I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 59 The Stranger from the Sea
Athens in late January.

Although the lowest temperature at night is only five degrees, the highest temperature during the day can reach twenty degrees.

Under the scorching sun at noon, the Eleusis men in Pa'er Village and Pendeli Village were busily busy under the command of Roy.

Some of these Eleusis men were digging foundations, some made cement with lime, crushed stone and pottery powder, and some poured the mixed cement into the foundation and between two planks to build a five-meter-high and half-meter-thick cement walls.

When five-meter-high concrete walls appeared outside the villages of Pal and Pendelli, the leader of the Athenian tribe, Pandion, came here to inspect with a dozen guards.

Roy, who was with Procne, Philomela, and Keone, immediately brought the three beautiful girls to Pandion's side.

Pandion, a daughter slave, stood beside a concrete wall with a serious expression, turning a blind eye to the arrival of his two daughters, Procne and Philomela, for the first time.

When Pandion wanted to reach out to press the concrete wall, Roy stopped him.

"Leader Pandion, the concrete walls have not dried yet, so these concrete walls are as soft as mud. When the cement walls dry, they will have the hardness comparable to stone, and they will be waterproof, even if they are exposed to wind and rain for more than ten years. It won't collapse either."

Hearing Roy's words, Pandion withdrew his outstretched hand, then turned to look at Roy and smiled.

"Priest Loi, then I will wait for your cement wall to dry. If the cement wall is as hard as stone and difficult to be knocked down, I will build a circle of cement walls under the Acropolis Mountain, and then put the walls of the Acropolis Mountain The Athenians moved to the foot of the Acropolis, and let them live safely within the walls."

Then, Pandion looked at the cement worker and frowned.

"As the inventor of cement, why don't you always have a sense of confidentiality. Even if you haven't confirmed the effect of cement now, you should strictly supervise the workers who make cement, so that the manufacturing method of cement cannot be leaked."

Roy didn't think of monopolizing the cement manufacturing technology, so Roy's sense of secrecy is indeed not as good as Pandion's.

Seeing Pandion staring unkindly at the cement workers, Roy said immediately.

"Chief Pandion, I have supervised the cement workers and their families to ensure that the cement manufacturing technology will not flow out."

Pandion nodded in satisfaction, and looked at Procne and Philomela.

"Procne! Philomela! According to your observations of the Eleusinians, have the Eleusinians accepted our rule now?"

Procne said with a thoughtful expression.

"Father! I saw that the Eleusis obeyed all the orders of the priests of Loi. They should have accepted our rule."

Philomela smiled proudly.

"Now the Eleusis live on the food we distribute to them. Of course they will accept our rule."

Kaone said in a low voice with no expression on her face.

"The food you sent us was originally the food you robbed from the Eleusis tribe."

After listening to the two daughters' answers, Pandion gave Roy a meaningful look.

Obviously he has realized that it is a hidden danger that the Athenian tribe can only use Loy to control the Eleusis.

Just when Pandion wanted to solve this hidden danger——

"Leader! Chief!"

Suddenly a young soldier ran over while shouting.

Seeing the young soldier rushing towards him desperately, Pandion immediately asked loudly with a solemn face.

"What happened?"

"Strangers! There are strangers from the sea! When our fishermen found the strangers, those strangers were following the fishermen's boats into our port. Those strangers had ten large ships, and each ship was full of soldiers."

Hearing the news brought by the young soldier, Procne said with a worried expression.

"Father, is there an army of pirates coming to attack us?"

"A pirate's ship is usually a small ship. I'm afraid the enemy who comes is more troublesome than a pirate."

Pandion said to Roy with a solemn face.

"Priest Loi! I want the guards to escort Procne and Philomela back to the Acropolis. Can you gather your followers and go to the port with me to defend against foreigners?"

Seeing Pandion treat foreigners with such caution, Roy couldn't help but think of how he was chased by Pandion and jumped into the sea when he appeared as a foreigner.

After recovering, Roy nodded and said.

"Aries and I are also from Athens. It is our bounden duty to resist outsiders. I will summon them now."

After a moment.

Luo Yi and fifty teenagers gathered together in paper armor holding bronze spears.

Seeing Procne and Philomela returning to the Acropolis under the escort of a dozen personal guards, Roy immediately said to Chione.

"Kione, I order you to return to the Acropolis with Princess Procne and Princess Philomela."

Kaone shook her head and said.

"I want to be with my tribe! If the outsider is an intruder, I can stand up and protect my tribe."

"War is our men's business, women should stay at home obediently and be protected by us."

I didn't expect Kaone to disregard the seriousness, disobeying her order at this time, Roy said angrily.

"If the leader of Pandion and I can't deal with the foreigners, you can only die in vain. Chione! If you dare to refuse the order, I will kill five hundred Eleusinians as victims of your refusal."

After issuing a cruel threat to Kayone, Roy immediately took fifty young men and followed Pandion to the port of Piraeus.

Seeing Roy's leaving figure, Kaone questioned with wide eyes in astonishment.

"Are you really a human being, are you really a priest who serves the gods? How could you be so cruel, even saying that you want to kill five hundred of my people—"

Procne brought Philomela to Kayone's side and comforted her.

"Kione! Priest Loi also said what he said just because he cared about you."

Philomela stared at Kaone with dissatisfaction and said.

"Follow us back to the Acropolis! Don't you really understand that staying here will only add to the chaos and make Priest Loi and the Eleusis who still treat you like a princess worry about you."

Kaone immediately retorted.

"I'm different from you. I'm a female warrior. I can protect myself and my people."

"If you are really so powerful, why didn't you save the Eleusis tribe when our Athenian tribe conquered the Eleusis tribe?"

Seeing that Kaone was speechless and speechless, Philomela continued.

"Even I know not to make trouble for men, but you are even less sensible than me. I really don't understand why brother Erechtheus is infatuated with a stupid woman like you."

After speaking, Philomela pulled Procne and turned away.

Kaone murmured full of shake.

"Am I really making trouble? As a woman, I can't protect my tribe like a man?"

No one answered Kayone.

In the end, Chione catches up with Procne and Philomela who have left, and accepts her identity as a woman.

(End of this chapter)