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The priests had already planned to open the mouth of the Zeus lion. Although their tribe had nothing to offer, they no longer had the courage to offend the gods.
"I will give you food and a place to live, and I just need you to help me deliver a message."
"Please speak."
The priests didn't discuss anything, but they could see the joy in each other's hearts with just one eye contact.
A god who is willing to reason and give rewards, such a god can't be found with a lantern.
They didn't worry about Zeus's unrealistic demands at all. Anyway, they had nothing now, and they were thankful that they could have a full meal.
"Cronus should abdicate because of his cruelty and injustice. Olympus will have a new master. Anyone who is willing to fight against Cronus can come to Olympus. I will give you food and homes, and promise to give Belonging of the dead after death."
It was quiet, as if time had stopped. The priests still had smiles on their faces, but the smiles also froze with Zeus' words.
If it wasn't true that they couldn't fight, the priests would now wave their crutches to drive the person in front of them out.
Even if they are tired of living, they don't have the guts to rebel against the King of Gods.
But the boy in front of him is also a god, and he is a god who is holding a knife and Luo intends to take the bird's position.
"Young God, we have no power against God."
"I know that you don't have the power to fight against God now."
Zeus looked at the few priests in front of him. He thought he would hate this kind of job like a magic stick, but of course when he saw that today's humans were only in the form of tribes, he understood that perhaps faith could bring them together. The power of being together.
Each profession has its own historical mission in a specific period, and priests are the same.
"The frontal battlefield is naturally for me and my partners to fight, but all kinds of barriers on Mount Olympus need someone to preside over them. I will give you food and shelter, and you will be responsible for our daily life and maintenance of the barriers. Fair enough, isn't it?"
"Yes."
Priests understand that the benefits of serving the gods at close range are naturally innumerable, as long as the gods leak a little high-mystery magic dress from their fingers, they will benefit endlessly.
But this is also based on the premise that these new gods can overthrow the old gods, and if they die, they are really dead.
"If the aftermath of the battle with Cronus hurts your lives, I have corresponding measures on my side."
Zeus naturally knew that human beings were born to be afraid of death, and the place he took them to was indeed dangerous, but God knows if they would be trampled to death by Cronus, who was hunting Titans all over the world.
Everywhere Kronos passed was thousands of miles of scorched earth. Even if they were lucky, they would starve to death without food.
"After death, the soul will enter Tartarus. I don't need to tell you what the environment is there."
"It's natural."
Several priests shuddered. Regarding the horror of Tartaros, the priests of all generations have passed on word of mouth, that is the place where people return after death.
a hell.
"I established the underworld in Tartarus. Whenever the wandering souls reach the river of Styx, they can take the ferryman's boat to the underworld. In the underworld, I will punish the wicked and reward the good. I will also protect the wandering souls from the natural disaster of Tartarus. torture."
Today's underworld is in charge of Aphrodite, and she will uphold Zeus' will to operate the underworld step by step.
"Underworld, this... is not recorded on the magic engraving."
The magic engravings of the magicians are all the research results of the magicians of the past generations. They pass on their own magic in this way, even after thousands of years.
"Yes, it is the boundary I established in Tartarus some time ago."
Some time ago?
The priests looked at each other, they naturally didn't care about the so-called underworld, what they really cared about was Zeus saying that he had been to Tartarus and came back smoothly.
Even a god wouldn't take a trip to Tartarus in his spare time.
"I see, the priests of each tribe have a way of contacting each other. We will help you contact each tribe, but if they don't come..."
"Not force."
Everyone has their own way of life. Whether Zeus reaches out to help the other party agrees is the other party's freedom, and such a choice may not be wrong.
"One last question, may I ask your name?"
The object of belief needs a name. Now that the priests have decided to board Zeus's thief ship, it is naturally impossible to believe in other gods.
The only ones they can trust are Zeus and Zeus' brothers and sisters.
"Zeus, that's my name."
After Zeus left his name, he bid farewell to the priests. He found a spacious place, took out a portion of food from the Horn of Harvest, and gathered the hungry people to eat.
"Zeus, you seem to like these people very much."
Prometheus came to Zeus's side. He didn't understand why Zeus was so concerned about other races.
"It's not a liking, I just feel like I'm in the same category as them."
Zeus' answer surprised Prometheus. Although he could predict Zeus' actions through clairvoyance, he had never heard of Zeus's reason for doing so.
"Even if the races are different, are we really nobler than them?"
Prometheus did not answer Zeus' question.
"The age of gods will pass one day, and the age of man will come sooner or later. Just treat me as... invest in advance."
Zeus had no way to explain what happened in his previous life, so he could only use such words to vague the past.
"Investment?"
Prometheus is still puzzled, is human being really worth it?
He used his clairvoyance again, and he once again saw the moment when he stole fire for these people. What was he at that time?
Prometheus couldn't figure it out, maybe this is the shortcoming of clairvoyance.
Chapter 47 They all grew a lot that night
"Cronus, are you crazy?"
The mountains and rivers in the far east were broken, the earth was full of potholes, and the once towering peaks were smashed into basins. The bright silver mecha dissipated the magic power in his hands. Hearing this accusation from his brother, he felt no disturbance in his heart.
"Am I crazy? You guys are the ones who are crazy. Just because of that brat's few words, you stay neutral. Do you husband and wife remember that I am your brother?"
brother?
When Kronos said this, he snorted a little. Now what he wants is power. As long as he gathers most of the power of the Titans by himself, then that bastard Zeus is not his opponent at all.
Wisdom also needs strength as a support, and wisdom without strength is just a clown's trick.
"There is nothing to say now, let's turn it all into my nourishment."
