Chapter 53 Faith

There were about 800,000 humans born, which was much more than in later myths.

But considering that Chaos in this world is much larger, the Mediterranean Sea may be an oversized island here, so these people don't seem to be many.

As the king of gods, Kronos and the gods living on the sacred mountain got the most. They returned to Mount Odilus with 300,000 humans, including the original king of humans.

The Lord of the Outer Sea got 150,000 people, and Pontus and Uriah got 100,000 each. The two sea gods took humans to the island, which was formed by the fallen celestial bodies and shattered continents when the father of heaven and the gods fought. The God of the Mountains and the King of Gods brought humans back to their birthplace.

Of the remaining 200,000 people, Gaia left 100,000 around his residence, and the rest were divided up by the true gods. Some followed the God of Skylight to the underworld, and some were taken to a place on the western edge of the continent by the God of Celestial Bodies.

It was the place where the sky and the earth were closest after the first era, and Coeus asked his two daughters to take care of these humans on his behalf.

Before leaving, each god who participated in the creation of humans left his image in the Delphi Oracle. In the dark, under the power of the gods, the oracle also became extraordinary.

The 100,000 humans who followed the Earth Mother lived in the great plains around the temple. They built houses in the shape of the oracle and prayed to the gods for food to survive. So the plants that humans could eat grew naturally around them. Every time they picked one, another would grow, and their vines would never wither.

The newborn humans were very grateful. They had nothing else to do except eating and resting, so they worshiped the heaven and earth, the sun and the moon and the gods devoutly.

At the suggestion of the gods, temples were built one after another. The first generation of golden humans were born strong, with amazing endurance and excellent learning ability. Humans who were taken away by different gods often worship different gods as their main objects of sacrifice. They built temples in different styles according to their preferences for serving gods.

In this process, perhaps due to the combination of soul and body, coupled with devout worship, a mysterious power was born.

The gods noticed it, or they may not have noticed it, because they didn't care about it. Maybe it was too deliberate when creating, and humans in the golden age only had positive and beautiful emotions. On this basis, the birth of those mysterious powers also seemed very weak.

This weak power may still have some effect on the regional gods. But every god who participated in the creation of humans is a true god, and they obviously don't care about this insignificant existence.

Ryan was not surprised by this. At this time, human faith was not strong, because spiritual life was like this. Even because they had no body, the faith they brought to Ryan was even rarer.

"Perhaps only a life with both wisdom and body, and whose thoughts have not been modified, can give birth to a large number of beliefs."

"The Zeus of later generations can even break the upper limit of the priesthood with this, making the human priesthood equal to the natural priesthood. Even if it is obtained from faith, it is bound to be limited by faith, but this is terrible enough."

With some emotion, Ryan looked at the origin of [wine] in the spiritual world.

Weak. Even if the gods praise it, the so-called 'god of wine' can only be the gatekeeper of the true god with weak divine power.

In comparison, the god of wine in later generations even sat on the position of the twelve main gods of Olympus. As long as there is an endless stream of faith, Dionysus will be a powerful god.

Ryan only has some guesses about this, but limited to the current few beliefs, he is not very sure.

But what he can be sure of is that as the master of spirituality, Chaos was the first to come into contact with the existence of faith. Even he can only prevent the emergence of faith at most, but he cannot forcefully take the faith directed at others as his own.

From this, we can see that faith may indeed be inclined towards spirituality, but it is by no means derived from pure spirituality.

Moreover, Ryan vaguely discovered that gaining faith does not seem to rely entirely on the so-called "devout worship". In other words, the faith gained from simple prayer may only account for a small part of the total, and it fluctuates at any time due to the mood of mortals.

After all, even as the creator of spiritual life, there are only a few spirits who can be called devout believers in Ryan. Even the spiritual life that was born later, those who have never seen Ryan's existence, more often regard him as a symbolic existence.

They respectfully call him the "great ancient spiritual will" and believe that he is the world itself without personality and thought. In contrast, spiritual life often worships the spiritual angels that shuttle between different levels.

"But even so, the faith that Christo and others have gained is still far less than mine."

"Sure enough, compared to worship, leaving a deep mark in the history of a race, the priesthood itself has extraordinary significance to this race, and even becomes a part of the inheritance of civilization and culture. The faith brought by these behaviors is more meaningful than worship."

Just like the spiritual life at this time, although there are not many beliefs in their birth, Ryan can still feel that compared with their unconscious worship of himself, the concept of himself as their creator and the creator of the spiritual world brings much more faith than the former.

This time, Ryan also went to verify this conjecture. After all, a single piece of evidence is not enough, and the experience gained from the spiritual life alone may not be suitable for all situations.

But now, Ryan can be sure of his thoughts.

As the creator of mankind, Ryan can feel that even if no human knows what kind of god he is, there is still faith coming from the "collective" of mankind.

He even has a vague feeling that even if the humans of this era completely disappear in history and no living creature survives. But as long as the "traces" they left in the world are still there, this kind of faith that does not come from worship will continue.

It may be reduced, but it will not disappear completely. This is the intuition that the priesthood of [History] brings to Ryan. Perhaps this magical power from intelligent life has a special nature that is difficult to erase by time, and it will still last forever even after years.

"It's amazing! Civilization, faith, life, they are the most elusive things in this world."

"But if that's the case, Prometheus's fate doesn't seem strange."

"A prophet who knows first? A latecomer who knows later?"

"It's obviously just a fool who appears wise and a wise man who appears foolish."

Recalling his Metis-like operation when the two brothers were born, Ryan saw more deeply the secrets hidden behind the myths of his previous life.

As the first to come into contact with bronze humans, the fire thief and his brother may have vaguely discovered the mystery of faith, but in the end, the two made different choices.

The three generations of gods also discovered this. Perhaps Pandora's box and the flood that destroyed the world were essentially Zeus's attempts to test the essence of faith.

He discovered this weak power at the time and tested it. The result was gratifying. He further supplemented the missing part of the emotion on the basis of bronze humans, and then realized that faith was more than just kneeling.

And this is probably the key magic weapon that Zeus used to fight against fate and infinitely delay the birth of the next god king.

Even the subsequent Dionysus and the Twelve Trials of Hercules were just his further exploration of the power of faith.

"Civilization? It coincides with my original plan."

Looking at the still empty third spiritual world and the empty third oracle slate, Ryan finally set his sights on humans.

Following the connection between the Lord of Spirituality and the soul, he gently plucked the strings in his hand.

So Chaos' first dream was born.

Oh my god, I was so busy in the group that I didn't remember that the chapter hadn't been changed. I was just busy watching the big guys show their skills in the forums. I was autistic.jpg