Chapter 294 Pallas Will Come to Athens

Royal Palace of Athens.

Throne Hall.

Luo Yin sat on the throne that originally belonged to King Pandion of Athens, with the Athenian princesses Procne and Philomela standing on his left and right.

King Pandion of Athens, Prince Erechtheus and Portes of Athens stood in front of Luo Yin, glaring at Luo Yin with anger.

Luo Yin didn't pay attention to the looks of his cheap father-in-law and two cheap uncles, and said calmly.

"As you can see, Procne and Philomela have now become women who serve me. For their sake, I will not kill you, and I can even return the throne to King Pandion, but the city of Athens must Become my vassal and faithfully carry out all my orders.”

Hearing Luo Yin's words, Procne and Philomela breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

After all, they were willing to sacrifice themselves to serve Luo Yin, and their only purpose was to protect their father and brother.

Pandion frowned and looked at Luo Yin and asked.

"You are returning the throne to me now because you want to inherit the throne of Athens as my son-in-law after my death?"

Luo Yin immediately asked back.

"Your two daughters are so filial, don't they deserve the same inheritance rights as your sons?"

Pandion could only remain speechless.

After all, it is true that a son's inheritance rights are higher than that of a daughter, but it doesn't sound good to say it.

And he was worried that if he said that he would leave the throne to his son, Luo Yin would kill Erechtheus and Portes to ensure that no one would compete for the throne.

Nowadays, Pandion's only thought is to protect his children.

"King Pentheus! Since you are not going to take away my throne, will you leave the city of Athens with your soldiers next?"

"Although the war to conquer the city of Athens is over, I will still attack the city of Corinth from the city of Athens. The city of Athens must use all its food reserves to ensure my logistics supply."

"You want us to give you the food reserves?"

Portus said angrily.

"If we lose our food reserves and encounter enemy siege in the future, how can we rely on the Acropolis to engage in a war of attrition with the enemy?"

"In the future, the Kingdom of Athens' neighbors, the Kingdom of Thebes and the Kingdom of Corinth, will be under my rule. No more enemies will be able to threaten the city of Athens. Naturally, the city of Athens will no longer need to reserve food for wars of attrition."

Luo Yin looked at Portes with dissatisfied eyes and said.

"I'm not asking for your consent, but giving you an order. If you weren't Procne and Philomela's brother—"

Luo Yin didn't say the next words.

But Portes obviously understood Luo Yin's threat, and his face became even more ugly.

night.

Luo Yin held a grand celebration banquet for his soldiers in the square of Athens.

While the Thebans celebrated their victory in Athens, Pandion took Erechtheus and Portes to the temple of Athena.

Seeing Pandion still offering sacrifices devoutly, Portus couldn't help but say.

"Since the goddess cannot protect the safety of the city of Athens, do we still need to sacrifice? Maybe if we change to a more powerful god, we can defeat the Thebans."

After hearing Portus' words, Pandion said expressionlessly.

"Perseus did not conquer us in the past, which proved that even Zeus could not defeat the goddess Metis. The power of the goddess Metis is unquestionable. Today we will lose to Pentheus and the Thebans just because of them Too powerful."

At this moment, the statue of Athena on the throne turned into the goddess herself.

"Pandion! My faithful high priest."

Athena looked at Pandion calmly and said.

"As Portes said, I am no longer able to protect the city of Athens. In order to protect the city of Athens and myself, I must change myself and make myself stronger."

"Great goddess!"

Pandion asked, worshiping Athena devoutly.

“What can we do to help you?”

"In the Libyan region on the southern coast of the Mediterranean, there is a tribe that worships Pallas, the goddess of war. You must destroy that tribe and then bring the statue of Pallas back to the city of Athens."

Portus asked with his eyes widened in shock.

"Is the city of Athens going to welcome a new god as its patron saint?"

"Palas, who came to the city of Athens, will merge with me to become the new god Pallas Athena. Whether the new god will be dominated by me or Pallas depends on me and Which one is more powerful, Pallas? But what I am sure of is that Pallas Athena, the goddess of wisdom, Metis, and the goddess of war, combined into one, will be incredibly powerful and I won’t suffer anymore. Such a humiliation today.”

Although priestesses who serve the gods are not required to remain unmarried for life, priestesses who dedicate their bodies and minds to the gods must seek the consent of the gods before they can get married.

Luo Yin took Athena's priestesses Procne and Philomela as his own in the temple of Athena, which was undoubtedly a humiliation to Athena.

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the next day.

Erechtheus and Portes formed a fleet with a thousand sailors and left the port of Athens for Libya.

Luo Yin was sitting in the palace of Athens, inquiring about news about the city of Corinth.

The city of Corinth is located in the northeast of the Peloponnese Peninsula, with the Gulf of Corinth to the west and the Aegean Sea to the east. It is the connection point between mainland Greece and the Peloponnese Peninsula.

At the same time, it is also an important sea route through the Aegean Sea and the Gulf of Corinth to the Ionian Sea. It is not only an important place for trade and transportation, but also a strategic location.

As early as four thousand years ago, people had settled in Corinth and developed Corinthian culture.

When the Mycenaeans invaded the Peloponnese, there was already the city of Corinth.

Although in real history hundreds of years later, the city of Corinth was one of the three city-states that could rival Athens in terms of economy.

But during the Mycenaean civilization period, the Mycenaeans had conquered the city of Corinth in the era of Perseus.

After Perseus' death, the throne of the city of Corinth was one of the thrones he left to his descendants.

It was precisely because the Argos region ruled by the Mycenae Kingdom annexed the Corinth region dominated by the city of Corinth that the Mycenae Kingdom was able to establish hegemony in the Peloponnese.

If the Mycenae Kingdom had not conquered the city of Corinth and the Corinth region, the strength of the Mycenae Kingdom and the power of Zeus would probably not even be half of their peak.

Thinking that as long as Mycenae was prevented from conquering Corinth, Zeus' legs would be completely broken, and Zeus would have to kneel down on the road to hegemony, Luo Yin said with a smile.

"Perseus, Perseus! As a gift for our first meeting, it seems that I have to give you a big surprise."

Perseus is now an elderly man.

The surprise Luo Yin gave him might make him so happy that his soul would fall into the underworld.

On the third day.

Luo Yin left Athens with two thousand Theban soldiers and set off for Corinth.

At this time, Eleusis and Megara were only small city-states with a population of thousands, so Luo Yin's march was not blocked.

Five days later.

Luo Yin led his army across the Isthmus of Corinth and came to the vicinity of Corinth on the ground of the Isthmus of Corinth.