Mythology: Spiritual Ruler

"You are so kind and wise."

After Hestia finished speaking, Prometheus couldn't help but praise her. The gods nodded when they heard her words. This is indeed a good idea, but Hades, who had been silent all the time, expressed a different opinion.

"My sister, your idea is very good, but how can we measure the degree here?"

"Unless the mortals are standing in front of us, we can't judge whether a specific human is pious or unfaithful. In today's earth, the power of the gods has been limited."

"What's more, if a devout human is willing to give everything for God, but asks to obtain divinity and enjoy eternal life, is this equal?"

"For mortals, he gave everything. But for gods, no matter how pious a person is, he can't be compared with divinity."

The hall fell silent again. It must be said that Hades' words also made sense.

The divinity that makes one life immortal is insignificant to God. But the divinity that makes a hundred people immortal will damage the main gods with powerful divine power.

"Ms. Themis."

In silence, the God King spoke.

"You are a fair judge and a supervisor of justice, so I hope to make a ruling on this with the help of the power of the [Golden Scale]."

"I have no objection." The goddess of justice nodded and said, "But the [Golden Scale] cannot measure the size of faith. This magical power seems difficult to be influenced by artifacts."

"So if you want to put 'human piety' on one side of the scale, you need something that can better represent piety."

The God King frowned and hesitated. If faith itself cannot be measured, and the gods cannot personally go to the mortal world to sense it one by one, how can we know the purity of mortals' faith?

"Then use the sacrifices they offer to the gods to measure it." Prometheus suddenly said, "If a person is willing to give more to the gods than to himself, then such a person must be pious."

"For such a pious mortal, the gods should naturally respond to encourage more humans to learn from him."

"Not bad."

Zeus's face softened and he thought it was reasonable.

This was also the first time the gods had been involved in faith. They had no experience, so they could only try their best.

"That's it. Those who believe in God will be rewarded according to their piety. Those who don't believe will be left alone."

"As the king of gods, I first make a promise here: those who believe in me, there is little I can't give them. What mortals can get from me depends only on their piety."

First of all, Zeus made a promise and was cautious not to make a specific promise. After all, as the guardian of the oath, his promise itself is binding.

Such a broad statement is also conducive to his adjustment according to the situation.

"Then I will allow the pious to ignite the flame, and the authority of [guardianship] will accompany the flame from now on, so that the disasters in the world cannot get close."

Hestia also made a promise. Although her authority of [fire] only involves the burning of matter, [guardianship] can give it another meaning.

On the side, after her sister finished speaking, Demeter also said.

"Then I will give them evergreen fruit trees that will never wither, and keep them away from hunger."

Even if the power of God cannot be exerted in the mortal world, this macro application of power can still be accomplished on Mount Olympus. Demeter believes that compared with the rest, mortals will pay more attention to food.

Seeing the three gods set an example, the gods also made promises one by one to attract human belief. After all, as the forerunners said, the obedience brought by oppression can only be superficial. If there is no belief from the heart, it is difficult for humans to generate the power of faith even if they worship them every day.

"Very good, then it is settled."

With a smile on his face, when everything was over, the king of gods looked around the gods and finally stopped at Prometheus.

"Son of Iapetus, go back to the creatures you created and preach the greatness of the gods to them. I think you can do this well."

"I respect your will."

Prometheus was also very satisfied. He had foreseen the beauty of the future of mankind. The gods gave their blessings, and humans should become the leader of all spirits. So he left the sacred mountain and flew to the human world.

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The gods dispersed, but Zeus remained in the hall.

Although he did a lot today, the King of Gods was just following the flow.

He didn't really care about the faith in the bronze humans. But since this attracted the attention of other gods, he simply called them over.

After all, among the gods present, only he relied on the authority of the King of Gods and noticed that the power of the Forerunners was increasing almost every moment.

Although this was also related to his own weak divine power, this increase was still too fast.

"Prometheus, you are right. True faith is like children to their mothers. It does not come from fear, but from love. But tell me, what kind of gift can make children abandon their parents and worship other beings instead?"

Whispering to himself, a person who can betray his parents can naturally betray others. Such a person cannot be said to have faith. Perhaps the huge benefits could make them believe, but Zeus did not want to pay the price, so until the end of this meeting, he did not propose the creation of women.

Because if even women were created, and the bronze humans continued like this, who would be the biggest beneficiary of faith, him or Prometheus?

"In one or two hundred years, or at most three hundred years, there are still very few humans who cannot reproduce. Even if Prometheus still has some materials left to create humans, he can only create one more round at most, and find a reason for him to complete it in a few years."

"For the next generation, I want humans to create themselves with the help of God, so that the mortal creator will no longer be the creator."

Making a decision in secret, thinking about the next generation of humans, the God King suddenly had a wonderful idea.

He reached out and touched the surrounding space, and an invisible network emerged. The elements are bound by the network and run along a specific trajectory. As long as the corresponding "string" is plucked, different element changes will be triggered in the material world.

That is the [Magic Net]. In the past, Zeus had studied this thing out of curiosity about witchcraft, and the [Magic Net] did not refuse the use of any existence.

But in the end, the God King came to a regrettable conclusion. These elements are useless to gods. Even if the power of gods is combined with them, it will only make it a weaker force, an energy that has only some of the characteristics of divine power after being diluted.

However, in the current world, Zeus suddenly realized that being weaker than divine power is not necessarily a bad thing.

". Not in a hurry."

"It's not necessary now. There are still few humans. It's not time for the gods to divide the territory among humans. Wait until the next generation. When they are all over the earth, it will be the time when they are really needed."

"How can a simple gift be enough? Those who believe in me should also be able to pick up swords and fight for my reputation in the world."

Holding the handle of the throne tightly, Zeus knew that the so-called "shared" faith would not last long after all. Just as those who listen to the orders of several kings at the same time must be unfaithful, unless they are like the golden humans in the past, those who believe in several gods at the same time will not be too pious.

At this time, when the number of humans is large enough, this division will inevitably occur. And as the king of gods, as long as Zeus does not take action first, then justice will always stand on his side.

If his followers can kill other people's followers, it can be attributed to the spontaneous behavior of mortals. If a god wants to intervene at that time, the God King can take the initiative to stop him.

A sword in one hand and grace in the other. The sword comes from mortals and grace belongs to gods. This is the ideal world of Zeus.

"Soon."

"It will take hundreds of years for the Earth Mother to wake up."

Whispering softly, the God King made plans secretly. Of course, the gods who attended the meeting before also had different ideas.

The forerunner returned to the human world and taught the newborn humans all kinds of knowledge. Hades returned to the underworld, watching the dead worship the moon in silence. Poseidon pondered and tried to get some humans who belonged to him in the future. And near the place where the bronze humans were born, there were also figures walking slowly.

Perhaps for the present world, the replacement of the God King represents the change of the era. But for Chaos, perhaps now is the beginning of the third era.

All myths started from this point, whether true or false, are left to future generations to judge. The more distant past was buried in the long river of history with the disaster at the turn of the era, leaving only a few words that are difficult to guess and identify.