Chapter 28: Asking for Directions

"It's finally here."

Looking at the sanctuary on the hill behind the harbor from afar, Ryuji let out a long sigh.

He had always known the best thing about Athens, but having experienced so many worlds, this was the first time he had set foot on Athenian territory.

Standing on the port, you can see the temple of the goddess of wisdom guarded by twelve palaces, and Ryuji can feel it completely, and Athena's ambition is not small.

But think about it, she was born in the legend of Zeus, who married Metis, and Metis used various changes to avoid his pursuit.

Gaia prophesied that after Metis gave birth to his first daughter, he would give birth to a son who would become the king of gods and men.

This is what Zeus did before.

It can be said that if Zeus really died, Athena was the most promising one to become the god-king of Olympus.

This is precisely the reason why she dares to build a holy domain on the ground, and also build a zodiac house for herself to protect herself.

Of course, Ryuji didn't come here to see Athena.

After entering the city of Athens, Ryuji entered the city to find an ordinary temple of Athena.

This is different from the temple built on the Sanctuary Hill, which was built in the city for the common people to worship and could enter to pray as long as they were residents of Athens.

Ryuji didn't come to pray, he just came to ask for directions.

But he still did an act of offering sacrifice in the manner of Athena.

Ryuji personally bought a bull and sent it to this temple of Athena.

Watching the three white-robed priestesses there kill the bull, break up all the beef, and place it on the altar, Ryuji asked his own question.

"I want to go to Olympus, how should I get there?"

At first, the three white-robed priestesses thought that Liu Zhi was just an ordinary divine bloodline existence.

I got something good outside, so I came over to offer sacrifices.

So they didn't have much of an idea, they just followed the original steps.

They had to do this many times a day, so they didn't pay attention to Ryuji's situation.

Now that Liu Zhi said this, they noticed that the aura on Liu Zhi's body was not quite right.

Ryuji looked like an ordinary person at this time.

But the problem is that since Liu Zhi entered, there are no ordinary people in this world, and everyone's bloodline can be traced upwards, and the blood source of one or two gods can be found.

Even after the poorest person is born, the power of the bloodline is there.

Ryuji's case is a special case.

And if such a situation is placed in the outside world, normal people can feel that he is wrong at a glance.

It's like walking down the street, everyone is wearing summer clothes, and one person is wearing a thick winter coat, and everyone can see at a glance that this person is very weak or stupid.

However, these people all helped Liu Zhi complete the sacrifice, but they didn't notice this, and they didn't react until Liu Zhi raised his own question.

This is more telling the story.

One of them cautiously asked, "Who is this......?" Your Majesty? ”

Liu Zhi was stunned for a moment, and then reacted, in this world, mythical people are called Your Majesty.

Although it was a bit of a surprise, it was understandable to think about it.

After all, a mythical existence, no matter how you say it in this world, you can pull out a city-state by yourself.

As the king of a foreign city-state, what happened to be called Your Majesty.

So Ryuji nodded: "I've already taken that step, just waiting to climb Mount Olympus." ”

"It's our negligence, and we're going to have another big sacrifice for Your Majesty?" The priest who spoke asked cautiously.

Although she also wants to maintain Athena's dignity, she didn't look at people before, and almost treated Ryuji as an ordinary person, and if Ryuji troubled her, Athena had no reason to help her.

Fortunately, as long as he doesn't offend Liu Zhi, Liu Zhi is generally easier to talk to.

"No, I just wanted to ask a question."

The priest nodded, and immediately pulled out a small bottle of olive oil, which, after pouring it on the altar, fell to his knees and prayed in a low voice.

Ryuji noticed that a mysterious power was coming here.

This power is similar to divine power, but it is clearly not divine power.

When that power came into contact with olive oil, Ryuji understood.

This is a doppelganger of Athena's doppelganger.

After all, the relationship between Ryuji and Athena is average, and it is impossible for her to drag Ryuji directly in front of her like the Queen of the Underworld.

And Ryuji didn't appear in Athena's main temple, so she couldn't wait for Ryuji to appear directly like Odin.

This time it was nothing more than a doppelganger of Athena.

Because there are too many levels of doppelgangers, this power has become a little different from divine power.

But Ryuji didn't care about this, he understood that the person in front of him could represent Athena.

Sure enough, Liu Zhi has no status in front of Athena, and there are quite a lot of mythical-level and divine existences in this world, and the arrival of a mythical-level is actually not a big deal for Athena.

The mysterious power swept Ryuji up and down before falling on the olive oil.

Ryuji saw that the olive oil had turned into a set of words.

"Take this oil, follow it, and it will point you to Olympus."

Before Ryuji could react, the olive oil poured on the altar emitted a faint white light, and then the oil flowed into the bottle used by the priestess just now.

After all the oil had been poured into the bottle, the priestess picked up a piece of beef from the altar and placed it on the cap.

The priestess then prayed in front of the bottle, pouring a pale golden glow into the beef.

Ryuji felt that there seemed to be the power of starlight in this light.

It was a strange thing, and he remembered very well that Athena didn't seem to have a godhead associated with the stars.

Maybe that's the difference in this world.

Liu Zhi thought about it for a while, and didn't think much about it.

Soon the priestess disposed of the bottle.

After taking the beef down, the priestess placed the capped bottle in front of Ryuji.

"Please take this bottle and follow the direction in the bottle."

Ryuji took the bottle and looked at it, and he found that it was still a bottle of olive oil, but in the olive oil, there was no trace of blood.

The bloodstains, with a little starlight, formed an arrow, which was pointing in the direction of due north.

As you can see, the direction that should be pointed by the arrow is Mount Olympus.

Ryuji, who was holding the bottle, asked again.

"Excuse me, is there any taboo about going over there?"