greek mythology stuff

Chapter 165 The Four Gods Unite - "The World"!
Hephaestus is far away.

He witnessed with his own eyes that the body of an ancient god festered little by little, turned into sea sand and was sucked into the belly of another god and completely swallowed.

He finally understood a little bit about what the gods were quarreling about in ancient times.

Because he saw it, not in history, nor in a certain page of stories, but with his own eyes.

So he was able to understand.

he thinks.It is not vivid to describe the process of this dispute as engulfment, and it is more appropriate to use the word return.

The earth, the sky, the ocean, and the mountains are all one.They all originate from the earth, and when any two of them merge into one, it is not a plunder, but a "return".

He suddenly understood why Gaia went to great lengths to create the three ancient gods of the sky, the ocean, and the mountains.Because the original world was so simple that only a few elements—as long as the elements were large enough to include most small things—could express a world.

And the sky and the earth, the mountains and the sea, aren't they just the four elements that encompass the world?
——Gaia is the first living being, and when she was born, she inherited all the glory of the future generations, which is the beginning and the highest.

——It was not until everything moved from the beginning to maintenance and regeneration, and one after another was born, that she was forced to step down from the supreme throne.

—and now that she is returning, she has created the other three elements—the sky, the sea, and the mountains—and when they return she is both beginning, sustaining, and renewing.For she is no longer just the earth, but also the sky, the sea, and the mountains.The four are unified, she can represent the "world".

What kind of terrifying power would such a noble status be in charge of?

Hephaestus' fingers coiled slowly, rubbing each other.He has seen another god with a similar identity and concept. He symbolizes the end and is the highest in the highest high school...

But new doubts came one after another, lingering in Hephaestus's heart - Gaia seemed to have given up the underworld, and her "world" had no place for the kingdom of death.

Or... the answer to the mystery is hidden in the "mountain"?
And the four are one... Gaia is not necessarily the one who wins in the end!
The sky and the mountains are still there...

"Um?!"

There was a change in the distance.

Hephaestus looked back, looking across the mountains and seas into the crowd, looking for the source of the change.

His pile of old papers was turned over—the pile of old papers he burned away.

Wherever his gaze falls, the long night is coming to an end, and the sky is not yet clear.

This period of time is the coldest time of the day and the quietest.Quietness and coldness are helpful for thinking and doing things, so some people like to choose to do some important things at this time.

This time is also the darkest.

What kind of person needs darkness?hiding people.

Dominic was the one hiding, and the one running away.His fellow apprentice once said to his teacher: Dominic will never come back after going to the world.

In fact he won't go back either.He is a traitor, no god or mortal would like a traitor, and going back is a trap for himself.

But for Dominique, he has no regrets.Betrayal is only a way, a means to an end.There are many paths to strength and power, and betrayal may not be the best of them all, but it suits him best.

He was sitting in a richly decorated room with a brazier under his feet and a large wooden box beside him.

The wooden box is full of classics, all about the gods.These tomes are messy and obviously all have been read.

There are three other classics in Dominic's hands, and he holds them tightly, because these three classics were carefully selected from the big wooden box beside him, and they are the most suitable for his path.

It will be bright.Dominic was having a hard time making a choice.He seeks power, and the end of power is the gods.He wanted power, wanted to be a god and not be possessed by a god.

The three classics in his hand correspond to his mood.Maybe even he himself didn't realize that he was biased.The three classics are superimposed, the top one is what he wants most, and the bottom one is what he resists the most.

But it seems that what you want can't be easily obtained—no, maybe it's impossible to get it at all.

He couldn't help but look at the classic that he wanted the most on the top.This is an ancient book, the handwriting on the cover has been blurred, and only two blurred words can be vaguely seen - Anser!
Dominic had flipped through this ancient book left by an unknown person countless times. He skillfully turned to the last page, staring at a few lines of small handwritten characters.

"The church has less and less fresh blood, and many old people have passed away."

"Ancer still didn't answer, just as he didn't answer our prayers in the first place, he ignored our downfall."

"Sometimes I also resent why Anser didn't help us, but sometimes I am relieved—I have already got enough peace, and I shouldn't ask for more."

"Anser! We stole your name, and I repent of my sin here."

"Thank you for your protection, even though you don't care about us jackals taking your name."

"But I still want to thank you for keeping us unbelieving thugs from getting involved in the disputes of the gods. Anser, I am guilty."

Dominic's fingers slid across each line of small words, reading silently in his heart as he slid.He was faintly shocked - a stolen name can keep mortals from being involved in the disputes of the gods, so what kind of existence is the owner of that name?
Not once did he feel the urge to kneel on the ground to worship that god and ask for his gift.

But every time this impulse arises, it is snuffed out at the last moment—he...will not respond...

So Dominic is also hesitating whether to make a big gamble and bet his whole life to believe in this god.In any case, there are only two outcomes in the end, either one is called to become the only God Chosen, or one is not responded to, and this life will be wasted.

Unfortunately, he had no chance to hesitate.

Hephaestus made the choice for him on the other side of the earth.

He stretched out his palm and wiped it lightly in the air, and on the far side, the handwriting on the ancient book gradually became blurred.This scene happened not only to the ancient books in Dominique's hands, but also to those buried ancient books.They are all blank books.

It is the god in charge of records who has personally erased a certain record in history.

Doing all of this was nothing more than an insignificant thing for Hephaestus, too small to be remembered by him.

He'll do it just because Anser and his church should be forgotten.

——Things that have been deliberately forgotten, sometimes there is no need to dig them up.

On the other end, Dominic was still in a daze.The classics caught in the middle also burned by themselves.Dominic threw it away in a hurry.

The burning book drew an arc in the air, and the words on the cover flashed - "Knowledge".

Now he has only two books left.No, exactly one, because one of them is blank.

The only one that can be used is the one that Dominic placed at the bottom of the three books, and now he has opened this book.

This tome also has a name—God King Ceremony!
Dominique turned around for a while, and suddenly laughed: "I hooked up with the king of gods, and my brother will definitely kill me."

"The teacher may not, he has to lie to himself."

"God killing! Teacher, you are so courageous..."

"It's also lucky to have you..."
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ps: I was so tired yesterday that I didn't wake up after falling asleep.Sorry for the late post.

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