Chapter 139: Unable to Rescue Other People’s People

"Brother Roy..."

Procne said with a pitiful look.

"But they are so pitiful! Since we have the ability, why don't we save them?"

"If we were in the city of Athens, let alone a dozen little beggars in need of help, even if there were hundreds or thousands of little beggars in need of help, I would still be willing to provide food. Because the people in the city of Athens are all our people The poor people we use our food to help will pay taxes for us in the future and will fight for us as soldiers on the battlefield. But now we are in the city of Knossos, and we use our own food to help King Minos. People - this is something only a fool would do."

Roy covered Procne's eyes with his left hand and said.

"If you really can't bear it, just follow me back to the palace with your eyes closed, so you won't see those poor little beggars."

Pandora also said at this time.

"Procne, I think what Priest Roy said is right. Even King Minos doesn't care about these people at the lowest level, so why do you need to save other people's people? Even if we have the ability, we should save ourselves. poor people."

Seeing that neither Roy nor Pandora agreed with his idea of ​​rescuing the little beggar, Procne lowered his head and said to Roy like a child who made a mistake.

"Brother Roy, it seems that I was really wrong."

"It's good if you understand."

After saying that, Roy took back his left hand.

Procne looked forward, no longer looking at the little beggars.

The commercial street outside the palace gate.

Roy brought Procne and Pandora to this street, and saw Perseus and Pelops walking from the opposite side.

They were apparently shopping, and Pelops was holding several women's ornaments.

Seeing the three of Roy, Perseus immediately came to Roy and said with a sneer.

"Roy! We are really enemies, and we actually met on the street."

Feeling Perseus' malice, Roy held the bronze war spear he was carrying with his right hand and said.

"So what if we meet? Do you want to fight?"

"I want to duel with you! Even if I can't kill you, I still want to wash away the shame of losing to you."

After saying that, Perseus directly waved his bronze war spear to attack Roy.

Roy immediately left Procne and Pandora, and then said while avoiding Perseus' attack.

"Perseus, this is on the street."

"I am confident in my own strength and I will not hurt others."

"It's really stupid. I was afraid that you would lose your head in public."

While taunting Perseus, Roy counterattacked Perseus with his own bronze war spear.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Qiang——

Following the fierce confrontation between Roy and Perseus, people on the street quickly moved away from Roy and Perseus and hid in safe positions to watch the battle between Roy and Perseus.

Because no matter in any time or place, it is human nature to like to watch the excitement.

"Brother Roy..."

Seeing that Perseus was obviously much stronger than before, Procne couldn't help but show a worried expression.

Roy was also keenly aware of Perseus' changes in strength.

But as Perseus's strength improved, Roy's strength also became stronger, so for a while Roy and Perseus fought in a situation where it was difficult to decide the outcome.

Just when the battle between Roy and Perseus was about to turn into a fight, Deucalion rushed over with a group of palace soldiers and shouted.

"Stop! You are all my friends and guests, and I will not allow you to hurt each other."

Neither the Athenians nor the Mycenaeans have the strength or need to offend the Knossos people now.

So after hearing Deucalion's words, Roy and Perseus stopped fighting at the same time.

After looking at each other without showing any signs of weakness, Roy said to Deucalion.

"Deucalion, for your sake, I will let Perseus go."

Perseus said with a sneer.

"Keep fighting and you will definitely lose to me."

Then Perseus turned towards Pelops and said.

"Pelops! I'm not in the mood for shopping anymore. Let's return to the palace now!"

As soon as Perseus and Pelops left, Deucalion came to Roy and said with a smile.

"Loy! You should have heard about my father Minos expelling the Mycenaeans. In fact, the relationship between us Knossians and the Mycenaeans is not good, so between you and Perseus , I actually support you.”

"I see."

Roy smiled and nodded, and Deucalion continued to ask.

"I heard that Pandora left the palace with you and Princess Procne. What did you do?"

"I am with Procne all the time. Are you still afraid that Princess Pandora will betray you by following us?"

"How could I have such an idea! I believe that Pandora will never betray me, just like I will never betray Pandora. If you don't want to tell me what you have done, then I won't ask."

"I just took Procne and Pandora to find a businessman named Eteo, and exchanged the olive oil I brought with me for grain and bronze war spears."

"So that's it!"

Deucalion seemed to already know and did not show any surprise.

After looking at Pandora with lustful eyes, Deucalion said to Roy.

"My friend, I will continue to be busy. I am very relieved that my Pandora is with you and Princess Procne. After I finish my work, I will prepare generous gifts to thank you and Princess Procne for helping me. I take care of Pandora."

Of course Roy could hear that what Deucalion meant was that Roy must be with Procne and Pandora at the same time.

If Roy were alone with Pandora, what awaited Roy would not be Deucalion's gratitude, but the boat of friendship would be overturned by Deucalion's jealousy.

night.

Minos palace.

Palace of King Minos at Knossos.

Hall illuminated by oil lamps.

King Minos sat on a marble throne inlaid with gold.

At this time, Deucalion and Eteo were standing in front of King Minos, and Eteo was using a piece of cotton cloth to present the white salt to King Minos.

"Great King Minos, this is the white salt sold to me by the priest Roy of Athens."

After listening to Eteo's introduction, King Minos grabbed a little white salt to taste, and couldn't help showing a surprised expression.

"In my forty years of life, this is the first time I have tasted such high-quality salt. If you exchange one hundred kilograms of grain for one kilogram of salt, you really won't suffer a loss."

Then, King Minos narrowed his eyes and said solemnly.

"If the only commodity of the Athenians is olive oil, the city of Athens is not worthy of our attention at all, because Crete is where olive oil is produced. But this high-quality white salt - if the Athenians have a building that digs out white salt Salt mines, or if they have a way to make white salt, then we have to pay attention to the city of Athens.”

Deucalion said with a wry smile.

"Father! When I said yesterday that we should pay attention to the city of Athens, you didn't listen at all. I didn't expect that Roy's sale of white salt to Eteo would actually cause you to pay attention to the city of Athens."