Chapter 331: Title and Bad Guests
Under the clear sky, crowds of people are constantly pouring into the Acropolis Conference Hall.
This newly built building relies on the mountain, with dozens of corridors from top to bottom, hundreds of rows of seats, and even suspended corridors that obviously do not comply with the laws of mechanics.
From the beginning of its design, it was required to be able to accommodate at least 150,000 people at the same time, even exceeding the population of some remote towns. The exquisite design allows this huge building to have good ventilation and appearance. When the alchemy pattern is turned on, even the most peripheral audiences will not be affected by the loud voices and can hear clearly. Go to the voice on the floating platform in the center of the venue.
This is destined to be a magnificent building that most countries in the world cannot build despite all their wealth. This is not only a matter of money, but also a technical gap.
Many visitors from various countries were shocked by this. After all, not even half a year had passed since the decision to build this building.
Even in later generations, it would be very difficult to build such a building out of thin air in a few months. In this era, it is simply a man-made miracle.
"I heard that no legendary wizards were involved in the construction of the Acropolis Conference Hall. The entire construction was mostly completed by ordinary spellcasters and craftsmen?"
Sitting in the player's seat in advance, Odysseus asked the priest who guided him here.
"Yes, although more than one great wizard who was interested in this matter offered to help, His Majesty rejected their offer."
"Take the initiative...I understand."
The corners of his mouth moved, and Odysseus knew what was going on.
It's not that those wizards are easy to talk to. In fact, as far as he knows, there are actually extremely few people who can truly become legends on the path of spellcasters, even clerics.
The rare quantity and irreplaceable ability naturally bring a higher status, but in this kind of matter, it is really possible for them to help for free. After all, it would be quite interesting if the conference proposed by the God King Priests was held in the building they built.
The gods of Olympus reject wizards, so they naturally don't have a good impression of each other. In contrast, the northern part of the mainland does not have any dislike for spellcasters. There are even three goddesses of destiny living on Mount Nysa in the north, and they do not have a church in the world. Instead, they have an organization called the Witches of the North.
According to some legends, they seem to be able to see the future and destiny, and often guide many heroes to the 'right path' and achieve extraordinary achievements. However, although sometimes this so-called correct path is indeed good, sometimes the results are not good, so that others have a rather neutral impression of them.
"Speaking of which, Your Excellency, I have always been curious. As clergy of the Church of Knowledge, how do you view those beings who have shallow beliefs and attempt to invade the realm of gods? Don't you think this is blasphemy?"
After hesitating for a moment, Odysseus finally asked what he had been doubting, and beside him, the middle-aged priest also explained calmly:
"Your Highness Odysseus, this is actually a misunderstanding by outsiders."
"We are equally averse to intrusions into the realm of the gods - the problem is, wizards are not invading the realm of the goddess."
"No?"
The expression was a little strange, Odysseus didn't understand what the other party meant.
Just like the special fertilizers invented by alchemists, the plants grown with them are close to the effects of the Agricultural Church's exclusive divine magic. This once made many people question Demeter's authority. Another example is some special alchemical preparations sold in Athens today, which can keep people youthful and energetic for longer. Even if the churches of the Goddess of Beauty and Queen of Heaven explicitly prohibit it, a lot of smuggled goods still flow into Western countries.
This kind of violation of the authority of the gods happens almost every moment. Even if it is far less effective than the authority of the gods, this behavior itself is intolerable.
A breakthrough from zero to one is not necessarily any worse than a breakthrough from one to one hundred.
"Yes, not at all."
Nodding, the middle-aged priest's expression remained gentle.
"The goddess is a symbol of wisdom. Whether it is skills or the art of war, they are just an extension of the field of wisdom. Your Highness, have you ever discovered that there is any way to truly improve a person's wisdom?"
Wisdom, not intelligence, not memory or understanding. At this moment, Odysseus felt as if he understood the other person's thoughts.
True wisdom has indeed not been violated by humans. On the contrary, all their achievements prove the importance of wisdom.
‘But having said that, can Her Highness Athena really enhance the most fundamental wisdom of a life? ’
Thoughts flashed through his mind, but Odysseus obviously would not ask such a blasphemous question, not to mention how to measure a person's true wisdom is inherently difficult to say.
What most people can see is nothing more than the manifestations of experience, personality, memory, knowledge, etc... If you add these together, you don't know if it is true wisdom.
Odysseus didn't know that the reason why he suddenly started thinking about these problems was not because he suddenly changed into a philosopher, but mainly because he was hit by Andrea before.
After losing several times in a row, he often looked for other people to play against, and even found a few so-called sure-win ways to start, but they were just rote memorization.
The exhaustive method solves the problem, lists all possible options, and finally finds that one party does have a sure-win method, but he only knows the method but not the reason.
Although Odysseus later won more than one victory in other aspects with words and quick wit when facing other opponents, and regained some confidence, it inevitably made him begin to doubt his wisdom.
He was conceited and wanted to find the Sphinx with a lion's body and a human face to solve its mystery, but he never got any results. Now I feel that I may still be too confident. There are always things I don't know about the world.
"Dear guests, envoys and citizens from major city-states and kingdoms in the eastern part of the continent, as well as Phoenicia, Lydia, Phrygia and other countries, the conference is about to begin."
Odysseus was only in a corner of the venue. While he was communicating with the priest, people continued to enter here.
Until the sun was at its zenith, most people had already sat down, and an old man from the court stood in the center of the platform, facing the tens of thousands of people in the audience.
"Today, under the witness of God and under the rule of the Kingdom of Athens, we will hold such a grand ceremony, where the wise men of various countries will show their talents and present them as gifts to the gods."
"But before that, we still need to do one thing, which is to finally choose the topic and referee of this conference."
