Chapter 697

Perhaps it is because Nitocris has created achievements that are unmatched by the pharaohs of all dynasties, or it may be because of Nitocris's powerful talent as a descendant of the gods. All in all, the gods of Heliopolis appreciate Nitokris Lisi, the junior, finally showed up and communicated with her.

In this process, Ye Ting also participated in it, and inevitably learned some secrets about the gods from them.

Chapter 0861 the secret of the gods

The Age of Gods, as the name suggests, is the "age of the gods".

There are gods in the sky, there are gods in the earth, and there are gods in the sea.

Love is from God, hate is from God, war and death are also from God.

The so-called laws of nature are the powers exercised by the gods. The world belongs to the gods, and the gods therefore exist.

There are still various theories about whether the legends and beliefs preserved in modern society around the world, as well as the gods mentioned in religions, really come from the same source. But in the eyes of modern magicians, all kinds of legends are just an explanation for the actual existence of the age of gods. The gods did exist, but—at the same time as the era of human beings came, they also disappeared without a trace.

The disappearance of the Age of Gods is divided into three stages: decline, farewell, and opportunity.

The declining phase of the Age of Gods does not know where it began, but there is evidence that it ended around 12,000 BC.

In that era, large-scale disasters occurred on the earth, and the primitive mythical civilization began to decline from then on.

In fact, the catastrophe is that the predatory planets are approaching the earth, releasing the vanguard sefar02 of the planets—or Altila, the giant god on the moon, to invade the earth.

At that time, sefar02 defeated the original army god who guarded the planet in the form of Sefaru. In order to solve this great enemy, Gaia forged the legendary "star-made holy sword".

In the end, Cefalu was wiped out by the "Holy Sword Envoy" holding a holy sword, and the prehistoric civilization was also destroyed as a result.

The farewell of the age of the gods means that the age of the gods begins to end, that is, when the gods begin to disappear and say goodbye.

Regarding this point, the farewell moments of each pantheon are different, and it is not recognized that it began with the Mesopotamian pantheon—or the Babylonian civilization.

Because it was predicted that the true ether would eventually disappear and the gods would eventually die, the gods of Mesopotamia planned to continue the era of gods through their own unique methods.

But all the plans fell through because of a king.

That is their means of maintaining the age of the gods, and it is also their gamble-the king who was created to connect humans and gods closely, a man of mixed blood between humans and gods, a man who is regarded as the wedge of heaven and endowed with expectations-the King of Heroes Gilgamesh.

However, what he did ran counter to the mission entrusted to him by the gods, that is, to escape from the control of the gods.

Because of Gilgamesh's rebellion, the gods of Mesopotamia's desperate gamble finally failed, and they gradually began to lose their power, and then disappeared from the world.

For the era after the Age of Gods, there are no gods anymore. After finishing their mission, they chose to leave this world and go to a higher-dimensional world, watching this world as illusory gods... The main gods disappeared from the world In the end, all that remains in the world is their attachment to the present world, and this is almost fading away after thousands of years, and it is gradually replaced by "legends" in people's consciousness.

Finding ways to continue the age of the gods and continue their dominion over the earth, this kind of thing is not only done by the gods of Mesopotamia, other gods are also doing similar things.

The gods didn't know why the Age of Gods would disappear, and they didn't know when this day would come, but they still left enough for themselves.

However, they were all terrified by the sight of the Mesopotamian gods taking a desperate gamble and then disappearing, so none of the other pantheons could make up their minds to keep their existence together. On two programs with uncertain success rates.

Compared with the gods of Mesopotamia, their methods are relatively mild.

For example, the Heliopolis pantheon, they prepared a plan to maintain the existence of the gods through the pharaohs who are descended from the gods. This plan is actually the same as that of Mesopotamia-the pharaohs of all dynasties are their "wedge of heaven" "As long as the pharaoh's rule is not broken, even if the age of gods disappears one day, the gods of Egypt can still exist in the world.

Of course, having learned the lessons of the Mesopotamian pantheon, the Egyptian gods have a completely different attitude towards their "wedge of heaven". Gamesh's control caused this proud "wedge of heaven" to rebel against the gods, and eventually both sides suffered losses.

Therefore, the gods of Heliopolis, who had learned their lessons, simply returned to heaven after several generations of gods personally led the Egyptians out of ignorance, and handed over everything in the world to Pharaoh and mortals, although they would use divine magic However, they agreed not to intervene in the disputes of mortals, and handed over all fate to mortals.

This is why they will praise Nitocris - after all, the prosperity and system created by Nitocris can almost be regarded as the "foundation of all ages". For the Heliopolis pantheon, , this is the credit for continuing their lives clearly...

