"The Golden Age...."

Speaking of the golden gods from 10,000 years ago, Odin fell into reminiscences, and it was clear that Mavi's question had evoked some of her early experiences.

"It was a glorious time."

Without waiting for Ma Wei to ask, Odin spoke to himself: "Alchemy technology has reached its peak, and human beings can already use alchemy to make anything they want, wealth, food, and even companions can be solved through alchemy. ”

"At that time, the city was magnificent and prosperous, and the golden gods even invented a new energy source to power the entire city's buildings, and alchemical technology allowed humans to fly into the sky and travel between the sea of clouds..... The existence of the gods has been transformed because everyone has the power of being like a god! ”

"The Golden Gods have created a path for humanity to ascend, and if their vision can be realized, the human race will complete its evolution and become transcendent."

"It's a pity...," Odin sighed, "The Golden Gods thought that when they brought alchemy technology to humanity and improved the lives of all, everything would be better, but in fact, the highly developed cities, the carefree and satisfying lives that did not require effort, became the beginning of their demise. ”

Ma Wei, who was listening quietly, asked at the right time: "Everyone has food and a house to live in, isn't this a legendary utopia?" ”

"Utopia is indeed beautiful, but reality is often more cruel than fantasy." Odin said: "The golden gods solved the problem of human existence while destroying the social order. ”

"Humans who don't have to do anything to get anything they want, no longer toil, they begin to madly and greedily realize their endless desires, ethics, morality, culture.... Under the conditions of a highly affluent society, these beautiful human natures have been greatly impacted, and it is expected that utopia should be an ideal country where everyone is humble and kind, but in fact, utopia has completely plunged mankind into madness! ”

"Looking at utopia from the current perspective is not pertinent enough." Odin continues: "How can a man who has not experienced suffering know what it is like? In the beginning, the golden gods were revered by mankind in the highest way, because mankind at that time had experienced the suffering of the real era and understood that happiness was not easy to come by. ”

"Later, when the new generation is born, human beings begin to learn alchemy technology, continue to grow themselves, life becomes happy, social productivity is increasing day by day, everyone has something to do, everyone is happy, they are all striving for a better future, and they all think that they can live a better life."

"The fact is that under the guidance of the golden gods, the utopia and the ideal country have been realized, but no one expected that from that year on, the world will become completely different from before."

The source wondered: "In a world where there is no shortage of anything, there must be no competition, and there is no competition, and there is abundant food and clothing, and there is a partner, is this not satisfied?" ”

"Human beings are thinking creatures, and order is the code that binds them, and it is also the shackle that suppresses the demons in their hearts."

Odin said in a deep voice: "There must be a comparison in everything, the sun to the moon, light to darkness, suffering to happiness.... If you haven't seen the light, how do you know you're in the dark? This is also the most terrible thing about human beings, they are ignorant, but they don't think they are ignorant! Instead, he enshrines his own narrow perception as a guideline! ”

"The human beings who have mastered the technology of alchemy have begun to act recklessly, without any pressure, they no longer care about ethics, let their desires breed, and they have lost the concept of income from their labor, what they need, just launch alchemy magic, instead of becoming kind, they will deteriorate rapidly!"

"The ancient gods grasped the hearts of human beings and continued to bewitch them, and gradually, human beings no longer feared the golden gods, because alchemy technology had encountered a bottleneck and could not be broken through for many years, and the golden gods could no longer provide them with useful help!"

"It is clear that the golden gods have brought them a good life, how can they lose their awe?" The communication was even more puzzled: "Wasn't the power of their magic bestowed by the golden gods?" ”

"As I said earlier, the Golden Gods have invented a brand new energy source, using Mithril as blood and themselves as bones, transforming power from the bodies of transcendent beings and turning them into energy to drive cities and alchemy circles." Odin said word by word: "And the human beings who have mastered the technology of alchemy no longer need the golden gods, they even feel that the rules set by the golden gods restrict their freedom, faith begins to collapse, more and more people begin to rebel against the control of the golden gods, they indulge their desires, and any existence that hinders them from pursuing their desires has become their enemies!" ”

"Although it was I who overthrew the Golden Age, I am saddened by what happened to the Golden Gods." "They proved the importance of order with their actions, and later, the golden gods realized this, but it was too late, they have become the existence that pits them in the eyes of most people, and they can no longer rebuild their prestige," Odin said. ”

"It was also at that time that the forces of the ancient gods invaded on a large scale, and the golden gods, who had lost the support of their followers, could no longer defeat the enemy, and in order to restore order, I could only use natural disasters to destroy the world, so that the chosen humans could establish their own homes again, and everything was overturned."

