I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 99 Perseus' First Defeat

Faliro Bay, south of Piraeus Port.

Metis appeared on the sea in a huge figure with a height of [-] meters, overlooking the war between the Athenians and the Mycenaeans.

As long as Zeus, the god of the Mycenaeans, descends, Metis will immediately go to the battlefield to face Zeus.

The strange thing is that after Roy took his followers into battle, the situation on the battlefield became unfavorable to the Mycenaeans, but Zeus, the god of the Mycenaeans, still did not come.

Looking at the changes in the battlefield situation, Metis said doubtfully.

"Could it be that this war was just a tentative attack by the Mycenae king Acrisius, so neither the Mycenae king Acrisius nor the Mycenae patron saint Zeus cared about winning or losing this war? ?”

Now the goddess Metis does not know that of the [-] soldiers led by Perseus, Polydectes and Diketes, [-] of them belong to Polydectes and Diketes. Of the Serifos soldiers, only three hundred were Mycenaean soldiers brought by Perseus.

Acrisios, king of Mycenae, had thousands of soldiers, but sent Perseus only [-] soldiers.

Obviously, Acrisius, king of Mycenae, really didn't care about the outcome of this war.

Because the goal that Acrisios, the king of Mycenae, really wanted to conquer was not the distant city of Athens, but the city of Corinth, which was close at hand.

Only Perseus, his father Polydectes, and his uncle Diketes were the ones who really cared about the outcome of this war.

Simply conquering the mighty Athenian tribes brought Perseus one step closer to becoming the heir to the Mycenae throne.

The west gate of the city of Athens.

The fierce war between the Athenians and the Mycenaeans continued.

Although the battles between Roy and Perseus, Pandion and Polydectes, Erechtheus and Diketes had not yet been decided between the leaders, the fifty men brought by Roy A young man joined the battle, making it clear that the battle between the soldiers was victorious, and the balance of victory began to tilt towards the Athenians.

Seeing the changes in the battlefield situation, Perseus knew that he had to defeat Roy as soon as possible.

Because after the Mycenaean soldiers were completely defeated by the Athenian soldiers, the Athenian soldiers would help Roy, Pandion, and Erechtheus defeat Perseus, Polydectes, and Diketes.

In order to defeat Roy, Perseus stopped avoiding Roy's attack and began to attack Roy desperately, wanting to win at the cost of injury.

Seeing that Perseus was eager to win, Roy had a faint smile on his face.

Now that Perseus' mentality has become disordered, he will only get further and further away from victory.

While easily dodging Perseus' attack, Roy looked for Perseus' flaws.

"Roy, are you a coward?"

Seeing that Roy didn't fight head-on with him, Perseus sarcastically used the aggressive method.

"If you are a hero, use your strength to decide the outcome with me, don't hide around to avoid my attack."

"Stupid Perseus, do you think we are having a duel of heroes?"

Roy immediately sarcastically said.

"What we are fighting now is a war. For the victory of the war, I will use all methods by whatever means. Because after the war is over, only the victor can claim to represent justice. Perseus! It seems that you want to finish this fight as soon as possible." There is a war, but I am not in a hurry. Because behind us is the city of Athens with a population of tens of thousands. At this moment when we are fighting, the young and strong men of Athens are being mobilized. When both of us are exhausted , hundreds of thousands of Athenians will rush forward with wooden spears, and deliver the final blow to you Mycenaeans."

"You bloody bastard—"

Perseus gritted his teeth and said angrily.

"Without you, the Pandion father and son and the Athens soldiers would have been beaten by us to retreat to the city of Athens."

"Without me, Athens couldn't build a tall concrete city wall, and the Athenians would be beaten by you to retreat to the Acropolis."

Roy said with a smile.

"It's a pity that there is no if in the world! And even without me, Chief Pandion can rely on the easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack Acropolis to defeat you invaders with a war of attrition."

Knowing that the war he initiated would inevitably fail, Perseus was shaken, and obvious flaws appeared in his movements.

Roy, who had been waiting for this moment for a long time, immediately swung his bronze spear and stabbed Perseus.

Perseus was unable to dodge in time, and was scratched by Roy's spear blade on his right arm, and the bronze war spear in his hand fell to the ground.

Roy immediately followed the rules on the battlefield, picked up Perseus's spear with his left hand and said.

"Perseus, now that you have lost to me, your spear was the first trophy I got, but I will return your spear to you now."

After speaking, Roy threw the spear at Perseus.

Just when the spear was about to penetrate Perseus' body, Diketis rushed to Perseus, holding up a cowhide shield to block the spear thrown by Roy.

Puff!
Because Roy was too powerful, the sharp bronze spear pierced through the cowhide shield and stabbed Diketis' arm holding the shield.

After Diketes blocked the blow for Perseus, Polydectes also came to Perseus to persuade him.

"My child, we have lost this war and now we must leave immediately."

Although Perseus was not reconciled to failure, he did not want to be captured or killed.

So Perseus gritted his teeth and said.

"I will remember the disgrace of today! Father! Uncle! Then you command the battle, and I will get the sailors ready to sail."

After speaking, Perseus covered the wound on his right arm with his left hand and left.

Polydectes and Diketes led the soldiers back to the coast while fighting.

Roy, Pandion, and Erechtheus followed closely with the Athenian soldiers, killing one enemy soldier after another.

When Polydectes and Diketes fled to the coast with their soldiers, their eight hundred soldiers had become five hundred.

One hundred Mycenaean soldiers and two hundred Serifos soldiers were turned into corpses and left forever in the strange land of Athens.

Roy, Pandion, and Erechtheus chased to the coast, and then stopped chasing the enemy, watching the Mycenaeans fleeing the coast in panic and fear.

After the Athenian soldiers came to the coast, Roy suddenly raised his spear and shouted.

"People of Athens! Under the protection of the great goddess Metis, we have won the victory over the invaders. Long live the great goddess Metis!"

As soon as Roy's words fell, Roy's followers shouted.

"Long live the great Metis! Long live the great Metis!"

Driven by Aries and others, all the Athenian soldiers shouted.

"Long live the great Metis! Long live the great Metis!"

Pandion turned to look at Roy, and couldn't help frowning.

Leading the soldiers to shout slogans is obviously something that only Pandion or his son Erechtheus can do.

But Pandion did not attack Roy.

This was not only because Roy was the hero who defeated the Mycenaeans, but also because Roy's strength made Pandion jealous.

(End of this chapter)