As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the main hall suddenly changed, and many gods secretly looked in the direction of Poseidon.

The gods still remember how the Sea Emperor confidently set up a bet before, and the gods also called. But now, he seems to be the one who lost the most.

Of course, most of the other gods didn't win either, after all, such a result was really unexpected. But when everyone doesn't guess the outcome, of course, whoever is closer to the truth is considered the winner.

However, in front of the gods, Poseidon did not feel defeated at all.

"Oh, yes, I lost, so what are you going to do, grab the islands in the sea with me, or some other place?"

With a sneer, facing the expressions of the other gods that were either abrupt, surprised, or unexpected, Poseidon took a sip of his wine glass, and the depression in his heart was also relieved.

The reason why Nereus suggested that he make a bet with Zeus before he came was also with this in mind. It's good to win, but it doesn't matter if you lose, if you can't get the closest place to Olympus, then the offshore place is the best place for you.

And there are no other sea gods in the divine court, and in the absence of competitors, Poseidon actually has nothing to lose.

On the main throne, Zeus was not very disappointed with this result, for him, it would be good to be able to justifiably dispel Poseidon's thoughts on land, as long as the possibility of landing on land was determined at the beginning, then the other party probably would not succeed later.

After all, he still needed Poseidon to find trouble for his adoptive parents, so seeing this, the god king just raised his hand and stopped the discussion of the gods.

"Alright, Poseidon, since you have conceded defeat, stay in your sea."

The Sea Emperor snorted coldly at this, but Zeus only moved his mind, southeast of Olympus, until the map of the ocean appeared in front of him.

On the map, the coastline is not arced, but protruding, and the entire eastern part of the continent is divided by rivers and straits, and even offshore, there are many huge islands.

If Ryan is to judge, it is somewhat similar to the Greek peninsula, but it is also very different. At least to the east of it, there is no more expansive landmass, which is why the original Caucasus Mountains of mythology have disappeared without a trace.

Seeing that the attention of the gods was attracted, Zeus said lightly:

"Now that all is done, then I, in the name of the God-King, am here—"

"Bang-"

A muffled sound directly interrupted Zeus's words. The door of the main hall was violently pushed open, and the gods heard the sound, and with a flash of fire, the figure of Hestia appeared in the temple.

It's just that unlike when she left, the face of the goddess of the stove fire was very solemn, and her breath was a little unstable.

"My esteemed sister, who dares to do it to you!"

The first moment, Zeus stood up from his seat, and it was obvious to him that Hestia had just fought someone, and he probably did not have the upper hand.

In the entire world of Kaos, there are not many beings who can defeat a powerful god who is good at fighting, and in addition to Olympus's own people, the most of them are the former masters of the world, those Titans Ancient Gods.

Could it be that the Ocean God and his wife have just left, and there is a Titan god in the starry sky who has chosen to oppose Olympus?

"Not what you think, Zeus, I've met a completely alien being. He made a splash on the ruins of a human city and then stole all human souls. ”

Shaking his head slightly, seeing Zeus's thoughts, Hestia said solemnly:

"His strength is unfathomable, and even my gut tells me that he is stronger than everyone in this room. The strange deity claims to be the Lord of Hell, and he doesn't seem to have a crush on Olympus, so you'll need to plan ahead. ”

"Hell?"

Repeating the unfamiliar name and taking a deep breath, Zeus felt that the world was becoming more and more unstable. Obviously, in his father's time, everything was so normal, and the world was a struggle within the Titan brothers, but now, one ancient and unknown existence after another jumped out.

"Did he only take the soul?"

In the main hall, a god asked.

"Whether it is or not, we cannot allow human souls to be stolen by others - it would make mortals feel insecure."

Beside Zeus, Hera reminded from the side.

"Yes, although he only took the soul, it doesn't look like he's already satisfied."

Nodding, Hestia agreed.

"If you don't want your future believers to live in fear of other gods all day, I think you should do something."

Hestia's words go straight to the essence, maybe the gods don't care much about the belonging of mortal souls, but mortals themselves certainly do. As the saying goes, 'not suffering from widowhood but suffering from inequality, not suffering from poverty but suffering from insecurity', once human beings know that their souls will fall into the hands of an unknown existence after death, then it is impossible to know what they will think.

In the final analysis, faith cannot be forced, and no matter how much you talk about believing in the gods, you can't change your subconscious fear and awe of the unknown.

I see, Hestia, I'll take care of this. However, a new human has not yet been born, so we'll talk about that later. ”

After a moment of silence, Zeus calmed down, and Zeus seemed to have a plan. Seeing this, the gods were relieved and set their eyes on the matter at hand.

