The delegate did not feel too offended when being thrown out of the city.
He knew such negotiations usually did not conclude with just one meeting and felt that this was just the enemy acting tough to make them lower their price.
'Hah, I'm sure you will come begging to such to get your men soon,' The man felt confident, and so responding to Cambyses's accusation of them breaking their promise and stealing money,
the man replied, "The peace treaty that you signed had no set time limit my lady. Also, we have stolen nothing. You gifted the money to us," before he returned to his camp.
It seemed like a true politician, the man had little shame.
But the news he bought Perseus did not please the king.
Killing 2,000 men would get him nothing, and each day he stayed there, his army simply ate more and more of his food and got nowhere.
Perseus was truly getting frustrated.
The siege was not meant to last this long.
