Hyperdimensional Player

Chapter 123: Immortals! The End of the Gods! (+ additional chapters)

within dimensional space.

Duncan had seized so many combat skills, but this was the first time he had acquired life skills through his priesthood. It was like he had obtained a new toy, and he couldn't help but carve out statues of the Raven Queen - Triss, Anya, and the guardian fairies.

At this moment, footsteps were heard. Triss, the Raven Queen, looked at her lifelike statue with surprise and asked in confusion, "When did you acquire such exquisite carving skills?"

The Raven Queen was very smart and immediately thought of Gwanu's priesthood.

Duncan nodded and said frankly, "I just mastered it."

"This is for you."

The Raven Queen, Triss, took it with great joy, looking very fond of it. The statue was lifelike, even the body proportions were perfect, almost a one-to-one replica. She didn't know what she was thinking about, but her face actually blushed slightly.

After a moment, the Raven Queen seemed to remember something and said in a serious tone, "The oracle of the Goddess Sulis."

"She wants the church to build a temple for forging and craftsmen in the secular world."

Most of the power of the priesthood lies with the goddess Sulis, and Duncan seized a small part of it.

Are they going to build a new temple?

Duncan immediately stood up and said, "Then send someone to prepare immediately."

In the early days of the empire, there were temples dedicated to gods everywhere. Each temple of a god had a different function. Forging priesthood should be used to strengthen weapons and equipment, but adding craftsmen may also have some other additional functions.

Duncan opened the temple mark on the projection page, and sure enough, there were additional temple marks.

Different from Celtic beliefs.

Sulis's temple is not a sacred grove, but a temple, a great temple, a giant temple, and a pantheon, five levels of temples. The last one is extremely majestic, and its architectural scale is comparable to the Pantheon in Rome, except that the main gods are the aspects of Minerva and Athena.

The empire was established hundreds of years ago.

That is to say, there is a Pantheon in Rome, and the main god in it is Jupiter. It would be very painful for Duncan to build this Pantheon, so he had to make do with a temple for now.

Why build such a wonder when there is nothing to do?

Wonders are harmful to the country!
The Pantheon is so huge that it can barely be considered a half-wonder.

"Temple of Forging and Craftsmen: After merging with the goddess Sulis, she assumed the duties of forging and craftsmen. This temple dedicated to her can teach forging skills and cultivate outstanding craftsmen. As the temple's level increases, the goddess Sulis will also be able to strengthen her influence on the real world and influence her believers and priests, encouraging more people to delve into these skills and techniques for the sake of the priesthood."

Temple Blessing: Forging Skill +1 (strengthens weapons and armor), Craftsman Skill +1 (strengthens siege equipment), produces handicrafts, artworks, etc. (additional trade goods), and provides additional recruitment of followers such as blacksmiths, craftsmen, and armor masters. The blessing effect increases with the temple's level.

hiss!
Kind of awesome.

Is this moving out all of Athena's assets?
Duncan scrolled down a little and actually saw some additional annotations.

——"Can be fused with the priesthoods [War] and [Victory]. After fusion, the army's training skills will be strengthened, and combat skills will be increased by 1."

——"Can be fused with the priesthood [Art]. After fusion, it provides additional artwork, strengthens trade goods, and produces additional comedy masters, composers, poets, etc."

——"Can be integrated with the priesthood [Wisdom]. After integration, it will guide believers in the pursuit of knowledge, strengthen education, and establish universities, research institutes, libraries, etc., providing additional scholars."

hiss!
As expected, the future of the Greek pantheon lies in Athena, the goddess born to replace Zeus.

Times change.

In a matriarchal society, women are respected; in a patriarchal society, men are respected; in the future society, both men and women can take turns sitting on the throne of the God King.

But why do I feel like Athena is treated a little differently by me?

Duncan remembered that Athena in Greece did not have such wide-ranging purview. The temple there was not well-known. Could it be that after the collapse of the pantheon, it was stimulated by monotheism?
Is this an attempt to be semi-omniscient and omnipotent?
Ever since Duncan changed the foundation of Avalon's faith, he found that other gods were also a little different, including the Norse pantheon, and Odin's projection could actually listen to his opinions seriously.

