Passing through nine layers of clouds, stepping on the sea of clouds.
It didn't take too long for Mount Olympus to be seen from afar.
Hestia, lifted by a ball of flame, passed through the rows of palaces and came directly to the gate of the Golden Palace on the top of the mountain.
The palace of the God King was as solemn as ever, and the sacred splendor was scattered all around.
What surprised the goddess was that the door of the palace was closed at this moment, and she couldn't feel any breath of Zeus.
"Where is the God King, where is he?"
Zeus was obviously not here. Hestia still didn't find any trace of him after her thoughts swept up and down the mountain.
Frowning slightly, the goddess of the hearth had to ask the two guards at the door.
If she guessed correctly, her brother was probably out for fun again... Pursing her lips, Hestia didn't know what to say to him.
After all, if we exclude the premise that Hera is the guardian of marriage, this is just a personal hobby of Zeus.
She had prepared for no results before asking, but what surprised the goddess again was that the two guards at the door unexpectedly gave an answer.
"Reporting to His Highness, not long ago, His Majesty returned to the God Mountain from the Hades. After summoning the Goddess of Life and the God of Craftsman, he left in a hurry."
"Before leaving, His Majesty said that he had important things to announce soon, and all the gods in heaven and on earth who were willing to obey him had to come. It was just that His Highness was not in the God Mountain at that time, so we two conveyed it on his behalf."
"In addition to you, the gods of the Hades and the ocean were also invited. Because His Highness the God of Wind was not here, His Highness Iris, the servant of the Queen of Heaven, personally conveyed it on his behalf."
"Important things?"
Hestia was slightly startled when she heard it. She didn't expect to get such a result.
She was a little confused, but she didn't ask, because the two guards were obviously just conveying Zeus's will, and they couldn't know what happened.
But she hadn't encountered such a solemn notice for a long time. In addition, Hades and the King of the Sea hadn't come to the ground for a long time.
What on earth was it that was worthy of Zeus to go to such lengths that he even recalled all the brothers who hated each other back to the sacred mountain?
With a slightly relaxed expression, Hestia didn't know that her other brother had already returned to the side of the father god.
The goddess only felt that Zeus had done a good thing. When announcing the big event, he at least remembered his brother who was far away.
It would be good to get together. Since the three brothers separated, they hardly had much time to get together. If there was a chance, she would also like to listen to them talk about their lives in the sea and the underworld.
Places like the underworld do seem much more desolate and lonely.
"Okay, I get it. You continue to guard this place."
She nodded slightly and turned to leave. Since Zeus was not there, there was no need for the goddess of fire to stay for long. Although
the affairs of the human world were important, they were not urgent.
After all, for the gods, even if the Olympian gods were more aware of the length of time than the Titan gods in the past, they still did not take the short time seriously.
Just as the turbulence on the sea is very obvious to some people, few gods on earth noticed it.
At most, they noticed the abnormal turbulence in the East China Sea, but no one thought that the immortal god, the Sea King canonized by the God's Court, had left the world.
In their eyes, Poseidon had at most caused some trouble again, and now he was probably recuperating in his own territory.
Anyway, the affairs of the sea have always been handled by the ancient sea gods, and it doesn't seem to matter whether Poseidon is there or not.
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If in today's era, Mount Olympus is the center of the east of the earth, then the entire east can be regarded as the center of the world.
Even if mortals have exhausted thousands of years of development, humans have only occupied the vast land east of the sacred mountain, and more places are still primitive and wild.
Since the fall of Typhon, countless demons have spread across the earth, and evil things that are difficult to erase are everywhere.
The weeds on the roadside, the birds and beasts on the hillside, even a piece of soil, a stone, they may be affected by the strange sunlight that once briefly shone on the human world, and become completely different from their previous selves.
Even though the gods have encircled and suppressed them several times, they still have no success in the end. Because they are endless and can't be killed.
As long as there is a little spark left, it is possible to revive after a long time. So the gods have to catch the big and let the small go, and turn a blind eye to most of the evil things that are not of the same level.
From then on, the evil gods who accidentally obtained the godhood, the criminals who were expelled from the human kingdom, and even some intelligent life forms different from humans.
Most of these beings rejected by human countries and gods moved here and continued to survive by slash-and-burn farming.
In this regard, the gods had to give up their pursuit.
After all, in the human world where the power of the true gods cannot be displayed, it is undoubtedly difficult to clean up the entire human world.
As long as the main body of human beings is in their hands, there is no need to kill these losers.
Today, west of Mount Olympus, across endless mountains and rivers, near a remote stream, a group of strange yet handsome creatures walked out of a dark cave.
The bottom of the deep cave could not be seen, as if it led directly to the core of the earth.
They walked out cautiously. Although it seemed that this was not their first time on earth, their behavior showed their fear of the human world.
They stepped
in unison, trying not to cause any extra noise.
They deftly crossed the seemingly ordinary bushes and tree stumps, and inadvertently checked the traps they had set up the last time they came.
They patrolled the area with a diameter of thousands of steps, and in the end, no trap had any signs of being triggered.
It was hard to say whether this was a bad thing or a good thing. The group returned to the starting point. The leading creature had a trace of regret in his eyes, but he also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
They came here for "hunting", but the result of hunting is often accompanied by the crisis of life and death.
Even though she was loyal to her 'mother', she knew very well that death was not the same as dying.
Being killed by 'prey' was different from other things. Those corrupt and evil creatures would not let the dead rest in peace.
After death, one could not return to nature. This was the source of her fear.
"Keep moving forward."
"Direction, due north."
The leader spoke in a pleasant but inhuman language.
Seeing that nothing was found, the companions behind him breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to continue the unfinished task.
Every time they came to the surface, they would expand the scope of exploration and set new traps.
Until one day, they captured enough "prey" here, or attracted existence beyond their imagination, and then announced that this exit was listed as a restricted area with their death.
This cycle repeats itself. After
all, except for a very few very stable passages, which can even go directly down to the underworld at the bottom of the world, most of the passages to and from the ground are sometimes stable and sometimes broken.
With the turbulence of the ground, which they call "the breath of the mother earth", there will always be new cracks. So for them, as long as they want to find it, there will never be a lack of portals to the ground.
Just a short rest, the group continued to carefully explore the surroundings.
Go up along the river and move forward.
When they arrived at the edge of the area they had explored before, it took these beautiful creatures half a day to walk just a few hundred steps. It was not
until sunset that the leader looked at the sky and prepared to return with regret and relief.
It was another day of returning without success, but this was indeed the case for most of their time.
"Okay."
"Let's stop here for today and continue next time.
"Get ready, the rear team becomes the front team, retreat in turn, remember to be careful..."
"——Wait!"
The originally suppressed voice suddenly became hurried, and then raised his hand suddenly. At the leader's signal, the group stopped immediately.
Because of their position, the people behind could not cross the field of vision of the first person, let alone know what she saw. But under her urgent command, the overall movements of the group seemed neat and standardized.
In an instant, the only sounds in the entire forest were the rapid breathing and the sound of leaves in the wind, and only the leader continued to observe his discovery carefully. On the other side of the stream, two thousand steps away, on a tall old tree, several green fleshworms were gnawing on fallen leaves, and some were spitting out white silk threads to weave a cocoon for themselves.
Living beings and nature live in harmony, and it looks no different from other places.
