There was such a story in the East in later times.
In the Red Land of China at that time, when the first empire that ended the chaotic era of feudal division and achieved great unification collapsed, mortals who aspired to the supreme throne emerged from all over the world and fought for supremacy.
They killed people so much that rivers of blood flowed on the earth, and all kinds of brilliant minds and famous people fell. However, to the surprise of many people, the person who finally became the new master of the world was actually a social figure who was originally a minor official in a township.
However, looking at the history, this is actually nothing strange. After all, slaves can become generals, and beggars can become emperors. It can be seen that a person's achievements are certainly related to birth, but it is not absolute. In short, this old gangster, who was already quite old when he debuted, finally succeeded in unifying the country and sat on the highest position among mortals.
However, it is easy to conquer the world, but difficult to keep it. Not only are there various power struggles, but even the old guy who has been in the military for half his life has discovered that there are not many famous people from so-called "high-class families" among the brothers who have conquered the world with him. Instead, there are many pig butchers. As a result, people who drink and make trouble, and draw swords to hit pillars in court, are still rampant, which makes him very depressed.
This was the case before he became emperor, and it was still the case after he became emperor. Wouldn't he be emperor in vain? Fortunately, at this time, a ritual and music official from the previous dynasty who had defected to him a long time ago suddenly appeared out of nowhere. After some operations, he successfully persuaded the emperor and took the lead in formulating a ritual and music that highlighted the greatness and dignity of the ruler - probably just modified it within the framework of the previous dynasty.
When it was first implemented, the old scoundrel was shocked. Looking at the officials and guards who were neatly arranged and followed the etiquette, he couldn't help but sigh: It was not until today that I realized the dignity of being an emperor.
Whether this rumor is true or not, and whether there is such a saying, is unknown to future generations. But if Zeus had the opportunity to hear this story, he would definitely regard the old man as a close friend, because at this moment he also thought so.
Since ascending the throne in his early years, there has hardly been a day when the God King has not worried about his future.
The shock he felt from the power of the primordial god at the turn of the era had never faded, and it made him feel uneasy all the time. It was not until he also mastered this power that Zeus finally felt at ease, as if a string in his heart had relaxed.
Although he was still tricked by Erebus right after that, Zeus saw the truth of the matter after his initial shock and anger.
The Lord of Darkness did not do it himself, but instead borrowed a power that did not belong to him. This certainly made Zeus feel fearful, but it also proved something.
Just like he, as the God King, couldn't do whatever he wanted, perhaps those primitive gods couldn't just do whatever they wanted in the material world. If that was the case, many things would make sense.
"I understand a little now, Zephyrus."
Walking out from the depths of the island, the God-King was wearing a loose robe.
The wind blew the nightgown, making it rustle. Looking at this scene, the God of the West Wind was not surprised.
"It seems that you have seen some secrets that only the God King can understand."
Zeferos spoke respectfully without changing his expression.
"Hahahahahaha...Yes, Zephyros. At least this time, this is indeed something that only a God King can understand."
Smiling and shaking his head, Zeus was in a very good mood.
"I just gradually understood why my grandfather was so cruel to the Titans, and under what circumstances the gods of the previous generation chose to create humans."
"They didn't know what faith was at that time... But I guess they must have thought like this:"
Admiring the beauty of the rising sun, Zeus said in a strange tone:
"'It was not until today that I understood the dignity of the gods'. The Titans may not have said it, but that's probably what they thought."
"Looking around, a world full of gods would make gods ordinary. Comparison can bring happiness, and if there are only gods, this happiness will undoubtedly be greatly reduced. So on this basis, the gods created golden humans - it is an extremely rare event that almost all gods participated in."
"...Yes, Your Majesty, you always see things that others cannot see and get to the root of things."
Whispering, Zeferos also glanced toward the sea.
Zeus was admiring the rising sun, but he thought of another god in that direction. He is still trapped at the bottom of the sea, suffering for his actions.
The reason he created humans was probably not to gain a sense of superiority over mortals... But now he can only be locked under the sea eye, being tortured by the East China Sea day and night.
"It is said that Iapetus, the god of speech, also supported the creation of humans, and was even one of the earliest ones. His power happened to be the weakest among the Titans."
"But you are different, Your Majesty. The weak can only have ideas, but the strong can carry them out. Iapetus and his descendants created the Silver and Bronze generations respectively, but only you are the true master of the world."
This time, Zephyrus' words were somewhat sincere, which was also the reason why he sought power. And in front of him, listening to the flattery of the god of the west wind, Zeus couldn't help laughing again.
"Hahahahahaha... That's what I like about you, Zephyrus. Even though I know you're flattering me, I just like hearing it."
As he said, Zeus knew that the God of the West Wind was just speaking nice words, but he was still very happy.
After all, other gods would never speak to him like this, especially those with medium or higher power. In this way, Zephyros suddenly stood out.
So, in the idle chat, time passed by minute by minute. It was not until the night gradually faded away and the sun shone faintly in the east that Zeus finally seemed to remember something serious.
He had not summoned Zephyros today to listen to his flattery - although that did make him happy - but he actually had something else important to do.
"Zeferos, my most trusted subordinate, you have always been loyal to me."
"So now, I have something for you to do."
Zeus narrowed his eyes and his expression became serious. Beside him, the God of the West Wind immediately stated:
"Your Majesty, I will do it for you if I can."
"Of course you can do it... Zephyrus, you have many followers, right?"
"Yes, sire, thanks to you, every god of Olympus has his own followers."
I don't know what Zeus meant, but Zephyrus nodded and acknowledged this obvious thing.
"Yes, everyone has it. It seems like anyone can try it, but none of them are as obedient as you."
Zeus shook his head slightly and didn't intend to talk about this any more. He believed that time and interests would gradually change everything, and now, he just wanted to establish this common interest.
At that time, perhaps many Titan gods that he has no way to deal with now will automatically join his camp without him having to do anything.
"Zeferos, you know, in recent years, as the gods have learned more and more about human faith, each of them has summed up their own way of gaining faith. But in my opinion, it can all be attributed to two manifestations: fear of the unknown and yearning for beauty."
"A precise statement, Your Majesty."
Zephyrus complimented again, but Zeus just waved his hand and continued:
"As gods, we want to make mortals fear, which is a simple thing. But if we want them to yearn for us, it is not so simple. So not long ago, I opened up a world in Mount Olympus to try to solve our problem."
"!"
The god of the west wind looked surprised. He opened up a world in Mount Olympus, and no one had even noticed it before. Is this the power of the king of gods?
"Don't be so surprised. It's not that difficult... But Zephyrus, what I want you to do is also related to that place."
Zeus seemed to be very casual, and he naturally attributed the existence of Asgard to himself, and accepted the praise from his subordinates. Now that the place had been cleared out by him, there was no sign that anyone had ever existed there, so Zeus was not afraid of being discovered.
But what he wanted to say was not this, but something else.
When exploring this alien realm, Zeus found a place that was somewhat useful, even though most of it had been destroyed. It seemed to be the place where Odin's remnant once resided, and it was revealed as his remnant disappeared.
The original inhabitants of the divine realm called it 'Hall of Valor', and through the murals in the palace, Zeus also understood its former use.
As the name suggests, this palace is where the gods of Asgard once cultivated human heroes. It has the ability to nourish and maintain the spirit. So even though it can only retain a small number of heroes, as long as they are carefully selected, it can ensure that each one has extraordinary combat power.