The pitch-black sickle was raised, and with Kronos' current strength, he could violently fuse the other Titans even without destroying the link between the human body's isolated consciousness and the body.
What he has to do now is to ensure the integrity of the opponent's body as much as possible.
"The next one is you, Oceanus."
……
"Father……"
Metis woke up directly from the dream. Just now she saw Cronus kill the Celestial God couple in the east, and the next target was Oceanus who came a little later.
"Have you had a nightmare?"
Zeus heard Metis' voice, and the two of them leaned together when they were sleeping, and Zeus couldn't hide this movement.
"Zeus, I dreamed of my father..."
Metis, who didn't use the divine power of wisdom, seems to have returned to the time when they first met, but now her face does not have the innocence of that time, and Zeus deeply understands that sad emotion.
For gods, dreams are not groundless, and even equal to some kind of foretelling the future.
"Actually, you don't have to wait for me."
Zeus understood that if Metis didn't wait for him to come back, but acted together with a large force, he could more or less rescue a few Titans.
In order to prevent Zeus from being alone, Kemetis still made such a choice.
"No way, I can't help it, wisdom theocracy is too painful to use."
Metis covered her face and wept. When wisdom and theocracy were in operation, Metis saw all problems very clearly, but it was precisely because of this transparency that she could not even deceive herself.
"Father refused to let his brother die, and I couldn't stop him, but at that time, I knew better that you were the key to deal with Cronus, so I let everyone stay, and I watched my father with my own eyes. To hell."
Metis couldn't hide her self-blame. Under that kind of absolute reason, she was so calm that she was terrified, and even counted her father's life as a gain or loss.
"My fault."
Zeus hugged Metis tightly. He had also tasted the pain of the loss of his relatives. It was so unpleasant to face a mother he had never met. Metis watched Oceanus leave with his own eyes. This kind of pain One can imagine.
"I told myself that my father was with Mnemosyne and Themis, so he might not be the one who died, but today's dream..."
"My fault."
Zeus hugged Metis even tighter.
"Metis, I promise that everything will go well, and after this, I will not let you encounter a time when you have to use divine power, I promise."
Zeus understands how much Metis has paid for himself. He is not the hero of a campus romance. The woman has done this. It would be a beast for him not to make a promise.
"Zeus, can we really win?"
Metis understood that once Cronus became so mad that he devoured his brother, the situation had already begun to slide towards an irreversible point.
Cronus's advantage will snowball, and Zeus can't try to stop it, or the jungler will be squatted and sent to the head.
All hope is on Zeus.
The conflict between Cronus and Zeus cannot be resolved. It is precisely because of this that they are willing to follow Zeus and look forward to Zeus creating the next miracle.
"What if I say I have no bottom?"
Zeus smiled wryly and told the truth. The battle with Uronus made Zeus understand that his ability is not invincible, but he also understands that the conflict between himself and Cronus is still unsolvable.
"I still believe in you. Facing a crisis is not a coward who abandons everything, but a hero who will face everything and overcome everything."
If Zeus had been really timid, he could have gone to Tartarus and never returned.
If he is really timid and timid, if he is really lazy, if he is really ungrateful, why should he come back?
Even Tartarus, with Zeus' ability, could survive even if life was very difficult.
Cronus will not go to Tartarus to arrest people in his spare time.
But Zeus still came back, which shows that he is a responsible person. Even though he talks badly, his body is still very honest, and he does not want to live up to the expectations of others.
Metis gently embraced Zeus' neck with his hands, and as she approached under the reflection of the bonfire, the shadows of the two gradually overlapped.
The lights in the cave were off, and it was very dark.
From time to time, a star or two pierces the Milky Way, or draws into the darkness, with a red or white light tail, light or stiff, falling straight or sweeping, sometimes moving and trembling, giving the sky Some turmoil of light and heat, some flickering bursts to the darkness.
Sometimes one or two stars, sometimes several stars fly down at the same time, making the quiet autumn sky tremble slightly and confusing all the stars for a while.
Sometimes a single giant star pierces the corner of the sky horizontally, with an extremely long light tail, emitting star flowers; red, gradually yellowing; in the final advance, it suddenly illuminates a strip of the corner of the sky with joy, as if piercing through a thousand layers. Darkness penetrates and lingers some opalescent light.
The corner of the eye faded away, the darkness seemed to shake a few times, and then closed again, and the quiet and lazy stars returned to their original positions, smiling on the autumn wind.Qiuying, who was looking for lovers, was flying on the ground, and they were also playing star-like games.
And where the two didn't notice, Hera woke up quietly. She looked a little dazed, but she was not surprised by what happened before her eyes.
In other words, it makes Hera feel meaningful to have an opponent to fight for. After all, no one will fight for only garbage, and the real good things are sought after by thousands of people.
Only the laurels won by defeating all enemies can be said to be honorable, and Hera never needed others' handouts.
PS: From "the cave is out, the sky is very dark" to "playing star-like games" is basically a copy of Mr. Lao She's "Camel Xiangzi", because everyone understands the reason, this passage is similar to what I want The plots written actually have the same meaning, and they were done as a last resort in order to pass the trial.
Please let me go, this plagiarism dog.
And "Camel Xiangzi" is really awesome, you can watch it when you have time.
Chapter 48 Zeus
Legends of the underworld began to appear on the earth.
"Does the world after death really exist?"
"This is what the priests said. Naturally, it cannot be false. As long as we do more good deeds in life, after death, there will be a ferryman on the River of Styx to guide us to the underworld, where the king of the underworld will protect us."
"Pluto..."
The priests of the major tribes often communicate with each other, not just for the trade between the tribes, but also for some alchemy products.