Chapter 524: Emerald Ring

"Destroy the world..."

Hermes looked at the [Philosopher's Stone] with a dim gaze. After many years, he recalled that day again.

The Lord of Thunder, the King of Kings, the tall and majestic Father God Zeus, who could shake the sky and the earth with a golden rope in his hand, struggled desperately on Mount Olympus.

The sun fell from the sky, and the underworld had long since become nothingness.

The underground was empty, and the stars were dim.

That day, the whole world tried to resist the destroyer with all its strength, and Hermes was just an incompetent spectator at that time.

The only thing he could do was to find a glimmer of life for himself.

Fortunately, he succeeded. After all, compared with [Business], [Competition] and [Animal Husbandry], [Travel] and [Exchange] are the most fundamental essence of Hermes' divinity.

Even when he was still young, he completed a transaction with Apollo that was recorded in later myths, and then obtained the power of the God of Commerce.

Unfortunately, he did not succeed completely. Because until now, Hermes was not 100% sure who the destroyer was.

Although he had guessed and suspected this long ago, the great powers might frame and hide each other.

As one of the twelve gods of Olympus, Hermes in the virtual world is also a true god in the field of powerful divine power, but he is not good at seeing through the truth and falsehood.

And those things that cannot be faked, such as the real artifact, Hermes could not find the corresponding one in the real world.

For example, the verdant and dazzling ring, it opened the beginning of his alchemy.

After coming to the real world, the great alchemist used various methods to find out its whereabouts, and even used the [Emerald Ring] as the name of his own wizard organization.

Unfortunately, he has not found any rumors related to it so far.

These confusions have existed in Hermes' mind for too long, and he has not been qualified to find the answers before.

But now with the birth of the [Philosopher's Stone], the great alchemist feels that he can reconsider this issue.

Holding the warm stone tightly, Hermes tried to recall the day of the destruction in his mind.

He did not see the true face of the figure. From beginning to end, he only saw the big hand that fell from the sky and destroyed everything.

[The Philosopher's Stone] glowed slightly, and the hazy halo illuminated Hermes' face.

Although in the false world, the god who destroyed the world did not exist.

But since He entered this world and even destroyed it with one hand, His information was inevitably recorded by the world itself.

One breath, two breaths, three breaths...

To summon a great man, even if it was only authority rather than power, Hermes needed to consume far more than the true god could match.

So little by little, he injected his own power into the artifact.

The image in the memory gradually became clear, and as long as it crossed a certain critical point, it could resonate with the law under the effect of the artifact.

At that time, the great alchemist could judge the identity of the other party through authority, which was also the best solution.

After all, the power displayed can be faked, the appearance and breath can be disguised, but the authority of the gods cannot.

At least before the birth of the [Philosopher's Stone], this was the iron rule in Hermes' cognition.

So time passed slowly, and at a certain moment, the great alchemist seemed to have found the right time...

"--No, stop!!"

Blurted out, at the foot of the mountain, suddenly, Hermes violently stopped his current behavior.

The [Philosopher's Stone] that was about to be activated was instantly dimmed, and the backlash of some power fell back, making the great alchemist's face turn pale immediately.

When a mortal forcibly stops the use of a divine weapon, it will cause extremely serious consequences to the user.

But as the forger and true owner of the divine weapon, Hermes exempted most of it.

Although he was not seriously injured, the great alchemist's face was still ugly at this time.

Because just now, when he was about to complete the summoning, an inexplicable fear attacked his heart for no reason.

Destruction, ruin, death, wailing...

The end of a world, the curse of billions of lives.

In the dark, perhaps it was because the base of the Philosopher's Stone was Lachesis's artifact, and she was still imprisoned in it.

So at that moment, Hermes felt as if he had glimpsed a terrible scene.

This was the "memory" of the world, and it was not the false one, but the real world he was in now.

Hermes felt his hands were cold as his heart beat violently.

He never expected that the existence that destroyed the illusory world was actually a thorough "world destroyer".

And the object of his destruction even included another real world.

It was too terrible, it was unimaginable.

Although it was just a glimpse, Hermes was still shocked.

The world-destroying demon stood on the corpse of the world, and countless fragments were constantly circling around him.

