Simulating the Universe, Starting with Speedrunning Greece

His plan has not started yet.

The original Athena has always been helping Greece.

Until the time he took me to escape, he was mostly helping him to complete the "undercover" mission in Troy. By the time he discovered his problem, we were already on the run.

Athena, who had been with him at that time, would have no time to inform Diomedes to rebel, unless she made a decision in a short period of time to abandon everything in Greece and go all in here and follow him to Troy.

But it takes a lot of love to do this...

Even if the goddess Athena has behaved in a very indecent manner and there is a high probability that she is just lusting after her body, would she do this?

Sudden--

Ye sensed that something was wrong with Diomedes across from him.

The other party said nothing to him, just nodded silently, and then turned his head away...

Seems to be leading the way...

When did Diomedes become such a cold and aloof character?

This look of deep hatred and resentment.

How many times must he have been bullied by the Minotaur to become so gloomy?

There is a problem——

Even if he had snatched the goddess away from the other party, given Ye's understanding of her character, the possibility of him directly challenging her and igniting her fighting spirit and unleashing her inner universe would be higher.

The opponent is definitely not the kind of person who will easily lose his fighting spirit. He is like a wolf, like a wild beast. He will never surrender to anyone before his fangs and claws are broken.

Ye didn't talk to Diomedes. He could feel the other party's powerful blood and energy, and it was indeed him without a doubt.

That question is intriguing.

Ye, Chryseis and others followed silently behind him.

Until we arrived in front of a temple, what caught our eyes were some devout believers kneeling on the ground.

The believers do not enter the temple to worship, but pray outside the temple?

This scene seemed extremely strange, but they soon found out the reason.

…At the front, two fully armed soldiers were guarding the gate of the temple, not letting anyone in.

Soldier: "Go back."

Crowd: "You mean we're going back today? Then we'll come back to visit the goddess tomorrow."

Soldier:"……"

Soldier: "No, don't waste your time. ...No matter how many times you ask, it's not my job. The temple will not reopen until the goddess issues an oracle."

Crowd: "We just want to go to the temple to pay a personal visit to the great Athena and thank her for her protection. We won't disturb the goddess. Is this not okay? Please help us inform her of our sincerity to her."

Soldier: "…………No. You can't tell me the reason. We have asked before, but Lady Hecuba said that nothing can disturb the goddess."

So - everyone in the crowd showed disappointment.

For devout believers, it is a pity that the goddess is on this land and in this city, but they cannot pay homage to her in person.

Even in Greece where gods roam, in this Age of the Gods, for most ordinary people, gods are still beings that they may not see even once in their lifetime.

Compared to the number of gods, the human population is simply too large.

The population of ancient Greece was about one million.

Even though this number is far less than the population of the ancient Eastern countries, in such a vast land, if you miss this opportunity, the probability of seeing a specific god again is almost zero.

Chapter 157: Acquisition of Characteristics - Recognizing the Wind of Lies

There's something weird about this place.

Although not everyone can see the goddess, it is not strange to close the temple and keep mortals out of the temple.

But Ye always had a hunch that the other party seemed to be hiding something.

The inside of the temple entrance is like another world that no one wants to see.

Just then, a loud noise came from far away.

Then a woman rushed towards the entrance of the temple as if she had gone mad.

The guards immediately raised their weapons and became alert.

"Stop! No one is allowed to be so presumptuous in front of the temple! Back off! No one is allowed to enter here!"

"Please let me see the goddess Athena! I have something important to report--!"

"no……"

“…! Even if you can inform Hecuba-sama for me!!”

"I've said it before, no means no... Please don't make it difficult for us to do our job."

This was the second time Ye had heard Hecuba's name.

He felt that it sounded familiar but he couldn't figure out who it was.

After all, there are too many famous beings in Greek mythology.

Apart from those with wonderful epic stories, there are also many less famous but equally powerful figures. Even with a good memory, who can recall everyone's experiences at all times?

Chryseis came to Ye in surprise and whispered in his ear, "My hero - it's Lady Hecuba. The mother of Hector's brother. Didn't expect her to come here too?"

Hector's mother?!

After hearing this, Ye finally figured it out.

According to the myth, when Troy was facing life and death, Hector, who was worried that Troy would be defeated after this battle, found his mother Hecuba in advance and asked her to organize the women, children, the elderly and the weak in the city to hide in the temple of Athena to seek the protection of the goddess.

In all of Greece, only the goddess Athena, with her gentle character, could have mercy on and protect these innocent women and children after the defeat.

And later Athena did choose to protect these innocent people.

At the end of the war, Ajax the Younger raped Apollo's maid Cassandra in her temple despite her protection, which offended Athena. Later, he offended all the gods again and was killed by a wave from Poseidon.

Ye didn't know that Hector had done the same thing when the god of war attacked Troy.

At that time Hecuba organized the women to seek the protection of Athena.

Although the crisis was resolved after the god of war retreated, they never left afterwards. Instead, they continued to hide in the Temple of Athena and pray for Hector and other brave Trojan warriors.

After all, this crisis came too suddenly and was too terrible, which made people really worry that Troy would be conquered next time.

