Chapter 1472 The Palace of Apollo

Apollo is the only "god" who retained his original name after being transferred from the Greek pantheon to the Roman religious system. Many people in later generations only know him as the sun god in ancient Greek mythology, but in fact, this "god" was originally just a god in charge of art in Greek legends. It was not until around the fifth century BC that he was given the power of the sun. The functions of god and god of light. After the Romans included this god in their religious system, they did not give him a new name like other Greek gods, but directly retained the title of Apollo. And in the later evolution of mythology, he was given various functions - music, medicine, prophecy, light, sun... In the Roman mythology system, Apollo has a lot of priestly powers, which fully reflects It shows the imagination power of the working people during this period, and...

The collapse of the kingdom of the gods.

The reason is simple. When the Thunder Giants on Mount Olympus (that is, the Zeus family) were still prosperous, they directly ruled the creatures on the earth. Their existence was real and unquestionable, and the mortals on the earth Naturally, he clearly knows who the gods he serves and what kind of power they have, but as the army of demon hunters breaks through the protective wall of Olympus, Zeus and his eighteen generations are involved in the war and are helpless. If you get away, you will naturally have no time to pay attention to things on the earth. The connection with the kingdom of gods has been intermittent for hundreds of years, but the priests on the earth have to find ways to maintain the status and influence of the gods they admire. So there seems to be no good way except to create fan creations for these gods. .

As a result, each of the originally clear and definite gods became blurred. After being wrapped in a layer of mysterious veil, a lot of unknown priesthoods were attached.

On days when there are no religious activities and celebrations, the temple is relatively deserted. At this moment, the Romans have not yet entered that period when the whole country was in a state of intoxication. The people still needed to spend a lot of time working. Therefore, on weekdays, the only people who walked into the temple were nobles or people who encountered disasters and prayed for help. Civilians, and today is obviously a day when this temple has very little traffic. Hao Ren and his party stepped into the temple gate and saw an empty hall inside. The statue of the sun god Apollo and the altar stood majestically in front, while a few monks were cleaning around the altar.

Hesiana glanced at the statue of Apollo and curled her lips: "The eyes are enlarged."

Hasselblad also raised his head and glanced: "I killed this one."

Hao Ren: "..."

The monks in the temple noticed this group of uninvited guests who entered the holy place but commented on the statue of the god. An old man wearing a white robe with purple edges came over. He glanced at the one-eyed Hasu warily, as if he had been serving the "god" for many years. "And he also had a certain sense of the demon hunter's aura: "Are you here to seek the guidance of the great Apollo?"

Hao Ren glanced at the old man: "Who is the chief priest here?"

The old man straightened his back, full of pride and nobility like every clergyman of this era: "I am."

Hao Ren nodded: "Okay, we want to talk to Apollo, you help us contact him."

The old man was stunned immediately. This didn't sound like what someone who came to the temple to pray for help or worship a god would say - in fact, he had been a priest here for most of his life and had never heard of anyone coming to ask such a question. A request: "No rudeness! Do you know this is a sacred place?"

Hesiana took a step forward: "Of course I know, so we come here to find Apollo, otherwise where can we find the external window of Olympus?"

The old priest blinked and suddenly thought that these few people in front of him were barbarians who did not understand the rules of the civilized world, so he patiently explained: "If you mean to listen to the revelations of the gods, then you should first..."

Lily became impatient and suddenly took a step forward and grabbed the old priest's collar. A pair of energetic wolf ears popped out of her head: "Old man, you can't understand human language!! We are just looking for Abo." Luo, speak up! Look at my ears, you still don’t understand what we are doing?"

The old priest stared wide-eyed at the wolf ears that suddenly popped up on Lily's head, and then saw a ball of bloody energy summoned by Hesiana, and finally realized what happened: "You...you...are God?"

At this moment, the age of myth has not ended. Although the demon hunters have conquered Mount Olympus, aliens walking in the world can still be seen from time to time. To ordinary humans, these aliens have a unified classification: gods. !

Although this weird social and religious form is a bit ridiculous to Hao Ren, who deals directly with the true God, in this era, it is indeed common sense and even part of human life.

Lily nodded with satisfaction: "As long as you know, we have something to discuss with Apollo, but now Olympus is closed, we know that priests like you have sacred objects that can establish contact with Olympus, so come Looking for you."

Hasselblad added nonchalantly to the side: "This is a great honor."

