I was a priest in the city-state era

Seeing Roy threatening the surrounding Knossos people with weapons, the twelve soldiers following Roy also raised their bronze war spears.

Forced by the cold light of the bronze war spear, the surrounding Knossos people could only leave in anger, not daring to pray to Roy for food anymore.

Just when Roy was about to look away from the group of Knossos people, a man from Knossos whose clothes were soaked caught Roy's attention.

This man looked like he had just come out of the water. He was holding a clay pot in his hands and deliberately covered the clay pot with wet clothes. He obviously didn't want others to see the type of clay pot.

But anyone who knows about clay pots can tell from the shape and size of the clay pot that it is a clay pot for olive oil or grain.

The group of Knossos people who left in front of Roy saw the man holding the clay pot, and someone immediately rushed over and asked.

"Is this clay pot of yours filled with grain?"

Seeing a group of people running over to surround him, the man hugged the clay pot tightly with both hands and said.

"I fished this from the bottom of the sea. You can't snatch it from me. In order to fish it out, I almost suffocated in the water."

"This is not your food."

A man with a fierce expression immediately said loudly.

"Our local people all use cloth bags to carry food. Only merchant ships use clay pots to prevent food from absorbing water and getting damp. Since this is the ownerless food you fished from the bottom of the sea, you should give us some. "

After saying that, he immediately started to grab the clay pot.

In order to share the food, everyone else joined in. Even the woman holding the baby held the baby with her right hand and reached out to touch the clay pot with her left hand.

In the struggle of a group of people, the clay pot finally fell to the ground with a bang, and the wheat in the pot was scattered in the soil.

A group of people were stunned for a moment, and then they knelt on the ground and put wheat and sand into their cloth bags.

Looking at this scene from a distance, Roy couldn't help but shake his head.

There is a saying that people with sufficient food and clothing can know the etiquette; people with enough food and clothing can know the honor and disgrace.

Ordinary people will only take into account moral etiquette, honor and shame when they have enough food and clothing.

When they can no longer survive, the selfishness of human nature will be fully demonstrated.

Roy led twelve soldiers from the port to the city, and came to the ruins of the north gate of Knossos. Roy saw a group of Knossos soldiers cleaning up the ruins of houses and dragging the bodies in the ruins to a Burned in a huge bonfire.

Seeing that the people cleaning up the ruins of the house were not only soldiers, but also an aristocratic old man with gray hair wearing cotton clothes. Roy walked behind the aristocratic old man who had his back turned to him and said.

"Old man, can I interrupt you for a moment?"

Hearing Roy's words, the noble old man froze first, and then he slowly turned around to face Roy.

Seeing the face of this noble old man, Roy's eyes immediately widened in disbelief.

Because this noble old man turned out to be the king of Knossos.

"King Minos——"

"Now my son Deucalion is Minos, and my real name is Talos."

The old man who called himself Talos glanced at the soldiers behind Roy and said.

"Loy, King of Athens, do you want to conquer the city of Knossos? If you can guarantee to feed everyone in the city of Knossos, I can directly dedicate the city of Knossos to you."

Roy immediately shook his head and said.

"Now I have no interest in conquering the city of Knossos. Talos! I remember that you should only be in your forties. Why do you look like such an old man? You just said that you would dedicate the city of Knossos to Did I—Did Minos also die? If Minos is still alive, how can you make the decision for him?"

"Are you surprised at how I look now?"

Talos said calmly.

"When you are under the same pressure as me, maybe you will grow old overnight like me. In the era of my grandfather and father, our city of Knossos has always been rich and powerful, and is the absolute overlord of the Aegean Sea region. . But in the era of Deucalion and I, the city of Knossos first lost the war with the city of Athens and its hegemony was shaken, and then suffered an unprecedented disaster. Now the city of Knossos has become the overlord of the Aegean Sea. A city-state that could collapse and perish at any time, you can’t imagine the pressure and pain I endure.”

Having said this, Talos sighed deeply, and then continued.

"In order to solve the food problem, my son Deucalion - Minos has taken three thousand soldiers to Egypt to become mercenaries. But I can guarantee that as long as you are willing to feed all the people of Knossos, Minos Nor will I object to dedicating the city of Knossos to you."

Roy said with a wry smile.

"If I have the ability to feed the 50,000 people in Knossos, I will definitely accept the city of Knossos and the people of Knossos. Unfortunately, this pressure is too great, so I will let you and Minos continue to bear it. Let’s wait until the city of Knossos gets through this crisis, then I will definitely come to conquer the city of Knossos.”

“Can the city of Knossos really survive this crisis?”

Seeing Talos's desperate forced smile, Roy said seriously.

"The city of Knossos will definitely survive this crisis."

After finishing the conversation with Talos, Roy was about to return to the port with his soldiers when his eyes suddenly saw the huge ten-meter-tall figure of the goddess Europa standing next to the Temple of Europa outside the city of Knossos.

After a moment's hesitation, Roy led his soldiers towards the Temple of Europa outside the city.

Temple of Europa.

This building far from the port was obviously not destroyed by the tsunami.

At this time, the goddess Europa was like a beautiful doll, standing next to a small hill, staring at the sea in the distance with a dull look.

Roy walked to the top of the hill alone, looking at Europa's beautiful face like white porcelain and said.

"Goddess Europa, you look very sad."

Hearing Roy's words, Europa turned her head and looked at Roy with numb eyes.

Although the Kingdom of Athens was the enemy of Knossos, and Roy, as the king of Athens, was the biggest enemy of Knossos, there was no hostility towards Roy in Europa's eyes.

Europa looked at Roy with a dead look, as if her heart was dead.

"What did I do wrong... Why did the Mother of the World treat me like this... My Knossos was destroyed by the Mother of the World... I will also have a tragic end..."

Seeing that Europa didn't see him at all, Roy knew that Europa only regarded him as an object of confession, and he was no different from stone and wood in her eyes.

"Goddess Europa..."

Roy couldn't help but say that the once proud and beautiful strongest goddess in the Aegean Sea region had become like this.

"Knossos will not be destroyed, and you will not end."

"You--"

Europa's face showed a shaken expression, and her beautiful eyes flashed with tears.

"Don't lie to me, Knossos is no longer save."

Roy took a deep breath and said in a decisive tone.

"I assure you as the king of Athens that Knossos will continue to exist, and you will still be the patron saint of Knossos."