Only the God-King himself knew that he couldn't talk about anything at all. Zeus still believed his sister's judgment, and since Hestia said that the other party was stronger than every god present, then he was probably no exception.

Zeus didn't know if Hestia had calculated his most proud weapon, but in his heart, he still secretly made a decision.

Before, before the gods created Pandora, he had a vague sense. Later, as time passed, this feeling became stronger and stronger, but instead he gave up looking for the source.

Because along with this intuition, there is also a warning from the authority of the god-king in the dark.

In the past, Zeus had been immersed in the joy of discovering the mysteries of faith, and he thought that time was on his side, but now, it may not be so.

There are so many unknowns in this world, and the gods of Olympus were born too late, and the so-called 'hell' is not the first place beyond his knowledge, but it will never be the last.

So now, the god-king also had to take a little risk. If the known path doesn't work out, the best thing to do is to proactively introduce new variables rather than sit back and watch one accident happen after another.

But I'll succeed just like my father did when he beat me." ’

Looking at the gods in front of him, Zeus couldn't help but think back to that afternoon.

It was the first and only time he had defeated his father, and he brought the potion to Kronos. Although the difference in their strength at that time was like heaven and earth, he still succeeded because fate was on his side.

And now, the same is true, after all, whether there is a destined next god king or not, it will never be today.

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No one could have predicted all the changes in the world, especially in this world that had changed a lot, so when the God King had such a thought, no one else noticed the subtle change in fate.

Originally, everything was advanced, including the birth of human beings and the discovery of faith, so that the gods who were supposed to be born had not yet been born, and the divine court, which was supposed to be powerful, seemed to have no sense of existence, but now, Zeus finally realized that he had to change with it.

But this is all in the future, and the world at this moment is pure.

The sea gradually receded, taking with it the earth and rocks with it. The vegetation has long since been washed away, and even many of the original hills have disappeared, and if it were not for the fact that the flood was essentially called by divine power, I am afraid that these seawater-soaked lands would no longer be suitable for plant growth.

However, when the gods realized this, Demeter accelerated the growth of plants on the earth at the signal of Zeus, so that a few shoots had already grown from the earth as soon as the water had receded.

At the same time, on the original Aurora Plains, a certain force dissipated. In the middle of a collapsed pile of rock, Cohen opened his eyes.

"It's . Hiss-"

As soon as he moved his fingers, a sharp pain came from all over his body, making him gasp. Triton's estimate was not wrong, in the face of Poseidon's angry blow at any cost, Cohen would have been seriously injured if he did not die, and now although he avoided death, his injuries were still serious.

Even if he got to this point on his own, Cohen's power is actually much stronger than many innate demigods with divinity, but what really makes the gods and non-gods like a trench is divine power and authority, which is exactly what Cohen does not have.

"What about people, is it over?"

After a pause, Cohen struggled to his feet. He looked around, and there was an empty space around him.

Aurora is no longer a plain at this moment, perhaps because it was finally flooded, but instead it became a plateau that is rare in the eastern continent after the flood. There are still traces of seawater on the broken buildings, but there are no traces of people.

"Are they all dead, I'm left alone."

For a long time, Cohen sat on a collapsed stone pillar. Looking at this scene, he couldn't help but think of his past.

Once, he had personally bid farewell to the Golden Human, and now, he had witnessed the destruction of the Bronze Human. The difference is that this time the human being died because of God, and what remains unchanged is that he is powerless as always.

"Gods."

Step –

"Huh?"

His expression moved slightly, and suddenly, Cohen seemed to hear a sound of footsteps. He looked in that direction with some surprise.

He was desperate to find traces of his kind, and as expected, at the end of his sight, a human who had survived like him was walking towards him.

It's just that unlike his own ragged and embarrassed appearance, although the person who came looks old, he doesn't look like he has gone through a disaster at all.

Standing up with difficulty, Cohen greeted from afar.

"Over here—"

As if hearing Cohen's greeting, the old man noticed his presence. As if seeing his physical inconvenience, the other party signaled that Cohen didn't have to come, but just wait for him to arrive.

"Hello, Your Highness, I'm Huma. I used to be in charge of guarding knowledge, but now I don't think I have the knowledge to guard. ”

Walking closer, Cohen finally saw the other party's appearance clearly. Holding a huge stone slab in his hand, his body already contained a dead aura, but the old man seemed to be in good spirits, and he introduced himself to him with a smile.

"Hello, my name is Cohen, and it's nice to see other people alive after the disaster. How did you survive this catastrophe, and did anyone else survive? ”

After a brief acquaintance, Cohen asked the old man a little impatiently.

"Indeed, there were people who survived, and when they came to their senses, they all gathered where the flame was."

