Since the war outside Mount Olympus ended, the world has finally returned to its former tranquility.

The sun and the moon alternate in the sky, the world is changing and changing, except for the occasional gods who come and go to the world, the earth is quiet. On another level, perhaps, there are many, many changes at the table, but at least for mortals, when that night of vision passes, nothing like that will happen.

Gradually, as has been going on, the human footprints continue to spread over time across the earth. At the same time, the church of the gods began to be flooded.

In the beginning, Hestia and Themis were made up of those who were steadfast in their faith and willing to swear to open up the wilderness for humanity and protect the sacred fire, and warriors who were willing to listen to the teachings of the goddess of justice to eradicate evil and remove injustice from the earth. Guided by the two goddesses and determined to spread the will of the goddesses to more people, they compiled the canons, divided their duties, and traveled between the different city-states to preach the teachings of the gods.

And their behavior is undoubtedly very successful, in this era of inconvenient information exchange and human beings are separated from all directions, this kind of organized and large-scale faith transmission is like a dimensionality reduction attack, and soon occupies the mainstream trend of thought in quite a few places.

Even according to the predetermined beliefs of the gods, there were many city-states whose monarchs practiced a certain faith in the name of the king after seeing the manifested gods, but they still had no resistance under this kind of ecclesiastical organization. Obviously, the actions of the clergy were more attractive than the empty descriptions of the greatness of the gods.

They made up stories about the deeds of the gods, glorified the thoughts of the gods and turned them into teachings, and it just so happened that the two goddesses, both in thought and in action, were very consistent with the human understanding of beauty. Therefore, even if no city has listed the two goddesses as orthodox sacrifices because of the division between the gods, it still does not affect their influence in the human race more than every Olympian god.

In the beginning, this was not taken into account by the gods, and few gods paid attention to this kind of mortal communication. They also follow past experiences and reveal their existence simply by performing miracles in front of mortals. Gradually, however, as the names of the two goddesses became more and more widespread among humans, the gods suddenly realized that perhaps their casual approach was too backward, although it saved time and energy.

The primitive worship of nature and power was no match for the convincing minds and the real clergy, and in just a few decades the large and small orders were established. The gods chose their own spokesmen in the human world, or simply chose the kings of their city-states, and then ordered them to learn from the churches of the two goddesses and spread their names.

Since then, the newly established power structure among the human race has changed again, and the clergy who serve the gods have become an indispensable part of it, just like the bronze humans. Although the priests held absolute power unlike in the previous human generation, their status was still extraordinary.

And before that, something brought about by a small thing that happened in the middle of this greatly exacerbated the process of evolution. After all, in this era of barbarism, strength is the most important point for human beings.

Fortunately, because of this small matter, believers in the gods also have the possibility of wielding power.

Probably ten years after the end of the War of the Gods, at a banquet to welcome Apollo's return, the goddess of wisdom unveiled a special discovery to the gods. She claims that by observing the magic web, analyzing the elements, and finally using divine power as the cornerstone, she invented another special energy.

It is not strong, and it is even weaker than the divine power, because it is a weakening of the divine power in the first place. However, this does not detract from its value, because it is a power that can be used by the gods in the mortal world, not even more than the gods.

As long as this power is transmitted to mortals, and then the sorcery-like structure is 'fixed' to the magic web, then any human being, whether his 'qualifications' are mediocre or extraordinary, can master this extraordinary power with the help of the existence of gods and magic webs.

Compared to the path that requires self-cultivation and enough talent to achieve, this system that is only about the favor of the gods, has no talent limitations, and has a natural upper limit is undoubtedly the most satisfying for the gods - after all, they still remember the mortal who swung the sword at the son of the Sea Emperor.

If there were more such people, it would be difficult for the gods to be as comfortable in the mortal world as they are now. But they could not refrain from this power, because the human beings scattered throughout the land were no longer as easy to protect as they had been in the previous generation. If they themselves could not master the power to fight against the alien beasts in the wilderness, then the deterrence of the Holy Fire alone would not be able to expand their numbers.