However, after communicating with Ye Ting, he discovered that compared to the other gods he knew, the gods of the Heliopolis pantheon were indeed quite strong and worthy of respect.

According to Ra's words: "As a god, you must abide by the duties of the god and maintain the dignity of the god. If you are ordered

Fate is doomed to our demise, then we will accept it without reservation, and happily return our responsibilities to this world, making a farewell that belongs to the gods, instead of hurting those mortals who worship us like dogs in order to survive— — This is where the true majesty of the gods lies. "

In other words, if one day the pharaohs no longer serve as the sons of their descendants, or Egypt no longer worships the gods of Heliopolis, leading to their disappearance, that is also a choice of fate, and they will accept it calmly.

Although they are a bunch of ancient antiques, they are surprisingly worthy of admiration.

And the gods that La mentioned would not hesitate to hurt those who worshiped them in order to survive were the Greek Olympus pantheon.

The way the Olympus gods choose to prolong their lives also uses the blood of the gods, but unlike the Heliopolis gods, it is impossible for the gods of Olympus, who have serious internal disputes, to choose a unified line that can be unified Greece, and the pharaoh-like existence that has been ruling all the time-in this regard, they will play a dog's brain just because of the question of whose descendants to choose-so they just don't do anything, and everyone is planting seeds on the ground , and at the same time use various methods to spread their beliefs.

Their plan is to use this to maintain their own existence in the era after the true ether disappears in the future-this is why they value faith so much, and even recreate humans twice.

However, it is also the method of blood and belief to maintain existence, and the way they start is very reckless, completely using human beings as tools, even more exaggerated than the Mesopotamian gods.

But unlike their predecessors who failed, they are even smarter: Greece is not unified, and even the city-states are divided, so even if some people feel disgusted with their actions, in this troubled world, even the king can You have to pray for the protection of the gods, which ensures that people have to believe in them forever.

Chapter 0862 as Thoth harvested

In fact, Ye Ting thought of a famous world from the method used by the gods of the moon to fight against the decline of the age of gods and the future where the true ether disappeared.

The Forgotten Realms, also known as the world of Faerûn, the world of Abel Toril.

In that world, the original gods could survive without faith, but because of this, the gods began to ignore their believers and play with mortals wantonly, so the god Ao on top of them was angry up.

So after the turbulent years when the gods were temporarily relegated to the mortal world, in order to let the gods focus on their duties, Io linked the power of the gods with the number and degree of belief of their believers.

If a god loses believers, then his power will become weaker and weaker, and even gradually die.

From then on, believers are no longer dispensable worshipers for the gods, but the source of their strength.

Think about it carefully, isn't it very similar to the current situation in the moon world?

In the age of gods filled with true ether, the gods themselves do not need believers. Their power comes from the mastery of concepts, not the power of belief. This is not without sadness.

Regarding the power from mortal beliefs, Ye Ting also studied it after returning from Egypt.

As the patriarch who popularized magic in Egypt, the legend of Ye Ting was actually deified in Egypt together with Nitocris.

The difference is that, perhaps because of political factors, or because the foreign men beside this Egyptian female pharaoh were not pleasing to the eye, Ye Ting's status as an Egyptian sage and Nitocris's assistant, no matter at that time Or after the subsequent Pharaoh succeeded to the throne, they were ignored intentionally or unintentionally.

Compared with him, a foreign sage, on the one hand, the Egyptians cared more about the greatness of the pharaoh, and more Egyptians thought it was a shameful thing for a foreign visitor to assist the Egyptian pharaoh.

In fact, because of this reason, matters related to Ye Ting mostly appeared in the myths and unofficial histories about Nitocris.

In the latter, the image of Ye Ting is usually a mage, while in the former, Ye Ting is called Thoth who walks on the ground.

Yes, Ye Ting's image was sublimated into a god in the eyes of some Egyptians - especially those Egyptian magicians.

And this is another reason why the image of Ye Ting, a sage from the East, has not been seen in official history.

In the eyes of many scholars who study Egypt, Thoth is the god of wisdom in Egypt, and the so-called god Thoth assisted the female pharaoh Nitocris in Egyptian history is just that the ancients had wisdom and valued wisdom for this female pharaoh It's just an exaggerated description.

All in all, Ye Ting was indeed praised as a god in Egypt under the name of Thoth, and such legends have endured for a long time.

By the way, in addition to Ye Ting, as the goddess of the magic net, Hecate also had her own god name in Egypt.

In order to prevent the Heliopolis pantheon from discovering her origin, Hecate's god name in Egypt was Isis.

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