I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 345 Hippolyta Wants to Marry Me

Aeetes obviously attached great importance to his daughter Phyllis. As soon as the war at the foot of the Eastern Rhodope Mountain was over, Aeetes sent an envoy to redeem his daughter Phyllis.

Loy and Hippolyta asked the messenger to negotiate with Aeetes in person, and the messenger soon brought Aeetes' reply—Aeetes agreed to negotiate in person.

When night falls.

A bonfire was lit outside the coalition camp of the Kingdom of Athens and the Amazon tribe. Loy and Hippolyta waited beside the bonfire with Phyllis.

Not long after, Aeetes came to the campfire alone on a white horse.

"Phyllis—"

Seeing Phyllis sitting with Roy and Hippolyta, Aeetes immediately jumped off his horse excitedly.

Seeing that Aeetes wanted to get close to Phyllis, Roy reminded Aeetes.

"Aeetes, you cannot approach your daughter Phyllis until we reach a negotiation. If you find a chance to snatch Phyllis away, we will lose our bargaining chip with you."

After speaking, Roy put his left hand on Phyllis's beautiful neck.

It seemed to be implying to Aietes that if he dared to approach Felice without authorization, Roy would take Felice's life.

Aeetes could only stop approaching Felice, and asked Loy and Hippolyta with a cold face.

"How much ransom do you want me to pay to return Phyllis to me?"

"Aeetes, if you want us to return Phyllis to you, you have to agree to two demands."

Hippolyta said with a smile.

"Our first request is for you to end this war. The second request is that you cede the five major tribes in the west of the Marmara Sea and their territories to the Amazon tribe."

"This is impossible!"

After listening to Hippolyta's words, Aeetes refused without hesitation.

"I agree to end this war, but I will not cede the territory and people to the Amazon tribe in humiliation. If I accept this humiliating request, will other tribes in Thrace surrender to the Sun tribe?"

"Father, please give up my burden."

Phyllis also said firmly at this time.

"They asked you to exchange tens of thousands of square kilometers of territory and more than 5 people for me alone. You must not agree to such a request."

"Phyllis..."

Aeetes gave Felice a distressed look, and then threatened Hippolyta with a fierce expression.

"Hippolyta, you heard my daughter's words. You actually want to use Phyllis to take away the territory and population of our Sun Tribe. Do you really think that the strength of the Amazon Tribe can fight against the Sun Tribe? If there is no king of Athens, Roy And his soldiers, your Amazon tribe is no match for our Sun tribe at all."

Facing the threat from Aeetes, Hippolyta was immediately shaken.

As Aeetes said, the Amazon tribe was weaker than the Sun tribe.

When the cooperation between the Kingdom of Athens and the Amazon Tribe ends, the Sun Tribe can do it, not to mention defeating the Amazon Tribe, even if it completely wipes out the Amazon Tribe.

Perhaps it is a wise choice to accept it as soon as it is good.

At this moment, Roy said with a smile.

"Aeetes, since you think the Sun Tribe is far stronger than the Amazon Tribe, why don't you accept our request for your daughter first, and then take back the lost territory and population later? Could it be that you were lying just now? , you don’t think the Sun Tribe can defeat the Amazon Tribe?”

"Of course I'm not lying. The Sun Tribe is the strongest tribe in Thrace."

"Then why don't you dare to accept our request? Although we will ask you not to attack the Amazon tribe anymore, we will give you a very short time limit. One year - we only ask you not to attack the Amazon tribe for one year. Wait until After a year, you can wage war against the Amazon tribes and take back your lost territories and population."

After Roy finished speaking, Hippolyta immediately spoke anxiously.

"Roy, you haven't discussed with me—"

Before Hippolyta finished speaking, Roy interrupted Hippolyta and continued.

"Aeetes! I'll give you one night to think about it, now let's go back to our respective barracks!"

After speaking, Roy stood up and pulled Hippolyta and Phyllis away.

After watching the three of Roy leave, Aeetes immediately rode his white horse back to the camp of the Sun Tribe.

Hippolyta's tent.

Roy, Hippolyta, and Phyllis returned here, and Hippolyta said dissatisfiedly as she took off her helmet.

"Loy, why did you set the truce between us and the Sun Tribe for one year? It is impossible for our Amazon tribe to develop enough to compete with the Sun Tribe in just one year of truce. Could it be that after one year, your Kingdom of Athens Will you continue to fight against the Sun Tribe with us?"

"Hippolyta, you underestimate the potential of the Amazon tribe."

Roy said confidently.

"If the Kingdom of Athens sells you [-] bronze spears within a year, so that you have tens of thousands of knights using bronze spears in a year, do you still have no confidence in fighting the Sun Tribe?"

"Ten thousand bronze spears—"

Hippolyta's eyes lit up, and she couldn't help but take a deep breath and said.

"If our Amazon tribe has tens of thousands of knights wielding bronze spears in a year, even without the help of the Kingdom of Athens, I have the confidence to defeat the Sun tribe."

"You really underestimate our Sun Tribe."

Phyllis said with a sneer suddenly.

"Now our Sun Tribe has mastered the technology of smelting bronze and discovered copper mines in the territory. Half of the bronze spears used by our Sun Tribe knights are made by our Sun Tribe. Amazon tribes can buy them in a year Ten thousand bronze war spears, but we Sun Tribe will make more bronze war spears."

"You can make your own bronze weapons—"

Hippolyta stared at Phyllis with wide eyes, and then said to Roy.

"Loy, sell me the black iron weapons of your Kingdom of Athens. As long as all the knights of the Amazon tribe use black iron weapons, I can defeat the Sun tribe with full confidence."

Roy shook his head without hesitation and said.

"Hippolyta, I told you long ago that black iron weapons are the monopoly weapons of the Kingdom of Athens. Even if the Amazon tribe is now an ally of the Kingdom of Athens, I will not sell black iron weapons to you."

"If I marry you and let you rule the Amazon tribe with me, will you sell me the black iron weapon?"

Looking at Hippolyta's big eyes full of expectation, Roy shook his head and said.

"Even if we get married, I will not sell you the black iron weapon. Because I am the king of the Kingdom of Athens, for me, the most important thing is the interests of the Kingdom of Athens. Only the Amazon tribe becomes the territory of the Kingdom of Athens, I Only then will I sell you the black iron weapon."

"You want to annex our Amazon tribe—"

"If the Amazon tribe doesn't become part of the Kingdom of Athens, I'll just be a tool husband to help you have children."

Roy said very frankly.

"Hippolyta! If you are willing to make the Amazon tribe a part of the Kingdom of Athens, and change from a nomad to an agricultural people, I will sell you the black iron weapon."

(End of this chapter)