Port Themiskira
When Pei Zi Yun's fleet arrived at the port, he had sent a messenger to inform the Amazon Empire of his arrival. However, it did not seem to work, and all he received was a warning from the Amazon Empire.
Just as Pei Zi Yun was about to respond, the warning horn turned into a welcoming horn.
'What is the Amazon Empire doing?' Pei Zi Yun thought to himself.
Under the welcoming horn, a group of female soldiers armed with weapons stood at the port to welcome him.
The fleet slowly docked at the port. Pei Zi Yun disembarked from the battleship. He was dressed in a white tunic with leather armor on the outside. He had leather wristguards and a bronze belt around his waist, with a short sword hanging from his belt. He was dressed like a prince, and his aura was imposing and heroic.
A female soldier from the Amazon Empire was smiling as she welcomed Pei Zi Yun. When she saw Pei Zi Yun disembarking from the battleship, she walked up to him.
"Prince Paris, the Amazon Kingdom welcomes your arrival. As for the misunderstanding just now, I would like to express my sincerest apologies. I hope you will forgive me." As she spoke, the female warrior crossed her arms in front of her chest and bowed slightly to Pei Zi Yun.
"Such a small matter doesn't matter. It's just that I've sent an envoy to inform you of my arrival. Have you seen this envoy?" Pei Zi Yun asked.
"I have. However, the person stationed at the port was at home a few days ago. She just arrived today, and we did not inform her in time. It was our negligence."
"Oh, no wonder. Don't worry about it."
"Prince Paris, please board the chariot." The female soldier extended her right hand and pointed at the chariot.
In front of him was a chariot pulled by four horses. It was five meters long and three meters wide. Pei Zi Yun boarded the chariot, and as soon as he sat down, the driver pulled the reins and the chariot started moving towards the palace.
Along the way from the port, there were many low buildings. The roads were simple and crude. As the chariot travelled, it was bumpy.
"Production is very low!" Pei Zi Yun saw women walking with their chests puffed out, while men did menial labor. Some of them were shackled, and some even had their limbs chopped off.
The ancient Amazon Empire still maintained women's rights. The warriors were all women, but the men had no choice but to work.
Pei Zi Yun shook his head, "Men and women have a natural difference in strength. If men are degraded and women are elevated, how can they develop production?"
"Without production, how can there be people and weapons?"
"That's why the Amazon can't develop even though it has the protection of Artemis and Ares, and has a unique geographical location."
The war chariot sped along the rough road. If it weren't for Pei Zi Yun's strong physique, he would have been torn to shreds by the shaking of the chariot.
Before long, Pei Zi Yun saw more than ten tall buildings. More than half of these buildings were made of wood. Compared to the Troy Palace, it was like a village.
"Prince Paris, we have arrived at the palace. The Queen has been waiting for a long time." The female warrior led Pei Zi Yun past a few buildings before coming to a round marble building. Pei Zi Yun looked over and saw that it was a slightly grandiose round white marble building. The building was also supported by round pillars, and right in front of it was a round arched door that led to the interior of the palace.
Pei Zi Yun followed the footsteps as he passed through the arched door and entered the main hall. A lady was sitting on a marble throne. To her left was a young lady, as well as several Elders.
"Your Majesty, the special envoy of the Kingdom of Troy, Paris, pays his respects to you." Pei Zi Yun took a step forward and bowed.
"Prince Paris, may I know the purpose of your visit?"
Pei Zi Yun was slightly surprised. He didn't expect the Amazon Queen to be so direct.
But he quickly reacted and said, "Queen, the purpose of my visit is to represent the Kingdom of Troy to sign an alliance with you and to send troops to Greece. What do you think of this?"
"Prince Paris, I understand your purpose of coming here. But I'm sorry, we cannot help you send troops!" Although the beautiful Queen of Penthesilea welcomed Pei Zi Yun politely, she rejected his request and said, "We can provide you with material support, but we, the Amazon Queen, cannot participate in the expedition."
"Recently, our country has been unstable. There have been many exiled slaves causing trouble. Recently, there have been the appearance of monsters. I have to send troops to suppress all of these."
Pei Zi Yun was clear that the Amazon Queen's attitude represented the views of most of Troy's allies. Other than a few hardcore supporters, most of them had a wait-and-see attitude.
If they were to replace the Trojans and fight to the death with the Greeks at the start of the war, only an idiot would do that.
"If you are not willing to send troops at the moment, then we will not force you. But I hope that our alliance will not change."
"Of course." Queen Penthesilea's tone was firm.
"These women are not stupid, but they do not know that they have been targeted!" Pei Zi Yun thought and did not continue this topic. He looked at the young girl on his left and asked, "Is this Princess Hippolyte?"
