Greek Mythology: The Spiritual Dominator.

Chapter 187 Conspiracy

Runes, in Scandinavian mythology, are mysterious words obtained by the god-king Odin when he hung himself upside down on a tree and sacrificed himself to himself.

Self-sacrifice sounds very contrary to logic, but now as a god, Ryan has a deeper understanding of it.

The person who made the sacrifice was Odin, but the person who accepted the sacrifice was the God-King. The present self sacrifices to the future self, and Odin, as the god, sacrifices to the world's representative, and what is finally obtained is the rune text that contains the secret of the root of the world.

Although as a text describing the laws of another world, runes may not be effective in Chaos, but what Ryan really values ​​​​is the principle of its existence.

If it can be obtained and analyzed, then Ryan can reconstruct the original spiritual text, create his own 'Rune Runes', and use this rune to describe the rules of the spiritual world more clearly and in detail. And all achievements based on this kind of runes are contributing to the spiritual world itself.

In addition to the runes, there is no need to say more about the world tree Yggdrasil. As the nine major kingdoms that support a mythical world by themselves, the withering of the sacred tree means the arrival of Ragnarok. All this proves that this is a much more terrifying plant than the golden apple tree.

Although what is here is not its main trunk, only one of its three main roots, and Ryan is not sure whether the World Tree is still alive, but this does not undermine its importance.

Whether it is used to cast artifacts or try to use it as a template to cultivate new sacred trees, its value is unquestionable.

As for the Fountain of Urd, there are very few records about it in later generations. The only thing that is certain is that it is a spring that contains the power of purification and vitality.

It has healed Odin's injuries and has been used to water the World Tree all year round. The three goddesses who symbolize destiny in Asgard are always around, but for it, Ryan has a dispensable attitude.

After all, he already has the [Well of Reincarnation]. Even if he gets this spring water, it is just another thing for nourishing plants and brewing drinks. It is hard to say that it is of any great use.

As for the last 'Odin's legacy', Ryan is not sure whether it exists.

After all, the Ragnarok recorded in later myths is not what it is now. It is all creatures, including the gods, that will meet the end, not the world itself. Even after that so-called twilight, the God of Light, Baldr, and the God of Blindness who killed him returned from the Kingdom of the Dead and rebuilt Asgard together with the remaining gods.

But right now, no matter how you look at it, this world is already dead.

"Still be careful who knows how this world will be destroyed."

"What's more, in the world of mythology, 'phenomena' often have power and can even give birth to unique lives. What will the 'death' of a world bring?"

Here, the connection between Ryan and the spirit world has become minimal. Even this broken interface is instinctively suppressing outsiders, but he still discovered his target at a glance.

In the center of the interface, the huge withered root system was still looming, even though it was unknown how far away it was.

"I hope I can gain something."

With a movement of his body, Ryan flew towards the huge black shadow that connected the sky and the earth.

In a world completely different from Chaos, gods can be killed and even age, looking just like Hercules in later myths.

What is the principle behind this is still something worth exploring.

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The world of Chaos, Mount Olympus.

Although Ryan left the world due to an unexpected premonition, the world itself did not stop.

When mankind fell into chaos due to the sudden loss of the divine gift, the giant beasts near the settlement also found that the aura that they had always been afraid of disappeared, and began to tentatively move closer to the human tribe. Panic and fear spread among humans, and turmoil is about to happen.

Meanwhile, in the Palace of the Sun, holding a branch of fennel in his hand, Prometheus stretched it towards the magnificent golden chariot.

He knew that his seemingly 'hidden' behavior was actually expected by more than one god, such as the sun god Helios, who had made an agreement with him long ago, and the master of Mount Olympus, who ruled the gods. The god king.

They didn't really 'see' his actions, but they all knew what the Illuminati was doing. But even though Prometheus knew this, they were all waiting for him to commit a crime and then step on his 'corpse' to achieve their goal, but he still lit the fire without hesitation.

When the fennel branches are lit, a kind of 'right' is transferred.

From this moment on, this branch acquires immortality because it carries the qualification to use fire given by the Lord of the Spirit World.

Branches are just carriers. As long as the concept of [fire] still exists in the spiritual world, it will be eternal, and as long as Prometheus is not willing, it cannot be taken away by any god.

Ryan gave this 'right' to the sun car, and the owner of the sun car voluntarily gave it up. So now, its ownership has been transferred to the new god. Of course, this will also become the source of the new god's suffering.

Zeus will definitely let him exchange this right, and Prometheus will naturally not agree.

"This is human 'fire'."

"From today on, human beings' fire is no longer a gift from God, including me."

After a moment of silence, Prometheus turned and flew towards the world. From now on, he is the 'Fire Thief' who disobeyed the God King's order.

On Mount Olympus, sensing the transfer of this special 'right' on his artifact, Helios smiled with satisfaction.

He was ready to spread his 'good deeds' among future humans and become as powerful a sun god as his father. But another bystander, God King Zeus, was a little annoyed.

