Although Achilles returns to Thessaly regularly every year, this time is different because he has become a powerful demigod.
In the mortal world, demigods are the pinnacle of combat power. Once the blood of a god is activated in the body of a descendant of a god and becomes a demigod, he can participate in the management of the kingdom.
As a prince of Thessaly and the successor of the kingdom designated by the god Zeus, although he is still young, he is already qualified to inherit the throne. []
Now that he has come with force, he not only shocked all the nobles with force, but also because he completed the task of finding Pandora's Box, he is destined to be supported by all the people of Thessaly.
In addition, Matheus, the high priest of the Temple of God, clearly expressed his support for him. Those nobles who originally opposed him wisely chose to remain silent.
"Everyone who can become a noble of this kingdom is a smart person. They naturally know how to assess the situation and understand that there is no stopping the fourth prince from becoming the new master of the kingdom.
Some quick-thinking people quickly took advantage of the situation and abandoned the simple-minded eldest prince with well-developed limbs, and instead fully supported the young and promising fourth prince.
A dinner party attended by hundreds of people was held on the night of Achilles' return. All the nobles with a little bit of fame came to the dojo to welcome the young prince.
Even the high priest Matheus, who seldom left the temple on weekdays, came to Peleus's palace for a long time to have a drink with Achilles.
The happiest person at this dinner was the elderly King Peleus. He felt indescribable pride in his heart when he saw his young son chatting and laughing with the high priest.
Of course, Peleus was not the only one who was happy. The powerful group of heroes in Thessaly represented by Zomokos were also indescribably excited.
Each of these people is an extraordinary hero. Like the heroes of other kingdoms, they also have the dream of making the kingdom prosperous and expanding its territory.
But because King Peleus is old and unable to manage the entire kingdom, half of the kingdom's decision-making power is controlled by Crosze's family.
Although Croszer has a trace of divine blood flowing through his body, he does not have any enterprising spirit, especially he is greedy for money and lust.
¡°If it weren¡¯t for Zomokos and others who controlled more than half of the kingdom¡¯s armed forces, and the kingdom¡¯s meeting had some decision-making power, most of the wealth in Thessaly would have flowed into the pockets of Crosze and others.
Regarding the current situation of the kingdom, although these passionate heroes have the intention to change it, they do not have the ability. So they hope that a strong king will appear to lead them to resolve the kingdom's crisis and make this ancient kingdom strong.
The appearance of Achilles undoubtedly gave them hope. This young prince not only had strong combat power, but was also extremely strong and wise.
"Your Highness Achilles, Thessaly's 10,000 armored soldiers are eagerly waiting for you to lead them to defend this suffering kingdom." Zomokos raised the horn with both hands, with a little excitement in his voice. shouted to Achilles.
Suddenly, the entire palace became quiet. The nobles who were drinking happily, as well as the powerful heroes, temporarily stopped and turned their attention here.
Achilles, who was sitting at the table, slowly turned the delicate wine vessel with his right hand. His wise eyes looked quietly at the burly demigod in front of him.
"Are you Zomochus? The last Thessalian warrior who is still full of fighting spirit?" Achilles did not immediately take the horn from Zomochus' hand, but asked him.
Zomokos was stunned for a moment, and soon understood the meaning of his words. His burly body trembled suddenly, raised his head high, and said loudly: "Your Highness, in this beautiful kingdom, there are still many There are countless warriors like me who are full of fighting spirit, and they are waiting for the appearance of a great king."
Hearing his answer, Achilles obviously got the most satisfactory answer. He stood up suddenly and solemnly took the horn from Zomokos' hand.
"Woooooooo" The low horn sound echoed in the palace, and all the heroes raised their spearmen and beat the shields in their hands hard.
Achilles put down the trumpet in his mouth and raised his right hand to signal everyone to be quiet. The heroes put down their spearmen one after another, and the entire palace became quiet again.
