I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 64 I want to follow Cadmus
In fact, Roy never said that if Kaone killed herself, Aries and the others would kill five hundred Eleusis to be buried with her.

But in Kaone's heart, Roy obviously fits the villain's image very well, so Kaone believed Roy's threat, and chose to succumb to Roy.

Because Kayone dared not gamble with the lives of five hundred people.

the next morning.

Roy came to Pandion's house after eating a breakfast of white bread and oatmeal served by Chione and three maids.

The courtyard outside the stone house.

Pandion, who was putting on shoes under the service of the maid, saw Roy ask.

"Roy, have you thought about your answer yet?"

Roy shook his head and said.

"Chief Pandion, I came to you for two reasons. Yesterday I bought ten ships from Cadmus with five thousand catties of grain. Now I want to use your servants to carry the grain and complete the deal with Cadmus. "

Pandion nodded.

"Cadmus stays in Attica Peninsula and is always a threat to us. I hope he will take our food and leave Attica Peninsula on his own initiative. If they refuse to leave, then we can only wage war against them .”

"Pandion leader! The second thing I want to say is that I want to follow and monitor Cadmus and confirm with my own eyes that they have left."

"Are you going to follow Cadmus? This kind of thing should be left to—"

"This thing can only be done by me!"

Seeing Pandion's puzzled expression, Roy said solemnly.

"Cadmus is not only a young hero [Enemy of a Hundred Men], but also the darling of the gods. If you let other people follow Cadmus, you will definitely be spotted by Cadmus if you follow him, and if you follow him far away It is possible to get lost. Only I, who is bestowed with divine power and blessing by the goddess Metis, can follow Cadmus safely."

Pandion said after thinking for a moment.

"The matter of Cadmus is so important that I even want to follow Cadmus myself. Unfortunately, as the leader, I cannot easily leave the territory of the Athens tribe. Roy! In order to reward your achievements, you and Cadmus Let me provide the five thousand catties of grain for the trade!"

Roy nodded, not rejecting Pandion's offer.

After half an hour.

Roy left the Acropolis with fifty male servants, and carried five thousand catties of grain to the station where Cadmus and his three hundred soldiers were.

After hearing the news, Cadmus immediately came out of a tent to meet Roy.

After the two stood face to face, Cadmus said with a reluctant expression.

"Priest Loi! Now that you have brought the food, my ten ships are now yours."

Seeing Cadmus' reluctance, Roy asked curiously.

"Cadmus, since you are reluctant to part with these ships, why do you still make a deal with me?"

"So what if you're not willing? Right now I have no way out."

Cadmus said to his soldiers.

"My subordinates are tired of drifting at sea, so I must abandon these ships and take them to find a foothold on land as soon as possible."

After speaking, Cadmus looked at Roy.

"Priest Roy! You are not a child or relative of the leader of Pandion, but you occupy an important position as a priest. You should know how dangerous your situation is. We are all young heroes. Do you want to find a foothold with me? ?As long as the two of us work together, we can conquer one tribe after another in this land with backward civilization, establish a great city-state kingdom, or even a great empire with a vast territory like the Egyptian Empire. When we achieve hegemony, I am willing to share the throne with you and rule our kingdom together."

Cadmus actually bewitched himself to leave the Athenian tribe and follow him to establish a so-called hegemony.

Roy couldn't help but rolled his eyes.

After all, Pandion is already an old lion, but Cadmus is a lion in his prime.

Roy would rather believe that Pandion would share the throne with him than that Cadmus would share the throne with him.

"Cadmus! I have no ambition to become the leader of a large tribe or the king of a city-state, so I will not leave the Athenian tribe."

"Are you really not ambitious?"

Cadmus said with a playful smile.

"Priest Loy, I can see that you are of the same kind as me, so you must have the ambition not to lose to me. Now you say you have no ambition, just because you dare not reveal your ambition, or your ambition Haven't woken up yet."

"Since you say such things, there is no need for us to communicate."

After Roy finished speaking expressionlessly, he turned and left.

Acropolis.

When Roy returned to the temple, he asked Chione and three maids to make white bread for him, and put a bag of boiled water in a sheepskin pouch.

Kayone and the three maids prepared white bread and sheepskin water bags. Roy packed the sheepskin water bags and ten pieces of white flour in a cloth parcel, and then left the Acropolis with a bronze spear on his back. , and began to follow Cadmus and his three hundred soldiers.

After Cadmus and his [-] soldiers left the Athenian tribe, they headed northwest in a straight line.

Roy followed Cadmus and the others far away, until night fell, and Cadmus and the others did not leave the Attica Peninsula.

The darkness of night covers the land.

After Cadmus's subordinates lit the bonfire by drilling wood, some soldiers began to cook with bronze tripods, and some soldiers began to build tents.

Roy hid in the woods on a hill and could only eat stiff white bread and drink cold water for dinner.

In a blink of an eye, day and night alternate.

After dawn broke through the night, Cadmus' soldiers began to cook breakfast.

In the woods of the hills.

Roy, who was lying in the grass, was awakened by the sound from afar, and he ate his breakfast of white bread and cold water while cheering up.

After breakfast, Cadmus and others continued on their way.

Because Cadmus and the others hadn't left the Attica Peninsula, Roy could only continue to follow them.

in the afternoon.

Cadmus and others swam across a great river and entered the plain on the north bank of the great river.

Roy stopped on the south bank of the great river.

Because this big river is the dividing line between the Attica region and Thebes region.

The north bank of the Great River does not belong to the peninsula of Attica, but to the fertile plains of the Thebes region.

Standing on the south bank of the Great River, Roy looked into the distance, and saw that there seemed to be a large tribe with a population of several thousand on a high ground in the plain on the north bank of the Great River. Roy immediately had an ominous premonition in his heart.

Now Cadmus and others are like wandering lions in a desperate situation.

The big tribe on the high ground is likely to be attacked by Cadmus and others.

If that big tribe does not have the strength to defeat Cadmus and others, Cadmus and others will conquer that big tribe and build a city belonging to Cadmus on that high ground.

"Should I return to the Athenian tribe now, or prevent Cadmus from gaining a foothold in the Thebes region?"

Thinking of the legendary Kingdom of Thebes, supported by the fertile plains in Thebes area, it has been a powerful city-state that could threaten the city of Athens for hundreds of years, Roy immediately made a decision in his mind.

(End of this chapter)