Chapter 374 Blessing From the Ocean Goddess Hera

The region of Sparta is located in the southeastern part of the Peloponnese Peninsula.

This area not only developed livestock farming, but also had fertile plains irrigated by the Evrotas River.

On top of that, the Spartan region had iron ore.

In the history of another world, the Dorians who conquered the Peloponnese Peninsula used the iron ore in Sparta and the coal mines in Arcadia to establish a military city-state that enslaved the native Spartans for nearly a thousand years. .

The coast of Sparta is rugged and lacks a good harbor. The city of Sparta, the center of the region, is located on the plain between the Tayetos Mountains and the Ephrotas River.

Roy brought one thousand iron spearmen, three thousand Pyrrhus soldiers, and two thousand Spartan soldiers to the city of Sparta. He implemented the same policy here as in the Pylos area and asked the Spartan king Perierus to lead With the large and small nobles in Sparta, they migrated to various islands in the Ionian Sea.

With an army of 6,000 men at his disposal, Roy had no worries that his policy would not be implemented.

If someone resists, Roy will annihilate the rebel family, demote all the men of the rebel family to life-long mining slaves, and demote all the women of the resister family to life-long weaving slaves.

As long as Perierius and the nobles are in their right minds, they will not choose to resist this dead end.

While Perierius and the nobles moved to various islands in the Ionian Sea, Roy also asked Athenian soldiers to disperse to various villages and towns in the Spartan area with Pyrrhian soldiers and Spartan soldiers to promote the policy of land division. and recruiting soldiers.

After Perierius left with the large and small nobles in Sparta, Roy also completed the division of land in Sparta and recruited two thousand new soldiers.

Leaving one thousand Iron Lancers and two thousand Spartan soldiers in the Spartan area, Roy could still take away three thousand Pyrrhian soldiers and two thousand Spartan soldiers.

The city of Sparta.

The Temple of Hera in the Royal Palace.

Before leaving the Sparta area, Roy's purpose of coming here was, of course, to ask the goddess Hera for the blessing and divine power bestowed by the goddess.

Entering the Temple of Hera, which was similar to the Temple of Persephone, Roy came to the statue of Hera, looked up at the statue of Hera on the throne and said.

"Goddess Hera! Now that Sparta is part of the Kingdom of Athens, you have also become the patron saint of the Kingdom of Athens. You should bestow your blessings and divine power on me, the King of Athens."

Upon hearing Roy's request, the statue of Hera glowed with golden light.

The next moment!

The goddess Hera appears on her throne in the form of a human maiden.

Standing on the throne and looking down at Roy, Hera said expressionlessly.

"If you want to get my blessing and divine power, do you have the consciousness to serve me?"

There is no free lunch in the world.

Roy wants to get Hera's blessing and divine power, but of course he has to pay a certain price.

"Goddess Hera, I am ready to wake up."

Roy said with a smile.

“The more your blessings help me, the greater the rewards I will give you.”

"I want to be the protector of the Kingdom of Athens - the queen of the gods who is above the gods of Athens. Can you meet my request?"

"Can!"

Although Roy had already made the same promise to Persephone, Roy still spoke to Hera.

"As long as the blessing given to me by the goddess Hera is strong enough, I will regard you as the protector of the Kingdom of Athens. But I don't think your blessing is worthy of my worshiping you as the protector of the kingdom."

"you--"

Hera glared at Roy angrily and said.

"As the goddess worshiped by the Pilaskis, I am the Earth Mother Goddess with the earth attribute and the Ocean Goddess with the ocean attribute. Because of the influence of the Phoenicians on the Spartan area for hundreds of years, I derived from the Phoenician goddess A Phrodite has absorbed the attributes of the sky god. I am the goddess of the three attributes of sky, earth, and ocean. You must get some kind of blessing from me. "

“I have been blessed by Metis, Mnemosyne, Amphitrite, Hestia, Pandora, Vadjet, Net, and Persephone. Among them are the God of the Sky, the Goddess of the Earth, the Goddess of the Sea, and the Goddess of the Underworld. Can you really give me the blessing I desire?”

Roy's words immediately left Hera speechless.

"Goddess Hera! Although I don't desire your blessing, I want to have more divine power. If you give me your blessing and divine power, I promise to let you have more territory."

"What blessing do you want from me?"

Roy thought about it seriously and said.

"I can't swim! Although I don't think I will fall into the water, it is always good to be prepared. I hope you can give me the blessing of the ocean goddess so that I can move freely in the water."

Upon hearing Roy's request, Hera immediately said with a smile.

"What do you mean by not longing for my blessing? Don't you need my blessing? If you don't have my blessing, if you accidentally fall into the water, you will be unlucky and drown. I can give you [Sneaking in the Water] 】Blessings, so that you can move freely in the water, you must also meet my requirements. "

"[Sneaking in the water]——"

Roy frowned and said.

"Although your blessing is what I need, it is not essential. I will not regard you as the protector of the Kingdom of Athens just for this blessing. I can only promise to give you more territory."

"How much territory will you give me?"

“How about twenty thousand square kilometers?”

Hera's eyes widened in shock at first, then she sneered.

"What you want to give me must be a backward area with poor land and sparse population!"

Roy did not deny it.

Hera walked up to Roy and pressed her left index finger on Roy's forehead.

While infusing Roy with a golden divine power, Hera suddenly asked.

"How much territory did Persephone ask you for?"

Roy said very honestly.

"My agreement with the goddess Persephone is to give her 200,000 square kilometers of territory."

"200,000? You give me 20,000 square kilometers and give Persephone 200,000 square kilometers of territory. Wouldn't Persephone be ten times more powerful than me in the future?"

Hera immediately grabbed Roy's neck with both hands and said excitedly.

"Persephone and I are not only neighbors, but also twin sisters. Since you give Persephone 200,000 square kilometers, I also want a territory of the same size."

"No!"

Roy refused without hesitation.

"The price that Goddess Persephone paid me is worth her having 200,000 square kilometers of territory and the corresponding population. If Goddess Hera wants to have the same size of territory, you must pay the corresponding price."

"What price should I pay for you to give me 200,000 square kilometers of territory?"

Seeing that he had successfully induced Hera, Roy said excitedly.

"Marry me! As long as Goddess Hera becomes my wife and shares your immortality and divine power with me, I will give you 200,000 square kilometers of territory and make you the guardian god of the Kingdom of Athens."

"Impossible!"

Hera gritted her teeth angrily.

"I am a proud goddess, completely different from you humans. Just like you can't marry a female monkey, I won't degenerate and marry a human man."