But what Zeus needed was not a small number of capable heroes. What he really wanted to learn was how these heroes were created. However, some things are not understood just because you are stronger. So Zeus was ultimately unable to learn that technique. He only learned a little bit of it.
At first, the God King was somewhat disappointed. He even thought of Metis again. If she were still alive, she might be able to decipher the secrets of the Heroic Spirit. However, not long after, when Themis left Olympus, Zeus suddenly realized that perhaps this little bit of knowledge was far more valuable than a real Heroic Spirit.
He doesn't lack some thugs, but that has no real value to him.
"Zeferos, in the world I opened up, I gave it a special rule. There, souls after death can live the same life as before - the only difference is that you can use your divine power to conjure up everything that mortals want, easily satisfying all their dreams without consuming too much power."
"It's like the sun." Pointing to the red sun rising in the distance, Zeus said with a smile. "People can see it as long as they look up."
"And a perfect America, a kingdom that belongs to God, is also something that mortals can yearn for."
"…Your Majesty, so you want to prevent souls from returning to the spirit world and reincarnating in a cycle?"
There was some hesitation in his tone. Standing behind Zeus, Zephyrus easily understood what Zeus meant.
What is perfect America? Isn't this the same as the Kingdom of God that the Goddess of Law is said to have established in the spiritual world?
When the news of the afterlife spread among humans, Themis's followers gained many more followers. So this is certainly a good thing, it can definitely deepen the faith of mortals, but it can also bring disaster.
The God of West Wind didn't know whether the King of Gods could defeat the Lord of the Spirit World, but he was sure that it would be a very stupid thing to make an enemy of another primordial god just to deepen the piety of mortals.
"Of course not, Zephyrus. Don't be so rigid. You see, we don't really want mortals to enjoy eternity in the Kingdom of God—we just want them to think they can."
A smile formed on his lips and Zeus shook his head slightly.
He had no intention of snatching the soul's ownership, because that thing was actually useless to him. The faith generated by a simple spirit was far inferior to that in life, and he also understood the concerns of the God of the West Wind.
So Zeus was ready to further explain his behavior, but at this moment, the King of Gods frowned suddenly, and he turned around and looked towards the west.
Just now, he suddenly felt a warning from his heart.
"His Majesty?"
"…Nothing. Something seems to have happened there. Wait here and don't move."
"As for the Kingdom of God, I will talk to you about it when I come back..."
boom--
Before Zeus finished speaking, a loud noise was heard from the east of the earth.
A huge crack appeared in the ground, and rocks flew up into the sky. Endless smoke and dust were lifted high into the sky, and then drifted in the air, as if a layer of fog had covered the place.
At the end of the sight, a huge monster seemed to jump out of the earth, looming in the mist. With it came the announcement that spread throughout the world.
"Looks like I don't need to go and see it."
With a solemn expression, Zeus felt a very familiar breath in that direction.
"It's you again...Mother Earth."
"I was wondering why you were so quiet for so long. I was on guard against you at the beginning. But even you are no match for me, so what can the monster you gave birth to do to me?"
With a sneer, Zeus instantly recognized the identity of the person who emerged from the underground, because Gaia, who had been missing since the previous battle, seemed to be there at this moment.
Although he couldn't see clearly due to the long distance, Zeus felt relieved when he felt the other party's presence.
The life that emerged from the ground did not have a very obvious divine power, so it was probably not a god, but a giant. But it was not surprising, because his grandmother always gave birth to strange lives, as if the primitive wildness had never diminished in her.
"I'll go see what Gaea has to do, and if necessary, I'll take care of it. As for you, Zephyrus."
Zeus waved his hand and said calmly,
"Just watch from the sidelines."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The God of the West Wind nodded sincerely.
At times like this, he would never say something like "let's go together" just to show his loyalty.
He may not be able to defeat the enemies that Zeus can defeat. It is even more impossible for him to defeat the opponents that Zeus cannot defeat. All he needs to do is to sing praises to the God King's might afterward.
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Boom——
In an unnamed valley in the east of the earth, every movement of Typhus caused the collapse of a stratum or mountain range.
Before, it only poked its head out a little, but its body was still under the ground.
'Some life similar to that woman.'
One hundred pairs of eyes looked at this strange world. Typhus saw many creatures that looked similar to Gaia, but they were so weak. He didn't even do anything, just looked at them, and they were shattered into a ball of flesh and blood, and then burned into slag by the flames.
Most of these tiny lives fled in all directions, but some did something that made Typhon feel a little strange. They held some tiny metal objects, shouted at him, and even charged - but of course, they didn't last much longer under Typhon's gaze.
"Strange life."
After shaking his head, Typhus came to his senses and found that the woman who claimed to be his creator had disappeared. But he also noticed that something was approaching him in the east.
"Another 'god'?"
That's what they seem to call themselves, 'God', 'God King', that's all.
"But whatever it is..."
Two hundred eyes looked at the newcomer, and Typhus struggled hard. With the shaking of the continental plates, its body finally crawled out of the stratum.
Without resting, nor needing to rest, Typhon opened his mouth wide and bit the intruder.
If you want to talk to it, then take its move first!
Chapter 290 The Immortality of Gods
Thunder and lightning were racing across the sky. At this moment, Zeus' spirit was on high alert.
No matter how much he belittled Gaia, Zeus actually still valued his grandmother. After all, he was able to defeat her before thanks to the suppression of the law, not because of his real strength.
So no matter what Gaia was doing now, Zeus decided not to give her time to prepare. As for the monster that was born at the same time and whose body was still hidden under the smoke and dust that stretched for thousands of miles... In fact, the King of Gods did not think there was any contradiction between them.
Who stipulated that Gaia's offspring must be in the same camp as her? The most straightforward example is right in front of us.
In order to release the Hecatonchus and Cyclops imprisoned in the abyss, Gaia once supported Zeus in overthrowing the rule of Kronos. But until Gaia was defeated in front of Mount Olympus, the giants had no intention of following their mother goddess in rebelling against the gods.
They seemed to have fallen in love with life in Olympus and had no intention of ruining it.
"Oh, if you think about it this way, Gaia is still a bit pitiful."
"I've done so much, but no one appreciates it. It shows that monsters are monsters, and it makes sense that they are discriminated against by the gods."
With a sneer, Zeus put these thoughts behind him.
Zephyrus had been left far away by him and he didn't have the ability to cross the ocean in a short time, while Zeus had already arrived on land.
As he approached the gap where the earth had cracked, the dust that covered the sky and the sun could no longer block the God King's sight. He could vaguely see that it was a life with hundreds of heads.
Its lower body was a coiled snake body, and its torso was a humanoid with four thick arms, and above that was a dragon head covered in phosphorus armor. Two hundred eyes spewed out flames that could burn everything, and a snake-like black tongue spewed out of its mouth, dripping with poisonous saliva, looking dangerous and brutal.
"What a natural born fighter."
With a sigh, Zeus gradually slowed down. He showed his presence without any concealment, dark clouds and thunder gathered in the sky, and such movement successfully attracted the attention of the hundred-headed dragon snake.
"Tell me your real name, monster." Standing high in the sky, Zeus looked at Typhus who was looking at him with a majestic tone: "Speak to me, and come before the king of the sky and the earth!"
It was hard to tell whether it was the sound of speech or the roar of thunder, but the rumbling sound resounded across the land. The fleeing mortals seemed to think they were finally saved, and they knelt on the ground to pray for the protection of the gods, but Zeus did not even look at them.
