I was a priest in the city-state era

In the myth of another world, the war that is most inconsistent with the logic of reality is the Trojan War that lasted for ten years.

With the agricultural scale and grain output of this era, the Greek coalition did not need to besiege the city for ten years. As long as it blocked Troy for one year, Troy would collapse due to lack of food.

The land of the Attica Peninsula is more barren than the Troy region, and Athens is even more unable to withstand the enemy's blockade than Troy.

If the enemy's blockade cannot be broken as soon as possible and the sea merchants can transport a steady stream of grain to Athens, Athens will begin to collapse in a month.

So when Roy heard the news brought by Aries, he gently pushed Procne and Philomela away from his arms, and then went outside the hall to feel the wind direction.

"North wind - northeast wind!"

Feeling the direction of the wind, Roy couldn't help laughing.

"Even fate is helping me. We will definitely win this war."

Procne and Philomela, who followed Roy to the outside of the hall, asked with doubts.

"Brother Roy, what are you happy about?"

"Does the north wind make you happy, not the north wind that makes you unhappy?"

Roy nodded and said.

"Procne! Philomela! I want to defeat the navy of Knossos, and the wind direction is also a very important factor. If the wind direction is not favorable to us, it will be difficult for us to win a complete victory, and it is likely that we will both lose with the enemy."

Procne and Philomela were confused, but still nodded, showing their admiration for Roy.

"Since brother Roy said that the wind direction is very important to this war, then the wind direction must be really important."

"My sister and I will pray to the goddess Metis not to change the wind direction."

If it is a thousand years later, people will pray to Boreas, the god of the north wind, for the north wind, Notos, the god of the south wind, Eulus, the god of the east wind, and Zephyrus, the god of the west wind, for the south wind.

When the Persian Empire's army invaded Greece, the Athenian navy defeated the Persian Empire's navy with the help of the north wind. It was believed that the north wind god Boreas showed goodwill to the Athenians, so the Athenians held a sacrifice for the north wind god Boreas.

However, in this era, the person who compiled the genealogy had not yet been born, and the four wind gods had not yet been compiled.

So even if the patron god of their city-state did not have these divine qualities, people would pray to their patron god for good weather and good harvests.

Although Roy knew that the reason for the birth of the north wind was the different temperatures between land and sea, he did not correct Philomela.

Kea Island.

This is a typical conical island with a flat terrain on the edge of the island and a 500-meter-high mountain in the center of the island.

Kea Island has an area of ​​130 square kilometers. Because the food on the island is difficult to feed a large population, there are only more than 1,000 people on Kea Island.

Kea City, located on the northwest coast of Kea Island, is the only small city on Kea Island.

Although the ruler of Kea can only rule over more than a thousand people on the island, the ruler of Kea still proclaims himself the King of Kea of ​​Kea Island.

Kea Island has now become the base of the navy of Knossos City, and the palace in Kea City has also become Deucalion's temporary residence.

Just as Roy was preparing to defeat the navy of Knossos City, Deucalion was in the palace of Kea City, attending the banquet held for him by the King of Kea.

Tasting the wine and food at the banquet, surrounded by the beautiful girls prepared by the King of Kea, Deucalion could not be happy.

Because he not only lost the first war with Roy, but also lost two thousand soldiers.

In order to save his reputation and restore the prestige of Knossos City, Deucalion can only rely on the powerful navy to blockade Athens City and never dare to confront Roy on land again.

"Roy-Damn Roy!"

Whispering Roy's name, the drunk Deucalion gritted his teeth and said angrily.

"You actually brought me--brought such a huge shame to Knossos! If we can't completely defeat Athens, our Knossos will lose its prestige and the throne of the Aegean Sea. Now this is no longer a war between you and me for a woman, but a war between Athens and Knossos for hegemony. In order to protect the hegemony of Knossos, I will definitely defeat you."

Although he was defeated by Roy in the war on land, Deucalion was still full of confidence in the navy of Knossos.

After all, the number of warships in Athens could never match that of Knossos, and the navy of Athens would have a huge gap in number with the navy of Knossos.

The next day.

While Deucalion was still hungover, Roy took two thousand soldiers and boarded a hundred warships to leave the port of Piraeus, ready to fight the navy of Knossos.

On each warship, there were ten pottery jars filled with twenty kilograms of olive oil, as well as candles and cloth balls soaked in olive oil as fire.

It was noon.

Roy's fleet was only two hours away from Kea Island, and Deucalion had received the news.

Kea Island Port.

Deucalion hurriedly boarded his warship and confirmed the information with the soldiers around him.

"You said our reconnaissance ship brought back news that the Athenian navy has a hundred large warships?"

The soldiers around him nodded, and Deucalion couldn't help but feel dizzy.

The city of Athens was really abnormal.

Two months ago, Athens was a tribe with a population of about 5,000 and only 300 bronze spears.

Now, two months later, Athens not only has 3,000 bronze spears, but also 100 large warships sailing across the sea.

Even if some of the bronze spears and warships belong to Athens' allies, the speed at which Athens' strength increases is still too abnormal.

"Roy - if the abnormal changes in Athens are caused by you, I have to admit that you are really an amazing opponent."

Now, Deucalion even regrets breaking up with Athens for a woman and going to war.

After all, although Deucalion values ​​Pandora, he is not stupid enough to think that Pandora is more important than the hegemony of Knossos.

If the war between Athens and Knossos had not broken out, Knossos could continue to maintain its hegemony safely.

Of course -

This is just Deucalion's wishful thinking.

Even if Knossos did not take the initiative to go to war with Athens, Roy would take away the hegemony of Knossos for the development of Athens.

After hurriedly boarding his warship, Deucalion took 200 warships to meet Roy's fleet, ready to defeat Roy head-on with the advantage of numbers.

As the two fleets gradually approached each other on the sea, Deucalion's confidence in defeating Roy began to waver.

Before fighting with Roy on land, Deucalion was full of confidence in defeating Roy, but the reality gave him a painful lesson.

Now even if the number of warships is twice that of Roy, Deucalion dare not think that he can definitely defeat Roy.

Compared with Deucalion, Roy is full of confidence in victory.

After all, Roy is ready to burn 20,000 kilograms of olive oil in exchange for victory.