I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 367 Hermes wants to be a son

In another world myth, the great Mycenaean hero Hercules completed twelve missions.

The first task of Hercules is to destroy the Nemean giant lion in the Argos region, and the second task is to destroy the Hydra in the Argos region.

The realistic prototype of these two stories is the conquest of the Argos region by the Mycenaeans.

Hercules' third mission was to catch Artemis' stag, and his fourth mission was to catch Artemis' boar.

The realistic prototype of these two stories is the conquest of the Arcadia region by the Mycenaeans.

The fifth task of Hercules is to kill King Elis. The realistic prototype of this story is that after the Mycenaeans conquered the Argos and Arcadia regions, they began to conquer the Elis region.

But Hercules' sixth mission is to eliminate the strange birds in the Arcadia area.

Judging from the timeline, after the Mycenaeans conquered the Elis region, the Pilaski people in the Arcadia region launched a war against the Mycenaeans, and were then successfully suppressed by the Mycenaeans.

Roy led Callisto and [-] troops into the Arcadia region, and the Pilaski tribe who had surrendered to the Mycenaeans immediately launched a large-scale rebellion.

The [-] Mycenaean soldiers who stayed in the Arcadia area did not choose to fight Loy's [-] troops, nor did they choose to suppress the rebellion.

After the thousand Pilaski soldiers in this team fled, the remaining thousand Mycenaean soldiers fled directly from the territory of the Illyrians to the area of ​​​​Iris.

Arcadia City.

It was the city ruled by King Lycaon of Arcadia.

But a few months earlier, the Mycenaeans had taken the city.

They not only killed Lycaon and his sons, but also destroyed the temple of Artemis, pushed the statue of Artemis down from the throne, and made Artemis lose his status as the patron saint of Arcadia.

Now the ruler of the city of Arcadia has become an Illyrian supported by the Mycenaeans.

When Roy arrived here with [-] troops and Callisto, the [-] Piraski rebels also came here at the same time.

Roy asked Callisto before ordering his soldiers to attack the city of Arcadia.

"Calisto, I will give you a thousand soldiers, can you rule Arcadia?"

"I can!"

Finally got the same chance as Io, Callisto said excitedly.

"After the cruel exploitation and oppression of the Mycenaeans, my people must miss the rule of my father Lycaon very much, so they will take the initiative to resist the rule of the Mycenaeans. I am the princess of Arcadia, or Arte The priestess of Goddess Mis, the clansmen will be willing to obey my orders. As long as Your Majesty allows them to live a better life, the Arcadia region will become part of the Kingdom of Athens and support His Majesty's rule."

Roy nodded in satisfaction.

"Don't let me down."

Just as Roy's [-] troops rushed towards the city of Arcadia, the Illyrians in the city took the initiative to open the city gate and sent an envoy to negotiate with Roy.

"You said that you are willing to surrender to us like you surrender to the Mycenaeans, and let your god Hermes be the son of our goddess Metis of the Kingdom of Athens?"

The Illyrians voluntarily surrendered, which was completely expected by Roy.

Since the bones of the Illyrians were weak enough to submit to the Mycenaeans, they had no reason to defend the Mycenaean rule over them.

Anyway, he knelt down to be his son, knelt down to the more powerful kingdom of Athens, and maybe he could get better treatment.

What Roy didn't expect was that the Illyrians would take the initiative to imitate the father-son relationship between Hermes and Zeus, making Hermes the cheap son of Metis.

"You ignorant Illyrians, don't you know that the goddess Metis is an unmarried virgin?"

Roy said angrily to the Illyrian messenger.

"Only I can make Metis lose her status as an unmarried goddess. Hermes wants to be Metis' son. Does he want his father god Zeus to become Metis' husband? Originally, I didn't put you Yili Since you are so stupid that you are hopelessly stupid, there are only two endings for you—living as slaves, or becoming corpses.”

After driving the envoys of the Illyrians back to the city of Arcadia, Roy personally led an army of four thousand to attack the city of Arcadia.

In Arcadia, the ruler of the Illyrians was Myrtiros.

Now he is not only the high priest of Hermes, but also the king who rules the city of Arcadia.

After the messenger brought Roy's reply, in order not to become a corpse or a slave, Myrtiros could only lead a thousand soldiers to guard the city of Arcadia, buying time for his people to escape.

"Great Hermes, please protect us through this disaster."

With the prayer of Myrtiros, Pan [Hermes], the god of shepherds with goat's legs, horns and ears, descended over the city of Arcadia with a height of [-] meters.

"Damn human!"

Hermes looked down at Roy's figure and said angrily.

"I have put down my dignity and offered to be the son of Metis, why don't you give me this chance?"

Hearing Hermes' words, Roy raised his head and responded.

"Stupid Hermes, do you think I will make you the first male god of the Kingdom of Athens? Even if you want to be my son, I will drive you out of the territory of the Kingdom of Athens."

"You can see me—"

Hermes widened his eyes in surprise at first, then sneered.

"How stupid! How dare you directly humiliate the gods, I already have reasons to attack you."

After finishing speaking, Hermes waved the huge reed flute in his hand and threw it at Roy.

Clang!
Just when Hermes's reed pipe was about to hit Roy, an arrow flew suddenly and collided with Hermes' reed pipe.

Hermes was forced to stop attacking Roy, and then the figure of Artemis descended from the sky, confronting Hermes.

"Hermes! The throne of the patron saint of Arcadia that was taken away by you, it's time to return it to me."

"Artemis—"

Hermes showed a fearful look, looked at Artemis with little confidence and said.

"I have been suppressed by you for hundreds of years, and now I have finally ascended to the throne of the patron saint, and I will not let you take it away—"

Before Hermes could finish speaking, Artemis threw away the bow and arrow and turned into a black female bear with red eyes.

"Hermes—"

Artemis, who had turned into a black she-bear, let out an angry growl.

"With Zeus as your father and backer, you forget that you are a sheep and I am a bear. You have no right to challenge me?"

After speaking, Artemis waved a pair of bear claws to attack Hermes.

The half-goat, half-human Hermes could only dodge in embarrassment under the attack of Artemis' claws.

Because Artemis restrains Hermes like a bear restrains a sheep.

This is why Hermes has been unable to replace Artemis as the patron saint of Arcadia for thousands of years.

"Father save me—"

Recalling her terror under Artemis' attack, Hermes uttered a lamb-like cry for help.

(End of this chapter)