I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 192 The War Is Temporarily Over
After appeasing the captives, Roy returned to Athens in the dark.

Acropolis.

When Roy came to the gate of the Acropolis, he saw Procne, Philomela, Kaone, and Pandora waiting for him here, just like a wife waiting for her husband who returned in triumph.

"Brother Roy—"

Seeing Roy's figure, Philomela was the first to run over and throw herself into Roy's arms.

Procne walked up to Roy with Kione and Pandora, looked at Roy with concern and said.

"Brother Roy, is your body injured?"

Roy picked up Philomela and turned around, then smiled at Procne.

"Although I am glad that you are worried about me, you should have confidence in me like Philomela. Deucalion is not an opponent who can hurt me."

Confirming that Roy was really not injured, Procne said with a smile.

"My mother taught me that men always like to be brave, even if they are hurt, they won't admit it, so I have to make sure that brother Roy is not hurt."

"Procne, I feel more and more that you will become a good wife like your mother-in-law in the future."

Seeing Procne raising the olive branch wreath to wear on the ground of his head, Roy lowered his head actively.

After Procne put the olive branch wreath on Roy's head, Roy looked up and said.

"Now I'm hungry and thirsty, let's go back to the palace! I will tell you how I won this war while enjoying the food."

After speaking, Roy led the girls to the palace.

The Royal Palace of Athens.

Inside the hall illuminated by twelve candles.

After Roy and the four girls sat down around the table, a group of young and beautiful palace maids quickly brought barbecue, oatmeal, white bread, wine, fruit and other food.

Procne and Philomela sat on the left and right of Roy, serving Roy like maids and feeding him with various foods.

After his stomach was half full, Roy began to tell the story of how the Athenian navy defeated the Knossos navy.

"...This naval battle was easily won not only because of the help of the north wind, but also because Deucalion was unprepared for my fire attack. After this naval battle spreads, both sides in future naval battles will Guard against enemy fire."

After Roy finished talking about the conclusion of this war, Pandora smiled jokingly.

"Even if this naval battle spreads, only very wealthy city-states will use fire attacks during naval battles. Ordinary naval battles—such as pirates robbing merchant ships, attacking merchant ships with hundreds of catties of olive oil, unless pirates can If you grab a commodity with a high value like salt, otherwise you will lose more than you gain. However, a merchant ship with a very high value, and the accompanying escort warships will be so powerful that it is difficult for ordinary pirates to win."

Kaone nodded in agreement.

"If the pirates were robbing a grain ship, it would be impossible for the pirates to burn thousands of catties of olive oil to grab the thousands of catties of grain on the grain ship. Just like Pandora said, ordinary naval battles will not happen The case of using fire attack."

Procne said to Roy with a worried expression.

"Brother Luoy, people in this era attach great importance to reputation. If you defeat Deucalion with a fire attack, I'm afraid your reputation will not rise but fall instead."

"I don't care about reputation."

Roy said with a smile.

"As long as I can win the war, not to mention defeating the enemy with fire, I can do it even if the river bursts and floods the enemy's city. History is ultimately written by the victor, and only the victor can represent it. Justice, the loser is the sinner beyond description."

"Brother Luoy, is the war between our city of Athens and the city of Knossos really over now?"

Hearing Philomela's inquiry, Roy nodded and said.

"The war between Athens and Knossos is temporarily over. Although the number of soldiers and warships in Knossos still exceeds that of Athens, Knossos needs half the number of soldiers and warships Protect their territories and sea areas. So before the city of Knossos recruits new soldiers and builds new warships, the city of Knossos is already powerless to wage war against us."

Pandora said aggressively on purpose.

"Since the city of Knossos can conquer Athens, why don't you take the navy of Athens to conquer Knossos and completely defeat Knossos so that the Knossos can no longer threaten Athens?"

"Are you really stupid or just pretending to be stupid?"

Roy rolled his eyes and said.

"Whether it's a land war or a sea battle, the people of Knossos are already on guard against my tactics. When I go to expedition to Knossos City, the best result is that I will lose to Knossos City. But Crete still has the city of Donia ruled by your elder brother Radamandes, Athens and Knossos will lose both, and Donia will replace Knossos as the new overlord of the Aegean Sea And a trading hub. So I'm going to let the half-dead city of Knossos and Donia eat dog, so that Athens can benefit from it."

Seeing Pandora pouted her lips in dissatisfaction, Philome stretched her finger and pointed at Pandora.

"You really don't have the same heart with us, and you actually want to encourage brother Roy to lose to Knossos City."

"If Roy is willing to follow me to Donya City, then he and I are of one mind."

After responding to Philomela, Pandora smiled and said to Roy.

"Honey, if you are willing to go with me to Donia City, I can let you replace Radamandes as the king of Donia City."

"You want me to betray the goddess Metis and serve Pandora, the guardian goddess of Donia?"

In this era, shifting one's own ruling center has a very special meaning.

The city of Athens is the center of Roy's rule, representing the goddess Metis, the goddess with the highest status in the Kingdom of Athens.

The city of Donia became the ruling center of Roy, and Pandora, the patron saint of Donia city, became the new supreme god of the Kingdom of Athens.

In the history of another world, in order to abolish the status of the sun god Amon as the supreme god, the Pharaoh Amenhotep IV of the No.18 dynasty of Egypt transferred the ruling center from the city of Thebes guarded by Amon to the A new city built by the sun god Aten.

Roy saw through his ambition, and Pandora smiled unabashedly.

"As the second largest city-state in Crete, Donia has the potential to replace Knossos as a trading hub. As long as you are willing to be the king of Donia, you can use Athens and Donia The power of the city conquered the city of Knossos and completed the great cause of unifying Crete.”

Roy shook his head and said.

"The development potential of Crete is very limited, and I'd be crazy to use Crete as my ruling center."

The city of Knossos in Crete became the overlord of the Aegean Sea, not because Knossos City has great potential, but because Knossos City was lucky to become a trading hub.

As long as the trade hub of the Aegean Sea is shifted, the hegemony of Knossos City will weaken, and there is no possibility of rising again.

Because the resources of Crete itself determine the limit of the development of the city-state of Crete.

(End of this chapter)