Therefore, the power named 'divine magic' by the goddess is particularly important, so the gods did not hesitate to ask Athena for the secret of the holy power, and praised the wisdom of the goddess, and then according to their natural authority as a medium, developed a variety of special divine arts.

As for areas other than natural authority...... This belongs to the blind spot of the innate gods. Therefore, except for the fact that with the help of Athena, the gods simplified some general divine techniques with the help of the omnipotent nature of divine power, the 'holy power model' mastered by different gods often has huge differences and has various functions.

When this power was introduced to the human world, this difference also seemed to confirm the absoluteness of different gods within their own authority, which also made the compilation of many canons even more biased. Of course, there were mortals who questioned the greatness of the gods because of this, but that didn't make a difference.

After all, all gods are like this, and no one has ever existed, whether it is a god or something else that claims to be omniscient and omnipotent, so this kind of talk is only a whirlwind and a whirlwind, and few people even remember that it ever existed.

In any case, the Holy Power and Divine Magic have been integrated into the world in this way, and after a simple few generations, it seems to have become a natural existence, understood and accepted by human beings. Even the gods are gradually getting used to this convenient energy.

However, there was an additional hiccup in between. On Mount Olympus, the god-king, who also learned about the birth of the gods, seemed to be particularly surprised, and even said at one point that he had actually discovered this special system, but he hadn't had time to tell the gods yet.

However, the gods only paid lip service to his words, but few believed in their hearts.

After all, in the past, Zeus had never shown a talent for creation and invention.

They would rather believe that this had something to do with the goddess of wisdom, Metis, than that the god-king would be able to study such a thing. After all, strength and wisdom are not equal, and this is something that the gods themselves know very well.

In short, this episode did not affect the spread of theology and the establishment of the Church, and human society is constantly exploring balance and order in the process of integrating new things.

From crude canons to clearer doctrines, there are occasional but restrained conflicts. The contradictions that gradually arose between kings and priests, in places that the gods could not quite notice, there was a hidden peep on the beliefs of mortals, and all kinds of changes in the earth and heaven.

Time flies, one generation grows old, and another grows. In the vast land, some city-states have fallen, others have begun to expand their areas of rule, and continue to evolve towards true kingdoms, and in the fringe areas where humans are active, there are also human beings who have not been able to live in one place for a long time.

For a time, the vast eastern land became more and more different from previous eras, and it became more and more lively and prosperous. Compared to the classical city-states recorded in mythology, it is more like a magical and gorgeous fantasy world.

But overall, everything is going in a good direction. The overall number of human beings is still rising, and even the most distant branches of humanity have not yet been able to touch the vast sea, and in this case, the contradictions between believers are more than a laugh of the gods.

They are all busy 'staking the ground', not dragging their energy for a little thing. More and more faith poured into Olympus, and the gods were immersed in joy, and even the god-king who had already slumbered in his body was happy to see the rising power help him wear off that power faster.

A new chapter has been opened, and the communication and connection between man and God has never been closer, and the situation on earth has gradually become more complicated. All the gods are immersed in the joy of this 'harvest' and feel that their past efforts have not been in vain.

It was not until this day that the gods woke up from the north of the earth to the south, causing everything to wither and decay. As a result, human progress was hampered, and the foreseeable famine seemed imminent, and the gods rushed to find out what was going on, but to no avail.

The culprit who caused all this has left Olympus after a big quarrel with the god-king and is heading towards the human world. And Zeus, the only one who knew the inside story, also chose to remain silent after a while of anger.

Since she wants to make trouble, let's make trouble. He couldn't break his promise, but if all the other gods were dissatisfied, it had nothing to do with him.

When that day came, someone naturally put pressure on Hades, who had lived in the underworld for a long time. After all, the consequences he caused affected the interests of all the gods.

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Room.

If you draw a central axis for the land of Kaos, then the former Odils Mountain is undoubtedly above this central line. It supports heaven and earth, separating north, south, east and west, and even today's Olympus is far from being able to compare with it.

And if we draw another axis to the east, Olympus will be slightly closer to the northeast, and as for the human settlement, it will go further east.

