Greek Mythology: The Spiritual Dominator

Saying that Hypnos "watched the world burn" is not a freehand description. In fact, it is a realistic description of the first level of hell.

Although there is nothing that can be used as fuel in the noisy empty tunnel filled with wind and rocks, the extraordinary world does not obey the laws of physics. At this moment, as the devil entered the country, the whole world rioted.

This is the attraction and opposition between the origins, and the resonance that also originates from the power of Muspelheim, the land of fire. Therefore, the relevant laws in the interface were triggered, making the endless hurricane dyed with a layer of red.

"Stab-"

The heavy sword scratched through the phosphorus armor, causing a harsh friction sound, but it was very obvious that the attack failed to break this natural defense.

The attack was fruitless, and before he could take any further action, Cleos couldn't help but change his expression, and then turned into invisible water vapor, spreading in the surrounding void.

The next moment, a dark red light and shadow penetrated through, turning the water vapor along the way into nothingness. It continued unabated, and then fell to the ground behind. It is almost visible to the naked eye that the earth and rocks centered on the landing point continue to disintegrate into the finest dust, and then disappear without a trace in the wind.

The water vapor gathered, feeling the slightly weakened divine body. Cleos had no time to sigh at the power of the demon, and immediately retreated again. The next moment, a bloated, multi-jointed insect jumped up from the ground. The human face on top of it grinned greedily and lunged towards the existence in the sky.

But maybe it's because his body is too big, maybe his combat wisdom is not profound, or maybe it's because of the gap in authority. With Cleos avoiding him, the two sides should have passed each other - if he didn't have more enemies. .

However, there is no if in reality. In the distance, although there was an obvious crack on the translucent wings, the huge 'moth' still opened its wings, and its millions of eyes also opened wide.

In an instant, regardless of the barriers of time and space, all kinds of chaotic emotions surged into Cleos's heart.

Fear, panic, anger, jealousy, deception... They are combined in different proportions and contained in every 'eye' of the demon god with all his eyes and thoughts.

When they opened together, they mixed into billions of new emotions, and then shined into Cleos's heart together, causing the former Titan to tremble and his will fell into some kind of chaos.

So in an instant, the worm's leaping figure was close to the target, and its human-like expression became more and more ferocious. The moment the two sides touched, the man's face seemed to take a deep breath, and then you could see that Cleos' divine body shriveled up suddenly.

"Hiss—get away!"

A feeling of emptiness rose from the bottom of his heart, awakening Cleos who was being hit by emotions. He instinctively swung his sword and easily tore open a huge wound in the worm's body.

But this doesn't make much sense. The other party's body is clearly recovering. At the same time, not only did a second ray of light containing different powers burst through the air, but even the demon covered in flames held a chain sword and rushed towards him at high speed.

"Damn-"

He cursed angrily, but Cleos could only step forward with his sword. Although he is no match at all, he will not be completely defeated for a moment.

After all, for immortal innate gods, unless they burn themselves out like the ancient sun god, or are infected by a higher level of power, ordinary damage is not fatal to the gods, and it does not take too long to slow down. Slow recovery. As long as his strength is not exhausted, even if he is attacked thousands of times, he can still recover as before.

brush--

After dodging the sharp sword edge, avoiding the incoming light again, and barely lifting his spirits through self-harm, Cleos raised the giant sword and aimed it at the head of the demon.

The phosphorus armor here is not so thick, and it may really be able to cause some damage to the opponent... The best defense is offense. This is the experience he has summarized after participating in several divine battles.

With one strike of the sword, Cleos felt somewhat happy in his suffering. At least he could finally hurt the demon surrounded by the flames of destruction. However, as soon as the idea was born, the scene that followed made his eyes widen and he retreated violently.

Perhaps realizing that he was about to be hit, the Demon God not only showed no fear, but instead flashed a stronger sense of violence and murder in his eyes. In the middle of a battle, its body had long been dominated by instinct, so it pushed forward fiercely against the edge of the sword.

