Greek Mythology: The Spiritual Dominator

The sun chariot has arrived in the west, and the afterglow of the setting sun dyes the earth with a layer of golden paint. The place where the post-enlightenment people live is not far from the human tribe, but separated by a wide river.

This is a river that was born at the turn of the era. It was born from the aftermath of the fight between the two ancient gods. Therefore, this river does not have a river god, but is occupied by a strange beast with two heads and stained with the blood of the sea god.

Under the threat of strange beasts, there is no trace of human activity here even though it is only separated by a river.

But today, three goddesses with different looks but gorgeous clothes came here. They were dressed in jewel-encrusted dresses, with garlands on their heads and flowers in their hands, and their whole bodies were filled with a beautiful and joyful atmosphere.

When they stood together, even the deserted riverside seemed like a banquet with meandering water, giving people a sense of joy from the heart.

"Aglaia, why do you think Father God wants us to come here to visit a mortal?"

Looking a little arrogant, Thalia complained to her youngest sister.

"She is not a mortal, Thalia, she is Pandora blessed by the gods."

With a peaceful smile, Aglaia explained quietly.

"Then what's the difference? She was created by gods, and humans are also created by gods. Does being blessed by the gods make her a god?"

Somewhat unconvinced, as the longest and most mature-looking of the three, Thalia actually knew that Pandora was not a simple mortal, but no matter what, she could not be compared with God.

But such a person has received blessings from the gods, which is a treatment that she has never enjoyed.

"Forget it, Thalia, she is married to a god no matter what. Maybe Father God wants us to express his mercy. After all, the elder brother and younger brother of the foolish god were both punished by the divine court one after another. ”

Beside, Euphrosyne stopped Thalia from complaining.

The three goddesses of grace, the daughters of the ocean goddess Eurynome, are responsible for elegance and magnificence, joy and festivals, inspiration and feasting respectively. From a certain perspective, this seems to correspond to the beauty of women in three different age groups.

Aglaia, the youngest, is elegant and quiet. She often likes to be alone to enjoy the beautiful scenery of mountains and rivers; Euphrosyne, the second-ranked one, likes a more lively atmosphere, and she often brings smiles to those around her; The eldest Thalia, ordinary fun can no longer satisfy her, so she is in charge of indulgences and banquets, bringing more exciting enjoyment to everyone.

But perhaps it is precisely because of this that the eldest one seems to love comparison, while the youngest one seems to be much more polite.

"snort."

With a slight hum, Thalia accepted Euphrosyne's statement. Although she didn't think much of Epimetheus in her heart, he was at least a descendant of the Titans. The two brothers were famous among the gods for their wisdom and strength respectively, and he himself also had considerable divine power.

Although this "not weak" is only compared to the three of them, in this era, it is really rare for true gods to be weaker than their powers.

After the brief argument, the three goddesses walked towards the garden in the distance. This is the garden that Epimetheus built for Pandora, right around the house where they lived.

"Hey, you are——"

The undisguised approach of the Goddess of Mercy alarmed the owner here. Wearing a large robe, Pandora raised her head from a flower bed and looked not far away.

As symbols of beauty, the three goddesses have different appearances, but they all meet the evaluation of "beauty". In this regard, Pandora, who has been blessed by the true God of Beauty, is not inferior. But compared to the other party's gorgeous clothes, her clothes seemed much simpler.

Athena has not yet been born, so this "bright-eyed girl" who is victorious in battles and resourceful has no chance to put on Pandora's feathers. Therefore, as the first mortal woman in the world, a feeling of envy could not help but rise in Pandora's heart, but it was quickly suppressed by her.

She is a life blessed by the gods, just a piece of clothing, nothing to care about.

"I am Aglaia, and they are my two sisters. We are here to visit the Illuminati's younger brother."

With a polite smile, Aglaia spoke.

"Then please come in, three of you. I have heard your names. But unfortunately, Epimetheus left not long ago. He said he would be out for a while."

Pandora walked forward and opened the garden door, Pandora said.

"Is that so? That's really unfortunate."

With a slight smile, Aglaia pulled her somewhat reluctant sister and walked into the garden.

On both sides of the road paved with fine stones, brightly colored flowers bloom out of season. This comes from the blessing of the goddess Demeter, who makes the place where Pandora is located bloom like spring all year round.

Walking into the garden, Aglaia looked at the environment and layout and randomly found a topic.

"On weekdays, are you and His Highness Epimetheus the only two people living here? It seems a bit deserted."

"Not just us, but also my daughter, Pyrrha, who was born not long ago. In addition, Deucalion also comes to our place often."

Speaking of Deucalion, Pandora felt a little regretful.