If he didn't cooperate with Odin, the Valkyrie would not be able to help him.

Duncan held his chin and pondered for a long time, and finally decided to support Athena's face to take the position first. The guardian fairy of Avalon was too weak. If it was to confront the monotheism and the Norse pantheon, only Athena could face it head-on.

It takes time for the temple to function.

It was impossible for Duncan to use the military funds to build the temple, so he had to make do with it for now. The British Isles were very poor, and for now it was enough to replace the old beliefs.

"But the development of civilization in this world is actually somewhat related to faith."

"The Romans and Greeks had more advanced farming techniques."

"In the East, the most important sacrifices are to the gods of grain and soil, the gods of earth and grain. The existence and worship of Shennong directly transformed the Chinese into a farming nation. The farming gene is ingrained in their blood."

The top agricultural god in the East is definitely Yan Emperor - Shennong, because it was he who started the farming era.

Over the long years, sacrificial beliefs have invisibly endowed different ethnic groups with different characteristics.

Europe has the advantage of the Mediterranean, where agriculture and commerce go hand in hand, so its farming technology is slightly inferior, and the Romans' farming skills are relatively backward compared to those in the East.

"If you say so."

"Which god do I support? Will the corresponding priesthood have greater influence in society?"

Duncan seemed to have figured something out.

When agriculture takes precedence, farming technology develops; when war takes precedence, military technology improves; when commerce takes precedence, trade in the Mediterranean flourishes.

People in the Middle Ages attached great importance to faith. Under the guidance of faith, the direction of social operation had a focus.

Therefore, the Germanic people were fighting all day long, because only those who died bravely in battle could enter Valhalla. When there were no wars to fight, they would go out to rob. They did not attach importance to the development of civilization, and eventually piracy became a culture.

"I roughly know how to guide the world's civilization before the technological explosion into the modern era."

Duncan fell into deep thought, as if he had foreseen something that would happen thousands of years later.

if you can.

He wanted to see the human beings of this world embark on a journey to the sea of stars a thousand years later. Of course, he didn't want to sit on the golden throne.

The final reward is a progress bar on the projection page that is aligned with the legendary level.

——"Divinity: Immortal." This progress bar is about one-third full, and there is no clear number displayed. It is not like the legendary level that can be used as currency.

——"Immortal: Human One has seized a portion of divine power, allowing him to transcend worldly laws."

[When summoned as a Heroic Spirit, the Immortal can move freely and even disobey the summoner's orders.]

[Using the divine origin as an anchor, you can in turn try to dominate the summoner. ]

[Regular summoning spells, prohibitions, and oaths are ineffective against you. You are free to choose whether to respond to the summons. Unless you are an exceptionally powerful being, no spell can control your will. Your race is demigod.]

You can contract other Heroic Spirit units and transform them into subordinate Heroic Spirits. They cannot be summoned in the normal way. You can transform yourself into the summoner instead of the summoned.

[The immortals enter the long river of history. Even if the legend fades, they will not disappear, but will only become weaker.]

[In certain worlds, immortals possess the property of an indestructible soul. If the body dies, you can attempt to resurrect by possessing another creature. Your consciousness will replace the original creature's body and soul.]

[Immortals can use their spirit bodies to freely travel between the Kingdom of God, the Holy Land, the Otherworld, and other otherworldly realms.]

[The divine nature cannot be transferred, anchored in human body number one.]

So terrifying.

It seems that divinity is not a currency like legendary degrees, it is solidified in human body No. 1.

When Duncan moved his mind slightly to see if it could be engraved, a row of prompts appeared.

——"Superdimensional beings do not need divinity, nor can they be engraved with divinity.

In the dimension beyond reality, the divinity of the super-dimensional being is automatically anchored as a 'secondary creator' (quasi-god), which is not subject to the suppressive effects of any concepts such as divinity, divine power, and priesthood, nor can it deprive other gods of their priesthood laws and knock them off their thrones.