When he noticed that the hot and warm breath was going all the way away from the Palace of the Sun, although all this was what he wanted to see, Prometheus really ignored his existence and so directly violated the order of the God King. , which still made Zeus somewhat angry.

But this is the last time. The God King has secretly made up his mind to teach the Titan a lesson he will never forget and use his presence to warn the gods, especially the Sun God.

Zeus did not know the conversation between the Sun God and Prometheus, and his divine power did not have such ability. It doesn't take much thinking to guess that although Helios might have allowed Prometheus to steal the divine fire because of his 'moment of carelessness', this was too much of a coincidence.

The God King, on the other hand, does not believe in coincidences.

At the same time, when the God King and the Sun God had different reactions to the Illuminati's behavior, unknown to them, in a hidden dream realm in the third spiritual world, a young god in gray robes was also watching. Watching this scene happen.

But what he looked at was not Prometheus, but the burning 'fire' in his hand.

He was just a paranoid and weak god, and Hypnos didn't take it seriously. What he really paid attention to was the 'right' to use fire.

When the solar chariot was built, the God of Sleep had already been born, so he knew exactly where the flame came from.

The guy who is theoretically his father god is also the real master of these seven levels of spiritual world.

"Sure enough, he's not here now, at least not for the time being."

Observing every detail of Prometheus stealing fire, Hypnos finally confirmed his guess.

This 'right' to use fire was temporarily out of control, or in other words, its owner had no time to pay attention to these things for some reason, so he allowed his second authority to send it away, and then Let yourself be brought to earth.

And this is very consistent with what Hypnos saw in the dream of ocean life. His powerful father god has now left the spiritual world for some reason and headed to the east of the East China Sea, the edge of the world.

Now is undoubtedly an excellent opportunity.

"In this case, it's time for me to go see him. I don't know what he wants to say to me."

His expression moved slightly, such an opportunity was rare, so Hypnos gently shook the wings behind him, and then disappeared among the scattered gray shadows.

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On the bank of the East China Sea, there is an unknown valley.

There was a fluctuation in the void, and Hypnos' figure emerged.

"call--"

Breathing a long sigh of relief and secretly leaving the spirit world is still a very difficult thing for the young god.

This is really thanks to the improvement of the dream world, so that the goddess of the dark moon no longer pays attention to him, otherwise the sleeping god feels that even if Ryan is not around, it will be difficult for him to leave the spirit world quietly.

In this valley, besides Hypnos, there is a figure in black robes who has been waiting here for a long time.

"Good morning, Your Highness Hypnos, it seems that you have finally made up your mind."

A smile appeared on his lips. Mephistopheles, who had just ascended from the ashes a few days ago, was standing here intact. In the past few days, everything that happened among humans was as expected by the devil lord. Even the informer, whose envy and hatred of the gods was due to the hidden influence of Megara, the goddess of jealousy.

Don't pray to gods for eternal life. This was Mephisto's parting warning to another human high priest. Now that his colleagues have met their fate, I think he will make the 'right' choice.

And now, the last link in his plan is about to be complete.

A powerful but ignorant spiritual god dared to betray his creator. This was incomprehensible to Mephistopheles at first. But later he gradually understood that this 'distinguished highness' might have had some misunderstanding.

Yes, after all, as a devil, if Mephistopheles had not completed his reincarnation when the interface was first opened, it would be difficult for him to say what he thought of the Lord of the Nine Hells.

"Stop being mysterious and tell me, what do you mean by 'opportunity'?"

He frowned slightly and looked at the devil in front of him. Hypnos didn't like him.

Perhaps because of the repulsion of the same sex, he didn't have a good impression of this god-like being who was as duplicitous as himself, but the news that the other party 'inadvertently' leaked through the dreams of mortals made it difficult for the God of Sleep to let go. So in the end, he came.

"Please forgive me for not revealing the specific details."

Without changing his smile, Mephisto dodged easily as he looked at the gray feathers falling in the sky.

On a land where divine power cannot be used, he is not very afraid of the grown-up God of Sleep.

"But what I can guarantee is that I will do something big in the mortal world, something that will make many beings in the spirit world angry and come to hunt me down."

"At that time, perhaps the spiritual world will be exceptionally empty. No matter what you want to do, Your Highness, this is the perfect opportunity."

In his heart, he felt ridiculous about the delusions of the gods in front of him. As a god in the spiritual world, he actually dared to resist the Lord of the spiritual world. This was as unbelievable as the devil resisting the Lord of Nine Hells.

But to Mephistopheles, it doesn't matter whether the other party can succeed. As long as the other party really takes action, there is a high probability of attracting those spiritual gods back again.

As for what will happen to this 'distinguished highness', it has nothing to do with the devil lord.

"It sounds good, but how can you guarantee that what you say is true?"

The young god in gray had no idea what the devil was thinking, but what Mephistopheles said did attract him.