He just stared at Typhon in front of him, and saw it raise its head. The God King stared at his destined enemy, and thunder and fire seemed to intertwine in mid-air.
Then the next moment, without any warning, the dragon head suddenly stretched forward and attacked Zeus!
Bang!
The dragon opened its mouth, but was held tightly by the God King's arm. Of course, Typhus' attack was ineffective. Zeus, who had experienced many battles, would not be fooled by such a trick.
It's just that Zeus's arms were shaking slightly at this moment. Obviously, the gap between the two sides in terms of divine body was more than one.
"Monster, are you challenging the King of Gods?"
A bolt of lightning exploded, and Zeus' figure retreated. In just one move, he had realized the shortcomings of his divine body.
But this is normal, gods don't rely on physical strength to fight, and Zeus doesn't intend to use short to attack long. He decisively distanced himself and summoned thunder and lightning.
The power of the kingship was added to it, and each silver snake symbolized the punishment of the offenders and the suppression of the rebels. The supreme power was held back, and if possible, Zeus did not want to fight in the real world. And most importantly, Typhon's power was beyond his expectations.
Even though it was just a tentative attack, the power beyond the gods was clearly revealed, but Zeus did not see the symbol of greatness in the other party. Although he was puzzled, he knew that the other party's power was real. So the king of gods did not attack directly, but tried to communicate again.
However, the result was obvious, Typhon still disappointed him. The only response from the God King was the dark hurricane stirred up by the demons.
"God King? Master of the world?"
"So you are the God King!"
Roar!
The deep sound echoed among the mountains, and Typhon raised his hundred heads, neighing in unison.
Tifos really didn't expect that before it could get to the door, the so-called God King would come to it first, but it didn't make any difference.
Since you are here, let's do it. Beat him to death, or be beaten to death by him, to prove who is the supreme ruler of this world, this is what Typhon wants to do. As for communication?
Demons don't need to communicate, that is the choice of the weak!
…
boom--
While still traveling on the sea, Zeferos had already seen the hurricane and thunder in the east that were shaking the earth and sky.
Although he was the god of wind, Zephyrus was sure that he could not stand the dark storm for even a second. However, he had no intention of stopping, after all, he was not going to join the war.
Even though he was one of the few extremely fast people among the gods, it would probably take quite some time for him to arrive at the battlefield. By that time, regardless of the outcome, some clues should have been visible.
However, when the God of West Wind was on his way, he accidentally bumped into Poseidon, who also rose from the sea due to the earthquake.
"Zeferos! Why are you here?"
"What is Zeus doing, and who is that thing he's fighting?"
A resounding voice sounded, and the sea emperor's blue hair fluttered. He held his trident and slowly rose from the sea.
Despite the distance, Typhus was too big. When it stood up straight, its head could touch the edge of the sky; when it stretched out its arms, the moon was so scared that it fled in panic.
Therefore, even though he had just appeared in the world, the gods on Mount Olympus and the gods in the sea noticed the existence of Typhon. Then soon, they also saw Zeus who was fighting with him.
"That is the offspring of the Earth Mother, Your Majesty. It seems unruly, and Your Majesty the God-King is trying to subdue it."
Zephyros explained with a calm expression.
In front of other gods except Zeus, the God of West Wind was not so humble. In other words, if he treated everyone like this, it would not reflect the dignity and uniqueness of the King of Gods.
"Humph, he always finds some trouble. He said before that the theft of the golden apple had nothing to do with him, but in the end he still found the goddess of life!"
Poseidon snorted coldly, but didn't say anything more.
Even if he was reluctant, Poseidon had to admit that Zeus's power was far beyond his reach, and the demons that could fight him were even stronger than him. However, neither of the two people present thought that the guy would be a match for the King of Gods, after all, he appeared too abruptly.
The beginning of creation had long passed, and the world had returned to stability. Even the newly born gods were few and far between. At this time, who would believe that a demon that suddenly emerged could defeat the God King?
Then the next moment, the two gods had to believe it.
At the far end of the sky, thunder and lightning collided with the storm. No sound was heard, because all sounds were annihilated by the collision of such great forces.
From a distance, the thunder and lightning of the God King even seemed to have the upper hand, which was consistent with Zephyrus and Poseidon's initial judgment. But the scene that followed made them change color instantly.
The hundred-headed monster, the ferocious demon, shook its dragon head, as if realizing that the storm and fire could not do anything to the king of the gods. So he charged forward without hesitation, leaving the world of hurricanes and crashing straight into lightning and thunder.
Instantly, pieces of phosphorus armor peeled off Typhon's body, and black blood splashed on the land and the sea. Even under the power of the God-King, its head was cut off and fell into the dust, tumbling and disappearing, but it was not afraid at all.
Cut off a head, and another will grow. Shed a drop of blood, and you will be one step closer to the enemy in front of you! Zeus was retreating, and he was even retreating towards the sea, but under the pursuit of the two strongest men, at the junction of the land and the sea, Typhon's sharp right claw finally grabbed the left hand of the God King.
"I got you, bug..."
"You have nowhere to escape!"
With a roar, mixed with pain and pleasure, under the horrified gazes of the God of West Wind and Poseidon, the bruised and battered demon pulled hard, injuring the King of Gods for the first time in this battle.
Zeus's left arm was torn off by him and thrown far into the ocean, stirring up huge waves. This was not a serious injury to the gods, but for some reason, the king of gods' left arm could not regenerate.
As the two watched, the ferocious dragon opened its bloody mouth, bit Zeus into its mouth, and then chewed it. Lightning exploded in the demon's mouth and abdomen, and blood flowed like a column, but Typhon seemed even happier.
"The God King... was defeated?"
They looked stunned. They had the upper hand just now, but the situation suddenly took a turn for the worse. However, the next moment, they were no longer shocked.
Because at the end of the sight, the hundred-headed dragon snake seemed to notice something. One of its heads looked towards the east, and the direction it was looking at was exactly where Zephyrus and Poseidon were.
Wow——
Without a word, Poseidon exploded into a ball of water. Then, in the distant ocean, a stallion appeared out of nowhere and ran madly across the sea.
As for the God of the West Wind, he had long since disappeared. He transformed his divine body into thousands of streams of air and dispersed, without any intention of staying even for a moment.
Roar!
Seeing this scene, Typhon did not pursue, he just looked up to the sky and roared, expressing his joy and disdain. Is this what is called a god? It is not even as interesting as those ants that turned into dust under his eyes. At least they dared to attack him, while these gods could only run away.
Crunch——
He chewed the God-King in his mouth vigorously, and now only this guy was left.
Typhon intended to put an end to this enemy, but to his surprise, although large amounts of blood spurted out of his mouth, Zeus' life force showed no signs of weakening.
It was a little unexpected, but the demon king had not yet realized the crux of the problem. Typhon mobilized his innate ability to once again stop the regeneration of his divine body, and then bit it with all his strength, but the result once again disappointed him.
Even though the God King's blood had dried up, he was still conscious; even though his limbs had been separated from his torso, his life had not yet ended. In Typhon's perception, that tenacious aura seemed to be mocking him, and no matter what he did, it was all in vain.
Bang!
He opened his mouth and spat out Zeus, who was already in a shapeless state, and Typhon reached out to pick him up. He slammed his head against the ground again and again, even creating a gap in the ground. He pulled out his tendons and bones, and then used them to pierce the King of Gods... Zeus seemed to have given up struggling, and the lightning gradually disappeared from his body, but no matter what Typhon did, his breath showed no sign of stopping.
