Mythology: Spiritual Ruler

Times began to move forward, and the living carried the fate of death. The world of Hemenu was very lively on this day.

Leaving this nameless hill, Moses returned to his family and friends. He declared to them that he had received divine revelation - except for his mother-in-law, the priest of the Midianites.

He claimed that he would go to Egypt to rescue his people according to God's will, and even the Egyptian gods who lived in Heliopolis could not stop him. He was ready for this, but Moses' words and deeds were naturally questioned.

No one would believe that this eighty-year-old old guy really received God's grace, not to mention that it was not those well-known gods, but gods that only existed in Hebrew mythology and had never appeared.

Compared with divine revelation, they would rather believe that Moses was hit by the remembrance and self-blame of his people, and had mental problems, so that he thought he had seen God.

"...Father, I understand your attachment to your people, but your idea is a little too unrealistic."

Looking about 30 years old and dressed simply, Moses' eldest son was the first to express doubts.

"You want to save the Hebrews, there is nothing wrong with that, but they are now slaves of the Egyptians, and only Pharaoh has the right to decide whether they stay or go. But who are you to go to Pharaoh and save your people?"

"As a messenger of God, God is with me, this is not a problem."

Shaking his head and refuting his eldest son, Moses saw his second son step forward.

"Father, I understand your respect for God, but what name has been passed down for the one you believe in?"

"In Hebrew mythology, only the God who gave you the revelation has no name... If someone asks you who the God you believe in is, can't you answer him?"

"... As a mortal, you naturally shouldn't call God's name." Moses was really stumped for a moment, but he quickly thought of a way to answer: "But God naturally has a title."

"If someone asks me: Who sent you to save the Hebrews... I will tell him that it was the 'I Am' God who sent me."

"The I Am asked me to save them and take them out of suffering and torture."

"But they won't believe it." Moses' wife immediately retorted.

She was a Midianite, the daughter of a Midianite priest. She didn't receive the same education as Moses, so she naturally had no reverence for those unproven legends of gods.

"When I reach the most fertile place on the banks of the Nile, and return to the land where I lived as a child, the miracle will naturally appear. So are you willing to leave with me, or stay here?"

Raising his staff, Moses expressed his determination to his family.

The debate lasted from evening to morning, with one question after another being thrown out and then answered by Moses. He was not good at speaking, but now he answered fluently.

When the sky lit up again, his family finally reluctantly agreed with Moses's opinion. They would follow him and set off to return to Egypt, back to the center of the Hemenu world.

This would not happen immediately, and they still needed to make a lot of preparations. For example, selling property and preparing supplies.

So day by day, Moses' family's preparations were gradually completed...but they did not notice that from beginning to end, when they were busy, there was a girl in a green dress standing by.

She watched everything, but never said a word.

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The present world, the human world.

Time passed quickly, and the days gradually approached the end of midsummer.

Under the scorching sun, trees absorb water through their roots and then evaporate it from the leaves.

Some insects chirped among the trees, and the seasonal fragrance of flowers came from both sides of the road.

There were no pedestrians on the dirt road, or in other words, there were no pedestrians traveling between cities in this era.

Anyone who could be encountered outside the city was either a supernatural being with special skills or a caravan of more than a hundred people traveling in a group.

Especially since there were rumors of dragons on this road recently... This made most people avoid it as much as possible.

…

"Huh——"

"Let me move it again... When I go home, I will ask you to move it a hundred times!"

Near a large pit that looked like it had just been dug, Andrea muttered in the scorching sun while gritting her teeth and pushing a corpse into the bottom of the pit.

The first time she did this, Andrea was still not used to it, but now her movements have become more and more skillful.

Ryan was responsible for killing people, and she was responsible for burying the bodies, if not ten times along the way, at least eight times.

"Ah... it's finally over."

After almost an hour, Andrea wiped her sweat and threw the shovel aside.

Running back to the carriage, feeling the cooling effect of the alchemy array, the little princess looked alive.

"Ivan! You can solve it with magic, why let me dig the hole!"

Puffing up her cheeks, and then realizing that this was not in line with etiquette, Andrea still maintained the "aristocratic smile" she had learned since childhood.

Just from her tone, you can clearly hear her full of resentment.

"If you just want to see me working hard under the sun, you can just say it!"

"You should call me Mr. Ivan. Besides, didn't I tell you that this is a special course I opened for you-speaking of it, you have buried it so many times, have you seen anything?"

Putting down the book in his hand, Ryan smiled at the angry Andrea.

"What can you see...what can you see?"

After a pause, Andrea recalled that there was nothing special about the people who attacked them on the road for various reasons, whether in terms of strength or status.

"Some northern barbarians, and some descendants of nobles who were deprived of their titles, what's wrong with that?"

"Then Andrea, why are the nobles of the divine blood nobles?"

Ryan gave a persuasive answer.

"Because of their blood, the divine blood allows them to more easily tap the power in their bodies. As long as the blood is not exhausted to a certain extent, almost everyone can become a professional. Mastering power will naturally lead to mastering status. And hereditary power will naturally bring hereditary status."

It looks like he was reading from a script, but in fact, this is what Andrea's father told him.

