Chapter 204: Truce Can Still Collect Tolls

Although Minos [Deucalion] can copy the fire attack that Roy used against him, he cannot copy the paper armor, so Minos' Knossos soldiers and Rhadamandis' Donia Not only are the number of soldiers the same, but the equipment is also the same.

While Minos and Rhadamandis were fighting to a close victory, Knossos soldiers and Donian soldiers were also fighting to a close win.

This war has become a war of attrition.

Over time, the numbers of both Knossos and Donian soldiers dwindled.

Pandora and Europa were fighting while observing the situation on the battlefield.

When the casualties of Knossos soldiers reached a thousand, Europa took the initiative to speak to Pandora.

"Pandora, if we continue to fight like this, we will both suffer losses or even die together."

"If you want to end this war, you must accept my request."

Pandora said with a smile.

"The city of Donia has been suppressed by the city of Knossos for hundreds of years. Even if you and I both lose, I can accept becoming a vassal of other city-states, but you definitely don't want the city of Knossos to weaken completely."

"What is your request?"

"We will use Mount Idi in the center of Crete as the dividing line. The east side of Mount Idi is your territory, and the west side of Mount Idi belongs to me."

"Originally, three-quarters of Crete belonged to me. Now you want to take away one-third of my territory. Do you think I can accept it?"

"If you don't accept it, then we will continue to fight and see who can't bear the loss first."

As the overlord of the Aegean Sea, the city of Knossos must have far more hostile city-states than the city of Donia.

If the city of Knossos and the city of Donia end up in a lose-lose situation and the war ends, the enemies that the city of Knossos needs to face will far exceed those of the city of Donia.

Facing Pandora who refused to give in, Europa suddenly threw two double-sided battle axes at Pandora's body at the same time.

Uh-huh! Uh-huh!

The two double-sided battle axes rotated at high speed and flew towards Pandora at great speed.

Pandora flapped her wings, used her divine speed to dodge the two waves of attacks from the two double-sided battle axes, and then descended from the sky and dived towards Europa.

Just when the divine spear blade swung by Pandora was about to pierce Europa's body, Europa, who was standing there without dodging, suddenly said coldly.

"I accept your request!"

The next moment!

As if time stood still, Pandora stopped attacking.

After retracting the spear blade that stabbed Europa, Pandora said with a sweet smile.

"Dear Europa, we are real sisters and we should not fight like this at all. Are you really willing to accept my request and share Crete with me?"

Europa said with an unwilling expression.

"Because the city of Knossos lost the war with the city of Athens, the enemies and problems of the city of Knossos are now emerging. The strength of the city of Knossos is weakening. As the patron saint of the city of Knossos, My divine power is also weakening. I can't defeat you now, and I don't want to lose both sides. After both Knossos and Donia are defeated, Knossos will lose hope of rising again."

Hearing Europa's answer, Pandora teased jokingly.

"Now that the city of Knossos has lost its status as the hegemon of the Aegean Sea, my city of Donia will not let go of the opportunity to seize hegemony. Since we are sisters, you go deal with other enemies first and don't interfere with the city of Donia. Develop and grow.”

"snort!"

Europa snorted, then turned and left.

On the human battlefield.

Rhadamandis and Minos continued to fight.

Just then, a young nobleman from Knossos rode onto the battlefield and shouted.

"King Minos! King Minos!"

Seeing that Minos was not affected, Radamandis took the initiative to distance himself from Minos and said with a meaningful smile.

"Minos, since someone is looking for you, go and talk to him!"

"Do you know why he came to me?"

Minos looked at Rhadamandis suspiciously, then turned and shouted to the young noble who called him.

"I'm here!"

The young nobleman came to Minos and jumped off his horse, then whispered a few words into Minos's ear.

After hearing the news brought by the young noble, Minos's face became extremely ugly, and he glared at Rhadamandis with angry eyes and asked.

"Radamandis, I heard that your Donian navy intercepted merchant ships in the Sea of ​​Thera to collect tolls. Is this true?"

"You can collect taxes in the city of Knossos, and I can certainly collect tolls on the Sea of ​​Thera."

Seeing Rhadamandis' admission, Minos gritted his teeth and said.

"Is your fleet a navy or a pirate? Because you robbed tolls, the number of merchant ships coming to Knossos today has been reduced by more than half."

"That's a really big problem!"

Radamandis said with a gloating smile.

"Without merchant ships taking the initiative to transport food to the city of Knossos, would there be a food problem in the city of Knossos? If the residents of Knossos were to starve to death, King Minos' laws could still control them ?"

"you are vicious--"

Minos took a deep breath and said.

"I will give you all the vassal city-states west of Yiji Mountain. Are you willing to reach a truce with me and stop robbing merchant ships of tolls?"

"Donia City is a large city-state, and it is right for all the city-states west of Yiji Mountain to become my vassals. I can cease war with you, but I will continue to collect tolls. If those merchant ships feel that they are at a disadvantage, they can go to Donia Donia City will not charge commercial taxes to merchant ships that have paid tolls for trade.”

“You want Donia to replace Knossos as a trade hub——”

Unexpectedly, first the city of Athens competed with the city of Knossos for the position of a trade hub, and now the city of Donia competed with the city of Knossos and the city of Athens for the status of a trade hub.

Thinking of his father falling into a coma, Minos gritted his teeth and said.

"I would like to see in this three-nation struggle for hegemony, whether the city of Athens, Knossos or Donia will have the last laugh."

Attica Peninsula.

Eleusis region.

At the same time that Minos and Rhadamandis ceased fighting, Loy and Pallas rode two horses along the cement road and arrived near the Eleusis tribe's station.

Because the Eleusinians had all migrated to the city of Athens, the Eleusinian tribe's garrison had been abandoned.

Even if there are wanderers occupying the Eleusis tribe's residence, the number of these wanderers will not be too many.

But now, Roy and Pallas observed at the foot of the hillside where the Eleusis tribe's camp was located, and found that there were hundreds of people living in the Eleusis tribe's camp.

These people are obviously not wanderers, but a small tribe occupying the Eleusis tribe's garrison.

"The Eleusis region is bounded by Thebes to the north and Corinth to the west. Regardless of whether this small tribe is Theban or Corinthian, their true identity is the Athenians of the Kingdom of Athens."

Roy said while looking at the Eleusis tribe's station.

"Palas, let's visit this tribe and ask about their origins."