Mythology: Spiritual Ruler

Without resistance, Mephisto allowed two ant-like mortals to restrain him.

The audience below was in an uproar watching the scene on the podium.

Before, although they also felt that what Mephisto said made some sense, the past decades of experience had made them blindly trust God and priests. They were expecting someone to refute this unbeliever with a more powerful point of view, but they didn't expect that the priest on the podium would choose to use force.

This really surprised people. In the past, in human tribes, there has never been a case of using force against one's own kind.

"Why, it seems that you are going to use other methods to deal with me when you can't convince me?"

With a calm expression, Mephisto looked at Devers in front of him, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Your Excellency the Judge, as the priests of the Goddess of Law, shouldn't you maintain the fairness of this trial, or is this a trial that is not allowed to win?"

On the podium, the faces of the two priests were a little ugly. They had already felt the suspicious eyes of the crowd below the stage, but due to the past majesty of the priests, no one dared to step forward to stop them.

They also wanted to maintain the so-called "fairness" and maintain their image in the hearts of others, but thinking about the words of the unbeliever just now, the two priests were in a dilemma.

Mephisto's words were too dangerous. If he won, the entire bronze human race would be in danger. They didn't know what would happen to ordinary people, but once the gods came in person, the priests would be the first to be judged.

In desperation, they had to turn their eyes to Devers, who had just made the decision.

"Don't show off your words, Mephisto, this trial is certainly fair, but compared to long speeches, we plan to take a more reasonable way to solve all this."

Seeing the dilemma of the judge, Devers said in a deep voice.

Mephisto had been restrained, and the other party had no intention of resisting, which made his idea of ​​terminating the trial on the grounds of "disturbing the order" fall through.

Clenching his fists, there was no other way to go now. Devers didn't know if what he was about to do was right or not, but he had to do it anyway.

Such a dangerous guy must not be allowed to exist any longer.

"Let God judge you." Devers said coldly: "The gods have not said how to punish people without faith, and we dare not speculate."

"In this case, let the creatures given by God judge right and wrong. If you are right, then naturally there will be no problem; if you are wrong, then your fate will be God's decision on you."

Standing on the stage, Devers scanned the crowd of onlookers. Many of them were dissatisfied with the sudden end of the debate and resisted the priests' use of force, but as Devers linked this trial with God, they dared not say more.

Even those who thought that what Mephisto said made sense, no one dared to stand up and question God. After all, it is difficult to see from the outside that the faith in God has been shaken, but publicly questioning the gods is another matter.

Most people are silent after all.

"A creation given by God?" Mephisto's smile became more and more difficult to suppress, and he slowly asked, "I wonder what you mean?"

"Of course it's fire."

"God gave us fire to drive away wild beasts, illuminate darkness, avoid disasters, and bring warmth. It is the most suitable creation to express God's will."

"If God thinks you are innocent, then you will be safe. Otherwise, the fire given by God will give you the punishment you deserve. This is the fairest judgment."

Whether God has noticed this, Devers thought that no one knows this better than himself. The gods will not care about this little thing, so he has foreseen the fate of this unbeliever.

He will die wailing in the flames and pay the price for his words.

Devers didn't know how the Creator would react after knowing the death of a human being, but he thought that no matter how bad it was, it would not be worse than now.

So under his order, a high platform was erected and the holy fire from the Temple of Fire was drawn. They tied Mephisto to the elevated structure, and the other party did not resist at all from beginning to end, just calmly watching the people who were doing it.

"You have one last chance to regret, Mephisto. Admit your mistake. There is no need to alarm the gods about mortal affairs."

Holding the torch high, Devers' hands trembled a little. Although his words were ruthless, when he was really ready to deprive a fellow man of his life, he still backed off a little.

He warned for the last time. In fact, Devers really hoped that the other party would give in, but unfortunately, the result still disappointed him.

"I stick to my opinion." Mephisto said slowly: "I just don't know if you can still stick to yours in a while."

The corner of his eyes jumped. Since it was irreversible, Devers no longer hesitated. He threw the torch to the elevated structure, but his feet involuntarily stepped back a few steps.

In front of him, as the torch fell to the ground, the fire burned fiercely.

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"Why stop me?"

In the sky of Giant Wood Town, behind a white cloud, the goddess with a long sword hanging from her waist looked at the humans below with anger.