However, this ordinary scene is not so in the eyes of the leader. A trace of fear and excitement flashed in his dark pupils.
There, a trace of light red lines is vaguely wrapped around the body of a green worm, as inconspicuous as a natural pattern.
If any other human were here, I'm afraid they would only think that this is just a resin that is accidentally stained, or a strange species that is accidentally mutated among the green worms.
But for the captain who has come into contact with the "prey" more than once, she knows what it is too well.
This represents their opportunity, and it is also a natural disaster for an area.
"Recorder, record."
"A life with [Traces of Corruption] was found in the crack No. 8-3-7251 today."
"The source of corruption is unknown, but the initial estimate is that it should not exceed the 'high evil creature'. You can hunt it and sacrifice it to the Great Mother. Ask for support after returning."
"Now, continue my previous order."
"The rear team becomes the front team. We retreat carefully."
There was no response, but the whole team turned around and retreated in unison.
As careful as when they came, they did not startle any movement on the road.
Until they returned to the dark cave entrance, no more accidents happened.
Standing at the cave entrance, the leader took a last look at the dense forest by the river. She knew that when she came here next time, there might be no living things here.
When traces of corruption are found in an area, everything here will soon be polluted. They are the tentacles of
the Great Mother of Flesh and Blood, and they are the most determined guards to protect nature.
Shasha...
the figure disappeared at the entrance of the cave, and the forest fell into silence again.
Thousands of steps away from the cave entrance, by the river, the special caterpillar continued to gnaw on the leaves, and only the silent trees around witnessed all this.
After a long time, when the sun set and everything returned to the cover of the night, all life on the earth fell into sleep one by one.
In the deep night, a plain voice suddenly came from the forest.
"..."
"How is it? I have seen it, and it should meet your requirements."
"Compared to humans, isn't there any difference?"
The voice startled a flock of flying birds, and the next moment, as if they had been there from the beginning to the end, two figures appeared silently in the air.
Zeus did not hide his admiration when he glanced at the cave that led directly to the ground not far away.
"It's really not bad. In fact, the level they show has surpassed more than 99% of humans."
"Although their power is not strong, that's just because they don't have the blood of gods... But sometimes, this shortcoming is exactly what I need."
"I didn't expect that you would have such an achievement in the field of creation."
Elves, or "dark elves".
Intelligent life created by the Lord of Darkness himself with the help of the Goddess of Life.
They have been active for a long time in the underground of Chaos, but Zeus didn't notice their existence until recently.
But he was shocked at the sight of them.
Without experiencing the evolution of three generations of humans and without holding the power of [life] himself, the Lord of Darkness actually created this kind of life group that evolved independently and could provide faith.
In contrast, Zeus himself has made more than one attempt in secret, but the life he finally created was either a human subspecies that could not escape the barriers, or an existence that could not provide enough faith like the golden generation in the past. More
often, the reincarnation of the spiritual world does not recognize this as an independent life at all, and has never cast a soul on it.
It was because of the failure that Zeus knew how difficult it was.
It took four generations for the gods on earth to have the human race today.
And Erebus created such a perfect race with just a little effort.
Even if these elves did not have their own "creator" and their relatively rare number, I am afraid that these elves would have the ability to replace humans.
For a while, the God King's originally inflated heart calmed down again.
With the help of the power of the "One Day Fruit" to take on most of the power of the King of Ten Thousand Monsters, Zeus thought that he had gradually caught up with the gap with these primitive gods.
But now it seems that he is still far behind.
"It's just a casual creation, not worth mentioning."
"In fact, I have never paid attention to their life or death."
He spoke lightly, admitting this point.
However, Erebus obviously did not intend to explain the fact that he easily created life on the basis of the corpses of foreign elves and dwarves from Svartalfheim, the country of darkness and the underground.
After all, he did make localized improvements to make them look more in line with the aesthetics of the Chaos gods. So from this perspective, it is not wrong to say that this is what he created.
"Okay, Zeus, tell me your reasons."
"I remember that you were not as eager for the abyss as you are now. What happened? Did you suffer a loss at sea again, so you want to get back at me?"
"You should be able to deal with a projection of power... Is this a small matter worth coming to see me?"
With calm and indifferent eyes, the Lord of Darkness's eyes swept across the God King, and finally fell on the hole that led directly to the ground. It seemed that he saw
the conversation between the underworld behind him, and he seemed not to be interested in Zeus' previous proposal. But only he knew that he was also eager to try at this moment.
Not long ago, the incarnation of Zeus came all the way to the underworld, just to chase the god who was in charge of [Sleep], but finally stopped in front of the realm of eternal night.
He asked the three-headed demon dog what happened here, and then left his own methods. However, from beginning to end, he seemed to have forgotten that there was a third witness there.
The realm of eternal night and lightlessness enveloped the underworld and surrounded the entire space and time. So Erebus also saw what happened at the door.
However, unlike Zeus's various speculations about Nyx, he was not surprised at all that the god of sleep could walk into the eternal night.
Endless years ago, he had witnessed the other party walking out like this, and now walking back, there was nothing special.
And Nyx probably never paid any attention to him, just as the other party had never cared about the ruthless spirits of the underworld born from the power of the eternal night. It
was just that Erebus didn't care about the existence of Hypnos, but it didn't mean that he didn't care about other things.
That day, the Lord of Darkness, who had watched everything, suddenly remembered that although he had been paying attention to Ryan, he seemed to have overlooked something.
He still remembered that when he first fought with Ryan, it was at the turn of the second and third eras. He followed the power of the silver human soul and discovered the birth of the interface in the abyss. It was also from that day that he had the idea of breaking free.
As a primitive god, Erebus knew very well how chaotic the time sequence of Tartarus was.
Ten thousand years in the outside world, and he didn't know how much time had passed in his heart.
Maybe hundreds of thousands of years, maybe millions of years, although time has no meaning to him, but after so many years, what about the interface in the abyss, what changes have occurred to him, and has he encountered any problems?
Those who do not plan for eternity are not qualified to plan for the moment.
The Lord of Darkness does not know this, but he undoubtedly wants to know.
In addition, he has some unknown plans.
In short, since the creation of the Dark Elves, Erebus has been imitating them even if he does not know why.
So even if Zeus does not come to him, he will find a reason to arouse his interest later.
With the current God King in front of him, his goal will undoubtedly be much smaller.
"It's just an incarnation, it's naturally no match for me."
"This is the ground, not the abyss."
"But Your Highness Erebus, this is the second time... Even if chaos is naturally hostile to order, this is no reason for me to leave it alone."
"Before, I was planning to wait a little longer, waiting for my gifted offspring to take the trip for me, but unfortunately the tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop. Before I did anything, the monster in Tartarus actually targeted my brother first."
"It attacked Poseidon and took him away from the world. And if we wait any longer, I'm afraid that what we agreed on before will not go smoothly."
He spoke in a deep voice. Although Zeus didn't know that the Lord of Darkness also had the idea of exploring the abyss, he was not afraid that the other party would refuse.
It's true that the dark elves were created by the other party, but their real blood source is actually the [Life Bottle] and the [Golden Apple Tree]. This is also the reason why Zeus summoned Moanda before leaving Mount Olympus.
Just like the fourth generation of humans belonged to the Olympian pantheon, they would not stubbornly refuse any other gods to drive mortals.