What was unexpected was that Hecuba and the others, who had only tried to pray and had not thought that the goddess would actually "respond" to them, unexpectedly had their prayers suddenly answered some time ago.

According to the will of the goddess, in the name of Hecuba, the mother of Hector and the wife of the old king of Troy, many orders have been issued recently.

And at this moment, there was another change in the field.

A group of soldiers chased from the other side and were about to take the crazy woman away.

Suddenly, the woman resisted frantically and shouted excitedly that she wanted to see the Goddess and Lady Hecuba.

He also said that these soldiers were devils, had captured many innocent people and intended to execute them.

"Take him away!" a soldier said coldly.

“Wait... why are you taking her away?!” Among the people kneeling on the ground praying, someone recognized the woman’s identity. She was a Trojan with a very innocent identity. But from what she said, these soldiers wanted to execute her?

What kind of crime would a weak woman have to commit to be executed? It's shocking.

however--

The eyes of the soldiers who were chasing him were extremely cold. One of them cast a look so terrifying that the person asking the question took a step back and almost fell down.

"People of Troy, don't worry. This is just routine duty - we are arresting the rebels who disregard the great rule of the goddess and His Majesty the King. Although it will cause some disturbances, there is no need to be afraid! We will deal with these heretics quickly."

heresy?!!

"No, I'm not a heretic!!! You-you are... you must be the ones who are eliminating dissidents everywhere without the Goddess's knowledge. You are... the minions of Poseidon, the god of the sea."

When I heard the word Poseidon.

The leading soldier's face suddenly changed, and he showed a gloomy expression with gnashing teeth.

Bang~!! He suddenly smashed the woman's head with his gauntlet, causing her head to bleed - the woman immediately screamed and had no strength to resist.

"This is what happens when you slander soldiers..."

The soldier then punched the woman in the abdomen again, and after making sure that she had no strength to escape or resist, he prepared to leave with his men.

"Wait, whose men are you..." After watching for a while, Ye suddenly spoke.

The soldiers looked over subconsciously, and were stunned when they noticed Ye's devilishly charming face.

Not only the soldiers, but also the ordinary people around noticed the Night Queen and couldn't take their eyes off her for a moment.

A little girl said innocently and obsessedly: "What a beautiful...big brother."

That beauty that even gods could not resist was like a dimensionality-reducing blow to these ordinary people.

Fortunately, it was not a seductive charm that was actively released, otherwise we wouldn't have to look at the Queen of Night to notice the amazing demonic charm. It was like when the goddess of beauty released her power, even without seeing the goddess, those mortals would be charmed the moment she approached.

Without having to see anyone, they can instantly conjure up the terrifying divine beauty in their minds and crawl under her skirt.

At this time, the soldiers' willpower was stronger than that of ordinary people, and they were the first to wake up.

Although these soldiers seemed to have never been on the battlefield before and did not know what Ye looked like, they knew Diomedes.

When they saw Diomedes leading the way for Ye and the others.

The soldiers immediately said respectfully: "We are soldiers under the command of His Majesty King Kukonos... This... hero?"

The people brought by Kukonos...

That's fine.

No wonder he didn’t recognize me. At that time, Kuknos hadn’t even brought his people to join the war.

Ye also thought about why the woman they had just captured said that they were Poseidon's minions.

They were acting under the orders of Cycnos, and Cycnos was the son of Poseidon. With this identity, no matter what he did, it would arouse suspicion.

Was it slander? After his body had further transformed, Ye's powerful intuition, which was close to that of a god, and after being infused with Athena's power, gradually acquired some of the divine side of a god.

such as--

You must not lie before God. No lies can be hidden from the gods and nothing can escape their detection.

Chapter 158: A statue of Athena, a statue of a deity? I think I haven’t chopped it yet.

The interesting thing is – neither party lied.

They all firmly believe that they are right.

"Leave the people here. If you have any questions, wait until I pay my respects to Goddess Athena and I'll talk to you. Is that ok? - Diomedes." Ye knew that these soldiers would not listen to him, so he turned and spoke to Diomedes.

Diomedes paused for a moment, then nodded.

Ye: You can understand what I say - it seems you are not completely irrational.

With the guarantee of Diomedes, the loyal warrior who almost symbolized the goddess Athena, the soldiers naturally did not dare to stop them.

So, Night led the girl and followed Diomedes into the temple.

On the way, Ye asked Chryseis to comfort the woman and get some information, while he listened attentively.

From the conversation between the two, Ye quickly learned that this city-state, no—perhaps even the nearby city-state of Troy, had recently been working to eliminate dissidents.

Led by the subordinates of Cycnos, they are arresting innocent civilians everywhere, labeling them as the god of war Ares, and executing them as heretics who collaborate with the enemy.

Screams rang out in the square of the city-state for several days.

At first, the girl, like everyone else, thought that the soldiers were really catching heretics.

Until one day when she was chatting with her childhood sweetheart, the boy she liked said: A lot of people have died recently. I always feel that... Is the order of the goddess Athena a little...

Realizing that he was talking about God and should be careful with his words... the boy shut up in time.

But the girl understood what he wanted to express, which was that the goddess Athena seemed to have become much more cruel recently, which was somewhat different from the kind image in the rumors.