Mythology: Spiritual Ruler

The [Life Aquarius] is very close at hand, but Mo Anda has no idea about it now. Not long ago, as an oak nymph, she would not have noticed the terrifying person in front of her, but now, she can sense the terrifying power contained in this figure.

Probably because he didn't want to alarm Gaia, in Moanda's 'eyes', the visitor just stopped outside the barrier set by the Earth Mother for the golden apple tree. But she could also 'see' that some kind of obscure force had enveloped the orchard, cutting off the connection between the inside and outside.

Next to Mo Anda's consciousness, the hazy thought that had just gained wisdom shrank into a small ball, seeming to be frightened by this terrifying existence. However, faced with such a situation, the elf only panicked for a moment, and then asked calmly:

"Are you the one who led me out of this?"

"I used to think it was the God King of Mount Olympus, but now it seems there is someone else."

Yes, Mo Anda had actually expected this moment. The mysterious ancient snake could not appear out of thin air. It must have its own purpose. Either it is actually the enemy of Mother Earth and wants to use her existence to target Gaia, or it has other intentions, and it will inevitably appear in front of her after everything is over.

Now it seems that it should be the latter. Of course, the possibility of the former cannot be ruled out. Mo Anda guessed this, but under her 'gazing', the figure in front of her just shook her head.

"You are overthinking, Elf. Maybe your existence is not as important as you think, and what happened today has nothing to do with me. This feeling of life and death cycle is rightly created by Ryan. He is probably responding to Gaia's creation. People always cooperate with what I do, and you are just a lucky person who happened to happen upon it."

Holding the emerald green vase in his hand, Erebus did not acknowledge the credit. There is absolutely no point in creating such a lie that can be easily exposed. Anyway, since the elf in front of him can betray the Earth Mother, it does not seem to be a repaying character.

But looking at the new golden apple tree in front of him, the Lord of Darkness solved one of his doubts. The most fundamental reason why Gaia strictly defends the orchard, but places the [Vase of Life] openly and openly in the oracle, is that when she fell into a deep sleep, the artifact that accompanied her also fell into silence, and others There is no point in taking it.

But things are different now. When the [Life Aquarius] changed its owner, it also woke up from silence. Although most people could not detect this subtle change, Erebus, who had been waiting for Gaia to wake up for a long time, was not there. Its column.

However, after rushing to Delphi, the Lord of Darkness failed to see his sister. He thought it was a sign that Gaia was waking up, but what he didn't expect was that Mother Earth didn't wake up, but the golden apple tree did 'wake up'.

At this moment, Erebus had a deeper understanding of the world. Perhaps 70% of what he discovered today was due to his attention during this period, but maybe 30% of his discovery was also due to fate. The world itself hopes that more intelligent life will be born. Even if the Lord of Darkness who has not opened an interface does not know why, this undoubtedly proves from the side that living beings have special significance to the world.

This made him pay more attention to the three points. The Lord of Darkness has gradually had a vague idea about how to wash away the traces of the past before opening up the interface, but that is not something that can be done now, but requires an appropriate time. But judging from the current situation in the world, this opportunity may not come anytime soon, so before that, Erebus chose to do everything he had to do next.

Creating life is one of them, so that when he needs it, he can catch up with the progress of others in one step - at least not slower than the junior hiding in the abyss.

"Now, answer my question. If I hadn't arrived, where were you going?"

Asking again, Erebus' tone became a little more serious. Although his voice was not high, Mo Anda still heard the undeniable meaning in it.

"I plan to go to Mount Olympus to meet the God King. He has been here before, and it was on that day that I got this rare opportunity."

There was no hiding anything, Mo Anda chose to tell the truth.

"Before, I always thought that he directed all this, and he locked the God of Weather into the abyss, just like the giants in the past. So I plan to see if he has the ability to fight against the Earth Mother. If Yes, then I am willing to stay on the mountain and serve the God King like other gods."

"Ha, then you probably think highly of him. Although Gaia is extremely weak and her authority is not good at fighting, this is still not something he can handle."

With a laugh, although Erebus had the idea of ​​'making friends' with Zeus when the era just turned, the premise was that he could at least show the power and ability that Cronus once had. . But at least judging from the new king's performance in the past hundred years, the Lord of Darkness did not see that he had this potential at all.

Of course, maybe the time was too short, and it took Cronus a long time to change his situation. Therefore, Erebus chose to wait and see for the time being.

"Come with me. Since you are the owner of [Life Aquarius] now, then I will indeed be useful to you."

Speaking calmly, Erebus calmly announced his decision.

