I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 539 The Woman Who Destroyed the Greek Allied Forces

the next day.

Iros gave a great banquet in the great hall of his palace.

In addition to the royal family and nobles of Troy, the guests attending the banquet also included King Teucer and his family of Mysia.

Before the banquet officially started, Roy and Iros came to the steps where the throne was, looked down at all the guests in the hall and said.

"Dear Trojans! I am very happy to introduce myself to you. I am the Emperor Roy of the Athens Empire, and I am also the protagonist of today's banquet. King Iros held this banquet for me to tell you that the Troy area will become the territory of the Athens Empire. Under the policies of the Athens Empire, you will lose your status as royals and nobles. From now on, you will be just ordinary people in the Athens Empire."

After listening to Roy's words, everyone in the hall was in an uproar.

Not only the royal family and nobles of Troy, but even Teucerus, king of Mysia, could not accept this matter.

After all, losing their current identity and power would damage their core interests.

"King Iros, is this true?"

"Has King Iros surrendered to the Athenian Empire?"

"This is the noble status and power left to me by my ancestors. Even King Iros cannot take it away, let alone the foreign emperor of Athens—"

Teucros, King Mysier, couldn't help asking Iros.

"My dear son, do you really want to surrender to the Athens Empire and give up your identity and power as King of Troy?"

Iros nodded with a smile on his face.

"That's right! Not only will you lose the identity and power of the royal family and nobles, but I will also give up the identity and power of the King of Troy. Dear father-in-law, are you willing to give up the identity and power of King Mysia and make the city of Mysia the territory of the Athens Empire? If your answer is no, I will personally act as your enemy and conquer the city of Mysia for the Athens Empire."

Facing the threat from Iros, Teucros said with a wry smile.

"Our city of Mysia doesn't even have the strength to fight against the city of Troy. Since Troy, the overlord of the Troy region, has chosen to submit to the Athenian Empire - as long as the emperor of Athens can treat us Mysia equally, I will certainly not be greedy for the identity and power of King Mysia."

Roy immediately said to Teucros.

"King Teucros! As long as you Mysians follow the policy of the Athenian Empire and give up worshiping Apollo, I promise you will enjoy the same treatment as other Athenians."

"You want us to give up worshiping the god Apollo... Then shall we worship the goddess Metis in Athens?"

"The Troy area already has the goddess Hesione who guards the city of Troy! The goddess Hesione is the clone of the ancient goddess of the earth just like the goddess Metis. As the patron saint of coastal cities, the goddess Hesione is both the goddess of the earth and the goddess of the sea. This is also the same as the goddess Metis. In the future, the goddess Hesione will become the patron saint of the entire Troy area."

After answering Teucer, Roy spoke to the royal family and nobles in Troy.

"Dear Trojans! I know that it is difficult for you to accept losing your current identities and powers. As compensation for you, I can arrange for you to become merchants who have no worries about food and clothing. If you are really unacceptable, you can unite and launch a war to resolve our conflicts. As long as you can defeat me on the battlefield, you can keep your current identities and powers. If you lose to me on the battlefield, you will not only lose your current identities and powers, but all of your entire family will be reduced to lifelong slaves."

start a war—

The royal family and nobles looked at Iros with begging eyes.

"King Iros, as long as we defeat the Athenians, you will not lose your throne."

"I swear allegiance only to King Iros."

"King Iros defeated all enemies, even the Athenians."

Facing the agitation of the crowd, Iros said with a cold face.

"Stop wishful thinking, I won't stand with you, and I will suppress your rebellion. If you are willing to follow my advice, accept Roy's arrangement and become a businessman with no worries."

"Princess Cassandra, the daughter of King Iros, will be my wife."

Roy continued.

"Cassandra will become the queen who will rule the Troy region instead of me. Under Cassandra's rule, your interests as merchants will be guaranteed."

The noisy crowd immediately fell silent.

Because Cassandra ruled the Troy region, their interests could indeed be guaranteed.

Teucros broke the silence and said.

"Your Majesty the Great Emperor, can the royal family and nobles of Mysiae City enjoy the same treatment? As long as you can arrange for us to become businessmen with no worries about food and clothing, I will now surrender to you on behalf of Mysiae City."

"can!"

Roy said without hesitation.

"As long as they are willing to give up their current status and power, I will guarantee that they will have no worries about food and clothing."

With Roy's assurance, Tocross immediately said.

"I surrender to you on behalf of the city of Mysia, and we, the people of Mysia, will become your most loyal subjects."

The Trojans and the Mysians were farming peoples.

In order to avoid war, Roy doesn't mind conquering them by exchanging benefits.

But for the Paleks who live a nomadic life, Roy has decided to use war to destroy them from the very beginning.

Because only by putting a knife on the neck can the nomads give up their nomadic life.

night.

After the banquet, Roy told Iros about his plan.

"My dear father-in-law! If you want to establish a great heroic feat, I can let you lead the Athenian soldiers to destroy the Paleks."

"You must hand over this war to me."

Eros said excitedly.

"Even though I'm around 40, I'm still young and I can still build things."

"Then I will wait and see how my father-in-law will perform."

Temple of Hesione.

After being separated from Iros, Roy came here to meet Cassandra, the priestess serving the goddess Hesione.

In the mythology of another world, there is also a Trojan princess named Cassandra.

As a priestess serving the goddess Athena, Athena gave her the ability to foretell the future.

Her beauty is like the most beautiful Aphrodite among the goddesses, and both humans and gods are overwhelmed by her beauty.

Apollo wanted Cassandra to be his human lover, but because Cassandra refused, he cursed Cassandra so that her prophecy would not be believed by anyone.

In order to pursue Cassandra, Otrimenius died on the battlefield of Troy for Cassandra, even though he was not her fiancé.

Even the [-] Greek army was destroyed because of Cassandra's beauty.

When the city of Troy was destroyed, Ajax found Cassandra in the Temple of Athena.

Her beauty drove little Ajax so crazy that he forcibly took away the priestess of Athena from the temple of Athena, making Athena decide to destroy the Greeks.

The [-] Greek army was assembled because of Helen's beauty.

But they were ultimately doomed because of Cassandra's beauty.

(End of this chapter)