Mythology: Spiritual Ruler

In this world, in the southern sea.

It didn't take too long for Volos and Eros to cross the long distance. They took advantage of the deep spiritual world and traveled from the spiritual world to the palace of the Poseidon in a few flashes.

The fragrant sea, the guards that are so lax that there are almost no guards, and the looming luxurious palace, this is what this place has to offer. Obviously, Poseidon didn't think that someone could come to him silently in the sea - of course, he was actually not wrong.

Just like now, even the 'black and white ocean' reflected in the first level of the spiritual world looks different in the area close to Poseidon, and even has some colors in it.

Just like Olympus, the place where the gods live all year round is naturally affected by their power, and this influence even penetrates into another level of time and space over the years, keeping life instinctively away from the spiritual world and making others very uncomfortable. It is difficult to sneak directly into the side of Poseidon.

If it were the little cupid from the original myth, there might be nothing he could do about this situation. He couldn't shoot a god who stayed in his palace. After all, although his golden arrows had special power, he was not an unparalleled marksman.

But faced with this problem, Volos and Eros were not worried about it. Because although the divine blood of Ouranos adds a 'revenge' restriction to their bows and arrows, it also gives it the ability to 'lock'. Coupled with the 'sure hit' inherited from the divine spear [Gangnir], everything seems much simpler.

Boom——

He nocked the bow and arrow, and with the vibration of the bowstring, the golden arrow in Volos's hand shot out.

Even though the two of them hadn't seen each other yet, it still followed a certain connection and flew straight to the palace under the sea, chasing the owner of this place.

…

In the palace, people were drinking and drinking.

At this moment, in Poseidon's palace, the real Queen of the Sea, Amphitrite, had long gone. Most of the people who are still here are the attendants that Poseidon found from various places.

Some of them were searched for, and some simply had the blood of Poseidon, but this is not surprising among the gods of Chaos, and the reason why the Queen of the Sea is not here is not because of these things.

After all, although she didn't like Poseidon's behavior, she didn't have the power and status of Hera, so if the Poseidon wanted to have fun, she could only choose to endure it. It wasn't until she discovered that more and more strange beings appeared in the palace that made her feel uncomfortable that Amphitrite suddenly became alarmed and moved to another place to live.

She felt that she understood why Poseidon was not interested in her anymore. It was not because she deliberately created a chase before the two got married, but because the other person's hobbies were inherently different - of course, strictly speaking, there was indeed something in it. That’s all.

Poseidon was indeed disgusted by Amphitrite's lack of knowledge, but it was because she had too many "alien beauties" to care about this woman.

It is worth mentioning here that Poseidon is not incapable of recognizing beauty and ugliness. He also thinks that Athena and Aphrodite possess top-notch beauty, but his range of recognition is a little wider. If you look at the aliens selected by him according to their own racial concepts, they are actually very 'beautiful'.

This is a bit similar to the dragon clan in the legends of later generations. The princess with extraordinary appearance wants to snatch it away, and the 'beauty' among the kobolds will not be spared. So in his palace, Poseidon just enjoyed the singing and dancing in front of him, until a golden light flashed in front of him.

brush--

Suddenly awakened, Poseidon's powerful divine power was released, instantly causing death and injury to all the creatures in the palace. But he didn't pay attention at all, but quickly stretched out his hand to try to catch the golden light.

A sneak attack... There is no doubt that it is, but the power above is not strong. Although Poseidon didn't know who dared to disturb his mood, he swore that he would make him understand the consequences of disturbing him on the sea.

"Boom——"

In the lightning and flint, the thought just flashed through, and the golden light was already approaching. However, to Poseidon's expectation, he failed to block the light.

The golden light broke through - or rather ignored the divine power in his hand, then directly touched his palm, and disappeared in an instant.

The whole process didn't give him any time to react. When everything was over, Poseidon looked at his palm. There were no scars there, and the golden light just now seemed like an illusion.

"What is this..."

"...?!"

Fright, anger and doubt rose in his heart. Poseidon was about to do something, but then he stopped.

He didn't know why, but a burning emotion surged out of his heart. It was his feelings for his second sister, Demeter.

"..."

There was silence for a long time, probably a little struggle, but in the end Poseidon obeyed the feeling in his heart. He looked at the surrounding palaces and the lives further away that were not affected by him... Demeter is his true love, so what do these mean?

So without hesitation, Poseidon stretched out his hand and pressed it, and everything within a hundred miles became silent instantly.

After doing this, Poseidon calmed down a little. His reason told him that his current situation was not quite right, and it must have something to do with that golden light. However, most of the gods in Chaos were more emotional than rational, so this calmness only lasted a moment, and he hardly thought about it. Just think about it after you are ready.

Now, the most important thing is to find his sister.

Poseidon turned into water light and flew to the north. He had also heard about the cold winter brought by Demeter. Now, the other party seemed to be in a human tribe.

…

On the sea, behind a cloud.

“Okay, call it a day—next, just go to the goddess and wait.”

Clapping his hands, Volos said with satisfaction.

His golden arrow will keep moving forward until it hits the target. Although there is something in this world that can stop it, at least Poseidon should not have the ability to do so.

And the feeling coming now is indeed so. As expected, his arrow has hit the target.

“Okay—”

“Speaking of which, the goddess seems to be in the temple built for her by the human kingdom.”

Nodding gently, Eros said a little eagerly:

“I don’t know when we can find some believers to play with, and then let them build a temple for us.”

“Then don’t do it.”

Rejecting casually, Volos gave an irrefutable reason.

"I think humans are stupid, so it's better to stay away from them. We are gods who control love, not gods who are controlled by love - but I think humans are easily controlled by their emotions, after all, the highest-ranking people among them are like this."

