I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 496 Six Great Goddesses of the Temple of Athens

June is the harvest season.

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

In addition to a bumper harvest of food, the Athenian Empire had enough iron weapons to arm [-] infantry and [-] cavalry.

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

The speed of a sailboat is usually only twenty miles per hour.

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

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

With a steamship that can sail a distance of [-] miles in one day, it only takes ten days at most. News from Athens City can reach any region in the Mediterranean world, and news from any region in the Mediterranean Sea can also reach Athens City within ten days. .

Athens city.

The Royal Palace of Athens.

Roy, Procne, Philomela, and Nefertiti sat around a table, and the four repeatedly calculated the grain production of each region of the Athens Empire.

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

"There's nothing wrong! This year's food in the Athenian Empire can support an additional 300 million people. Even if I conquer the Balkan Peninsula and conquer all the Thracians and Illyrians who live a nomadic life in the Balkan Peninsula, 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 55 square kilometers.

The nomads living in the northern part of the Athens Empire have at least a million people.

If Roy wants to conquer them, the first thing to consider is how to provide them with the food they need for a year's life after turning the grassland occupied by these nomads into arable 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 Athens Empire.

Looking at the excited Roy, Philomela couldn't help but said.

"Brother Roy, let the war to conquer the Thracians be handed over to Brother Erechtheus, and let the war to conquer the Illyrians be handed over to Caesar!"

Roy shook his head without hesitation and said.

"I don't think that Erechtheus and Caesar will lose the war to conquer the Thracians and Illyrians. But I must lead this war myself, because I intend to die in this war .”

"Brother Roy..."

"Procne! Philomela! After I die, I will be entrusted to you to help me become a god. You must let the opera of [Legend of the King of Athens] be staged in every city of the Athens Empire, and you must also perform it in every city of the Athens Empire." Build temples for me in every city of the Athenian Empire, and let me enjoy the offerings of all the people in the Athenian Empire. I will hand over the Royal Army and Royal Navy of the Athenian Empire to you. If anyone refuses to obey you—even if the other party is my woman, you You can also take her down."

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

"As long as everything goes well, I will be able to become a hero god in a year. Procne! Philomela! We are only separated for a year, and 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—while it began to mobilize soldiers and food from various regions, Roy used 1000 manpower to build a pantheon of the Athenian Empire on the top of Mount Helicon, the holy mountain of the Pilaski people.

1599 BC.

mid-July.

The war machine of the Athenian Empire is ready.

Before joining the war, Roy deliberately climbed the 500-meter-high Mount Helicon and came to the Temple of the Gods of Athens on the mountainside.

Temple of the Gods of Athens.

Roy walked into the temple, and saw all the goddesses of the Athenian Empire standing in the temple.

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

The goddess who became the head of the gods in an area, the statue stood on the golden throne, and possessed the power and majesty comparable to the ordinary king of the gods.

The subordinate gods and hero gods who do not have the identity of the patron saint of the city-state stand on the bronze seat.

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

That was the seat belonging to the king of the gods of the Athens Empire—the seat that Roy had reserved for himself.

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

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

It shows that they are great goddesses with a territory of more than [-] square kilometers, and their power and power rival the kings of the gods.

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

"Sister Persephone!"

Under Roy's call, Persephone came to the temple of the gods—the statue of Persephone standing on the golden throne became Persephone herself.

"Good brother!"

Persephone stepped down from the golden throne, came to Roy with a smile 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 has become one of the six goddesses of the strongest rank in the Athens Empire. Her power and power are enough to rival the ordinary king of the gods. Now I plan to become a god after death. I hope you can fulfill our mission, sister. agreement."

Persephone turns to look at the statues of Sekhmet, Aphrodite, Istanus, Inanna, Alina.

Undoubtedly, they were all goddesses more powerful than Persephone.

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

Looking back, Persephone looked at Roy seriously and said.

"Good brother, my 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 idol suddenly burst into dazzling light.

In the next instant, the statue of Alina turned into Alina herself.

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

Alina stepped down from the platinum seat, walked towards Roy and Persephone and said.

"Although Persephone is the goddess of the earth who is in charge of the cycle of life and death, plants grow very slowly. Do you want Persephone to revive you after death, ten years or 100 years?"

"Alina—"

Roy looked at Alina suspiciously and asked.

"Why do you know my target?"

"Honey, don't you think that other goddesses didn't see your thoughts!"

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 a few months for a seed to germinate, grow and mature, and it only takes one day for the sun to set and rise again." 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 seat behind Roy and said.

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

(End of this chapter)