Zeus does not want to be the king of gods in Greece

Regardless of whether they can capture Ethiopia within half a month, they must send troops back to aid.

If they return without success, then after returning to the city-state, even if they do not die, they will have no chance of power for the rest of their lives.

Ethiopia must be conquered. Capturing the city-state can not only cut off Perseus' helpers and destroy his army, but also force Perseus to use his wife as a hostage.

To attack, to attack.

Faced with the death order of the chief, the soldiers below can only bite the bullet and carry it out, but these days Ilya's attitude is that she can't stick to it. This kind of "coward" is seen by everyone, and she suddenly feels that Ethiopia There is no one strong except Perseus.

This also gave the soldiers the motivation to attack the city. After all, once Perseus came back, he would really be cutting melons and vegetables.

One side is in full swing, while the other side is low in morale due to Illya's passive defense strategy.

"Is it too late?"

Illya stood at the top of the city and watched the gradually crumbling defenses. This time the enemy's desire to attack was very strong. As the sun gradually set in the west, the morale of Ethiopia's defenders became more and more depressed.

Do you want to make a move?

If Illya joins the battle, she will definitely be able to restore the situation immediately, but doing so will definitely cause a large number of casualties.

But Illya can't sit idly by. Once the city gate is opened, the civilians in the city will definitely be impacted immediately, since that's the case...

"I'll push you back."

Yi Liya came to the gate of the city that was about to be breached by herself, and pressed her palms on the gate. With the continuous infusion of magic power, she even wrapped the entire city wall in it. All attacks on the city wall were tantamount to falling on her. on the body.

She intends to delay time with her own life.

"Master Ilya, this is too dangerous, you are the priest of Athena, there is absolutely no need..."

"Don't worry about me, I can only protect the city wall, you go to the tower to stop the enemy."

The impact of those siege vehicles came, and every hit was like hitting Ilya's chest, and the chest that was already a bit certain was almost dented by the impact.

Illya endured the shock silently. She understood that this was a stupid choice. With her strength, she was the least likely to die, but now she put herself in the most dangerous situation.

It's just because she doesn't want to commit crimes, and she doesn't want to see casualties.

The Ethiopian defenders watched Ilya withstand countless attacks with her thin body. If a little girl can do this, can't they big men do it?

Morale was temporarily boosted, and because Illya's magic power blessed the city wall, the opponent's offensive was weakened immediately, which gave the soldiers on the city wall a short respite.

The situation stalemate again.

"Continue to attack, where is the catapult? Drag it up for me."

The looming pink light on the city wall naturally fell into the eyes of the city-state coalition army. They understood that magic is not invincible. As long as the opponent's magic power is exhausted, the magician is no more difficult to kill than a chicken.

A magician's magic power is limited, but there are as many boulders in the wilderness, so I don't believe that the opponent has so much magic power to fight him.

"boom"

There was a huge roar, and Illya felt that her magic power began to be consumed rapidly. She did have huge magic power as the Little Holy Grail, and she was also the user of the Second Magic Staff, but when the magic power was shared among such a large city wall, On the other hand, the consumption of Illya is still huge.

"cough cough"

After repeated impacts, Illya finally spat out a mouthful of blood. No matter how powerful the magic circuit was, it was impossible to withstand such frequent impacts.

But Ilya was still unwilling to give up, the moment Ethiopia was breached was the moment Ilya died.

"It's stubborn, but it's also naive."

A burst of warm light appeared behind Illya, it turned out that Athena came to Illya's side, and she forcibly disconnected Illya's magic power to let her concentrate on resting.

"I can't yet, they will..."

"Don't worry, Perseus has returned."

Athena pointed to the high sky, where there was a man flying above the sky with a bag in his hand, that was Perseus.

"I'm really living and going back."

Perseus sighed, did he really arrive just now? Of course not.

He came back a long time ago, but after experiencing all this, he thinks that he should mature, and this maturity is to become like an "adult", a "adult" who puts interests first.

So he waited, waiting for the moment when the city gate was breached, waiting for everyone to despair, and then he would appear on the stage like a hero to turn the tide.

It's just Illya's actions that shake him.

Perseus understood how exhausting it would be to use all of his magic power on such a huge city wall. It was like turning the city wall into his own body and using the most stupid way to resist the attack.

This is the choice made by the most innocent child, is it just bad to be innocent? Is becoming an "adult" the right choice?

"Perseus, I won't let Ilya, a naive girl, die like this. You can actually wait a little longer to appear on the stage."

Athena's words appeared in Perseus's mind.

"..."

Perseus was silent about this.

He never knew that what Athena said was right, he was already a king, some things could not be taken for granted, and he needed to make decisions before acting to maximize his benefits, but...

"I know what you said is correct, and I also know that I will definitely become someone I hate in the future, but this requires a process, and it doesn't happen overnight."

Transformation requires a process, and Perseus did start to become hated, but he didn't completely become a hated person.

"So the invaders, are you ready to pay the price?"

Perseus slowly descended from the sky. After undergoing some drastic changes, he was quite majestic at this time. Although he was far away from Zeus, it was enough to shock these human soldiers.

The originally chaotic battlefield has quieted down, and the legend about Perseus has spread.

The blood of Zeus, the unparalleled strong, to challenge the warriors of Gorgon...The reason why they came to attack Ethiopia now is because Perseus is not there, such a simple reason.

Now that Perseus is back, what should they do?

Almost everyone looked to the rear, waiting for orders from the rear.

