Simulating the Universe, Starting with Speedrunning Greece

They subconsciously think so - isn't the end of a war anything but victory or defeat for one side?

For the Greeks, war had no meaning unless it ended in victory.

Even though it often ends in sadness and pain, they can give up everything for glory.

That's what they told themselves.

But obviously that's not the case...

In fact, many heroes have long been tired of this war, not to mention that many people were forced to come in the first place and did not want to fight this war.

So - this also gave Ye an opportunity to influence and shake the heroes' will with his next words.

"Many heroes have died in the Trojan War, and even gods have participated in the war. Now this battlefield is a huge slaughterhouse. Women lose their husbands and children lose their fathers every day. I don't think that is the right thing to do."

"Many people are crying, feeling sad, angry and hateful. All negative emotions are spreading here. Everything is so shocking, as if there is only pain left in this world."

"I know that many of you do not want to participate in this war, but you are swept up in the general trend. More and more people who originally had nothing to do with this war have been dragged into it."

"I want to end this meaningless war. To do this - let me take the lead, come to the negotiation, the choice to end this sad world is now in your hands!"

End the war――!

It turns out that the way Griffith was talking about was not to directly detonate a decisive battle, but... to resolve the dispute peacefully?

For a moment, people were stunned, and then the heroes also remembered.

Griffith probably joined this battle in the first place for similar reasons, wanting to end the war as quickly as possible.

He really longs for peace!

"...Okay." Agamemnon was the first to agree, willing to give Ye this face.

He looked at Ye with a complicated expression.

Although the real reason for the outbreak of this war depends more on the choice of King Agamemnon.

If Agamemnon had not wanted to expand his territory and attack Troy, Helen would have been just an excuse. Even if Helen had not been kidnapped, Agamemnon would have been committed to expeditions in the original history.

However, because there was no suitable reason, his subordinates collectively protested and rejected it on the grounds that it was a waste of money and effort and would not be appreciated.

This is recorded in the description of Agamemnon.

But since things have come to this, not only Agamemnon, but everyone else is willing to give Ye a chance to see how he can convince both parties and get a result that everyone can accept.

On the Trojan side, Hector also agreed as a representative.

Afterwards, the heroes from both sides, along with Ye Du who had become the third party, gathered together for a meeting.

At this time, no one mentioned the issue of Helen behind the night. Even with the most beautiful woman in Greece in front of them, no heroic gazes stopped on her, but instead they all looked at the man in the lead.

The most shining and brilliant figure on this battlefield today - the hero 'Griffith'! !

At this time, the gods in the sky also became curious...

Because the battle ended too hastily, they were not there to experience it in person like Artemis and Helen were. At this time, the gods did not realize that the hero Jupiter defeated the night before was their great king of gods - Zeus.

At this time, the gods were still curious about what Griffith would do.

They knew very well in their hearts that the real person to decide whether this war would end was their king of gods, Zeus!

It can be said that the war was so fierce because all the gods put a lot of effort into it.

Precisely because both sides had become really angry about this and the losses were so great, even many demigods had died - in such a situation, the gods believed that humans alone could not reconcile such a deep conflict.

As expected -

When the heroes from both sides gathered together, their eyes looked at each other as if they were about to spit fire, full of hostility.

Many of them had their relatives or friends killed by the enemy's heroes during the war.

How can such hatred be reconciled under normal circumstances?

Ye: Then use unusual means--!

While the deterrence of his absolute strength was still there, Ye had no intention of engaging in any verbal battle with these people.

He had previously called for an end to the war, and both sides could propose the conditions they wanted as much as possible to see if the other side would accept them.

Agamemnon demanded that the Trojans pay a large amount of money as compensation. He did not mention returning Helen. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Helen was now following Ye, so he might as well just ask for some money.

But Agamemnon, who had come here with the intention of conquering the land of Troy, naturally asked for too much, and had no intention of letting Troy consider accepting it.

On the other side, Hector of course reacted very strongly.

Volume 2 Greek Universe - Trojan War: Chapter 219: Madman! Absolutely cannot agree to this, this is going to destroy Troy

Even Troy wanted to settle the matter peacefully at the beginning and initially planned to return the treasures stolen from the Spartan king.

Because he refused to return Helen, the war continued.

But the situation is different from that time.

Now Troy also lost many warriors in this war. Their women lost their husbands forever, and their children lost their fathers forever. The seeds of hatred spread to each other.

Even Troy will not give up easily.

Both sides wanted to dig out a piece of flesh from the other side. Even if they couldn't dig it out, they wanted a piece of wealth of equal value.

In this situation, how could they possibly negotiate terms that would satisfy both parties?

However--

Ye said directly, I am not discussing with you seriously, of course - if we do it seriously, this war will be difficult to end.

Ye knew that the gods were behind the scenes fanning the flames. If the process was followed, this war would only end if one side was completely defeated.

So he chose an unorthodox way! To end the war by force!

When I see that their attitude is very tough, as if they will summon the Gundam again if they disagree with me - well, the Giant God comes out and shoots them to death.

Now even the heroes who were full of gunpowder behind King Agamemnon and Hector stopped fighting.

It is worth mentioning that the gods behind both sides did not show up during this process and seemed to be just watching.