He was immortal, which was completely beyond Typhon's expectations. Because he knew very well that he would die. Since he could die, why couldn't the God King die?
"Why?"
"Why..."
"Why!"
The initial joy turned into anger, and finally evolved into the annoyance of being fooled. Typhon could not understand all this. His one hundred heads roared at the same time, making a roar that shook the earth and sky.
"Tell me the God King on earth, tell me!"
"Why! Don't! Die!!!"
Boom!
The sea was in turmoil, and the stars were shaking, but Zeus's life remained strong. Typhon's destruction of the world had caused a violent reaction in the laws, but it didn't care at all. It just stared at Zeus with a hundred pairs of eyes, looking at this immortal being.
"The gods are immortal, monster."
After a while, a weak voice came from Typhon's men. Although he was in a very bad state, Zeus was not panicked at all at this moment.
He looked at the huge monster and said in a firm tone,
"You are not a real god in the world, and you can't take my throne. As long as the gods are immortal, you can't do anything to me."
"The more you do now, the greater the punishment the world will give you, and you will eventually fail. Let me go. You have such power, and you should have a place in the God's Court. I can give you the second highest rank after me—"
Boom!
Typhon pressed Zeus's face into the ground, and he didn't want to listen to his nonsense anymore. Dragging the body of the God King high into the sky, the King of Monsters looked around.
Immortality? It didn't believe it. Everything will eventually die. That was the answer he got from the root of his power.
Even the world will fall, let alone the gods? What the king of gods on earth said is nothing but lies. Since this most powerful god cannot be killed...then it will go and see how to kill the weaker ones!
Looking around, Typhon soon locked onto its target.
It perceives many gods, and the place with the most concentrated divine aura is Olympus in the distance that supports the heaven and earth.
Chapter 291 Disaster and Road Signs
In the center of the east of the earth, a majestic sacred mountain stands tall above the world.
The magnificent and sacred Olympus is still as perfect as ever, and various divine lights are shining on the palaces of the gods.
Exotic flowers and plants dotted the mountain roads, and the morning sun shone in front of the palace decorated with pearls and jade, creating bursts of golden clouds. Everything was so harmonious - if one only looked at the environment.
Because unlike the peaceful and tranquil scenery, the creatures on the mountain were already in chaos. The gods were trying to remain calm, but they were panicking. The servants around them were even paler. Although none of them could see the true process and result of the battle between Zeus and Typhon, some things were obvious.
For example, the thunder and storm that reached the sky and the earth, the sudden disappearance of the God King's aura, and the black clouds that suddenly came towards Olympus.
The divine bodies of innate gods have always been difficult to erase. Unless there is an absolute gap, even if there is a big gap in strength, they will not be defeated in a single encounter. They will even be easily suppressed without even being able to resist.
Seeing this scene, the Olympian gods who had never come into contact with the outer gods were almost frightened. Such a terrible scene was as if Tartarus suddenly gained wisdom and came to the world to punish the gods.
"…This must be fake. Maybe it's just an illusion or something."
On the sacred mountain, the goddess of beauty Aphrodite smiled reluctantly. Beside her, a young goddess huddled and hid. That was her daughter Harmonia, the goddess of harmony.
This newly born god is the eldest daughter of her and Ares - at least it is said that she is the eldest daughter of her and Ares. After all, [Harmony] looks like the child born of [Love and Beauty] and the brutal [War], at most it is more influenced by the mother. In addition, no other gods came to claim this child, so she was naturally listed under the name of the God of War.
"It doesn't look like an illusion... Even if it is, it proves that this demon is more powerful than the God King. After all, using illusions to deceive bystanders in the midst of a battle is not something that someone who is at a disadvantage can do."
The voice was calm, and the goddess of wisdom in military uniform said lightly. Unlike the gods around her, Athena didn't seem that surprised or frightened by this scene - of course, in the eyes of others, this was just the goddess's calm demeanor.
Standing aside, Aphrodite did not respond to Athena's judgment. Not only because their relationship was not good, but also because she understood that Zeus' current state might not be so good.
But she still stayed in Olympus, and so did the other gods. It was not because they were all loyal to Zeus, but more importantly, they were all waiting for the first person to respond.
Although the God King seemed to be defeated, they did not feel the signs of the change of eras and the change of kingship. Moreover, this scene was indeed beyond the gods' previous understanding. It was a bit like two great powers in the future confronting each other, and then suddenly an alien deus ex machina appeared.
In short, things have not yet been settled, so the gods are reluctant to be the first to escape - of course, this is also due to some fluke mentality.
After all, at this time, Typhus was still using various means against the immortal god king, and it had not yet set its sights on Mount Olympus. The gods were inevitably a little hesitant because, if possible, they did not want to run away like a stray dog.
The place fell silent for a moment. No one suggested escaping, and no one suggested going to check on the God King. A strange atmosphere continued on Mount Olympus. They seemed to be expecting a turn for the better, until at some point, the hundred-headed dragon snake finally realized that Zeus was hard to hurt, and it briefly shifted its attention away, setting its sights on the distant God Mountain.
Even though they were far away, the might of the ancestor of all monsters seemed to be right in front of them. The next moment, accompanied by a roar, a black storm moved towards the sacred mountain.
In almost an instant, on the path of Typhon, mountains were flattened, rivers turned into flat land, cities turned into ruins, billions of lives died, and countless souls were thrown into the underworld.
On the road that Typhus passed, countless mountain gods and river gods who survived several wars ultimately could not escape the fate of eternal silence. When this scene was seen by the gods on the sacred mountain, the peace that Olympus had struggled to maintain was finally broken.
There would be no more surprises, as the black storm approached the sacred mountain at a speed that the gods could not match, Olympus was in chaos. The promoted servants and nymphs did not care about the majesty of the gods, they began to flee in all directions, and soon, the gods could no longer maintain their noble appearance.
Because as Typhon moved forward, not only was its hideous face exposed to the gods, but most importantly, all the gods saw Zeus held in the hands of the demon.
With his limbs broken and dying, the God King was pierced from top to bottom by a bone. His originally gorgeous clothes had been completely corroded by the poisonous saliva, and his strong body was covered with bite marks, as if he had been tortured.
Seeing this scene, Aphrodite could no longer hold back her fear, she screamed and fled first. Her action was like igniting the gunpowder of a firecracker, instantly causing the gods to flee in all directions.
The goddess of beauty was the first to escape. She tied herself and her daughter together, and transformed into two fish, one big and one small, and dived into the river around the sacred mountain. Seeing this, Ares followed closely, without any intention of fighting to the death like the god of war.
The god of light Apollo turned into a black eagle and flew away quickly, flapping his wings. The queen of gods Hera, who always had a noble appearance, subconsciously turned into a white bull in panic and fled to the west of Mount Olympus.
The other gods also showed their magical powers and tried every possible way to escape from the approaching world-destroying demon. However, their actions could not be hidden from Typhon's hundred eyes, so he roared and sped up to the sacred mountain.
The gods had limited speed, but they were numerous and fled in different directions. When Typhus finally arrived at Mount Olympus, most of the gods had still escaped. Only a few gods were caught up by the angry ancestor of all demons and then brought back to Olympus one by one.
