I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 162 You Can Only Wear A Flower Crown For Me
Amphitrite had already expressed her position in person, and Sisyphus naturally could no longer insist on the traditional ritual of human sacrifice.

After Sisyphus ordered Corinthian soldiers to take away 36 Mycenaean captives, Roy came to Sisyphus and said.

"Sisyphus! I am simply opposed to using living people to sacrifice gods or heroes and kings. I don't have any dissatisfaction with you. Please don't pay attention to what happened just now."

In this era, it is very common to sacrifice living people.

According to ancient myths and legends, before the start of the Trojan War, in order to please the gods, the Greek Allied Forces offered the highest level of sacrifice - Iphigenia, the eldest daughter of Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, as a sacrifice to the goddess of hunting. Themis.

After the end of the Trojan War, the Greek Allied Forces offered the highest level of sacrifice - Polyxena, the daughter of Priam, king of Troy, as a sacrifice to the dead demigod hero Achilles.

After listening to Roy's explanation, Sisyphus patted Roy's shoulder with his right hand and smiled.

"If you didn't stop me, I would continue to foolishly offer sacrifices to Goddess Amphitrite that she didn't want. Now I can only thank you for stopping me, and I won't have any complaints against you."

Amphitrite also said at this time.

"Sisyphus, I won't blame you for using living people to sacrifice to me. After all, this is your traditional ritual for thousands of years."

"Great Goddess Amphitrite, now I understand that you not only treat us Corinthians with kindness, but also treat other people with kindness. In the future, when important festivals or war victories occur, I will use the method of increasing the competition Item as a sacrifice to you."

"Although you humans can't see my body, I will sit on the altar and watch the whole process of every competition you hold for me."

After Amphitrite finished speaking, the azure blue divine light that bloomed on her body gradually disappeared, and finally, except for Roy, no one else could see Amphitrite's figure anymore.

As if greatly encouraged, Sisyphus turned and shouted to the soldiers who were qualified to participate in the tournament.

"Soldiers from Corinth! Soldiers from Athens! Soldiers from Thebes! The great goddess Amphitrite will appreciate the entire process of the competition. If you want to become champions under the witness of Goddess Amphitrite, sign up to participate in the long-distance race." Competitions, weightlifting competitions and throwing competitions. And I announce that the top three in the three competitions can enjoy the meat of the Hundred Animals Festival first."

After Sisyphus finished speaking, not only the Corinthian soldiers, but also the Athenian and Thebes soldiers enthusiastically signed up for the competition.

After Sisyphus selected the venue for the long-distance running competition and began to preside over the long-distance running competition, Roy and Harmonia also selected the venues for the weightlifting competition and the throwing competition respectively, and let the soldiers carry out the weightlifting competition and the throwing competition.

Glaucus was responsible for managing the sacrifice, directing hundreds of butchers to slaughter the sacrificial cattle and sheep, and then let hundreds of servants roast the beef and mutton.

Whether it was the long-distance race hosted by Sisyphus or the throwing competition hosted by Harmonia, hundreds of soldiers participated.

Only dozens of tall, strong and muscular soldiers participated in the weightlifting competition hosted by Lowy.

When the other two competitions were not halfway through, the weightlifting competition hosted by Lowy had already appeared in the undisputed top three.

After putting on the crown of olive branches for the top three in the weightlifting competition, Roy came to the side of the altar and couldn't help admiring Amphitrite sitting on the altar.

At this moment, Roy finally understood that it is indeed necessary for the gods to hide themselves from humans.

If Amphitrite hadn't hidden her figure, everyone present would have been around her all the time, either worshiping her devoutly and praying for blessings, or admiring the incredible beauty of the goddess.

No matter whether it is the athletic conference or the Hundred Animals Festival, it will not be able to proceed normally.

Being stared at by Roy, Amphitrite couldn't help but said.

"Even if I'm a human girl, you can't keep staring at me!"

"Uh... sorry!"

Roy lowered his head in shame and said.

"I always admire your beauty because the great goddess Amphitrite is too beautiful."

"It's okay, I won't be angry."

Amphitrite said with a smile.

"In the past, after I appeared in front of humans, human men either knelt on the ground and dared not look at me, or kept staring at me like you. I have long been used to it."

Then, Amphitrite asked curiously.

"You are the first human being able to see the gods I have encountered in thousands of years when our gods did not show up actively. Is this the ability given to you by the goddess Metis you serve?"

Being able to see gods who didn't actively show up—this is one of Roy's secrets.

Facing Amphitrite's inquiry, Roy hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said.

"Goddess Amphitrite, this is not an ability bestowed on me by the gods."

"This is your own ability—"

Amphitrite couldn't help but look at Roy carefully with surprised eyes, as if discovering a rare treasure.

"Roy, were you talking to yourself just now?"

Sisyphus's voice suddenly sounded behind him. When Roy turned around, he saw Sisyphus walking in front of him with the top three in the long-distance race.

As the king of Corinth, another identity of Sisyphus was the highest priest serving Amphitrite, the patron saint of Corinth.

But when Amphitrite did not show up, Sisyphus could neither see Amphitrite's figure nor hear Amphitrite's voice.

If Roy told Sisyphus that he was just chatting with the goddess Amphitrite he served, Roy wondered if Sisyphus would be jealous.

But if the positions are exchanged, Roy can't see the figure of the goddess Metis, can't hear the voice of the goddess Metis, a man who is not a priest of Metis can communicate with the goddess he serves, Roy will definitely be jealous To want to kill each other.

So Roy was very sensible and didn't tell the truth.

"Sisyphus! Just now I was praying to the goddess Amphitrite, hoping that I can return to Athens smoothly tomorrow."

At this moment, Harmonia came over with the top three in the throwing competition.

"Honey!"

Harmonia ran over and threw herself into Roy's arms, and said coquettishly.

"Officing the game is really boring, I will never do this kind of thing myself again in the future."

Seeing that Harmonia didn't wear olive branch wreaths for the top three in the throwing competition, Roy said suspiciously.

"Why don't you crown the top three in the throwing competition?"

"Because they are not women!"

Harmonia said without hesitation.

"I'm a woman with a husband, and I can't have close contact with other men. Do you want me to wear flower crowns for other men with my own hands?"

"no!"

Roy frowned.

"You can only wear the flower crown for me alone! It seems that I will add a rule to the competition. The top three in the men's competition will be crowned by men, and the top three in the women's competition will be crowned by women."

"Honey, there are no women participating in the competition!"

"Although I don't have it now, I will hold a women's competition in the future."

(End of this chapter)