Greek Mythology: The Spiritual Dominator

Outside the spirit world, the gap between the spiritual world and the material world.

In an indescribable way, Set's authority and soul came here in an instant, and were about to fall into the center of the fifth layer of the spirit world.

He could not hear Ra's comments and sighs, but if he could hear them, Set would probably only leave a strange expression.

"Boom~"

The magic net rippled gently, stirring up a slight ripple in this gap.

As early as the beginning of the Second Age, this place born from the opening of the spirit world was still full of endless time and space. The power extending from the spiritual core isolated it from all connections with the material world, and even the primitive gods were deterred by it.

Until the end of the Second Age, a large net formed by the burning of silver fire covered everything. It was woven by the laws of spirituality and elements and became a bridge of communication between the two.

Therefore, in a sense, the magic net has a considerable connection with both the spirit world and the present world, because the elements do have a connection with both at the same time.

As the years of the Third Age passed, the magic net also expanded and grew. In today's world, it is rare to see places that are not covered by the magic network.

"..."

"...Foreign land, this is their world, Chaos..."

In the soul that was mixed together, the pain of reaching the origin hit Set's heart.

Just like Shu in the past, no matter what, as a god, they can still hold on for a while.

At the end of his life, Shu saw the seven layers of the spiritual world, and for Set, it was not difficult to maintain consciousness until he saw Chaos.

Of course, this is also the limit. Set is sure that the current situation will not last long.

His "Ka" and "Ba" are constantly being destroyed and reunited, and the spiritual order belonging to Hemenu is observed by the existence behind it. Then the new order is filled in to form a different soul structure.

Set can vaguely guess that perhaps his soul after death will be transformed into one or a special life by this foreign god, and even many characteristics of Egyptian gods will be preserved as a result.

"Maybe Shu is the same. He knows that he can't rest in peace even if he dies - no, we are not mortals. How can there be peace after the consciousness is completely annihilated?"

The closer he is to death, the clearer his thoughts become.

Seth looked at the vast world in front of him, which was much larger than Hemenu, and his mood gradually became nervous.

On his body, a black-gold light that was constantly fading flowed unsteadily. Especially the black part, which faintly echoed with the huge world.

This is the power of the world, the power that constitutes the rules of the chessboard. Unlike Shu, when Seth was captured, strictly speaking, he had not lost.

Although his failure was inevitable, since Kash, who was given the power to control the desert insect beasts by him, had not died, he could actually linger for a while, just like the rain god and the sky goddess who would fall into the same fate in a while.

It's just that Seth chose to resist, and the gods also satisfied his desire to die.

After all, the little power left can't protect him for long. Once he enters the spirit world, it will completely dissipate. Regardless, as Set, he was doomed to die.

Buzz——

The magic net rang slightly, and although it took a long time in his mind, it was only a moment.

Set's soul shuttled through the strings of the magic net, and this large net connecting spirituality and matter was revealed in front of him.

Set didn't know what this structure was, and what tool it was used for. But when he sensed the breath similar to the black light on his body, he decisively abandoned some things that did not belong to him.

The next moment, the desert and storm god of Hemenu was pulled into the fifth layer of the spirit world.

His part of the wind was pulled out and fell to the newly generated wind element interface; his part of the earth fell to the other side and began to evolve into a new earth element interface.

The prototype of the water element level also began to emerge, waiting for the upcoming "feast". The fifth layer of the spirit world vibrated and trembled, as if cheering for its own perfection.

But this had nothing to do with Set. The pillar god of Hemenu died here completely, becoming another victim of the battle between the two worlds.

He is not the first, and naturally he will not be the last.

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Chaos, present world, Underdark.

Under the earth, above the underworld, the underground world between the two.

This place is called "Underdark" by the few lives on the earth who know the existence of this place, which means a place that never sees the sun and is in darkness.

Of course, some people simply call it the underground world, because they believe that the underground is a vast world that is similar to the underworld and the size of the earth. Although they have only touched a tiny part of it, they cannot simply use the word "region" to describe it.

In short, the arguments of scholars are always so strange. A title and description can make them debate for a long time. But no matter what this place is called, it does not reduce its danger.

The underground race with beautiful appearance but cruel and cunning character in legend lives here. Even those few adventurers who can return alive from here claim that there are dragons here.

Dragons, like monsters, are born with powerful power, but have the same wisdom as humans, and are even a race that can reproduce normally.

Although few people have seen real dragons, legends about them have long been circulated among the people.

…

“Roar——”

In the fiery cave, a huge red dragon was lying in the center of the lava lake.

A low roar echoed in the cave, and it seemed to be a little alert. Because next to it, there were several large dragon eggs absorbing the power in the air.

There was no doubt that this was a red dragon that was about to raise offspring.

Although as a naturally evil dragon species, this kind of dragon originally born in the dark area was not actually keen on raising offspring, but at least when the young dragons were just born, they would still fulfill their responsibilities.

If nothing unexpected happened, it would wait here for a few dragon eggs to hatch, and then raise them at least until they could hunt by themselves before expelling them. This was the usual process.

However, this time, it might not be so lucky...

Swoosh——

"Roar——!"

Originally, the spirit was extremely alert. When the abnormal movement occurred, the red dragon opened its mouth and subconsciously sprayed a mouthful of dragon fire in the direction of the sound.

The blazing flames seemed to be able to burn everything. In the red dragon's impression, not many lives in the world could face the flames it spewed.

Swish——

There was no moment of obstruction, as if the two existed in different dimensions.

The Liuxing, shining with black and gold light, flashed past, passed through the dragon flames, and shot directly into the body of the red dragon.