"It just so happens that you are an 'elf' and so are they - even though they are dead. Even if there are differences between the worlds, there should be some similarities."

"But why should I leave here with you? What guarantee can you give me that I won't be held accountable by Earth Mother?"

Even though he understood the gap between the two sides, Moanda still asked this question in the face of the Dark Lord's request. If you stay here, you will face Gaia who wakes up, but the other party doesn't look like a kind person. If you just enter another danger after leaving danger, what's the point of it all?

"Promise. Haha, Styx's restraint on me is optional, and I have nothing else for you to believe. But everything else in this world can be faked, only interests can't."

Unhurriedly, in response to Mo Anda's doubts, the Lord of Darkness just put some special information into the [Life Aquarius] in front of her. It was not man-made information, but more like a 'memory' engraved in the interface. After it was completed, Erebus opened his hand and motioned for the other party to take it away.

After a moment of hesitation, Mo Anda took over the artifact that symbolized material life. [Life] and [Plants] are so consistent, or it can be said that [Plants] are the intersection of [Nature] and [Life]. When the artifact sank into the trunk of the golden apple tree and was nourished by the life liquid inside, Moanda felt that his already powerful power became even more extraordinary.

Like [the sun] and [light], these interrelated authorities can easily produce the effect of one plus one greater than two. However, with stronger power, Mo Anda became more aware of the unfathomable power under the thin body of the person in front of him.

After giving up some of his little thoughts, the elf began to read the information sent in by the other party. After a while, Mo Anda suddenly realized what the other party wanted her to do.

"You're right, anything can be faked, only profit can't."

After understanding his own value, the elf finally let down his guard a little. As long as the other party can still use her, then at least he will not face the worst outcome. In contrast, Moanda could not predict what Gaia would do after noticing her betrayal.

Because in her opinion, Earth Mother can do anything, even if the result is harmful to both of them.

"Very well, then come with me. I will cover up the traces of your departure and lead it to the other side."

Nodding, Erebus stretched out his hand gently.

Supreme power covers this space, and everything that happened today has become part of the [secret]. However, a perfect cover-up would make Gaia immediately suspicious of him, so he left a few extra clues.

This does not eliminate his suspicion. As long as he comes back to his senses afterwards, Earth Mother can still figure out who did all this. After all, what he wants to do in the future cannot be hidden from others. In fact, Erebus just planned to let Gaia use her remaining energy, because based on his understanding, his sister probably would not think so much when she woke up, but would act first and think later.

When the time comes, he can also take a look and see whether, after two generations of god-kings, the descendant of Olympus is really that weak, or if he has some other trump card.

While thinking, under the gaze of Erebus, a human figure in the middle of the trunk of the golden apple tree gradually turned from virtual to real. With her emerald green skirt and gentle face, just looking at her appearance, she looked a lot like Gaia when she was still full of origin and still young.

Just like the nymph fairy born from a plant, although it has its own body, it still walks the world in a form similar to that of a god. Moanda reshaped his body and stepped on the ground again.

Turning back to look at the tall golden apple tree, the elf raised the emerald green vase. As a suction force emerged, the fruit tree disappeared in place, leaving only a huge hole on the ground.

The barrier left by Gaia isolates the inside and outside. Any move of the fruit trees will touch the power of Mother Earth, but [Life Vase] is different. This artifact can perfectly mask its aura and make Gaia's power useless, because they were originally born from one body.

Putting away her old body on the ground, along with her former oak body, Moanda hesitated for a moment, then she took away the bodies of Vida and several close friends. As for the rest, she and her It’s irrelevant. If they are smart enough to notice what is happening in the orchard, they should run as far as they can, at least not stay on the earth. Otherwise, when the Earth Mother wakes up, the elves don’t think Gaia will be able to tell the difference in her rage. Are these nymphs innocent?

"I'm ready."

Stepping out of the barrier, sure enough, Mother Earth's power had no response to the artifact that originally belonged to her. Opposite Moanda, Erebus also nodded and stretched out his hand to open a passage leading directly to the underworld.

But before leaving, as if he remembered something, a black light appeared on the Lord of Darkness. He glanced into the depths of the void, and then the black light disappeared in a slight flash, as if he had gone to an extremely deep place in time and space.

After finishing the last thing, Erebus left immediately, and the golden apple orchard returned to silence again. Only the huge hole was left in the center, which was covered by the illusion.

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It was dark, and time seemed to be blurred. When Mo Anda saw the light again, the surrounding environment had changed drastically.