"Unleash a natural disaster to destroy the world..."

The communication chewed on Odin's words, and the more he listened to them, the more wrong he became: "You have killed so many humans, how can you fight against the forces of the ancient gods?" ”

"The power that believers provide to the gods is not only quantitative, but also linked to quality." Odin said, "The humans I chose were extremely devout to us, which is why I defeated the Old Gods and resealed them. ”

After a pause, Odin added, "I know you think my methods of destroying the world are too cruel, but have you ever thought about the consequences of not killing those already crazy humans and allowing them to pass on their thoughts to the next generation? ”

"In order to preserve the last flame of mankind, I can only do this, otherwise, humanity would have perished long ago."

"Big brother...."

The source looked at Ma Wei, who was silent beside him, and had countless things to say in his heart.

The ultimate goal of the Church of Truth is a utopian-like world.

The Golden Gods have come true.

And what happened to them.... Obvious.

This discovery greatly shook the communication's heart, and even Ma Wei had some doubts.

What he doubts is not the creed of the Church of Truth, but the idea of governance for the future society.

Who did the Golden Gods lose?

Not the Old Gods, not Odin, they lost to themselves.

An era of unprecedented strength, a glorious period of alchemy technology, but in the end it ended up short-lived, which can't help but make people sigh.

This may be the Creator's teasing.

The strength of human beings is based on their thoughts, but the destruction of human beings must also be caused by their thoughts.

Succeed in Si, defeat in Si.

"Human beings should live under the control of order." Odin saw Ma Wei groaning and said: "I think you should also realize that as long as you build a framework for human beings, such as a kingdom, they will move independently and survive in the circle, otherwise it will be a plate of scattered sand, difficult to gather, and sooner or later they will perish." ”

"It's like ants." Ma Wei said suddenly.

"That's right, ants." Odin said with some relief: "A strong ant colony, must be silently paid worker ants to make sacrifices for the entire group, ordinary worker ants do not need to have their own thoughts, they just need to follow the queen's instructions, for thousands of years, kingdoms, tribes have been replaced, but ants have multiplied to this day by virtue of their own eternal system, they seem to be weak, but in fact they are strong." ”

"It's the same with human beings, human beings need a smart and good leader in order to survive forever."

"And you, the leader of the new era, should lead humanity against the enemy, not follow the old path of the golden gods."

Hearing this, Ma Wei suddenly smiled: "You have a really high opinion of me, the leader of the new era.... I don't dare to be. ”

"Humility is a virtue, but self-knowledge is the most important thing." Odin looked at Yunia who was holding Mavi, "As long as she still supports you and trusts you, even if you don't admit it, you have to take on the responsibility of leading humanity." ”

"I'm not a queen ant, and ordinary people aren't worker ants." Ma Wei said: "The pursuit of a better life is their freedom, if just because of order and longer reproduction let ordinary people fall to the situation of being oppressed by the times, this kind of order is not good!" ”

"If there is no order, society will collapse, and once society collapses, humanity will also go to the road of destruction, and at that time, the church you have created will also be gone."

"I founded the church not to pass it down from generation to generation, but to spread ideas!" "If one day, the Church of Truth changes, it should perish!" But I believe that there will always be people who will stand up and carry the banner again! ”

"So, do you think the Golden Gods are doing the right thing?" Odin asked.

"It's not that they did something wrong, but that there was a problem in their choice, and I haven't thought about how to solve it yet, but practice brings true knowledge, and theory alone can't find results."

Odin, who realized that he couldn't convince Ma Wei, didn't continue to dwell on this topic, and changed his words and said: "No matter what, our era has died, and the Apocalypse God Department has lost the main god, and someone must stand up to deal with the ancient god forces..."

As he spoke, the huge face on the dome opened its mouth and spat out a crooked black spear, which floated in mid-air and floated in front of Mavi.

"This is my weapon, the Eternal Spear Kungunir, it can penetrate everything, I wanted to lend it to you, but you are just a consciousness body, you can't take anything tangible from the kingdom of God, but if it's just a projection, it's fine."

As Mavi watched, Kungunir buzzed and trembled, and suddenly stabbed him in the chest, and the moment it touched his chest, it suddenly stopped, and the tip of the spear pierced through his shirt, leaving a small black dot on Mavi's chest.

