Mythology: Spiritual Ruler

Located in the extreme north of the continent, standing on Mount Nisa, you can overlook the entire north.

Since the end of the Typhon Rebellion, the three goddesses of fate, collectively called "Moirai" by the gods, have moved here.

The young girl Clotho uses a spindle to spin the silk thread of fate, and each thread is a life.

The middle-aged woman Lachesis uses a long stick with a scale to measure the length of life and determine the length of the silk thread.

The old woman Atropos, with white hair and chicken skin, uses the scissors of cutting fate to cut the thread spun by Clotho, so that the survival of life will eventually die.

This is the responsibility of the three goddesses of fate, and it is also the power and right given to them by the world.

They can use this to cleverly move the thread of fate and let everything return to the right track naturally.

After all, although the gods are high above, as long as they come into contact with mortals, they are destined to be affected by them.

Even if the goddesses of fate cannot directly manipulate the fate of the gods, they never hesitate to use such unconventional means.

However, after so many years, the world has gone through countless springs and autumns, but the cracks in fate seem to have increased instead of decreased.

The invisible pressure on Mount Nisa makes it heavier and heavier, but the goddess of fate has no way to solve it.

Because Moile has always faced three serious problems.

As long as they cannot be solved, fate will never be able to get back on track.

The first is that before the goddess of fate was born, a large part of the inherent order of the world had been destroyed.

This is an old account that can be extended to the beginning of creation, including the fall of the original gods and the early replacement of the gods, which are also problems they cannot solve.

Fortunately, these old accounts are not fatal, at least for the time being.

The second problem comes from the cycle of reincarnation in the spiritual world.

The three goddesses of fate tried to arrange the fate of all spirits, but the wisdom of all things when they were born was different, and was not affected by the goddesses.

So the originally easy work became more than a thousand times more difficult, leaving Moile with no free time at all.

As for the third question... that's even more serious, because it's God's problem, and it can happen at any time.

The fate of the gods is not within the scope of the three goddesses of fate, of course, this does not affect their observation.

As long as they don't tell what they see, then this kind of observation is almost costless.

So Clotho can see the ups and downs of the gods' fate, and Lachesis can see the strengths and weaknesses of their glory and failure.

As for Atropos, she can try to do something in the most difficult moments.

In a sense, the "one-day fruit" in the past came from this.

However, these means are only auxiliary after all, and they have no way to deal with some more direct impacts.

For example, some pollution that happens from time to time is like this.

"Click-"

"One thousand seven hundred and eighty-two threads of fate."

"One day!"

She closed the scissors expressionlessly, and with a "crackling" sound that ordinary things could not hear, in front of Atropos, the threads of fate broke one by one.

This is her job, and it is what she should do.

However, when Atropos closed her scissors, the strange stench from her body became more obvious.

Yellow teeth, tattered clothes, dry hair, if a mortal living in the subcontinent in the future saw it, he might mistake it for the call of the 'Five Decays of the Gods'.

Although there is no so-called 'Five Decays' in the Chaos world, when a god's body shows such an appearance, it still means some kind of disaster.

But as if she was used to it, Atropos wiped the light red sweat and turned a blind eye to it all.

As the one who cuts fate, if she doesn't want fate itself to bear more burdens, then she can only bear it.

"After all, I won't die, Lachesis."

"You won't either, the fate of this world is with us."

Speaking lightly, Atropos tried to stand up, but the next moment she stumbled.

Fortunately, her arm, which was only skin and bones left, was supported by someone soon. A wisp of tempting fragrance came from her side. It was Lachesis who was holding her elder sister's arm.

Health and withering, white skin and wrinkles and lines.

The two seemed to form a sharp contrast, as if they were from two different worlds. But neither of them cared about this, as if they didn't see the difference between the two sides at all.

"Sister, in recent years, such pollution has become more and more."

"If it continues like this, it will cause chaos one day."

Her brows were furrowed. Others didn't know, but Lachesis knew what Atropos was cutting just now.

It was certainly just the thread of fate, but it was some thread that shouldn't have been broken at this time.

As an existence that measures the length of fate, Lachesis can be sure that each of them still has more than one year's "length".

And the most important thing is that even if their "threads" are cut, they are still not dead.

They are still alive, but they have been abandoned by the fate of the world.

"I know, but I have to do it."

"And I am the goddess of fate, cough cough, she can't hurt me, just like she can't hurt you."

With a light cough, the light red sweat on Atropos's body did not stop flowing for a moment, but it seemed to flow back into her body.

But no matter how many times it flows, it cannot infect destiny.

He does not have this ability, and it has gone to the extreme to erode the threads of destiny of some humans and gods.

But for the god who represents destiny itself, His power is far from enough.

"This has been a long war, but we are invincible. And you remember what I said, Lachesis, the God-King will take care of it."

"We don't need to do anything, he will do it for us. You see, he already wants to unify the world, and this is just the beginning."

"Each generation of god-kings has their own way of fighting fate...but some choose violence, and some choose procrastination. As for him, he chose to move closer to Him."

"At least so far, he has been quite successful, hasn't he?"

"..."

Silent, although the upcoming war may further damage fate, Lachesis admitted that if Zeus can get his wish after the war is over, then his next step will indeed start to clean up the world.

Those natural spirits and evil gods that disrupt the order of fate, those evil things infected by the power of the mother tree, those lives from outside the world... He will do it himself without the goddess of fate asking.

And on that day, the pressure of fate will naturally lessen, and the three of them will be relieved a lot.

