Chapter 9: The Intrigue of the Gods
The seventh spring ploughing day of the disappearance of Veres.
The sea is as calm as ever.
The huge black figure that once appeared in the midst of the raging waves has lost its trace, and the fishermen have begun to go back to fishing. They have forgotten for a moment the fear of being dominated by the serpent of the world, and the wars between gods and gods in the past have gradually become stories of word of mouth, rather than ringing alarm bells.
Once the war between the gods had caused terror throughout the world, the Slavs who lived at the feet of the gods spoke of the apocalyptic landscape. The abundant rains had watered the dry land, which had been barren for a winter, and before the people had recovered from their praise of Perron, a strange fire began to rain down from heaven to burn the land that had been cultivated for generations.
After the abundant rains, the earth did not wait for the next autumn harvest.
The earthly world instantly turned into a tragic purgatory.
Then one sees a giant serpent rising from the depths of the Stygian Sea, stretching its massive, twisted body all the way to the sky. Defeated in a battle with the gods, he disappeared above the sea with flickering thunder and burning heavenly fire.
Humans who have lived in the dirt for generations are grateful to Perron, the god of thunder, for defeating the serpent Veres and saving the Slavs from their troubles. They began to carve wooden statues of Peryn and placed them in the fields to worship.
Even the Grand Duke of Kiev worshipped Peryn as a symbol of power to worship.
Although the burned heavenly fire swept through the land, it did not stop the people from worshipping the gods even more fervently.
For the Slavic gods, who lived for tens of thousands of years without dying, eight days of spring ploughing were nothing more than the blink of an eye. However, for the Slavs of the vast plains, it was an endless nightmare.
Drought.
After the War of the Gods, a never-ending drought gripped the land. But God didn't respond. The heat scorched the fields day after day, and the parched soil began to crack, revealing cracks like the back of a turtle.
The fields began to barren, and the river became a wetland overgrown with abundant weeds.
Later, even the weeds lost their vitality and turned into withered yellow weeds, swirling with the wind. Years of drought had left the land without its last life, and they prayed for rain from the benevolent Perron, but not a drop of rain fell except for rolling clouds and constant thunder and lightning.
Perron gave up on his last attempt, and the gods went their separate ways from the day they were born. Perron will never be able to take the place of Vereth, lord of the Stygian Sea, god of earth and livestock.
Years of disasters have deprived the world of order to maintain domination, and wars and plundering have become the norm.
At this time, the land is clear and the sun is shining.
Perron was at a loss. He is the god of thunder, and has no function as the god of the earth.
And Veres, who was in charge of guarding the world, sank into the deep sea and never reappeared. Thor tried to temporarily replace the role of the Earth God, but Sventovet flatly refused.
It has been a rule for millions of years that the gods perform their own duties, and even those as powerful as Perron's God of War must be bound by the order. And the last guy who wanted to challenge the power of the god king is still sleeping in the Stygian Sea.
"The earth has passed the seventh day of spring ploughing, and if it continues like this, the world will be barren. Since Veres is out of his way, there should at least be a god to take his place for the time being. ”
As for the attitude of the Temple of the Gods' inaction, Perren really couldn't stand it. At the time of the Templar Council, Perron offered his opinion.
Beloberg and Chernaberg remained on the sidelines, and the moon gods Juseberg and Dyberg made an excuse not to participate in the meeting. It seems that he deliberately avoided this meeting.
The remaining gods have no decisive say.
"The feud between gods and gods should not implicate ordinary mortals, god-kings. Please let me replace Veres for the time being, until he returns to his responsibilities of managing the earth. ”
Sventovit didn't speak again, but Arilo, who was standing next to him, suddenly spoke.
"Perron, even if Veres is derelict in his duties, it should be temporarily replaced by my Spring God, and it will not be your turn yet. You're a little nosy. Since the establishment of a unified order by the previous presiding gods, Rhodes and Svalog, all things under the rule of the gods have existed according to their own laws. ”
His hands wrapped around ivy, roses and lotus blossoms on his shoulders. There was no emotion in the eyes that squinted a slit.
Arilo reminds Perron not to act out of bounds.
"Arilo, the god of spring. ”
Perron turned his head slightly, he looked at the defiant god of spring, his expression was flat, and he asked word by word, "Do you believe that I cut off that thing of yours and will never be able to be the god of reproduction?"
Arilo's face changed, and in the face of Thor's threat, he also stepped forward and said to Perron, "What's wrong?
Perron lifted his left hand, which had lost two fingers, and said, "Then you can try." ”
"Enough of you!"
Sventovit interrupted the argument, and he stood up, and the gods around him subconsciously lowered their heads.
"I have my own arrangements regarding Veres' dereliction of duty. You don't need to talk too much. I've gone to Smagel to take charge. News will come soon. ”
"If Veres ceases to be the god of the earth, he will be replaced by a new god. ”
The decision was unbiased, and Perron no longer disputed it.
Arilo, who provoked trouble, suffered a secret loss and simply kept his mouth shut. He had always coveted the position of Veres, and if the God-King did not speak, he would not be eligible to inherit it.
Beloberg, the god of light, was still smiling at the appearance of the gods, and each god was playing his own little calculation behind his back. Veres' defeat created a brief power vacuum in the temple.
It was only when he heard Smargel's name that the smile on his face slowly faded. It was only then that he noticed that the winged dog had not appeared in the temple.
Belloberg's mockery of Sventovet's loyal eagle dog always brings unexpected ...... Scare.
Thinking back to the scene of the original Pantheon, Smagel smiled gloomily at Veres, and the doubts in Beloberg's heart gradually deepened, and finally he seemed to remember something.
God, who brings light to all beings, feels a chill down his spine at this time.
Banishing Veres to the deep sea was just the beginning.
However, everything in the temple of gods is decided by the god king, he has no power to change anything, what is the conspiracy behind the god king, in order to achieve the goal at all costs to ruin the god of the underworld.
He muttered to himself, "Willes, I hope you'll get away with it." ”
"God-king...... I didn't plan to let you go. ”