"He failed to inherit the power of his parents, and even had almost no divinity. As an ordinary demigod, he therefore lives with us in the human world."

The Illuminati Prometheus had a wife and children, although they are certainly not as well known as he himself. He and the ocean goddess Pronoa, the goddess of vision, gave birth to Deucalion. However, the son of the Illuminati failed to obtain any priesthood, and his power was not even much stronger than that of ordinary humans.

Demigod is sometimes used to describe a state, and sometimes it is used to describe a race. But in this era, the first mortal creature that has self-generated divinity has not yet been born, so demigod naturally means the latter.

Anyone who is the first generation descendant of a god can be called a demigod, and Deucalion is such an existence.

Back when Prometheus tried to deceive the gods, the goddess of foresight, like Epimetheus, counseled him. But unlike those who were later awakened, after persuading him to no avail, Pronoa went directly to the place where Iapetus lived in seclusion to seek the protection of the Titan god.

She did not return to the sea, because after learning the secret of the faith, Pronoia was no longer allowed to go to the sea. Deucalion chose to stay because he always believed in his father's wisdom.

"That's a real pity, but I believe that, like his father, he will use something other than strength to achieve his goals."

After comforting her, Aglaia chatted with Pandora for a while, and her two sisters also joined in.

Halfway through the garden, Thalia suddenly seemed to remember something and couldn't help but ask.

"Pandora, I heard that His Majesty Pluto gave you a jar?"

"That's right, do you want to take a look?"

With a smile on her lips, Pandora was inevitably a little proud of this treasure given by Pluto.

Since going to the underworld, Hades has rarely interacted with the gods on earth, but he still remembered to send him a gift, which is also something to be happy about.

"Of course, I've been interested in it for a long time."

Nodding, Thalia continued:

"It is said that there was also a main god of the underworld who put a very precious treasure inside at that time?"

"Treasure, maybe, but I don't know what it is."

In her memory, what Lyanna put into the clay pot was a shining phantom that could not be seen clearly, so Pandora just shook her head.

"Then you didn't try to open it and take a look?"

Curiosity aroused, Thalia couldn't help but suggest.

"His Majesty Pluto has told you not to open this jar."

She refused. Although Pandora was also curious about what was hidden inside so that such an ordinary clay pot could absorb disaster and misfortune, she remembered the God King's instructions, so she never acted inappropriately.

"I know, but Pluto didn't say why it can't be opened."

I don’t really care. In Thalia’s impression, there was nothing in the world of Khaos that would bring disaster to the gods if opened.

As for mortals, she really hadn't thought about their affairs.

"Maybe there is a more precious treasure hidden inside. Besides, the God King didn't stop the other Lord God of the Underworld from putting the gift inside, so there must be no danger inside."

Pandora was a little moved, but she shook her head and refused again, which made Thalia a little unhappy. She looked at the beautiful woman in front of her and said calmly:

"Yes, after all, you are not a god, so you will inevitably have various worries, but this is actually unnecessary. I don't know what the father God's purpose was for allowing the gods to create you."

"Maybe, but as a protoss, you don't seem to be able to make the gods treat you differently. Why don't you go find His Majesty Pluto and ask what's in it, so as to satisfy my curiosity? "

Although facing the gods, Pandora was not afraid at all. With the blessing given to her by Hestia, this god with little power could do nothing to her.

"you--"

Thalia's face didn't look very good, and the scene was a little awkward for a while. Aglaia and Euphrosyne restrained her, and the quarrel did not continue.

However, in this atmosphere, the three goddesses of grace did not stay long. They just took a hurried tour of the garden and then returned to Olympus.

Fortunately, although Epimetheus was not here, the God King asked them to come in the name of visiting Pandora. Therefore, the three goddesses consciously fulfilled Zeus's instructions.

Standing at the door of the garden, Pandora looked at the three leaving figures, feeling a little angry and a little sad in her heart. Although Thalia's rudeness made her feel unhappy, there was a reason why the other party was like this. After all, Chaos was a smart female life, either a god or a nymph.

The value of nymphs' existence is to serve as servants of the gods.

"What's wrong? What happened today?"

Startled by the sound behind her, Pandora immediately realized that the person coming was none other than Epimetheus.

"Aren't you going to go out for a while?"

"The gods on Mount Olympus came to visit you before. If they had known that you would be back now, they would have stayed a little longer."

"That's really unlucky."

After smiling, Epimetheus glanced at the fading light on the horizon and continued to ask:

"What did they talk to you about?"

"The eldest sister of the three Graces, Thalia is curious about Pluto's gift. His Majesty Hades clearly said not to open it."