"Okay," Atropos raised his hand slightly, as if he didn't intend to ask this question again: "What are you here for today?"

"The creatures eroded by that tree may be born every minute. I can only solve it, but I need you to discover them."

"You probably didn't come just to see me. Tell me, what happened?"

"It's Clotho, she said. Another god's fate has changed differently, but this time..."

After hesitating for a moment, Lachesis said slowly: "This time, it actually changed for the better."

"While observing the thread of fate, she discovered that the fate of an ancient star god had changed again. Originally, it had reached a turning point in its destiny like many other star gods, but now it is actually returning."

"It's like trying to put a diverted river back on track, back to its original direction, but there's nothing wrong with it."

"The fate of the original mistake is being corrected, and so are the parts affected by it."

"I don't know if this is an illusion, but sister, I want to take a look. If there is a problem, we can prevent it in advance. But if this is really a good thing, then we should also know how it happened. "

"After all... it's not surprising that the destiny is restored, but the problem is, if someone leads this restoration, how does he know what kind of destiny is the 'right track'?"

Yes, this is the reason why Lachesis came.

When you repair a machine, you first need to know what it looked like when it was in good condition.

The question is, besides the goddess of destiny, who saw such a clear destiny, and why did they suddenly modify the destiny of a star god?

"Is that so... You are right, but where is that place?"

Nodding slightly, Atropos also understood the subtleties.

If the fate of mortals changes like this, they may not be able to find out in time, but gods are different.

Even if he is just a star god, he is still a god.

"In Athens, in the realm of Hermes."

Repliing softly, Lachesis said: "Actually, I have wanted to go there for a long time."

"After all, others don't know, and we can't tell them, but we ourselves know it very well."

"Hermes...how did he become a 'human'?"

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Hermes did not know this because he ignored the Fates in his introduction to the gods.

This led to a misjudgment by a being who had never heard of gods being able to exercise 'destiny', resulting in some unexpected results.

After all, in the world of Hermione, they have never heard of the God of Destiny. They only think that it is the power of the world itself, rather than being controlled by a certain god.

In short, a small mistake is about to attract uninvited guests.

And the string of destiny is so secretive that as long as the goddess of destiny doesn't want to, almost no one can find their traces.

For a time, Athens seemed to have truly become the center of the world, gathering the attention of heaven and earth.

Regardless of whether they intend to participate in this internal dispute in Olympus, the gods are all casting their eyes here.

They are all waiting for a result to see if there is any possibility of this dispute ending.

After all, to outsiders, they don’t know the determination of both parties.

This is just the death of a mortal, and it may not turn into an endless conflict between gods.

But this is what they thought. At the same moment, in the city of Eleusis, there was a temple in the center of the city.

The goddess of agriculture, who personally participated in all this on the margins, would not have such thoughts. After all, the beginning of this war took place on her territory.

"Aphrodite, this is different from what you said!"

Her chest rose and fell violently, and Demeter looked ugly.

She still remembered what the God of Beauty said to her after the Golden Apple Banquet.

Xiaozhi is driven by emotion, moved by reason, coupled with coercion and inducement.

She promised the land of Athens and told her how many gods were involved in it.

Then they told how perfect and thorough their plan was.

But what's the result? Athens has officially declared war on Eleusis, claiming that they were "bewitched by evil gods" and murdered the king.

Even if there is no explicit accusation against the Agricultural Church, what is the difference between this and speaking out.

By accusing the ‘evil god’ in a holy city of gods, the newly-appointed queen was bluntly saying that she would expel the agricultural church in the future and would not even show mercy to her clergy.

However, Demeter was helpless because she had no ability to resist.

"You said nothing would go wrong, you promised me!"

"Now the elites of Athens are approaching here. Tell me, how are you going to solve such trouble?!"

"Why are you so anxious? It's just a small mistake."

In an equally bad mood, Aphrodite interrupted rudely.

If there was anyone who was most upset about this long-planned assassination, apart from Demeter who only provided the venue but was the first to suffer the consequences, it was Aphrodite.

As for the reason... Faced with Aphrodite's interruption, this time, Demeter just sneered.

She couldn't fight, and she didn't have as many concubines as the other party, but at least some things wouldn't happen to her.

"A small mistake, yes-"

"The goddess of love and beauty asked her followers to seduce the king of the city-state of the goddess of wisdom. You even lent out all your artifacts, but what was the result?"

"Aphrodite, I think you and Ares are truly made for each other."

"A group of people besieged one person, and they turned into the god of war who was destroyed."

"Believers seduce others, but in the end they betray you mercilessly."

"I'm really looking forward to seeing what ridiculous things you two can do - maybe next time, Ares and you will be chased and beaten by mortals together, right?"

Casually mocking, although Demeter didn't think this would really happen. After all, when the national war in the mortal world started, the 'royal order' completely affected the human world, and Ares, as the 'God of War', was even more powerful.

No matter how weakened the divine authority of [War] is, it is still more than enough to cover a human battlefield.

With the blessing of divine power, he may become one of the top gods in Olympus.

Even Apollo, who is equally good at fighting, may only be able to surpass him in shooting skills.

But having said that, this does not prevent Demeter from mocking the other party.

After all, the Athenian army is approaching in the near future, and once the holy city is destroyed, I am afraid that she will become a laughing stock in the mortal world.

And looking at the current situation... Without the help of the gods and relying solely on the Agricultural Church, Eleusis would never be able to defend the city.