I was a priest in the city-state era

Without Roy and Pandion leading the way, goddess Metis walked towards the Acropolis, as if the wise goddess of wisdom already knew everything about the Athenian tribe.

Roy and Pandion trotted behind goddess Metis.

When Metis came to the walkway on the west side of the Acropolis, her body suddenly burst into a dazzling azure divine light.

Then all those who were attracted by the azure divine light saw the goddess figure of Metis with their naked eyes.

"Goddess..."

"It's a real god!"

"A real god has come to the Athenian tribe."

The Athenians who saw the goddess' figure screamed, attracting more people to look at Metis.

The news that the goddess came to the Acropolis soon spread to Pandion's home.

As the former priestess of the Athenian tribe, Pandion's wife hurriedly took her two daughters, Procne and Philomela, outside and went to the temple not far away to prepare to welcome the goddess.

Roy and Pandion followed Metis to the temple of the Acropolis, and saw hundreds of people gathered around the altar outside the temple. Pandion's wife, Procne and Philomela knelt in front of the altar, and greeted the goddess Metis devoutly.

Metis was obviously very satisfied with the way the leader's wife greeted her. The goddess smiled faintly and walked to the altar, turned around and looked at the hundreds of Athenians around the altar and said.

"Athenians! I am the daughter of Pontus [the sea] - Metis, the goddess of wisdom from the sea. Now I will become the patron saint of you Athenians, lead you to a better life, and protect you from any enemy harm."

After Metis's declaration, Pandion walked to the altar, then stopped beside his wife and two daughters, turned around and looked at the onlookers and said.

"My compatriots! I have used my status as the leader to enshrine the great goddess Metis as the patron saint of our Athens tribe. From now on, all Athenians must respect goddess Metis. Challenging the authority of goddess Metis is challenging me. I will punish any sinner who blasphemes the goddess."

Although Metis is a real god, she has just arrived in the Athens tribe and cannot have the authority that the Athenians fear.

So Pandion must use the authority of the leader to defend Metis and turn the authority of the leader into the authority of the goddess.

Looking at Pandion defending Metis, Roy felt that his role was taken away, so Roy walked up to Pandion and turned to the onlookers.

"Dear Athenians! I am Roy, the priest who serves goddess Metis. In the future, goddess Metis will serve as the patron saint of the Athens tribe, and I will be the priest of the Athens tribe. But as a priest, I will not affect the ruling authority of leader Pandion, because the family of leader Pandion will be the next generation of priests."

After Pandion and his wife looked at Roy with surprise, Roy continued.

"Pandion's daughters Procne and Philomela will become apprentice priestesses and serve the great goddess Metis with me."

Pandion frowned immediately when he heard Roy's decision.

Although Roy made Pandion's daughters apprentice priestesses and the next generation of priests, which seemed to be beneficial to Pandion's consolidation of the leader's authority, Pandion was still dissatisfied with Roy's decision.

And the object of Roy's decision was Pandion's daughter.

Today Roy dared to make a decision for Pandion's daughters Procne and Philomela, would Roy dare to make a decision for Pandion's heir Erechtheus tomorrow?

If even Pandion's heir Erechtheus was controlled by Roy, who would be the real leader of the Athenian tribe, Pandion's family or Roy, a foreigner?

With hundreds of Athenians watching, Pandion naturally could not overturn Roy's decision and oppose his two daughters Procne and Philomela becoming apprentice priestesses serving the goddess Metis. He could only glare at Roy with dissatisfaction.

In order to show that he was harmless and would never threaten Pandion's ruling authority, Roy deliberately let Pandion's daughters Procne and Philomela become apprentice priestesses and the next generation of priests.

Roy's good intentions were exchanged for Pandion's dissatisfaction.

After looking at Pandion with doubts, Roy said to the onlookers.

"Dear Athenians! The great goddess Metis is both the goddess of wisdom and the goddess of the sea. Under the protection of goddess Metis, we can not only go to the open sea to catch more fish, but also go to Crete or further places for trade. As the priest of goddess Metis, I will personally participate in the open sea fishing, and will also personally lead the fleet to Crete or further places for trade."

The Athenians of this era have not yet mastered the technology of open sea navigation, so for the Athenians, participating in open sea navigation is a dangerous thing that may cost their lives.

Hearing Roy's words, many Athenians respect Roy, the priest, and Pandion also put away his dissatisfied eyes.

"Athenians!"

Metis declared at this time.

"I promise you in the name of the goddess that under my protection, the Athenians will be as good at sailing as the Phoenicians."

After speaking, Metis's body burst into a more dazzling divine light.

When the dazzling divine light disappeared, Metis's body turned into a statue of about ten meters and remained in place.

Seeing the statue of Metis standing in front of the altar, Roy thought that the goddess Metis had really turned into a statue.

At this moment, a familiar divine power wave came from the sky.

Roy raised his head and saw the goddess Metis flying hundreds of meters in the sky.

At this time, not only others, but even Pandion, who was endowed with divine power by the goddess Metis, seemed unable to see Metis' figure or hear Metis' voice.

Sensing Roy's gaze, Metis lowered his head and looked at Roy, and then the goddess flew west back to the sea.

After Metis left, Roy said to Pandion.

"Chief Pandion! Now the goddess has left the statue and left. In the future, Athenians who want to pray to the goddess or ask for her help can come to the Temple of Metis and pray to the statue of the goddess."

Pandion nodded and said.

"Priest Loy! From now on, Procne and Philomela will serve the goddess as trainee priestesses. I hope you can take good care of my daughter. I will arrange for six young male servants and six young maids to become servants of the Temple of Metis. , take care of your life.”

Pandion actually gave him twelve servants directly——

Feeling that Pandion valued him, Roy couldn't hide his excitement and said.

"Chief Pandion, I actually have a lot of things I want to invent. In order to facilitate our lives, I want to invent toothpaste and papermaking, as well as a toothbrush that matches the toothpaste, and a brush and ink for writing. For lighting at night, I want to Also to invent candles, and also to invent compasses and compasses for long voyages——"

Before Roy could finish saying everything he wanted to invent, Pandion interrupted Roy.

"Priest Roy! I have given you twelve servants. You can tell your servants whatever you want."