Chapter 365 Perseus, King of Mycenae

The Elis region in the northwest of the Peloponnese.

The city of Olympia is located in the south of the Elis Plain.

This city was originally ruled by King Oenomanos of Elis, but now the ruler of this city has become the Mycenaeans.

After a period of war with the Mycenaeans who used bronze weapons, King Oenomanos of Elis finally lost the war and fled to the city of Elis ruled by his brother Tereus with some of his followers.

Oenomanos lost the war because most of his soldiers used wooden or stone weapons, and because the Illyrians in the Elis and Achae regions lived a nomadic life, resulting in a small population.

Now, in order to celebrate the victory of this war, the Mycenaeans are holding a competition dedicated to Zeus in the city of Olympia.

Outside the city of Olympia.

While the Mycenae soldiers actively participated in various competitive activities, Perseus looked at Acrisius sitting on the altar and made the final decision in his heart.

He wanted to kill Acrisius and become the king of Mycenae who led the Mycenaeans.

Perseus wanted to replace Acrisius not only because of his ambition, but also because he saw the crisis.

When Acrisius led the Mycenaeans to develop slowly, Roy was leading the Kingdom of Athens to increase its territory and population at an incredible speed.

If the Mycenaeans could not speed up the pace of improving their strength, the Mycenaeans would completely lose the last chance to compete with the Kingdom of Athens for hegemony and could only wait to be conquered by the Kingdom of Athens.

"The Kingdom of Athens was originally just the Athenian tribe with a population of 5,000. After the young Roy ruled the Athenian tribe, the Athenian tribe became the current Kingdom of Athens. The Mycenaeans developed so slowly because my grandfather was old. The young me became the king of Mycenae and could lead the Mycenaeans to develop rapidly, so my actions were correct."

Perseus, who was determined, walked into the arena where the spears were thrown.

Now Perseus is not only the prince of Mycenae, but also a war hero who has made great contributions in the wars to conquer Arcadia and Elis.

Seeing Perseus participating in the competition, the Mycenaean soldiers began to shout Perseus' name.

"Perseus! Perseus!"

"Perseus! Perseus!"

Amid the shouts of the Mycenaean soldiers, Perseus threw his bronze spear.

Whoosh!

Perseus' spear did not fly to the target area, but deviated from the target area and flew to Acrisius on the altar.

Puff!

With blood splattering, Perseus' spear pierced Acrisius' body.

Seeing this unexpected scene, everyone widened their eyes in shock.

"Grandfather——"

Perseus shouted in self-blame, and then rushed to Acrisius on the altar at the fastest speed.

On the altar dedicated to Zeus.

Acrisius, who was lying in a pool of blood, saw Perseus coming in front of him, and he raised his right hand with an angry face and pointed at Perseus and said.

"Perseus... How dare you... How dare you..."

"Grandfather, can't you see the crisis?"

Perseus whispered without guilt.

"I do this for our Mycenaeans! Please rest assured that the Mycenaeans will rise again under my leadership."

"You..."

Acrisius looked at Perseus excitedly, as if he had a lot to say.

But his life has come to an end, so after a burst of excitement, Acrisius closed his eyes and lost his life.

After the Mycenean nobles and soldiers came to the bottom of the altar, Perseus looked at everyone with tears in his eyes and said.

"Grandfather is dead! Just now, my grandfather told me that he didn't blame me for accidentally killing him and let me inherit the identity of the King of Mycenae."

Hearing Perseus' words that fooled everyone as fools, the Mycenean nobles and soldiers all found it difficult to accept.

After all, Perseus was not the heir chosen by Acrisius.

Now that Perseus accidentally killed Acrisius, it was even less likely that Acrisius would hand over his throne to Perseus.

At this moment, Pelops suddenly shouted.

"Long live Perseus, the king of Mycenae!"

Under the leadership of Pelops, some Mycenean soldiers who worshipped Perseus as a war hero followed suit.

"Long live Perseus, the king of Mycenae!"

"Long live Perseus, the king of Mycenae!"

Under the influence of the herd mentality, more and more soldiers began to shout, and finally the Mycenean nobles had to follow and shout [Long live Perseus, the king of Mycenae].

While Perseus killed Acrisius and usurped the throne of Mycenae, the 5,000 troops led by Roy also landed at the port of Korphos in the Corinth area.

At this time, the news of the death of Acrisius, the king of Mycenae, had not yet reached the city of Mycenae, and Roy's army was moving within the territory of the Kingdom of Athens, so Roy's army did not arouse the vigilance of the city of Mycenae.

At noon the next day.

The 5,000-strong army of the Kingdom of Athens crossed the border and invaded the Argos region. Acrisius's brother Proetus then realized that the Kingdom of Athens was waging war against the Mycenaeans.

In order to conquer the Elis region, the Mycenaean king Acrisius summoned 5,000 troops from the Argos region and Arcadia region.

Now there are only 3,000 soldiers defending the cities of Mycenae, Tiryns, and Tiryns in the Argos region, and only 2,000 soldiers in Arcadia to suppress the Arcadians who may rebel at any time.

Roy led 5,000 troops to the outside of Mycenae, and saw that there were only 500 soldiers using bronze spears and 500 soldiers using wooden spears guarding the city.

Just as Roy ordered the siege, Proetos stood on the wall of Mycenae and asked loudly.

"King Roy of Athens! You violated the agreement between you and my brother. Aren't you afraid of being punished by the gods?"

"Stupid Proetos!"

Roy responded with a smile.

"I haven't seen the gods appear to warn me yet, which means that Acrisius has been killed by Perseus, and my agreement with Acrisius has become invalid."

Perseus killed Acrisius——

Perseus is the grandson of Acrisius. How could he kill his own grandfather?

In Proetos's doubts, Roy's 5,000 troops rushed to Mycenae like a torrent.

When Roy's 5,000 troops began to attack the city, the soldiers defending the city collapsed directly, and most of the soldiers left the city wall and fled back home.

Because these soldiers were Argives conquered by the Mycenaeans, they did not want to sacrifice their lives for the Mycenaeans.

Proetos stayed on the city wall with hundreds of Mycenae soldiers. Faced with a number gap of more than ten times between the two sides, Proetos could only order surrender.

After all, this was a war that was impossible to win, and surrender might still win the enemy's forgiveness.

Seeing the expected victory, Io, the princess of Argos, said with tears in her eyes.

"Father... the Mycenaeans were finally defeated, and the Argives will no longer be enslaved by the Mycenaeans."