"...Okay, you're right, then let's not have believers."

After thinking for a while, Eros felt that she was convinced, and she should stay away from them.

After the chat, she was ready to leave with Volos, but at this time, a huge noise sounded from the sea below.

A blue light separated from it, instantly turning the surrounding life into dust. Then Poseidon's figure jumped out of the sea and flew towards the north.

"Well...it worked - but are the arrows catalyzed by the hatred of mortals really that powerful?"

Somewhat surprised and confused, Volos felt the surge of emotions in the heart of the Sea King, the possessiveness of his sister Demeter, but he seemed to be a little too much.

"That's probably what he had in mind... Hey~ You stay away from me too!"

Looking at Volos on the side, Eros showed a look of disgust on her face. Her face of eleven or twelve years old, coupled with her current demeanor, made her look a little cute in contrast.

"Stop it, Eros... As separated gods of love, the last thing we can do is to develop feelings for each other."

Pouting, Volos knew that the other party was joking, so he didn't care, just called out.

"Let's go, let's follow!"

After calling out, Volos flew first, and Eros followed forward after laughing. The big show is right in front of them, and they don't want to miss such a scene.

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Spiritual world, fifth floor.

In the chaotic time and space, it was as quiet as ever, but there was an additional virtual kingdom that looked like a star point on the outside, but seemed infinitely large inside.

Sitting cross-legged in the void, Ryan's head and feet were increasingly stable interfaces of positive and negative energy.

A certain connection between them became more and more closely connected, which gradually balanced the two energy planes that were originally unbalanced. However, at this moment, Ryan's mind was not on them, but on the movements of the outside world.

Of course, Ryan was not paying attention to the small human kingdom either. Although he did pay attention to everything that happened there because of the twins of love, he did not have any extra thoughts about the whole incident.

Whether it was Metaneira or Demeter, there was nothing to pay attention to their actions. After all, the development of the first half of the matter was extremely similar to the myths of later generations, and the development of the second half also seemed very normal.

Compared with what the son of Zeus, a king named Tantalus, did in the future, this point between the goddess and the queen was nothing at all, and he had no intention of intervening in it. Even if it was not related to the rotation of the four seasons, he might not even remember this little thing.

As for what Ryan is doing now... naturally, he is waiting to observe an important memory.

Hundreds of years ago, after the war between gods, Ryan gave his artifact to Athena, allowing her to use it to peek into past memories. During this period, the goddess of wisdom used it more than once to try to understand the whereabouts of the mother goddess who was originally in Zeus's head with her.

However, perhaps there were some higher-level influences during that time, or perhaps it was the subtle interference of fate, or both. In short, whenever Athena tried to explore the short and important past from the hazy memories before her birth, she would always be disturbed by some unknown disturbances and then deviate to other contents.

Most of them were blank, but there were very few with content - those were basically when Zeus used the wisdom and authority of Metis.

Whenever this happened, the king of gods had to relax the seal on the goddess. This may not be enough to let Metis escape from his imprisonment, but it did allow a few things that happened in the outside world to be transmitted into it, and Athena, who had not yet been born, heard it unconsciously.

These things would not have been remembered by her originally, but now under the effect of the artifact, Athena "remembered" them one by one. Of course, although these were also gains, which allowed the goddess to have a deeper understanding of the unknown side of her father, Athena still remembered what she was really looking for.

Some higher-level power has been interfering with her. This seems difficult to deal with, but after all, this is her own memory, something that really exists. So when she found that the "smart way" could not achieve the goal, Athena decisively chose the "dumb way".

Since it is impossible to lock that period of time, then extract all the memories before birth bit by bit. This simplest and crudest, most time-consuming and labor-intensive method, on the contrary, cannot be disturbed by that potential influence.

So in the past hundreds of years, Athena has spent most of her time in her past. Although most of them are complicated and useless, fortunately, just recently, this exploration of memory has finally come to an end.

When all the useless parts are isolated, the remaining ones can no longer cover up their existence.

So on a small island in the East China Sea, Athena, wearing a long skirt, took out the scroll. She activated the artifact for the last time and touched it with her smooth forehead. With this behavior, [History] and [Memory] also acted on the goddess.

The secret is about to be revealed, and Athena's face flashed a little blush caused by emotional ups and downs. At the same moment, Ryan's eyes also moved away from the twins and looked at the goddess on the island. He was also looking forward to the results of this exploration.

"Come on, let me see... what exactly you did."

The voice echoed in the void, and Ryan's eyes flickered slightly. The next moment, it seemed that something changed. Although he was still sitting in the same place, his "god" seemed to have left his body.

The last exploration was different from the previous one. Ryan did not choose to simply wait and see, but used the power of the artifact to browse the fragments of memory. Because he knew very well that this memory was suspected to involve a confrontation at the world level, so it was also affected to a very high level.

If you still wait for the artifact to give a record... then it is very likely that the key positions are all blurred. As for asking Athena at that time, let's not talk about the other questions. Even if the other party is willing to tell Ryan the whole story without missing a word, some "mysteries" can only be obtained and understood by seeing them with your own eyes.

Just like the runes, the version recorded in the original text and the version that was spread later are completely different things. Over the years, Ryan has read the original text from Odin's treasure house, and he has learned a lot of useful things every time.

The closer the "information" is to the source, the more "real" and "complete" it is... So Ryan wants to go in and take a look.

If there is anything in the entire Chaos world that can resist the power of the world level, it is probably only him.

So when this thought came up, the body he left here became an empty shell. Ryan's spirit escaped from his body silently and entered the depths of her memory with Athena far above the East China Sea.

Intuition told Ryan... This journey of memory would probably be very interesting. And what he is about to see is probably not just Zeus' experience of obtaining the ritual.

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