Mythology: Spiritual Ruler

On the shore of Falling Star Lake, the Centaur watched his students go to prepare their bags.

It's time to go out, but leaving Silvermoon City doesn't mean you can leave immediately after making the decision.

Apart from anything else, if you want to fight with the gods, even if you are in the human world, you need a sharp enough weapon.

It doesn't have to be a divine weapon, after all, real divine weapons have corresponding powers. But if you just want a strong enough weapon, it's not that difficult.

Many of the gods' weapons are like this, for example, Ares doesn't have a real divine weapon.

Such tools that are only tough but have no special abilities are not uncommon.

"But then again, for him, perhaps those strong armors are just decorations."

"The indestructible body forged by the Styx, or in other words, his 'immortal' body, is much more useful than any armor."

Walking along the shore of Falling Star Lake, Chiron occasionally greeted a few nymphs passing by.

This was once the place where Artemis, the goddess of the wilderness and hunting and the crescent moon, grew up. Mountain fairies and water fairies followed the induction of the dark and gathered here.

Gradually, Falling Star Lake became one of the places with the most nymphs at that time. And after the goddess came of age, the name of this big lake became true to its name.

Because there are really stars in Falling Star Lake. She also became the actual owner of this big lake after Artemis no longer lived here.

Tap tap -

"Aesrea, I'm here to disturb you again."

Along a water bridge floating from the lake, Chiron came to a small island floating from the lake.

The only difference from other places is that in addition to soil, the ground of this island also has a lot of silver-gray rocks, which flicker with a little light.

"Since you know it's a disturbance, why do you come to me? Is this your home?"

A crisp voice came from the center of the lake, like a little girl awakened from her sleep, with a bit of dissatisfaction in her tone.

However, the next moment, a gray light flashed, and a palm-sized ball of light appeared in front of Chiron.

A small life was stretching its body in the ball of light, staring at the tall centaur angrily.

"Are you here to ask about that thing again?"

"Green, green, and it hasn't turned black yet! I've said it before, I'll tell you if there's a problem, you don't have to ask me every day!"

"Ahem, Asria, I just came to see you by the way."

With a light cough, the centaur wise man was also a little embarrassed.

He didn't want to come here, but the problem was that although the little thing in front of him was not bad by nature, it didn't mean that she was very reliable.

If she was sleeping when something went wrong, it would be difficult to deal with.

"But it's almost time. When I verify the stability of this secret ritual, I won't need to bother you in the future."

Taking out some strange little toys from his pocket, Chiron spent a lot of time to comfort the little guy.

He didn't breathe a sigh of relief until he coaxed her into a smile, and then continued to go inside.

What Esrea said could only prove that there was no problem for the time being, but he had to personally see the details.

As he traveled through the island, the further he went, the scarcer the soil and vegetation became, and large areas of bare silver-gray rocks were exposed on the ground.

Until a certain moment, after crossing the last tree, Chiron saw a wide open space in front of him.

On a stone plain that was several miles in radius, pillars painted with symbols were shining.

The light they emitted collided with each other and then overlapped each other in the center.

A emerald green crystal stood there, and something seemed to be sealed inside.

Undoubtedly, this was what Esrea called "green" before, and the fact that it did not turn black proved that its operation was still stable.

"【Life Storage】 is really another pearl in the field of witchcraft, and it is also another blasphemy against the gods."

"The "immortality" that only gods can pursue has actually been revealed by them."

Although he had seen it many times, and although he was the builder of this secret ritual, Chiron still sighed like this every time.

Because he knew very well that what he saw was just a degraded version of some extremists' ideas.

It's just that their ideas were obviously not allowed by Silver Moon City, but his own were.

Continuing forward, Chiron walked on the stone plain.

Falling Star Lake, now few people know why it was given such a name in the beginning, but in some rumors, some people say that stars once fell from the sky here.

Then one day later, Artemis, who accidentally fished something out of the lake, said that this should not be a rumor.

Because there is indeed a fallen ancient star under Falling Star Lake, which is suspected to be a star body that was moved down to the human world by the ancient sky master in the era when the star god was not yet born.

It fell to the human world and turned into a huge pit. Then, under the evolution of the years, the existence of Falling Star Lake was born.

Artemis was very surprised to discover all this. Such ancient and intact stars are rare in the world today.

So she used her authority to raise the star from the lake and turn it into an island, and then in the name of the Lord of the Wilderness, she used the Spirit Moon to give the star spirituality.

So from this day on, Chaos had a star nymph, and Artemis's divine power of [Wilderness] also improved its concept.

The stars fell from the sky and fell into the world, which was part of [Wilderness].

Although this progress was not much and was nothing to Artemis, she was still very happy.

So the goddess gave the first star nymph the name of 'Esrea' and allowed her to manage the lake on her behalf.

"I don't know if it's because I left the starry sky, or if the 'sun' today is not a real celestial body, but a holiday made from the remains of the ancient sun god."

"After so many years, Esrea has not shown any signs of growing up."

The thought flashed through his mind, and Chiron no longer thought about it.

It's important to do business first. At this moment, he has come to the huge crystal.

The rich breath of life came out of the crystal in front of him, and the light scattered by the surrounding pillars also shone on him.

The net formed by the interlaced light is to limit the outflow of the life force here, and the green crystal is a concrete manifestation of the gathering of life energy.

However, Chiron can be sure that the life energy here has probably never been reduced by even a little bit since the beginning.

That means that the things inside don't need to absorb life force to maintain their existence.

