Chapter 159: Vow to End the War

Pelops was only a messenger and was certainly not qualified to accept Loy's request on behalf of the Mycenaeans.

So after Roy made his request to Pelops, Pelops immediately returned to the city of Mycenae and conveyed Roy's request to the Mycenaean king Acrisios.

When the Lion Gate of Mycenae opened again, Acrisios personally took Perseus and Pelops on horseback to the outside of the city to negotiate with Loy.

An open space at the foot of the Acropolis Mountain.

Roy took Harmonia and Glaucus to the center of the clearing, and faced Acrisios, Perseus, and Pelops on horseback. Acrisios took the initiative Said to Roy.

"Young man, are you the priest Roy of Athens? I know that you defeated my grandson Perseus, but I didn't expect that even I would be defeated by you in the war to conquer the city of Corinth. A powerful young hero like you "You are worthy of my respect. Are you willing to go to my palace as a guest, and we can negotiate while enjoying the banquet."

Facing Acrisios' invitation, Roy shook his head without hesitation.

Although there are guest etiquette in this era and the host must protect the safety of the guests, it is not uncommon for the host to violate the guest etiquette and kill the guests.

Whether the host will violate guest etiquette and kill the guest depends on whether the host values ​​his own reputation or the benefits brought by killing the guest.

In Roy's view, he obviously had the value to make Acrisios violate guest etiquette and kill him at the expense of his reputation.

So of course Roy would not bet his own life and give Acrisios the opportunity to control his life and death.

"King Acrisios of Mycenae! As your enemy, I will never enter the city of Mycenae as a guest now. I believe you will not accept my invitation and go with me as a guest. City of Corinth. Since you Mycenaeans want to avoid war, accept my request and make a sacred oath on behalf of all Mycenaeans that you, the Mycenaeans, will never fight again. Wage war against our three goddess alliance."

“Who can guarantee what’s to come?”

Acrisios said with a smile.

"If you ask me to swear an oath that the Mycenaeans will never wage war against your three goddess alliance, I simply cannot agree because I have no right to make decisions for the future Mycenaeans."

"Then you want to refuse my request?"

Roy frowned and said.

"If you Mycenaeans are not sincere in avoiding war, then let us use war to resolve our differences!"

"I'm not rejecting your request, I just hope you can make some concessions."

Seeing that Roy did not refuse directly, Acrisios continued.

"Young Roy, I can make a sacred oath to ensure that during my lifetime, the Mycenaeans will not wage war against your Three Goddess Alliance. In exchange, your Three Goddess Alliance will not wage war against us Mycenaeans. . After my death, it is up to you to decide whether the Mycenaeans will wage war against your Three Goddess Alliance, and whether your Three Goddess Alliance will wage war against the Mycenaeans."

Of course Roy was not naive enough to think that as long as Acrisios made a sacred oath, the Mycenaeans would never wage war against the Three Goddess Alliance.

After all, such things as oaths can be broken as long as the price is paid.

Therefore, Acrisios was willing to guarantee that the Mycenaeans ruled by him would not wage war against the Three Goddess Alliance during his lifetime - this was an armistice condition that Roy could accept.

"Acrisios, I accept your conditions. As long as you make a sacred oath on behalf of the Mycenaeans, guarantee that the Mycenaeans will not wage war against our Three Goddess Alliance during your lifetime, and it will be up to you Mycenaeans to This war initiated by man can be ended.”

After hearing Roy's answer, Acrisios raised his right hand and pointed at the sky.

"I made an oath to the great god-king Zeus, and promised not to let the Mycenaeans wage war against the Three Goddess Alliance during my lifetime. If I break my oath, I will let the great god-king Zeus destroy me with thunder."

After Acrisios said his oath, Perseus immediately said to Loy.

"Roy! My grandfather has sworn the oath, now it's your turn."

"Perseus, you don't have to worry that I will break the promise."

Roy and Perseus looked at each other, and then said to Acrisios.

"Now I swear to the great goddess Metis that we, the Three Goddess Alliance, will not wage war against the Mycenaeans in Argos during the lifetime of Acrisios."

After hearing Roy's oath, Acrisios couldn't help but say.

"Loy! According to your oath, you only promised not to wage war against the Mycenaeans in Argos."

"That's right!"

Roy said calmly.

"My oath only prohibits the Three Goddesses Alliance from waging war against the Mycenaeans in Argos. If you Mycenaeans enter other areas, and we break out war with you Mycenaeans in other areas, it does not count. Break the oath I made."

"you--"

Perseus showed an angry expression and wanted to accuse Roy, but Acrisios showed a faint smile and whispered in Perseus's ear.

"Perseus, do you think they can stop us if we launch a war against Arcadia?"

The region of Arcadia is located to the south of the Argos region.

If the Mycenaeans invaded Arcadia, the Three Goddesses Alliance would not have time to stop them because the distance was too far.

After figuring this out, Perseus said unwillingly.

"Roy! You Three Goddesses Alliance can wage war against us in other regions, and according to the same standards, we can also wage war against you in other regions."

"If you Mycenaeans are strong enough, you can wage war against the Three Goddesses Alliance in other regions at any time. Now that we have reached peace, I should take our soldiers back to Corinth."

Roy said with a smile, and then turned and left with Harmonia and Glaucus.

Watching the figures of Roy and the other two taking 1,800 soldiers away, Acrisius said in a low voice with a serious face.

"They have too many bronze weapons! This is definitely not the number of bronze weapons they can obtain through normal trade. Did they find copper mines and make a large number of bronze weapons themselves?"

Although this possibility is the greatest, Acrisius has not heard of copper mines appearing in the territories of Athens and Thebes.

"Perseus! You must find a way to find out why the Athenians and Thebans have so many bronze weapons. If they don't have so many bronze weapons, even if Corinth gets the help of the Athenians and Thebans, we can still conquer Corinth."

No one noticed that Pandora was standing on the top of Mount Chara, overlooking Roy's army.

Seeing that Roy's army did not go to war with the Mycenaeans, Pandora said with disappointment.

"What a pity! Roy and the Mycenaeans didn't fight a hard battle, so I couldn't understand how strong his soldiers were."

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