Chapter 354 Unexpected Wedding Guests

When the invited wedding guests came to Athens, Roy would always receive them personally and express his importance to them.

Even the guests who were not invited, Roy would personally meet them and decide whether they could stay in Athens to attend the wedding.

The banquet hall of the Royal Palace of Athens.

Roy was sitting on the recently built golden throne and was receiving an unexpected guest.

The person standing in the center of the hall was a beautiful girl wearing a short skirt with her calves exposed, and her long black hair tied into a braid.

Looking at the girl with a nomadic style, Roy asked calmly.

"Are you Hippodamia, the daughter of Oenomanos, king of Ilis? Although we invited many guests, we did not invite you Illyrians."

Hippodamia, who looked like a female hunter and a female warrior, looked directly at Roy with her big beautiful eyes and said.

"Loy, King of Athens, do you want to drive me away?"

“No—since you’re here, just attend my wedding with the other guests!”

Roy said as he looked at Hippodamia's tall and beautiful figure.

"Because you are an unexpected guest, the city of Athens has not prepared a guest room for you. You can stay in the guest room of the palace!"

Then, Roy waved to Hippodamia and asked Hippodamia to leave the hall.

"I have something else to say."

Hippodamia said anxiously.

"I came to your wedding in the hope that the powerful Kingdom of Athens can bring justice to us and punish the Mycenaeans who waged war against us."

"I have already told the envoy of your father Oenomanos that I have no interest in getting involved in your war with the Mycenaeans."

Roy said impatiently.

"And what good will saving you do to the Kingdom of Athens?"

"The Great Plains of Elis is suitable for horse grazing. We can provide many war horses to the Kingdom of Athens, and we can also sell our cattle and sheep to the Kingdom of Athens."

There are no precious metal mines such as gold and silver mines in the Ilis region, nor are there copper or iron mines for casting weapons. The Illyrians living there are still nomadic people who do not engage in production.

If Roy had not controlled the Phyres tribe and the Phthian tribe to raise horses for him, perhaps Roy would be interested in letting King Oenomanos of Elis raise horses for him as a condition for saving the city of Olympia.

Now that Roy already has someone who raises horses for the Kingdom of Athens, King Oenomanos of Elis is nothing but useless to Roy.

In order to impress Roy, Hippodamia continued.

"Loy, King of Athens! My father has already said that as long as you are willing to save Olympia, I will become your wife, and we will inherit the throne of Olympia together."

"You can't defeat the Mycenaeans."

Roy said with a joking smile.

"Without my intervention, the city of Olympia will definitely be conquered by the Mycenaeans. Because Oenomanus will soon lose his throne, he is willing to make me his heir to the throne. But you, this beautiful princess, and The throne of Olympia cannot impress me at all."

"Loy, King of Athens——"

"If you are dissatisfied with me, you can leave the city of Athens at any time."

Hippodamia glared at Roy with suppressed anger, then turned around and said.

"I will not leave, I will continue to convince you."

After Hippodamia left, another uninvited guest entered the hall.

"Perseus!"

Looking at Perseus walking to the center of the hall, Roy said in surprise.

"I didn't expect you to come to Athens."

"My stepsister is going to marry you, how can I not come!"

"You regard my father-in-law Pandion as your stepfather. Aren't you afraid that your father will crawl out of the grave?"

"If the strength of the Kingdom of Athens is weaker than ours, of course I cannot bear the humiliation of my mother being occupied by Pandion."

Perseus said helplessly.

"But now the Kingdom of Athens is too strong. We Mycenaeans are no longer a match for the Kingdom of Athens. In order not to be destroyed by the Kingdom of Athens, I must treat your father-in-law as my stepfather and your wife as my stepsister. This way we are a family.”

Six months ago, the Mycenaeans were more powerful than the Athenian tribe. Even Roy was worried that the Mycenaeans would use all their strength to destroy the Athenian tribe.

Now, half a year later, the Athenian tribe has become the Kingdom of Athens, and its territory and population have increased hundreds of times. The Mycenaeans have become weak enemies that can be easily destroyed by the Kingdom of Athens.

In order not to be destroyed by the Kingdom of Athens, Perseus was willing to endure humiliation and become relatives with Loy, which can be regarded as a man who can bend and bend.

"Perseus! The reason you came to the wedding is because you are afraid that I will interfere in the war between your Mycenaeans and King Oenomanos of Elis!"

Roy said with a joking smile.

"Don't worry, I have rejected Hippodamia's request."

"Thank you so much."

Perseus bowed his head respectfully to express his gratitude.

"Dear brother-in-law, you can rest assured, I guarantee that the Mycenaeans will not be enemies of the Kingdom of Athens."

"You are just a prince of the Mycenaeans. What authority do you have to represent the Mycenaeans? Could it be that your grandfather Acrisios is going to die soon? Even if Acrisios dies, his throne will be lost. It’s not your grandson’s turn to inherit!”

"After all, my grandfather is old, and it is normal for something to happen. Since you can take away my stepfather's throne as a son-in-law, I can certainly inherit my grandfather's throne as a grandson."

"You guy--"

Roy said with an unhappy expression.

"Because you are an unexpected guest, the city of Athens has not prepared a guest room for you, so you can stay at your stepfather's house!"

After Perseus left, three unexpected guests walked into the hall.

"Goddess Artemis! Goddess Calypso! Princess Callisto!"

Looking at the three girls who walked to the center of the hall, Roy recognized their identities at a glance even though they hid their faces with veils.

"Aren't you going to spread the faith of Goddess Artemis in the Calydon area, and let Goddess Artemis replace the goddess Althea there as the patron saint of Calydon?"

"Our action failed."

Callisto said with her face removed.

"The Illyrians in the Calydonian region are completely unwilling to accept the goddess Artemis."

In this era, the worship of gods is somewhat similar to ancestor worship, and rulers usually claim to be descendants of gods.

Artemis is the goddess of the Pelasgians.

To make the Illyrians in the Calydonian region accept Artemis is like making the Illyrians believe that the ancestors of the Pelasgians will protect them, so the Illyrians should abandon their ancestors, the goddess Artea.

Artemis' failure to replace Artea was something Roy expected.

Roy said with a faint smile.

"The most feasible way for Goddess Artemis to replace Goddess Artea is to conquer the Calydon region by force. Even if the Calydon region cannot be conquered by force, the Arcadians who worship Goddess Artemis must be allowed to immigrate to the Calydon region in large numbers and assimilate the Illyrians in the Calydon region."

In the history of another world, the Dorians invaded the Peloponnese, causing a large number of Arcadians to migrate to the Calydon region - this is the basis for Artemis to assimilate with Altea and even replace Altea.