"There's no need."

After a brief moment of staring, Solomon was the first to speak: "I have seen and heard too much about groveling gestures and flattering rhetoric, and tonight I wish I could hear some more frank opinions. ”

Seeing that Thoth was silent but laughing, He said, "I swear by my surname that I will not be angry if your words are justified." ”

"If everyone could be as calm as you are, there wouldn't be so much strife in the world." Thoth put down his knife and fork and slowly wiped his mouth with his handkerchief, "In that case, let's move on to the topic of 'decay' and 'decay'. ”

"It's just that I'd like to be in a slightly more secluded place, where there are so many people that it's really not suitable for a topic that is too grand."

He silently added in his heart, will he not be angry? I don't believe what your lawyer says, I'm not afraid of you getting mad, but it's not good to scare my believers.

"And where do you want to go?"

"A place that fits the topic."

It was a breeze for mythical creatures to move from continent to continent, the merchant ships carrying spices and the whaling fishing boats behind them, the surging waves of the Sunia Sea behind them, and at the end of the azure was a brilliant gold—the blood of the ancient sun god.

This is the place where the ancient sun god fell.

The remnants of extraordinary power still haunt the sky today, a golden carriage pulling a long tail of flame across the sky, a huge wrist wrapped in vines and mud that makes the earthquake tremble, and after the thunder roars, the surroundings suddenly become extremely dark—yes, "all at once", there is not even a transition between day and night.

Stealthy forces creep in, trying to devour all waking creatures unless they fall asleep.

But in the next moment, the golden light pierced through the darkness, and the strange ancient scenery came into view again.

"Just ......"

Because of the darkness, Thoth didn't see much of what Solomon had done.

"It's just a small bribe, move on."

After passing through countless ruins, they came to the Godforsaken Land, where they looked devastated and devastated like a large piece of charcoal, and even the freezing north seemed more vibrant than here. A few bolts of lightning sparkled across the sky—a sign that the forsaken land was in the middle of the day, and when night came, the hidden power would pervade, and though it would not swallow up their being, Thoth always felt uncomfortable—although he had no problem with Amanises himself, they were one peeking into the other, and they were quite incompatible.

"Delphi."

Solomon sighed, "This has become the case." ”

It was the greatest temple of the omniscient and all-powerful Creator, before merchants ventured into new industries, before pioneers established sub-states, before families married into families, before newborns were named, and before old men were buried...... Wherever possible, messengers were to be sent to Delphi to ask for oracles, asking whether or not to do something and what was most appropriate to do, and the learned priests would always give the appropriate answer.

In addition, pilgrims and ascetics came to observe and study, some of them brought the copied religious scriptures back to their homeland in order to give accurate and sophisticated guidance to the people, and some stayed here to pass on the priestly mantle as disciples.

The brilliance of the Creator and the flow of people have made it a veritable "center of the world".

In its heyday, its beauty was taken out of the sun.

Even if it collapsed, it was still majestic, and the Black Emperor recognized it almost immediately. Just as it attracts pilgrims, it lures the Black Emperor and the Hidden Sage to it.

Thoth looked at a shattered Ionic stone pillar and proposed, "Shall you go in and have a look?" ”

Solomon nodded, and then "chaos" was set in, and the stones blocking the doorway shattered like biscuits and drifted away like flour in the wind, revealing a hand that had long since turned into white bones and was outstretched outward—the owner of this hand, who probably did not know what was really happening, but instinctively turned around, fled, and then reached out helplessly before the rubble fell down, as if to grasp the vanishing brilliance.

"But in a moment." Solomon whispered.

Thoth asked, "Do you mean the loss of a life, the collapse of a building, or the collapse of a kingdom of God?" ”

Solomon lifted up his eyes to Him, but did not answer immediately.

"A single stone is enough to crush an ordinary person, and an extraordinary skill is enough to destroy a house." "But a kingdom is the sum of territory and territorial waters, rulers and subjects, cities and towns, a harmony of progress and conservatism, gentleness and iron fist, bounty and torture," said Thoth earnestly, and it is a behemoth of incomparably complexity." ”

"So it is with the kingdom of God on earth of the Creator." Thoth whispered, "Its collapse may seem instantaneous, but it has been a long accumulation. ”

"Have you ever seen an avalanche? Although it could swallow the town in an instant, the snowflakes would accumulate on the ridge in patches before roaring and charging. ”

Solomon said, "It must be a well-planned and well-planned conspiracy to bring down the all-knowing and all-powerful Creator." ”

"Your Majesty, ambition never ends, and conspiracy is everywhere." Thoth chuckled, "And those who stand in the brightest place will always be the target of conspiracy." ”

"I know where those hyena-like gazes are coming from." Solomon's eyes showed a bit of arrogance, "They can play tricks, don't I know how to take advantage of the contradictions between them?" You have a long life, but you underestimate me. ”

"Of course you know these basic methods, but internal and external troubles are twins, except that the latter is noticeable, and the former is always overlooked."

Before Solomon could speak again, Thoth added, "Don't get me wrong, I'm not accusing any of my colleagues. ”

"In that case, what worries you?"

"Slack."

What He really meant was "indifference."

Thoth did not intend to give Solomon a lesson in Marxist philosophy directly, after all, "from the people, to the people", "the people are the cornerstone of the country" belongs to the socialist ideology, and it is still a purely feudal society, and there is not even a sign of capitalism.

Compared with ordinary people who live and die in the twilight of life, or the nobles who often come to the palace to meet will make the Black Emperor feel more realistic, and the six gods who are eyeing the Black Emperor in remote places will make the Black Emperor more crisis.

"Slacking?"

Solomon repeated the word with some playfulness.

"Thou hast given power to the nobles to administer the territory on your behalf, and in the eyes of the common people who have not been able to see you all their lives, they are an extension of thy face and siblings, and in order that thy justice, majesty, benevolence, and tolerance may be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and that thy anchor point shall be unwavering, they shall regulate their words and deeds and recognize their own responsibilities."

"The common people, though they do not understand the esoteric knowledge and the complexity of understanding, are by no means ignorant and unconscious wood, and if they are treated unjustly, if they are ignored for their basic demands, they will also resent, and this gives the infidels an opportunity to take advantage of them."

"They are an extension of the siblings of the alien gods, and they are the mouthpieces of the alien gods to deceive people's hearts and fan the flames." After a pause, Thoth continued: "Although many of my colleagues think that they are invulnerable to the weather, I have heard the saying that 'the dam is broken because the ants have burrowed in it'. ”

"It seems to me that cleaning up the hearts and minds that have collapsed is no easier than rebuilding the levees."

"So, instead of making great efforts to search for their traces among the crowds, it is better to completely purge the morale of the officials, fulfill the demands of the common people, and make them understand that it is a great honor to be born in my kingdom, and how foolish it is to believe in evil gods."

Solomon clapped his hands and smiled, "Maybe you and Trensoster will have something to talk about." ”

A one-eye-by-one Telunsu. Thoth pondered for a moment, and thought that this was probably, maybe, perhaps an affirmation.