But is it really possible to turn back when things come to an end? Just because one person came back, the army of so many people will run away with their heads in their hands?

If something like this happens, will they still hang out in Greece in the future?

"attack."

An order came from the rear. In the eyes of those generals, the leaders of the armies of the various parties were different, and the morale of the other side could not recover quickly even if Perseus came back.

They don't believe that the dead will die by themselves, and once they go back to themselves, they will be equal to political death, so fighting to the death is the only option.

Anyway, if the army is really defeated, they have a chance to surrender when they come, and those who die are just some cannon fodder soldiers.

He couldn't kill their tens of thousands of troops in one go, right?

Even if Perseus is a demigod, how could he do such horrible things if he is not a true god?

Then they saw that Perseus took something out of the bag in his hand.

It was a purple light, what is the source of that light? No one can see clearly.

When the purple light entered their eyes, they were surprised to find that their bodies began to stiffen, and gray traces began to crawl all over their bodies.

Horror, the horror of being unable to control one's own body.

"My body...no, I don't want to be turned to stone."

"Gorgon is real, it's not a monster lying to children, it's real..."

"I don't want to fight anymore, I surrender and let it go..."

......

Perseus didn't stop the magic power in his hands, but the soldiers who were hit by the petrifying eye would not stop the process of petrification because of his stopping.

Just now, he didn't use 100% of the power of Gorgon's head, but deliberately restrained the output of magic power, to make these people feel the horror of gradually becoming a stone statue.

He wants everyone to know that Gorgon is not a legend, only in this way can his "legend" be established, and Medusa can also be reborn.

Of course, there is another point that Perseus didn't want to kill so many people.

"Has the plan started yet?"

"Of course, the moment you came back, I started to arrange for the priests to take action. I will find those generals as quickly as possible to remove their petrification, and let them publicly declare their surrender."

Athena slowly came from behind Perseus, and now Perseus has begun to become a qualified ally.

"That's good, I will use the fastest way to make them surrender, and then you need to untie these petrified people in batches."

It is really thankless to work hard to untie those who have been petrified, but once these petrified soldiers return to their own city-state, they will become Perseus' natural navy.

These people are not only a powerful proof of Perseus's "legend", but they will also take the initiative to promote it. They want to use the power of Perseus and the terror of Gorgon to wash away the shame of their defeat.

......

Word of the war in Ethiopia soon spread throughout Greece.

While Perseus was out of the city, the surrounding city-states raided Ethiopia while Perseus was away.

Ethiopia delayed the return of Perseus due to united efforts, and Perseus took out the head of Gorgon and turned all the enemies into stone statues as soon as he returned.

This action severely damaged the military strength of the surrounding city-states. Originally, these kings planned to negotiate through the city-state alliance, although they were wrong about this matter.

But considering that they have the important task of defending against the Spartans, they only need to pay a certain price, so they can also return most of their troops.

This is the reason why the king dared to attack Ethiopia. After all, any king would gnash his teeth at the level of the city-state alliance and the mud, but now is the time to take advantage of the mud.

Perseus's force is naturally not as invincible in the game of power as it is on the battlefield, and the ability of internal affairs cannot be improved overnight.

Those kings have excellent calculations, but have they calculated Athena?

Almost at the same moment when Perseus was victorious, Athena's forces began to spread news in the Spartan territory, and the emptiness of the troops of those city-states could not be concealed at all.

Before the intervention of the city-state alliance, the Spartan army had arrived, and the empty city defense faced the prepared Spartans, and the battle did not have any suspense.

Even the messenger who talks a lot can't add a single word to this battle.

The Spartans conquered three cities in one day.

Almost all the city-states received the news.

"Are you ready?"

"Well, I will immediately take the soldiers and horses and some prisoners to the front line."

After Perseus put on his armor, it was not enough to just spread his "legend" among the city-state alliance, it had to bring fear to the Spartans.

They only believe in fear.

"What happens to those petrified Spartans?"

Illya is still going out with the army this time, she is another insurance to protect Perseus.

"As long as they convert to Athena, Athena will undo their petrification."

What if the other party insists on not changing their faith?

Ilya didn't ask this question. Although the "innocence" in her heart has not dissipated, she doesn't expect others to have this "innocence".

"Don't worry, even if they don't convert, Ares will not sit idly by. The Spartans are his greatest belief, and he will never give up easily."

Perseus also understood what Illya was thinking, and immediately comforted her, and what he said was not based on guesswork.

"real?"

"Of course Ares wants to redeem his followers, so he will pay a certain price. I have contributed a lot to this, and Athena will share some of the benefits with me. A world where everyone is happy is born. "

In fact, the only one who was really injured was Ares.

Illya didn't spit out her old trough, but Athena also told her that Ares is now the best one among the gods of Olympus.

Both the Greeks and the Romans eat fast, and it is definitely something the gods would love to see him bleed.

What Illya can do now is to pray for the inexplicable Lord God of War, hoping that this god is a person with a relatively large stomach.

......

"Huh? Who is plotting against me?"

Suddenly a cold feeling swept over Ares' body, and at this moment he concluded that Athena was playing tricks.

It's not like he finally got his head around it.

It’s just that few people in Olympus are free to trouble him, and considering that the style of calculating people is either Zeus, an old force, or Athena.

If Zeus is an old bully, it must be Athena.

This kind of logic was almost engraved into his muscular brain, and he got the answer almost instantly, and it was indeed correct in a certain sense.