Soon, a bloody massacre took place in the land of gods. Those non-gods were wiped out by Typhon's power, and none of the other gods could get any benefits. Their clothes were torn, their white skin was pierced by sharp claws, and the gods who could not escape screamed in pain. However, the demon lord just regarded this as beautiful music. It destroyed palaces one by one to the accompaniment, turning the pure land of the gods into dust.
Finally, Typhon pulled up Zeus's somewhat yellow hair, cut off his eyelids, and made him watch how he killed these gods. It used all its strength, selected the weakest one among the gods it captured, and then a hundred dragon heads took turns to come forward, determined to grind her to ashes.
This crazy behavior lasted for a long time, so long that the tortured god had lost the ability to speak. Typhon tried every means he could, but the result made him furious, because until the end, the god still did not die.
It could feel that if it was given more time, it might be able to use its power to obliterate the other's divine body, but it could not really kill the god. Typhon suddenly turned his head and looked at Zeus, who was nailed to the pillar by his bones. However, as expected, there was only mockery in the eyes of the king of gods.
"It's useless, Typhus, son of the Earth Mother. You can't kill me. You can't even kill the weakest god. This is proof that we gods are born noble. And you can't replace me as the new king of gods. After all, the world will not recognize a monster like you. So even if you lock us in the abyss, you can't stop us from getting out of it."
"You are very capable, but you cannot go against the laws of the world. Perhaps you plan to be a jailer and guard the gate of Tartarus forever? But that is still meaningless. Because even the King of Gods would not dare to easily imprison a true god with a priesthood in a place that is beyond the reach of the laws of the world, let alone you... If you really do this, maybe for a year, maybe for ten years, you will have to use your own strength to fight against the suppression of the entire world, and in front of that supreme power, you will have no resistance-"
Boom!
The giant claw broke the pillar, and Typhon held Zeus in his hand. The sound of bones rubbing against each other creaked in his palm. Zeus's face twisted in pain, but he still used his eyes to laugh at the other's powerlessness.
Typhon could feel that the other party seemed to be irritating him, but he had to admit that what the God-King on earth said might be right, and he was indeed irritated.
If he couldn't kill him, then there was no point in doing anything now. The world had always been repelling outsiders, and he had already felt it. Typhon didn't care before because he thought he could end it all soon, but if he couldn't find a way to deal with it, then he would eventually fail.
"roar--!"
Roaring to the sky, Typhon's blood seemed to be boiling.
Since the moment he was born, perhaps due to some keen spiritual perception, Typhus has always had a feeling that his life is counting down.
It was as if some great threat was approaching him, and when it really arrived, everything would come to an end...With this sense of danger that came from nowhere, Typhon set his sights on the being that was most likely to pose a threat, the God King who claimed to dominate the world. However, the result made him extremely crazy - although he defeated Zeus, he could not kill him at all.
"Do you think this is the end, bug?"
Pinching Zeus, Typhon vibrated the dragon wings behind him, causing a huge storm.
It looked at the sacred mountain that supported the sky and wanted to destroy it several times - it was even possible that Zeus wanted it to do this in anger before, but the instinctive warning finally stopped Typhus.
Olympus could not stop Typhon's might, but it had not yet found a way to kill the gods. If it went too far now, it would likely cause the suppression of the law to be too strong, leaving it no time to do anything else.
So it finally flapped its wings and flew away from the ruined sacred mountain under the storm, a place that it hated but could not destroy for the time being.
At a certain moment, it stopped and threw Zeus from its hands to the ground. It looked at the God King with fierce and cruel eyes.
"This is only the beginning... I will search the world, I will destroy every living thing I see, and in the end, King of the Gods, I will find a way to kill you."
"You will not succeed," Zeus said calmly, "Fate is on my side."
Boom!
"Nothing can stop me. Just wait to die. And those reptiles that ran away, don't let any of them escape!"
After nailing Zeus in a cave, Typhon turned and left.
Zeus' power has been sealed, so he can't make any waves. Besides, even if he escapes, what can he do? He will just be caught again.
In the face of absolute power, Typhon was fearless. It flapped its wings and looked down at the earth with a hundred pairs of eyes.
It will find the gods that have escaped and interrogate them one by one. It will find a way to put an end to the gods once and for all, and then wipe out all these immortal bugs from the world!
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The earth was in chaos, and the gods fled.
Although Typhon's birth was brief, it had a huge impact on the world. Even the sea and the starry sky that it had not yet touched trembled under its might.
However, at this moment, just before and after Typhus climbed Mount Olympus, on the outskirts of the Land of Eternal Night, Nyx, with her face covered with a black veil, quietly watched the scene outside.
On the vast gray earth, the dark moon still hangs there, but in a place invisible to ordinary people, chains of order are lingering around it, isolating the red mist that is pouring in from the void.
And at the border between the underworld and the earth, beside the gate on the banks of the Acheron River, souls poured in like a tide, flowing along the waters of the River of Forgotten to the world of spirits.
These were all souls that had just died, living creatures that had lost their lives because of Typhon—and these were just the ones that were affected. Because the lives that were truly killed by the King of All Monsters could not even escape with their souls.
Typhon has not yet truly entered the underworld, but the impact he has brought has already permeated the world...but none of this has anything to do with Nyx.
Although Typhon's power is strong, if it dares to enter the realm of eternal night, it will never win. After all, in the outside world, perhaps Nyx's power ranking is still debatable, but in her own domain, the Mother of Night is undoubtedly the number one in the world.
This is not only because of the home advantage, but also because of her unique characteristics. As the last original god born in Chaos, Nyx undoubtedly has some unique abilities. She has never called upon her three-phase incarnation in the outside world, because she herself can't do it. But in the Land of Eternal Night, this is another story.
"Three phases...it won't be long before it becomes two phases."
"But it's not a power I can really control anyway, so there's no point in keeping it."
With a light snort, although Nyx said so, she was still a little unhappy in her heart.
She understood a little bit about other people's obsession to break away from the world, but only a little bit. The thought only flashed through her mind, because soon something else caught her attention.
On the outskirts of the Land of Eternal Night, along a road he had walked before, Ryan was walking towards where she was. Nyx couldn't help but raise her eyebrows when she saw this, and then she took a step forward, her figure blurring and then disappearing.
"So what you said before, what you wanted to do with me, was to deal with that monster?"
At least from Ryan's perspective, Nyx's doubts came before she arrived.
"That's very disappointing to me. I don't see why it's worth my while. Everyone wants it dead, so why should I bother with it?"
"Of course not, Nyx. Typhon will not die by your hands or mine, and I don't have time for him."
Ryan said with a smile, flicking his sleeves slightly.
"It's just a hook."
"I just need it to be a signpost for where I'm going."
Chapter 292: Paradoxical Fate
Long ago, when Nyx first discovered that Princess Io of Bithlachi had disappeared at the end of the world, Ryan had been waiting for this day.
No mortal can disappear out of thin air in front of the primordial god. If someone does, it either proves that she is not a mortal, or it can only be the work of the world itself.
However, Io, who could be oppressed by Zeus, was obviously not a hidden big shot, so according to the legends of later generations, Ryan easily locked the only result. Since the existence of the Nine Realms proved that there was more than one world of Chaos in the void, then another mythological system that was closely related to the mythology naturally had the possibility of appearing.
The mortal princess had gone ahead, and the gods were about to follow. Although Ryan didn't think they would really enter that world like Io, at least the gods could take him to the gate of Hermeneu.
"I remember you said that."
