Chapter 536: The End of Bellerophon

Hecate rolled her eyes and said after hearing Roy's suggestion.

"The strength of our gods is not determined by the number of gods, and the thunder godhead is not compatible with an earth goddess like me. If Zeus's godhead is the thunder godhead, I might be interested in accepting it."

When it rains there is thunder, but without thunder it rains.

Therefore, the core of the god of thunder and rain is rainfall rather than thunder.

Zeus is the god of thunder worshiped by the ancient Aryans. His core is the thunder that symbolizes the power of God rather than rainfall, so Zeus is the god of thunder rather than the god of rainfall.

Moreover, in the Eastern European plains where the climate is humid and the average annual rainfall reaches 500 millimeters, there is no need to pray for rainfall.

In the history of another world, the God of Thunder became Taishub, the God of Thunder and Rain in the Asia Minor Peninsula. This is because the annual rainfall in the Asia Minor Peninsula is only 300 millimeters, and the inland has a subtropical summer-dry climate. In order to satisfy human beings, the local earth goddess The thirst for rain evolved into the god of thunder and rain.

In order to gain a foothold in Asia Minor, the God of Thunder became the God of Thunder and Rain.

Seeing that Hecate was not interested in the Thunder Godhead, Roy collected the Thunder Godhead from Zeus's corpse and said while integrating the Thunder Godhead into himself.

"Although increasing the number of godheads will not really increase the strength, it is a pity to discard them because they are tasteless. Since Hecate you are not interested in the thunder godhead, then I will accept the thunder godhead."

After taking the Thunder Godhead into his body, Roy looked at Hecate with burning eyes.

"Goddess Hecate! I have made an agreement with King Iobates. As long as I help him destroy Bellerophon who deceived him, the Arzava region will become the territory of the Athenian Empire. Then you will also become the Athenian Empire. One of the goddesses of the empire, do you have any opinion on this?"

"No!"

Hecate shook her head without hesitation and said.

"The clones of the ancient earth goddess—my sisters have almost all become goddesses of the Athenian Empire. I am even happy to be reunited with them."

Hecate is not a male god who will be driven out and killed by the Athenian Empire.

By becoming the goddess of the Athenian Empire, Hecate would not only lose nothing in her interests, but would even have more powerful authority than before——

In this case, Hecate certainly had no reason to refuse to join the Athenian Empire.

"Then do you want to get more territory?"

"Are you willing to give me more territory?"

"certainly!"

Roy said with a bright smile.

"But there is no free lunch in the world. If you want to have more territory, you must marry me and become one of my wives."

"Then forget it!"

Hecate turned her back to Roy and said.

"The humans who worship me have always regarded me as a girl god. I don't want to betray their faith."

After saying that, Hecate turned into a ray of divine light and flew towards Apsa City.

Looking at Hecate's leaving figure, Roy said with a smile.

"The area of ​​Arzava is about 80,000 square kilometers. With such a large territory, of course you will not give up your pride as a goddess in order to get a new territory. When you join the Athenian Empire, you will see that all your sisters have With a territory larger than your own, would you still be willing to become the goddess with the smallest territory among the sisters? As long as you two goddesses compete with each other, the restraint of the girl god will definitely be broken."

1598 BC.

End of June.

Two hundred Athenian warships sailed into the port of Patara in Lydia.

The city of Patara was the city ruled by Bellerophon and the Mycenaeans who followed him.

After the Mycenaeans refused to allow Athenian warships to enter the harbor, Loy directly ordered an attack on the city of Patara.

Under the mighty impact of the Athenian fleet, the Mycenaean soldiers at the port resisted for a while, then abandoned the port and fled back to the city of Patara.

After all, there were only 500 soldiers guarding the port.

On the two hundred warships of the Athenian fleet, at least five thousand soldiers could land and fight. The Mycenaean soldiers at the port would only die in vain if they chose to resist.

After capturing the port of Patara, Roy immediately landed at the port with five thousand soldiers to attack Patara.

Before Roy arrived at the city of Patara with his five thousand troops, Bellerophon sent an envoy to sue for peace.

Because the city of Patara not only had only 2,500 soldiers, but also used backward bronze weapons.

The Athenian army not only had twice the numerical advantage, but also used iron weapons to carry out dimensionality reduction attacks on the Mycenaeans. There was no chance of winning in a war with the Athenian army.

Roy refused Bellerophon's request for peace and asked Bellerophon's envoys to bring back his demand for unconditional surrender.

Unconditional surrender——

It was to prepare Bellerophon to be dealt with at will by Roy.

Faced with Roy who was not given a way to survive, Bellerophon decisively chose to abandon the city of Patara and fled to the northern mountains with his family and cronies.

Because Bellerophon knew that holding on to the city of Patara would only lead to Loy's trap.

Even Bellerophon fled, and the defenders who stayed in the city of Patara naturally lost all morale. The Athenian army occupied the city of Patara without bloodshed, and captured two thousand defenders who surrendered.

In order to fulfill the agreement with Iobates, Roy originally planned to lead people to hunt down Bellerophon himself.

After discovering that Bellerophon's escape route was to the city of Apsa, Loy gave up the action.

Because Bellerophon is throwing himself into a trap to join his father-in-law Iobates.

Three days later.

Bellerophon arrived at Apasa with his family and confidants.

As soon as they entered the city, they were arrested by soldiers.

The palace of Apasa.

Bellerophon and his son and daughter were brought to Iobates. Bellerophon looked at Iobates on the throne with doubts and asked.

"Dear father, what are you doing? Don't you recognize that I am your son and the husband of your daughter Antea?"

"You liar, you are not worthy of saying Antea's name."

Iobates roared like an angry lion.

"Bellerophon, I just realized that you have been lying to me all along, and everything you said to me was false."

Bellerophon was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile.

"Even if you find out that I lied to you, what? I am now your son-in-law and the father of your two grandchildren. Can you still kill me and make your two grandchildren orphans?"

"Do you think I dare not kill you?"

Iobates said with a cold face.

"Don't forget that I am not only the father of Antea, but also the king of the Arzavas. For the Arzavas, let alone you, the deceitful son-in-law, even my two grandchildren - I can sacrifice."

It can be seen that Iobates is serious.

Bellerophon knelt down hurriedly and said.

"Dear father, please think carefully. Although I did lie to you at the beginning, you are very satisfied with my performance all the time. You even agreed to marry Philonoe to me. As long as you can forgive my deception, I promise to serve you as my biological father - no! From now on, you are my biological father."

"Bellerophon, you don't have to say it anymore."

Iobates closed his eyes and said in some pain.

"I have decided that your crime must be punished."