Theoretically, if it was just to let the elves do something, Zeus did not need to discuss it with Erebus in person.
The reason why he came to the door in person was because the king of gods still had doubts about these elves.
After all, if we really want to rank the shadows of Zeus's life, the sudden change in the strength of 'Cronus' at the turn of the era would be ranked first, and Typhon, the king of all monsters, would be ranked second.
In comparison, even the scene of the Lord of the Spirit Realm 'crushing the bones and raising ashes' of the sun god could not compare with it.
However, it was not until Zeus received most of the power after Typhon's death with the help of the 'One Day Fruit' that he suddenly discovered that there was a more terrifying existence behind the king of all monsters, and he had even come into contact with the other party's power long before.
Fortunately, no matter how powerful the power of the mother tree is, it cannot corrupt fate and the power of the king of gods.
The biggest impact it has caused on Zeus at present is that the king of gods pays special attention to these evil things scattered in the world.
If it weren't for his urging, most gods would not bother to clean up these beings outside the human world, but let them fight each other to death, and eventually cause a disaster unintentionally.
"... Your Highness Erebus, these dark elves are indeed an excellent race. Even with the precedent of humans, it is difficult to hide their excellence."
"But this behavior of hunting evil creatures and sacrificing them to the golden apple tree... is there really no problem?"
After going around in circles, Zeus finally asked the question he really wanted to know.
Without the help of the "One Day Fruit", he might not dare to control the power of evil creatures.
However, compared to himself who only came into contact with Typhon, the Lord of Darkness is the one who has really dealt with the source of the power of evil creatures.
Perhaps the other party has some special way to dissolve the filth brought by the mother tree.
"Hehe... I know what you want to say. It will be fine, but Zeus, don't think too much."
"What the golden apple tree can do does not mean that others can do it. For example, you... absolutely have no chance."
"Unlike other gods in the world, the original body of the golden apple tree is the [Seed of All Things] in the [Aquarius of Life]. If it were not for Gaia's restrictions at the beginning of creation, it would have the potential to achieve great divine power."
"In this world, the [Mother Tree of Flesh and Blood] and the [Aquarius of Life] both represent the highest level of the [Life] field, but they are in different directions and have different degrees of completeness..." "
It is reasonable that the golden apple tree can use this to purify the power of evil things and absorb the most essential [Life] from it to supply its own growth."
"As long as the part it absorbs is far enough from the source, there will be no problem."
In the shadows, Erebus's face looked vague. With a faint smile, he looked at where Zeus was.
"In the final analysis, no matter how many evil creatures there are, their ability to pollute life is far inferior to that of the 'ancient evil creatures' that have completed their transformation."
"And even if those 'ancient evil creatures' that are comparable to the true gods are placed together, how can they compare to the essence of the power He gave to Typhon?"
"Zeus... instead of worrying about the elves, you might as well worry about yourself."
"Although I don't know how you used the web of fate to cover the legacy of Typhus, it is obviously impossible for you to do the method used by the golden apple tree."
Typhon... his voice was flat. Compared with Zeus, in Erebus' heart, the king of all demons who ravaged the world actually made him care more.
Because what he said to Zeus was actually a loss he had suffered.
When the divine body was polluted, the Lord of Darkness was forced to split it, and then merged it with the dragon egg, using the [Life Bottle] to consume the power in it bit by bit.
His original intention was to use Chaos' [life] to dissipate the [life] of the foreign land, and then let this power turn into nutrients to nourish the vitality of the dragon egg itself.
If he succeeds, the dragon egg created by combining the power of [life] from two worlds and the body of the original god will become a monster more terrifying than the hundred-armed giant and become his most powerful thug.
Even relying on his unique power, even if his power is still lacking, he is enough to intervene in the battle of great divine power.
But the final result is that Erebus did not succeed at all. He thought he had expelled the pollution from the dragon egg, but in fact it was just the mother tree that chose to give up.
He turned to the portal of the abyss, first tempted the earth mother, and then gave birth to Typhon with her.
Undoubtedly, this was a complete failure, but this failure made the Lord of Darkness fully realize the nature of the mother tree.
Even if he had not opened up the world, let alone come into contact with the power of the creation realm, he judged the true power of the flesh and blood mother tree. The
fight in the ruins of the nine realms was suppressed by the laws of the world. In the world of Chaos, the mother tree was still suppressed by the laws of the world.
From the realm of power alone, Erebus had no way to judge the strength of the opponent.
Although the bisected [Life Aquarius] can no longer hope to reach the status of [Artifact of Creation], the gap between it and the Great Divine Power is different from that of ordinary gods who have not touched this realm.
If the Outer Gods stop at the Great Divine Power, then in the case of occupying the home field and having another Great Divine Power to provide power, the [Life Aquarius] can use a long time to erase the power that the Outer Gods have split.
However, the final result is that the Aquarius still failed, and the power of the Mother Tree is unshakable. In this case, the only possibility is that the power of the Mother Tree is a whole body higher than it.
The [Life Aquarius] cannot be complete because of its incompleteness, and the flesh and blood Mother Tree at least has some characteristics that are higher than the Great Divine Power.
And He cannot really pollute himself, so He cannot be an existence comparable to the world itself.
Therefore, any power directly from the mother tree cannot be digested by the Aquarius, and there is at least one layer between them.
Even considering that the power of the outer gods is beyond his past cognition, out of caution, Erebus chose to separate them.
Only those ordinary evil creatures whose power is not even as good as that of the true gods, he allowed those elves to be used as sacrifices to increase the power of the golden apple tree.
As for Zeus, who directly swallowed the power of Typhon...even if the Lord of Darkness had this opportunity, he would only stay away from it.
"...Is that so...It's a pity."
His face remained unchanged. Knowing such a result, Zeus felt a little regretful.
He came to Erebus this time, and his concerns about these elves were part of it, and thinking about his own future also accounted for a considerable part.
When he found out that the elves hunted evil creatures for sacrifice, the God King did think about whether he could do the same.
If he could truly take the power of Typhon, then there would be no need to worry about the matter of "One Day Fruit".
Now that the Lord of Darkness has personally denied his idea, the God King has expected such a result.
If it can't be done, then it can't be done. The most important thing at the moment is to explore the abyss first.
Not only because of the big snake, Zeus still remembered the omen when he tried to enter Tartarus before. When
he saved the giants at the end of the Second Age, and when he tried to track down Keto not long ago, he had a premonition.
There seemed to be something in the abyss that was closely related to him. Hercules couldn't wait any longer, as Zephyrus hadn't reported the latest progress to him yet. Moreover, even if the god of the west wind came back, Zeus was not sure whether the great hero could meet his needs.
There was no other way, the king of gods had to choose to go on his own.
As for these dark elves, they were just tools to "cover" his incarnation.
Once they entered the abyss, there was no need for them to come back.
Including Erebus, even if they didn't know what the omen meant yet, Zeus didn't want others to know the trump card he might get, so anyone who knew about it would have no choice but to die.
Tartarus... the most powerful primitive god in the world.
If he could find a way to borrow this power from within him, let alone the starry sky and the four seas, even if he put the spirit world and the Lord of Darkness together, what would he fear?
"Your Highness Erebus, thank you for your answer anyway."
The king of gods smiled and expressed his gratitude at the right time.