"'When a hundred-headed beast attacks Olympus, the gods will flee in all directions'... Is this another 'prophecy' of yours?"
It was just a flash of thought, and Nix immediately remembered the cause and effect of the incident.
Compared to Ryan, she was the first to discover the mysterious disappearance of Io, and she was the one who took the initiative to seek an explanation from Ryan. However, after so many years of silence, Nyx had already put the matter behind her.
In addition, Typhon was born too hastily, and Zeus was defeated too quickly, so that until Ryan came to her, she didn't connect this incident with the disappearance of the human princess.
"That's it."
Nodding, seeing that Nyx remembered this matter, Ryan saved himself some explanation.
"I see. It's the foreign world you were talking about...but how are you going to 'follow' them?"
Under the ever-changing veil, Ms. Ye seemed to raise an eyebrow.
She had witnessed Io's disappearance, so she was well aware of the difficulty of this matter. Let's not talk about how Ryan could determine which god would go to the so-called Hemenu world. Even if he successfully foresaw the node of fate, could he really follow the other party and find the way to other worlds?
Under the influence of the world's power, a mortal can disappear in front of her silently, and it is impossible to find the other party's whereabouts no matter what, not to mention that it is a god who disappears this time.
Even if they followed the Olympian gods, they would not be able to detect where the other had gone when they disappeared. In the void outside the world, exploration without a goal was meaningless.
"I know that even if the mortal's soul originated from me, I still cannot sense the location of the human princess. However, this is true for humans, but not necessarily for gods. There happens to be one among the Olympian gods who has a close relationship with me. With her existence, I may not be able to spy on the method of transfer, but I can definitely lock her location after the transfer."
Ryan explained casually, without any intention of further explanation. He looked at the quiet night scene full of sleeping flowers and finally confirmed it.
"Are you going to do anything else?"
"…There's nothing to do, and even if there is, I don't need to do it."
Without asking any further questions, Nyx looked back into the depths of the realm and shook her head indifferently.
There, one of her three incarnations was releasing its power, but not under her control.
Nyx didn't react much to this, because similar things would happen every time the world's destiny node came. She just waved her hand and disappeared into the realm first.
"…"
Seeing this, Ryan followed closely. They needed to go outside the world first, but in the void where the world still anchored its 'existence', and then follow the signposts to find their location.
Soon, the Land of Eternal Night returned to peace again. There was only the constant night and the shadowy creatures in the dim light.
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Outside Mount Olympus.
The black storm was still raging on the sacred mountain, and the gods had just escaped.
The King of Demons is destroying everything on the sacred mountain in the hope of killing the gods, and the figure of Zeus nailed to a pillar by bones can be vaguely seen.
Standing in a hidden valley, Athena looked at the scene over there.
The black-haired girl was no longer dressed in military uniform, and was only wearing a white dress with light golden patterns. Her long, smooth hair flowed from her neck and shoulders to her slender waist, and she did not look like she was in a hurry to escape.
This was normal. During her trip to the virtual world, Athena had already read the records of the Typhon War in those complicated books. Although many of the contents there were very different from reality, the goddess was not surprised.
Because no matter how you look at it, that virtual world originated from Zeus, and a lot of the history in it does not seem real. It is like a play with Zeus as the protagonist.
He was like the Lord of Destiny, never defeated, even the King of Monsters could only win by stealing his weapons. Even the previous God King was defeated by Zeus head-on and imprisoned forever.
But it is not like that now...So the girl who holds wisdom easily attributed it to "a possibility in the future". Those so-called histories can be believed in part, but not all.
"At least I have never seen any record of the God King being chopped into pieces by Typhon and hung on Olympus."
Athena was a little happy with a slight smile on her face. She stroked the sleeve of her right hand and secretly praised her own craftsmanship.
It was a critical moment for the gods to escape, but she was not panicked at all and even took the time to change her clothes. There were reasons for that. The former was because she was well prepared, and the latter was simply because the so-called "military uniform" of this era was a bit strange and did not seem to fit the goddess' aesthetic.
In terms of daily clothing, there is the black dress that Nyx was born in the world, and then there is the various knowledge that Ryan spread in the spirit world, so in general, their designs are actually more "modern", but in comparison, the others are still in line with the traditional culture of ancient Greece.
In this case, the ancient Greek military uniforms... can only be said that those who understand will understand. Extending this, if Athena in the original trajectory wore this every day and ran around, it seems not difficult to understand why the craftsman god Hephaestus suddenly became beastly.
Of course, on this trajectory, he probably doesn't stand a chance.
"Well, this Typhon... is a little strong. I can't beat it."
After looking at the sacred mountain for a while, Athena had to admit that her strength was far behind its. Even if her own strength in the virtual world had skyrocketed, she was definitely not its opponent.
So it is not a wise move to fight against it. She should think about what to do next - it will not be to save the King of Gods anyway, Zeus does not need her to save him.
Athena actually wanted to see how Zeus would escape without the god named Hermes and then kill Typhon. Anyway, as a demon from the outside world, Typhus couldn't always act recklessly in the world. Just hide from it for now and delay it to the back.
"I can't go to the underworld. I don't know why, but it gives me a very dangerous feeling... The starry sky can be used as an alternative. The vast star field is even more vast than the earth. No one can find me if I hide there, but I can only hide there."
The black-haired girl tilted her head slightly and looked towards the east. That was the direction of the sea, and also where her grandfather was.
Normally, for various reasons, she was not easy to contact with the Oceanus couple, and Oceanus might not really care much about the family relationship. But now Zeus himself was in danger, and he probably couldn't find her whereabouts. Even if there was no family relationship, Athena still had interests in her hands.
"Then... huh?"
After making the decision, Athena was ready to head to the East China Sea after Typhon left. But the next moment, she suddenly took a step back with a vigilant look on her face.
For some reason, at this moment, Athena had the same feeling as when she accidentally entered an unreal world while peeking into memories, and this time it was stronger than ever before.
She wanted to do something, but in fact, she didn't have time to do anything. Time and space froze at this moment, and her thoughts stopped moving.
brush--
Without resistance or struggle, Athena's figure was wiped out inch by inch without a sound or a trace. Under some supreme power, her position was instantly changed.
At this moment, a passage that existed and did not exist appeared between Chaos and Hermeneu. The mighty power of the world created something out of nothing, and Athena appeared on the road with other gods, and then continued to move forward under the impetus of the mighty power.
At this moment, all the gods lost consciousness, their minds were still frozen in the previous moment. Except for Athena, who had a similar experience, no one noticed any signs. Behind them, two figures also began to move. They also continued to move along this "road" anchored by the world's power, chasing the gods in front.
Everything happened in an instant, and time had no meaning for this kind of power. In the script written by fate, the gods should have found themselves in another world in a trance, a world different from Chaos, but already eroded by his power. They would devour and assimilate the local gods here, helping Chaos complete this world-class devouring.
It should have been like this, if it hadn't happened so many years earlier. However, there is no if in reality. At the moment when the position of the gods was close to the scope of the world of Hemenu, everything stopped at the same moment.
Crack!
A sound of friction from the source resounded, echoing in the empty void. It seemed to be the collision of the world itself, but it was not between two different worlds, but between Chaos himself and himself.
The trajectory of fate was moving, but at the same time it was being torn apart. The flow of time began to become confused, and even began to affect the stability of the Chaos world on the other side of the void. At the same time, a small gap appeared in the power that originally enveloped the gods, and a small connection appeared between the inside and the outside.