"Kungunir is very special, its projection needs to be enabled with the help of an entity, and the material of the entity also determines its strength." Odin said: "This is the help I have given you, do not refuse, I believe that if you were faced with my situation, you would make the same choice as me." ”

Fighting the Old Gods is the big picture.

The struggle between the gods of faith is at best a nest.

It is the duty of all believing gods to resist the invasion of the old gods, and they were born for this.

This is also the reason why Odin heard that Nelei Yinda did not stop the old god from suddenly becoming angry.

Now, Odin has lent Kungunir's projection to Mavi, and to some extent, it can be regarded as helping him fight against the forces of the Old Gods.

It's not a gift, it's not a reward, and Mavi has no reason to refuse.

After receiving the projection, Ma Wei still had a lot to ask Odin, but the scene in front of him suddenly began to rotate, and a feeling of dizziness came, and at the moment when he was far away, he heard Odin say: "There is another seal near Luca's seal Kraken, and she can help you in a critical moment." ”

Swish!

When he opened his eyes again, he found that he had returned to the abandoned church, and in front of him, the Blood, who looked exactly like Edward, held a white candle in his hand, forcibly cutting off the connection between the three of them and Odin.

"It's time." The Bloodclan returned the White Candle to Mavi along with the pocket watch.

Looking at his pocket watch, Mavi found that they had been there for a full two hours, and the speed of time in Odin's kingdom was slower than that of Baji's kingdom, and about the same as Luca's kingdom.

There was a sudden stabbing pain in his chest, and Mavi unbuttoned his shirt and saw that where his chest had been stabbed by Kungunir, a finger-long black mark appeared, distorted, like a miniature version of Kungunir, the Eternal Spear.

At the same time, the sleeping Badge also woke up, she floated out of Mavi's chest, stared at the black mark on Mavi's chest and fell into deep thought, and after a while said, "You actually went to see Odin.... What did she tell you? ”

"Nothing." Ma Wei buttoned up his shirt: "I discussed something with her about the Golden Age. ”

"Why didn't you just ask me?"

"There are some things you don't want to tell me, so I can only ask other gods."

Baji looked at Ma Wei directly, and shook his head after a while: "There are some things, it's not that I don't say it, but you shouldn't know it now." ”

"Is it dangerous to know too much? I am not afraid of danger. ”

"You really want to know?"

"Yes."

"Well, what do you want to ask about the Golden Age?"

"I don't want to ask about the Golden Age, but about the series of events that took place four years ago."

“.......”

Seeing that Baji was silent, Ma Wei grinned: "If you don't want to say it, forget it, I'll go find the answer myself." ”

"I can't observe the world four years ago." Badge said suddenly.

"Unobservable?" Ma Wei frowned: "What do you mean?" ”

"I am the god of truth, I can recreate history through deduction, and after contacting you, I also noticed this point in time four years ago, and I intend to deduce forward to see what happened that year, and the result...."Bhaji shook his head and sighed: "I can't see anything, there is a powerful presence that interferes with me." ”

"Old Gods?"

"It can only be them, now I'm far less powerful than before, if you can recall my kingdom of God, I can still break through their interference, with my current strength.... Not at all an opponent of the Old Gods. ”

A lot had happened four years ago, and Ma Wei could realize that how could Baji, as a true god, not be aware?

She deduced, but was severely disturbed, as if there was a fog in front of her, blocking her eyes.

"If that's the case, I don't have much more to say." Ma Wei said: "I have other ways to investigate the events that happened four years ago, and I will always find clues." ”

"I hope so."

Bucky flew back into Mavey's body and continued to sleep, while Mavi tidied up his clothes, rode back to the town of Brookwood, and took the train back to London.

It was already 5 o'clock in the evening when I returned to Flower Street, and compared with a month ago, the business in the store was obviously much more prosperous.

As the demand for Sleeping Toast increases, Ma Wei alone can't make it, but fortunately, Sleeping Toast has no technical difficulty, as long as the finished potion is provided and then handed over to the Potions Factory to make it.

"You're back."

Edward glanced at the three Ma Wei who entered the store, bent down and took out a letter from behind the counter, and handed it to Ma Wei: "Your letter." ”

There was no signature on the letter, no stamps, just a simple line of small print:

【Greetings from Mr. Nicholas von Manstein】

Tearing open the envelope, Ma Wei took out the folded letter inside, spread it out and read it carefully, and found that ....

"This is an invitation from Mr. Butler, who invited me to meet in Kingston, South London!"