I Was a Priest in the City-State Era

Chapter 368 Hermes' Father and Brother God

Almost all of the Illyrian soldiers guarding the city of Arcadia were armed with wooden or stone weapons.

Not only do they have no equipment advantage, they don't even have a numerical advantage.

Roy led two thousand soldiers with iron spears and two thousand soldiers with bronze spears, and rushed to the gate of Arcadia like a torrent.

The Illyrian soldiers on the city wall either attacked with wooden arrows, bone arrows, wooden spears, stone spears, or threw stones, but they were all blocked by Roy's soldiers with shields.

When Roy used the power of the demigod hero to break down the city gate of Arcadia and led soldiers into the city, a one-sided massacre began.

Under the attack of the blades of iron spears and bronze war spears, the Illyrian soldiers were either killed or surrendered and became prisoners.

Because the war ended so quickly, the tens of thousands of Illyrians in Arcadia City had no time to escape.

While the human war ended like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, the battle between the gods Artemis and Hermes also had a winner.

Seeing that the city of Arcadia was occupied by the Kingdom of Athens and all the Illyrians who worshiped him were taken prisoner, Hermes gave up avoiding Artemis' attack and fled to the Ilis area where Zeus was.

Perhaps Hermes is trying to escape back to the embrace of his cheap father, Zeus, or maybe Hermes is going to seek help from his brother Ares, who is also the patron saint of the Illyrians.

Arcadia Town Center.

Roy took Callisto and a group of soldiers outside the Temple of Hermes. Callisto looked at the Temple of Hermes angrily and said.

"The Illyrians really went too far. This is the temple of the goddess Artemis. They knocked down the statue of the goddess Artemis and put the statue of Hermes on the throne that originally belonged to the goddess Artemis. Think of this temple as the Temple of Hermes.”

Roy said to Callisto while ordering the soldiers to knock down the statue of Hermes.

"Callisto! Now I will give you a thousand soldiers as agreed and hand over the Arcadia region to your rule. If you fail to fulfill my expectations, I will not only punish you, but also destroy Artemis Si’s patron saint.”

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will not let you down."

Callisto said confidently.

"We Acadians are not fools. Joining the Kingdom of Athens can allow each of us to live a better life, so the Acadians have no reason to oppose the rule of the Kingdom of Athens."

Roy withdrew from the city of Arcadia with three thousand soldiers. Hippodamia immediately came to Roy and urged Roy to go to the Elis area to fight the Mycenaeans.

"Hippodamia, have you really thought about it?"

Roy said with a serious face.

"I will not only make your father Oenomanus lose his status as King of Ilis, but I will also drive Ares, the god of your Illyrians, from his throne as the patron saint of Ilis."

Hippodamia said with a wry smile.

"Could it be that when the Mycenaeans conquered the Elis region, they would let my father retain the identity of the King of Elis and let God Ares still retain the identity of the patron saint of Elis? Since the result of the Kingdom of Athens ruling the Elis region will not be better than Mycenaeans had worse results ruling the Elis region, I would rather have the Kingdom of Athens rule the Elis region because I have seen with my own eyes that the Mycenaeans would only enslave the people they conquered while you could have the Elis. Live a better life.”

"Now that you are ready, let's head to the Elis area!"

Roy said with a satisfied smile.

"When the Mycenaeans are driven out, I will also give you a thousand soldiers to let you, the princess of Elis, temporarily rule the Elis region."

The great plain of Elis is divided into two parts.

With Lake Piones as the boundary, the southern part of the Ilis Plain is the Ilis region.

The northern part of the great plain of Elis and the vast mountainous area form the Ahai region.

Although the Ilis plain is divided into two regions, the plains in both regions are inhabited by Illyrians.

Only in the mountains of the Ahai region are both Illyrians and Pilaskis living.

Because there are more Pilaski people living in the Ahai Mountains, the patron saint of the Ahai Mountains is not Ares or other male gods, but the nature goddess Aksioke worshiped by the Pilaski people.

The city of Elis, ruled by Tereus, was located in the north of the Elis plain.

At this time, the city of Elis was surrounded by an army of four thousand led by Perseus.

Perseus attacked the city of Elis not only because King Oenomanos of Elis fled to the city of Elis, but also because Perseus wanted to bring the Ahai region under the rule of the Mycenaeans.

While humans on the ground were fighting a war, Zeus, the patron saint of the Mycenaeans, and Ares, the patron saint of the Illyrians, were also waging a war between the gods.

"Ares, you are really tenacious."

Zeus, who appeared in a gigantic form a thousand meters tall, released thunder to attack Ares while teasing Ares.

"The war we fought in Olympia has proven that you are no match for me. Why don't you surrender like your brother Hermes and become my son? As long as you become my subordinate god and son, I It allows you to retain your identity as the patron saint of Elis City just like Hermes.”

"Zeus, do you think I'm a fool?"

Ares sneered as he swung his war spear to fight back.

"I have become your son and subordinate god. Can I still be considered a patron saint? I am just a tool for you to protect the city of Elis! Hermes has become your subordinate god and son. I dare say that he is now just the patron saint of Arcadia, and he definitely does not have the powerful power comparable to Artemis."

"You are a smart guy. You are obviously a god of war, but your brain is not stupid at all."

Zeus said with a smile.

"Since Hermes's status as the patron saint of Arcadia was given by me, and Hermes's status is my son and subordinate god, it means that I am the real master of the Arcadia region."

"Father God - Father God -"

At this moment, accompanied by anxious shouts, Hermes's 100-meter-tall figure rushed to Zeus.

"Great Father God Zeus! Dear Brother Ares! Stop fighting, we have a common enemy now."

"Get lost!"

Ares shouted at Hermes.

"You are such a loser, you are really bringing shame to the gods of our Illyrian people. You call Zeus father and call me brother, which makes me Zeus' son. If I hadn't been dealing with Zeus now, I would have taught you a lesson."

While Ares was scolding Hermes, Pelops also appeared in the south of Elis with an army of 1,500 people.

"Pelops--"

Seeing Pelops rushing to support him with 1,500 people, Perseus personally drove a warhorse to Pelops and asked.

"Pelops, I gave you the city of Olympia to rule, why did you bring soldiers to support me?"

Pelops said with a wry smile.

"Dear cousin, I left Olympia because I couldn't defend it. During the time when we conquered the Elis and Achae regions, King Roy of Athens launched a war against us and had taken away the Argos and Arcadia regions. The latest news I received is that King Roy of Athens is leading 3,000 troops into the Elis region."

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