Chapter 9: Against the Trojan Horse and Athena

"What a surprise!"

Seeing that Apollo did not continue to attack Luo Yin after Luo Yin returned to the ground, Pallas Athena teased in a surprised tone.

"Apollo, I thought you were going to kill Neoptolemus the same way you killed Achilles."

Apollo in the mist looked at Pallas Athena with emotionless eyes and said.

"After Hector and Memnon died in battle, the city of Troy was doomed. Killing Achilles was the only thing I could do for the Trojans. Now I can no longer show all my power on the ground. Divine power, if I chased to the ground and fought Neoptolemus, maybe I would be humiliated by him like Ares and Hephaestus. And - I didn't fight Neoptolemus at all. necessary, because it is not me, but you and Poseidon who are going to stop the Greeks from breaking the city of Troy.”

The walls of Troy were forged by Poseidon himself, so Poseidon did not want the Greeks to break Troy.

Even in the past, Hercules led three hundred warriors to attack Troy, but he did not destroy the walls of Troy.

If the Greeks destroyed the city wall forged by Poseidon himself, it would inevitably damage Poseidon's great image.

Pallas Athena also did not want the Greeks to use force to break the city of Troy.

As the goddess in charge of wisdom, she wanted her favorite wise man Odysseus to use the Trojan horse trick to help the Greek coalition capture the city of Troy to prove that wisdom is more important than force.

Faced with Apollo's unruly attitude, Pallas Athena sneered jokingly.

"Apollo! Although we claimed you to be an Olympian in the past, you, the god of Asia Minor, never truly surrendered to Zeus. Now the Greeks will destroy your city of Troy, and you will soon become arrogant. "Head, learn how to respect my eldest sister."

Apollo did not respond to Pallas Athena's taunt and flew directly back to Olympus.

After a big battle with Apollo, Luo Yin's body became very tired.

So after returning to the ground, Luo Yin did not continue to attack the city of Troy, but let two divine horses pull the chariot back to the Greek coalition camp.

The chariot passed through the wall and returned to the camp of the Greek coalition. Luo Yin stopped the chariot and saw Agamemnon and the princes surrounding a lame old man carrying a bow and arrow.

Sensing Luo Yin's gaze, the old hero Nestor happily shouted to Luo Yin.

"The god-like Neoptolemus! Philoctetes came to our camp on a grain ship from Lemnos. We have fulfilled the god's requirements and can break Troy. City."

Knowing that the lame old man surrounded by the princes was Philoctetes, Luo Yin immediately jumped out of the chariot and asked the prophet Calchas while walking towards the princes.

"Calchas! Philoctetes, who inherited Hercules' bow and arrows, came to the battlefield of Troy. Can we really break the city of Troy?"

Kalkas immediately said with an embarrassed expression.

"We... still can't break Troy City."

Upon hearing what Calchas said, Agamemnon immediately rushed to Calchas, grabbed him by the collar and said angrily.

"Calchas, didn't you say that as long as we welcome Philoctetes, we can break the city of Troy? If Philoctetes can't help us break the city of Troy, then why do we need to please this guy? Damn lame, I also gave him seven Trojan women, twenty horses, and twelve tripods as gifts."

The princes also lost interest in Philoctetes and looked at Calchas with dissatisfaction.

Calchas felt that he was also innocent, because it was indeed the will of Hercules to bring Philoctetes to the battlefield of Troy.

Unfortunately, Heracles was a very weak god, and his will could not prevent the Greek coalition from breaking Troy.

If the gods supporting Philoctetes were not Hercules, but Pallas Athena or Poseidon, Agamemnon and the princes would not dare to have any dissatisfaction.

Seeing the anger caused by Calchas, Odysseus immediately stood up and spoke to everyone.

"Philoctetes is our comrade after all, and we should welcome him warmly. Calchas! Since welcoming Philoctetes back will not help us break the city of Troy, then we must How can the gods allow us to break the city of Troy?"

After giving Odysseus a grateful look, Calchas looked at Agamemnon and the princes and said.

"Friends, I saw an omen yesterday. An eagle chased a dove. The dove flew into the rock crevice and hid. The eagle waited beside the rock for a long time. The dove never came out, so the eagle hid. In the nearby bushes. When the stupid dove flew out of the rock crevice, the eagle immediately pounced on it and caught it with its talons. We should follow the example of this eagle and capture Troy with wisdom."

Upon hearing Calchas's words, Odysseus immediately received the inspiration from the goddess of wisdom and spoke loudly and confidently.

"Friends, I thought of a Trojan horse plan that can help us break the city of Troy. First, let us build a huge Trojan horse——"

Before Odysseus could finish speaking, Luo Yin interrupted him.

"Foolish Odysseus! Troy has priests of gods and prophets like Calchas. For example, Cassandra, the beautiful daughter of Troy's King Priam, is both a prophet and a priestess of Pallas Athena. If you want to break Troy with the Trojan Horse, Pallas Athena must open the aura of intelligence reduction for all residents of Troy to succeed. I will not stop you from breaking Troy with the power of the goddess of wisdom, but I will use my own power to break Troy in an upright manner."

After saying that, Troy turned and left and returned to his barracks.

Looking at Troy's departing back, Odysseus said in a cold voice with an expressionless face.

"Wisdom is sometimes more important than force! Ajax the Great died because he didn't understand this truth. If Achilles hadn't blindly believed in his own divine power, perhaps he wouldn't have been shot to death by Apollo's arrow."

After taking his eyes off Luo Yin, Odysseus continued to tell Agamemnon and the princes about the Trojan Horse he had come up with.

After Apollo left, Ares, the god of war who was a native Greek god, descended on Troyen and became the patron saint of Troyen.

Seeing that Luo Yin opposed Odysseus's Trojan Horse, Ares teased Pallas Athena.

"Athena! As the patron saint of the Greek coalition, are you going to kill the hero of the Greek coalition again, just like you killed Ajax the Great?"

Pallas Athena also mocked Ares.

"Foolish Ares! Apollo is the patron saint of Troy, and he has already abandoned Troy. As a native Greek god, you still support the Trojans. Will the Trojans abandon Apollo and become your believers? Troy will soon be destroyed by the Greek coalition. Even if the Trojans are willing to believe in you, you have no chance to become the patron saint of Troy."

After saying this, Pallas Athena returned to Mount Olympus.

In Troy's barracks.

Lying on Chryseis's lap, Troy closed his eyes to rest while thinking about how to deal with the upcoming crisis.

Odysseus is the favorite of the goddess of wisdom Athena.

Toryon opposed Odysseus's Trojan Horse, which was to oppose the goddess of wisdom Athena who wanted to prove that wisdom was more important than force.

Ajax the Great was killed by Athena just for competing with Odysseus for Achilles' armor.

If he confronted Athena head-on, the goddess of wisdom would definitely not let him go.