Cold sweat dripped from the old priest's forehead and fell on his shoulders. Then he seemed to suddenly react and shouted loudly to the subordinate priests and monks: "Quick! Close the temple door!"

The solemn and heavy door of the temple was slammed shut during the day, which would probably cause speculation and discussion among ordinary people outside, but to Hao Ren and his party who were just passers-by, these things were of no importance. They were led by the old priest to the depths of the temple. There was also a statue of Apollo and an altar, but there was no open space around the statue for ordinary believers to worship. It was obviously a place reserved for temple priests.

The old priest shivered and took out an exquisite brass box from the secret compartment under the statue. After opening the box, he took out a gold badge with a sun relief. He had a complex expression of excitement and awe on his face. He handed the badge to Hao Ren.

When Hao Ren reached out to take the badge, the old priest suddenly took a deep breath and spoke: "You... you may not be able to contact the great Apollo."

Hao Ren raised his eyebrows: "Why?"

The old priest seemed to have had some psychological struggle - as a humble "mortal servant", he actually did not really understand the world of the "gods", and he did not know whether his actions at this moment would please the gods or offend them. , but after some thinking, he still said it: "In fact... it is difficult for us to contact the kingdom of the gods now. Perhaps the depraved behavior of human beings has offended the gods. Since decades ago, , they rarely issue decrees directly, and our prayers can only be answered occasionally... Especially in the past ten years, I have not heard the voice of the great Apollo at all. Maybe... maybe we have lost God's voice. Favored..."

The old priest's tone was a bit panicked. On the one hand, he was worried about the uneasiness accumulated by the gods' lack of response, and on the other hand, he was worried about offending the group of unknown "gods" in front of him.

Alien gods have never been kind-hearted people who are considerate of their people. They rule humans only by requiring humans to continuously offer sacrifices to them and provide them with entertainment. In this era, humans are more in awe and fear of "gods". Love, the families of gods with more or less rules and regulations like Olympus and the Nordic Gods are better. If you want to face some wandering gods, a hundredfold caution and humility are really not enough.

The "gods" will get angry at any time, and even if they are not angry, they may massacre the entire city of humans just to "please feel happy." The old priest doesn't know whether these people in front of him are good gods or evil gods, so he is naturally uneasy.

After hearing what the other party said, Hao Ren and Hasselblad looked at each other.

The war that takes place in the "Kingdom of God" will not directly affect the human world, but its impact will inevitably spread to the human world.

The first ones to be affected are indeed the people living in the temples: due to the crumbling of the Kingdom of God, most temples in the mortal world have probably lost contact with the various "Kingdoms of God".

However, Hao Ren didn't care about this. As long as Mount Olympus was still there, he would naturally have a way to contact it.

Under the anxious gaze of the old priest, Hao Ren took the badge and put his spiritual power into it.

The gold badge is just superficial. There is a delicate magic structure inside this small metal device. Its function is to read the holder's mental signal, and after simple decoding and forwarding, it is connected to the person in another space. On the Olympus Communications Center.

It's just a magic version of a walkie-talkie.

Moreover, in order to allow humans with weak mental strength and lack of magic skills to use it, this communication device has also deliberately simplified its functions and reduced the difficulty of use. Even so, there are still only a few trained and talented humans who can activate its power, but At least the priests in the temple could use it.

Even ordinary people can master it after training. It would be even easier for Hao Ren to crack the decoding rules of this thing.

With almost no effort, Hao Ren erased the anti-theft module of the gold badge, then activated its function, and a faint golden glow began to appear on the surface of the badge.

The old priest looked at this scene in awe - he tried his best to get the badge to respond only slightly, and those slight responses were completely different from the glorious scene now. He realized the power of the "gods" in front of him, so he lowered his head more humbly.

“It’s amazing how powerful you are.”

Obviously, when the gods of Olympus were entangled by the demon hunters and had no time to care about the human world, the priest class under them no longer had much "piety". Their rule was originally maintained by violent intimidation, and naturally there was no How sustainable.

"You go out first," Hao Ren thought of something, so he asked the old priest to leave first, "What we want to talk about is the secret between the gods."

The old priest was still a little hesitant about this request: "But..."

"Don't worry, Apollo won't blame you," Hesiana glanced at the old priest, "But if you don't go out, we will blame you now."

The old priest immediately trembled and left the place in a hurry.