and their price is considerable, two gold rings for a dozen, — Palak began again.

— Enough for you to mess with everyone! — Vatey could not restrain himself, — let’s see that Likon himself will speak at the gathering…

I saw Radko, as angry, angry warriors. And then, the battle is over, why are we standing? What are the elders doing there? Or again, what kind of deception did you start? And it’s bad to return home without prey. And, the master does nothing just like a gunsmith.

But then, unexpectedly, there was a long roar of the horn. Radko listened, but exchanged glances with fellow villagers. Dar nodded, and said quietly:

— Indeed, not our horn gives a voice… Not our voice, that’s for sure. And not strangers…

“Maybe from Ouma?” Is the army coming? — tried to guess the warrior

“We’ll find out now,” Palak said calmly.

The warriors noticed how the foreman Ramid, with a banner and with the units of the retinue, trotted towards. They didn’t wait long. Likon returned to the army of Warta not alone, but with a detachment under the banner of Ouma. On the pole, the rider carried the Golden Dragon. And his personal vigilantes, according to the old custom, carried white swan wings behind their backs, in memory of the winged warriors of the First Queen Ouma, Elena the Beautiful herself.

— Look, — Patal grinned, but smoothed his mustache with his palm, — surely the foreman Savir himself came? And the Golden Dragon has not been taken out of the White Palace since the time of Ilsa! Exactly, all the old people say that!

— Now we find out what and what, — Radko said quietly, — I don’t like all this!

— Okay, you have to listen to all one thing! ‘the judicious Zvan remarked.

But then two leaders drove up to Warta’s army. The horn sounded piercingly, calling everyone to silence and attention.

— Here, the word will say our ally, Savir Katovich himself! Foreman Ramid began to say, listen to him!

— Valiant warriors of beautiful Varta! Savir said loudly, raising his right hand in greeting, thank you for your valor and steadfastness! You came to our aid, in a hurry, forgetting about yours! And we remember that! Manis, the son of Sabaday, the leader of strangers, brought us the news that his father wants to make peace! There will be no more war, but friendship and consent! Sabaday also gives each Warta warrior twenty rings of gold!

At first, the soldiers did not listen very credibly to such a speech. Could anyone believe in the friendliness of strangers? More than once or twice they attacked the lands of the Hansa, especially if in such years the Dead Princess with her army did not take care of them.

“But Sabaday asks for permission to collect the bodies of his slain soldiers,” Savir continued, “then his army will leave our lands.” And bargaining will be conducted near the Fortress.

Well, Savir Katovich was known in all Russian lands for his art, but for his craving for various tricks and intrigues. He sowed, like seeds on arable land, discord and discord, knowing how to multiply his wealth. Who did not know about his boats, plowing the jellied seas in search of new wealth? Yes, trade was able to increase, enrich Oum, and even Sargat, and silver from distant lands flowed to distant Gandvik, but it was not in vain that they said that foreman Oum had not one language, but ten… The warriors doubted the words of this leader.

But, then the horn sounded again, and Savir’s unots began to bring and put suede bags heavy in appearance at the ranks of the soldiers. Then, at once, the ties were loosened, showing the contents. Hot gold flicked in the afternoon sun.

“There’s a lot here to calm your sorrows! — this nightingale from Oum continued his song, — centurions will receive gold hryvnias… Yes, I know, the thoughts of brave soldiers who defeated the enemy… What better warms the heart of a powerful fighter, like the goodness that can be obtained in the wagon train of a broken enemy… But, it is also known that a cornered wolf is especially terrible, and an unreasonable earner, wanting to get a tattered gray skin, can lose his life. So here, strangers, protecting their wives and little good in the wagon train, will take a lot of lives of Warta and Oum fighters. Instead, Sabaday gave a ransom, and the promise henceforth not to attack our lands, and not to impede bargaining and our merchants. May there be peace and friendship, not blood and war! Manis, the son of the lord Sabaday, will say the same.

The scream and crash of weapons filled the entire field. It seemed that these sounds were reflected from the trees, and rise into the sky. Hanza warriors pounded poles on their shields with poles, not holding back, yelling at the top of their lungs. The triumphant Savir brought a stranger in front of him, and Radko recognized this man, And indeed, it was the son of Sabaday, captured by elle. But, from the side of the boy stood the hefty unots of foreman Oum, covering the important prisoner with their shields. You never know what, but in the heat of the moment one of the Hanza darts will throw, and the young man will disappear…

“I’m like my father’s mouth and voice… Manis spoke very loudly, I speak from a pure heart! Stop testing each other who are braver or stronger. Whom the gods love more. You can do business, there is no shame for men. Each house will have prosperity. Let there be peace. And even a thin world is better than a good war!