Chapter 204 Gambling

No one knows what happened in the high-rise except the two parties involved. At the end of his life, the old man picked up the slate, followed Ryan, and walked down the towering building.

He was not in a hurry, and even because of the old man's decaying body, Ryan slowed down his pace. But the passage of time will never stop because of this.

In the city of Aurora, people who learned of the oracle ran around in panic. Some of them knelt down to pray, and some looked for places they thought were safe to hide. The whole city seemed noisy and chaotic.

In contrast, on Mount Olympus, the gods looked at the scene below the mountain with anticipation. Even though they were far away, they could notice that the eastern edge of the continent, the edge of the sea and the land were blurred.

Triton, the son of Poseidon, will bring a gift to the gods, which is also one of the programs performed before the real "feast" begins. This banquet held for the goddess of beauty is not only to celebrate her new two subordinates, it also has a deeper meaning, because after today, the Olympian gods will discuss the next human century and divide their own interests.

The first person to bring up this matter was Poseidon, who no longer wanted to follow the previous rules, and other gods also responded. Faced with this request, Zeus agreed.

Even as the king of gods, Zeus is far from being able to do whatever he wants. Now his throne depends more on his brothers and sisters. The six powerful gods together make his position as stable as Mount Tai. So in this case, he must also listen to and meet some of their demands.

Of course, these are all later. Now, with the artifacts made by the priesthood as the medium and the power of the king of gods, everything around the trident is presented to the gods.

Terry, with a human body and a fish tail, is in high spirits. He points to the front and watches the sea monster tear the beast into pieces. Occasionally, he would personally wrap the birds that didn't have time to fly with sea water, and watch them suffocate to death.

"Look, this is mortals, this is the consequence of deceiving the gods."

"They can do whatever they want when the gods don't notice, but when we find out everything, they can only wait for death!"

After drinking a large cup of wine, Poseidon grinned at this scene.

He had wanted to do it a long time ago, but Zeus stopped him for the sake of the face of the gods and the image of the gods, but it's not too late now. The noble sea king let those mortals live a few more years, and only let his son use the artifact to bring disaster today. Mortals should really thank him for his kindness.

"Is this interesting?"

On the side, watching the rolling sea water flooding the land, the beasts struggling in the water, and the birds leaving in panic, Hestia frowned.

"Maybe your son can kill these lives in a more direct way."

She is not a person with too much sympathy, so the goddess of fire can understand Zeus' decision. The destruction of mankind is inevitable, but for her, 'destroying mankind' and 'taking pleasure in it' are two different things.

"The process is more interesting than the result, my sister. Just like the guy imprisoned by Zeus in his temple, won't he also enjoy eternal pain?"

Poseidon didn't care about this, and most gods didn't care much either. If a god is treated like this, many of them will feel sorry for their own kind, which is why Zeus is very cautious about dealing with Prometheus. But if the object is just a mortal, there is nothing to say.

". I have no interest in these. Since you want to see it, I won't disturb your interest."

Standing up, the goddess gestured to the king of gods.

"Well, my sister, I always respect your decision."

With a look of regret on his face, Zeus raised his glass.

"But what do you think about what we are going to talk about later?"

"I don't need anything, Zeus. I don't need a specific city or a tribe of humans to worship me as the main god and force them to keep my name on their lips every day. As long as all humans light a stove at home, it will be a respect for me."

Shaking her head gently, the goddess looked down on these things.

She is not like her brothers, who are always ambitious to go further. In fact, whether faith can really help the gods reach greatness is still unknown.

Even Zeus now is not very sure about this. It's just that in his opinion, since faith can break the iron law that the power of gods is limited by the priesthood, it may fill the natural gap leading to the great realm.

"However, if there are new humans who voluntarily believe in me and agree with my path, you can't stop it. This is all I want to say."

Although she doesn't care much about the amount of faith, Hestia is still very interested in intelligent humans.

If someone really recognizes her ideas and voluntarily becomes her believer, the goddess will also accept it with pleasure.

"Of course, my sister, this is your right."

The King of Gods agreed to Hestia's request immediately, and the other gods could not have any objections, so the matter was settled.

After Hestia left, the scene was quiet for a while, and then it soon became lively again. Only Aphrodite was a little unhappy. She felt that Hestia was so disrespectful for some mortal things.

But she did not show it, but secretly remembered it.

Time passed slowly, and in the center of the hall, the picture displayed by the artifact and the power of the God King kept changing. Although Triton deliberately slowed down his speed, he gradually approached Aurora.

Looking at this scene, Poseidon seemed to be unable to hold back and wanted to say something. He looked around and suddenly took out a shining sphere from his body.

"Everyone, just watching my children perform is a bit too boring. I have an extra idea that can make this process more interesting. I wonder if you are willing to join in?"

"Oh, how could I not know that even you can come up with some new ideas?"

Hearing this, the Queen of Heaven said casually on the main seat.

Demeter smiled when she heard this. Like Zeus, Poseidon had also been attentive to her, but the other party's boredom made her lose interest.

Zeus may not be a good husband, but he is indeed good at sweet talk.

"Hmph, it's just prejudice."

Poseidon snorted, but didn't care much about Hera's ridicule. He put the sphere on the table and expressed his thoughts.

"The destruction of mankind is inevitable, but the process is unknown. Why don't we make a bet?"

"Let's bet on how they will react to destruction. Will they kneel down and beg for mercy, wait for death in despair, try to deceive the gods again with ridiculous words, or attack the gods ignorantly? We can randomly guess how many people will react accordingly. This is the content of the bet."

After the voice fell, many gods present were a little moved. Compared with the monotonous one-sided slaughter, this seems more expectant.

"Where is the bet? Is it this useless thing?"

A god pointed to the crystal sphere in front of Poseidon.