Now, he knew everything he should know. It was just out of courtesy that Zeus invited him.
"With your help, I will try to dive into the abyss soon."
"As long as there is no power at the level of great divine power, it should not cause unrest in Him... Then, Your Highness Erebus, do you want to come with us?"
"Well..."
"At first, I didn't want to go."
"But since you invited me so kindly, as an ally, I can't refuse."
In the indescribable shadow, the Lord of Darkness responded lightly.
"..."
"Ahem... Actually, there is no need to force it. After all, as both are primitive gods, Tartarus is much more sensitive to your power than the power of the God King. If you don't want to..."
"No force."
There seemed to be a hint of smile in his voice, and the Lord of Darkness explained calmly.
"I won't go there myself, but one of my servants is very suitable for that place."
"Five-Colored Dragon Mother, the guardian of the golden apple tree."
"The strength of her body is enough to match one hand of my divine body and more. Although I am not good at divine body, this strength is enough for her to fight giants with her body."
"With her assistance, I think your journey to the abyss will be much smoother."
"As long as you are not discovered by the existence you are fighting with, you can move freely in it."
"..."
The smile was a little stiff, Zeus didn't know what Erebus was going to do.
As one of the oldest gods since the creation of the world, what can the abyss have for you to explore.
Even if there is, why do you have to go with me to see it.
In the past tens of thousands of years, when could you not go there? Before I came to you today, I didn't prevent you from going there by yourself.
Why do you have to wait until I invite you before you accept the invitation against your usual behavior?
"Why, are you a little surprised?"
"No need to be, in fact, this is also to dispel your concerns."
"Before on Mount Olympus, you insisted on waiting for me to deal with the human bathing in the Styx, and I guessed that you still doubted the purpose of my joining forces with you."
"In order to prevent these misunderstandings from accumulating for too long, I decided at that time that if you invite me to do something next time, I will try my best to satisfy you."
Erebus casually found an excuse for his motives, and he didn't know whether Zeus believed it.
Anyway, whether he believed it or not, he was determined to go to the abyss.
Observing the so-called hell is one aspect, and on the other hand, he has to prepare another way out for himself.
He knew the collapse of the nine realms, and although he had never seen the destruction of Hermeneus, the power released by Chaos more or less confirmed that another world had become His food.
In this feast, Tartarus undoubtedly accounted for a large share, but the lightless realm was also expanding every moment.
The reason is simple. Among the eight gods of Hemenu, [Infinite Darkness] is one of them, and it is one of the few gods whose power has not been divided.
From the beginning to the end of the world's destruction, its power was relatively intact, and Chaos accepted it relatively quickly.
Although for the transformation of power between worlds, the [Darkness] of one world may not be completely transformed into the [Darkness] of another world, in any case, this is a very close connection.
For ordinary gods, this is almost a huge fortune.
For example, far above the starry sky, the ancient Titan Koos was extremely excited.
Even though he was worried in his heart that the laws of the world might give birth to another god who would divide his power, the continuous increase of this power was real.
After an era, looking at the edge of the starry sky that was expanding at an accelerating rate, Koos felt for the first time that he had touched a glimmer of hope to reach the top.
However, when all this fell on Erebus, it was another matter.
The rising power constantly oppressed his personality. Being in the core of the lightless realm, he was often just in a trance. When Erebus woke up again, a year had passed in the world.
Once, this short sleep was controllable. But now, it occasionally escapes his control.
He must do something, whether it is to strengthen his personality or find a way to weaken the growing power and keep it under his control.
And both of these methods are likely to be solved in the abyss.
"...Is that so? But you may have misunderstood. Your Highness Erebus, I have never doubted your determination..."
On the side, although reason told Zeus that this was probably just an excuse made by the Lord of Darkness, the God King still felt that he was shooting himself in the foot.
But at this point, since the Lord of Darkness had already agreed, he could not refuse it, let alone restrict the whereabouts of a primitive god.
So he forced a smile and nodded slowly.
"That's it, I still need some time to make a body with my flesh and blood. Once I'm ready, I'll enter the abyss."
"I hope we can find the monster's lair this time. Once we get rid of it, I can free myself to eradicate the cancer that is poisoning the world."
"..."
The conversation seemed to go on for a while. At some point, when the wind blew across the ground, the exit connecting the ground and the underground was deserted.
The two figures left silently, just as they arrived silently. History became a secret, hidden in the deepest shadows.
When Zeus and Erebus left, on the other side of the earth, not far from Silver Moon City.
A light silver shuttle-shaped metal creation floated in the air, with the light of the stars flowing on it.
Placing the heavy luggage on the ground, Hercules looked at the vehicle in front of him and couldn't help but feel that the trip was worthwhile.
The wilderness of Chaos is full of dangers, and all kinds of strange beasts and monsters are everywhere. Even if they can be dealt with, it will inevitably delay the traveler for a long time.
And once you cross the Olympus Mountains, the land to the west is even more dangerous. Ancient evil creatures and pagan evil gods that make the gods afraid often entrench themselves there, and no one can guarantee their own safety.
So in order to get to the destination as soon as possible, the great hero had to set his sights on Silver Moon City.
The boats traveling on the seabed impressed Hercules, so accordingly, he hoped to get a tool to travel between the earth here.
At first, he failed, because the truly cutting-edge creations of Silver Moon City were never sold to the public. Even if they were sold, unless the great hero was willing to exchange the treasures left by the demons, he could not afford them.
But in the end, he succeeded.
He got what he wanted, which was the metal shuttle floating in front of him. But in order to get it, Hercules had to accept a special request.
"What a strange practice..."
"Sending people to a dangerous environment, and arranging for people to rescue him."
"Your Highness Prometheus, is this contradictory behavior really reasonable?"
He whispered for advice. Although the great hero was very smart, he had not been too deeply exposed to the awkward choices between the kingdom and the church's top leaders.
The foresight just smiled at this. Things like this are not uncommon in the world.
"Nothing strange."
"You know, in a group, it is easy for individuals and the collective to have different opinions."
"When opinions differ, one will always be executed, but the other may not give up."
"But this has nothing to do with us. Anyway, you have already got what you want, right?"
"With its help, distance will no longer be an obstacle to you."
Prometheus smiled and gave an explanation. But looking at the great hero who seemed to be thinking about something, he actually had another guess in his heart.
Maybe in this short period of time, the identity of the blood of Hercules, the king of gods, has been discovered.
And the person who commissioned him may just want to see the descendants of the leaders of the "false gods" become their enemies first.
But there is no need to say these unfounded guesses. Whether it is true or false, it is actually not a big deal.
After all, even without the influence of others, the great hero himself seems to be on a path that runs counter to Zeus.
"Yes, every time I see it, I can't help but sigh at the effect of alchemy. The person who invented it is definitely one of the wisest sages in the world. It can take people to another world."
"The vast starry sky is endless, but mortals can rely on their own creations to travel in it."
"If I hadn't seen it in person, I'm afraid I would just think it was a fairy tale."
With a slight sigh, Hercules still admires the wonderful ideas of these human spellcasters until now.
The earth is not like the water. There is no fluctuation of water flow. It is very difficult to move forward secretly here.
The maker of this shuttle simply avoided this problem. He turned the plane's journey into a three-dimensional image.
Pass through the nine layers of clouds and reach the endless starry sky.
Make an arc there and finally return to the human world.