As for what's inside... Chiron raised his head slightly.

In the center of the emerald crystal, a box lid opened.

In the middle of it, there was a heart that seemed to be still.

"【Life Storage】... So, what those people said was actually true?"

In silence, watching this scene, thinking about how it had been like this for all these years, Chiron didn't know whether he should be happy or what.

He knew whose heart was in front of him, because he had talked to the other party not long ago.

Achilles, his student, this heart came from the other party. And this is also the reason why the other party's "immortality" can be perfect.

The 【hatred】 in the water of the Styx is not something that everyone can touch. The gods will lose their divinity and power, and mortals will lose their lives.

Only a very few beings can be baptized by the power of the Styx while touching it. They are often born in harmony with the laws of the underworld, and will not die because of it. They can even obtain a body that ordinary gods can't do anything about.

No matter how weak the underworld is, the existence baptized by its laws cannot be harmed by ordinary methods.

However, just like the pomegranate eaten by Persephone, anyone who touches the origin of the underworld must stay here.

Gods can decide the time of staying or leaving according to the amount of contact, but mortals have no choice once they are baptized.

However, there are always loopholes in everything, and the baptism of the Styx is no exception.

As long as she leaves a part of Achilles' body that is not contaminated by the water of the Styx and extends the time of this baptism infinitely, then Thetis can make Achilles immortal while staying in the world.

However, this idea was dispelled by Chiron before it was implemented. The Centaur told Thetis that he had another way to do all this.

And his method is the [Life Storage] in front of him

"What a crazy and evil method... Those lunatics discovered ghosts and undead, and discovered another form of life, so they think that as long as they change themselves from "life" to "death" under controllable conditions, they can gain eternal life."

"And the caster's essence is not the body and matter, but from the soul and spirit, so this is feasible. But they don't want to become completely dead, because with the ability of mortals, there is no way to complete the reversal of life and death without affecting thinking and rationality, and gain a new life."

"So, they chose to split."

"For mortals, as long as time is still passing, the loss of life is irreversible. But if time is paused, then thinking will also stagnate. For an individual, this is no different from death."

"But if you cut off most of your soul in advance and then permanently imprison it at the moment of splitting, Then let the remaining souls and bodies embrace death, and they can successfully trap their existence between life and death. Neither born nor destroyed, neither old nor dead. "

"Even if the external part is destroyed, they can be reborn from the original large part of the soul. Their only loss is that a small piece of the soul is missing. "

"However, the wound of the soul can heal itself, whether it is the life of the spirit world or the ghost, but because their separation involves thinking and emotion, every resurrection will lead to the loss of emotion. This seems to be a high price, but compared to death, this is not an unbearable defect. "

"What a genius idea, if this is not Silver Moon City, if most of the spellcasters do not still have some faith in the Lord of the Spirit World, perhaps this way of immortality will really spread thoroughly, and even become a mainstream faction. "

Sighing again, looking at his own [Life Storage] ritual, Chiron couldn't help but respect the wisdom of mortals.

Although he was born a demigod, he can also be killed.

In contrast, it is unimaginable that a group of mortals who have limited lives can invent such a method.

Especially before the experiment, Chiron could still explain it by saying "this method may not be feasible", but since the modified ritual that works on the body is feasible, it is highly likely that it will work on the soul.

"Vegetables can live without a heart, but can people live without a heart? It was originally a joke, but now it seems that they can really live."

"As long as this heart is not destroyed, unless it is an attack beyond the limit of the Styx Law, there is nothing in this world that can hurt Achilles' immortal body, whether inside or outside."

"Such power, I am afraid there is no rival in the world."

Nodding slightly, Chiron checked the secret ritual again.

Although judging from the result, the ritual he prepared is not useful at all, it is still necessary to have it just in case.

However, in addition to the inspection, the Centaur couldn't help but think of the wizards who invented the original soul splitting method.

According to their plan, they had originally planned to conduct the transformation ceremony themselves, and even named the finished product of their soul sealed object, called [Endless Life Box], which means the secret box for obtaining endless life.

And for the transformed life form, they also gave it a very appropriate name.

Neither alive nor dead, neither human nor god, it can naturally be called a demon. And whether before or after the transformation, these spellcasters are wizards who use witchcraft.

So in their opinion, it was most appropriate to call their newborns [Lich].

Although it was a good idea, Chiron knew that they would not live to see the day of transformation.

Because the ritual was exposed in advance, their behavior of avoiding death and reincarnation by blaspheming the soul also caused an uproar in Silvermoon City.

As for now... if they had the opportunity to reincarnate as humans, Chiron would probably be almost an adult.

And the witchcraft they created, such as [Soul Split], [Mind Synchronization], and [Stagnation Orb], had long been listed as forbidden techniques, and no one was allowed to study or use them.

"The geniuses among humans will inevitably go on the path of blasphemy in the end."

"I don't know whether the gods have too wide a jurisdiction, or there are ready-made decorations there, and mortals will subconsciously imitate them."

"But in terms of soul and thinking... I really don't recommend them to get involved. In these aspects, humans' understanding is still too shallow, even gods, so is it."

Chiron naturally didn't know the answer to the question.

After all, to be honest, he himself is not a human.

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In the human world, Athens.

The passionate speech has ended. No matter what they think, no one dares to object to the march to Eleusis at this time.

However, compared with the other Athenians who were inspired to fight, Andrea felt a headache when she thought about the many things she had to deal with.

It’s enough to say it, but how to implement it... that’s a very complicated matter.