Time and space seemed to freeze for a moment. The next moment, with a loud bang, the red dragon's dozens of meters long body suddenly exploded and turned into fragments all over the sky.

The fragments fell like snowflakes, and the seemingly powerful red dragon fell on the spot in an instant.

However, what was surprising was that when the broken dragon blood fell to the ground, it strangely formed new eggs of various sizes. There was the breath of the red dragon on it, but it was not so similar.

"..."

"...Who am I?"

"I am Set? I am Anubis? I am the red dragon?"

"I am the spirit of Hermeneu...I am the spirit of Chaos...Where is Hermeneu?"

"..."

As if his memory was confused for a while, an illusory figure appeared in the quiet cave.

He has a human body, a head like a wolf and a dog, and a pair of wings similar to dragon wings.

His eyes were sometimes confused and sometimes crazy. I don't know how long it took before a little clarity appeared in his eyes.

"...So that's it, am I alive, or am I just another person with memories?"

"Dragon...I didn't expect that there was someone who thought the same as me. But his luck is not as good as mine, and he hasn't woken up yet."

The figure shook, and the dog-headed human body found a dragon egg and sat down casually.

After the previous sorting, he finally understood roughly what was going on with him.

A world war, he - let's just say he realized the coming of death. However, the power of the world is so strong, and the power of the outer gods is also not something he can resist.

He wanted to find a way to save himself, but he had neither the wisdom of Thoth nor the strength of Ra, so he had no choice but to take a gamble.

So when the Outer Gods took action, Set decisively gave up the idea of ​​continuing to live for a while, and took the initiative to seek death, but it was also a way to survive from death.

His own power was so small that he could not fight against both the world and the Outer Gods, so borrowing power was the best solution.

Before he completely lost the gamble and the human Kash and the beast tide were destroyed, his life was still protected by the power of the two worlds.

So such a risky plan took shape in his mind, and when there was no way out, Set did not hesitate to gamble everything.

Even with the protection of the world's power, he knew that he was doomed to die, and it was completely a foolish dream to escape from the hands of the Outer Gods.

Fortunately, his offspring with Nephthys had not yet been born, so Set chose to take a bold gamble.

He pulled out the "Ba" whose offspring was still in the womb, and projected his thoughts into this soul that symbolized the emotional desires of the Egyptian gods.

As Set, he is the spoils of the Outer Gods, and everything he has is difficult to escape, but the rules of the chessboard do not involve blood and descendants.

So when he noticed the other side of the magic network connection, that is, the power of Chaos in the world, Set decisively carried out his plan.

But now... Set really doesn't know if he is successful. In fact, he vaguely feels that 'he' may be alive, but that probably has nothing to do with 'Set'.

"Does the continuation of memory and cognition mean survival? Rather than saying that I am Set, it is better to say that I am a new god who inherited his memory."

"Since I was supposed to be his descendant, my name will be 'Anubis' from now on."

Anubis, a dog-headed human, made a choice. In fact, his appearance at this moment is derived from this.

Originally, Anubis, the god of death in the Egyptian destiny, was such a dog (wolf?) headed human god, and was even better known than his father. And the dragon wings behind him are naturally from the blood of the red dragon.

After all, Anubis found that his current form of existence seemed a bit strange.

After swallowing a red dragon, he originally planned to directly seize the other's body, but when Anubis tried to do so, he noticed some secrets deep in the blood of dragons.

The dragon race... This alien race is likely to be like him, not a native of Chaos. So the moment he discovered this, Anubis changed his plan.

He is not the god of Chaos, and does not have the essence of immortality. When he loses his authority, he naturally no longer has the power of God.

But the secret he found from the red dragon changed his mind. Anubis was surprised to find that there is another way to master power in this world.

"...Binding oneself with the race as the source of the race, forming a false authority to transform faith, and then possessing divine power?"

"As expected of an existence that survived the disaster of the destruction of the alien world, it can actually come up with this method."

Some admiration, Anubis followed suit.

He gave up on seizing the body of the red dragon at that time, but took his own "Ba" as the foundation and the flesh and blood of the red dragon as the cornerstone to create a new race.

This is not a real creation. Without the authority of life, it is difficult for Anubis to do this. However, he should be a god with a dog's head and a human body, so he actually molded this species according to his own form, and if nothing unexpected happens, the appearance of this new species will also inherit this characteristic.

Of course, when Anubis chooses to bind with the race, this influence becomes mutual. So when this new race had the red dragon vein, he also grew a pair of dragon wings.

"I don't know what god I should call myself now. According to the broken memory fragments of this red dragon, there is a strange regional god in this world called Chaos, which is a bit like the patron god of Hemenunom (city-state)."

"They generally do not have real authority, but they all have divine power. Well... bound to the region, the divine power will not be exhausted as long as the region is not destroyed, so they can be called regional gods; then I am bound to the race, and the power will not be exhausted as long as the race is not destroyed, so can I be called a racial god?"

No matter what god it is, it is just a title in the end, but the power is real.

So Anubis quickly put this idea aside. It was just a small matter. There is nothing wrong with calling these gods without real authority as quasi-gods.

"What happened in the past is all in the past."

"What I need to do most now is to make the dog-headed people multiply and become an indispensable part of the world."

This is the immortality that Set did not have in the past. Thinking of this, Anubis couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

It's true that doing well is not as good as being born well. Compared with the world of Hermeneu, the gods who grew up in Chaos have left them far behind as soon as they were born.

But then again, the gods of this world...don't they know that their world is invading the outside world?

Maybe it's just that the red dragon has too little contact with things, Anubis can only think so.

But no matter what, the doubts are still buried in his heart.