A lavender moon hangs in the sky, and invisible power shines on the gray earth along the moonlight. Rivers of fire flowing with lava separate different regions, and the blazing temperature reminds Moanda of the sun in the sky.

Of course, the elf didn't know that it was actually part of the sun.

In addition to the Fire River and the Dark Moon, Moanda also saw some non-living and non-dead beings on the ground not far away. They wandered around aimlessly, exuding a negative aura, which made the elves feel repulsive from the bottom of their hearts. She hated the feeling of being incompatible with life, so she stretched out her hand, and with the surge of divine power, she mercilessly crushed the soul fire burning in their heads.

This was the first time that she used divine power to fight against the enemy. Although the target was just some mortals, it still made Moanda feel much happier.

"Okay, don't waste time on these things anymore. Unless you can take off the Dark Moon and isolate its moonlight, or permanently change the environment of the underworld and let the energy here dissipate, otherwise you are just doing useless work."

Stepping out of the darkness, Erebus glanced at the undead lives that were turned into dust.

Although he also felt that these things without wisdom and fear were annoying, under the illumination of the Dark Moon, their birth would have no end.

Compared to the undead transformed from the corpses of earthly life, these naturally born undead are almost endless. The concentration of the underworld aura in an area and the intensity of the moonlight of the underworld often determine the number of these low-level undead.

If there are too many, they will "starve to death", and if there are fewer, they will gradually increase. Under a long enough time, their total number will always maintain a dynamic balance.

"These things are not important. Now, start your work."

Erebus waved his hand gently, and a lot of things flew out from the boundary between the underworld and the lightless realm, which seemed to devour everything. Some of them are tall and handsome, but their bodies contain the power of darkness; some are strong, but their skin is as pale as a corpse, and their hair and beard are all black.

Of course, there is also the most special one, which is a giant egg wrapped in flesh and blood with a dark red glow. On that flesh and blood, Moanda felt an extremely creepy feeling.

She even had a feeling that the flesh and blood seemed to be "looking" at her. Although this was only a very weak premonition, it made the elf subconsciously take a half step back.

"You should have no experience, but it doesn't matter. These are ready-made samples. Using your innate authority, as an alternative god, this should not be difficult for you."

The Lord of Darkness calmly said after his eyes stayed on the giant egg for a moment and then left:

"But their future place of survival is not the underworld. After all, with your current ability, I am afraid you can't change the essence of life and let them adapt to the environment here. Fortunately, their original home also came here, between the earth and the underworld, so you only need to make some minor adjustments, I think you should be able to do it."

"I understand, but this egg. What do you want me to do?"

Nodding, creating life according to the sample, this is indeed not difficult for Moanda. As long as she is familiar with the power of the [Life Aquarius], this is just a repetitive job.

But this egg, which looks dangerous, is not only "alive" in itself, and does not require her to do anything extra, but also the squirming flesh and blood make Moanda want to stay away from it.

"... You don't need to care about this egg. Use the power of [life] in the artifact to suppress the other "life" in the flesh and blood. This is what you need to do."

The corner of his eyes twitched slightly, and after a moment of silence, Erebus said slowly.

It was not until he returned to Chaos that the Lord of Darkness finally realized that he still underestimated the terrible giant tree. In fact, the interface seemed to suppress the power of him and Ryan at that time, but the pressure on the giant tree was actually far greater than the two of them.

The remnants of the destruction of a world, plus the main body of the sacred tree that once supported the nine realms, were mixed together. Its essence and power far exceeded Erebus's original estimate, so that even in his own domain, he has not been able to completely erase the power that remained on his left hand like a bone-attaching ulcer since his return.

Either spend more time to wear out this power with some kind of "immortal" characteristics, or use other ways to solve it. Fortunately, this is Chaos after all. If there is a divine artifact on the life side, with the help of the absoluteness of divine power, Erebus can still solve this problem.

"I will, so is this where I will live in the future?"

Nodding again, if it is just to suppress the flesh and blood with a divine artifact, it should not be that difficult, so Moanda did not hesitate.

She looked around. Although the [Life Aquarius] can accommodate her body, since the golden apple tree is no longer a seed, it can no longer stay in it for a long time. Now, she needs a place to replant this sacred tree.

And the underworld is probably the most unsuitable place for growing plants except the abyss.

"Just there, Svartalfheim, the dark country of the other world, after these lives are created by you in the future, let them reproduce there first, and you can also turn this vast underground world into your territory."

Open a passage casually, the underworld that is a world of its own can theoretically only be entered and exited through the only portal, which is also the place where the Styx flows, but this is obviously not a restriction for Erebus.