"In history, Queen Penthesilea was relatively intelligent. She knew that Troy was a big whirlpool, so she did not want to go."
"But she did not want to go, and the gods wanted to eliminate heroes everywhere. Who asked you sisters to be the daughters of Ares?"
"A true hero of the direct line!"
"So the result of Queen Penthesilea's intelligence was that when she was hunting, a god misled her eyes, and she saw her beloved sister Hippolyte as a beautiful deer. She raised her spear and threw it at the deer, and killed Princess Hippolyte by mistake. She was chased by the Goddess of Vengeance, and in order to atone for her sins, she had no choice but to go to Troy. She became a sacrifice and fulfilled her destiny."
"If she was not intelligent, she would still have the reputation of dying on the battlefield. But now she ended up with her sisters killing each other. This is the fate of intelligent people!"
"It is too easy for the gods to distort people's senses at critical moments."
Pei Zi Yun thought. In the world of gods, intelligent people were often misled by their own intelligence. The gods here loved to love and kill each other.
Oedipus killed his father and married his mother, Penthesilea killed Hippolyte (sister), Deianira killed Hercules (husband and wife), Aegisthus killed Agamemnon (husband and wife), and so on!
Even Hercules, because he loved his family and was unwilling to continue on his journey to complete his mission, the gods made him hallucinate that his sons were wolves, and killed them all!
In the myths, these were the sons of Zeus!
The gods were capable of anything!
"Prince Paris, in order to welcome your arrival, we have specially prepared a grand competition. You must participate in it later." Queen Penthesilea said with a smile, interrupting Pei Zi Yun's thoughts.
"Queen, it is my honor to be able to participate in this grand competition." Pei Zi Yun said.
"Alright, Dibei Ya, bring Prince Paris to rest. It is almost time to worship the gods, don't be negligent."
"Yes, Your Majesty." The female warrior Dibei Ya replied. She stood up and said, "Prince Paris, please follow me."
"So this warrior is called Dibei Ya." As Pei Zi Yun thought about this, a smile appeared on his face. He turned around a pillar and spoke to Gesne in a low voice, "I predict that there will be many people who will challenge me. Take note of all of them. This is an opportunity for you to spread your name around."
Pei Zi Yun was the diplomatic envoy of Troy, and also a prince. He could be considered a distinguished guest. According to the customs of this era, a grand competition would be held to welcome him. This was also to show the Amazons' strength to their allies!
In this world, the strong were the kings. The Amazons wanted to show their strength, but did he not?
Right now, Pei Zi Yun had only built up his reputation in Troy. The Amazons had not. Hence, he was even more passionate about showing his strength and winning!
"Yes, Prince Paris!" Although Gesne felt that the prince was a little too passionate about fame, which hero would not be passionate about fame and wealth? Moreover, Prince Paris was still young and full of vigor. It was not surprising that he would have such thoughts. Besides, he was a poet, and this was his specialty!
The Amazons moved very quickly. In just a moment, the Amazon Queen led her people to offer sacrifices to Artemis and Ares.
The Temple of Artemis was similar to the one in Troy, with a sacred forest. As for the Temple of Ares, although it also had Greek pillars, each stone pillar was filled with reliefs of warriors and battles. The Queen's ceremony was simple and grand. She then announced, "Let the competition begin."
This competition was not far from the temple, but it was specially divided to be held in an open area. Pei Zi Yun glanced around and saw that there were thousands of people. Although they were all women, the atmosphere was still very enthusiastic. He could not help but sigh at the passion for sports in this era.
"Prince Paris, now there are two competitions, the running and the throwing of weights. Which would you like to participate in?"
"I will participate in both." Pei Zi Yun said.
"Alright, I will arrange it now." DiBia said and went to arrange for Pei Zi Yun to participate in the competition.
In the running competition field, Pei Zi Yun rushed out with everyone after the commander gave the order. In a moment, he was ahead of everyone. Amid the cheers and shouts, Pei Zi Yun was the first to cross the finish line.
Next was the throwing of weights. The result of this competition was that Pei Zi Yun was far in the lead, firmly suppressing the Amazons. This made some of the higher-ups very unhappy.
"Prince Paris is very strong!" someone said gloomily.
The entire Greek people believed that a perfect and healthy body and a wise and pure soul were the most precious possessions a person could have. The latter was important, but the former was even more important. This could be seen from the fact that Hades was rarely directly sacrificed, and that every city would hold a sports competition.
Of course, Pei Zi Yun thought that this was because sports and battle were inseparable.
In an era without the so-called poison of the heart and mind, a perfect and healthy body was directly equivalent to having power.
And the bloodline of the Gods strengthened this understanding.
But on the other hand, it was because of this that the Amazons were especially unhappy. How could the Trojans beat the Amazons?
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