Raising his hand, the old man on the suspended platform in the center of the venue pointed to the air, and then twelve leather scrolls bound together floated in the air.
The twelve scrolls have different numbers and colors, and their appearance is so bright and eye-catching that every audience here can clearly see its existence.
"Everyone has his own ideas in his heart. The truly fair judges are none other than the guests from various countries. They use wisdom to solve the questions, use judgment to prove fairness, and use words to convince you that this is the best way to judge. The real winner will have his own opinion; and each topic may be biased, so we choose to leave everything to fate."
"Choose a scroll you like and raise the corresponding sign next to your seat. We will choose the topic and process of the finals based on this. Now, please be quiet."
"Choose a topic, start now."
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Hua La La...
The waves hit the calm sea surface, bringing bursts of sound.
Thousands of gorgeous carriages passed through the sky and fell straight down, and the sea also parted in front of them.
Perhaps because of the arrival of the Earthshaker, the usually calm Sea of Pontonoris also became turbulent, but it seemed so small and ordinary in front of the gods in the sky.
"What a hasty wedding... There was not even half a year from the decision to the start, what a joke."
Aphrodite was a little upset as she picked up a rose and watched it bloom and wither.
She didn't really want to come here, and she didn't know the specific reason. At first, she thought it was a warning from fate, that something bad was going to happen on this trip, but she remembered it later.
She hated this place for a long time, not just one or two days. It was just that she didn't want to get close to it subconsciously before, but now she had to come because of the order of the God King.
"Such a hasty wedding, but the God King personally sent out an invitation... Could it be that he finally couldn't help but break the oath he once made and exert his influence on the sea?"
The goddess of beauty spoke as if no one was around, and her daughter, the goddess of harmony, Harmonia, said nothing.
Her husband Cadmus, who was famous in the world, was no longer there, and he couldn't leave there at all, and the goddess of harmony was naturally alone most of the time.
But she still didn't quite agree with her mother's words.
Perhaps it is the nature of the priesthood that in the eyes of the Goddess of Harmony, Zeus's connection with the laws of the world has become more harmonious and close. This is a good thing, just as the second-generation God King once believed that the [Creation Code] was the most suitable artifact for the God King. This special state can allow Zeus to have power far beyond his imagination when facing the existence of rule-breaking.
But on the other hand, this connection that directly acts on him is also different from the artifact. The more benefits you get, the more constraints you need to bear. If there is anyone in this world who will never violate his oath and the order of the God Court, the Goddess of Harmony thinks it is Zeus.
So no matter what the God King is here for, he will not use his own power to conquer the ocean.
"Forget it, you are always so boring. I didn't support you marrying a mortal at the beginning, but it was a pity that this was the order of the God King. But I don't think he really wants to repay the human named Cadmus."
Shaking her head, Aphrodite said no more.
Cadmus's later years were not good, and the Thebes he founded and his descendants were even more troubled, and even she had some influence in them.
But no matter what, that was in the past. The float went down from the separated sea surface, and Aphrodite and her daughter walked into the palace of the ancient sea gods with the respectful welcome of the sea nymph at the door.
Behind her, more gods came one after another, even the god of light and the goddess of daylight who had been away from the world for a long time came in person.
These are two ancient gods with powerful divine power, but at the invitation of the king of gods, they still came from the starry sky to the human world.
In addition, Aphrodite even saw traces of the first generation of Titan gods, who seemed to be the goddess of light who took refuge in the starry sky, the wife of the god of lightless celestial bodies who rarely left traces in history.
"... and her, why is she here too."
Aphrodite saw a red hem with a glance, but turned around and disappeared.
The goddess of the magic net, the god who wandered outside the court of gods, they had nothing to do with each other, but because of an accident, the goddess of beauty seemed to have offended her.
Since then, Aphrodite has been the target of the other party's teasing, and each time it was not very harmful, but extremely insulting.
"Humph!"
With a cold snort, Aphrodite walked into the palace of the sea god.
She had planned to wait for Ares, but now she was in no mood.
At most, she would say a few nice words, and that reckless man would not remember such things.
...
The flow of people was like a weaving, and as time went by, more and more gods arrived. Until the sun was at its zenith, even Apollo temporarily abandoned his golden chariot, let it hover in the sky, and then came to this palace.
Gradually, the outside of the Sea God Palace became quiet again. If nothing unexpected happened, the wedding banquet should have started. No god would put on such a big airs and come at this time, so the sea nymph guarding the door also relaxed.
"... Who is there, come out!"
Suddenly, the sea nymph in front of the palace seemed to find something wrong, and her face became nervous.
She stared at the deep sea tide in the distance and subconsciously took a step back. And in her eyes, a gray-clothed goddess slowly approached from a distance.
The visitor did not take the carriage, but the sea nymph was still relieved.
It's good that it's a god. She was just afraid of encountering an irrational monster. The gods will not make a scene at the wedding banquet hosted by His Majesty the God King, but the latter will not care what the God King is.
"Welcome, your highness, I..."
"I come from the underworld."
Eris said lightly without any ups and downs in her voice.
"...No matter where you come from, as long as you are the God King..."
"I don't have an invitation either."
The sea fairy was silent for a moment.
She knew why. After all, the gods of the underworld, even she didn't remember them for a while.
Even the Hades was forgotten, let alone the goddess in front of her? But the gods are always gods, and the God King will never really shut her out, so she still responded respectfully:
"...Then your highness, I will go in now..."
"No need."
Raising her hand to refuse, the goddess of disharmony showed a strange smile. She looked at the palace in front of her and said calmly:
"Without an invitation, you don't have to go in, but since you are here, you must give gifts."
"Let you pass on my gift. I don't know if this is lucky or unfortunate for you."