Feeling aggrieved, Pandora hoped to get comfort from Epimetheus, but she was disappointed.

"I think it's okay to open it and take a look."

Smiling brightly, Epimetheus said casually.

"snort."

With a snort, Pandora ignored her stupid husband and turned around and walked towards the room. She didn't want to talk to Epimetheus anymore.

Behind her, the man behind her was not angry either. He just smiled and followed Pandora.

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The three goddesses Meihui left, but everything did not end there. From that day on, out of a certain psychology, even though neither of her two younger sisters had any interest, Thalia uncharacteristically often came to the place where the Awakened Ones lived to meet her new 'friends'.

But for some reason, she almost never met Epimetheus. Each time the other party was not there for various reasons, but this was exactly what Thalia wanted, and she did not come here for the God of Hindsight.

She borrowed the golden crown from the Queen of Heaven, the Golden Wheat Staff from the Goddess of Agriculture, and asked the Mother Goddess to weave a garland for her. She even borrowed Aphrodite's belt, an artifact that could charm all the opposite sexes. . Except for the goddess of law who was not in Olympus recently, she had visited almost all gods of some status.

The result surprised even herself. Whenever she came to request, these powerful gods agreed to her request one by one. But Thalia didn't think much about it, she thought it was all for the sake of the God King.

Naturally, good things must be shared, so every time she obtained these treasures, she would come and show them to her 'friend' Pandora.

This behavior undoubtedly made Pandora very angry, and she told her husband about it, but just like the rumors among the gods, the stupid Epimetheus was not aware of Thalia's sinister intentions at all. '.

On the contrary, he was very surprised. Isn't it a joyful thing for a good friend to show you a treasure?

In desperation, Pandora gave up the idea of ​​getting help from her husband. But as a non-god, Olympus was not open to her, and she had no ability to see other gods, which made her even more angry.

Time continued to pass like this, and in addition to things among the gods, many changes also occurred within the human tribe.

In Aurora City, high city walls have been built, and people often only dare to leave the protection of the city walls and enter the wilderness only in small groups and wearing rough protective gear woven from animal skins.

But there are some people who are different. The priests who are the top leaders of Aurora suddenly discovered one day that there were some unsettling factors in the city under their rule. They possess far superior physiques than their hand-picked guards, and can kill some beasts with claws and fangs on their own.

They gathered around a man named 'Koen', listened to him tell about the beauty of the golden age, the virtues of golden humans, and followed him to learn how to hone their physical fitness and combat skills.

This could not help but surprise the priests, but after consulting the high priest Momen who lived next to the new sacred fire, the other party's attitude seemed ambiguous, and it seemed that he had no intention of reacting to this.

Some priests don’t know why, but more people know that they have become ‘ones’ with Momeng a long time ago. The mysterious figure lingering in the black mist warned them not to provoke that guy easily, so they all supported the high priest's decision.

So a very strange phenomenon occurred. A small group that was obviously uncontrolled appeared in Aurora City, but was inexplicably ignored by the city's administrators.

In this case, the two sides did not interfere with each other and were busy with their own affairs.

But unlike the priests, although he was immersed in various affairs, Cohen did not feel happy.

Along the way, his persistence in the past was broken again and again. Once, what God said was the truth, but now, he felt that everything was exactly the opposite.

It seems that very few of what God has said are true.

He noticed the special group entrenched in the upper echelons of bronze humans. Every once in a while, some humans would be infected with that strange bloodline aura. Cohen originally wanted to stop it, but then he gave up.

Because the ability derived from the special substances in his body not only allows him to influence emotions to a certain extent, making people full of hope or decadence, but also allows him to more clearly perceive the emotions of others. But what disappointed him was that those humans who were tainted with a special aura were far from being of high moral character.

There is no coercion, just temptation. Cohen even witnessed with his own eyes the entire process of a person drinking black blood, completely out of his own volition.

"Evans, do you think humanity is heading in the right direction now?"

Somewhat confused, in one afternoon's free time, Cohen, immersed in thinking, subconsciously asked the first bronze human he met and his friend in the past few years.

He didn't expect the other party to give an answer, but unexpectedly, Evans answered seriously.

"I don't know, Cohn, but if you don't think something is right, why don't you do something about it?"

"Do something?"

"Yes. I always feel that you don't have any goals. Even though you are here to teach us the skills of fighting ferocious beasts, I dare to say that if I had not seen the strength you showed that day, you probably would not have been born like this. ideas.”

In the past, Evans' character was somewhat out of touch, but now, with a serious look on his face, he held a copper sword in his hand and slashed downwards.

