Chapter 133 The Minotaur Soul is Burning!
For half a month, the city of Knossos was immersed in a cheerful and relaxed atmosphere.
Farming, storing, brewing, trading... ordinary people continue their original life trajectories, all looking forward to better years in the future.
They do not understand the struggle for divine power or the conflict of faith. The few acres of land under their feet and the light in their home are all they have.
They did not understand the military and national affairs that their superiors were worried about. They only knew that under the governance of the Great Mother Goddess Athena and the Secretary Lord Lorne, more and more wealth was flowing to Crete, and their lives were getting better day by day.
Therefore, the smiles on everyone's face were sincere and enthusiastic, without any trace of acting.
It seems that due to this sense of reality, the sea is always calm.
With Athena taking over the job, Loen was able to extricate himself from the busy government affairs and continue to secretly develop his Dionysian religion, drawing faith from the joy of mankind.
Unlike those detached "gods in heaven" of Olympus, he is a god on earth, born with both divinity and humanity. He experienced death and rebirth, and was ultimately elevated due to people's beliefs and pursuits.
Therefore, the mortal world is the soil where he takes root and grows.
As for this blatant act of poaching, Athena turned a blind eye.
After all, pursuing joy in a painful life is human nature and it is also the motivation for them to continue to live.
As the Kitchen God's subordinate god, what he did most was dig into his aunt's girlfriend.
The stove goddess didn't care, so why should she?
With the support of the two goddesses and suitable soil for development, the Dionysian religion, after being transformed by Lorn, developed and expanded rapidly. It soon spread across Crete, and the number of believers increased a hundredfold.
The concept of "joy" and the influence of "Dionysus" also spread to various city-states in Greece with the voyages of the Minoan fleet and the spread of "wine", and gained a large number of potential supporters.
——The lower the level, the more firm and pure the belief is.
After all, compared to the God-blood nobles who were born with it, joy was more scarce and more precious to the lower class who had nothing.
As the power of faith grew rapidly and flowed continuously into Loen's body, his divinity became more condensed and his godhead was adequately nourished. The little accumulated blanks would soon allow him to carve out the second divine law.
However, as the business grew and the team was just starting out, he had to do many things himself.
Loen was busy strengthening himself while also taking care of the situation on the sea, so it was inevitable that he felt a little overwhelmed.
So, he simply passed on part of his power to his sister-in-law Fedra by getting drunk and falling asleep, and let King Minos's beloved daughter, who loved to toss around, work remotely for him.
In order to ensure the safety of this little girl, Lorne made good use of the brainwashed breeze goddess Aura and threw her into the Dionysus cult, making her a member of the Dionysus cult's crazy women, responsible for protecting the current high priest of the Dionysus cult, Fedra.
Originally, the reason why this boastful hunting nymph was not killed by Artemis and was able to stay in Crete to recuperate was because the hunting goddess needed an excuse to visit Crete frequently and have a tryst with him.
But now, since he couldn't contact his little moon again and again, Loen guessed that he couldn't count on Artemis this time.
Therefore, in line with the principle of not wasting, he pulled Aura, the breeze goddess who had the power of a god, to be his pallu.
Anyway, according to Artemis, this woman insulted him, and as a punishment, she would be his private property from now on, and he could do whatever he wanted with her.
——Since it can be used and is easy to use, just use it until you die.
——Work hard, you are fighting for the liberation of mankind!
A certain cult leader, while giving out legitimate reasons, decided the fate of the Breeze Goddess, the future Dharma King, without any mercy.
However, even after using all the cards he had, Loen still felt overwhelmed.
——Whether it is facing the development of the sect or the situation in Crete.
It seems that I need to develop my own following God as soon as possible.
As Loen thought so, the heart of the Minotaur, who was born and bred on Crete, began to stir again.
——The three Graces under Aphrodite, the nine Muses and the goddess of medicine under Apollo, and the god Pan under Artemis...
——Mine, all of these can be mine!
However, although the idea is good, strength is crucial in the Greek Age of Gods.
Now as a new god, Loen is not qualified to challenge the authority of those main gods.
Of course, distant water cannot quench thirst, and the covetous Poseidon will not give him the opportunity to develop in peace.
Soon, the originally calm sea began to become cloudy and unpredictable.
In just a few days, ships sailing out of Crete sank one after another.
Some were hit by reefs due to sea fog, some were torn apart by storms, and some were attacked by sea beasts...
Ron and Athena, who rushed home urgently, exchanged glances and their hearts sank at the same time.
——Poseidon became suspicious.
If it were just sea fog and storm, it could be attributed to accidents, but the fact that sea monsters reappeared off the coast of Oceanus and on the safe route that Nereus, the old man of the sea, had assured them of, and attacked ships in transit, was somewhat intriguing.
Obviously, this was a test from His Majesty the God of the Sea.
As for whether Nereus, as the guarantor, will suffer the backlash of his oath, sorry, this is not within the consideration of His Majesty the God of the Sea.
In order to reach the pinnacle of power, he even wanted to kill his own brothers. What did a mere father-in-law matter to him?
Looking at the dark clouds gathering on the sea in the distance, Loen turned around and asked again without giving up.
"Is there really no other way?"
"I went to see Aunt Demeter, but she was in the underworld, visiting her daughter Persephone..."
"It's really watertight. Needless to say, it must be the promise made by His Majesty the Divine King, right?"
"Um……"
Athena and Lorne looked at each other, fell into a long silence, and then sighed together.
There is not much time left.
Everything happened just as they expected. More and more ships encountered accidents at sea, and the frequency of disasters such as typhoons, heavy rains, earthquakes, etc. also increased.
Even the beast tide that was originally driven into the inland sea has reappeared in the outer sea area and is gathering in larger and larger numbers.
Gradually, even ordinary Minoans sensed a sense of crisis and began to quietly prepare food and herbs.
Finally, Loen got the result.
But it does not come from the sea, but from the dice of chance spinning in the brain.
The twelve-sided dice on the altar turned quietly, and the three waves representing Poseidon and the five snake patterns representing Athena appeared one after another and then transformed into three golden oracles.
“Blasphemy 1: Choose to assist Athena, the goddess of wisdom and war, to fight against the impending disaster at sea. If you succeed, you will randomly obtain a blessing from Poseidon.
The second blasphemy is to choose to assist Poseidon, the god of the sea, and guide the Minoan civilization to its end in advance. Success will randomly obtain a divine blessing from Athena.
Blasphemy No. 3: Choose to fight against Athena and Poseidon at the same time, extinguish the fire of wisdom, collapse the glory of Poseidon, make the Minoans cry, and sink Atlantis. Success will gain the blessing of both Athena and Poseidon at the same time! "
Seeing the three identical forks in destinies, Loen's face changed slightly, and the glimmer of hope in his heart was completely gone.
Looking at the unstoppable storm on the sea and the anxious mortals in the city, he fell into silence for a long time.
Which side should we choose this time?
Should we follow the predetermined fate, or continue to resist like a mantis trying to stop a chariot?
Finally, as if he had thought of something, Loen curled up the corners of his lips and suddenly burst into joyful laughter. There was a mad flash in his eyes, and the answer came out of his mouth.
“——I choose 3!”
At the same time, the first two oracles in the brain automatically dissipated, leaving only the last one, which mocked and ridiculed fate and resistance.
(End of this chapter)
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