"…"
"...what happened?"
Athena, who seemed half asleep in the mist and darkness, vaguely heard a pleasant female voice asking.
"Aren't you the spirit of 'destiny'?"
"It is obvious that there is an unavoidable conflict between fate and Chaos's order."
Another familiar male voice sounded, and Athena tried hard to open her eyes. But after several attempts, she failed.
…
Two streaks of light flashed quickly in the void.
Compared to the world inside, Ryan and Nix were both slower in both speed and momentum. This was not because of excessive consumption, but because the "existence" of the world here was undoubtedly very meager.
In later Eastern classical philosophical thoughts, there is a saying that "Tao begets one, one begets two, two begets three, and three begets all things." However, if even the "Tao" is gone, many things built on it will lose the meaning of existence.
Just like the characters in the game are separated from the game itself, they are just a bunch of meaningless codes, so when the "existence" of the world is reduced, everything based on the rules of the world will naturally weaken. But compared to Nyx beside him, Ryan is somewhat better, because he himself has some power to anchor existence.
The stream of light continued to pass, and after an unknown amount of time, the surrounding void's 'existence' finally gradually became clear again. However, compared to the surroundings of Chaos World, this place had a slightly foreign atmosphere.
However, this feeling just proved that there was nothing wrong with the direction they were heading, so as their own strength recovered little by little, they also sped up - until a certain moment, the sound of collision and friction from the source was heard.
"The conflict between fate and order?"
Stopping in the void, Nyx looked into the distance.
There seemed to be something infinitely large and infinitely small there, but she could not see anything that actually existed.
That was their goal, but compared to the clearly visible Chaos, surrounded by a long river, this world seemed to be hidden in the shadows.
This is Hemenu, or its name comes from its unique world structure. Its main body is divided into four layers, from inside to outside, and each layer has two positive and negative sides. They are collectively called "Hemenu", and are also called "Eight Gods" by the intelligent life in the world.
The outermost layer of this world is the 'absolute void', which symbolizes the void that the world's power can radiate to but does not exist itself; the second layer is the 'boundless darkness', which can be understood as the surface layer that wraps the world and prevents all interactions between the inside and the outside; the third layer is the 'infinite space', which carries the void of everything in the world and is two sides of the same coin with the void of the outside world; and the innermost layer is the 'primordial water', on which all the matter and gods of the entire world were born.
In this case, looking from the outside in, all you can notice is nothingness and darkness, and you can't see anything else.
"Yes, the conflict between order and destiny. Remember what I said before, the Chaos gods will not really enter this world - not that they can't enter, but the world will not allow them to enter, and now this scene has proved that what I thought was right."
Nodding, in the void around Ryan, there were dots of flickering light, that was where the Chaos gods were.
They should have plunged directly into the dark and unfathomable depths, but now they all stopped here.
"They came too early, Nyx. Our world is many years earlier than the original destiny, maybe thousands of years, maybe tens of thousands of years - no one knows exactly how much earlier. In short, the foreign land that should have been almost completely swallowed up still has a considerable degree of resistance, but destiny does not realize this."
"In the meantime, the integration of the Nine Realms has even exacerbated this problem. After all, from a long-term perspective, the remains of the Nine Realms will indeed strengthen Chaos's size, but in the short term, it will cause the world to have to devote a considerable amount of power to digest this gain."
"…So, just like the world does not want the true God who holds power to enter the abyss beyond His control, Chaos does not want the agents of the law to enter the foreign land that he has not yet completely controlled—because it is very likely that they will never return?"
After thinking for a while, Nyx roughly understood the whole story.
Indeed, if Chaos had the upper hand, he could naturally throw the gods into the fight and make it the last straw that broke the camel's back. But now two countries are at war, and although one side has lost cities and territory, its core is intact. At this time, if the troops are thrown into the heart of the other side without backup, it is not known whether they can cause damage. Anyway, the people who go there probably won't come back.
The gods are indeed immortal, but only if their opponents are not from another world.
"And Io?"
"And since there's a problem...will they just stay here like this?"
"Io is a mortal. Although she has a certain role in destiny, her existence or not will not have any impact on the world."
"As for the gods..."
After hesitating for a moment, Ryan said calmly.
"I don't know either. Maybe time will give the answer... But I have a better solution."
"After all, Nyx, you see, since the Hemenu world still has some power left - then how can I get in?"
This is indeed a problem. Ryan is sure that he cannot break through the "endless darkness" by himself. So during the conversation, Ryan cast his eyes on the light ball closest to him.
That was his signpost along the way, Athena of wisdom and victory.
Chapter 293 The Rising Sun
He fell sideways in mid-air, surrounded by an invisible force.
Her black hair fell down unconsciously. At this moment, Athena did not show any of her usual heroic spirit. Instead, she looked like a peaceful sleeping beauty.
However, the two people present were indifferent to this beautiful scenery. Nyx even looked at the other person up and down for a long time with a research attitude, but still couldn't figure out Ryan's intention.
"You want to send her to a foreign land? Although I don't know what the so-called connection between you and her is, and how you are going to bypass the barrier of the world, I have to remind you."
"For a world, He doesn't care who sent the extraterritorial gods in. He will only regard them as threats, and will transform them if possible, and destroy them if not."
"I know. Besides, as a true god who is immortal, Athena can't actually enter. Just like she is now wrestling with her own destiny, Chaos will not send his power into someone else's stomach... so he can't send it to a living person."
With a slight smile, Ryan stretched out his right hand and touched the forehead of 'Sleeping Beauty'.
The white light curtain flickered slightly, and an invisible force stopped his finger from moving forward. However, due to the struggle between "self" and "self", a gap appeared in the power of the world.
Part of him wanted to send Athena in, but the other part wanted to keep him here. Ryan was kindhearted and couldn't bear to see this kind of killing, so he helped him compromise. If one couldn't get in, then half would be sent; if the living couldn't get in, then let the dead take her place; if the one with authority couldn't leave, then let the one without authority do it for her.
At first it was a little mist, and then thousands of threads emerged from Athena's brow. Nyx, who was standing by, identified the essence of those things at a glance - they were not souls, and were not even recognized by the world. They were just a "dead fate".
Snap——
There was a slight sound in the dark, and the real name of Pallas Athena was being split. The part that originally belonged to her destined brother, the arrogant god-man lord, had nothing to do with the goddess of wisdom from then on. After all, if Zeus had not swallowed his wife and there had been no subsequent sacrifices, they should not have had such a connection.
"You see, she is the perfect candidate."
"The 'script' of fate to send Athena to Hermeneus has been completed, and the world itself has prevented the immortal gods from falling into the heart of the foreign land. And the fate that has partially completed the 'script' will no longer fight against the world itself so fiercely, and soon, the other gods will not stay here either."
"So you," Nyx said, "you are the only one who can leave an anchor in this world, and the rest of the gods are excluded - then what am I here for?"
Her voice was light and floating, just like Ms. Ye's black dress that was always changing shape. No one knew what she was thinking.
She seemed to be expressing dissatisfaction, but it seemed not to be. However, Ryan just smiled. Although in his heart, Nyx's real role was still in Chaos, it was not useless here.
Besides, since he has already called the people here, he naturally has to pay them a reward.
"Help me conceal the breath of this soul - I estimate that Io was discovered as early as the day he entered the world, but he can't be discovered so early."
