I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 97 Perseus Attacks Athens

Back to the second day of Tribes in Athens.

When Roy came to the villages of Pal and Pendelli, where the Eleusis lived, he saw that the two villages were surrounded by a five-meter-high concrete wall, like a small city independent of Athens.

On the road that serves as the dividing line between the two villages, there stands a city gate that enters and exits the two villages.

In the open space outside the high concrete wall, Aries was leading the youngsters following Roy and three hundred Eleusis soldiers, training with wooden spears.

Seeing Roy's figure, Aries immediately widened his eyes, as if he thought he was hallucinating.

"Aries!"

After Roy called his name, Aries came back to his senses, ran up to Roy excitedly and said.

"Master Priest, you are finally back. If you don't come back, my companions and I will not know what to do."

Hearing what Aries said, Roy realized that he really should have a wife and children.

If Roy has a wife and children, not to mention that Roy will not come back for a long time, even if Roy really dies outside, Aries and the others, as Roy's followers, can continue to be loyal to Roy's wife and children.

Legend has it that Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, left his hometown for 20 years to participate in the Trojan War.

Odysseus has been away for 20 years, and his throne has not been taken away, because Odysseus' father and wife guard the throne for him.

Now Roy is alone, and if something happens to Roy, Roy's followers will lose their allegiance.

So even if Roy lost the news for just a few days, it would make the followers confused and uneasy.

Thinking of this, Roy stretched out his right hand and patted Aries on the shoulder and said.

"Aries! If you encounter such a situation where you can't find me in a short period of time again, you will regard Princess Procne as your target of loyalty, and don't let your companions lose their target of loyalty."

Aries immediately widened his eyes in surprise and joy and said.

"My lord, will you marry Princess Procne—will Princess Procne be your wife?"

Although Harmonia is Roy's first fiancée, Aries and the others are from Athens.

Harmonia is from Thebes, if Roy lets these Athenian teenagers regard Harmonia as a target of loyalty, they may not be able to accept it.

If one of them regarded Roy as a traitor to the Athenian tribe and told Pandion about Roy's relationship with Harmonia, things would get out of hand.

So Roy can only use Procne to make these followers serve Procne as his wife.

Looking at Aries' expression, Roy nodded and said.

"In order for you to follow me with peace of mind, I will ask the leader of Pandion to marry Princess Procne. Even if there is no news from me for a long time, or even if something happens to me, Procne will take care of you on my behalf. these followers."

"Then... can I tell everyone the good news?"

"Not for now!"

Roy shook his head and said.

"This matter concerns the reputation of Princess Procne. You must keep it a secret before I make an engagement with Princess Procne."

After Aries nodded heavily, Roy changed the subject and asked.

"How are these Eleusis soldiers trained?"

"They already have a certain combat power!"

Aries turned to look at the three hundred Eleusis soldiers and said.

"Among these people, many were originally tribal soldiers of the Eleusis tribe. After our training, these people have the combat power of ordinary soldiers. But the leader of Pandion still can't trust the Eleusis, so Eleusis Soldiers can only use wooden spears, not bronze war spears, let alone paper armor."

After answering, Aries said happily.

"Master Priest! Originally, the two villages of the Eleusis were managed by the Lord Priest and Princess Procne respectively. After the Lord Priest married Princess Procne, the Eleusis and the three hundred Eleusis All Si soldiers will be managed by the priest.”

If he hadn't met Harmonia, maybe Roy would have the same reaction as Aries now.

But now, Roy married Harmonia, and could rule over tens of thousands of people and thousands of soldiers of Thebes tribe, sitting on fertile plains, rich forests and copper and iron mines.

Marrying Procne can get 500 people and 150 soldiers, which can no longer make Roy's heart fluctuate.

clang!clang!clang!clang!clang--

Just when Roy was about to pass through the city gate and check out the small city of Eleusis, which was composed of two villages of the Eleusinians, there was a sudden and loud sound of bronze being hit on the Acropolis in the distance.

Aries immediately changed his face, and said anxiously to Roy.

"My lord priest, this is the siren call that the Athenian tribe is facing a war. We must go to the war immediately."

"The Athenian tribe now has a population of tens of thousands, and is already the strongest tribe in the Attica Peninsula. Which force will be crazy enough to launch a war against the Athenian tribe?"

Roy looked in the direction of the Acropolis, and the face of Perseus appeared in his mind.

Now only the Mycenaeans who conquered the Argos region have both the strength to attack the Athenian tribes and the ambition to conquer the Athenian tribes.

"Is it really a Mycenaean? Perseus left the Athenian tribe yesterday, and today he led the Mycenaeans to attack the Athenian tribe. This is not giving the Athenian tribe any time to deal with the war."

Guessing that the enemy attacking the Athens tribe was Perseus, Roy held the bronze spear tightly in his right hand, and turned his head to command the white sheep.

"White sheep! Now you go and order the Eleusis soldiers to guard their village. You and other companions put on paper armor and go to war with me with bronze spears."

After Aries nodded, he immediately acted.

After Roy rushed back to the Athenian tribe with fifty youths in full gear, the three hundred Eleusis soldiers were divided into two groups to guard the west gate and east gate of the small city of Eleusis respectively.

Now not only are the two villages of the Eleusinians surrounded by concrete walls, but they have become a small Eleusinian city.

The Athenian tribes were also surrounded by concrete walls and turned into an Athens city that could accommodate 2 people.

Roy rushed to the west gate of Athens with fifty young men, and saw Pandion leading eight hundred soldiers, leaning against the gate to fight against the invaders.

The invaders who attacked the city of Athens were indeed Mycenaeans.

Because one of the three leaders of the invaders was Perseus, and the other two leaders of the invaders were two middle-aged men who were about the same age as Pandion, and their faces were somewhat similar to Perseus.

"Is that Perseus' father and uncle?"

Because the faces of the two middle-aged leaders were similar to those of Perseus, and they both looked at Perseus with concern, Roy couldn't tell which of them was Perseus' father. Which one is Perseus' uncle.

"Why does Perseus's uncle care about Perseus like a son? Does Perseus's uncle have some ulterior relationship with his mother, Danae?"

(End of this chapter)