I was a priest in the city-state era

Hattusa City.

The palace of the Hittite King.

Now Roy and Hatepuna have become the new owners here.

In the magnificent palace hall, Roy sat on the golden throne belonging to the Hittite King, looking at the map of the Asia Minor Peninsula he drew.

Hakpisa City, Narik City, Charpva City -

These three city-states where the Hattites launched a rebellion have been separated from the map of the Hittite Kingdom by Roy.

Looking at the three northern city-states leading to the southern coast of the Black Sea, Roy has been frowning.

In the process of Roy's conquest of the Hittite Kingdom, the rebellion of the Hattites was expected.

What Roy is embarrassed about now is whether to conquer the three city-states of the Hattites.

Roy has always portrayed himself as the savior of the Hattites, so that the Hattites no longer have to be slaves of the Hittites.

If Roy takes the initiative to conquer the Hattite city-states, the image of [the savior of the Hattites] that Roy has created for himself will collapse.

At this time, Hatepuna brought a group of young and beautiful palace maids to bring food.

Hatepuna came to Roy and sat down, and said to Roy who was concentrating.

"I just received news that Telepin has conquered a Palek tribe with a population of more than 10,000 and married a Pacle princess named Anna. Maybe it won't be long before Telepin will establish a country and become king in the territory of the Pacle."

Hearing this news, Roy breathed a sigh of relief and said.

"If I leave the three Hattian city-states alone, they will eventually be conquered by Telepin. In order to prevent the Hattians in these three city-states from being enslaved by the Hittites, I must incorporate them into the territory of the Athenian Empire."

With a reason to conquer the three Hattian city-states, Roy looked at Hatepuna happily and said.

"Dear Hatepuna, thank you for bringing me good news."

Hatepuna said with a faint smile.

"If you really want to thank me, don't accept the Hurrian princess."

"Are you worried that the Hurrian princess will take away your power?"

Seeing that Hatepuna did not deny it, Roy said with a serious face.

"Hatepuna! The entire Anatolian Peninsula has an area of ​​500,000 square kilometers and a population of more than 3 million. I can't give you such a large territory and population to rule. Even if I don't marry the Hurrian princess, I will let others manage the Anatolian Peninsula with you."

"Then...then you should marry the Hurrian princess!"

Hatepuna frowned and said.

"If you find a woman who has a better relationship with you to rule the Anatolian Peninsula with me, my authority will definitely be suppressed. The Hurrian princess knew you later than me, and I would rather be her opponent."

Roy hugged Hatepuna's slender waist and held her in his arms to comfort her.

"Dear Hatepuna, your worries are unnecessary. I just want others to rule the Anatolian Peninsula with you, and I won't let them take away your power. I plan to divide the Anatolian Peninsula into three parts. The Hittite Kingdom in the central Anatolian Peninsula will be ruled by you, the Hurrian Kingdom in the eastern Anatolian Peninsula will be ruled by the Hurrian Princess, and the western Anatolian Peninsula will be ruled by the Arzawa Princess."

"Not only the Hurrian Princess, you also want the Arzawa Princess?"

"That's right!"

Roy nodded and said.

"Next I will conquer three Hattite city-states, and I will leave it to you to propose to the Arzawa Princess for me."

1599 BC.

At the end of February.

Roy left Hattusa with an army of 20,000 consisting of 10,000 Hittite soldiers and 10,000 Hattite soldiers, heading for the northern Hattite city-state of Hakpisa.

The severe cold of winter remains in the Anatolian Plateau in February, and unmelted ice and snow can be seen everywhere on the road.

When Roy led his army forward, the moon goddess Selene once again transformed into a fully armed human and rode a white horse to Roy's side.

Seeing Selene coming to his side, Roy asked with both surprise and astonishment.

"Goddess Selene, are you going to transform into a human to help me fight?"

"I'm here to monitor you."

Selene said calmly.

"Even without my help, you can conquer the cities of Hakpisa, Narik, and Chalpwa controlled by the Hittites."

"Monitor me?"

"After the Hattis controlled the cities of Hakpisa, Narik, and Chalpwa, they have already worshipped the Hatti goddess of the earth as their patron saint."

Selene said in a serious tone.

"The Hattians' worship of the Earth Goddess must not be revived, so I will monitor you and make sure that you conquer these three Hattian city-states and re-worship my sister as the patron saint of the Hattians."

"So you and Goddess Alina are worried that I will accept the Hattian Earth Goddess."

"If she accepts all your requests, won't you accept her?"

Roy was immediately speechless.

Because Roy knew that the Hattian Earth Goddess was willing to obey all of Roy's requests unconditionally, Roy would definitely accept the Hattian Earth Goddess.

Hakpisa City.

When Roy came here with 20,000 troops, the Hittite governor who controlled the city of Hakpisa sent an envoy to express his willingness to surrender to Roy.

The number of soldiers with weapons in the city of Hakpisa was only 2,000 at most.

Roy's army had a ten-fold advantage in numbers. Even if the Hattite governor of the city of Hakpisa was crazy enough to resist Roy, the final result would only be failure.

After Roy met with the envoy of Hakpisa, he told the envoy his request directly.

"If Hakpisa is willing to surrender, I can let the leaders who launched the uprising become merchants with no worries about food and clothing. If Hakpisa chooses to resist, the leaders and their families will all be demoted to lifelong slaves."

The envoy took Roy's request back, and Hakpisa finally surrendered to Roy.

Because Roy's policy treated Hattites and Hittites equally, ordinary Hattites did not want to fight against Roy.

Although the leaders who controlled Hakpisa were ambitious, they were not crazy.

In the case that it was impossible to defeat Roy, accepting Roy's arrangement and becoming a merchant with no worries about food and clothing was the best result.

After Roy's army took over Hakpisa, Roy and Selene came to the temple in the center of the city together.

This temple was originally dedicated to the goddess of the earth of the Hittites.

When the Hittites conquered the Hattians, they replaced the statue of the Earth Goddess with the statue of Alina and turned the temple into the Temple of Alina.

The Hattians launched an uprising and replaced the statue of Alina with the statue of the Earth Goddess, turning the temple back into the Temple of the Earth Goddess.

Looking at the statue of the Earth Goddess enshrined on the throne deep in the temple, Selene angrily ordered the soldiers.

"Push the statue of the Earth Goddess off the throne, which belongs to the throne of Alina, the Sun and Earth Goddess."

When the soldiers executed Selene's order, a goddess with a face very similar to Aphrodite and Istanus descended into the temple in the form of a human girl, staring at Selene angrily and said.

"In order to drive me off the throne, you actually disguised yourself as a human. You shameless goddess, are you really going to kill the real owner of this land?"

Selene said unwaveringly.

"The real owner of this land is my sister."