This is a group of ocean essence. Only the true gods who are in charge of ocean-related priesthood can extract it from seawater. The scepter of the Ocean God was forged with this material. But for gods other than the sea god, this is really of no use.

"Hahaha, these are all I have. If you want something else, it depends on whether my good brother is willing to give it up--"

Poseidon laughed and looked at Zeus.

"But His Majesty the King of Gods probably already regards humans as his own things. I'm afraid he may not be willing to put them on the table. Am I right, my dear brother?"

With an unchanged expression, facing Poseidon's ridicule, Zeus was secretly angry, but he also knew why he said that. After all, throughout the Bronze Age, he had gained the most faith from humans in the name of the King of Gods, and because he was forbidden to set foot on the sea, humans' belief in the King of the Sea was the most superficial.

But thinking of this, Zeus couldn't help but laugh. It won't be long before his stupid brother will understand that your failure to gain faith has nothing to do with whether you are the King of Gods, it's just because you are not good enough.

So the King of Gods directly used his divine power to draw a map in the air, on which was the vast land between Olympus and the East China Sea.

However, there are very few places suitable for large-scale human habitation. This is the consequence of the war between gods a hundred years ago, and the poison has been left to this day.

"Since you are interested, Poseidon, let's make a bet together."

"The bet is the content on this picture. The winner chooses first. But no matter what choice we make today, it only represents the beginning, not a permanent rule. The winning gods will gain an advantage at the beginning, but what will happen later depends on our respective abilities."

Looking at Poseidon, Zeus said his plan that he had made long ago.

"The affairs of mortals should be left to mortals to solve themselves. No god shall kill the believers of other gods without reason. Those who violate it are enemies of the God's Court. What do you think?"

At this moment, the power possessed by the 'Guardian of the Oath' spread out. Although this is far less than the real Styx Oath, it still has a certain binding force on the gods.

In Zeus' original plan, he intended to abandon the current 'equal distribution' of faith, even if he got the most under this 'equal distribution'.

Before today, he had only mentioned this to Hera and a few of his men. Now that Poseidon had spoken out first, he would just go with the flow.

If the gods attack mortals on a large scale in the next human era, the backlash of the oath combined with the shock of the laws of the world would be enough to cause any god to suffer heavy damage.

The gods present felt the power of the oath, and they were silent for a while, but Poseidon didn't care.

"So you are the same, my brother?"

"If your believers in the mortal world are killed by my believers in the future, and the territory belonging to your believers is occupied by my believers, will you also abide by today's oath?"

"Of course."

With a cold light flashing in his eyes, Zeus nodded and promised:

"Unless a mortal offends me, I will not take the initiative to attack the believers of other gods. This is my promise."

"But if even the king of gods has to keep his promise, then no one can break it."

"Okay, then it's settled!"

Picking up the wine glass, Poseidon drank it all.

He always felt that he was no worse than Zeus, but at the beginning, the Mother Goddess chose to rescue the other party, and fell behind, which led to the subsequent failure.

"I bet none of these humans dare to draw their swords against the gods, what about you?"

Speaking out his own opinion first, facing the great power of the gods to control nature, the Sea King did not think that they would choose to resist with "force". In this way, at least he would not lose.

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At the same time, in Aurora City.

The water kept rolling, pouring out from the river not far from the city wall, as if the downstream was cut off, and the river water without a place to return poured out to both sides.

At the end of the earth, a blue "line" gradually appeared, followed by a few deafening beast roars.

"Your Excellency."

Beside the holy fire, the high priest Momon had taken off the sacrificial robe with lightning patterns at some point. He stood beside a vague black fog, his face respectful and obedient.

"According to your previous instructions, everything has been arranged, but the previous oracle..."

"Don't worry."

A vague voice came from the black fog, and it sounded like its owner was in a good mood.

"Over the years, I have roughly figured out the rules of the mortal world. Since the gods cannot really use their power on earth, there is nothing to fear from them."

"As for the sea god, it would probably be a storm or a flood. This might be terrible for a city, but it is nothing for me. Even you now cannot be drowned by a flood."

After a slight induction, the rituals throughout the human city were clearly visible, and Mephisto was very satisfied with this.

The devil had tried it before to test its effect. In the past few months, the souls of the dead have been bound by the power attached to the rituals, so that they have not returned to where they should go.

But it's almost done. If the gods don't take action again, Mephisto can't bear it anymore. After all, these delayed souls may attract the attention of the gods in the spiritual world at any time. Although there are many creatures on the earth now, they may not pay attention to this little bit, but humans are intelligent life after all.

Three months is close to the limit. After that, there is a possibility of exposure. In such a big event, Mephisto does not believe in "probability".

"You did a great job, Momon."

He praised casually. Although the devil's perception showed that the human in front of him was not as respectful as he thought, he didn't care much.

After all, saying one thing in front of others and another behind their backs was a basic skill of the silver humans.

"When I accept the reward from the Lord of the Nine Hells, as the first human to surrender to me, you will also get what you want."

"As for now, let's enjoy this rare scene together."

"Thank you very much, sir. The destruction of the bronze humans is indeed a rare sight."

Momon bowed his head slightly, as if he didn't care that the object of "admiration" was the death of his own kind, and he responded respectfully.

But to his surprise, the devil denied his guess.

"No, that's not what I meant."

"What I meant by 'rare' is the way the son of the sea god who controls the waves died."

With a leisurely tone, Mephisto seemed to smile.

"The death of the Son of God is very interesting, isn't it?"

"Yes."

Turning his head to look in the direction where the waves and the roar of the beast came from, although Momon's eyes could not penetrate the obstacles, for some reason, he was indeed a little looking forward to it at this moment.

In his heart, Momon really wanted to know, what is the difference between the descendants of the gods and mortals when they die?