I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 161 Don't Call Me Thetis
Roy had also prevented Harmonia from using living people to sacrifice, so Harmonia was not surprised to see this familiar scene.

Sisyphus, however, felt offended, with a displeased expression on his face.

If Roy was not the benefactor and ally who saved the city of Corinth, Sisyphus would have lost his temper at this time.

"My dear young friend, why do you prevent us from offering the highest sacrifice to the goddess Amphitrite?"

Roy did not respond to Sisyphus, but spoke to the people around the altar.

"Dear Corinthians, do you really think that the gods need sacrifices from us humans? In fact, we offer livestock such as cattle and sheep as sacrifices to the great gods. In the end, the beef and mutton will be roasted and put into our stomachs. Ancient The human ancestors of the era would pass on such a sacrifice method because the great gods do not need human food, and we sacrifice animals to the gods just to show our devout respect for the gods. Perhaps in your opinion, the captive Sacrificing living people to the gods is the highest level of sacrifice to the gods, but have you ever cared about the thoughts of the gods? Maybe the gods don't want you to use living people as sacrifices. Because we use livestock sacrifices The end result is to distribute meat to all those who worship the gods. The end result of our human sacrifice is that we kill the same kind in the name of the gods, so that the gods bear the stigma of thirsting for human life and become other ethnic groups It is a reason to degrade our gods into evil gods and demon gods."

After listening to Roy's words, even children can understand that there is a difference between offering live animals as sacrifices to the gods and offering living people as sacrifices to the gods.

Animals used as sacrifices will eventually become food to be eaten by humans.

Living people who are sacrificed will not become human food in the end.

In the mythology of another world, gods with bull horns and gods with goat horns are reduced to evil gods or demons, and these evil gods and demons are eager for human life as sacrifices. I am afraid that this is a ritual of living people sacrificing gods. Believers of gods are used as a reason to discredit other gods.

It's a pity that according to the smearing reasons used by the believers of the only god, the only god is the biggest evil god and demon.

Whether it is human sacrifice or heresy trial, the essence is to kill in the name of gods, so according to the same standard, the sole god must of course take the blame for heresy trial.

Because believers of the only god used heresy trials to persecute heretics, the living sacrifices that the only god received were more than the total number of human sacrifices received by other gods in the world.

"Young Roy, I can understand that you don't have the heart to make living people sacrifices, but this is a sacrificial ritual that has been practiced for thousands of years."

Sisyphus took a deep breath and said.

"I think you can leave for a while and come back after the ritual of living sacrifice is over."

"Sisyphus! I must stop the sacrificial ceremony from proceeding, because I think the goddess Amphitrite is a benevolent and benevolent goddess, and she will never desire human blood and life as her sacrifice."

Roy's words left Sisyphus speechless.

Because it is absolutely impossible for Sisyphus to say that Amphitrite desires human blood and life as a sacrifice.

Seeing that Sisyphus was still unwilling to give up human sacrifice, Roy turned and called towards the Corinthian Gulf.

"Great goddess Amphitrite! Perhaps no one has ever asked for thousands of years—whether you are willing to accept living human sacrifices, so you did not take the initiative to refuse living human sacrifices. Now I ask you to respond, Tell us if you desire human sacrifices."

"Loy—"

Seeing Roy calling Amphitrite directly, Sisyphus, who was originally dissatisfied with Roy's prevention of living sacrifices, became even more dissatisfied now.

At this moment, the sea water in front of the altar suddenly parted from the left and right, and Amphitrite walked out of the sea in the form of a [-]-meter-tall god.

Roy just wanted Amphitrite to respond with an oracle, but he didn't expect Amphitrite to show up directly.

Under Roy's wide-eyed eyes full of surprise, Amphitrite walked towards the altar while shrinking her figure at a speed visible to the naked eye.

When Amphitrite came over and sat on the stone at the top of the altar, her figure had become about ten meters tall.

Because humans cannot see the appearance of the gods when the gods do not take the initiative to show up, so even if Amphitrite is close in front of them, no one else can see Amphitrite sitting on the altar .

After Amphitrite smiled and looked at Roy, a blue divine light burst out from her body.

Including Sisyphus, all human beings shrouded in the blue divine light saw Amphitrite sitting on the altar in the next moment.

"The great Amphitrite—"

Seeing Amphitrite's figure, all Corinthians knelt on the ground devoutly and worshiped Amphitrite on the altar.

"Thetis [mother] from the sea, the goddess who created everything in the world, I can actually see your figure in my lifetime, even if I lose my life immediately, I will be satisfied."

Sisyphus knelt devoutly in front of Amphitrite, tears streaming from his eyes.

Hearing Sisyphus's other name for Amphitrite, Roy repeated it in doubt.

"Thetis [mother]?"

"Don't call me that!"

Amphitrite immediately said shyly.

"You are not my people, I would be ashamed to be called mother [Thetis] by you, after all I am still a virgin."

Harmonia leaned close to Roy's ear and whispered.

"Honey! The name Thetis means [mother], so only children will call their mother Thetis."

Roy said suddenly.

"The Corinthians are the people who have been guarded by the goddess Amphitrite for thousands of years, so the Corinthians can call the goddess Amphitrite Thetis [mother]. I have nothing to do with the goddess Amphitrite , I call the goddess Amphitrite Thetis [mother], as if suddenly a stranger was to be her son."

After understanding the meaning of the name Thetis, Roy continued to ask.

"Harmonia, why did Sisyphus call the goddess Amphitrite the goddess who created everything in the world? Is it just like you Thebes think that the goddess Mnemosyne is the goddess of creation who created the world? Gaia [Earth], the Corinthians also think that the goddess Amphitrite is the goddess of creation who created the world?"

"That's right!"

Harmonia nodded.

"We Thebes worship the goddess of the earth [Gaia], so we Thebes made up the creation myth that the goddess of the earth created the world. The Corinthians worship the goddess of the sea, so they made up the myth that the goddess of the sea created the world. In the creation myth, the goddess Amphitrite is the prototype of the creation goddess Eurynome - just as the goddess Mnemosyne is the prototype of the creation goddess Gaia."

After Roy and Harmonia finished whispering, Goddess Amphitrite spoke in a gentle yet majestic voice.

"My children! You have won a battle that will determine the fate of Corinth, and I can't help but want to celebrate this great victory with you. I want to take this opportunity to tell you that I don't need a living person to be a sacrifice .”

(End of this chapter)