I was a priest in the city-state era

Port of Piraeus.

After ten foreign ships as big as cargo ships sailed into the port, the Athenians in the port fled in panic.

Because the decks of the foreign ships were filled with fully armed soldiers, they were obviously not merchant ships coming to trade with the Athenian tribes.

When Roy and Pandion rushed to the port of Piraeus with fifty teenagers, soldiers from ten foreign ships had already landed at the dock and assembled into a legion of three hundred people.

When this legion left the port of Piraeus and met Roy and others on the plain east of the port, Roy and Pandion were surprised to see that the leader of this legion turned out to be a young man about twenty years old. .

After the Outlander legion stopped advancing to confront Roy and others, Pandion took the initiative and spoke loudly to the young leader of the Outlander.

"Strangers! You have invaded the territory of the Athenian tribe. If you do not want to be attacked by the Athenian tribe as enemies, please explain your identity immediately."

Pandion did not directly regard the foreigners as enemies because he recognized these black-haired and black-eyed foreigners as Phoenicians from the distant eastern Mediterranean coast.

Because the Athenian tribe had trade relations with maritime merchants from the Phoenician region, Pandion did not regard the Phoenician legion in front of him as an enemy.

The leader of the Phoenicians was a handsome young man with a handsome face and a tall figure.

He wore a pure white cotton robe, a bronze belt around his waist, and a gold necklace around his neck, showing his identity as the son of a noble and wealthy leader or a prince of the city.

The young leader looked at Roy and Pandion with wise eyes. Seeing that the fifty teenagers behind regarded Roy as their leader, the young leader suddenly rushed towards Roy as fast as a cheetah.

Before Roy had time to react, the young leader quickly came to Roy and thrust the blade of the bronze spear in his hand into Roy's neck.

Seeing that Roy was about to be killed by the young leader——

A loud bang!

Pandion snatched the bronze war spear from Roy's hand, and then stabbed the young leader with the spear blade.

The young leader blocked Pandion's attack with his own war spear. The blades of the two bronze war spears collided together, making a crisp sound of metal collision.

After failing to kill Loy, the young leader immediately changed his target and launched a violent attack on Pandion with his war spear.

Pandion blocked the young leader's attack with a solemn expression, unable to fight back.

Roy watched the fierce confrontation between Pandion and the young leader with wide eyes, and whispered in disbelief.

"He is actually the same young hero as Chief Pandion [Hundred Enemies]. And his strength seems to be stronger than Chief Pandion——"

Although Pandion and the young leader are both heroes [Hundred Enemies], Pandion is a middle-aged man in his forties, and his body has begun to change from strong to weak, while the young leader is in the prime of his life.

In the current battle between the two, Pandion can still rely on his combat experience to keep up.

But if it drags on and the battle between the two turns into a war of attrition, the exhausted Pandion will definitely lose to the young leader.

If even the hero Pandion [a hundred enemies] was defeated, who else in the Athenian tribe could stand up to the leader of the Phoenicians?

Thinking of the consequences of Pandion's defeat, Roy activated the divine power in his body and prepared to use his [saltization] power to help Pandion defeat the young leader.

At this moment, the young leader seemed to have noticed something, and suddenly took the initiative to separate from Pandion.

After putting some distance away from Pandion, the young leader looked at Roy with vigilant eyes and smiled.

"It turns out that you are a priest who serves the gods. No wonder you don't have the strength of a hero [Hundred Enemies], but you can become the leader of your group."

Hearing that the young leader actually regarded himself as the leader, Roy suddenly realized.

The young leader took the initiative to attack Loy because he mistook Loy and Pandion's identities and mistook Loy for the leader of the Athenian tribe.

"You are mistaken! Although I am a priest serving the gods, I am not the leader of the Athenian tribe. The leader of Pandion who is fighting with you is the leader of the Athenian tribe."

After Roy explained his and Pandion's identities, the young leader looked at Pandion and said.

"So you are the leader of the Athenian tribe! You are a hero [Hundred Enemies] with me, and you are worthy of my respect. Chief Pandion! Let me introduce to you, I am Cadmus from the Phoenician region. I brought my men here not to become your enemy, but to get a place to live.”

Cadmus——

Cadmus!

Hearing the young leader's name, Roy was immediately shocked.

Because this is the name of the legendary king of Thebes and the founder of the city of Thebes.

As the ancestral king, Cadmus is also a deified heroic god.

In terms of personal achievements, Cadmus is not inferior to Perseus.

Seeing Roy's reaction, the young leader Cadmus asked curiously.

"Master Priest, have you heard of my name?"

Roy immediately shook his head and said.

"I just think your name seems familiar, like the name of a great king."

Hearing Roy's words, Pandion turned his head and looked at Roy with strange eyes.

"Priest Roy, you seemed to have said the same thing to me when I first introduced my name to you."

"Well--"

Roy smiled awkwardly, then looked at Cadmus with a solemn face and said.

"Chief Cadmus! You said you want a place to live? The entire Attica Peninsula is the territory of our Athenian tribe. If you want to get a place to live on the Attica Peninsula, then you are competing for territory with our Athenian tribe. enemy."

As Loy finished speaking, Erechtheus hurried over with five hundred Athenian soldiers.

Seeing that the Athenian tribe not only had the heroic leader Pandion, but also had far more soldiers than himself, Cadmus lowered his attitude and said.

"Dear Chief Pandion! Do you mind letting me be your guest and be entertained by your master? I will abide by the etiquette between guests and accept all your arrangements."

Cadmus actually asked to be a guest and enjoy the treatment of a guest——

Pandion thought for a moment, nodded and said.

"Young Cadmus, since you are not an enemy of the Athenian tribe, of course you can become our guest and enjoy the treatment of a guest. Now I invite you to the Acropolis, and I will hold a banquet for you. But You can only go to the Acropolis alone. Your soldiers will stay here and I will arrange food and water for them."

Upon hearing Pandion's request, Cadmus said without hesitation.

"Chief Pandion! Since my master has requested it, I am willing to go to the Acropolis alone."

Having said this, Cadmus left his soldiers and approached Pandion alone.

Unexpectedly, Cadmus was so bold, Pandion looked at Cadmus with admiration and said.

"Cadmus! We Athenians have always been hospitable, so you will not be harmed as a guest. Now we travel together, let me take you to the Acropolis."