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Chapter 9 Gods and Faith

The power of the sun was out of control, and it was unclear whether it was an accident or a man-made disaster.

In this turmoil, some people are proud and some are frustrated.

Hades, the lord of the underworld, must be proud. He was already prepared to wait for a hundred years, waiting for the humans in the Silver Age to die on their own, and enter the barren underworld one by one to become a part of the underworld.

Now it is not necessary.

There were not many surviving humans, and no god would care. Hades directly opened the door to the kingdom of the dead and took the surviving humans into the underworld.

It also marked the complete extinction of the Silver Age humans.

The children of Oceanus, the ocean god, and Tesis, the sea goddess, were frustrated.

The sun scorched the earth and evaporated many lakes and waters. Many goddesses in the lakes and waters fell because of this, and many goddesses with weaker strength were homeless. Wander around in search of a new livable place.

This indirectly affected the balance of power among the three powerful gods in the sea, and also affected the status of the ocean god Oceanus and the sea goddess Tesis among the gods.

Their weight among the gods no longer counts.

The intuitive external manifestation is that the many children conceived by the two are no longer treated with three points of courtesy by the gods.

Lemnos island.

Hephaestus has packed his bags and is ready to walk around the land to relax.

He grew up on this island and has never been out.

Although the highest point of Lemnos Island can have a panoramic view of the human world, Hephaestus believes that there is still a difference between what he saw and what he actually visited.

With one step, he has already reached the surface of the vast sea. This distance is a distance that mortals need several months to complete.

In fact, it can be faster, as long as Hephaestus is willing, a thought can reach the earth.

But he enjoys the feeling of walking, there is nothing wrong with going slower, and sometimes he can stop to take a look at the scenery along the way.

Crossing the sea, Hephaestus soon saw the coastline.

There was a wooden house on the shore, but unfortunately it had been burned down. Hephaestus went up, trying to find traces of people who had lived there.

But nothing was found. The fire caused by the sun destroyed everything, and even the body of the owner of the wooden house was taken away by the servant god under Hades, the ruler of the underworld.

Hephaestus was silent.

Because he was once human, he has a strange affection for the humans of the Silver Age.

Even if the man of the Silver Age was not half like the life he once lived.

They had no women, only men; they were children most of the time, and when they came of age they too were going to die.

However, they are one of the few things that Hephaestus can use to remember and remember the past, reminding him that he was once a human being, not a god.

Picking up a handful of sand, I watched it slip through my fingers in a daze, shining golden under the reflection of the sun.

Hephaestus suddenly had an impulse in his heart: let the next era of mankind come ahead of schedule!
He looked at the sky, the sun was rising, the sun god Helios was already going downhill in the sun chariot, and he was about to go back to his temple of the sun. Still irreplaceable.

In the direction he was heading, the Olympus mountain where the gods gathered towered majestically on the ground, and the mountain peak pierced into the clouds like a sharp sword.

No longer trying to avoid it, Hephaestus walked straight to Mount Olympus.

Mount Olympus, where the gods are feasting.

This was a gathering attended by only a small number of gods, discussing how to create new creatures for the earth. The reason was that Hera, the Queen of Heaven, felt that without humans, the world seemed too deserted and a little uncomfortable.

Most of the gods participating in the gathering are the family members of Zeus, the king of gods, and there are also outsiders. Prometheus is the son of Iapetus, the ancestor of mankind in the Silver Age. He is the younger brother of Atlas, the giant god of the sky. part of his father Iapetus' ability to create creatures.

The gods expressed their opinions, and soon determined the appearance of the creatures, only the human beings made trouble.

As the only species of living beings with transcendent intelligence and the ability to communicate with gods, the gods here have no experience in creating them.

In the end they unanimously decided to use the humans of the Silver Age as a template.

"Why don't you try to change and create women while creating men?" A voice came from outside the palace.

Hephaestus didn't even try to hide his supernatural strength, the sound came first before anyone arrived.

The gods participating in the gathering cast curious eyes one after another, wondering which strange god had achieved powerful divine power.

Until Zeus on the main seat showed joy and said, "Hephaestus, you are here too."

Only then did the gods suddenly realize that it was Hephaestus, the son conceived by Hera alone.

The nine muses standing on the side hurriedly seated Hephaestus. They are the daughters of Mnemosyne, the fifth wife of Zeus, the goddess of memory, and they are in charge of nine different arts.

After Hephaestus sat down, Zeus explained: "Actually, we also thought about doing this at the beginning."

"But if men were created and women were created for human beings, they would reproduce indefinitely."

"Although the land without humans will look deserted, but if there are too many humans, the land will appear crowded and not beautiful."

"But it's all worth it," Hephaestus said.

"Humans in the Golden Age were created by Gaia, the goddess of the earth, and her artifact 'Life Vase' endowed humans with eternal life."

"The humans of the Silver Age were created by Iapetus, and the humans he created had a lifespan of only a hundred years."

"But we have long since discovered that no matter who the Creator is or whether the life span is long or short, human beings can have faith."

"Gods can absorb faith and strengthen themselves."

"The belief of a single human being may be insignificant, but what if it is 1000 people, 1 people, or even the people on the whole earth?"

"Can you pile up a powerful god?"

Zeus narrowed his eyes, maybe...more than that, he didn't think of this.

That's right, if the authority itself is not strong enough to reach the level of great divine power, why can't it be reached by other methods.Although it is external help, the power gained is real.

Great divine power does not require faith, but we are not great divine power!

In the end, Zeus thought about it and said, "According to the original plan, Athena and Prometheus are responsible for creating creatures."

"The thing that creates women for humans."

"Look again..."

The corners of Hephaestus' mouth curled up, and he knew that Zeus was moved.

(End of this chapter)