Quietly explaining, the old man pointed in the direction of the altar, and then continued:

"As for the ways to escape this catastrophe, they are all written on this tablet."

"Slate?"

Hearing the old man's words, Cohen finally noticed the seemingly unusual slate in the other man's hand.

On it, it seems that something is depicted and written, but he can't see it clearly because of the angle.

"Yes, I'm lucky enough to be able to record it all the way around."

Huma nodded, and then suddenly raised the slate in his hand.

"Your Highness Cohen, can I trouble you with something?"

"Of course you can, but I'm not a 'Your Highness'."

He was happy to help others with what he could, but as he said, although he was once a king, the king at that time was more similar to responsibility and obligation, but not a high position.

However, in response to Cohen's denial, Juma just smiled.

"That's great, please help me get it where it needs to be, to the temple where the god king Zeus was once worshipped."

"I was supposed to be waiting to die inside, but I couldn't help but walk out. Maybe the outside is better for me than to be buried there. ”

The old man actually knew that if he died there, maybe his body would not rot for thousands of years, and his soul could live there for a long time, but there was no point in simply living.

In comparison, he wants to be like his predecessors, calmly face death, and even take the initiative to start a new life.

Across from the old man, Cohen was silent for a moment. After contacting him for a while, he also saw that Huma's death was approaching, but he couldn't bear to say it directly, but the other party had already known about it, and he was even not afraid of it.

"You remind me of a friend whose name is Hewa."

After a moment's hesitation, Cohen finally said.

"Really?" Her eyes lit up for a moment, and she smiled and said, "If it's true, it's really my honor." ”

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Taking the slate, Cohen said goodbye to the old man. He wanted to give the other party a ride, but Huma refused him.

The old man said that he still had one day to live, and he would not die so soon, and although Cohen did not understand the reason for the old man's confidence, he still respected his choice.

Walking on the sparse stones, Cohen walked to the heights. Although the layout of the city is no longer visible, there are two places that have not been affected in the slightest, one is the temple of the god king, and the other is the eternal flame.

As a result, the core of the city is more prominent. In the southeast of the continent, which seems to be a little high in the west and low in the east after the flood, this place can already be called a hill.

However, this small change in the terrain was not taken seriously, and as the burning sensation that seemed to come from the soul became more and more obvious, Cohen was pleased to find many footprints.

It seemed that as the old man said, there were still many bronze humans who had survived, which made Cohen quicken his pace, he was going there to see if his new friend Evans was there.

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"Huh?"

A few voices came from a distance, vaguely where the altar was. Because of the injuries on his body, Cohen's senses were not as sensitive as before, and he only vaguely heard someone in front of him saying something loudly, but he couldn't really hear it.

There are quite a few people there, and they are gathering. I guess what the survivors will say in this stall that has just experienced a disaster?

Maybe it's some dissatisfaction with God, or confusion about the way forward. But now Cohen has come to understand that maybe the gods don't have big hearts, and no one knows if they will respond to this.

Due to the damage on his body, it took Cohen a moment to get closer, despite trying to speed up as much as he could. As he approached the altar where the flame was enshrined, he finally heard what was being said.

To his surprise, the man who spoke was neither inspiring the faith of mankind nor denouncing the cruelty of the gods, but rather "preaching."

He is spreading the faith of another god.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I think you have no doubts about what I said after what I have done."

Standing on a temporary high platform, facing the gaze of everyone, Nuo's heart was extremely calm.

"The gods of Mount Olympus are not to be trusted, they regard mortals as ants, and they like to bring down catastrophes that destroy the world, only He is different."

In the moments before the catastrophe struck, Nou swore to his heart that if the god really sheltered the humans who prayed to him, as he said, he would spend the rest of his life spreading his prestige. Now that the flood waters have receded, it's time to keep your promise.

"He didn't care whether his name was spread or not, so He didn't leave his honorific name; He didn't care if humanity was grateful for His kindness, so He didn't ask for anything in return. But ladies and gentlemen, human beings should be grateful, able to distinguish between truth and falsehood, and know what is right and what is wrong. If God doesn't care, can we not care? ”

"Of course not!"

With a solemn expression, as a person with a good nature, Nuo is not only fulfilling his promise, he also really feels that he is helping others. Believing in such a great deity, and even ruling the afterlife, is a good thing for anyone, no matter how you think about it.

So when Cohen walked in, he just happened to hear him say in a loud voice:

"I will build a 'church' that believes in Him today, here, and spread His name among men. So that on the day I die, I will be able to face Him with confidence, knowing that it is the kingdom of my Lord, and I will be there to tell Him about my deeds in life. ”

(End of chapter)

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