Greek Mythology: The Spiritual Dominator

A long time ago, when Nyx was the first to discover that Princess Io of Pisrazi disappeared at the end of the world, Ryan had been waiting for today.

No mortal can disappear out of thin air in front of the original god. If so, 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 bullied by Zeus, was obviously not a hidden big shot, so according to the legends of later generations, Ryan easily locked in the only result. Since the existence of the Nine Realms proves that there is more than just Chaos in the void, it is natural that another mythological system that is already closely related in mythology may appear.

The mortal princess had already 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 bring him to the gate of Hermione.

"I remembered, you said this."

"'When a hundred-headed beast attacks Olympus, the gods flee in all directions'... Is this another one of your 'prophecies'?"

With just a flash of thought, Nicks suddenly remembered the cause and effect of this incident.

Compared to Ryan, she was the first to discover Yi'e's mysterious disappearance, and she took the initiative to seek an explanation from Ryan. But after so many years of silence, Nyx had already put the matter behind him.

In addition, Typhon was born in a hurry, and Zeus was defeated so quickly that until Ryan came to the door, she did not connect this matter with the disappearance of the human princess.

"That's it."

Nodding, seeing that Nyx remembered this matter, Ryan spared some explanation.

"I understand, it's the foreign world you mentioned...but how are you going to 'follow' them?"

Under the ever-changing veil, Ms. Ye seemed to raise her eyebrows.

She had witnessed Yi'e's disappearance with her own eyes, and naturally knew the difficulty of this matter. Let’s not talk about how Ryan will determine which god will go to the so-called world of Hermione. Even if he successfully foresees the node of destiny, can he really follow the other person and find the way to other worlds?

Under the influence of the power of the world, a mortal can disappear in front of her silently, and even the whereabouts of the other person cannot be found no matter what, not to mention that it is a god who disappears this time.

Even if they had been following the Olympus gods, it was probably impossible for the two of them to notice where the other had gone at the moment they also disappeared. In the void outside the world, exploration without a goal is meaningless.

"I know that even if the soul of a mortal comes from me, I still can't sense the whereabouts of that human princess. But this is true for people, but not for gods. Among the Olympus gods, there happens to be one who has a close relationship with me. Qian's existence. With her presence, I may not be able to spy on the method of transfer, but I will definitely be able to locate her location after transfer."

Ryan explained casually, without any further explanation. He looked at the silent night scene full of sleeping flowers and finally confirmed.

"Do you want to do anything else?"

"...There is nothing to do, and even if there is, I don't need to do it."

Without asking further questions, he also glanced back into the depths of the field, and Nyx shook his head indifferently.

There, one of her three incarnations was unleashing its power, just not under her control.

Nyx didn't have much reaction to this, because similar things would happen there every time the world's fate reached a node. She just waved her hand and disappeared into the field first.

"..."

Seeing this, Ryan followed closely. They needed to go to the void outside the world, but there was still a world anchoring the 'existence', and then follow the road signs to find the location.

Soon, the land of eternal night returned to peace again. There is 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. At this time, the gods had just fled.

The King of Demons is destroying everything on the sacred mountain in the hope of killing the gods, and the figure of Zeus with his bones nailed to the pillar is vaguely visible.

Standing in a hidden valley, Athena looked at the scene over there.

The black-haired girl no longer wore a military uniform at this moment, and she only had a long white skirt with pale gold patterns on her body. The silky long hair fell from the neck and shoulders to the slender waist, and she didn't look like she was running away in a hurry.

This is normal. In the fantasy world, Athena has long seen the records of the Battle of Typhon from those complicated classics. Although a lot of the content there is very different from reality, the goddess is not very strange.

Because no matter how you look at it, that illusory world originated from Zeus, and a lot of the history in it doesn't look very real. It's almost like a play with Zeus as the protagonist.

He is like the Lord of Destiny, never defeated, even the King of Demons can only win by stealing his weapons. Even the previous generation of god kings were defeated by Zeus head-on and imprisoned forever.

But that's not the case now... So the girl with wisdom easily attributed it to 'a possibility in the future'. You can believe part of those so-called histories, but you can never believe them all.

"At least I have never seen any record of the God King being torn into pieces by Typhon and hung on Olympus."