No one can deprive the power, laws, concepts, and other abilities engraved by the Suppressed Transdimensional Beings."

Duncan looked at the prompt in silence for a long time.

Finally, he couldn't help but mutter, "Where did my original body travel to? Is it really a higher-dimensional creature?"

It's also this day.

Throughout Scotland and Ireland, all the statues, temples, sacrificial stones, etc. related to the god of forging, Gwanu, suddenly began to crack. Then, the druid priests who served Gwanu seemed to have lost something and severed their connection with the same will.

After a moment of trance, those legendary black sword warriors suddenly found that the black swords in their hands seemed to have lost some kind of strange power and could no longer help them hit the enemy's vital points. Instead, they turned into ordinary sharp long swords.

The most distant place in the other world.

In a sacred pool of water, Gwanu's figure resurrected. He looked extremely weak and a little dazed, as if he had had a very long dream and could not tell where he was for a moment.

His body turned into a middle-aged man with a rough but resolute expression, and all the blood-colored lines on the surface of his skin disappeared.

The divine power brought by the blood and human sacrifices was dispersed, and now he was just an ordinary member of the Tuatha de Danann.

"Goibunyu."

"You're back too? My brother."

Not far away, two human silhouettes emerged. They were his brothers. They fell earlier. The three gods of craftsmen were one. They could even merge into one.

Gwanu slowly stood up, also a hazy human silhouette. He said lightly: "Just call me Gwanu."

"It's been hundreds of years. I've gotten used to this name."

The two figures nodded, and one of them said, "The Great Mother Goddess has discovered a new kingdom, a world beyond this world. It seems to be a place that does not belong to reality."

"She is selecting the Sons of Danu to enter and participate in the myth of creation. Are you interested?"

Gwanu looked puzzled and weary as he said, "I'm too tired and weak. I may need to rest for a long time."

The Tuatha de Danann descended upon Ireland in the mists. Now, times have changed, and they have gradually withdrawn. Gvanu, weary, has no intention of leaving the afterlife for now. As for the other realms he discovered, he has completed his mission, and the will of the Mother Goddess will be carried out by other Sons of Tuatha de Danann.

The memories of thousands of years kept echoing, from the mythological era to the medieval era, and now he just wanted to have a good sleep.

The long blood and human sacrifices made him lose himself a little.

Gods are also influenced by reality. If Gwanu's sacrifices are bloody, his physical form will be violent and bloodthirsty. Similarly, if Aphrodite's sacrifices are full of lust and debauchery, then the goddess's form will become unruly and uninhibited, even centered around sexual desire.

But the true self of the gods is still relatively stable, unless the face is too strong and can cover up the true self.

Now, with the divine power of the real world dissipated, Gwanu has regained a sense of peace, like a meticulous craftsman. He is no longer the bloodthirsty and violent primitive god he was when he fought against Duncan.

The two figures said regretfully: "Okay."

"Then rest well, my brother."

At this time, Gwanu slowly walked out of the sacred pool. He looked at his palms, as if remembering something, and sighed, "I have lost a lot of divine essence."

"I never thought there were such powerful mortals in that world."

At least a thousand years of the gods' work was in vain.

If it weren't for the foundation of ancient mythology, his current state would be even weaker than when the fog descended on Ireland.

The Tuatha de Danann descended into that real world, and while it was not a loss, it was also a gain.

They have failed in their struggle.

If he could escape unscathed, he could at least bring back the divine essence accumulated over more than a thousand years of divine time.

Now, this divine origin has been divided up among the victors.

After working for more than a thousand years without bringing back much salary (the source of divinity), Gwanu was very tired and exhausted.

As the mist rose, Gwanu's figure gradually dissipated, and he fell into a deep sleep. It was unknown when he would awaken again. He needed a long rest to digest the memories of thousands of years and enter the other realms beyond this world with a fresh mind.

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(End of this chapter)