I was a priest in the city-state era

In order to deal with the war with Sais, Roy summoned all 500 Athenian soldiers and 3,600 Egyptian soldiers to Buto.

As a result, from March to April, Roy still did not wait for the army of Sais.

After sending soldiers to Sais for reconnaissance, Roy learned that the pharaoh of Sais, Sekharan, was conducting emergency training for tens of thousands of soldiers in Sais.

Sekharan was so cautious in order to win the war, so Roy was of course also training the army of Buto.

On the seventh day of April.

Sekharan finally came to the outside of Buto with 6,000 troops.

Roy took 500 Athenian soldiers and 2,500 Egyptian soldiers out of the city to fight, and the two armies confronted each other on the plain south of Buto.

The patron saint of Sais, Net, has aliases such as Ness and Net according to different pronunciations.

As early as the first dynasty of Egypt, that is, 1,500 years ago, Sais was already the center of Net's worship.

In the long history of evolution, the Sais people not only worshipped Nett as the supreme goddess who created gods and humans, but also endowed her with many divine attributes.

As the patron saint of the city-state, Nett's most important divine attribute is the godhood of war.

As the goddess of war, Nett is a female war god holding a spear in one hand and a shield in the other. The sacred object symbolizing her is not a sacred beast, but the golden shield she holds, so Nett is also called the shield-bearing goddess.

Because the goddess Nett is a shield-bearing goddess, the Sais soldiers also fight with shields.

At this time, Roy observed the army of Sais City and saw that the pharaoh of Sais City, Sekhaen, was holding a bronze shield with golden light, the noble generals around him were holding wooden shields wrapped in cowhide, and ordinary Sais soldiers were also holding wooden shields.

They seemed to think that holding a shield would get the protection of the patron saint of Sais City, the shield-bearing female war goddess Nett, on the battlefield.

When Roy observed the army of Sais City, Sekhaen was also observing the army of Buto City behind Roy.

Although Sekhaen did not underestimate Roy's soldiers, the strong momentum of the Athenian soldiers still exceeded his expectations. Even Roy's Egyptian soldiers were full of vigor, as if they were not fighting for foreign conquerors, but defending their own homes.

Roy and Sekhaen came to the same conclusion at the same time - the other side's soldiers should not be underestimated.

Roy couldn't help but feel lucky that he did not take the initiative to attack Sais.

Because the result of taking the initiative to attack Sais would at most be a miserable victory.

"King Roy of Athens!"

Before the two sides went to war, Sekhaen accused Roy righteously.

"You foreigners not only invaded the land of Egypt, but also broke the traditions of the Egyptians and drove away the priests and nobles who had ruled the Egyptians for thousands of years. Evil invaders like you will not be accepted by the Egyptians. Now I will drive you away on behalf of the Egyptians. If you don't want your soldiers to die in vain, take them away from the land of Egypt."

"Puff-"

After listening to Sekhaen's words, Roy couldn't help laughing.

"You said that the priests and nobles have ruled the Egyptians for thousands of years, and the Egyptians cannot accept that there are no priests and nobles ruling them - do you really believe this nonsense? Ask the Egyptian soldiers behind me, are they really willing to endure hardships and support the priests and nobles for their descendants?"

After Roy finished speaking, the Egyptian soldiers behind him immediately shouted like thunder.

"We don't want to -"

Although the Egyptian pharaohs can easily use hundreds of thousands of people to build pyramids for themselves, the Egyptians are not really willing to be slaves.

The 19th Dynasty of Egypt ruled by Pharaoh Ramses II, who was praised as the greatest emperor of Egypt, was destroyed by a slave uprising.

Unfortunately, it was still foreigners from the Near East who led the Egyptians to overthrow the 19th Dynasty.

Sekhan also knew that his nonsense made no sense, but he was a pharaoh supported by the priests and nobles, so of course he had to speak on the side of the priests and nobles.

Seeing that he couldn't argue with Roy, Sekhan chose to launch an attack.

"People of Sais! For the goddess Knight, for the city of Sais! Follow me, and we will defeat the invaders together."

After saying that, Sekharn took the lead and rushed towards Roy's army.

The people of Sais also followed Sekharn with loud shouts.

Seeing the enemy attack, Roy also took the initiative to meet the enemy with his soldiers.

Roy and Sekharn rushed to each other first, and Roy swung his bronze spear at Sekharn mercilessly.

There was a loud bang!

Sekharn blocked Roy's attack with a golden bronze shield, and then swung his spear to counterattack Roy.

"What a hard shield!"

Roy dodged Sekharn's attack while looking at his shield in surprise.

With Roy's divine power, Roy's spear blade can even penetrate a steel shield.

Roy's spear blade could not penetrate Sekhan's shield. It was obvious that Sekhan's shield was blessed by divine power, and the divine power of the shield goddess strengthened the bronze shield to an incredible degree.

Roy was surprised, and Sekhan also looked at Roy with fear.

Because Roy's attack on him was too powerful, he couldn't help but suspect that Roy was not a great hero, but a demigod hero.

If he hadn't used the divine power given to him by the goddess Knight to bless his shield, his shield would definitely have been pierced by Roy's spear blade, and even penetrated the shield to injure his body.

After dodging Sekhan's fierce attack and confirming that his strength and speed could not match his own, Roy immediately began to look for an opportunity to kill Sekhan.

Sekhan knew the difference in strength between him and Roy, and kept using a shield to protect his body.

While Roy and Sekhan were fighting, Roy's soldiers and Sekhan's soldiers were also fighting fiercely.

Although Roy completely suppressed Sekhan in the battle, Roy's soldiers could not suppress Sekhan's soldiers, and the two sides were evenly matched.

But Roy had only 4,000 soldiers and Sekhan had 6,000 soldiers.

In the end of the war of attrition between the soldiers, Roy's soldiers would definitely lose.

In order to win this war, Roy must defeat Sekhan as soon as possible and make Sekhan's soldiers lose the will to fight to the death.

Sekhan obviously noticed Roy's intention, and when Roy's attack became more and more difficult to resist, Sekhan called out loudly.

"Great goddess Knight, please give me the power to defeat the enemy."

Accompanied by Sekhaan's prayer, a goddess with wings on her back descended from the sky and landed on the south side of the battlefield. It was Knight, the patron saint of Sais.

Metis, the patron saint of Athens, also took the initiative to show up and landed on the north side of the battlefield.

The two goddesses looked at each other across the battlefield. Metis smiled like a hunter staring at her prey.

"Very good! You are really good! You are different from the sun serpent Wadgit. Your attributes do not conflict with me too much."

Hearing these inexplicable words, Knight said expressionlessly.

"Foreign god, do you want to introduce yourself first?"

"I am Athena [Athens Maiden Goddess]."

Metis said immediately.

"I am the Maiden God from Athens, the goddess of wisdom named Metis."