So the long journey was avoided, and without anyone knowing, the rider had crossed the land and the sea.
"Amon, I heard that you have not been idle these days."
"A witch with a high status in Silver Moon City invited you to her home and asked you to tell her about the interesting things you encountered during your journey."
"How is it? Has the life of a powerful witch opened your eyes and allowed you to see many things you have never seen before?"
"..."
"...Of course."
"The witch's attitude was very enthusiastic. She was very happy to entertain me... and the experience with her will be remembered for the rest of my life."
Amon responded with a smile and quickly skipped the topic.
Seeing this, the great hero did not ask any further questions, although he was indeed very curious about Amon's experience in the past few days.
As an outsider, Hercules did not see a powerful wizard who made him feel dangerous until he left, but he believed that there must be one here.
Maybe the witch was one, but he didn't know whether it was a coincidence or something else, and he never had the opportunity to meet her.
"...Well, that's it."
"Anyway, this trip has been successful so far. If there is a chance in the future, I may come back to take a look."
"But now, it's time for us to start the next journey."
He said with a smile, just like the great hero said, they should leave.
Although the exploration of this city is only the tip of the iceberg, there are still more waiting for them on the other side of the earth.
The orchard on the sea, the river of oblivion in the underworld, and the legendary destination of all souls in the world.
It's time for them to set off... But at this moment, Hercules suddenly frowned and looked in the distance.
There, a familiar breath suddenly appeared, and in addition, there was a strange but somewhat close breath.
The hero didn't know what the latter was, but he seemed to have just seen the former not long ago.
Zephyrus, the god of the west wind, was his original guide for the trial.
As the main god of Olympus, Hercules has always respected the other party's power and status.
But the unexpected meeting in the city before broke the filter in the hero's heart... After hesitating for a moment, he turned around and said.
"Sorry, I'm afraid I have to ask you to wait a little longer."
"The trial arranged for me by the god of the west wind may not be over yet."
The other party did not come directly, perhaps because he found that he was not alone. I just don't know if the god of the west wind, as the main god of Olympus, has discovered Prometheus' identity.
Hercules thought that probably not, but he couldn't be sure.
In short, no matter whether he wants to continue the trial of the gods or not, the great hero thinks he should go and meet them. ...
In a remote forest outside Silver Moon City, the God of West Wind, who finally reappeared in his true form, shook his wings behind him.
At the end of his sight, Zephyros once again saw Hercules walking towards him.
Unlike the last time they met without knowing each other, this time, after returning to his true form, the God of West Wind could seriously look at this great hero who had not seen him for a long time.
He had grown a little taller, and his young face had a few more frosts.
Compared with the previous one, Hercules had an invisible sense of oppression around him.
Faintly, Zephyros seemed to see roaring giant lions, screaming eagles, and demons with human bodies and fish tails around him...
Their phantoms hovered around the great hero, cursing him angrily, but they did not dare to get close.
Demons do not have human etiquette, they do not follow the order of the mortal world, and only believe that the powerful is the king.
So they hate the existence that deprives them of their lives and power, but they are willing to let their legacy after death be used for them.
Just like their ancestor, the unruly and arrogant ancestor of all demons. The God King of Olympus tried to subdue it with a trick, but this was just his delusion from the beginning.
To truly make the ancestor of the demons bow their heads even temporarily, only real courage can do it, not the trajectory of wandering in the darkness.
"Typhon..."
he murmured in his heart, but the next moment, the fantasy in front of him disappeared, and the God of West Wind woke up from his trance.
There was no phantom in front of him, only the figure of the great hero in front of him.
He breathed a sigh of relief. As a "loyal minister" who once saved the God King from danger, Zephyros also had a very deep memory of the Demon King.
Looking at the great hero in front of him, the God of West Wind couldn't help but feel a little emotional. Now the opponent has become more and more powerful, and even reminded him of the peerless demon.
"Hercules, long time no see."
"I haven't had time to congratulate you for cutting off the head of the Hydra and once again maintaining peace in the world."
The voice was calm and majestic. In front of the great hero, Zephyrus seemed to be the main god of Olympus, a noble and approachable god.
However, what the god of the west wind didn't know was that at this moment, Hercules only felt a little funny in his heart.
The majestic figure in front of him and the sparrow seemed to be integrated at this moment, and the great hero could hardly raise emotions of awe and respect.
Without saying anything, Hercules remained silent. He wanted to hear what the other party had to say.
And hanging in the air, Zephyrus understood it as calmness.
Just like the last time he killed the giant lion, the son of the king of gods did not boast about his achievements.
And such a dazzling gem needs to be polished to shine more brightly.
"From now on, the mortals in the southern land will no longer have to worry about the threat of Hydra. Hercules, you have done a good job."
"But young hero, even though you have killed the demons in both the north and the south, there are demons everywhere in this world, and there is no shortage of those who are unwilling to obey the gods."
"I gave you time to rest, and you did not waste it."
"I can see the results of your efforts to hone your strength... and now, it is time for you to show them."
The third mission was completed. Although there were many problems in the process, it finally got back on track.
Looking at the great hero in front of him, Zephyrus made another request.
"Go west."
"Hercules, go west across thousands of mountains and rivers."
"At the end of the earth, under the broken pillar of heaven, there is a sinful creature wandering around."
"It is the Sphinx with a lion's body and a human face, the wisest of the descendants of the King of Monsters."
"It knows many secrets of the world, and then asks its own questions to everyone who tries to cross it."
"Answer its puzzles, and you can pass in front of it. If you can't crack its tricks, then even the most powerful force will be suppressed by its order."
"Young hero, this is the fourth challenge you have to face."
"I hope you can understand that in this world, pure power can't do everything, and wisdom is also an indispensable part of the strong."
The Sphinx, a descendant of the King of Monsters, Hercules has heard of this name and knows the other party's deeds.
Compared with the cruelty of the giant lion and the hydra, the Sphinx's puzzles test wisdom, so it did not leave a terrible name in the world, but instead attracted many people to challenge it.
Although they both failed, they lost their lifelong knowledge and everything to each other, but this only contributed to the fame of the Sphinx.
After all, it never invaded human territory, and as long as no one paid attention to it, it rarely took the initiative to cause trouble to others.
Strictly speaking, the hero did not need to take on this task. Now, when his eyes were set on Hera's orchard, there was no point in completing the trial of the gods.
But when the God of West Wind told Hercules where the Sphinx was, Hercules hesitated again.
The center of the earth, the collapsed pillar of heaven, he remembered this place.
At the beginning, he planned to go there to find some traces left over from the old days.
"...I know."
He spoke lightly, without refusing or agreeing, the hero just said that he already knew about this.
But after hearing his answer, Zephyrus nodded with satisfaction.
He did not think this was an ambiguous response, the God of West Wind just felt that the hero had agreed.
In this way, he only had one last thing to do today.
After finishing this matter, he no longer needed to worry about not being able to find the other party.
"Very good."
"Then Hercules, before that, I have found a helper for you."
"His name is Dionysus... I believe that you will get along well."
"…So, this is roughly what happened."
"His name is Dionysus, a hero whose reputation is unknown to the world. He will be our companion on the next journey."
"And they are the friends I made along the way, and they will also embark on the next journey with me."
Returning to the silver shuttle, Hercules introduced the identities of the people around him to Prometheus and Amon.
