To be king [Greek mythology]

It is foreseeable that in a few decades, some battles will take place, and the women of Sparta will go to the battlefield with weapons in their hands.

For the men are all dead, and the children have not yet grown up.

Prometheus turned his head and glanced at Aphrodite. This goddess covered up her beauty before coming to Sparta, although she still has the magic power of charm at a glance.

But Aphrodite's eyes fell on Surpus, thoughtful.

Ares glanced at his warriors. This group of warriors who had always been taciturn and vigorous, exuded obvious enthusiasm at this moment.

Ares, who had never seen the warriors in this state, felt a little novel, and could perceive the bloodiness of the warriors, but he still frowned, and directly stretched out his hand to drag Surpus away.

"Aren't you going?" Aphrodite withdrew her gaze from Thurps, implying: "Your students are excellent."

"Of course my students are excellent." Prometheus answered quite naturally, even though Thurps's eloquence was not taught by him, it did not prevent him from being proud of having such excellent students.

Aphrodite smiled and said nothing.

Prometheus looked at Thurpus, who was being dragged away by Ares, who looked really unhappy, and thought about it, but in the end he didn't follow.

Thurps' instigation is not over yet, and the encouragement for the Spartan warriors is far from enough.

But before he had time to say anything, he was dragged away by Ares with a sullen face. Prometheus felt that he still wanted to continue the mess left by his students.

Anyway, Thurpus also has Nix as his backing. As far as Prometheus knows, the human beings who can make Nix say "he is special in this universe" are limited to Thurpus. Thurpus is alone, which is why some gods look at Thurpus who has not done anything.

It's just that Prometheus has only now realized the feeling in Thanadus's heart at the beginning-Surpus is a person, and only after getting along with him will he slowly discover the bright spots in this person.

After all, from the very beginning, when Prometheus saw Thurpus for the first time, he didn't realize that the other party was a prophet.

He just thinks that this boy looks good.

Aphrodite smiled sweetly at the Spartan warriors who had cooled down instantly after Ares left.

Prometheus could almost hear the warriors swallowing.

What a crime.

Prometheus thought, coughed lightly, and pulled these warriors out of Aphrodite's influence.

The warriors looked at him with a little displeasure.

But the well-trained warriors quickly adjusted after realizing their gaffe.

Prometheus was a little surprised at their self-control, but when he thought of Ares's training method, he immediately felt that this situation was really normal.

And Thurpus, who was dragged into the palace by Ares, was facing the God of War who looked angry at this moment.

"How dare you make such a decision!" Ares roared angrily, "Slaves are the best scouts in wartime! There are a large number of them and they have to obey orders. The news they can pass back is very important!"

Ares raised his eyebrows, "So?"

"You turned slaves into civilians, what will happen in future wars!" Ares asked.

"The slave's life is not life?" Thurps couldn't help but said, and then paused, feeling a bit stupid to tell Ares, because not only gods in this world, but even slave owners He didn't treat slaves as human beings, so he looked at Ares calmly, "After the defeat of Syreis, I was also branded as a slave."

"How is it possible?" Ares sneered, "You are a prophet!"

As we all know, even if a city-state is destroyed, the prophet will be respected.

Just like the priests in the original city-state, they are involved with the gods, so they will be feared by others.

"I don't tell people I'm a prophet—not even my father," Thurps said. "I don't want to be a prophet with a heavy future, and I'm the heir to Syreis. "

If the future king is known to be a prophet, he will definitely not be favored.

Thurps felt that his ability to find excuses to lie was getting worse and worse.

Feel good about yourself.

"So you sympathize with the slaves?" Ares disdainful. For him, the reason why Syreis was defeated was because the city-state itself was too weak. The intruders are driven out.

"No, it is precisely because I have been a slave that I know what a slave desires most." Thurps considered his words, "You know what I have seen before, what is the future of Sparta City ?"

Ares snorted.

Thurps sighed and said, "Sparta is gone."

"Impossible!" Ares retorted loudly.

"The reason is that all the Spartans died on the battlefield, and only children and old people who could not go to the battlefield were left in the city—and some slaves." Saipes said, looking serious, as if he was watching In such a future, "Your slaves don't know how to fight except for doing farm work, and even sleep in exhaustion every day, and don't know if they will wake up the next day."

Ares had nothing to say for a moment.

He knew that the warriors of Sparta would be consumed a lot during the war, especially during the recent period of frequent wars.

Even though the Spartans had the physique and strength favored by the God of War, and could fight ten or twenty on the battlefield, this did not allow them to escape death and injury.

In this era, there are too many injuries that cannot be cured, and Ares is just a god of war. What he possesses is a powerful and unparalleled combat power, but he is helpless against the pain.

"So when the invaders' iron cavalry broke through the gates of Sparta, the slaves surrendered without hesitation." Surps continued to open his eyes and talk nonsense, "You know, they are all slaves, but none of them A city-state can be worse than life in Sparta."

Ares choked, but he didn't shy away from how cruel his attitude towards slaves was, "That's to train the spirit and character of the warriors!"

"Slaves are not Spartans. You let them be slaves for generations, and you give them humiliation, pain and death. They will never have any sense of belonging to Sparta. Instead, they hope that other city-states will break through Sparta." Thurpus was quite disgusted with Ares' attitude, but he couldn't say anything - the whole world is like this, and he is the only one who can't accept it, "If you let the children of slaves become Sparta Daren, training and brainwashing since childhood, children will not know those grievances, they will only dedicate their bodies and souls to Sparta like a complete Spartan."

This is a very simple matter, this world does not pay attention to blood.

Although people with excellent bloodlines will be treated preferentially in various places, it is the same for commoners.

After several generations of mixing, who will still be able to distinguish the original Spartans from those slaves?

In the end, when they face the outside world, they will only proudly say "I am a Spartan!".

"Then what if there are no more slaves?" Ares felt convinced again. He is the God of War and aggressive by nature. It takes a long time to cultivate his health and rest to recover his vitality. This is always a point that Ares is not very satisfied with.

"First of all, I didn't say what the so-called 'contribution to the city-state' is. Secondly, Sparta has never been short of slaves, and every time it is conquered, it can reap a lot." Thurps said feeling a little sorry Those slaves, but he quickly threw away the trace of guilt. He can't change the world, but he can work hard to change the status quo around him." Also, the role of scouts who have received certain training on the battlefield It is definitely much more and more efficient than the information collected by your crowd tactics."

The reason why people have the urge to work hard to climb up is because they can enjoy the pleasure of standing on top of others and looking down.

Interests, rights, vanity, and a sense of accomplishment can drive people to move forward and climb up.

Even the Spartan warriors with extremely simple thinking will have such an impulse without exception.

Such is the nature of man.

Ares was silent for a while, "You are right."

No one has ever said this to the God of War. The only Athena who is also the God of War who can communicate with her is his deadly enemy, and the military advisers and kings he captured from the outside are all afraid of death, and it is even more impossible to be in Ari. He also told him such a proposal when he clearly opposed it.

Ares thought Thurpus was extremely clever.

As expected of a student of Prometheus.

Both eloquence and ideas are so surprising, and Ares felt a little smug after his anger was quickly disintegrated.

Knicks is also a good guy.

Ares sent a card to the goddess of the night. If it weren't for Nix, he would definitely not be able to catch Thurps and Prometheus.

"Then what do you think the reward should be?" Ares asked.

If there are attendants or slaves around him now, they will definitely think that Ares is a fake-Aris has always said what he says, even if those military advisers