The body began to disintegrate, and the flesh and blood burned. The demon did not avoid the enemy's attack at all, but balled up into a ball, fit forward, and then exploded at the opponent's side under Cleos' horrified gaze.

boom--

The self-destruction of a demon god directly raised a 'sun' in the dark and noisy tunnel. Endless light and heat illuminated the vast land, and huge roars and tremors shook the entire world.

With this explosion, all the tunnels and cavities dug underground for thousands of years were reduced to nothing. Beneath the explosion, hundreds of millions of tons of earth and rock turned into magma lakes, and then were evaporated and vaporized in the next moment... even if they were far away. At the edge of the interface, Hypnos couldn't help but feel frightened by this power, and then increased the output of power, barely letting the two demon gods wake up from their sleep.

In the center of the explosion, even if Cleos tried his best to avoid it, there were still only fragments of bones and a few internal organs left in his divine body.

They are still growing, and then ignited by the flames overflowing in the space, which makes the former Titan gods seem to be undergoing the torture of a thousand cuts. He wanted to use his voice to vent his pain, but now Cleos couldn't even make a sound.

Facing the four demon gods alone, Cleos had long known that he was no match, so he just wanted to delay them for enough time, so he chose to experience their power one by one from the beginning.

His first chosen opponent was the Demon God, who symbolized the life and change of the abyss. However, just like its power, although the owner of the Noisy Hollow Tunnel easily tore the worm's flesh and blood, his damage was meaningless.

This is normal. Except for a few authorities, any existence will be a little confused when faced with something that is linked to [life]. Therefore, after just one meeting and several traumas, Cleos decisively changed his goal.

Since the first one was not suitable as an attack target, the second target he chose was the Ten Thousand-Eyed Demon God. The opponent's aura is obviously weaker than the others, and the effect of this attack is indeed barely adequate - the opponent's body is very 'fragile' and does not have such a fast recovery speed. With just one sword, Cleos will give it There were scratches on the wings.

However, soon, Cleos changed the target again. Because he suddenly discovered that when the eyes on the body were destroyed, the demon would erupt into emotional disturbances that were several times more powerful, causing him to become unable to resist and freeze in place - this was also thanks to a certain flaw in its power. , otherwise it would be more than just being stiff for a while.

The gods of Chaos have always lacked resistance to this kind of power. If the Ten Thousand-Eyed Demon God had not only had enough "emotions" but lacked "spirit", then Cleos' fate would have been even worse. In this battle, he relied on authority and reason to preserve his strength as much as possible. This kind of almost 'hard control' attack was undoubtedly the last thing he wanted to encounter.

So after some consideration, Cleos decisively set his sights on the third demon god, the giant with three heads and eight arms.

He had been observing the surroundings during the previous confrontation, and he once thought that he had finally found a soft persimmon, because Cleos discovered that the three demons seemed to have different thoughts and were equally confused.

They often interfere with each other and make contradictory actions. At most, they only shoot out a light with different powers from the pupils of the three eyebrows to attack the enemy - but until the moment it is really about to be hurt, its However, the three consciousnesses quickly and uniformly followed their own instincts and began to fight the enemy regardless of the consequences.

So after suffering a few more losses, Cleos changed his target again and looked at the demon with flames all over his body. As for the Three Giants, leaving them alone may be less of a threat.

The last one was also the one that Cleos didn't want to face before. Because this demon god, whose appearance is closest to the demons of later generations, not only has thick phosphorus armor, but also a huge chain sword.

That was a real artifact, far beyond the inferior goods in Cleos' hands. And the facts also proved that his fear was true, because he did not dare to face the opponent's sword edge at all, but the devil's phosphorus armor could not be broken by him at all.

However, compared to the other three, Cleos still felt that the one in front of him was more suitable for the main attack. At least he could fight the opponent for two moves, and the demon obviously had no experience in using weapons-until the explosion that shook the world. , blasted him into what he is now.

Looking at the Demon God in the distance whose aura had obviously dropped sharply but was still fierce and crazy, Cleos had no doubt that if he dared to get close, the other party might reward him with another 'self-destruction' at any time. If this was a one-on-one duel, he would never refuse to face this group attack method that obviously killed 800 enemies and damaged 3,000 himself. But now, he had four enemies.