She stretched out her right hand, as if she was going to do something, but on her wrist, another hand was holding it, stopping the divine power that was about to be released.

"Don't you know that it's best not to use divine power in the mortal world?"

Lian smiled slightly and answered the question irrelevantly.

But obviously, the goddess of justice would not be fooled by his words.

"You know what I mean. I'm asking you why you want to stop me from maintaining the fairness of this trial."

Mortals don't understand God, and even Mephisto doesn't know much. They think they know everything, but they don't know what kind of power God has within the scope of his authority.

If the judge of today's trial is a priest from any other temple, everything will be as they wish, and no god will pay attention to this little thing, but only Themis is different. As the embodiment of justice and law, she noticed everything the moment Mephisto stood on the podium.

All of this includes the cause and effect of today's trial, the powerful power hidden in Mephisto's mortal appearance, and these priests of the Temple of Law who have no faith in her.

However, as for the priests' disbelief, the goddess never actively asked humans to sacrifice to her, and her existing temple existed because of Zeus and Prometheus' respect for the power of the ancient Titan god, so she did not intend to punish them, but this trial was different.

Since it was a trial witnessed in her name, even without her permission, Themis would not allow an unfair verdict to appear.

"But he will be fine, right? You should be able to see that unless Hestia does it herself, the fire in her temple will not hurt this guy even if it is a thousand times more fierce."

It was a bit of a headache, but Ryan still tried to explain. But obviously, the goddess would not be easily convinced.

"That's just the result, Ryan, the fairness of the process is also fairness."

"But the premise for you to maintain fairness is that some people do think it is unfair. But judging from the current situation, Mephisto is obviously enjoying it."

At this time, on the tall wooden frame, the flames were already burning Mephisto's body. A burning smell passed by with the wind and drifted into the crowd, causing many people to show expressions of pity and pity.

Among the bronze humans who had not suffered, there were all kinds of people, but the majority were those with good intentions.

When the granaries were full, people knew etiquette, and when they had enough food and clothing, they knew honor and disgrace. Whether it was now or in the future, the truth was always the same.

But in comparison, Mephisto, who was really suffering, still maintained a smile.

". Maybe, you are right. If both parties think that such a result is correct, then it is indeed not unfair."

After thinking for a long time, Themis finally accepted this statement. If there is no victim in an event, then she insisted on maintaining the so-called justice she believed in. Such a forcible justice is probably not fair.

"So can you let me go?"

Glancing at her right hand, Themis said slowly.

"- Of course, I am very offended."

Letting go of the left hand holding the goddess's wrist, Ryan smiled apologetically.

Now due to the suppression of the laws of the world, he cannot use his power casually. So in order to stop the goddess who came hurriedly, he had to use some more direct methods.

"So these two people are related to you?"

A consensus was reached on the matter of trial, and the goddess of law finally paid attention to other things. Under the divine perception, the two biggest abnormal factors here are clearly visible.

If Mephisto was noticed because he took the initiative to break into the domain of the goddess's authority, then Cohen was completely because he didn't know how to hide.

His vast blood and qi made Themis frown slightly. With this power, many weak true gods in the mortal world might not be his opponents.

This is not only the gap in strength, but more because, without the power of God, in fact, few gods still know how to fight.

"One has something to do with me. In fact, I don't know how he has developed faith in me. He obviously doesn't know that I created his existence."

Looking at Cohen's direction, Ryan decided to talk to him when he has time, of course, not as the creator of the golden human.

"As for the other one, he has something to do with an old friend of yours. Why don't you guess?"

"--I guess it's Kronos."

Speaking calmly, he directly told the truth of the problem. In Ryan's surprised eyes, Themis turned her head and looked at the god who had known each other for ten thousand years.

"The great changes a hundred years ago, the Mother Goddess would suspect the Dark Lord, but I won't."

"No one else can do this, only you can do it."

First of all, I would like to state that the views of both parties in the article are not the author's views, so just read these two chapters for fun. Secondly, true saint-level believers have their own beliefs, and these priests here are definitely not at this level. In addition, I would like to know, in addition to the protagonist coming out to defeat the world, what is the plot that everyone is looking forward to seeing? In fact, because the comments and feedback are mixed, and the mythology itself is scattered, I was not very clear when I wrote it which aspect should be more focused on.