I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 60 Cadmus the Phoenician
Port of Piraeus.

After ten foreign ships as big as cargo ships sailed into the port, the Athenians in the port fled in panic.

Because the decks of foreign ships were full of heavily armed soldiers, they were obviously not merchant ships that came to trade with the Athenian tribes.

When Roy and Pandion arrived at the port of Piraeus with fifty teenagers, the soldiers on ten foreign ships had already landed at the pier and assembled into an army of 300 people.

When the legion left the port of Piraeus and met Roy and the others on the plain east of the port, Roy and Pandion were surprised to see that the leader of the legion turned out to be a young man about 20 years old.

After the Legion of the Outlanders stopped advancing and confronted Roy and the others, Pandion took the initiative to speak loudly to the young leader of the Outlanders.

"Outlanders! You have invaded the territory of the Athenian tribe. If you don't want to be attacked by the Athenian tribe as an enemy, you must immediately reveal your identity."

Pandion did not directly regard the strangers as enemies because he recognized these black-haired and black-eyed strangers as Phoenicians from the distant eastern Mediterranean coast.

Because the Athenian tribe had trade relations with sea merchants from the Phoenician region, Pandion did not regard the Phoenician army in front of him as an enemy.

The leader of the Phoenicians was a tall and beautiful boy with a handsome face.

He was wearing a pure white cotton robe, a bronze belt around his waist, and a gold necklace around his neck, showing that he was the son of a noble and wealthy leader or a prince of a city-state.

The young leader looked at Roy and Pandion with wise eyes, and seeing that the fifty teenagers behind him all regarded Roy as the leader, the young leader suddenly rushed towards Roy with the speed of a cheetah.

Before Roy could react in time, the young leader quickly came to Roy and stabbed the blade of the bronze spear in his hand to Roy's neck.

Seeing that Roy was about to be killed by the young leader——

Clang!
Pandion snatched the bronze spear from Roy's hand, and swung the blade at the young leader.

The young leader blocked Pandion's attack with his own spear, and the blades of the two bronze spears collided with each other, making a crisp sound of metal clashing.

Failed to kill Roy, the young leader immediately changed his target and attacked Pandion with a spear like a storm.

Pandion blocked the young leader's attack with a solemn face, but was unable to fight back.

Roy stared wide-eyed at the fierce confrontation between Pandion and the young leader, and whispered in disbelief.

"He is actually a young hero like Chief Pandion [Enemy of a Hundred People]. And his strength seems to be stronger than Chief Pandion—"

Although Pandion and the young leader are both heroes [Enemies of a Hundred People], as a middle-aged man around 40 years old, Pandion's body has begun to turn from strong to exhausted, while the young leader is in the prime of life.

In the current battle between the two, Pandion can still rely on his combat experience to not lose the wind.

But if the delay continued, and the battle between the two turned into a war of attrition, the exhausted Pandion would definitely lose to the young leader.

If even the hero Pandion [enemies of a hundred men] is defeated, who else in the Athenian tribe can fight against the leader of the Phoenicians?

Thinking of the consequences of Pandion's defeat, Roy mobilized the divine power in his body, preparing to use [Saltization] power to help Pandion defeat the young leader.

At this moment, the young leader seemed to have noticed something, and suddenly separated from Pandion on his own initiative.

After putting some distance away from Pandion, the young leader looked at Roy with vigilant eyes and smiled.

"It turns out that you are a priest who serves the gods. No wonder you don't have the strength of a hero [enemies of a hundred people], but you can become the leader of your group."

Hearing that the young leader actually regarded himself as the leader, Roy immediately came to a sudden realization.

The young leader took the initiative to attack Roy because he mistook the identities of Roy and Pandion, and took Roy as the leader of the Athenian tribe.

"You are mistaken! Although I am a priest serving the gods, I am not the leader of the Athenian tribe. The leader of the Pandion who fought with you is the leader of the Athenian tribe."

After Roy explained his and Pandion's identities, the young leader looked at Pandion and said.

"So you are the leader of the Athenian tribe! You are the same hero as me [enemies of a hundred men], and you are entitled to my respect. Leader of Pandion! Let me introduce you, I am Cadmus from the Phoenician region, I brought my men here not to be your enemy, but to get a place to live."

Cadmus—

Cadmus!

Hearing the young leader's name, Roy's heart was immediately shocked.

Because this is the name of the legendary king of Thebes and the founder of the city of Thebes.

As the ancestor-level king, Cadmus is also a deified hero-god.

In terms of personal achievement, Cadmus is not inferior to Perseus.

Seeing Roy's reaction, the young leader - Cadmus asked curiously.

"Master Priest, have you heard of my name?"

Roy immediately shook his head and said.

"I just think your name is familiar, like the name of a great king."

Hearing what Roy said, Pandion turned his head and looked at Roy with weird eyes and said.

"Priest Loy, when I first introduced my name to you, you seemed to have said the same thing to me."

"Uh--"

Roy smiled awkwardly, then looked at Cadmus with a serious face and said.

"Chief Cadmus! You said you want a place to live? The entire Attica peninsula is the territory of our Athenian tribe. If you want to get a place to live on the Attica peninsula, then you are competing with our Athenian tribe for the territory." enemy."

When Roy finished speaking, Erechtheus hurried over with [-] Athenian soldiers.

Seeing that the Athenian tribe not only has the heroic leader Pandion, but also has far more soldiers than himself, Cadmus lowered his posture and said.

"Dear Chief Pandion! Do you mind letting me be your guest and be entertained by your master? I will abide by the etiquette among guests and accept all your arrangements."

Cadmus actually asked to be a guest and enjoy the treatment of a guest——

Pandion thought for a moment, nodded and said.

"Young Cadmus, since you are not an enemy of the Athenian tribe, of course you can be our guest and enjoy the treatment of a guest. Now I invite you to the Acropolis, and I will hold a banquet for you. But You can only go to the Acropolis alone, your soldiers will stay here, and I will arrange food and water for them."

Hearing Pandion's request, Cadmus said without hesitation.

"Pandion leader! Since the master has requested, I am willing to go to the Acropolis alone."

Having said this, Cadmus left his soldiers and went up to Pandion alone.

Unexpectedly, Cadmus was so bold, Pandion looked at Cadmus with admiration and said.

"Cadmus! We Athens have always been hospitable, so you will not be harmed as a guest. Now we are traveling together, let me take you to the Acropolis."

(End of this chapter)