"Damn Mephistopheles, where have you been?!"

He roared angrily, and then flew back - although one of the enemies entered the period of weakness after the 'ultimate move', it did not mean that the others were affected.

It seems that frontal combat is meaningless... So in the first level of hell, even worse than when he faced Hyperion, Cleos could only dodge around and leave scars one after another on his body. .

He didn't know what the turning point was, but obviously, if he didn't want the demon to infect his interface at will, leaving behind the abyss power that would be difficult to remove even after the war, then he would have to hold on for a while longer.

For a god-level being, this 'a while' is not a short period of time.

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In the human world, the palace of Eleusis.

The sky is full of snow.

At this moment, no one in the world knows what demons and devils are, and even the existence of Tartarus only exists in some kind of legend. People are immersed in the joy of harvest and enjoying the snow scenery they have never seen before.

This has just appeared this year, and it also means that the concept of ‘winter’ has been further condensed. Perhaps it was because of Demeter's previous anger, or perhaps because the time had indeed arrived. In short, the weather would change again.

During this time, Demophon had been buried by the king and his wife on a hill far away from the city. The king did not dare to bury him near the goddess, so he had no choice but to do so.

After that, Demophon's eldest brother, Triptolemus, was also sent to the place where the goddess was again by Cleus. But this time when they went there, no one dared to look up at Demeter. They all stared at the ground, expressing their humility to the gods walking in the world.

On that day, the king thought that he was going to receive news of his eldest son's death again, and Triptolemus thought the same, but when faced with the choice given by his father, he still chose the one who came. But surprisingly, Demeter did not break her promise. She kept her promise and gave this child the latest glory of God.

In this place where the late king once lived, the goddess taught Triptolemus the secrets of farming, which were both inherited and summarized by previous generations of humans, and also the process summarized by Demeter from the results. This knowledge is not only the growth of grains and farming methods, but also involves the changes in astrology and geology, the cultivation and selection of grain seeds, the laws of climate, and other crystallizations of wisdom.

This knowledge is complex and profound, and many people even know it but don't know why. However, the vagueness of the goddess's words is naturally misinterpreted by mortals. They thought they just couldn't understand God's wisdom, and after gradually studying the mystery behind it, they praised God's greatness even more devoutly. In addition, Demeter even gave Triptolemus the qualification to use holy power, and after the other party learned all the knowledge, Demeter canonized him as his patriarch in the world.

Humans herd cattle and sheep to obtain meat and milk, and gods herded humans to obtain faith and pleasure. Therefore, the most recent god among humans is naturally the chief shepherd who herds the ‘cattle and sheep’ for God.

So from this day on, Eleusis, a place on the edge of mankind, became the first country in the world to believe in Demeter, and it was also the country that only believed in her. People built temples dedicated to the goddess everywhere and regarded her as the main god of harvest and agriculture - because it was also from that day on that, with the help of the divine magic of the priests headed by Triptolemus, Ephesus Lucius regained its harvest, and the country was reborn.

As a result, the goddess gained a very high reputation among mortals, and because of Triptolemus' special status, there were no internal conflicts in the country. He is both the future king and the representative of the goddess in the world, so the politics and religion here are integrated into one just like Silver Moon City. Without conflicts of rights and with the gods nearby, it will naturally start to move forward again. the fast lane of development.

Everyone was immersed in joy, and even the king put down his hatred while remembering his youngest son. In any case, it is always good now. Rather than remembering an invincible enemy for the rest of his life, it is better to put him down for the time being.

This was a helpless move, and it was also the wisdom of the weak to survive. In short, the events of that night seemed to have passed like this. No one in the palace mentioned him, and the people outside were even less likely to know what happened. No one talked about the prince who died young anymore, as if he had never existed. People just praise the greatness of the goddess and enjoy the harvest that has finally arrived.

Only Murtanella is not like this.

That night, Demeter's superior verdict is still remembered in the queen's dreams, and the death of her youngest son is also vivid in her mind. In Motanera's heart, there is naturally no letting go, but only the curse of mortals on gods.

Unfortunately, in this world, a curse without power is nothing.