The closer you get to Mount Kinabalu, the denser the humans become, because this is exactly where the fourth generation of humans migrates. They traveled from west to east in the eastern part of the land after the Great Flood, looking for suitable places to live together.

The closer they are to Mount Olympus, the shorter they migrate and the longer they settle and reproduce, they have a clear advantage in terms of population and culture.

Of course, this often means that the more attention the gods have, and it is completely common for there to be a temple of seven or eight gods in a city.

In contrast, the emerging city-states that are more distant are less interested. No one knows how many small cities in the entire eastern land have been established less than a hundred years ago, and even quite a few of them, and even the shrines of the gods have not yet been built, and no clergy have ever visited here.

This is a very normal thing, after all, the church is developing rapidly, but the overall development of human beings is faster, and those remote places are naturally neglected. Like the Kingdom of Eleusis, it was such a country that was only two generations old.

Its founders have died, not because of old age, but because of the pain of fighting along the way. As the son of the founder of the city, Cleus, as a matter of course, inherited his throne and became the king of this kingdom, which had only one city and a few small towns as a territory.

For the first twenty years of his reign, everything went well, and the country, which had only a few hundred thousand people, grew stronger and stronger under the rule of Cleus. For nearly a year, however, the king has been frowning.

The change in climate is so abrupt that not only the temperature drops, but also the crops no longer grow.

The land became barren, food sources became scarce, and wild beasts began to attack humans regardless of the danger. The kingdom of Eleus, which had never encountered such a situation, had no way to deal with it, and the little food stored in it could not last for several years. A famine was imminent, but as a king, Cleus had nothing to do.

Until this day, the king, who was still thinking about what to do, received news that his daughters had brought back an unimaginable guest.

……

"This is our home, Lady Moyle, and it's the only palace in the city."

Walking on the solid dirt road, four average-looking but obviously unusually dressed girls were surrounding an old woman.

They held the old man by their arms and showed her all about the city, and their home, the palace of Eleusis at the end of the road.

Of course, it is said that it is a royal palace, but in fact it is just a taller and more extensive ordinary building. Eleus, who had only experienced two generations of monarchs, had not yet enjoyed pleasures, neither kings nor the people.

They are more pragmatic, and this simplicity is clearly reflected in many corners of the city.

"yes, hehe, thank you so much."

Looking at the palace at the end of the line, the old woman known as Moyr smiled and thanked her. But in her eyes, there was still a hint of disgust.

But in the end, it was a mortal palace, and she reluctantly accepted it. The mortal king was already the highest status, and she couldn't ask for more, so Meril tried to put on a satisfied and grateful appearance, but she didn't know that her thoughts were clearly seen by the few people around her.

"Helping our fellow citizens from afar was something my grandfather taught us when he was still alive."

The eldest of the four girls supported the old woman, and asked as if casually:

"It's getting colder...... I wonder why you are walking alone through the wilderness? ”

“……”

Wordless, Moyle's expression changed slightly. After a while, just when a few people thought she wouldn't speak, the old woman said lightly:

"I came looking for my daughter, she is so innocent and lively...... But she was taken away, just as I had been. ”

The atmosphere was a little colder, and even though the girls tried to say something to liven up the atmosphere, nothing changed in the end. Until a few people entered the palace, they could not return to their previous appearance.

"I'm tired."

Walking into the palace, Moil expressed his opinion lightly.

She didn't have the consciousness of being a guest at all, or rather, it was already a polite behavior to mortals in her understanding.

Then the daughters of King Cleus looked at each other, and their sisters stood up again.

"Please come with me, and I'll take you to my room."

"Then lead the way."

Nodding, Meril answered as a matter of course.

Behind her, the other three girls did not follow, but hurried away after watching the eldest sister and the woman leave. They don't know who this old woman who she met outside the city, who seems to be 'begging' but can't hide her arrogance, who may walk through the wilderness alone in this era, which is something that their father can't do.

Invite them into the palace and try to show their kindness, that's what they can do. As for the rest, it is up to the king to decide.

(End of chapter)