I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 100 Tereos, King Elis
The stronger Roy is, the greater the threat to the leader's family.

But Pandion could only temporarily suppress the idea of ​​dealing with Roy.

This is not only because Roy did not show the ambition to fight for the power of the leader, but also because the Athenian tribe faced a powerful external threat.

Today's war between the Athenians and the Mycenaeans, if there is no Roy, it will not only be difficult for the Athenian tribe to win, but it may even lose the war.

Once the war is lost, Pandion will not only lose his identity and power as a leader, but even his beautiful wife and daughter will become the enemy's spoils and suffer all kinds of humiliation and torture.

wait a minute-

When Erechtheus becomes the unique hero [Enemies of a Hundred], he can drive Roy away.

Thinking of this, Pandion showed a faint smile on his face.

If it were some short-sighted rulers, perhaps when they saw Roy's threat, they would be eager to deal with Roy.

But Pandion has a long-term vision, so Roy not only became the cornerstone for the development and growth of the Athenian tribe, but also became an important force for the Athenian tribe to defeat the invaders.

When Roy, Pandion, and Erechtheus returned to the west gate of the city of Athens with the Athenian soldiers in triumph, another group of soldiers appeared in the northwest direction of the city of Athens.

This new group of soldiers was not only fully armed, but also numbered more than three hundred.

Seeing the 300-man army approaching the city of Athens, Pandion immediately ordered the soldiers to prepare for battle.

At this moment, the legion approaching the city of Athens sent a messenger with his hands raised high.

The messenger hurried over and said.

"Don't get me wrong! Dear Athenians, we are not your enemy, the Mycenaeans, but your reinforcements."

reinforcements?

Perseus failed to force the Athenian tribe to surrender yesterday, and launched a war against the Athenian tribe today, which was completely unexpected by the Athenian tribe.

Even if the Athens tribe wanted reinforcements, there was no time to send envoys to ask for help, so how could reinforcements come to help the Athens tribe——

Although he was full of doubts about this legion that claimed to be reinforcements, Pandion asked the messenger.

"Since you are not the enemies of our Athenians, let me introduce your identities."

"We are the Iris people in the northwestern Peloponnese Peninsula, and our king is Terios, the favorite of Ares, the god of war."

The envoy turned around and pointed to the leader of the legion with his right finger—a young man who seemed to be under 30 years old said.

"That is our king Tereus! In order to help the Athenians, King Tereus personally led us to help you."

"You are from Iris—"

Knowing the identity of the so-called [reinforcement army], Roy couldn't help being a little surprised,
The Elis people live in the Elis region in the northwestern Peloponnese.

Because the two mountainous regions of Ahai and Arcadia surrounded the Elis region from the east and the south, there was little communication between the Elis people and the rest of the Peloponnese.

The rest of the Peloponnese Peninsula has entered into farming civilization, and the Iris people live in the Iris Great Plain, which is fertile and suitable for farming, but still retains the living customs of the nomadic peoples of their ancient ancestors.

Because the Elis people retain the nomadic living customs, Ares, the patron saint of the Elis people, is also a brutal and violent god of war and killing.

This so-called [reinforcement] did not come from the Thebes region or the Corinth region adjacent to the Attica Peninsula, but from the distant Elis region.

Pandion's eyes widened in disbelief, looking at the Elis Legion that was getting closer and closer to the city of Athens.

When the Iris Legion was only 100 meters away from the city of Athens, Tereus, king of the Iris people, stopped the soldiers in place, and then walked up to Pandion alone and said.

"If I'm not mistaken, you are Pandion, the leader of the Athenian tribe."

Tereus said politely like a junior treats an elder.

"Let me introduce myself. I am Tereus, king of the city of Elis in the region of Elis. The Great Mother River Pinios divides the Great Plain of Elis in two. I rule the northern part of the Great Plain of Elis. I Oenomanos, the older brother of Oenomanos, ruled the southern part of the great plain of Elis and the city of Olympia. I have been following the Mycenaeans since their conquest of the Argos region by the barbaric invaders. Knowing that the Mycenaeans Wanting to conquer the Athenian tribes, I immediately rushed to support them with [-] soldiers, but I didn't expect that I was one step too late, you Athenians defeated the Mycenaeans before I arrived."

After the Mycenaeans conquered the Argos region, the next target of their invasion was either the ancient and powerful city of Corinth, or they invaded the Elis region through the barren mountains.

As a potential target for a Mycenaean invasion, the Iris did have a reason to come to the aid of the Athenian tribes.

Although Tereus and the reinforcements he brought did not help the Athenian tribe, Pandion still said with a smile.

"Dear Terios, on behalf of all the Athenians, I thank you for coming. Although I couldn't fight side by side with you, I now invite you to our banquet to celebrate the defeat of the Mycenaeans with us Athenians."

Tereus nodded.

"As a guest following guest etiquette, I accept all arrangements made by Chief Pandion."

Then, Tereus asked his messenger to send an order to the soldiers of Elis, ordering the soldiers of Elis to station outside the city of Athens.

Roy came to the Acropolis with Pandion, Erechtheus, and Terios with the Athenian soldiers. They saw the entrance of the Acropolis Mountain Gate. Hiding her face, she waits for the winner with a wreath of olive branches in her forehand.

Immediately, Pandion quickened his pace and walked in front of Zeuxieper, bowing his head to let Zeuxieper wear the victory wreath for himself.

Seeing Procne approaching, Erechtheus also lowered his head, ready to accept his sister's flower crown.

But Procne didn't go to Erechtheus, but came to Roy blushing.

"Procne..."

Seeing that Procne actually wanted to present a flower crown for himself in full view, Roy couldn't help but widen his eyes.

For Procne is different from Philomela.

As a 16-year-old girl, Procne presented a flower crown to Roy, which is equivalent to confessing to Roy.

Although surprised by Procne's boldness, Roy still lowered his head and let Procne wear the olive branch wreath she wove by herself on her head.

This also represents Roy's acceptance of Procne's confession.

Philomela walked up to Erechtheus with puffy cheeks and said.

"Dear brother! If you don't mind that this is the flower crown I made for brother Roy, then I will give this flower crown to you!"

Can I say I mind?

Erechtheus said helplessly.

"How can a brother refuse the flower crown that my dear sister gave me?"

After speaking, he bowed his head to Philomela.

At this moment, Tereus' eyes widened, looking at Procne for a while, and Philomela for a while.

"I didn't expect the leader of Pandion to have two such beautiful daughters. Even though the veil hides their faces, I can see that they have beauty comparable to that of a goddess."

(End of this chapter)