"Especially the undead. Don't let them occupy the underground for the so-called Hades. It's best for this naturally dark place to remain 'ownerless'."

Listening to the words of the Lord of Darkness, Moanda looked across the passage. She didn't like the environment there, but she had no choice. The earth is Gaia's body, and she couldn't plant the golden apple tree on the ground anyway.

And this underground space might not be a bad place for her. Although Moanda and the original consciousness of the golden apple shared this body, she shared wisdom with the other party, and the other party shared the body and power with her, there was still a gap between the two parties.

Just like that consciousness still needs to learn and grow, for Moanda, this divine power shared by both parties is still biased towards the other party.

However, seeing this underground world that had never been discovered before, Moanda came up with a way to change this situation. Gaia once created all kinds of plants in the world, but that definitely did not include this lifeless underground world, so if she could create new plants here, it would not only help her get familiar with power, but also allow her unique creations to appear among the plants in this world.

"I know. I don't like those undead either."

The creation of new plants will have to wait until she understands the environment of the underground world. After collecting the corpses of the lives on the ground, Moanda carefully lifted the giant egg and walked into the passage opened by the Lord of Darkness. Whether good or bad, it will be her new home for a long time in the future.

The elf's figure sank into the passage and then disappeared. Looking at her back, Erebus also closed this temporary portal. He is in a good mood now. Creating life is secondary. The thing that has been bothering him for a long time can finally be solved. This really makes him feel that his previous efforts are still meaningful.

Elements are not unique to him. It doesn't matter if he takes more or less.

"But speaking of it, the magic network is indeed a very interesting thing."

Shaking his head lightly, Erebus turned around and returned to the lightless realm.

He is not Gaia, but he can't walk in the world like the other party for thousands of years. Besides, if there is nothing to do, he really doesn't want to walk around often.

After today, the next time he comes out will probably be when his good sister wakes up. The audience seat on Mount Olympus must not be missing his share.

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Spiritual world, fifth floor.

"Om——"

In the chaotic and disordered interface, everything has no fixed form, only the black fog keeps wandering among the illusory stars.

However, compared with the past, a small interface formed by the convergence of positive energy and faith has taken root here. Half of it is "embedded" in the fifth layer of the spiritual world, and the surrounding chaotic time and space are also anchored a lot. The other half extends to the outside world and has some time and space level connection with the starry sky.

If you look closely, you can also see human-shaped lives emitting light flying in and out of it. They seem to be building this home in their own way.

[Seven Hills Paradise], although it has just been built into a two-layer prototype by the reincarnated celestial race, it is limited by the lack of faith and cannot continue, but it does exist, and can even provide a little blessing similar to that of a regional god. Of course, this blessing is now dispersed, because there is no nominal ruler of this future paradise mountain.

However, the buzzing sound echoing in the interface has nothing to do with it. The real source of this sound is four light balls of different colors suspended in the void.

Four light balls are suspended in the fifth spiritual world, infinitely small on the outside and infinitely large on the inside. They seem to have some mysterious connection with each other, making them opposite and unified. As time passes by, the inside of the light ball gradually begins to evolve, but as soon as this change occurs, the yellow light ball flashes first.

"Buzz-"

"Bang-!"

It didn't last long. Although the power of the interface was trying to maintain stability, the yellow light ball still exploded, and the other three became unstable. Seeing this scene, Ryan had to wave his hand and wipe out the remaining three.

This scene is not the first time it has happened, but the results are similar every time.

"Sure enough, it still won't work for now. The bottom of this world is uneven, just like life and death. Without my efforts, they will never be able to achieve balance."

Another failure, but this time, Ryan can no longer learn any experience from it.

Some things cannot be completed, not because they are not done enough, but because the objective conditions do not allow it at all. In this case, he has no solution to this.

". Let's try it. Compared with the existence of [Reincarnation], maybe it can be more stable."

Opening his palm, the black light that just entered the spirit world fell into his palm, and Ryan continued to look at the chaotic time and space in front of him.

If you want to seek order in chaos, you need the existence of an anchor, and the demand for anchor strength varies according to the degree of chaos.

The third level of the spirit world has the least chaos, so dreams and souls have done it. The fourth level of the spirit world is even worse, but using [Well of Reincarnation] to anchor it is completely a waste of talent. When it comes to the fifth level of the spirit world, facing this turbulent and chaotic time and space, Ryan has to find another way.

The interface chaos can be suppressed by the interface. Letting Themis build the kingdom is one option, and building it himself is another.