Athens was located on a mountain range in the Aegean Sea. It was on extremely high ground, and with the convenience of sea transportation, it had once become one of the most prosperous city-states of mankind.
However, due to the conflict between gods a few months ago, the prosperous Athens city had become a pile of ruins, and there had been countless deaths and injuries. A few months later, they still had not finished cleaning up the ruins, as a result, the merchants, travelers, and ships had all bypassed this place. The once-bustling city of Athens had instantly fallen into a barren land.
The most important thing was that the Patron Goddess of the city-state of Athens had been taken away, leaving the merchants insecure. After all, in this world where the gods lived, every city-state had their own guardian deity.
The citizens of Athens had low expectations of Athena returning. Their faces had always been filled with numbness and bitterness. The nobles who had the capabilities had long left this place, the rest were commoners who were unable to travel long distances to other cities.
But on this day, they welcomed a new life.
They saw two gods appear in the sky. Upon closer inspection, it was their Patron Goddess, Athena. The one beside her was also the male god they had met previously. He had truly saved Athena.
"Oh Goddess! It's Athena!"
"Oh Great Goddess! You've really appeared! You've really been saved!"
"We're saved!"
"Athena's back!"
...
Instantly, all sorts of cheers came from all directions, making Athena a little excited. She took a step forward and said, "Well met again! I'm back!"
After saying that, Athena waved her hand, and the debris that had been troubling the humans instantly disappeared. In its place was a newly built stone city.
The humans below instantly cheered.
Their smiles and joy infected Lorne, making him smile knowingly.
Athena then invited Lorne and returned to her own palace.
There was still some joy in revisiting Athena's old place. Just as Lorne was about to say something, a large milky-white light flew in and fused directly into Athena's body.
The sudden change was not only a surprise to Athena. Even Lorne was puzzled.
Lorne used his divine power to investigate the changes happening in Athena's body.
However, he could not sense anything. If anything, she seemed to be gaining power. He started pondering.
Milky White? Benefits?
Lorn thought about it in detail. When he saw that Athena's eyes were tightly shut, and the aura on her body slowly began to grow, his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Could this be the legendary power of Faith?"
At that moment, the milky white spots of light were completely absorbed by Athena. She slowly opened her eyes with a face full of joy.
"Lorn, My Divine Spark has broken through to the peak of godhood!"
She was like a little girl who had just received her beloved toy, showing off to her parents. Her eyes were smiling like crescent moons.
Lorne felt it for a moment. It was indeed the aura of a peak sovereign. "This should be the power of faith, right?"
"Right! Lorne, how did you know?"Athena was rather surprised. Her little mouth was slightly open, and she looked rather cute.
"I didn't expect you to be able to obtain the power of faith. It seems that the humans of Athens gave it to you! And it's very pure. Only truly devout followers could produce such faith," Lorne guessed.
Lorne's guess stunned Athena, and then she took the lead.
"That's right! After I absorbed it, I got to know their thoughts. They were all given to me by the citizens of Athens!"
Athena said with a smile.
"This power of faith is really magical. It gave you so much power!"
Lorne sighed. He immediately thought of Cronus. That guy could also absorb the power of faith. Previously, this guy had been so tolerant to him and seemed difficult to anger.., it seemed that he planned to find him after he recovered his strength.
Moreover, the power of faith was so magical that Cronus recovered faster than he had expected.
He had almost been fooled by this guy again.
He looked up at Athena. "By the way, I heard that the increase in strength of the power of faith is unstable. Cronus also used the power of faith to increase his strength. Now, you can see that his strength is weaker by more than one level. This is because there is a problem with the source of his power of faith. Don't you have this feeling?"
Athena was stunned. She quickly checked her body and shook her head. "No!"
"It seems like only truly sincere worship, not one forced out of fear does the trick!"
Lorne said again after thinking for a while.
The two discussed the power of faith for a while. Lorne asked her if she wanted to continue using the power of faith to increase her strength. He had an idea.
However, Athena thought about it and refused. After all, she had learned from Cronus' mistakes. She did not want to be like that guy.
Lorne did not pursue the matter. After all, he was very confident in his own strength. Even if Cronus recovered his strength, it was impossible for him to defeat him.
Moreover, it was not as if he did not have a way to quickly increase his strength. It was just that he did not want to use it.
The two of them stayed in the city-state for a few more months. During these few months, the news of Athena's return spread to many nearby city-states. The city of Athens, which had a geographical advantage, was once again prosperous, even moreso than before.
All of this was also related to Lorne. He had passed a lot of knowledge from his previous life to Athena, and then Athena had passed it on to the city-state humans. As a result, she had obtained some more pure faith, which made her somewhat helpless. She originally did not want to use the power of faith to increase her strength, but she had no power to stop it.
If Cronus heard this, he would definitely be so angry that he would vomit blood. He had carefully collected the power of faith, and it had been most arduous. In the end, the power of faith had hidden dangers of its own, and he did not achieve the pure form of it.
One morning, Lorne was teaching the humans how to grow crops like wheat with Athena. Suddenly, his expression changed slightly. He sensed countless violent auras rushing over, and he did not have time to explain before rushing into the sky, flying towards the beach.
Athena followed closely behind him and soon arrived at the beach. Athena asked in confusion, "Why..."
Before she could finish her sentence, she was stunned because countless deep-sea Behemoths had suddenly appeared on the surface of the sea in the distance. Huge waves surged into the sky like locusts.
"Is this even natural?"
Lorn took a deep breath and asked with a certain tone.
He had no time to think and was ready to make his move. Otherwise, once they reached the city on the shore, all the humans would perish.
Lorn instantly summoned his divine sword and stood in the air. He unleashed his aura and instantly suppressed the beasts. His power quickly covered the surrounding sea. Instantly, countless Behemoths were slain.