I was a priest in the city-state era

Athenian waters.

A clipper ship left the port of Piraeus and sailed on the sea like an arrow driven by the north wind.

Roy stood on the bow deck of the clipper, admiring the beautiful scenery on the sea.

The destination of this clipper ship was not the Arcadia region where the Mycenaeans were invading, but the city of Donia in northwest Crete.

At noon on the third day, Roy's clipper arrived at the port of Donia City.

When the ship sailed into the port, Roy knew that he had come to the right place when he saw that there were hundreds of merchant ships of various sizes moored in the port of Donia City. It was beginning to develop into a trade hub.

If the city of Donia is allowed to continue to grow and develop, the city of Donia will not only be a threat to the city of Knossos, but also a threat to the city of Athens.

If the city of Donia was part of the Kingdom of Athens under Roy's rule, whether Athens or Donia developed into a trade hub, the ultimate beneficiary would be Roy, and Roy would certainly not oppose the development of Donia. Become a trade hub.

It's a pity that the current ruler of Donia City is not Roy, but Roy's cheap uncle Goradamandis.

Let the sailors of the clipper stay on the ship, Roy entered the city of Donia alone with the bronze war spear, and headed to the palace of Donia city.

Because the palace is usually the largest building in a city and is built in the center of the city, Roy arrived at the gate of the palace very smoothly.

Roy told his identity to the soldiers guarding the palace gate. After a soldier went to the palace hall to report, Roy was quickly taken to the hall.

In the hall with two rows of stone pillars supporting the roof, the throne of King Rhadamandis of Donia City is located on the three steps deep in the hall.

Roy walked to the center of the hall and made eye contact with Radamandis on the throne. He saw that this cheap uncle was about in his early twenties. He was wearing a gold crown on his head and was also wearing gold jewelry. gorgeous white robe.

Although Radamandis sat on the throne with a lazy look, his aura was like a lion with half-open eyes, as if he would turn into a beast and attack Roy in the next moment.

While Roy's eyes were sizing up Radamandis, Radamadis's eyes were also sizing up Roy.

"Are you King Loy of Athens? I heard that you came to my palace alone. I thought you were a bold fool who came to trick me, but you look like the real thing!"

"You don't look like a fake either!"

Roy said with a joking smile.

"Dear brother, I'd better explain my purpose to you directly! The navy of your city of Donia collects tolls in the waters of Thera and forces merchant ships to come to your city of Donia for trade. This makes me feel very embarrassed. "

"Who is your brother-"

Like an enraged lion, Radamandis suddenly opened his eyes wide and stared at Roy.

"A woman's marriage is decided by her father and brothers. I have no intention of marrying my sister Pandora to you. Don't shamelessly think of yourself as my brother-in-law."

"you--"

Rhadamandis actually wanted to terminate his engagement with Pandora, Roy suppressed the anger in his heart and said.

"King Rhadamandis of Donia, we will talk about Pandora later. Now let's talk about the toll collection in Donia City first."

"The city of Athens is hundreds of miles away. What does my collecting tolls in the Sea of ​​Thera have to do with the city of Athens?"

"It doesn't matter!"

Roy said frankly.

"At least half of the Thera Sea is your sphere of influence. You are free to collect tolls in your own sea. But if your actions affect my interests, I must interfere with you. Merchants are conducting normal trade. Under such circumstances, the benefits we can extract from them are limited. If you directly charge one-tenth of the toll, how will I collect commercial taxes in the future? "

“You want me to reduce or even eliminate tolls?”

Radamandis said with a proud smile.

"As long as you accept my decision to cancel your engagement with Pandora, I will reduce the toll to one-twentieth, so that your city of Athens can also collect one-twentieth of the commercial tax."

"You have to reduce the toll by half in exchange for me giving up my engagement with Pandora——"

Roy looked at Radamandis in surprise and confusion.

"Radamandis, since you love your sister so much, why don't you ask Pandora what she thinks?"

"Even if I don't ask, I know that she definitely doesn't want to marry you, because no man in the world can be her husband. The only person who can stand by her side and accompany her is me, the person who loves her most in the world. "

Seeing that Radamandis was looking a little crazy, Roy finally confirmed his suspicion - Radamandis was also a perverted girl.

"Radamandis, it seems there is no need for us to waste time negotiating. Let me ask you one last question, has Pandora returned to Donia City?"

"Donia City is Pandora's real home, and of course she lives here."

After hearing Radamandis' answer, Roy raised his bronze war spear and pointed at Radamandis and said.

"I didn't want to do this! Since you are unwilling to give up collecting tolls and want to terminate my engagement with Pandora, now I am going to pull you off the throne and let Pandora inherit the throne as a princess."

Seeing Roy aiming his spear blade at Radamandis, the twelve soldiers guarding the hall immediately rushed in to surround Roy.

"You all get out!"

Radamandis ordered the soldiers.

"The battle between great heroes and great heroes is not something ordinary soldiers like you can intervene in."

After saying that, Rhadamandis stood up from the throne and took the war spear from the two soldiers.

Walking down the steps where the throne was and came to Roy, Rhadamandis raised two bronze war spears with both hands in a fighting posture and said to Roy.

"I can fight you and promise not to kill you. But if you lose, you must accept my arrangement and give up the private engagement between Pandora and you. I will reduce the toll to one-twentieth. As compensation for you."

Roy couldn't help but rolled his eyes and said.

"Where do you get the confidence to think you can defeat me? Don't you know that Minos [Deucalion] is my defeated general, and you can only fight Minos to a dead end. Since I If I can defeat Minos, I can certainly defeat you who is as strong as Minos."

"Stupid guy, have you forgotten that this is Donia City?"

Radamandis said with a sneer.

"Even if you are really stronger than me, I will defeat you with the help of the guardian goddess of Donia City."

After saying that, Radamandis took the initiative to wave two war spears and attacked Roy.

While avoiding Radamandis' attack, Roy moved to the courtyard outside the hall.

Under Roy's guidance, Roy and Radamandis quickly arrived outside the hall.

Just when Roy was about to fight back against Radamandis, Pandora's figure suddenly appeared in Roy's sight.

Seeing Pandora walking to the door of the hall, Roy looked into Pandora's eyes while avoiding Radamandis' attack.