I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 553 Indra's Enemy King Vritta

The Kingdom of Vrito in the south of the Indus Plain is composed of a royal city and 99 villages of various sizes.

The population of Vrito Kingdom is more than [-], and the king who rules them is Vrido.

In the mythology of the Vedic era, Vrito was a monster with the head of a man and the body of a snake, who was neither human nor god.

The image of Vrido is very similar to the King of Athens in Greek mythology.

King Pandion of Athens and Erechtheus, adopted sons of the goddess of the earth guarding the city of Athens, also have the image of a human head and a snake body, but they are not real gods, so they are half-gods who are neither human nor god.

Like the king of Athens in ancient times, Vrito was probably a priest who served the goddess of the earth as a king.

In Vedic mythology, Vrito was a powerful demon, and Indra was born to subdue him.

In the Vedic myth of Indra's battle with Vrito, Vrido once swallowed Indra into his belly, and Indra came out of his belly to save the day.

The story of the Buddhist Lord Buddha being swallowed by the Buddha's mother Peacock Daming King and then ripping open his belly may be derived from the myth of Indra and Vrito.

In the myth of Lord Buddha, Lord Buddha regards the peacock Daming King who ate him as Mother Buddha.

In the story of Indra, Indra did not regard Vrito as his father, but made Vrido his father-in-law.

When Vrido's envoy brought Roy and an army of [-] to Vrido's royal city, Vrido personally brought many of his subjects to meet Roy outside the city.

Seeing the mighty army behind Roy, Vritto showed a worried expression on his face.

Because Roy brought too many troops.

The Kingdom of Vrito has limited conscription, and can only conscript [-] troops.

Anyone with a normal mind would definitely be worried that Roy would turn against customers.

While Vrito was observing Roy's army, Roy was also observing Vrito.

To Roy's surprise, Vrito and his family were not the darker-skinned Dravidians, but the fair-skinned West Asians.

That is to say, they were a West Asian group who worshiped the goddess of the earth and migrated to India, and the Dravidians who conquered the local area became the royal family.

"It's no wonder that after the Vedic people conquered the local ethnic group, they dared to offer the princess of the local ethnic group as a sacrifice to Indra. It turns out that the royal princess of the local ethnic group is not the black princess of the Dravidians, but the one that conforms to the aesthetics of the Vedic people. Fair skinned girl."

Seeing the beautiful and innocent Princess Yueyi wearing a white cotton priest's robe beside Vrido, Roy couldn't help but think of the promise Vrido's envoy made to him—as long as he joins hands with Vrido to deal with the Vedic people, Vrido He will marry the beautiful Princess Yueyi to himself.

"Your Majesty the Great Emperor of Athens, thank you for aiding us and bringing your mighty army."

Coming in front of Roy, Vrito said respectfully and politely.

"I have prepared a banquet in the palace, please honorable guests to accept my hospitality."

"Respected King Vritu! As a guest, I will of course obey the master's arrangement."

When he came to Vrito's palace, Roy saw that not only the royal family, but even the nobles did not have a few darker-skinned Dravidians.

After the lively banquet began, the royal family and nobles of the Vritto Kingdom happily expressed their gratitude to Roy.

Because the war with the Vedic people during this period of time did cause them a lot of harm.

Facing the Vedic cavalry, they simply could not carry out an effective counterattack.

When everyone was full at the banquet, Roy took the initiative to stir up the topic.

"King Vritta! We join hands to deal with the Vedic people. How do you plan to proceed? Your soldiers are not many, and they are still mainly infantry. Should the matter of dealing with the Vedic people be completely handed over to my army? "

Vrito shook his head and said.

"Although my soldiers are only [-], and they are all infantry, I have already contacted my cousin Luohu to form an alliance. Luohu is a stronger king than me. He can bring an army of [-]. Together with him, I can have Fifty thousand infantry can use some terrain to deal with the Vedic cavalry, so our local people will be the main force to deal with the Vedic people. You Athenians are distinguished guests, and your task is to prevent the Vedic people from fleeing from the battlefield."

It can be seen that Vrito is obviously guarding against Roy, so he doesn't want Roy to make great contributions on the battlefield.

After all, in this era, loot will be distributed according to the merits of the battlefield.

Now the Vedic people have conquered the kingdom of Harappa guarded by the water god Varuna.

If the Athenian army became the main hero in defeating the Vedic people, then the territory of the Harappan Kingdom should belong to the Athenian Empire.

Although he could see what Vritu was thinking, Roy didn't care.

Because the history of another world has proved that these natives cannot defeat the Vedic people at all.

As if to make up for Roy, Vrito continued.

"Young emperor, I will keep my promise to marry my daughter Princess Yueyi to you. My daughter Yueyi is a priestess who serves the goddess Kali, so she has not married until now. In order to thank you for your assistance , Yueyi will give up her goal of serving the goddess for life."

After Vrito finished speaking, the beautiful Princess Yueyi immediately walked up to Roy and knelt down on the ground, then bent down and touched Roy's right foot with her forehead.

This is a big gift——

Roy immediately reached out and grabbed Yueyi's shoulders, and forcibly lifted her up and said.

"Princess Yueyi! Although guests should respect their masters as they do in the country, I don't like this kind of gift. Whether you regard me as a god or the most honored guest, you don't need to bow to me. Because in my Athens Empire, people are very important. Everyone is equal, even a beggar can look at me, the emperor."

Yueyi is just a girl on the left and right, and she has always been a priestess living in the Kali Temple, so she has a pure ignorance that matches her age and status.

After listening to Roy's words, Yueyi said a little at a loss.

"Then you, the emperor, have no authority? Will your subjects really obey your orders?"

"I don't need other people to obey my orders."

Roy said confidently.

"In other places, kings and leaders will instill loyalty in their subjects and let them serve them with loyalty. But in the Athenian Empire, my relationship with my subjects is more like an employment relationship. I will pay enough salaries to officials and soldiers in exchange for They get the job done. My subjects don't work for me, they work to support their families, so I don't need anyone's loyalty or authority to be feared."

"Then aren't you worried about someone usurping the throne?"

"My soldiers rely on me to send money to support their families, so whoever wants to usurp the throne is against all soldiers and will be torn to pieces by angry soldiers."

Roy explained patiently.

"In the Athenian Empire, wealth is concentrated in the hands of the royal family, and no one has the financial resources to feed all the soldiers instead of me."

"I see……"

Yueyi suddenly nodded and said.

"I seem to understand. You exchanged money for the loyalty of soldiers and concentrated all the wealth in your own hands. You really don't need to worry about someone usurping the throne. It is said that there are no nobles in the Athens Empire. It seems that the reason why you eliminated the nobles is that you don't want anyone to control the huge power. wealth, able to buy soldiers to become a threat to the royal family."

(End of this chapter)