Beside him, the handsome black-haired Dionysus waved and greeted with a smile on his face.
Previously, in the nameless woodland, Zephyrus did not stay for long.
He seemed to be in a hurry to do something, so he just left after a quick explanation, leaving the great hero and Dionysus who walked out from the side to look at each other.
From each other, they both felt the kind of blood-related intimacy.
The latter knew why this was the case, after all, the great hero was his half-brother. However, Hercules did not know this, so he just gave a solemn warning.
"Dionysus, nice to meet you."
"Although I don't know why you joined my team, I still welcome you to join. It's just that each of us has a different past and is heading towards the same goal with different reasons."
"Others won't ask about your story, but I hope you won't ask about others' unless they voluntarily tell you."
"If you are willing to accept what I say, then from now on we are companions."
On the way back to the shuttle, Hercules warned, and Dionysus followed his advice.
He just smiled and told the hero that he had no objection to this.
As long as everyone is willing to drink with him, they are his best friends.
"I am Dionysus, and I am very happy to travel west with you."
His eyes swept across Amon and Prometheus, and Dionysus paused for a moment on the latter.
He did not see through the changes of the foresight, but he was still a little concerned about his innate senses that were different from ordinary people.
But as Hercules said, everyone has a different past, even himself.
So Dionysus just smiled and stretched out his hand to Prometheus... and then shook it with another hand that was stretched out from the side.
"It's a pleasure to travel with you, Mr. Dionysus. My name is Amon."
With an eager and intimate look in his eyes, Amon waved his arm vigorously.
"If you need any help in the future, you can come to me and I will do my best to help."
"...Thank you very much in advance, Mr. Amon."
Dionysus was stunned for a moment after reading this name that did not quite fit Chaos's pronunciation habits, and then responded with a smile.
Amon's enthusiasm surprised him a little, but he did not reject this enthusiasm.
Before coming, he did not expect that Hercules would have friends who traveled with him. However, heroes of all ages were not all alone, so Dionysus accepted it easily.
In this case, as an outsider who wants to integrate into the group, he must first build a good relationship with everyone.
So facing Amon's enthusiasm, Dionysus was not surprised but happy. There is never a lack of warm and hospitable people in the world, and he is never an indifferent person.
So Dionysus also waved his arm and responded with an eager smile.
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Swoosh...
Night fell, and the stars twinkled.
The moon rose from the east and moved along the white path in the sky.
On the earth, cities dotted with stars shone brightly, as if contrasting with the stars in the sky.
At a certain moment, there was even a little light rising from the east of the earth, like the reverse side of a meteor, rushing straight into the vast night sky.
According to ancient rumors, it takes nine days and nine nights to fall from the sky of Mount Olympus to the ground, and few people can verify its truth.
However, the height from the human world to the peak of the sacred mountain does cross nine layers of clouds.
The pale silver star shuttle rushed straight into the sky, and clouds passed by in an instant.
Until it broke through a certain layer of invisible shackles, it finally crashed into the starry sky.
Instantly, countless starlights came from all directions, as if covering the Silver Shuttle with a shell, pulling it faster and faster while resisting the ubiquitous energy surge.
Just like the sun and the moon moving under the starry sky, perhaps Apollo himself could not travel across the entire territory of Chaos in one day, but he could easily do it by driving the Sun Chariot in the starry sky.
Even though the Star Shuttle is far from being comparable to the Sun Chariot, the speed it showed at this moment is enough to amaze people.
"Are you sure... this is really the work of mortals?"
"Excuse me, it is more like a sub-artifact blessed by the Star of Justice Astraea."
"It is so close to the stars that its mere existence can attract the light of the stars... If it is really the work of humans in Silver Moon City, I am afraid I will have to change my perception of mortals."
Exclaiming repeatedly, Dionysus boarded the Star Shuttle at the invitation of the great hero. At first, he didn't care about it.
After all, even though he was limited by his own limitations, like Hecate in the past, he was born without a divine post and had never wandered away from the world, but Dionysus was not a person who knew nothing about the world.
He knew what humans were like and what they had done. As a god without a divine post, he actually wanted to leave Olympus in his heart and become an outstanding person among humans, rather than a poor person among gods.
However, when he really boarded this star shuttle, when they broke free from the shackles of the world in a very short time and came to the starry sky with weak order, Dionysus suddenly realized its power.
As a human creation, it showed traces of authority in many places... His palm stroked the cold inner wall of the shuttle, and his fingertips crossed the dark red lines.
If he didn't know it was impossible, Dionysus would even think that this was the painstaking work of some star god.
However, the regional gods were far from having such divine power, and the true god-level star gods were unlikely to make such things.
Could it be that human beings today are so powerful that they have cracked the innate greatness of the gods...
"There's nothing strange about this."
"According to ancient records, the ancient gods worshipped by Silvermoon City also set foot in the starry sky."
Explaining, Hercules did not tell the other party that this was a secret history he saw in the book given to him by Prometheus, but after asking the Seer himself, he also got confirmation.
The star gods of the twelve zodiac constellations are the subordinates of the ancient gods, so there is nothing wrong with them doing some research on this. "Is that so? That makes a lot more sense."
"But as far as I know, the Zodiac star field has become a forbidden zone for living beings in the past thousand years."
Dionysus nodded slightly to express his affirmation, but then he talked about another thing.
"It is said that all this started from the War of Typhon, because the King of Monsters swept the world and even sinned by invading the sun, causing the starry sky to be turbulent ever since."
"It is for this reason that the kingdom of the goddess of wisdom was not built in the world opened up by the king of gods like the gods of Olympus, but existed alone in the boundless starry sky with the help of a divine artifact called [Hall of Valor] bestowed by the king of gods."
"The goddess is the goddess of wisdom and the undefeated king of victory, so her believers used their power to stop the war on the battlefield in the human world during their lifetime, and they also fought for the goddess in the starry sky after their death."
"In addition, those heroes who left a great name in the human world did not die easily. They were given eternal life by the gods, and then came to the astral world to continue fighting, using endless years to maintain the peace of the human world."
"Perseus, the most famous hero in the human world, is like this. He not only achieved military success in the human world, but also created the name of 'Perseus' in the starry sky."
"The endless respect and faith of the world for him turned into his strength under the influence of [Hall of Valor], allowing him to defeat one opponent after another in the starry sky. In turn, his deeds were passed back to the world, which further contributed to his fame."
Dionysus listed them one by one, like a treasure.
He did not deliberately hide his knowledge. After all, as a person brought by the god of the west wind himself, he could not be really ordinary.
And Hercules just glanced at him and did not ask any questions.
It is not uncommon for humans to have close relationships with the gods. The once famous blasphemer Tantalus once feasted with the gods.
Just listening to Dionysus's story, the great hero keenly noticed a name.
Remembering what he had promised, Hercules couldn't help but ask.
"Perseus, the constellation, is he also in the starry sky?"
"Yes."
Nodding, although he didn't know why the great hero paid attention to this half-brother of the two, Dionysus still told the truth.
"Not only him, but also his wife, his wife's parents, even his horse and the sea beasts that were once his enemies."
"As the most well-known mortal offspring of the God King, Perseus also received the most favor from him."
"He has used the gods' artifacts more than once, and because of his request, their entire family was able to ascend to heaven and live forever."