The corner of her mouth was slightly raised, Athena was somewhat happy. She stroked the sleeve of her right hand and secretly praised her craftsmanship.

It was obviously a critical moment when the gods were fleeing. Not only did she not panic at all, she even took the time to change her clothes. There was certainly a reason for that. The former is naturally due to preparation, while the latter is simply because the so-called ‘military uniforms’ of this era are a bit strange and do not look in line with the aesthetics of a goddess.

In terms of daily clothing, there was the black skirt of Nicks who lived in the world, and then there was the various knowledge that Lane spread in the spiritual world. So in general, their designs are actually relatively "modern", but In comparison, the others are still in line with the traditional culture of ancient Greece.

In this case, the military uniforms of ancient Greece... can only be said to be understood. To extend this, if Athena in the original trajectory was dressed like this every day, it would not be difficult to understand why the craftsman god Hephaestus suddenly became animalistic.

Of course, in this trajectory, he probably has no chance.

"Well, this Typhon is...a bit strong, I can't beat it."

After looking in the direction of the sacred mountain for a while, Athena had to admit that her own strength was far from it. Even if his strength has skyrocketed in the illusory world, he is by no means its opponent.

So it was not a wise move to fight against it. It was time for her to think about what to do next - it wouldn't be to save the God King anyway, Zeus didn't need her to save him yet.

Athena actually wanted to see how Zeus would get out of trouble this time without the god named Hermes, and then kill Typhon. Anyway, as a monster outside the world, Typhoos cannot always act recklessly in this world. Just avoid it for now and drag it behind you.

"You can't go to Hades. I don't know why, but I feel very dangerous there now... The starry sky can be used as an alternative. The vast star field is wider than the earth. No one can find it if I hide there, but it's okay. Just avoid it.”

Tilting her head slightly, the black-haired girl looked to the east. That was the direction of the sea, where her grandfather was.

Due to various reasons, it was not easy for her to get in touch with Oceanus and his wife, and Oceanus might not really care about the family relationship between his children. But now Zeus can't protect himself, and he probably won't be able to find her whereabouts, and even if there is no family relationship, Athena still has interests in her hands.

"Then...huh?"

Making a decision, Athena prepared to wait for Typhon to leave before heading to the East China Sea. But the next moment, she suddenly took a step back, with a vigilant look on her face.

I don't know why, but at this moment, Athena had the feeling she had when she accidentally entered an illusory world while peeking into her memories, and this time it was stronger than ever before.

She wanted to do something, but couldn't actually do anything. Time and space solidified at this moment, and thoughts stopped spinning.

brush--

There was no resistance, no struggle, and silently, Athena's figure was erased inch by inch. Under some supreme power, her location was instantly changed.

At this moment, a passage between Chaos and the world of Hermenu appeared that existed and did not exist. The great power of the world determined "being" from "nothing", and Athena appeared on the road together with other gods, and then continued to "move forward" driven by the great power.

At this moment, all the gods lost consciousness, and their thoughts were still fixed on the previous moment. Except for Athena, who had a similar experience, no one noticed the slightest omen. Behind them, two figures also began to move. They also continued to move forward along this 'road' anchored by the power of the world, chasing the gods ahead.

Everything happens in an instant, and time has no meaning to this power. In the script written by fate, the gods should have discovered in a trance that they had arrived in another world, another world that was different from Chaos but had long been eroded by his power. Here they will devour and assimilate the local gods and help Chaos complete the conclusion of this world-class devouring.

It should have been like this, if it hadn't been so many years earlier. However, there is no if in reality. At the moment when the gods' position was close to the scope of Hermione's world, everything stopped at the same moment.

Click——!

Some kind of friction sound originated from the source, reverberating in the empty void. This seems to be a collision of the world itself, but it is not between two different worlds, but between Chaos and himself.

The trajectory of destiny is moving, but at the same time it is being torn apart. The flow of time began to become confusing, and it even began to affect the stability of the world of Khaos on the other side of the void. At the same time, there were some gaps in the power that originally enveloped the gods, and there was a little connection between the inside and outside.

"..."

"……what happened?"

Athena, who was half asleep in the mist and darkness, vaguely heard a pleasant female voice asking.

"Aren't you a 'destined' god?"

"Obviously, there is an inevitable conflict between destiny and the order of Chaos."