Just like in the original myth, he once made Zeus fall into a dream at his peak, Chaos' [Sleep] and [Death] are simply the opposite. The former is extremely powerful, while the latter is extremely weak.

Therefore, Hypnos is extremely confident in his power of [sleep]. As long as he is given a chance to sneak attack, he believes that there is no guarantee that any existence will not be attacked, but the premise is that his opponent only has one person.

And those pious spiritual angels are the biggest stumbling block in front of him.

"How about the Stygian Oath?"

Just like the oath he had sworn to Ceto and Megaira, Mephistopheles planned to fool them again, but this time, his little trick was seen through by the other party.

"As far as I know, only the true god is qualified to swear an oath to the River Styx and get a response."

There was no warmth in his smile, and the young god slowly said:

"Therefore, Styx is also called the River of Hatred. It is a completely different river from the true God and the existence other than the true God. Although you have power similar to that of a god, I am afraid that you are not one with immortal essence and authority. Really God."

It was somewhat surprising, because the gods rarely dealt with non-gods at this time, and beings like Ceto did not know the secrets about the River of Oaths. Unexpectedly, the god in front of him actually knew all about it.

Although, as far as Mephistopheles knows, the great Lord of the Nine Hells has been trying to create an oath medium that can be used by any being, it does not yet exist.

But this is not a problem. Just as it was not him who tried to deceive the other party just now, Mephistopheles said:

"But we don't need a guarantee, and no one can guarantee it, right? You don't dare to ask me to swear to the spirit world, and it's impossible for me to swear to the Nine Hells behind me. In this case, then don't make a guarantee ”

"When that day comes and you see the gods from the spiritual world coming to this world, you will naturally know that what I said is true."

After thinking for a moment, the God of Sleep finally nodded. Just like what the other party said, as the last player, he can adapt to changes. If the situation is not suitable, then he will wait for the next opportunity.

If it weren't for the emergence of faith that made him fear that his father would gain stronger power, Hypnos could have continued to wait.

"Then it's settled, Your Highness, I won't stay any longer."

The goal had been achieved, and Mephisto took his leave.

As the body exploded into a ball of black mist, and then disappeared, Hypnos was soon the only one left in the valley.

Standing here, the God of Sleep felt the world on the other side, the vast spiritual world, and could not help but strengthen his thoughts again.

"The spiritual world is so great——"

With a long sigh, as the builder of the third level of the spiritual world, the young god knows the power of the spiritual world all too well.

He actually did not dare to go against the great ancient spiritual world itself, but having witnessed the power of Nyx and Gaia, the Sleeping God felt that the relationship between his father god and the spiritual world was probably not like that between the original gods and theirs. The essence is equally inseparable.

Because Ryan gave him the feeling that he was more of a very high person blessed by the spiritual world, but lacked the same powerful divine power. This made the Sleeping God couldn't help but guess that maybe Ryan's role in the spiritual world was more similar to that of the God King in the real world.

It's just that the spiritual world is more generous. He allows his agent to control more power, instead of being restricted everywhere and gaining very little like the god-king in this world.

"I heard that you once participated in the replacement of the first generation of God-Kings. I remember that in the legend, Heavenly Father seems to be the 'God-given' God-King."

With a gentle and indifferent smile, Hypnos remembered this secret gained from the dream.

"'Kingdom has no eternity, and you will lose it the same way you gain it.' It's a good saying, but have you ever thought that you yourself will have such a day?"

Evil gods who are naturally indifferent to emotions will not be grateful, they will only fear power. And as long as they can see the opportunity, they will never show mercy.

In one step, the young spirit returned to his realm in the Dream World. Hypnos believed that apart from the two people involved, only the laws of this world and the spiritual world itself could detect everything today.

"It won't be long before I become the new master of the spiritual world like the second-generation God King Cronus."

There was some expectation, and then the God of Sleep was immersed in his own authority again, watching everything in the world while creating some terrible dreams for fun.

In the past, this was one of the few entertainment activities that he found interesting.

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A world beyond, the ruins of Asgard.

The God of Sleep was right about one thing. Now, Ryan's energy is indeed not focused on the spiritual world.

He is busy exploring this destroyed world, and other things will have to wait until he returns.

After a period of flight, the roots of the World Tree have become increasingly clear. Building debris on the ground became denser, but Ryan did not find any signs of life along the way.

He didn't see even a corpse.

As the core of Asgard, this place is also known as the Eldavar Plains. During the flight, Ryan collected some unique minerals and relatively intact buildings here, but most of them were not important harvests.

There are only two core places here, the palace where the gods gather, the Golden Palace and Vangolf, as well as Ryan's previous goal, the Fountain of Urd and the roots of the World Tree.

Therefore, after a while, looking at the tall palace that seemed to be well preserved in front of him, Ryan knew that he had found the place.

Although he originally intended to go to the roots of Yuctra Hill first, since he found another target first, there was no harm in changing the order.

(End of this chapter)