Chapter 42: Praying to Artemis Is Useless

In the city-state era, worshipping gods was a very serious matter.

Humans worshipped gods as patron gods because gods would only protect people in a single city-state or region, and would never protect even enemies.

Gods who would protect enemies would not be worshipped by humans.

So on the Trojan battlefield, no Greek would pray to Apollo or Ares, who supported the Trojans, to help them kill the Trojans, nor would any Trojan pray to Athena or Poseidon, who supported the Greeks, to help them kill the Greeks.

The Tauris were enemies of the Greeks, but they prayed to Artemis, the Greek goddess of hunting, to help them kill the Greeks - this kind of magical thing would not happen in the real world.

The real Greeks did not conquer the Tauris, so they changed the goddess worshipped by the Tauris into the goddess of hunting Artemis in the myth, which led to this unreasonable thing.

Tauris King Thoas looked at Loyin and Inphigenia with an angry expression and said.

"Artemis, the Greek goddess of hunting, is as untrustworthy as the priestess Inphigenia. We have always respected Inphigenia, but she kept her distance from us and never killed our sacrifices to offer to the gods."

"Since you know that Artemis and Inphigenia are not worthy of your Tauris, let me take them away!"

"No! Although Artemis is not the god we Tauris truly worship, and Inphigenia is an incompetent priest, they still belong to us Tauris. The statue of Artemis that fell from the sky and Inphigenia who suddenly appeared in the temple are gifts from the gods to us Tauris, and they will never be taken away by you, a foreigner."

"Stupid Tauris King Thoas! Since you are unwilling to be persuaded by my words, let us negotiate with force."

Luo Yin sneered and rushed towards Thoas at the speed of a gust of wind.

Seeing that Luo Yin wanted to attack the king, the archers immediately shot dense arrows at Luo Yin, and the soldiers holding spears also gathered around Toas.

The next moment!

The Tauris people all widened their eyes in shock.

Because the rain of arrows did not pierce Luo Yin, and fell to the ground after colliding with Luo Yin's body.

"Goddess! Is this foreigner really a god disguised as a human?"

In Toas's exclamation, Luo Yin came in front of Toas, waved the divine spear and killed all the soldiers who blocked him.

The living soldiers all retreated in fear. After Toas's warhorse was exposed in front of Luo Yin, Luo Yin pointed the blade of the divine spear at Toas on horseback and said.

"King of Tauris! I want to kill you, just like killing an ordinary soldier. I didn't kill you now because I need you to provide me with a ship and sailors. Are you willing to accept my request? If you refuse, I will immediately turn you into a corpse lying on the ground."

"A foreigner as powerful as a god, I am willing to accept your request!"

Thoas hurriedly lowered his proud head, and said with cold sweat on his forehead.

"We Tauris people fear the gods! You must be a god disguised as a human, or you must be favored by a powerful god, so we will fear you as we fear the gods."

Seeing King Thoas of Tauris surrender to Luo Yin, Yin Feigenia walked to Luo Yin holding the statue of Artemis and said.

"Respected King Thoas! Although Goddess Artemis and I are eager to return to our hometown Greece, we still thank you for taking care of us all the time."

Thoas looked at Yin Feigenia with dissatisfaction, and then said to Luo Yin.

"Dear foreigner, I can hold a banquet for you in my palace, or I can prepare ships and sailors for you now."

"I am not interested in being your guest, prepare ships and sailors for us now!"

After that, Luo Yin took Yin Feigenia to the port of Tauris Peninsula.

The port of Tauris Peninsula.

Luo Yin and Yin Feigenia boarded a ship with 20 sailors.

Under Luo Yin's command, the sailors rowed the oars, and the ship quickly left the port and sailed into the sea.

At this moment, a gust of wind suddenly blew over, pushing the ship back to the port.

Seeing that the sailors could not resist the power of the wind even if they rowed the oars with all their strength, Yin Feigenia held the statue of Artemis and prayed loudly.

"Noble goddess Artemis, I am your priestess. If you are as eager to return to your hometown Greece as I am, please bless me to take you back!"

Hearing Yin Feigenia praying to Artemis, Luo Yin couldn't help rolling his eyes.

Artemis, who was constantly suppressed and belittled by Zeus in mainland Greece, could not come to the Tauris Peninsula to respond to Inphigenia's prayers.

So in the original fate, when Orestes fled the Tauris Peninsula with Inphigenia and the statue of Artemis, the god who saved them was neither Artemis nor Apollo, but Pallas Athena, the only god who still had great authority among the gods.

Sure enough.

After Inphigenia prayed to Artemis, the strong wind did not weaken at all.

Luo Yin turned and looked at the Temple of Artemis on the Tauris Peninsula and said loudly.

"The goddess that the Tauris people really worship, are you hindering us? Although Artemis has replaced your identity, you have no reason to resent me and Inphigenia. If you continue to hinder us, I will demolish your temple and force the Tauris people to believe in other gods."

As soon as Luo Yin finished speaking, the gale stopped.

The next moment!

The figure of Thetis flew out of the sea and landed in front of Luo Yin.

"My dear, I finally found you."

"Thetis——"

Looking at Thetis with a happy smile in front of him, Luo Yin said in surprise.

"Did you stop the gale?"

After Thetis nodded, Luo Yin smiled bitterly.

"I thought it was the goddess of the Tauris who was afraid of my threat and stopped the gale."

At this time, Thetis's eyes noticed Yin Feigenia.

"This child..."

"You noticed it! She was originally a goddess of the sea like you."

"She was really degraded!"

"Because when the Mycenaeans expanded their hegemony, they failed to conquer the city-states that worshipped her, so they could only completely degrade the goddess worshipped by their enemies in mythology. If the Mycenaeans conquered the city-states that worshipped her like they conquered the Trojans, she would become the wife or daughter of Zeus, instead of being completely degraded to a human being."

Although Yin Feigenia could not understand the conversation between Luo Yin and Thetis, she could recognize that Thetis was a goddess of the sea.

Seeing Thetis observing herself, Yin Feigenia immediately bowed her head respectfully and said.

"Beautiful goddess of the sea! I am Yin Feigenia, the priestess of the goddess Artemis, thank you for helping us."

"It turned out to be you!"

Thetis seemed to have thought of something, and looked at Yin Feigenia with a vigilant look as if she saw a love rival, then turned and smiled at Luo Yin.

"Dear, tell me what happened after we separated!"