"And among the many heroes in the Zodiac, the most powerful and extraordinary ones are often able to command many other heroes to fight."
"They deploy their troops in the starry sky, and the power that occasionally bursts out shines on the world, just like the twinkling of stars."
"So in order to praise their achievements, people use constellations as titles to praise them."
"Perseus is 'Perseus', his wife Andromeda is 'Andromeda', and there are also 'Cepheus', 'Cassiopeia' and 'Waitia'."
"Of course, except for him, these 'constellations' are just influenced by his favor, not because they really have any outstanding abilities."
"You know, even the Pegasus that leaped out of the blood left by him after he killed the sea monster Medusa also earned the name of 'Pegasus' because of him."
At the end, Dionysus couldn't help but shake his head slightly.
He didn't object to favoring one's own people, but Perseus really went a little too far.
To put it nicely, this is called 'one person's success brings success to all his family members'.
To put it bluntly, this is nepotism and forming cliques.
However, the former's 'success' was more or less based on his own efforts, but Perseus' life was a life under the God King's cheating.
He just happened to be born at the time when the God King needed to spread his bloodline throughout the world and let the kingship penetrate into the human race, and then he was chosen by his father.
So under the choice of the times, his reputation has been immortal in the world for thousands of years.
Dionysus admitted that this half-brother had some skills, but his skills were by no means great enough to match his fame.
If possible, he would rather hope that the other party could restrain himself a little... but Dionysus knew that this was probably impossible.
After all, the God King still stood behind him, even though he had ascended to heaven.
You know, the conflict between Zeus and Athena was not something that happened overnight. As early as thousands of years ago, there were different contradictions between the two sides in various places.
Just like the endless starry sky, as the power of the God King increased, Zeus once hinted to Athena that since she and the angels of the spirit world used the zodiac star field to seal the [Fallen Corona], why not try to go a step further.
Occasionally release some evil spirits to other star fields, and then take this opportunity to expand the scope of their "defense"; or try to take the lead in the zodiac star field, instead of letting the spirit world control the power here.
The starry world is vast, and it has become more and more vast in recent years.
If it succeeds, the God King even implicitly promised that he could make Athena the monarch who dominates the starry sky and the sub-king of the Olympus God Court, just like he canonized Hades and Poseidon.
There is no doubt that such conditions are enough to make any god excited. Even if they know that Zeus may regret it, they will still not give up.
After all, as the agent of order and the guardian of oath, the God King must pay the corresponding price for his promise.
As long as there is a possibility of success, the benefits and risks are completely worth a try. But the final result of this matter is that Athena refused without hesitation.
Dionysus didn't know how his sister, whom he had never met, made such a decision to give up the possibility of ruling the stars.
But a pile of sand makes a tower, and a pile of water makes an abyss.
The contradiction between the God King and the Goddess of Wisdom accumulated little by little, and the matter of Metis was just the initial inducement of all this.
As the most powerful god among the Olympian gods besides Zeus, Athena was unwilling to obey her father's orders, which was her biggest mistake.
So under the will of the God King, Perseus was chosen by the times again.
As the first winner of [Hall of Valor], even if Zeus handed it over in order to deal with [Corona of the Fallen], he still had considerable influence.
It doesn't matter whether you can do it or not, what matters is your position.
So, in addition to Perseus' family, the descendants of the Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, and various other gods ascended to heaven one after another.
They are now gathered beside Perseus, fighting for their father, the god king, all their lives.
"The starry sky is vast and boundless, and its expansion has never stopped."
"Even in recent years, it is especially so. As far as I know, in terms of the size of space alone, it has more than doubled since the beginning of this era."
"Although the expansion of space is not necessarily equal to the power it truly represents, as the essence of the core of the starry sky, the zodiac star field and the starry sky around it are indeed more prosperous than before."
"Thanks to this, the importance of Perseus has also been improved."
Finally, Dionysus made a summary and looked in the direction of Hercules.
It is a coincidence that if there had been no great hero, and he had not participated in the westward journey at the suggestion of the God King, then Dionysus would probably have left his deeds in the world and then ascended to heaven.
He would go to the edge of the starry sky as a son of the God King who was excluded, occupying the land there as the king, echoing with the heroes in the center of the starry sky, and by the way, sharing a share of the benefits of the expansion of the starry sky.
After all, although Zeus didn't know that in the foreign land absorbed by Chaos, [Space] was one of the most powerful domains of His origin, he still saw the continuous expansion of the starry sky.
The God King didn't want to miss this good show, so he couldn't go there himself, so he could let his son go there.
"I see."
"Thank you for your explanation. I didn't expect that the bright and brilliant starry sky would be so complicated."
Nodding gently, the great hero was a little surprised at first, but soon he accepted this result.
After all, he had heard of another Perseus during his journey to the East China Sea.
"Perseus, the 'perfect man' praised by the world, turned out not to be as great as the world said."
"In this case... what the Siren told me may be true."
"Siren?"
This time it was Dionysus' turn to be confused. In his impression, Perseus seemed to have nothing to do with the famous sea monster in the world.
Strictly speaking, when the name of Siren spread among the people, he had already ascended from the world to the sky. They were not from the same era at all.
Seeing this, the great hero was ready to explain. However, just as he was about to open his mouth, the starlight around the Star Shuttle suddenly dimmed by three points.
It was speeding through the celestial bodies, and its speed, which had been rising continuously, began to slow down gradually.
There was no movement outside, as if the alchemical tool had made a mistake.
But with the help of the eyes of the Caucasian Condor, Hercules could clearly see that what really hindered the transmission of starlight and the speed of the Silver Shuttle was an invisible large net, which covered the Star Shuttle.
At the end of the net, hundreds of armored warriors formed an arc, as if this large net was made by them.
In the center of the warriors, a hero in golden armor was leaning on a sword and watching from afar.
Seeing the Star Shuttle being bound by the net, a warrior who was obviously of high status flew towards the hero in golden armor, and his behavior was very respectful.
"...Sir."
He spoke in a low voice, and the heroic spirit who had stimulated the divine blood in his body during his lifetime and commanded tens of thousands of soldiers bowed slightly.
He did not consider himself a humble person, and he was always proud of his achievements. However, anyone who could come here after death was definitely not unknown during his lifetime.
"As you order, my lord, the UFO that flew from the human world has been successfully bound under the 'Golden Earthshaking Net'."
"The other party will definitely not be able to break free from the power of the sub-artifact. After all, the creation of the great craftsman and the God of Lava is so powerful... But my lord, it does not seem to be an evil thing, but a tool made by alchemists in the human world."
[Golden Earthshaking Net] is the big net driven by this team of heroes.
Hephaestus made it in batches and gave it to the heroes from the Olympian pantheon.
As the saying goes, 'a name is right' before 'speaking is right'. Although Chaos, who is under extraordinary power, does not necessarily say this, it is indeed useful when the gap in strength between the two sides is not obvious.
What's more, the power of the heroes relies on the singing of the human world. Even if the king of gods intends to support them, there must be a reasonable reason, rather than blindly helping them.
Therefore, the heavy responsibility fell on the head of the craftsman god Hephaestus. This craftsman who was one of the few in Chaos who could make artifacts was forced to take on the complicated burden.
So much so that for thousands of years, his lava workshop has been working almost day and night.
