Chapter 247: Meeting King Cepheus of Egypt

Half a month after landing in Pharos, the army of Buto City did not arrive, but the envoy of the Egyptian King Cepheus arrived.

Roy returned to the Governor's Palace of Pharos City, the former Temple of Wadjet, full of doubts, and saw Ramses II standing outside the gate of the Governor's Palace waiting for him.

"Your Majesty, the King of Athens!"

Seeing Roy's figure, Ramses II immediately came to Roy and asked.

"Since you have landed in Egypt, why don't you go to Avaris City to meet King Cepheus?"

"Ramesses II, before I answer your question, tell me first-why do you know I am here?"

"Your Majesty really didn't notice! When your fleet entered the port of Pharos, my ship was always following your fleet."

Ramses II said helplessly.

"I have told His Majesty Cepheus that you have brought Athenian soldiers to Egypt. As a result, His Majesty Cepheus has waited for ten days but has not seen you, so I can only come to invite you to go to Avaris with me."

Faced with the invitation of Ramses II, Roy said frankly.

"Ramesses II, haven't you seen it yet? I came to Egypt not to become a mercenary of Cepheus, but to seize a piece of land. Now I have occupied twelve villages in the Pharos area. In order to defend against the attack of Buto City, I can't go to Avaris City with you."

"But I have promised His Majesty Cepheus that I will definitely bring you to His Majesty Cepheus."

Ramesses II said with an embarrassed expression.

"And you don't need to worry, Buto City will definitely not attack the area you occupy."

There is certainly a reason why Ramses II dared to say this.

The Egyptian region has fertile land and abundant products. Not only is there enough food to be exported, but there are also copper mines that can be used to cast weapons. Therefore, the Egyptians have no need to actively engage in foreign trade, and the coastal areas used to build ports have not attracted the attention of the Egyptians.

In another world, even more than a thousand years later, it was Alexander, the foreign ruler, who decided to build the Port of Alexandria on the coast of Egypt.

Even now, the city of Tanis in the northeast corner of the Nile Delta can become the trade center of Egypt because Tanis is not ruled by the Egyptians, but by the Phoenicians who worship Astarte [Aphrodite].

The Pharos region now occupied by Roy is not only a coastal area that is completely ignored by the Egyptians, but also has a straight-line distance of about 200 miles from Buto City, which is a border where Buto City cannot establish effective rule at all.

If Roy only occupied the twelve coastal villages on the border, Buto City would indeed have sufficient reasons to turn a blind eye to Roy's behavior.

After all, Buto City spent manpower and material resources to drive away foreign invaders, and it would be difficult to establish real rule over this area.

Perhaps Roy continued to expand the territory of the Kingdom of Athens, which made Buto City unbearable, and they would take the initiative to attack Roy.

Thinking of this, Roy said in a relaxed tone.

"After all, Cepheus is nominally the king of the entire Egypt, which means that the Pharos region I occupied also belongs to Cepheus in name. Since Cepheus has always wanted to see me, should I go to see Cepheus?"

"Please be sure to go to Avaris!"

Ramses II bewitched Roy.

"Now His Majesty Cepheus is looking for an excellent husband for Princess Andromeda. If you can be favored by Princess Andromeda, you can not only marry Princess Andromeda, who is as beautiful as a goddess, but also become the heir to the throne of the King of Egypt."

If it was more than a hundred years ago, when the nomadic peoples in the Phoenician region had just dominated northern Egypt and nominally ruled the entire territory of Egypt, the heir to the throne of the King of Egypt would indeed make Roy excited.

Now the Egyptian world ruled by King Cepheus is divided into four parts, and the trend of Kamose, the Pharaoh of South Egypt, to conquer the whole of Egypt is very obvious. Roy does not want to be an enemy of Kamose, the powerful demigod hero, now.

"I am not interested in becoming the son-in-law of Cepheus, but I agree to go to Avaris with you."

Hearing Roy's answer, Ramses II immediately said excitedly as if he was afraid that Roy would go back on his word.

"Your Majesty, King of Athens, let's take a boat to the port of Tanis now! When we arrive in Tanis, we will ride to Avaris."

"Okay!"

After entrusting the management of Pharos to Aries, Roy followed Ramses II to the port and boarded his Egyptian warship.

Seeing that Roy actually wanted to go to Avaris alone, Ramses II couldn't help but say.

"Your Majesty, King of Athens, you don't even take a soldier with you?"

Roy said with a faint smile.

"I am now an invader who is trying to seize Egyptian land! When Cepheus finds out that I am unwilling to be his mercenary and want to seize his nominal land, he will most likely attack me. I can easily escape from Avaris alone, but if I bring a group of Athenian soldiers with me, it would be like bringing a group of burdens."

"It seems that you are ready to be an enemy of His Majesty Cepheus!"

After Ramses II said this with emotion, he ordered the sailors to set sail.

The hardworking Egyptian sailors rowed the oars with all their strength, allowing the warships to sail out of the port of Pharos, and then sailed in the Mediterranean like an arrow from a bow.

After a day and a night of sailing, Ramses II's warships entered the port of Tanis the next afternoon.

After Roy and Ramses II landed here, Ramses quickly asked his servants to find two horses.

Although the nomads in the Phoenician region ruled Egypt, increasing the number of horses in Egypt, horses were still strategic materials that only nobles could afford.

Seeing that Ramses II could easily get two horses, Roy understood that the Ramses family was worthy of being the priest nobles of Egypt.

Even under the rule of foreign nomads, the priest nobles lost their noble status on the surface, but their power and wealth did not decrease.

Three hundred years later, the descendants of the Ramses family were able to establish the 19th Dynasty of Egypt because the Ramses family had a deep foundation.

If Ramses I was just an ordinary civilian three hundred years later, the priest nobles of various city-states in Egypt would not allow a civilian to climb over their heads.

The city of Tanis is one of the four political regimes that divided the Egyptian world into four parts, and it is also one of the cities guarded by the goddess Aphrodite.

In order to reach Avaris before dark, Roy did not enter Tanis, but rode directly to Avaris with Ramses II at the port.

When riding around Tanis, looking at the prosperous trade in Tanis, Roy decided to enter Tanis on the way back.

If the city-state guarded by Aphrodite was not very powerful, perhaps Roy could conquer Aphrodite and the city-state she guarded, and turn the blessing of Aphrodite on him from a curse into a real blessing.