I was a priest in the city-state era

On the cement road from the Eleusis tribe to Athens, Roy and Pallas were galloping on horseback.

Rumble--rumble--

Thunder after thunder fell from the sky and struck the road Roy had just passed.

Pallas, who was riding a horse behind Roy, couldn't help but whispered.

"The target of the thunder is not me, why should I run with it? I am too close to His Majesty, and I am more likely to be struck by thunder."

Roy, who was concentrating on escaping, did not hear Pallas's complaints.

Seeing that the thunder fell on the hard cement road and could split a half-meter deep hole in the cement ground, Roy had no mind to care about other things and just wanted to escape from the attack range of thunder as soon as possible.

"This is definitely an attack from the gods."

Looking up at the red fireball thousands of meters high in the sky, Roy had guessed her identity at this time. She was Hestia, the patron saint of Argos worshipped by the Argives.

As the goddess of fire, Hestia used thunder to show her power, which was related to the source of the fire.

There are usually only two sources of fire in nature.

The first source of fire is the sun, so among the gods worshipped by the Thracians, the sun god Helios is also the original fire.

The second source of fire is thunder. In the hot summer, it is not uncommon for forests or grasslands to burn with lightning as the source of fire, so thunder is the second original fire after the sun.

In fact, there is a third source of fire in nature that is rarely observed by humans - submarine volcanic eruptions.

In the ancient mythology of another world, the sun god Helios was regarded as the undisputed original fire. The fire god Hephaestus, derived from the Egyptian god of fire and craftsman Ptah, symbolized the fire of submarine volcanic eruptions. The fire goddess Hestia symbolized neither the sun's fire nor the fire of submarine volcanoes.

Because Zeus is the only master of thunder in mythology, Hestia was deprived of the identity of the goddess of thunder and became a simple goddess of fire. There is no description of the source of the fire she symbolizes.

Hestia, the goddess of thunder and fire——

Thinking that Hestia's territory had been taken away by Zeus, Roy finally understood why she attacked him like this.

It was because Hestia's territory had been taken away by Zeus and she was no longer a guardian god, so Hestia was no longer restricted by the rules of the guardian god.

Now Roy was attacked by Hestia, just like an unlucky person being attacked by a beast like a tiger.

Roy could belittle Hestia who attacked him as an evil god or even a demon, but he could not accuse Hestia of violating the rules of the gods, because Hestia was no longer a guardian god who needed to abide by the rules of the gods.

Boom——

Another thunderbolt struck beside him, and the residual power of the thunder paralyzed Roy's body.

Hestia sent down dozens of thunderbolts, but none of them hit Roy's body. This was obviously unreasonable.

"Could it be that Goddess Hestia is warning me, not trying to kill me?"

Thinking of the reason why he might have angered Hestia, Roy looked up and shouted to Hestia who was thousands of meters high.

"Goddess Hestia, I promise not to expel the Argives."

Boom---

There was a muffled thunder in the sky, but no thunder fell.

After a few minutes, there was still no thunder, so Roy immediately stopped the galloping horse.

Palas came to Roy, asked Roy after stopping the horse.

"Your Majesty, are we not running anymore?"

"The goddess is no longer attacking us, why should we run?"

Roy turned his horse around and said to Pallas.

"Palas, let's go back and negotiate with the Argives."

After that, Roy asked the horse to run to the Eleusis tribe's base, and Pallas could only follow closely behind Roy.

The base of the Eleusis tribe

Roy and Pallas returned here, and Io and Argolid brought a dozen Argos soldiers to greet Roy and invited him.

"Your Majesty, King of Athens! We didn't treat you well just now, and now I beg you to be our guest."

"I accept your invitation."

Roy and Pallas followed Io and others into the settlement of the Eleusis tribe and observed that there were about 500 Argos people here.

Everyone came to the stone house on the top of the hill. Roy and Pallas followed Io and Argolid into the hall of the stone house, and then the four of them sat around a wooden table in the hall.

After two young and beautiful maids brought white bread and wine, Io held the wine glass in front of her and said.

"Your Majesty, the King of Athens! Goddess Hestia is a great goddess who is as gentle and loving as a mother. She attacked you just now just to protect us. Even if we Argosians have lost our foothold and Goddess Hestia has lost her throne as the patron saint, Goddess Hestia still hasn't abandoned us. How can we betray Goddess Hestia?"

"Now I understand why you don't want to abandon Goddess Hestia."

Roy said expressionlessly.

"Although I understand you, it doesn't mean I can accept it."

Io and Argolid looked at each other, and then Io looked at Roy unwillingly and said.

"Your Majesty! The Kingdom of Athens does not only have the goddess Metis. Since you can accept the goddess Mnemosyne in Thebes and the goddess Amphitrite in Corinth, why can't you accept the goddess Hestia?"

Roy said with a bright smile.

"Although I am not a priest serving the goddesses Mnemosyne and Amphitrite, both goddesses have given me great favor and given me their blessings and divine power. If you want me to accept Hess Goddess Tia, then let Goddess Hestia give me blessings and divine power.”

Hearing Roy's request, Yi'e said with a happy smile.

"As long as your Majesty is willing to support Hestia and help Hestia regain her throne as the patron saint, even if your majesty is not Hestia's priest, Hestia will bestow blessings and divine power on you. ”

Roy shook his head and said.

"As a priest who serves the goddess Metis, it is impossible for me to allocate a piece of territory belonging to the goddess Metis to the goddess Hestia and help the goddess Hestia regain her position as the patron saint. My request is, Hes Goddess Tia will grant me blessings and divine power now.”

Yi'e explained with a troubled expression.

"Your Majesty the King of Athens, now the goddess Hestia is no longer the patron saint, which means that the goddess Hestia can only give blessings and divine power to one person. The goddess Hestia has given blessings and divine power to Her only priest—that is, me. If I want to comply with your Majesty's request, I will lose the blessings and divine power of the goddess Hestia, and I will no longer be able to communicate with the goddess Hestia."

Roy said with a smile.

"If you lose the blessing and divine power of Goddess Hestia and can no longer perform the duties of a priestess, I can be the bridge between you and Goddess Hestia."