I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 76 Sacrifice to Two Goddesses Simultaneously

"Priest Loi, I will let the Thebes serve as apprentices to learn bronze smelting and shipbuilding techniques from the craftsmen. Do you have any objections?"

"no!"

"In the future, half of the bronze utensils made on Yubia Island will belong to me and the other will belong to you. Do you agree with this distribution?"

"I agree! Not only bronze utensils, but we can also distribute iron utensils according to this ratio in the future."

After Harmonia got a satisfactory answer, she immediately returned to the tribe of Thebes.

It didn't take long for a group of Thebes to bring food, pottery pots for water, and bronze tripods for cooking to the Roy and Phoenicians.

The Phoenicians, who had been starving, immediately began to collect firewood for cooking.

Sitting next to the altar of Mnemosyne, Roy murmured while watching the busy Phoenicians.

"Can I surpass Cadmus and become a leader more worthy of their allegiance than Cadmus?"

Now that he became the leader of the Phoenicians, Roy couldn't help comparing himself with Cadmus.

Although Roy has wisdom and vision beyond this era, Roy's force is far inferior to that of Cadmus.

"After receiving the divine power bestowed by the goddess Metis, although I have the potential to become a hero [enemies of a hundred people], the growth rate of my force is too slow. Is there any way that I can save time and effort, Do you have the strength of a hero [Hundred Enemies]?"

"Priest Roy!"

The Phoenician, who was named Taurus by Roy, walked up to Roy and said.

"My companions and I regained our freedom. Although you saved us, we still want to hold a sacrificial ceremony in accordance with the tradition to thank the gods for their help."

You guys know that I saved you, but you still want to thank the gods for their help?

Do you think that I am following the will of the gods to save you?
Roy said after complaining in his heart.

"Since it is your tradition, then you should hold a sacrificial ceremony to thank the gods!"

Taurus said with a hesitant expression.

"But we don't know whether we should sacrifice to the goddess Aphrodite or to the native goddess Mnemosyne. Aphrodite did not help us defeat the Thebes, proving that In the area of ​​Thebes, the goddess Mnemosyne has more power and divine power. I hope you, as the leader, can tell us whether we should sacrifice to the goddess Aphrodite or to the goddess Mnemosyne. "

"There is a saying that it doesn't matter whether the cat is black or white, as long as it can catch mice is a good cat. Since you don't know which goddess to sacrifice to, then sacrifice to both goddesses at the same time, which goddess is willing to accept you sacrifice, which goddess you will regard as the patron saint in the future."

Hearing what Roy said, Taurus said with eyes widened in horror.

"Priest Loi, we sacrifice to the two goddesses at the same time, won't we offend the two goddesses at the same time?"

"So what if you offend the two goddesses at the same time? Now that you have lost the protection of Goddess Aphrodite, even if you offend the two goddesses at the same time, you will not lose anything."

Unable to think of a reason to refute Roy, Taurus nodded blankly and said.

"You are our leader, since you said that you want to sacrifice to the two goddesses at the same time, then let's do it!"

After finishing speaking, Taurus turned around and left in front of Roy.

After about half an hour.

The golden bull and fifteen Phoenicians brought a lively sika deer to Roy.

"Priest Luoy, this is the sacrifice we caught in the woods. Now please kill the sacrifice and perform the sacrificial ceremony."

Looking at the very cute sika deer, Roy felt a little sympathy in his heart.

But Roy is both the priest of the gods and the leader of the Phoenicians, and it is indeed Roy's responsibility to kill the sacrifices.

Moreover, slaughtering sacrifices is not only a responsibility, but also a power that belongs to Roy. Of course, Roy can't give up this power that belongs to priests and leaders to others.

So Roy got up and walked in front of the golden bull, and took the knife for slaughtering the sacrifice from the golden bull.

"Now that we have sacrifices, let's use the altar in front of us to hold a sacrifice ceremony to Goddess Aphrodite and Goddess Mnemosyne."

After Roy finished speaking, Taurus immediately called out to the other companions to gather all the Phoenicians.

When all the Phoenicians gathered around the altar, Roy held the neck of the sacrificial sika deer with his left hand, and raised the knife with his right hand and said.

"The goddess Mnemosyne is not only the goddess of the earth, but also the goddess of the spring in charge of the water of life. Therefore, we sacrifice the blood symbolizing life to the goddess Mnemosyne, which can please the goddess Mnemosyne. Aphrodite Goddess Te is the Goddess of War in the sky and the queen of the battlefield, so we can also please Goddess Aphrodite with blood sacrifices. Respected Goddess Mnemosyne! Great Goddess Aphrodite! Now On behalf of my companions, I sincerely offer sacrifices to you, and hope that you can protect every one of my companions."

After speaking, Roy swung the knife with his right hand and directly chopped off the head of the sacrificial sika deer.

The sacrificial sika deer fell to the ground, and the blood flowing from it poured into the ground.

Seeing this scene, Roy and the Phoenicians held their breaths, waiting for the goddess to come.

A figure bursting with golden light suddenly descended from the sky and landed on the stone at the top of the altar. It was the goddess Aphrodite with a pair of white wings behind her.

The beautiful blond goddess glanced at Luo Yi and the others with blue eyes, and then said with a blank expression.

"It turns out that you, a priest who serves other gods, are offering sacrifices to me. What a waste of my precious time."

After finishing speaking, Goddess Aphrodite vibrated a pair of divine wings, and her body turned into a stream of golden light and flew towards the east.

While Roy witnessed the arrival and departure of Aphrodite, none of the Phoenicians could see the goddess they had been worshiping in the past.

Unexpectedly, the weight of 250 Phoenicians in Aphrodite's heart was not as important as that of Cadmus alone.

Seeing that Aphrodite didn't care about ordinary Phoenicians, Roy whispered.

"This is the patron saint of the city-state! As long as there is the support of the royal power, even if there is no believer, the god can get the seat of the patron saint, so the patron saint of the city-state doesn't care about ordinary believers at all."

Just when Roy was about to tell the Phoenicians that they had been completely abandoned by the goddess Aphrodite, the figure of the goddess Mnemosyne walked down Mount Helicon.

Seeing the goddess Mnemosyne stepping on the water of the ancient spring of Dierke to the front of the altar, and sitting on the stone on the top of the altar to accept the sacrifice, Roy couldn't help but said.

"Goddess Mnemosyne, are you willing to accept these Phoenicians and protect them like the Thebes?"

Mnemosyne, who was sitting on the altar, looked at Roy, then looked at the surrounding Phoenicians with her beautiful golden pupils and said,

"These people are destined to stay in my territory and become my new people. You are a priest serving other gods. It is to accept these Phoenicians that I will accept your sacrificial ceremony. "

(End of this chapter)