I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 536 Bellerophon's Dead End

Hearing Roy's proposal, Hecate rolled his eyes and said.

"The strength of our gods is not determined by the number of godheads, and the godhead of thunder is not compatible with an earth goddess like me. If Zeus' godhead is the godhead of thunderstorm, I might be interested in accepting it."

When it rains there will be thunder, but there will be rain without thunder.

Therefore, the godhead of the Thunderstorm God, the core is rain rather than thunder.

As the god of thunder worshiped by the ancient Aryans, Zeus's core is the thunder that symbolizes the power of heaven rather than rain, so Zeus is the god of thunder rather than rain.

Moreover, in the Eastern European Plains, where the climate is humid and the average annual rainfall reaches [-] millimeters, there is no need to pray for rain.

In the history of another world, the God of Thunder became the God of Thunderstorm Teshub in the Asia Minor Peninsula because the annual rainfall in the Asia Minor Peninsula is only [-] millimeters, and the inland has a subtropical dry summer climate.

In order to gain a foothold in Asia Minor, the God of Thunder became the God of Thunder and Rain.

Seeing that Hecate was not interested in the Godhead of Thunder, Roy collected the Godhead of Thunder from Zeus' corpse and said while integrating the Godhead of Thunder into himself.

"Although increasing the number of godheads won't really improve your strength, it's a pity to eat a tasteless dish after all. Since Hecate, you are not interested in the godhead of thunder, then I will accept the godhead of thunder."

After taking the Thunder Godhead into his body, Roy looked at Hecate with scorching eyes.

"Goddess Hecate! I have reached an agreement with King Iobates. As long as I help him eliminate Bellerophon who deceived him, the Arzava region will become the territory of the Athens Empire. At that time, you will also become one of the goddesses of the Athens Empire. Do you have any opinions on this?"

"no!"

Hecate shook his head without hesitation.

"Avatars of the ancient Earth Goddess—almost all of my sisters have become goddesses of the Athenian Empire, and I'm even happy to be reunited with them."

Hecate is not a male god who will be driven to extinction by the Athenian Empire.

Becoming the goddess of the Athens Empire, Hecate not only has no loss of interests, but even has a stronger authority than before——

In this case, Hecate certainly had no reason to refuse to join the Athenian Empire.

"Then do you want to get more territories?"

"Are you willing to give me more territory?"

"Of course!"

Roy said with a sunny smile.

"But there is no free lunch in the world. If you want to have more territory, you must marry me and become one of my wives."

"Then forget it!"

Hecate turned her back to Roy and said.

"The human beings who worship me have always regarded me as a girl god, and I don't want to betray their beliefs."

After speaking, Hecate turned into a ray of light and flew towards the city of Apasa.

Looking at Hecate's leaving figure, Roy said with a smile.

"The area of ​​the Arzava region is about [-] square kilometers. You have such a large territory. Of course, you will not let go of your pride as a goddess in order to obtain a new territory. When you join the Athens Empire and see that your sisters have a larger territory than yourself, will you still be willing to become the goddess with the smallest territory among the sisters? As long as your goddesses compete with each other, the reservedness of the girl god will definitely be broken."

1598 BC.

end of june.

Two hundred Athenian warships sailed into the port of Patara in Lydia.

Patara was the city ruled by Bellerophon and his Mycenaean followers.

After the Mycenaeans refused the Athenian warships to enter the port, Roy directly ordered an attack on the city of Patara.

Under the mighty impact of the Athens fleet, the Mycenaean soldiers in the port resisted a little, then abandoned the port and fled back to the city of Patara.

After all, there are only 500 soldiers guarding the port.

On the [-] warships of the Athens fleet, at least [-] soldiers were able to land and fight. The Mycenaean soldiers in the port would die in vain if they chose to resist.

After capturing the port of Patara City, Roy immediately landed at the port with [-] soldiers to attack Patara City.

Before Roy arrived at the city of Patara with an army of five thousand, Bellerophon sent an envoy for peace.

Because not only did Patara have only [-] soldiers, but they also used outdated bronze weapons.

The Athenian army not only has twice the numerical advantage, but also uses iron weapons to attack the Mycenaeans. There is no chance of winning a war with the Athenian army.

Roy rejected Bellerophon's peace proposal, and sent Bellerophon's messengers to bring back his demand for unconditional surrender.

unconditional surrender—

It is to let Bellerophon be prepared to be disposed of by Roy at will.

Facing Roy who refused to give him a way out, Bellerophon decisively chose to abandon the city of Patara, and fled to the northern mountains with his family and cronies.

Because Bellerophon knew that sticking to the city of Patara would only be caught by Roy.

Even Bellerophon fled, and the morale of the defenders who stayed in Patara was naturally lost. The Athenian army occupied Patara without bloodshed, and captured [-] defenders who surrendered voluntarily.

In order to fulfill the agreement with Iobates, Roy originally planned to lead people to hunt down Bellerophon himself.

Finding that Bellerophon's escape route was to the city of Apasa, Roy gave up the action.

For Bellerophon is throwing himself into a trap to his father-in-law Iobates.

three days later.

Bellerophon came to the city of Apasa with his family and cronies.

As a result, they were arrested by soldiers as soon as they entered the city.

The royal palace of Apasa city.

Bellerophon and his son and daughter were brought before Iobates. Bellero looked at Iobates on the throne suspiciously and asked.

"Dear father, what are you doing? Don't you recognize that I am your son, the husband of your daughter Anthea?"

"You liar, you are not worthy to say Anthea's name."

Iobates roared like an angry lion.

"Bellorophon, I have only now discovered that you have been lying to me all this time, and everything you have told me is false."

Bellerophon froze for a moment, then said with a smile.

"Even if you find out that I lied to you, so what? Now that I have become your son-in-law and the father of your two grandchildren, can you still kill me and make your two grandchildren orphans?"

"Do you think I dare not kill you?"

Iobates said with a cold face.

"Don't forget that I am not only Anthea's father, but also the king of the Arzawas. For the Arzawas, not to mention your cheating son-in-law, even my two grandsons——I can sacrifice."

It was obvious that Iobates was serious.

Bellerophon knelt hastily and said.

"Dear father, please think carefully about it. Although I did lie to you at the beginning, I have been very satisfied with my performance all the time. You even agreed to marry me to Philonuoer. As long as you can forgive my deception, father, I promise to serve you as my biological father—no! From now on, you will be my biological father."

"Bellorophon, you need say no more."

Iobates closed his eyes in pain and said.

"I have decided that your crime must be punished."

(End of this chapter)