Chapter 5: Prophecy
"Venerable God-King, before prophecy, I want you to understand the fact that prophecy is never an observation, not a creation."
After another sip of sweet juice, Ryan solemnly explained:
"I can't change fate, I just observe it, or even just a part of it."
And observations are not without a price. When you know it, it knows you. ”
"What do you mean?" Faced with the unfamiliar realm, the God King was a little puzzled: "What does 'it know me' mean?" ”
"Destiny is indefinite, and although it has a fixed trajectory, it is not necessarily unchangeable."
But if you try to observe it in a prophetic way, fate will become a doomed end. You can only postpone its arrival and distort its meaning, but you can't make it disappear completely. ”
"So, do you still want me to make this prophecy?"
At the end, Ryan asks the God-King rhetorically.
The previous words were not made up by Ryan, but the information he received after he received the priesthood of [Prophecy].
When anyone tries to observe fate directly, whether or not by the hand of another god, he becomes a part of his own destiny.
Man cannot lift his hair and lift himself off the ground, so no being can violate the shackles it has dissolved.
When he knew this, Ryan decided that he would never predict himself.
As for the "prophecy" made by some gods in later generations, Ryan actually wants to call it a curse of fate.
On the other side, hearing Ryan's explanation, Ouranos breathed a sigh of relief, and then hesitated a little.
The cost of prophecy made him less jealous of the Mother of the Night, who controlled her destiny, but he still wanted to know his end.
'The first god-king. ’
Thinking of what Yamashita Ryan called him, Ouranos still made up his mind.
"I believe in my own power." Facing Ryan's gaze, Heavenly Father said. At this time, he had just obtained the position of God King, and his strong power made him more confident.
"Make a prophecy, Your Highness Lane. Whatever the outcome, I promise you a condition that is not too much in the name of the God-King. ”
"I believe that with my strength at this moment, nothing is destined to remain the same."
As the first god-king and a symbol of patriarchy, Ouranos, who was already standing at the pinnacle of powerful divine power, once again took half a step upward.
Now that he is in the same position as the primordial gods, Gaia, who is not even good at fighting, is no longer his opponent.
This made him confident that even if the outcome of the prophecy was not good, he could delay it and distort its meaning, as Ryan said.
'Oh, the god of Kaos, always so confident. ’
Ryan chuckled inwardly, things turned out the way he had expected.
Facing the gaze of the God King, I saw Ryan nod slightly, and his dark eyes glowed with a mysterious white glow in the next moment.
This is not a disguised prophecy to deceive, Ryan is really probing the future of Ouranos.
But the result is obvious, the priesthood obtained by just one prophecy is very weak, and even the power of the spiritual priesthood is several times stronger than it.
In the void, Ryan saw nothing. With his strength at the moment, it was far from enough to get a glimpse of the fate of the God King.
But that didn't stop him from making his first big prophecy.
"An era." Under the watchful eyes of the gods, Ryan said, "You will rule the world for an epoch. ”
"You and Mother Earth will give birth to new offspring, but they don't have the appearance of being holy and perfect like we are."
"Someday in the future, your firstborn will swing a sword at you, and your royal power will be shaken by it."
Bang!
"Nonsense!"
Ouranos hadn't reacted yet, and Okeanos on the side couldn't stand Ryan's words.
Despite being only three days old, the eldest brother of the Twelve Titans already possessed near-moderate divine powers. Furious power surged over him, pressing fiercely towards Ryan, and he tried to stop the strange god's wild words.
He did succeed, and Ryan remained silent; But he also failed because Heavenly Father spoke up.
"Stop, my child." With a wave of his hand, Okeanos' divine power was easily subdued, and Ouranos' gaze turned to him.
"You shouldn't do anything to a guest."
The God King's tone was inaudible, but everyone present felt his suspicion at the moment.
"Father, I swear to the world that I will never challenge you to the throne of God King."
When he saw his father speak, the Lord of the Ocean knelt on the ground and showed his loyalty to his father.
Ouranos was noncommittal.
The oath does bind the gods, but it does not lead to death.
Even now, when the authority of the oath has not been delegated by the world, breaking the oath is at most just a fall of divine power and turmoil in the priesthood. But if you can sit on the throne of the god king, then everything can be saved.
"Dear Prophet, is that all there is to the prophecy?"
Heavenly Father ignored his own son, and just continued to ask Ryan who had been interrupted.
If that's all there is to it, then this prophecy is nothing more than that.
He would divide his eldest son into three and throw him into the depths of Tartarus, the dark void and the depths of the earth, so that he could never be his enemy.
"No," but Ryan's answer was clearly not what he had in mind.
Under the angry gaze of the Lord of the Ocean, Ryan smiled and said to the God King, "His Highness Okeanos will never be a true sword-wielder, Your Majesty. ”
"The prophecy shows that the one who overthrows your throne will be helped by another of your relatives."
"Where it all starts, it ends."
"And the eldest son who wields the knife must not be your eldest child."
As soon as the words fell, the eyes of the remaining eleven Titans in the main hall changed, and only the Lord of the Ocean breathed a sigh of relief.
Although it is also possible that he may be an accomplice in the full prophecy, Okeanos must not be the first offender.
Everyone is guilty, which means that everyone is not guilty, and he is very aware of this. Unless his father wants to sit on the throne alone, he will not be punished.
There was silence in the hall for a while, and finally it was the Earth Mother who broke the peace.
Her gentle face was full of worry, Gaia was not the scheming mother of the gods at this moment.
She looked at Ryan, who had just made a prophecy, and asked in a serious tone:
"Your Highness Lane, wise prophet, I wonder if you can give more hints?"
"Because of your prophecy, there will be suspicion between father and child, and the newborn court will be at peace, and I don't think you want to see this scene either."
But in the face of Gaia's implicit threatening request, Ryan shook his head calmly.
"I'm sorry, dear Mother Earth."
"It's not that I don't want to interpret it, but in this respect, the prophet himself is less intelligent than the listener."
"After all, I am only an observer, a narrator, and the true meaning of fate is far away from me."
In the end, Ryan gave a reply that Gaia couldn't refute.
"If you still have doubts about this, you can go into the night."
"I believe that in the realm of fate, one of the three phases of the Night Lady, the destined His Highness Ananke will have a more detailed interpretation. As her eldest sister, you won't leave empty-handed. ”