I was a priest in the city-state era

The Eleusinians wanted to escape from their tribe because in this era, the defeated party would not only become a captive, but also have their wives and daughters taken away by the victors.

After the legendary Trojan War, the Greek coalition not only took away all kinds of property from Troy, but also the noble royal women and young and beautiful Trojan women in Troy were all taken away by the warships of the Greek coalition.

Roy knew why the Eleusinians did not want to be captives, so Roy gave a guarantee that would reassure the Eleusinians.

Hearing Roy's words, Chione looked at Roy with her big green eyes for a while, and then shouted to the Eleusinians gathered at the east gate.

"Since this god priest guarantees that we will not be harmed, let's go home first! Even if we escape, we can't survive in the wild."

In this era, it is very difficult to survive in the wild because there are all kinds of dangers in the wild.

Even if the Eleusinians were lucky enough to escape to other tribes, they might become slaves in other tribes and have their wives and daughters taken away.

Hearing Chione's persuasion, the Eleusinians gathered at the east gate left one after another.

When Roy was about to take Chione to the west gate and let Chione persuade the Eleusinians gathered at the west gate to leave, cheers suddenly came from the highest point of the Eleusinian tribe's garrison.

"Long live Chief Pandion! Long live Chief Pandion!"

"We won! We won!"

"Eleusinians, surrender quickly, you have already lost!"

Hearing the cheers of the Athenians, Roy smiled and said.

"It seems that Chief Pandion has killed the leader of the Eleusinian tribe."

"Father..."

Chione's legs softened and she knelt on the ground, with big tears sliding down her cheeks.

Roy was about to comfort Chione, but saw Chione raise her bronze spear and stab the blade into her beautiful neck.

"Are you crazy?"

Roy hurriedly grabbed Khione's bronze spear to stop her from committing suicide.

Khione said, holding the bronze spear tightly with both hands.

"Don't stop me! Now that my father is dead, I must commit suicide according to the tradition of my ancestors to avoid being defiled by you Athenians."

Hearing Circe's words, Roy couldn't help but think of the traditions of the ancient Germans.

It is said that the ancient Germans practiced monogamy, and the most important thing between husband and wife was fidelity.

Because German women have the same perseverance and strength as men, German women usually go to war with the army.

Once their fathers, brothers or husbands are defeated, they will commit suicide without hesitation to protect their chastity.

Looking at Khione who wanted to commit suicide, Roy frowned and said dissatisfiedly.

"Suicide is a sign of cowardice and an escape from the responsibility you bear. As a princess of the Eleusis tribe, you should survive now and protect your people from the hands of the conquerors."

Hearing Roy's words, Khione said with hesitation.

"I should survive...to protect my people?"

"That's right!"

Roy brainwashed Khione.

"Khione, maybe your ancestors are Germanic, but you are Eleusin, the future Athenian, so you don't need to follow the traditions of your ancestors. If you still want to abandon your people and commit suicide now, then go to hell!"

After saying that, Roy let go of Khione's bronze spear with his left hand, and stopped trying to stop Khione from committing suicide.

Khione held the bronze spear in both hands, and just as she was hesitating whether to continue to commit suicide, the Eleusin tribe suddenly heard the cries of women and the prayers of men.

Roy turned his head and saw two small leaders with their soldiers driving the young women of the Eleusin tribe out of their homes.

Khione saw this scene and immediately stood up and questioned Roy.

"Didn't you say that the Athenians would not turn us into slaves? Are your promises just deceiving me?"

Roy shook his head and said.

"I didn't lie to you!"

"Then go and stop the Athenians quickly, don't let them hurt my people."

Khione grabbed Roy's arm and begged.

"You can deal with the people of the leader's family at will, but ordinary Eleusinians are innocent."

Roy hesitated, pushed away Kaione beside him, and ran towards the two small leaders.

Before he ran to the two small leaders, Roy shouted.

"Stop it all! I am Roy, the priest of the goddess Metis. I order you to stop in the name of the goddess Metis. If you refuse my order, you are the great sinners who blasphemed the goddess Metis. I will not only kill you, but also let your family be punished."

The goddess Metis is the patron saint of the Athenian tribe.

Now that Roy used the name of the goddess, the ordinary Athenian soldiers naturally did not want to become the great sinners who blasphemed the goddess, and immediately released the young woman of the Eleusinian tribe that they had just captured.

Roy could use the name of the goddess Metis to intimidate ordinary Athenian soldiers, but he could not use the name of the goddess to intimidate the two small leaders.

The two small leaders said dissatisfiedly.

"Priest Roy! Now we have occupied the Eleusinian tribe. It is the chief Pandion's tacit approval that we have taken property and women from the Eleusinian tribe as spoils of war."

"Does Priest Roy want to go against the authority of the chief Pandion?"

Roy smiled and shook his head.

"Of course I don't want to fight against Pandion! I just want you to stop your actions temporarily. Next, I will persuade Pandion to order you not to hurt the women of the Eleusis tribe."

After that, Roy walked towards the high ground where Pandion was.

The two small leaders looked at each other and said.

"Roy has left. Should we continue?"

"Wait a moment! In case he really convinces the leader, we can avoid making mistakes."

The high ground where the leader of the Eleusis tribe lives.

When Roy came here, he saw that the leader of the Eleusis tribe also built a stone house to live in. The stone house was surrounded by rows of wooden houses used as warehouses.

At this time, Pandion's personal guards were moving food, olive oil and other valuables from the wooden house warehouse.

Pandion sat on a stone bench outside the stone house, with Erechtheus standing behind him and a group of young and beautiful women kneeling in front of him.

Among this group of women, those wearing white cotton clothes and ornaments seem to be the family of the leader of the Eleusis tribe - that is, the sisters of Chione.

Those women wearing linen clothes are maids serving the leader's family.

Seeing Roy's figure, Pandion pointed to a corpse on the ground and said.

"Priest Roy! Thanks to your invention of paper armor, I can easily defeat Keleos, who is also a hero like me [100 Enemies] today. I will give you another credit today."

Roy came to Pandion and said.

"Chief Pandion! Now two small leaders with their soldiers want to capture the young women of the Eleusis tribe as trophies. I hope you can order our soldiers to forbid harming the women of the Eleusis tribe."

Hearing Roy's words, Erechtheus said dissatisfiedly.

"Priest Loi! The soldiers risked their lives to follow us to defeat the Eleusis tribe. It is only right that they get the women as spoils of war. I heard that after you destroyed a pirate village, you also distributed the women of that pirate village to your soldiers. Is this something that only you can do?"