Chapter 539 The Woman Who Destroyed the Greek Coalition

The next day.

Ilos held a grand banquet in the hall of his palace.

In addition to the royal family and nobles of Troy, the guests attending the banquet also included King Teukros of Mysia and his family.

Before the banquet officially began, Roy and Ilos came to the steps where the throne was located, looking down at all the guests in the hall and said.

"Dear Trojans! I am very happy to introduce myself to you. I am Roy, the emperor of the Athenian Empire, and the protagonist of today's banquet. King Ilos held this banquet for me to tell you that the Troy region will become the territory of the Athenian Empire. Under the policy of the Athenian Empire, you will all lose your royal and noble status, and you will only be ordinary civilians in the Athenian Empire in the future."

After hearing Roy's words, everyone in the hall was in an uproar.

Not only the royal family and nobles of Troy, but even King Teukros of Mysia could not accept this.

After all, losing their current status and power would damage their core interests.

"King Ilos, is this true?"

"Did King Ilos surrender to the Athenian Empire?"

"This is the noble status and power left to me by my ancestors. Even King Ilos cannot deprive me of it, let alone the foreign Athenian emperor——"

The Mysian King Teucerus could not help but ask Ilos.

"My dear son, do you really want to surrender to the Athenian Empire and give up your status and power as the King of Troy?"

Ilos nodded with a smile.

"That's right! Not only will you lose your royal and noble status and power, I will also give up my status and power as the King of Troy. Dear father-in-law, are you willing to give up your status and power as the King of Mysian and let Mysian City become part of the Athenian Empire? If your answer is no, I will personally serve as your enemy and conquer Mysian City for the Athenian Empire."

Facing the threat of Ilos, Teucerus said with a wry smile.

"Our Mysia city doesn't even have the strength to fight against Troy. Since even Troy, the overlord of the Troy region, has chosen to surrender to the Athenian Empire - as long as the Athenian emperor can treat us Mysia people equally, I certainly won't covet the status and power of the king of Mysia."

Roy immediately said to Teucer.

"King Teucer! As long as you Mysia people follow the policies of the Athenian Empire and give up worshipping Apollo, I promise that you will enjoy the same treatment as other Athenians."

"You want us to give up worshipping Apollo... Then will we worship the goddess Metis of Athens in the future?"

"The Troy region already has the goddess Hesione who protects Troy! Goddess Hesione, like Goddess Metis, is the incarnation of the ancient goddess of the earth. As the patron saint of coastal cities, Goddess Hesione is both the goddess of the earth and the goddess of the sea, which is the same as Goddess Metis. In the future, Goddess Hesione will become the patron saint of the entire Troy region."

After answering Teucer, Roy said to the royal family and nobles of Troy.

"Dear Trojans! I know that it is hard for all of you to accept losing your current status and power. As compensation, I can arrange for you to become businessmen with no worries about food and clothing. If you really can't accept it, you can unite to start a war and use war to resolve the conflict between us. As long as you can defeat me on the battlefield, you can keep your current status and power. If you lose to me on the battlefield, you will not only lose your current status and power, but all your family members will be reduced to lifelong slaves."

Wage a war-

The royal family and nobles all looked at Iros with pleading eyes.

"King Iros, as long as we defeat the Athenians, you don't have to lose your throne."

"I swear allegiance only to King Iros."

"King Iros defeated all enemies, even the Athenians are no exception."

Faced with the instigation of the crowd, Iros said with a cold face.

"Don't be delusional. I will not stand with you, and I will suppress your rebellion. If you are willing to listen to my advice, accept Roy's arrangement and become a worry-free merchant."

"Princess Cassandra, the daughter of King Ilos, will become my wife."

Roy followed.

"Cassandra will become the queen who rules the Troy region on my behalf. Under Cassandra's rule, your interests as merchants will be guaranteed."

The originally noisy crowd immediately quieted down.

Because Cassandra rules the Troy region, their interests can indeed be guaranteed.

Tokros broke the silence and said.

"Your Majesty, the great emperor, can the royal family and nobles of our city of Misia enjoy the same treatment? As long as you can arrange for us to become worry-free merchants, I will now surrender to you on behalf of the city of Misia."

"Yes!"

Roy said without hesitation.

"As long as they are willing to give up their current status and power, I will guarantee that they will have no worries about food and clothing."

After getting Roy's guarantee, Tokros said immediately.

"I surrender to you on behalf of the city of Mysia, and we Mysiae will become your most loyal subjects."

The Trojans and Mysiae are agricultural peoples.

In order to avoid war, Roy did not mind conquering them by exchanging benefits.

But for the nomadic Paleks, Roy had decided to destroy them by war from the beginning.

Because only by putting a knife on the neck can the nomads give up their nomadic life.

Night.

After the banquet, Roy told Ilos his plan.

"My dear father-in-law! If you want to establish great heroic achievements, I can let you lead the Athenian soldiers to destroy the Palaeans."

"You must leave this war to me."

Ilos said excitedly.

"Although I am about forty years old, I am still young and I can still establish achievements."

"Then I will wait and see how my father-in-law performs."

Temple of Hesione.

After separating from Ilos, Roy came here to meet Cassandra, the priestess who served the goddess Hesione.

In the mythology of another world, there is also a Trojan princess named Cassandra.

As a priestess serving the goddess Athena, Athena gave her the ability to predict the future.

Her beauty is like Aphrodite, the most beautiful goddess, and both humans and gods are fascinated by her beauty.

Apollo wanted Cassandra to be his human lover, but because she refused, he cursed Cassandra so that no one would believe her prophecy.

In order to pursue Cassandra, Otrimenius, who was not even Cassandra's fiancé, died on the battlefield of Troy for Cassandra.

Even the 100,000-strong Greek army was destroyed because of Cassandra's beauty.

When Troy was destroyed, Ajax the Younger found Cassandra in the Temple of Athena.

Her beauty made Ajax the Younger so crazy that he forcibly abducted Athena's priestess from the Temple of Athena, and Athena decided to destroy the Greeks.

The 100,000-strong Greek army was gathered together because of Helen's beauty.

But they were eventually destroyed because of Cassandra's beauty.