With a clanging sound, the bronze sword sank deeply into the boulder. This was no longer something ordinary bronze humans could do, but was one of the results of Evans' hard work over the past few years.

"To be honest, I don't really like the current priests. The Creator is gone, and everything seems to have changed dramatically. But for me, even if I can split this stone with a sword, it won't change anything. , but you are different."

Turning around and looking into Cohen's eyes, Evans solemnly said:

"You are powerful enough to collapse hills and cut off rivers. If you want to, and you are dissatisfied with the behavior of the priests, you can completely stop them. If you are dissatisfied with the current situation in Aurora, you can also replace those priests and let The human tribe is going in your direction. If that’s the case, why don’t you do it?”

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There was a long silence, and under Evans' expectant gaze, Cohen let out a long breath.

"Because I don't know what's right, Evans."

"But the golden age you once told me about"

"Golden humans have firm beliefs. They believe that God is omniscient and omnipotent, and that God is perfect. They understand God in this way and demand themselves in this way, so we have what I call the Golden Age."

Cohen looked at his friend aside and asked seriously:

"What about you, can you now find someone to place your thoughts on and tell yourself, 'It's right to work in this direction'?"

".I can not."

The figure of the Kitchen Goddess flashed away in his mind, but Evans really couldn't convince himself because the goddess no longer responded to humans.

"This is why I am a little aimless. I don't know what is right. Just like now, even if I forcefully replace the position of the priests, how can I guarantee that I can make mankind better instead of What's worse? At least now, everyone can live a normal life, even if it's a little worse than before."

"If you work hard in the wrong direction, you will only get a wrong result. The harder you work, the more wrong the result will be. This is why I am a little confused."

Shaking his head slightly, Cohen stopped talking about such boring things and changed the topic.

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. I recently discovered that letting the energy in the body oscillate according to a specific rhythm can exert greater power. But if the rhythm is wrong, it will hurt yourself."

"I've already tried it, do you want to try it?"

"Of course, I also want to one day be able to fight against the strange beasts outside the wilderness!"

Cohen's way of changing the topic was very abrupt, but Evans generally understood what he was thinking. Perhaps because I have become accustomed to faith, even if I am now free from the shackles, it is difficult to regain the confidence in my decision-making for a while.

However, at this point, Evans and the Bronze Humans were not much better. They accepted the guidance of the priests precisely because they had a close relationship with God and the Creator. Even if one of the two abandons them and the other leaves them, humans still choose to obey inertia.

This is true for decades, let alone thousands of years.

Then the sound of practice sounded again, and the previous conversation seemed to have been forgotten by the two of them.

But at night, when Cohen was lying alone in bed, he couldn't help but think of these contents again.

During this time, he was somewhat lacking in direction.

"Perhaps human beings do need a 'god', but He is by no means one of those beings with the same thoughts as ordinary people."

Silently meditating, Cohen asked himself.

Faith has power in the world of mythology, but even if this power is removed, it itself can make people full of hope and gain sustenance. But the premise of everything is that neither the object of faith nor the person who guides people to believe in Him has any malicious intentions.

"He should be great and perfect, just like the world itself. He sends thunder and rain not to express joy or anger against mortals, but simply because He wants to, and for no other reason."

Whispering to himself, Cohen couldn't help but make a comparison between the gods of Olympus.

“Such a god may be the real ‘god’.”

Perhaps the god that golden humans believe in does not exist. There is no existence in this world that not only conforms to human morality but also has power that humans cannot understand.

Cohen was immersed in thinking. At a certain moment, he had a thread of faith in the world itself, and then quickly broke it. However, faith will not dissipate once it is born, and Chaos will not accept faith, so this power begins to be divided.

Some came to the earth, but Mother Earth was still sleeping, and she didn't notice this little thing. Some floated into the spirit world, but Cohen was a half-believer in the spirit world, so naturally he didn't attract any attention.

But there are still some who unexpectedly end up in places they shouldn't be.

At the very high point of the sky, the top that no one in the world can reach, when this faith was connected, a group of illusory concepts suddenly moved.

Although this powerful and pure belief only existed for a short while, it seemed to break a certain balance, causing the fingers of a giant to move unconsciously.

No one noticed this scene. Only the giant god holding up the sky suddenly almost fell to his knees under the heavy pressure at a certain moment, but he quickly disappeared again, making Atlas feel that this was simply an illusion.

"This is."

".I."

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The faint sound echoed in the sky, and then fell into silence again. Cohen's thinking was short-lived, and soon everything returned to normal. It was as if nothing happened, only the world itself witnessed all this.

With the integration of the Nine Realms, the origin of the world was once again elevated, and the originally destined destiny was rewritten again.

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