I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 78

Harmonia was both the chief of the great tribe ruling the tribe of Thebes and the priestess serving the goddess Mnemosyne.

Her status was obviously higher than that of the five little chiefs, so the five little chiefs did not question Harmonia's decision to let Roy attend the meeting.

After everyone sat down around a stone table, a little leader took the initiative to speak to Harmonia.

"Priest of Harmonia, did you summon us to the Thebes tribe, do you want us to be alert to foreign invaders?"

Harmonia shook her head and said.

"Although I have summoned you to be related to foreign invaders, my purpose is not to make you vigilant against invaders. Without the help of Priest Loi, I would have lost the war with the Phoenicians, which made me realize a problem , the strength of the Thebes tribe is not strong enough to defeat the powerful foreign invaders. In order to enhance the strength of the Thebes tribe, I decided to let the tribes you rule merge with the Thebes tribe. As compensation for you, I will use As the highest priestess of the goddess Mnemosyne, you are given the status of ordinary priests, allowing you to go to the Temple of Delphi to serve the goddess Mnemosyne for life."

"You not only want to annex our tribe, but also deprive us of our little leader—"

After hearing Harmonia's words, the five little chiefs stood up at the same time and said angrily.

"Priest of Harmonia, you are too much. If you can retain our status as the little leader, I can barely accept the merger of my tribe and Thebes tribe."

"Even if you are the highest priestess of the goddess Mnemosyne, you can't bully us little leaders and annex our tribe at will."

"Priest of Harmonia, I will not surrender to you unless you can retain my identity."

"I'm not asking for your permission."

Harmonia stood up, holding the hilt of the sword at his waist with his right hand and said in a cold voice.

"As Thebes, don't you want to serve the goddess Mnemosyne? Then you are the sinners who betrayed the goddess. Now I will punish you in the name of the goddess."

After finishing speaking, Harmonia swung his sword directly at the neck of a little leader.

Swah——

The sword light flashed.

The bronze saber of Harmonia sliced ​​across the little chief's neck.

Blood sprayed out and splashed on the faces of the other four little chiefs.

The four little chiefs immediately knelt down in horror and said.

"I am willing to let my tribe merge with the tribe of Thebes."

"I am willing to give up my status as a little leader."

"I am willing to go to the Temple of Delphi and serve the goddess Mnemosyne as a priest for life."

"Priest of Harmonia, please don't kill me."

Glancing at the four little chiefs who were kneeling and begging for mercy, Harmonia said with a mocking sneer on his face.

"You are smart! If you are killed by me, you will not only lose your status as little leaders, but also become major sinners who betrayed the goddess Mnemosyne, and even your family members will be punished. Now you stay in Thebi Si tribe, after I send someone to take over your tribe, I will send you and your family to the Temple of Delphi."

After Harmonia finished speaking, a group of Thebes soldiers who had been waiting outside rushed in, took the four little chiefs away, and dragged away the body of the dead little chief.

When only Roy and Harmonia were left at the stone table, the maids immediately knelt on the ground and cleaned the blood on the wool carpet with a damp cloth.

Harmonia wiped off the blood on the blade of the bronze saber with a piece of cotton cloth, then looked at Roy and said.

"Priest Loy, do you think I'm scary now?"

Roy shook his head and said.

"As the leader of the Thebes tribe, you should find ways to strengthen the strength of the Thebes tribe. But without the cooperation of these little leaders, can you take over their tribe smoothly?"

"I am the highest priestess of the goddess Mnemosyne!"

Harmonia said confidently.

"The goddess Mnemosyne has guarded the Thebes area for thousands of years. We Thebes all worship the goddess Mnemosyne. I take over other tribes in the name of the goddess. No one should be stupid enough to fight me. Because of the confrontation I am against the goddess Mnemosyne, which is a great sin against the goddess Mnemosyne, and will be cast aside by all Thebes."

"Is this the authority accumulated by the goddess Mnemosyne guarding the Thebes region for thousands of years?"

Roy murmured enviously.

"The goddess Metis I serve is still a new god, and has almost no authority in the Athenian tribe. Even if I use the name of the goddess Metis to compete with the leader of Pandion for the right to rule, most of the Athenians will support the leader of Pandion."

Harmonia didn't hear Roy's whisper, she said it as if showing off.

"Priest Loi, those five small chiefs each rule a tribe of about a thousand people. My Thebes tribe annexes these five small tribes, and it will become a tribe with a population of tens of thousands. I heard that the Athenian tribe also has 5000 people. population, but in the future, the population of the Athenian tribe will only be half that of our Thebes tribe."

"Priest of Harmonia, your news is outdated. The tribe of Athens has annexed the tribe of Eleusis, and now it is a tribe with a population of 8000."

Seeing Harmonia's shocked expression, Roy continued.

"Since the Thebes tribe is about to have a population of tens of thousands, then I will teach you how to make cement, use cement to build a tall and strong city wall, and turn the Thebes tribe into a city-state named Thebes City!"

"cement?"

Harmonia frowned and said.

"Priest Loi, the walls made of water and mud are probably not as strong as the wooden walls we use now."

"Priest of Harmonia, you misunderstood. The cement I mentioned is a building material as hard as stone. I know you can't believe it now, but when I command the Phoenicians to make cement tomorrow, you will believe it." my words."

As soon as Roy finished speaking, the maids in Harmonia brought a sumptuous dinner—roasted meat, white bread, vegetables, wine, and oatmeal—to the stone table.

After Roy had dinner with Harmonia, Harmonia, who drank too much wine and blushed, smiled drunkenly at Roy.

"Priest Luoy, I will ask the maids to clean the guest room for you, so you can sleep in the guest room tonight!"

"no!"

Roy shook his head without hesitation.

"Give me a torch, and I'll go back and sleep in the woods with the Phoenicians."

"Ha ha ha ha--"

Harmonia couldn't help laughing.

"You are obviously greedy for delicious food and enjoyment, why do you deliberately suffer?"

"You don't understand, this is a way to buy people's hearts."

Roy explained with a smile.

"As a foreigner from the far east, I have nothing to do with any group in the Mediterranean world. In order to gain the trust and loyalty of the Athenians, Eleusis, and Phoenicians, I must act like I can relate to them." The appearance of sharing weal and woe.”

"Hee hee hee hee - then you have lived too hard. I was born as the daughter of the previous leader of the Thebes tribe, so even if I enjoy the rich food when others are hungry, it will not cause other people Dissatisfaction will not affect their loyalty to me."

"You can only get the loyalty of the Thebes! If you want the loyalty of other ethnic groups, then you must be like me and show that you can share weal and woe with them."

(End of this chapter)