I was a priest in the city-state era

Milos is a volcanic island in the Aegean Sea.

The area of ​​this island is about 150 square kilometers. The eastern part of the island is a plain area suitable for living, and the western part of the island is a mountainous area with elevated terrain. The main peak, Mount Ibias, is 750 meters above sea level.

Because of the production of rare minerals such as obsidian, Milos has a very important commercial position in the Mediterranean trade.

When the sunset was about to fall in the sky, Roy's fleet arrived at the natural port in the west of Milos.

Roy's flagship led the way into the port, and Aries suddenly pointed to several ships on the coast of the port and said.

"Priest! Look at those small boats, they are the pirate ships that attacked us."

Hearing Aries' words, Roy immediately observed carefully and found that the several ships anchored on the coast of the port did look like the pirate ships he had just encountered.

"Could it be that the pirates who attacked us fled to Milos? Or, are those pirates using Milos as their base?"

Several people guarding the ships at the port saw Roy's fleet approaching the coast of the port and fled to the distant village in panic.

Seeing this scene, Roy was more convinced that the pirates who attacked him were hiding in Milos Island.

After the ten cargo ships docked, Roy ordered the captain of the guard, Pallas.

"Captain Pallas! I suspect that the pirates who attacked us are hiding in the village ahead. Now I will take my sailors to wipe them out. You and the guards must guard the ship."

After that, Roy summoned fifty teenagers to prepare for battle.

Roy and the fifty teenagers put on paper armor and took spears, and led them to rush to the village ahead.

When they were about to reach the village, Aries suddenly asked.

"Priest! If we are wrong, those pirates are not hiding in this village. If we rush into the village like this, will it cause hostility from the villagers?"

"Aries! Even if the pirates are not hiding here, we have to destroy this village."

Seeing Aries' eyes widened in shock, Roy explained patiently.

"We are staying here overnight. To ensure that we will not be attacked by the locals, the best way is to strike first. We cannot risk our lives and bet that the locals here will not attack us."

The village at the foot of Mount Ibias is a very small village.

Roy brought fifty teenagers to the outside of the village and saw more than a hundred men guarding outside the village, ready to fight Roy and others.

Seeing that many of the more than a hundred men were pirates whose faces he remembered, Roy couldn't help laughing.

"It is indeed a pirate village. It seems that my decision to attack here is correct. Dear companions! Next, we will cooperate with each other and kill all the pirates here."

After speaking, Roy took the lead and rushed towards the pirates.

Although the pirates have an advantage in numbers, the death of the pirate leader has hit their morale, and one-third of them are already injured, one-third are old, weak, sick and disabled, and only one-third are real warriors.

Roy's fifty teenagers rushed over in a uniform pace, first of all, they overwhelmed the pirates in momentum.

After the battle between the two sides began, a one-sided situation immediately emerged.

The pirates' spears pierced the paper armor, but could not break the defense of the paper armor at all.

Roy and the teenagers waved their spears with both hands to pierce the pirates. Even if the pirates were not injured and bleeding, their bodies would suffer severe internal injuries.

The battle between the two sides lasted for a while. Seeing that the result was doomed to fail, some pirates turned and fled, and some pirates put down their weapons and knelt on the ground and shouted.

"I am willing to surrender. Please let me live for the sake of the gods."

After the first person surrendered, more and more pirates surrendered, and more and more pirates turned and fled.

Dozens of pirates who chose to fight to the end were soon killed by Roy and fifty teenagers.

After the battle, more than forty pirates lay on the ground, and thirty pirates became prisoners.

Roy looked at the captives, and a cowardly pirate immediately begged.

"Merciful great man, I did not participate in the attack on you. Please forgive me mercifully. The gods will definitely bless you."

Bang!

Roy swung the bronze spear and hit the pirate's head hard.

After confirming that the pirate was killed, Roy said coldly.

"Although you did not participate in the attack on us, you are also a pirate with blood on your hands."

Then, Roy ordered the fifty teenagers.

"Kill all these captives. Only dead pirates are harmless pirates."

Hearing Roy's order, although the teenagers were reluctant to kill the captives, they still faithfully executed Roy's order.

After the captured pirates turned into corpses lying on the ground, Roy looked at the wooden houses in the village and said.

"Companions! We have won a victory, and now we have to search for spoils. Everyone will divide into groups of five to search each house, and find all the food, bronze, and living people in these wooden houses and bring them to me. I will distribute the spoils to you according to your merits. If anyone dares to hide the spoils, I will turn him from a companion into a ghost in the underworld."

After speaking, Roy walked towards the only wooden and stone house in the village.

Before entering the wooden house, Roy saw firelight coming through the cracks in the wooden door.

Pushing the door open and walking in, Roy looked inside the wooden house and saw firewood burning in the fireplace. Next to the fireplace was a bronze tripod for cooking and a bag of grain.

Strangely, no one was seen in the house.

Roy walked to the fireplace, took a burning firewood and was about to leave when a child suddenly cried under the wool blanket in the corner of the room.

Roy immediately walked to the corner of the room, lifted the wool blanket and threw it aside.

A young and beautiful woman and a little boy about two years old appeared in Roy's sight.

Seeing that the woman was not only wearing a cotton robe, but also a pearl necklace and other accessories, Roy said with a smile.

"If I am not mistaken, the owner of this house is the pirate leader I killed, and you are the wife of the pirate leader! Now this pirate village has been destroyed by me. If you don't want to be burned to death in this house with your son, go outside the house immediately. Now you are our trophy and must obey our orders."

The woman walked out of the house with the child in her arms, shedding sad tears, and seemed to have accepted her fate.

Roy walked out of the wooden and stone house and saw more women being driven out by their companions.

Some of these women were carrying children, some were pregnant, and some were alone.

Driven by the boys, more than 60 women and a dozen children gathered in the open space outside the wooden and stone house.

At this time, the night had already enveloped the earth.

Roy used burning firewood to light a pile of wood outside the wooden and stone house, letting the firelight illuminate the open space, and then said to the crying women.

"Most of the men in this pirate village have been killed by us, and some have escaped. Now, including you women, everything in this pirate village is our spoils. If you still want to live, accept the fate of spoils and accept all my arrangements for you."