But the situation on the field has not improved.

Ye also knew that pure violent suppression alone would not be very effective unless he could continue to suppress it. He also had to consider the possibility that the gods were quietly sabotaging in the dark.

So - Ling

The real dispute between Troy and Greece was nothing more than a territorial dispute.

Its essence is that Greece needs to have an outpost on this land with the powerful Hittite Empire (neighbor) that can deal with it and can attack and retreat.

One side wanted to completely conquer Troy, make it its vassal, and use it as a vanguard against the Hittite Empire.

The other side is desperately defending the sovereignty of its territory, which is the real irreconcilable contradiction between the two sides.

It has nothing to do with the amount of money. Even if Troy could afford the money, Greece would not give up invading Troy so easily, but would instead put forward other demands that were difficult to fulfill.

So, what Ye has to do is actually very simple, there is only one thing.

Draw a dividing line between Greece and Troy on which both sides can temporarily reach a consensus.

Under pressure from the intimidation of the night and the close relationship with the night, the night, in the name of the suffering people, demanded that both sides stop fighting and redefine the borders.

King Agamemnon finally agreed to draw the dividing line.

But at heart he is still a cruel and aggressive king.

So he put forward a very difficult request. It was okay to draw a line... but since both sides were afraid of Griffith's strength, they agreed to shake hands and make peace and redraw the border.

Then - let's start redistribution with the entire coast near Troy as the boundary.

Wherever Griffith's power reaches, Agamemnon can take a step back and promise that he will never invade the land under his protection in the future.

But even Griffith can't protect everywhere at the same time.

so--

"Let's start from the land beneath our feet - as long as you prove your strength and can cover the protected area, I promise as the overlord of Greece and the King of Mycenae that I will never send a single soldier to set foot anywhere within this area of ​​Troy again." Agamemnon said.

In fact, he did not necessarily want to completely capture Troy, but he wanted to have his own outpost on this coast.

Historically, Agamemnon originally wanted to turn Troy into this outpost, but was rejected. Troy relied on its huge natural advantage of being across the sea and did not take on the threat of the Greek leader.

Unexpectedly, Agamemnon did not get any loyalty, so he simply fought on his own.

I originally thought that a small country like Troy could be conquered quickly, but in the original book, I didn't expect that the battle would take ten years to end because of the long battle line.

The national economy of this ambitious Mycenaean king was completely destroyed. Even though he won in the end, he was no longer able to think about expeditions.

In short, Agamemnon's real purpose was to build a port that could be easily landed at any time in the coastal area of ​​​​this continent occupied almost entirely by Troy.

But this involves the issue of territory. No country can tolerate the loss of its own territory.

Agamemnon made this request because he thought that although Griffith could protect a port or even a city, it would be impossible for him to cover the 8,000-kilometer-long coastline of the current Troy port and the future famous Turkish coastline.

Even by boat it would take several days to complete the voyage.

Although Troy is not a large country, its coastline is no less than that of several Greek countries combined.

Even if they were quite powerful like Griffith, they could only take a step back. But there was only one Griffith, he was not a god, and even a god could not protect every place!

When Agamemnon's true intentions were revealed.

Hector's face turned heavy, and he was about to refuse, as he thought it was simply impossible.

King Agamemnon did not sincerely want peace.

Apart from the city that provides shelter for the night, do we not want any other places?

As long as the other party does not agree to a war avoidance agreement in other places, they can attack again at any time if they want.

The signing of this peace treaty is meaningless.

However - what Hector did not expect was such an outrageous request.

"Do you believe me?" Ye just asked Hector.

He already has a solution.

If Hector chooses to believe him, then he will definitely not be disappointed in the end.

Agamemnon was still careless.

He simply didn't understand how outrageous this 'Griffith-class' hero thing was.

A hero is someone who cannot be judged by common sense.

Hector was silent.

Such a national event...!

he--

"If you don't say anything, I will take it as your agreement. Then - do both parties have any objections? If not, let's leave it at that. Are you sure - the area that my power can reach belongs to Troy, Agamemnon? From now on, Greece cannot occupy even a little bit of it. At the same time - Troy cannot invade Greece in return! Is this all right?"

Ye looked at the two of them with a smile.

When Ye made the final announcement, everyone around was in an uproar. Even the Trojan soldiers in the distance heard Ye's voice.

Later, when this information was passed on, everyone was extremely shocked.

The matter that determines the life and death of a country actually depends on one person?

In such a childish way? Even if that person is Griffith! Hiss, but how much of this hero's power can cover Troy?

Even the gods don't know if they can do this, can a mere mortal like Griffith do it?

If the gods could protect their own kingdoms from complete harm, there wouldn't be so many kingdoms protected by the gods still caught up in the flames of war.

Because of this, the people of Troy felt panicked.

"What about Lord Hector?! Did he agree?"

'And Lord Paris, they don't object?'

"Crazy!!! They are going to destroy Troy!"

Volume 2 Greek Universe - Trojan War: Chapter 220 Hermes: No need for the goddess of justice to look for me, I am here in person!!!

Refute? What can I refute...

If these heroes knew what their subordinates were thinking, they would definitely have something to say.

The man in front of me was incredibly powerful.