His eyes swept through the crowd, and then Achilles said calmly: "When I was in my mother's temple, I heard the priests talk about the bad situation in Thessaly more than once. At that time, I asked in my heart Since??, what happened to my kingdom and why it became like this. I was sad, even cried, for this beautiful kingdom and those simple Thessalians. "
¡°Until one day, when the omnipotent God told me that sentence, I finally gave up all the sadness and sadness.¡±
"The gods told me that in this world, there is no eternally strong country, but only an eternally strong heart. There is nothing terrible about the decline of the kingdom. As long as her people still retain a strong heart, then sooner or later there will be One day this kingdom will rise again.¡±
"Thessaly, an ancient kingdom with a history of nearly a thousand years, has the most fertile and vast land, and hundreds of thousands of simple and strong people. Although she is now in decline, she is trampled and humiliated wantonly by the humble barbarians. , but I believe that she will wake up soon, because there are still countless strong warriors here."
¡°I couldn¡¯t wait to leave my mother¡¯s temple. Although there were the most delicious delicacies in the world and comfortable palaces there, I knew that in distant Thessaly, there were still a group of strong warriors who were bleeding and sweating for their kingdom. I am a son of God, but I am also a Thessalian, one of those strong warriors.¡±
"My mother wanted me to stay in her temple far away from the war, but I disobeyed her because I knew that if I chose to stay there, I would suffer the condemnation in my heart forever. I returned to this place that I missed. Kingdom, armed with spearmen and shields to kill the enemy. I will blow the horn of war, wake up the sleeping Thessaly, and use the fire of war and blood to wash away the shame imposed on her by the enemy."
"The horn of war has sounded. Strong Thessalian warriors, raise the sharp spears and strong shields in your hands, and use your lives to defend the kingdom you love. Fight, fight, fight."
With the last three words of war shouted from his mouth, the entire Thessaly palace fell into a frenzy. Everyone raised their spearmen, beat the shields in their hands desperately, and roared hysterically.
"Fightfightfight"
Looking at the frenzied people in the palace, Achilles knew that his speech had achieved the desired effect and aroused the desire for war in everyone's body.
Those who come to the dinner party tonight are either nobles from Thessaly, or powerful heroes and demigods. As long as we can gain their support, all difficulties will be solved.
Although Thessaly today is suffering from internal and external troubles, it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Achilles, who wants all kinds of kingdoms.
With the invasion of foreigners, the entire country is in danger. Everyone will unite and defend their country with their lives and blood.
In this world that advocates force, a powerful and wise king will be fanatically supported and loved by all his people, especially those passionate warriors.
In that distant time and space, a great man once said that political power comes from the barrel of a gun. Whoever controls the military power can control the whole world.
The future world is like this, and the ancient Greece is like this now. As long as the military power of the kingdom is firmly in its own hands, no one can stop the coming reform of the kingdom.
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"Your Highness Achilles, now that we have returned to Thessaly, according to your wishes, should we start forming an army immediately?"
After taking a variety of rare elixirs continuously and recuperating in the cave for more than two months, Theseus no longer looked as old as before. He seemed to be a different person, and he was much more energetic.
Achilles pinched his chin habitually, and after pondering for a moment, he slowly said: "We can't be too hasty about forming an army. Although we have enough gold on hand now, we don't have enough food."
"The first thing we have to do is to use the gold in our hands to exchange for as much food as possible from those nobles. Only with enough food in hand can we boldly build an army."
"Of course, the formation of the army must start as soon as possible, but before enough food is purchased, the nobles must not be informed."
Theseus nodded, then thought of something again, and asked: "What about the slaves? Do you also buy them when you buy food?"
"The sooner this matter is done, the better. Although there are not many slaves in Larissa, we can buy enough slaves from other places through those merchants. As for the number of this first batch of slaves, there are only five A hundred, maybe.¡±
Having said this, Achilles paused for a moment, and then added: "Now around the city of Larissa, the most fertileMost of the land was occupied by those nobles. Although my father has a lot of land, it cannot meet our needs. It seems that we need to find another way to enclose a large piece of land to grow food. "
"Form an army, make laws, build prisons, centralize royal power reclaim land on a large scale, search for iron ore, make agricultural tools and weapons, build warships, there are many things to do, talents, I need a lot of talents." I thought silently in my heart. As he stood, thinking about the big mess that was going to happen next gave him a headache.