I was a priest in the city-state era.

Chapter 231 The Great Eruption of Thera Island Volcano
The port of Donia.

On the day Roy left with Radamandis, Pandora followed the two to the port to see him off.

After the two reluctantly said goodbye to Pandora, Roy made up his mind to let the fleet set sail.

A fleet consisting of an Athenian clipper and twenty Donian naval warships immediately set sail for the sea.

Roy and Radamandis stood at the stern and waved to Pandora until they could no longer see Pandora's figure clearly, and Radamandis complained to Roy.

"We're not going to destroy the city of Knossos, don't you worry that Minos will take the Knossos to attack the city of Donia?"

"Is there food in Donia?"

Roy asked blankly.

"The territory of the city of Donia is not a plain rich in food. The city of Knossos has no reason to launch a war against the city of Donia. If I were Minos, I would rather launch a war against Egypt or Libya to rob food , and will not launch a war against Donya City that is not worth the loss."

Now the city of Knossos is facing the same problem of food shortage as the city of Athens. When a war is launched at this time, the city of Knossos must definitely consider the benefits.

The city of Donia is the second largest city in Crete. Knossos launched a war against the city of Donia. Not only is the possibility of failure very high, but even if the city of Donia is successfully conquered, it will not help solve the food problem. .

Because there is a Lefka mountain in the south of the Donia region where the city of Donia is located, and the plains are distributed along the northern coast, the food produced is not enough to feed the people of Donia, so the city of Donia needs to use wine, olive oil, etc. commodities in exchange for food.

If Minos took the Knossos to attack those areas in North Africa where the land is cropped twice or even three times a year, and the indigenous civilization is backward, not only the possibility of success is greater, but also the food problem of Knossos can be solved. .

Radamandis was limited by his own vision, so he half-understood what Roy said.

Because he couldn't think of a reason to refute Roy, he took the initiative to enter silence.

I don't know how long it took, when Roy's fleet was about to enter the Myrtoon Sea from the Sea of ​​Crete, an earth-shattering loud noise reached Roy's ears.

Seeing that Radamandis and other people on the Clippers did not respond, Roy asked full of doubts.

"Didn't you hear the voice just now?"

The crew all looked at Roy blankly, and Radamandis even joked directly.

"Did you hear the siren singing? It is said that there is a siren in the sea that can confuse people's hearts. If someone hears the song of the siren, his companions must tie him up with a rope to avoid people who are confused by the song of the siren. Jump into the sea. My dear brother-in-law, in order to save your life, let me tie you up with a rope!"

After speaking, Radamandis picked up a rope and walked towards Roy.

Although no one else heard the voice, including Radamandis, Roy didn't think he was hallucinating.

Roy looked carefully toward the east—the direction where the voice came from just now, and soon saw a billowing black cloud floating from the eastern sky.

"That is--"

Looking at the black clouds that were completely different from the dark clouds, Roy quickly guessed that the black clouds floating from the east were actually black smoke.

Radamandis followed Roy's gaze to the east, saw the billowing black smoke from the eastern sky, and immediately said loudly.

"Sailors, a storm is coming, and you must speed up to Milos."

Hearing what Radamandis said, the crew all looked at Radamandis with foolish eyes.

The sea is calm now, and there is no sign of a storm at all.

Roy couldn't help but said to Radamandis.

"Radamandis, what floats in the sky is not necessarily black clouds, it may also be black smoke!"

"What nonsense are you talking about? To the east of this sea area are some small islands with an area of ​​less than [-] square kilometers. Even if all the wood on these small islands is ignited, black smoke of this scale cannot be produced."

"I didn't say it was wood smoke."

Roy said with a serious expression on his face.

"This is black smoke from a volcanic eruption. There is Thera Island to the east of this sea area. It seems that the volcano on Thera Island has erupted."

As soon as Roy finished speaking, a huge wave rushed towards Roy's fleet from the east.

Seeing this scene, Roy shouted in a hurry.

"Great goddess Metis, goddess Amphitrite! Please protect our fleet."

Maybe it was Roy's plea for help that made the difference.

The scale of the huge wave kept weakening, and when it hit Roy's fleet, it no longer had the power to overturn the ships on the sea.

A huge wave suddenly appeared on the calm sea, and Radamandes and the crew were all puzzled. They didn't know the reason for the huge wave. They thought it was the anger of the sea god or the sea monster.

But Roy knew that this was the tsunami caused by the eruption of Thera Island volcano.

Because the monsoon was still northerly at this time, what Roy's fleet encountered was only the aftermath of the tsunami.

With the help of the north wind, the true power of the tsunami will rush towards the city of Knossos.

Thinking of the tsunami and the city of Knossos, Roy couldn't help but murmured in the direction of the city of Knossos.

"Could this be the eruption of the Thera volcano that destroyed the city of Knossos in history?"

In the history of another world, the island of Thira, an active volcanic island, had a volcanic eruption close to the highest level 600 years ago.

Because it was a volcanic eruption close to the highest level, the ash from the Thera eruption floated to Crete, causing a huge blow to the city of Knossos.

The bigger disaster was that the tsunami caused by the volcanic eruption destroyed the port and flooded the city of Knossos.

In fact, the straight-line distance between Thera Island and Knossos City is more than two hundred miles, and the tsunami itself did not cause serious casualties to Knossos City.

The eruption of Thera volcano can cause a devastating blow to the city of Knossos, mainly for two reasons.

The first reason is that the ash from the volcanic eruption drifted to Crete, causing the loss of food production and the death of livestock in the territory of the city of Knossos.

The second reason is that the tsunami not only destroyed the port of Knossos, but also destroyed the status of Knossos as a trading hub.

The prosperity and wealth of the city of Knossos is based on its status as a trading hub to obtain wealth.

The volcanic eruption on Thera Island caused Knossos City to suffer a huge disaster, and at the same time caused Knossos City to lose its status as a trade hub. Even if Knossos City had accumulated huge wealth in the past, it could not avoid the fate of decline.

Thinking that the city of Knossos would soon become a hell on earth, Roy said with a complex expression.

"Radamandis, you don't have to worry about the city of Knossos attacking Donia anymore, because the volcanic eruption on Thera Island will completely destroy the city of Knossos."

Although the tsunami caused by the volcanic eruption on Thera Island will completely replace the city of Knossos as a trading hub in Athens, Roy has no gloating in his heart.

If given a choice, Roy would rather compete fairly with the city of Knossos than want this disaster to affect tens of thousands of Knossos people.

It's a pity that even the goddess Europa couldn't prevent this disaster from destroying the city of Knossos she guarded, and Roy could only be a bystander, enjoying the huge benefits this natural disaster brought to himself and the city of Athens.

(End of this chapter)