She still remembered her father telling her that pure violence does not equal stable power, but when power can create wealth and bring violence, then power and power are equal, which is why he turned a blind eye to the ban from Olympia - he was close to wizards and promoted alchemy, not to go against those Western powers, but because he saw an opportunity in it.

The influence of the Church of the Gods penetrated into the world, and even in many places it was more authoritative than the king. In essence, the divine arts were different from the divine blood of the nobles. The latter could only bring violence, but the former could also create wealth.

Holy water that heals injuries, divine arts that make agriculture productive, armor and weapons made in a special way... With these, the church is so irreplaceable.

Just like Athens now, if the agricultural church announced its withdrawal from the kingdom, I am afraid that the grain output of the entire country would drop by more than 30%. And to get rid of this situation, witchcraft and alchemy are the solutions Theseus thought of.

This is another group that can create wealth and have power. Of course, Theseus did not intend to replace the church with them. What he wanted at this time was just the second option.

"Yes, Andrea, just like you said - hereditary power brings hereditary status."

Nodding, Ryan agreed.

"Even if they lose their titles, their blood itself means value. As long as they want, they can continue to live a life that ordinary people can't dream of. But Andrea, haven't you noticed that there are so many descendants of God's blood in your kingdom who have become robbers, while ordinary professionals rarely appear."

"Why do you say this?"

"...Because of the policies implemented by my father."

No further specific explanation, because this is no secret in Athens today.

From the time the king abolished the noble councils in various cities and only maintained the council established in Athens, the intention of this legendary king was very obvious.

He was suppressing the authority of the nobles and concentrating them on himself. And at this moment, compared with reality, Andrea felt that she really understood something.

"Is it because my father was so anxious that he didn't care about these minor issues at all - or maybe he didn't take these nobles who resented him seriously at all."

"But in fact, they are not without threats. Not only those we met on the road, but even during my kidnapping, someone secretly informed me and even ignored those cultists..."

"This is Athens. They couldn't have done it all on their own."

Looking a little depressed, Andrea felt that she had a clearer understanding of human nature.

In this era, there were no sociologists, no psychologists, and almost no politicians. Even the King of Athens was just instinctively trying to maintain the "balance". In addition, the knowledge church, as the state religion, did not reject it, so he brought in witchcraft and alchemy. But if Theseus really wanted to explain the principles, he himself might not be very clear.

Even now, Andrea felt that she only understood a little bit.

"I know what you mean - so, I don't have to dig holes anymore, right?"

As if she had realized something, but the first half of the sentence was still very serious, but Andrea immediately changed the subject and looked at Ryan with shining eyes.

"Of course... no."

With a slight smile, Ryan shook his head and refused, then pointed to the front under the little princess's "angry stare".

"Let's keep going. We still have a long way to go, and we can't stop here."

"You - hum!"

With a light snort, Andrea climbed down the carriage, hung the shovel that she had thrown down before beside the carriage, and then returned to the driver's position.

The carriage quickly moved forward again, and Ryan also leaned in the carriage and closed his eyes to take a nap.

...

It was night.

There were no clouds in the sky, and the stars and the bright moon accompanied the entire night sky.

Ryan lay on his back on a large rock, looking at the starry sky above his head.

Andrea was sleeping in the carriage. On this point, Ryan did not have any problems with the little princess, but he usually would not stay in the carriage.

He prefers to think about things in this kind of silent environment, as if this would make his mind more active.

There is no reason, neither physics nor magic, but Ryan does think so. But today, he encountered a problem.

Because when Ryan asked for holy power from the Midgard Serpent on a daily basis, he received an additional message.

As a shareholder of the Nine Hells, the Serpent of the Courtyard also felt the abnormal loss of the world's power. However, others still need to guess, but Ryan knows why.

This proves that the divinity far away in the foreign land has begun the plan, and the power of the two worlds has begun the final fight. The destruction of Hemenu is completely in the countdown, and Chaos is likely to produce all kinds of chaos... This is expected, but now Ryan has to face a problem, that is, as a human part, he woke up too late.

He didn't expect that he would accidentally hit the time and space bubble, which was originally an extremely small probability... In his previous plan, when the divine part began to act, his human incarnation should have done what he should do and waited for the show to start. But now that this situation has been encountered, the problem will follow.

What will the gods who perceive the fluctuations in the world's power do? What kind of response will those primitive gods have? Once the power of the world is weakened, will the blockade of the mother tree still be so strong? He can't be sure, just like Ryan still doesn't know what tricks Erebus is playing.

This is also why Ryan deliberately replaced Hera's sacrifice with the honorific name of the mother tree. It was not just to make the Queen of Heaven suffer a small loss. After all, it actually has no meaning. Ryan wanted to use this to see the mother tree's ability to interfere with the present world.

Judging from the results, His seal should still be very strong - if He is not pretending.

Will the flesh and blood mother tree disguise? Ryan didn't know. He never knew much about this existence from another world, and most of it was limited to guessing.

"Huh - wait a little longer."

"Anyway, the worst result won't be too bad."

After thinking for a while, Ryan still couldn't think of any way to deal with it, so he had to take it one step at a time.

At least he had to see how these opponents would make their moves.