Chapter 1100 Hermes and Heracles

Hearing this, Aiwass was stunned for a moment: "Then...how many wives does Hermes have?"

"Of course it's just me."

Haibasha said nonchalantly, "I've been with him since his teenage years, until he finally died. When I first knew him, he was about the same age as he is now."

Seeing this little girl, who was not even as tall as his waist, saying such words seriously, Aiwas was speechless for a moment.

I always feel a weird sense of dislocation.

——It feels like Sherlock’s ancestors deserve to be handcuffed.

Haibaxia glanced at Aiwas and said unhappily, "I know what you want to ask - Sherlock's lineage's inheritance comes from Huitiansi.

"He inherited many of Hermes' powers, including his art of deception and theft. He could transform himself into anything... man, woman, old man, child, cattle, sheep, insects, birds, mist, a mountain, a lake."

"Isn't Hui Tiansi your child?"

Aiwass was a little puzzled. Why did even Haibasha call him Huitiansi? "Why don't you just call him by his name? And...is he a boy or a girl?"

Both Hypatia and Arthur referred to Gray Sky as "he," and the Lord of Scales and Feathers simply referred to him as "the son of Hermes." Aiwass also clearly remembered that although one of Gray Sky's forms was a beautiful woman fused with a spider... she was actually a man.

But Hypatia had previously referred to Gray Sky as Croxes's identical twin. Aiwass wasn't sure if this was because Hypatia's understanding of "identical twins" was different from Aiwass's, or if there was some other reason.

After all, Lily had nearly become the vessel for the Gray Sky Master's incarnation. It was natural for Aiwass to be concerned about this.

"Not telling you is also for your own good."

Haibasha simply shook his head. "Knowing his real name automatically leads to falling for his lies—the same goes for his real gender. In other words, the deeper you get to know him, the harder it is to discern his lies. For those who know him well enough, everything they see could be false.

"It's like a 'rumor'... unless his fanatical fans are actively spreading it, everyone else will instinctively suppress it. This is all to prevent themselves from being caught in the lie one day."

“…Is it that strong?”

Isabel's eyes lit up when she heard this: "Is this some kind of illusion?"

Although her inheritance comes from Xi Tiansi, Isabel is also good at illusion manipulation.

To transform the false into the true is what she is striving for.

"That's not just an illusion, Your Majesty."

Upon hearing this, Haibasha burst out laughing, ignoring the fact that Isabel had already been stripped of her queen status. "If it were just an illusion, then truth seekers would easily see through it. But Gray Sky's lies are too profound. Not only me... even the Pillar God can't see through them.

“Because it is your own heart that deceives you—when you firmly believe in a lie, even if you see more evidence or more flaws, you will never doubt your belief.

"The more steadfast one's heart is on the path, the more one cannot escape from lies."

"...The more you know, the more vague it becomes, right?"

Aiwass chewed over these words, feeling that the value of Gray Sky Division might be even higher than he had imagined.

What does it mean if even the Pillar God can't see through his lies?

——At least in the field of "truth and lies", Hui Tiansi has reached a level comparable to that of the Pillar God.

From this point of view, his death back then... was he really dead?

etc……

Aiwass suddenly realized: "If Gray Sky is the son of Hermes, and Hermes is the follower of the Fool... then he participated in the War of Punishment and died in it, could it be because of..."

"That's right."

As Haibasha spoke, the doll in front of him, shining with pink and purple light, slowly floated up.

She looked at the pink and purple halo blooming in front of her eyes, and watched its outline gradually become clear within her fingers, but she did not feel the joy of reunion.

Melancholy shone through her eyes: "He wants to imitate the fool of yesteryear—to challenge the Pillar God.

"Because Hermes didn't become an Apostle or a Celestial Priest. The Fool we follow refused to follow any god when he died in battle, even when invited by the Pillar Gods... He even had the opportunity to become a Celestial Priest, but he completely gave up that chance in defiance of the gods.

"But even such a fool was ultimately captured by the feast master, Zagreus, and ascended together. Of course, I understand Zagreus... He was unwilling to accept the reality of Dionysus's complete demise, and would rather be hated by the fool than let him live.

"Hermes could never accept this fact. He refused to transform into a tree, nor did he wish to condense into amber. He did not want to become an apostle of any god, not even to return to the side of the Sand Clock... Therefore, shortly after completing the Foolish Songs Tantra, he chose complete death—a way of completely disappearing from the world. That tantra was his last work... and also a summary of his life.

“The term ‘Foolish Hymn’ in that tantra does not just mean ‘the hymn of the fool’, but also describes his own life – ‘the hymn of foolishness’, ‘the hymn of unparalleled foolishness’.

"At that time, neither Gray Tiansi nor I had ascended yet. Gray Tiansi had already left behind descendants, and Hermes was already a grandfather. He gave his name to the child as his last name..."

As Haibasha spoke, the creation before her became clearer and clearer.

Countless runes condensed into flesh, and thoughts changed reality.

She was an elf who looked to be in her twenties or thirties. Her long hair had turned pink and purple, and she looked more mature than Isabel.

Aiwass looked at this scene and sighed silently.

——The "blue bird" in the game, the pet that players raise as their own daughter... If it is resurrected, it will be this big already?

And Hypatia was still reminiscing about the past: “You must know another name... Hercules.

"The first generation of humans, the founder of the Herasil Empire—he once learned martial arts from Gray Sky."

"Gray Tiansi actually knows martial arts?"

Aiwass was a little shocked.

In his understanding, Hui Tiansi should be a pure mage. Moreover, he is the kind of weak mage who is good at manipulating silk threads and illusions, and full of yin energy.

"Of course," Haibasha disagreed. "He was born before humans, and 'beasts' were also born before 'humans'. So-called martial arts were originally 'skills for survival,' acquired from the beasts hatched by the Beast Master."

"I see……"

When Aiwas heard this, he understood.

Just as the Hawkeye Organization mimicked the Shadow Fiend's abilities, acquiring the technique of shadow stealth, the original martial arts were derived from the fighting abilities of the beasts created by the Beast Master. Humans were able to master these techniques easily because humans and beasts share a common origin.

Among them, Hui Tiansi, who can transform into any form and whose true form is unpredictable, should indeed be the first to learn the skill of "martial arts".

"Hermes also taught Hercules some knowledge and gave him a golden sword."

Haibasha said softly, "You should know... what it means, Your Excellency the former Pope."

(End of this chapter)