They Will Humiliate and Kill Your Wife’s Family and Even Desecrate the God’s Priestess

On the other side,

Hector quickly realized the gravity of the situation.

Upon hearing Night list names like Odysseus, Agamemnon, and other kings, his expression had already changed several times.

When he heard his speculation that the Greek coalition might raid surrounding cities, Hector's face darkened further, he clenched his fists, and his mood grew heavier.

In this era, information transmission was very slow, which was why such a mistake of attacking allies by the Greek coalition could happen.

Therefore—

Although he knew the Greek coalition was powerful, with many strong heroes joining them, Hector didn't have a clear idea of the vast power and influence behind those heroes.

Rather than their royal titles, the names of the heroes themselves were more widely known.

After all, Greece was vast, with many small countries, so he couldn't possibly know every minor king.

Although he was aware that the most beautiful woman in Greece—Helen—had many suitors, but he hadn't expected that each one of them would be a king.

Paris indeed brought back a significant problem for them.

A time bomb, one could say—!

At this moment, Hector was silent, feeling a bit of regret in his heart, regretting that he hadn't stopped Paris earlier,

Perhaps he should have let Odysseus and the others take Helen away...

Although that woman followed his brother to Troy because of 'love,' she did not live well there.

Due to her special status, even though the old king Priam protected the couple like a father, whenever Paris had conflicts with his brothers, arguments would lead to someone blaming and scolding Helen.

In everyone's eyes, because of Helen, Paris offended the king of Sparta, committing the disgraceful act of eloping with another man's wife...

So everyone liked to blame that woman as the cause of all their troubles, seeing Helen as a symbol of disaster.

They believed it was her promiscuity that led to Paris' infamy.

Just like the hated witch Pandora of old...

Although some of this blame was due to jealousy and greed from those who could not have her.

Facing this malice, only Hector was willing to stand up, speak for her, calm his brothers' anger, and rescue her from their wrath.

He loved his younger siblings like a brother, and he was the only one who never spoke ill of her, a fact for which Helen was very grateful, often seeking him out to cry.

As one of the few noble and just heroes of Troy and even Greece,

Hector had seen all the suffering Helen had endured here.

"You are right, Night.

The Greeks, failing to capture the city for a long time, might indeed vent their anger and hatred on the surrounding smaller cities." Hector said.

"I would like to rescue them...

But I'm afraid it's impossible.

Thank you for letting me know how powerful the enemy forces are.

Facing the Greek coalition of multiple countries, our only hope of victory is to defend Troy."

After a moment of calm reflection, Hector's heart bled for the innocent people of other cities who would soon be implicated and possibly destroyed.

But his excellent strategic sense made him realize that sending troops out to aid them was absolutely out of the question.

The Greek coalition, formed by multiple kings, had a fighting force that was perhaps far greater than it seemed, with the nations behind those kings being their biggest sources of troops and reinforcements.

In comparison, even if they were to use all its might, Troy's dream of full-scale defense was impossible...

"I see...

If I remember correctly,

Lord Hector, your wife's family is in Thebes of Poteia, right?"

Night's words made Hector's face change,

Andromache was Hector's wife, and her father was the ruler of the city of Thebes.

Of course, this Thebes was different from the Thebes in Greece,

which was a powerful nation,

the origin of the hero Oedipus' legend, and the prototype of the Seven Gates Wall legend.

In the Trojan War, Hector's first hero opponent, whose shield defeated his spear, was Ajax, and that shield, capable of withstanding the thickness of seven city walls, also originated from there.

(Noble Phantasm of a certain world—Chariot of the Seven Heavens' prototype.)

But the Thebes that Night referred to now, was just one of the many city-states surrounding Troy.

Facing the powerful Greek coalition now, even if it were the Thebes in central Greece with the Seven Walls of defense, it might not withstand these hungry wolves and beasts.

Troy's builders were Apollo and Poseidon, whose materials were extremely special, as if blessed with divine power, but Thebes was just an ordinary city, completely incapable of stopping the Greek army led by Achilles and others.

"If we give up like this, poor Lady Andromache will lose her seven brothers and her beloved father.

And Troy will lose a loyal ally.

I have often heard— that the hero Hector possesses courage that others can hardly match.

Whenever someone mentions him, they never fail to praise [that shining helmet],

a tribute to the hero who always dares to stand at the forefront of the battlefield…

Brave, fearless, strong, and mighty.

This is the impression all of Greece has of Hector."

Night's words took a sudden turn, his unexpected praise moved Hector, whose heart was already agitated by the reminder, and even made him a little embarrassed,

He… brave and fearless?

Such praise— made Hector, who had just decided to abandon the surrounding city-states and give up on other cities, feel a bit unnatural.

In normal times, in a different setting, hearing such praise, he would certainly smile and gladly accept it.

But now—

The tone changed again, and Night's voice rose: "But when has—the fearless first warrior of Troy, ever feared the sharpness of the enemy's spear?

Today, Troy gives up on rescuing other city-states, and tomorrow—

when it faces difficulties, no allied country will be willing to aid or intervene for Troy.

Or is it— Lord Hector, can you really bear to see so many ordinary people being ravaged by the barbaric Greeks, including your wife's family, and possibly even the priests and priestesses of the sun god Apollo being captured?

Will they, along with the most beautiful daughters of the city, be given to Troy's enemy leader—Agamemnon?"

Hearing this, Hector's face finally turned completely grim.

Not only because Night mentioned his wife's family again, but also because of the mention of the possibility of— the priests and priestesses of Apollo being captured and given to Agamemnon.

Thebes was a city that worshipped the sun god Apollo, and the name of the god Apollo was almost a taboo rarely mentioned in Troy (for reasons not to be discussed here).

But if the enemy really broke through Thebes, given the barbaric ways of the Greeks, they would surely indulge in plunder and debauchery...

Not to mention giving the priestesses serving the gods to their king, even holding wild parties in the newly conquered city would be typical of the Greeks.

No one would find it surprising.

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