"Then, through this medium, you will also establish a connection with him... When the day comes when this world is completely destroyed, you will be able to get your reward through this."
In any case, the size of the Hemenu world is far less than that of Chaos, so its defeat is also a destined future, and both of them are well aware of this.
While speaking, Ryan's index finger overlapped with the mist of fate. With a flash of spiritual light, a new soul began to be constructed in front of the two.
However, this scene only lasted for a short time. When the soul was half constructed, the changes stopped.
"Half of it was born from me, and the other half, let this world complete it."
After letting go of her hand, the illusory soul shook slightly. The fate that had originally shrouded Athena seemed to have found another object to rely on, and naturally began to deviate.
"What is that?"
Suddenly, Nyx pointed to the foreign land shrouded in darkness ahead. There, a golden light began to flicker at some point.
The hierarchical structure of the world seems unable to stop it...it is constantly breaking through to the outside world.
"A local god, probably. He looks like a sun god, much more powerful than the sun god of Chaos."
After a quick look, Ryan roughly recognized the identity of the visitor.
That should be Ra, but I don't know when it was and whether it is the complete form of Amon-Ra-Atum.
"If that's the case, even without me, the gods won't remain deadlocked here. After all, as long as the gods from outside this domain discover them, fighting will be inevitable, and then the power of the world's self-preservation will overwhelm fate and drag these gods back."
Judging from this, it's not surprising.
Although the world's will is rigid, it is not to the point where it can block itself. No matter what, He will gradually solve this problem.
As for La... Ryan would be happy to see his level in advance.
Although the Hemenu world is far inferior to Chaos, Ra is the only supreme god, far less than them having more than one original god. In this case, it is still difficult to say what kind of strength the other party has.
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In the endless yellow sand of Hermeneu, the Nile River Basin.
Above the city of Heliopolis, in the eternally burning sphere.
The sun moved through the world, and in the past it was only the incarnation of Ra who was responsible for all this, but today, unbeknownst to the gods of Upper and Lower Egypt, he silently replaced his double.
Because not long ago, Ra once again felt the panic brought by the dream whose content he could not remember. So he did not care about preventing the Chaos Serpent Apophis from reviving again soon, but came here as soon as possible to inspect the human kingdom under his feet.
He paid no attention to the others but to those humans who were incompatible with the Egyptians. Most of them were slaves, with shameful marks on their bodies, while some were free but engaged in the most difficult and heavy work. Others could not bear the oppression and slavery, wandering in dark alleys or streets at night, stealing and robbing to survive.
This was naturally regarded by the Egyptians as the despicable nature of foreigners, and then they further intensified their repression. All this originated from an order from Ra, but he had no mercy on it. On the contrary, he was observing the existence of these mortals inch by inch.
As time went by, with the dilution of their blood, these mortals who called themselves Hebrews had long lost their foreign aura, and had even gradually become part of Hemenu. But the less he saw the problem, the more uneasy Ra felt.
He wanted to find the root of everything, but he found nothing like every time before. After looking for an unknown amount of time, La raised his head slightly.
The feeling that something was approaching became clearer and clearer... At this moment, an idea suddenly came to him.
As the Lord of the Gods of the Hemenu World, he already knew every inch of this world, but he seemed to know nothing about things that were not in this world. Perhaps by changing his perspective, he could discover things that he had overlooked before.
"Shu, come see me."
A majestic and deep voice sounded, and the next moment, La's voice reached Shu's ears. Shu immediately used his power over wind and air, turning into an invisible fluid and rushing towards the sun.
"Respected Lord Ra, what do you want me to do?"
As he stepped on the burning sun, all kinds of speculations arose in Shu's mind.
It has been a long time since the god Ra has issued any oracle. Over the years, he has been paying attention to the descendants of Isis, the sinners in Upper and Lower Egypt.
Perhaps today is about this again. Has the sun in the sky finally decided to become the sun on earth and burn all those mortals to death?
"The sun will leave the earth, and I will go to the sky beyond the sky, the realm beyond the realm."
"Inform all the gods that there is no need to panic. This is just a normal change."
"…"
"…Supreme Ra, your will will be done. Whether the sun is in the sky or not, you are the only light in the world."
Shu was shocked, as he didn't expect to hear such an order, but he only hesitated for a moment before responding in a low voice.
La was not asking for his opinion, he was just announcing his order. Even though he was one of the nine gods, Shu was not going to object to this.
"very good."
He nodded and waved his hand to let the other party retreat.
When he was the only one left on the sun, he raised his head to look at the sky, and supreme divine power surged from his body that seemed like it was cast in gold.
He knew that the world was enveloped in endless darkness. Unlike Atum, the previous sun god whom he replaced and devoured, he was not a god born directly from the primordial water. Therefore, Ra had always had an instinctive aversion to this "outer garment" that protected the world.
But now he had to try to get through it... Thinking of this, Ra no longer hesitated. The sun began to deviate from its orbit, and the midday sun gradually shrank. He began to rise towards the sky, rising endlessly.
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Ra, the sun god in the world of Hermeneu, is about to see the scene of the void for the first time.
It is constantly raising its position, but in the distant world of Chaos, another sun is doing just the opposite.
In the vast starry sky, the sun and the moon were originally moving according to their inherent trajectories, but not long ago the appearance of Tifeng not only scared away the moon that was about to set, but also stopped the sun from moving.
Fortunately, Chaos's day and night are not controlled by the sun and the moon, but are actually the manifestation of the eternal night rising and falling like the tide. So even if the two supreme celestial bodies disappeared in the sky, it did not affect the change of day and night at all.
Until recently, when Chaos and the gods came to the foreign land, when the fate and rules of the world itself began to conflict with each other, time was distorted and reflected in the present world.
The time on earth does not change much, but the speed of time on the ocean suddenly increases a lot, and even more so in the starry sky.
Disordered time appeared everywhere in the star field, and in some places hundreds of thousands of years passed in an instant.
All of this stems from Chaos's incorrect understanding of time. When rules and fate collide with each other, this self-damage also makes the world try to solve this problem. The reason for this contradiction is essentially that Chaos' gods' "crossing" came too early.
The world realized this, but He could not change it. He instinctively attributed the problem to the slow timeline, so He tried to change this situation.
Unfortunately, Chaos may be able to speed up the flow of his own time, but he cannot affect Hermeneus, let alone speed up the process of swallowing another world in this way. Therefore, the final result is this time wonder that spreads all over the world.
Time was thus distorted, and time became history... It looked terrible, but it was actually not a big problem, because Typhon and the God King were still on the earth, and Gaia's body still existed. The three great beings greatly influenced the occurrence of this change, so there were no obvious changes in the places where mortals lived.
The same is true in the starry sky. Those who can ascend to the sky in this era are basically immortals, and they naturally will not have any problems due to the speed of time. Everything should have been done this way, but there was a special exception in the middle, and that was the sun god Helios.
Since the birth of Typhon, the original sun has become a little redder for some reason, and the collision between the rules of Chaos' world and fate seems to have weakened some protection, causing the entire celestial body to begin to tremble slightly.
But the sun is one of the most important celestial bodies for Chaos after all, and Helios is also an immortal true god. Although he has encountered an accident now, he can actually hold on until everything is over - if there is no sudden acceleration of time.
So in the core of the sun, Helios remained silent as he looked at the branches in front of him that were constantly releasing red mist.
He can hold out for a hundred days...but that doesn't mean he can hold out for ten thousand years.