Chapter 273 The Kingdom of Athens Does Not Need a Male God

When Metis and Knight merged into one, it was normal for Knight to absorb Metis's power and attributes.

After Knight finished explaining, she looked at the Knight Temple and said.

"Now I'm going back to my Knight Temple to recuperate. You can come to me if you have anything."

After that, her body turned into a statue of Knight and flew into the main hall of the Knight Temple.

Roy also found his soldiers and led them to expel or annihilate the priests and nobles in Sais City.

Because only by driving away these priests and nobles who occupied a lot of land and wealth, Roy could distribute the land of Sais City to civilian families.

Only by taking all the food of these priests and nobles for himself, Roy could recruit soldiers in Sais City, have enough troops to promote his rule, and sweep the priests and nobles in the towns and villages around Sais City.

Because the palace of Sais was more magnificent than that of Buto, Roy also took Andromeda from Buto.

While Roy recruited 7,000 soldiers in Sais and carried out a comprehensive sweep of 10,000 square kilometers of land west of the Nile Delta, the news that Sais, one of the three major regimes, was conquered by Roy quickly spread to various city-states in Egypt and caused a huge shock.

Because Roy was not only an alien ruler, but also dealt a devastating blow to the priests and nobles of Buto and Sais.

If an alien ruler like Roy was allowed to dominate Egypt, I am afraid that the priests and nobles of all city-states in Egypt would suffer.

The first impact of Roy's conquest of Sais was that Atribis and Merimda, which were originally nominally vassals of Sais, announced their separation from Sais and became vassals of the Hyksos.

The second impact was that Roy and the Kingdom of Athens were hostile to all Egyptian priests and nobles.

The third influence was that the priests and nobles under the rule of King Cepheus of Egypt and the priests and nobles under the rule of Pharaoh Kamose of South Egypt were persuading them to regard the Kingdom of Athens as an enemy first.

Since the reign of Kamose's grandfather, Kamose's family has been at war with the Hyksos for decades, and Kamose's grandfather and father were killed by the Hyksos on the battlefield.

During these decades of war, the Hyksos were also killed by thousands of people by the South Egyptians.

The two sides have long been full of hatred, and of course they will not temporarily put aside their deep hatred for each other just because of the appearance of Roy.

Therefore, although the priests and nobles of various city-states in Egypt hated the Kingdom of Athens, they could not persuade the Hyksos and South Egyptians to deal with the Kingdom of Athens.

In this situation without strong external forces to stop him, Roy smoothly incorporated the west of the Nile Delta into the territory of the Kingdom of Athens.

This not only increased the area of ​​the Kingdom of Athens by half, but also more than doubled the population ruled by the Kingdom of Athens.

Sais City.

Royal Palace.

Roy and Andromeda were sitting on the throne in the hall, listening to the Athenian soldiers' report on the amount of grain and calculating how much surplus grain could be transported to Athens.

There was fertile land on both sides of the Nile River that could produce two or even three crops a year, but due to the backward farming technology and the types of grain crops, the amount of grain that could be transported to Athens was very limited.

Although these grains were enough to fill the food gap of the Kingdom of Athens, they could not solve the food problem on Crete.

Roy wanted to solve the food problem on Crete. The first option was to conquer more Egyptian city-states, and the second option was to go to the Colchis region on the east coast of the Black Sea to buy grain.

Just as Roy was worried about the food problem, a soldier hurried into the hall and said.

"Your Majesty, the important news just came that the Pharaoh Kamose of the South Egyptians had defeated the Hyksos and conquered the city of Memphis."

Hearing this news, Andromeda beside Roy trembled with fear, and her hands unconsciously hugged Roy's arm.

Memphis was the capital of many dynasties in Egyptian history. Ptah, the god of fire and craftsman, was the patron god of Memphis, which gave birth to the Ptah God Creation System, one of the three major systems of Egyptian mythology, which is on par with the Nine-Element God Creation System of the City of the Sun and the Eight-Element God Creation System of the City of Hermopolis in South Egypt.

The importance of Memphis can be seen from the mythology alone.

In reality, the City of the Sun is the first of the thirteen city-states in northern Egypt, and Memphis is the gateway to the City of the Sun.

Now that the Pharaoh Kamose of South Egypt has conquered Memphis, Kamose can choose to attack the City of the Sun, or the City of Merimda and the City of Atribis, which can be said to completely take the initiative in the war.

"Kamus conquered Memphis, which city is his next target?"

The soldier heard Andromeda's question and showed a confused expression, and Roy immediately said.

"Kamus' next target is the City of the Sun."

Andromeda looked at Roy, and Roy explained with a smile.

"Merimda and Atribis are not controlled by you Hyksos. Now that they have heard the news that Kamose has conquered Memphis, they may take the initiative to surrender to Kamose. Since Kamose does not need to attack Merimda and Atribis, his next target is of course the City of the Sun. After conquering the City of the Sun, Kamose only needs to capture Bubastis and then he can lead the southern Egyptian army to attack Avaris."

"Roy, you must help us."

Andromeda begged with a pitiful expression.

"Camos is too powerful. If you don't help us, he will definitely lead his army to march straight into the city of Avaris."

Roy nodded and said.

"I promised you, so I will definitely help you Hyksos people deal with Kamos. But I have a condition, that is, you must always stay with me when I have a conflict with the Hyksos people. "

"How could you conflict with us?"

Andromeda said with confusion.

"As long as you marry me, you and us Hyksos people will be one family. Although we do not have the tradition of princesses inheriting the throne, it will be difficult for you to become the king of Hyksos as my husband, but I can't imagine that you will be with me." The reason why we are enemies.”

"Andromeda, I want to tell you one thing, that is, the patron saints of the Kingdom of Athens are all goddesses."

Roy said with a solemn expression.

"You Hyksos are a group of people who worship the male god Seth [Zeus]. Once the Kingdom of Athens and the Hyksos want to expand their territory in Egypt in the future, there will definitely be a war between us. Because I will not allow myself to The male god Seth [Zeus] has become one of the patron saints of the Kingdom of Athens, and you Hyksos will not easily betray the god who has protected you for thousands of years."

After hearing Roy's explanation, Andromeda said in disbelief.

"Could it be that my father is willing to let you inherit the throne as his son-in-law, and you will not accept Seth [Zeus] as a male god. He wants to force us Hyksos to betray the gods who have always protected us, causing the Kingdom of Athens and us to fall in love with each other. Is the war between the Xosians absolutely inevitable?"

“The Kingdom of Athens has no need for male gods – that will never change.”