There are weapons and armors produced in batches, which are given to the heroes who ascended from the human world to the starry sky. There are also carefully crafted sub-artifacts, which are given to the heroes who have won the name of "constellation" to show their divine power.
These inferior products without authority are certainly far inferior to the real artifacts, but their power should never be underestimated. The so-called "Golden Net that Shakes the Earth" is one of them.
It is a product made in imitation of the golden net that once bound Achilles. In the original myth, it once made the gods of war and beauty unable to move.
Of course, this imitation net is not that powerful, and it was not even called the "Golden Net that Shakes the Earth".
It was just considering its usefulness and the spread of human poetry that the heroes who used it finally gave it this name.
"Isn't it an evil creature? It doesn't look like one."
"But an alchemist from the human world... Humph, that group of despicable and faithless people."
"They can always come up with some small tricks, but they don't know how great the gods are compared to their insignificant achievements."
"Since it's not an evil creature, let them go."
"The starry sky is not a place for them to spy on. Or maybe they want to die with those monsters, then I can help them."
With a cold snort, in the center of the Heroic Spirit Army, a flash of disappointment and disgust flashed across the face of the golden-armored hero.
An alchemist from the human world... I remember that this profession didn't exist in his time.
I thought it was another evil creature from the human world rushing to the sun. If I could catch it, it would be a great achievement.
But I didn't expect it to be these faithless spellcasters. It's really disgusting.
Since the end of the Typhon Rebellion, the sun has undergone a terrible mutation. Before the birth of the Zodiac Barrier, the sunlight that corrupted all souls shone on the boundless earth.
It can be said that if the evil things in the world are divided into ten, then at most 30% come from other channels, and the rest are more or less closely related to the sun.
In this case, once they develop to a certain extent in the world and have power close to that of gods, whether they are driven by instinct to save the mother body or to pursue more powerful power to try to be promoted, they will move towards the ecliptic barrier in the starry sky.
And the reason why the big net controlled by these heroes is called "Earth Shaking" is actually from this.
"Close the net, prepare to go back..."
The golden-armored hero waved his hand with a lack of interest, feeling a little helpless.
In fact, it was normal that there was no harvest. After all, the place he was responsible for guarding corresponded to the east of the continent.
Compared with other places, the eastern land was a holy land favored by the gods.
Here, it was almost impossible for powerful evil creatures to develop to the point of being close to gods. Because once there is a similar sign, the heroes of the churches and kingdoms of the gods will kill it immediately.
Turning around to leave, at this moment, the golden-armored hero caught a glimpse of the surroundings of the silver shuttle.
There, the strong starlight continued to gather and almost condensed into a solid.
They surrounded the two sides of the silver shuttle, as if to escort it.
Faintly, the golden-armored hero felt that this scene was a little familiar, and he seemed to have seen a similar scene.
Stopping, he couldn't help but recall it carefully.
It seemed that about a hundred years ago, he had the honor of seeing a "solar eclipse" in the starry sky.
The monster from the depths of the spirit world sucked the power of the sun, which could greatly slow down the accumulation of its power under the seal.
That day, the sun rioted. The extremely powerful force shook the sea of stars, and the entire zodiac barrier was shaking slightly.
Even though it had been partially eroded by the power of the outer gods, Chaos's sun was still not regarded as an external object. As the power of the world rose, it also rose with the tide.
If Chaos had only one sun god, perhaps he would have already become another great divine power in the world.
So under the crazy riot of the sun, the entire Zodiac star field almost entered a doomsday-like scene, and it was on that day that the Golden Armored Hero first saw the many true gods who dominated the Zodiac star field.
But the battlefield of the true gods was not here. Only the famous demigod heroes like Perseus could barely set foot there with the power drawn from the legends of the world in [Hall of Valor]. This was far beyond the reach of the existence of the Golden Armored Hero.
He could only look at the other party's back from afar, and in the vast starry sky of the battlefield, even the back was blurred.
In his memory, the true gods who held the power of the star field had their own powers, each of which he could not understand.
But they all had the only thing in common, that is, the immortal starlight entangled around them.
As the gods who ruled the star field, the starlight throughout the star world instinctively obeyed the superior, just like hundreds of rivers returning to the sea, surrounding the star god.
This scene was firmly remembered by the Golden Armored Hero at that time, and he still can't forget it.
"Wait a minute..."
He spoke in a deep voice, and the Golden Armored Hero stopped his steps to leave.
He looked at the silver shuttle in the big net in the distance and fell into silence for a while.
The strange phenomenon was obvious, revealing the starry sky.
He knew that this was not mixed with any extra power, it was just the instinctive feedback of the stars.
But it was precisely because of this that the Golden Armored Hero's heart suddenly beat violently.
Is the opposite a true god who controls the star field? No, because in order to prevent accidents, the Zodiac Great Barrier, whether inside or outside, rejects all god-level powers that do not belong to its system.
If it was a god from the outside, they would have triggered the spontaneous reaction of the barrier long ago.
And if it was a true god inside, then they could completely use the power of manipulating the barrier to prevent anyone from discovering their comings and goings.
This is exactly the case. For thousands of years, no one has ever been able to detect the traces of the star gods in the Zodiac Star Field.
So in this case, this sudden alchemical creation was definitely not personally sent by a certain god, but it created the effect of a god's presence.
It was as if it was not carrying a living god, but his corpse.
He shook his head and drove away the blasphemous thoughts from his heart.
Gods are immortal, this is a reality recognized by the world.
At this moment, excluding all impossibilities, there is only one result left in front of the golden-armored hero.
"...Alchemist..."
"I remember you told me that these unbelievers think that alchemy is another angle to explain the world."
"Including the authority of gods, the rules of the world, everything in this world can theoretically be explained in their way, isn't that right?"
He asked in a low voice, as an old predecessor who died early, the golden-armored hero confirmed with his juniors.
"Yes, there is such a thing, but sir, this is just their nonsense."
"After all, if it is true as they say, even the symbol of the gods' dignity and the innate power can be explained by alchemy, then why are they not gods?"
"The gods are the masters of the world, which shows that they are just a group of lunatics."
Silent, if it were in the past, the Golden Armored Hero would only agree with his subordinates' words. But at this moment, he couldn't help but be silent.
Using alchemy to explain the authority of the gods, such blasphemous remarks should certainly be criticized.
But what if... this is true?
Take a deep breath, the unknown brings fear, and terror brings awe.
And no unknown means no fear, and no fear means no awe.
The Golden Armored Hero doesn't know this truth, but he knows himself.
As early as when he was on earth, he was definitely the most devout believer in the gods.
But now, he is no longer so sure.
To this day, his loyalty to the gods is more than belief.
He will not betray the gods, but this does not affect his other ideas. For example, after gaining eternal life, how to obtain other things that are equivalent to it.
Not only him, but also Perseus. Even as the son of the God King, he openly expressed his desire to become a god.
After all, those star gods who are regional gods are not his opponents at all, and if he wants to further fulfill the will of the God King, if he does not have the help of Athena, he can only do it himself.
"I'm really crazy..."
Looking at the silver shuttle in front of him, the golden-armored hero was silent for a moment, but he finally made a decision.
He wants to keep these alchemists and let these sinners who blaspheme the gods stop their exploration of taboos.
Of course, in order to ensure that they will not commit the same crime again, he can only imprison them, and then find out what they have done to violate the divine authority.