I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 499 Three Goddesses Carve Up the Balkans

There is a saying that painting a tiger is not an anti-dog.

Perseus's imitation of Roy can be described with this sentence.

The rapid expansion of the territory of the Athenian empire by Loy usually brought a better life to the local ethnic groups.

The Mycenae kingdom established by Perseus obviously did not allow the local Illyrians to live a better life.

Because the ruling system of Perseus made the Mycenaeans and the honorary Mycenaeans the ruling class, the ordinary Illyrians supported the upper Mycenaeans and the honorary Mycenaeans.

Under this system, not to mention ordinary Illyrians, even Illyrians who became honorary Mycenaeans would not risk their lives to support Perseus' rule.

After all, the Illyrians, who were enslaved and exploited under the rule of Perseus, were the true kin of the honorable Mycenaeans.

Outside Dodona.

Roy's [-] Athenian army collided with Perseus' [-] army.

Perseus's army consisted of [-] Mycenaean soldiers and [-] honorary Mycenaean soldiers.

The honorary Mycenaean soldiers were in charge of the battle, and the Mycenaean soldiers served as superintendents in the rear.

The armies of both sides collided like two torrents, and the honorable Mycenaean soldiers burst out with amazing morale at the beginning.

However, as the two sides fought, the Athenian soldiers using sharp iron spears and wearing iron armor began to reduce the dimensionality of the honorable Mycenaean soldiers using bronze spears. This war became a unilateral massacre by the Athenian soldiers. The morale of the Mycenaean soldiers quickly collapsed.

Obviously these honored Mycenaeans [Illyrians] did not want to sacrifice their lives for Perseus and the Mycenaeans.

Seeing the expected situation on the battlefield, Perseus shouted at the honorary Mycenaean soldiers while asking the Mycenaean soldiers who supervised the battle to kill the honorary Mycenaean soldiers who retreated and fled.

"Honor to the Mycenaeans! All are not allowed to retreat! The great goddess Dione is the greatest and most powerful goddess. As long as we pray to Goddess Dione sincerely, we will be able to defeat the enemy."

Hearing Perseus's words, the honorable Mycenaean soldiers could only pray for Dione's help while being driven by the supervising team.

Dione [Zeus] immediately responded to the prayer of the honored Mycenaeans, and stretched out her left hand to release the divine light to illuminate the honored Mycenaean soldiers on the battlefield.

Under the divine light of Dione [Zeus], ​​the honored Mycenaean soldiers not only improved their strength, but also their courage to fight the Athenian soldiers.

Seeing that Dione began to intervene in this war, Loi also called out to the goddess of the Athenian Empire.

"Goddess Metis! Goddess Mnemosyne! Goddess Amphitrite! Please help us defeat our enemies."

The next moment!

Metis, Mnemosyne, and Amphitrite descended from the sky accompanied by three divine lights.

After the three goddesses arrived, they didn't immediately go into battle, and all looked down at Roy expressionlessly.

Sensing the dissatisfaction of the three goddesses, Roy pretended to be puzzled and said.

"Goddess Metis! Goddess Mnemosyne! Goddess Amphitrite! Don't you want to get involved in this war? Then I can only seek help from other goddesses."

Metis gritted his teeth and said angrily.

"Is this what you want to say? We are the first three goddesses to give you blessings, and now Persephone, Aphrodite, Istanus, Alina, Inanna, and Sekhmet are in Under your rule, you have become a great goddess with a territory of more than [-] square kilometers, whose power and power rival the kings of ordinary gods, but we are ordinary city-state patron saints, don't you feel sorry for us?"

"I'm feeling it too."

Mnemo Shune said with a blank face.

"You wouldn't be where you are today if it wasn't for our help in the first place."

Even Amphitrite couldn't help but say.

"Persephone and Aphrodite joined the Athens Empire later than us, why are their strength and status higher than ours?"

Facing the collective complaints of the three goddesses, Roy said with a smile.

"Just like the importance of Procne and Philomela in my heart will not be lost to any other girl, you are the first three goddesses who gave me the blessing of the gods, and the importance of you in my heart will not be lost To any other goddess. Now I promise you, this time I conquer the Balkans, I will give you new territories, so that your territories will all exceed 15 square kilometers."

Hearing Roy's promise, Metis said with a satisfied smile.

"What I want is not only the territory, but also the throne of the Queen of the Gods of the Athenian Empire. Since you have built the Temple of the Gods of Athens on Mount Helicon, then worship me as the Protector of Athens and make me the head of the Temple of the Gods of Athens Owner."

"Give me enough time!"

Dione suddenly roared angrily at this moment.

"More than one-third of the Balkan Peninsula is my territory! You said in front of me that you want to carve up the Balkan Peninsula, do you think you will be able to defeat me?"

"It's really noisy!"

Metis looked at Dione with disdainful eyes and said.

"Zeus! Do you think you can defeat us by becoming a goddess? We don't even need to join forces, I can defeat you alone."

After speaking, Metis summoned a black sharp gun and took the initiative to attack Dione.

Clang!
Metis' spear blade collided with Dione's spear blade.

Dione was taken a step back by the astonishing power of Metis, and said with an unbelievable expression on her face.

"How is this possible? I am the patron saint of the Mycenae Kingdom with an area of ​​20 square kilometers and a population of millions. You are only the patron saint of the city of Athens and the Attica Peninsula. Why is your divine power stronger than mine?"

"The city of Athens and the Attica peninsula that I guard are the heart of the Athens Empire."

Athena said with a smug smile.

"As the patron saint of the city of Athens, I am the most special patron saint of the Athens Empire. Although my territory does not exceed 20 square kilometers, my power and power are second only to the six great goddesses. Although you now have [-] In the territory of square kilometers, those Illyrians who were enslaved and exploited by the Mycenaeans did not agree with you and worship you from the bottom of their hearts, so you are now weak from the outside."

"you--"

Dione glared at Metis with angry eyes, but couldn't say anything to refute.

Because what Metis said was true, the Illyrians who were enslaved and oppressed by the Mycenaeans did not recognize and worship Dione.

"If I have 20 years—40 years to annex the Illyrian goddess, there's no way you can defeat me."

After uttering this impotent and furious cry, Dione called out loudly.

"Poseidon! Hades! Ares! Hermes! What are you waiting for?"

Following Dione's call, Poseidon, Hades, Ares, and Hermes descended on the battlefield and came behind Dione.

"It looks like it's time for us to contribute."

Mnemosyne said to Amphitrite with a gentle sweet smile.

"Should I solve them alone, or should we solve both?"

(End of this chapter)