Another familiar male voice sounded, and Athena tried hard to open her eyes. But after several attempts, she ultimately failed.

…

In the void, two streams of light flashed quickly.

Compared to the world, both in terms of speed and momentum, Ryan and Nyx at this moment have dropped by more than one step. This is not because of excessive consumption, but because here, the ‘existence’ of the world undoubtedly seems very meager.

In the Eastern classical philosophical thought of later generations, there is a saying that 'Tao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives rise to three, and three gives rise to all things'. However, if even 'Tao' is gone, many things built on it will be lost. 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. Therefore, when the "existence" of the world is reduced, everything based on the rules of the world will naturally weaken. It's just that compared to Nyx next to him, Ryan is somewhat better, because he has some power to anchor his existence.

The stream of light continued to pass through. I don’t know how long it took, but the ‘existence’ of the surrounding void finally became clear again. But compared to the surrounding world of Khaos, this place has a slightly exotic atmosphere.

However, this feeling just proved that there was no problem in the direction the two of them were going, so as their own strength gradually recovered, the two of them also accelerated their speed - until at a certain moment, the sound of collision and friction at the source came loudly.

"A conflict between destiny and order?"

Stopping in the void, Nyx looked into the distance.

There seemed to be something infinitely large and infinitely small, but she couldn't see anything that actually existed.

That was their goal, but compared to the clearly visible Chaos, surrounded by long rivers, this world looked like it was hidden in shadows.

This is Hermenu, or its name comes from its unique world structure. Its main body is divided into four layers, from the inside to the outside, and each layer has positive and negative sides. They are collectively called ‘Hermainu’, and are also called the ‘Eight Yuan Gods’ by the intelligent beings in the world.

The outermost layer of this world is 'absolute void', which symbolizes the void that the power of the world can radiate to, but does not exist in itself; the second layer is 'infinite darkness', which can be understood as the surface layer that wraps the world and prevents all internal and external interactions. ; The third layer is the 'infinite space', which is the void that carries everything in the world, and is one and the same with the void outside; and the innermost layer is the 'primordial water', on which the matter and spirit of the entire world were born. of.

In this case, looking from the outside in, all that can be noticed is naturally nothingness and darkness, and nothing else can be seen.

"Yes, the conflict between order and destiny. Remember what I said before, the gods of Chaos will not really enter this world - it is not that they cannot enter, but that the world will not allow them to enter, and now this This scene also proved that what I thought was right.”

Nodding, in the void around Ryan, there are little flickering light groups, which are the places of the gods of Chaos.

They should have plunged directly into the dark and unfathomable depths, but now they have stopped here.

"They came too early, Nyx. The time of our world is many years earlier than its original destiny, maybe thousands of years, maybe tens of thousands of years - no one knows how early exactly. In short, it should have been The foreign land that has been almost completely swallowed up still has a considerable amount of resistance left, but fate has not realized this."

"Even in the middle, the integration of the Nine Realms has exacerbated this problem. After all, from a long-term perspective, the remains of the Nine Realms will indeed strengthen the size of Chaos, but in the short-term, it will cause the world to have to be divided. It takes a lot of effort to digest this harvest.”

"...So, just as the world does not want the true God in charge of authority to enter the abyss beyond His control, Chaos also does not want the agents of the law to enter foreign lands that he has not yet completely controlled - because this is likely to go wrong. No reply?”

After thinking deeply, Nyx roughly understood the reason.

Indeed, if Chaos has the absolute upper hand, it is natural to throw the gods into it and become the last straw that breaks the camel's back. But now the two countries are at war. Although one side has lost its city and territory, its core is intact. At this time, if troops are thrown into the heart of the other side without backup, I don't know whether it can cause damage. Anyway, the people who go there will probably not be able to return. coming.

The gods are indeed immortal, but only if their opponents are not from another world.

"What about Yi'e?"

"And since there's a problem...will they remain in a stalemate here?"

"I'e is a mortal. Although she has a certain status in destiny, her existence 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, look, since the world of Hermione still has some strength left - how can I get in?"

This is indeed a problem. Ryan is certain that he cannot break through the 'infinite darkness' on his own. So during the conversation, Ryan turned his attention to the light group closest to him.

That was his signpost along the way, Athena of wisdom and victory.