I was a priest in the city-state era

June is the harvest season.

Good news of a bumper grain harvest came from all regions of the Athenian Empire.

In addition to the abundant food harvest, the Athenian Empire also had enough iron weapons to arm 100,000 infantry and 20,000 cavalry.

The most important good news is that the Athenian Empire's first steam test ship was launched in the port of Piraeus.

The speed of a sailboat is usually only one and twenty miles an hour.

The speed of a steamship can reach sixty miles an hour.

The distance between the east and west of the Mediterranean is about eight thousand miles.

With a steamship that can sail eight hundred miles in one day, it only takes ten days at most for news from the city of Athens to reach any area in the Mediterranean world, and news from any area in the Mediterranean can also reach the city of Athens within ten days. .

city ​​of athens.

Royal Palace of Athens.

Loy, Procne, Philomela, and Nefertiti sat around a table, and the four of them repeatedly calculated the grain output of various regions of the Athenian Empire.

After ten confirmations, Roy finally said with a satisfied smile.

"It can't be wrong! This year, the Athenian Empire's food will be enough to support an additional three million people. Even if I conquer the Balkans, I will conquer all the Thracians and Illyrians who live a nomadic life in the Balkans." , the grain of the Athenian Empire can also support them for a year, allowing them to transform into a farming nation. "

The area of ​​the Balkan Peninsula is 550,000 square kilometers.

The nomads living in the north of the Athenian Empire had at least a million people.

If Roy wanted to conquer them, the first thing he had to consider was how to provide them with the food they needed to survive for a year after converting the grasslands occupied by these nomads into cultivated land.

Now that there is enough food to sustain the lives of these nomads, Roy can launch a war without any scruples and turn the entire Balkan Peninsula into the territory of the Athenian Empire.

Looking at Roy who was full of excitement, Philomela couldn't help but say.

"Brother Roy, leave the war to conquer the Thracians to brother Erechtheus, and leave the war to conquer the Illyrians to Caesar!"

Roy shook his head without hesitation and said.

"I do not think that by leaving it to Erechtheus and Caesar, they will lose the war to conquer the Thracians and Illyrians. But I must conduct it myself, for I intend to die in it. "

"Brother Roy..."

"Procne! Philomela! After I die, it will be up to you to help me become a god. You want the opera "Legend of the King of Athens" to be performed in every city in the Athenian Empire, and also in the Athenian Empire. Build me a temple in every city, and let me enjoy the worship of everyone in the Athenian Empire. I will give you the royal army and the royal navy of the Athenian Empire. If anyone is unwilling to obey you-even if the other person is my woman, you will. You can also take her down."

Looking at the painful expressions on Procne and Philomela's faces, Roy comforted them.

"As long as everything goes well, I can become the hero god in a year. Procne! Philomela! We are only temporarily separated for a year, so you can fulfill my wish!"

Facing Roy's plea, Procne and Philomela could only nod with tears in their eyes.

The Athenian Empire launched its war machine and began to mobilize soldiers and food from various regions. At the same time, Loy used a thousand manpower to build a temple of the Athenian Empire on the top of Mount Helicon, the sacred mountain of the Pilaskis.

1599 BC.

Mid July.

The war machine of the Athenian Empire was ready.

Before going into the war, Roy deliberately climbed the 1,500-meter-high Mount Helicon to the Athenian Pantheon located on the mountainside.

Pantheon of Athens.

Roy walked into the temples and saw all the goddesses of the Athenian Empire lined up in the temples.

As the patron saint of the city-state, the statue of the goddess stands on a silver throne.

A goddess who becomes the head of the gods in a region. The statue of the goddess stands on a golden throne, possessing power and power that rivals the ordinary king of gods.

A subordinate god and heroic god who does not have the status of a city-state patron saint. The statue of the god stands on a bronze throne.

On the steps deep in the temple, there is a black throne without a statue.

That was the throne that belonged to the King of the Gods of the Athenian Empire—the throne that Roy had reserved for himself.

Walking to the steps deep in the temple, Roy turned around and sat on the black throne, looking at all the statues below.

The statues of Persephone, Sekhmet, Aphrodite, Istanus, Inanna, and Alina all stand on golden thrones.

It shows that they are great goddesses with a territory of more than 100,000 square kilometers, and their power and power rival the king of gods.

Among all the goddesses, the most powerful is undoubtedly Alina, and her golden throne is also rendered with a layer of white gold.

"Sister Persephone!"

At Roy's summons, Persephone descended into the pantheon - the statue of Persephone standing on the golden throne became Persephone herself.

"Good brother!"

Persephone stepped down from the golden throne and came to Roy with a smile on her face and asked.

"What do you want from your sister?"

"You haven't forgotten our agreement!"

Roy said with a smile.

"With my help, Sister Persephone became one of the six strongest goddesses in the Athenian Empire. Her power and power are enough to rival the ordinary king of the gods. Now I plan to become a god after my death. I hope you, sister, can fulfill our obligations." agreement."

Persephone turned and looked at the statues of Sekhmet, Aphrodite, Istanus, Inanna, and Alina.

There is no doubt that they are all goddesses more powerful than Persephone.

Without Roy's help, Persephone would never become a great goddess of the same level as them.

Turning back, Persephone looked at Roy seriously and said.

"Good brother, sister is very grateful for everything you have done for me, so I will do my best to help you realize your wish."

At this moment, Alina's statue suddenly burst into dazzling divine light.

The next moment, Alina's statue turned into Alina herself.

"Dear, I think you need more than just Persephone's help."

Alina walked down the platinum throne and walked towards Roy and Persephone and said.

"Although Persephone is the goddess of the earth who controls the cycle of life and death, the growth rate of plants is very slow. You want Persephone to help you resurrect after death. Will it take ten years or a hundred years?"

"Alina--"

Roy looked at Alina with doubts and asked.

"Why do you know my goal?"

"Dear, you don't think that other goddesses don't see your idea!"

Alina said with a smile.

"Your goal has long been an open secret. If you want to be resurrected earlier, I think you need my help. It takes several months for seeds to germinate, grow and mature, and it only takes one day for the sun to set and rise again to complete the cycle."

"Then what do you want from me?"

"Does a wife need a reason to help her husband?"

Alina looked at the black throne behind Roy and said.

"I want to be your wife-sit with you on the throne of the king of the gods of Athens."