If it were not for the reflection of the laws of the world, Hermes felt that he would never know this.

Is this him warning me?

No, the world will not warn me.

It’s just that the power of my artifact comes from the virtual world, and the virtual Chaos is closely connected to the real world.

And the world-destroying demon god happened not to be here, so when he called for his projection, he first triggered the reaction of the law.

If he hadn't stopped, the power of the [Philosopher's Stone] might have continued to act, embodying the reflection of the real person from nothingness.

But at that time, no one knew what would happen.

Maybe nothing happened and the other party didn't notice his peeping at all.

Something might happen, and the price is something I definitely don't want to bear.

"The real world...is this still a great divine power?"

A trace of horror flashed between his eyes. If it hadn't been for that sudden omen, Hermes felt that he might have been cold.

He dared to touch the bad luck of great divine power, after all, it was not like he had never seen it before.

Even not long ago, he borrowed the power of a hell monarch to refine his own artifact.

But there is an existence that has the ability to fight against the real world... Imagine the fate of Zeus in the illusory world, and Hermes knew that he would only be worse off.

Previously, he could comfort himself by saying, "That's just an illusory world." Maybe the great powers in the real world can show the same power there.

But now, Hermes didn't think so.

"...So what is His purpose?"

"Foreign invaders, the source of the destruction of the world?"

"He found the illusory world first. Maybe he was preparing to destroy Chaos?"

In that fleeting image, although his current strength was still very limited, Hermes' vision still made a judgment.

The wreckage of that broken world should not be compared to Chaos, which may be why the world is still stable now.

He was still safe, although all this was temporary... Shaking his head hard, Hermes tried to drive away the negative emotions from his heart.

He has already run once, but this time, he may not have a chance to run.

Moreover, unlike the last time, considering that the World-Destroying Demon God has not yet taken action, it can be seen that he is still very afraid of Chaos.

"No wonder I've searched all over the world and can't find any trace of that alchemical artifact."

"Because it doesn't belong to Khaos, so of course I won't be able to find it."

"Haha, I really didn't expect it... But looking at it this way, maybe the world favors me for surviving."

"When facing the threat of death, even if it is as insignificant as me, I still get His legacy."

The previous speculation was instantly overturned. The World-Destroying Demon God was probably not the god of Chaos, but his enemy.

He also discovered the reason why he created alchemy by looking at the alchemy artifact, but there is no alchemy inheritance in the world at all.

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Not because it originated from an ancient god who never communicated with the outside world, but because it was not a creation of Chaos at all.

All of a sudden, boundless pressure hit me.

But the next moment, Hermes suddenly smiled relaxedly.

"It's really interesting."

"Work hard to become stronger in order to face the world-destroying enemies. Under the favor of the world, you will pass through all the enemies and win all kinds of opportunities."

"Then ascend the throne of God, achieve greatness, and finally carry the power of the world to fight against foreign enemies, and perish with them/come back with a tragic victory/inflict heavy damage on them, and successfully delay time."

"Is this my 'script'? Although it's possible that I'm overthinking it, there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with replacing the 'world' with 'gods' and me with a human hero."

"Fighting all the way to the death, fighting for the interests of the gods, those who are lucky enough to achieve perfect merits, and have the opportunity to ascend to heaven and live forever. For a mortal, this is not a bad result."

"It's just a pity that you misjudged me... This is not the script I wanted. Compared with this, I think it is better for the taller person to hold up the sky if it falls."

Smiling slightly, remembering what he had been having a headache just now, Hermes suddenly became enlightened.

The Lord of Hell, the Snake of the Atrium, right?

He was still thinking before, how to grow up safely and steadily, at least ascend to the throne of God first, instead of becoming an insignificant pawn before the great ones clash.

But now, doesn’t he have a solution?

Find a way to tell the hell monarch about this matter so that it will go away.

Standing at the top of the world of Khaos, they have more than themselves, and they are even less likely to be willing to give up everything they have.

If it can't solve it alone, it will definitely find more great powers to deal with this terrible opponent.

In this way, even the world will be at peace.

"I am really great..."

"World peace, such a great proposition has been completed by me."

"I remember that the goddess of harmony seemed to marry a human hero who had made contributions to the god king, as a reward for his achievements."

"I don't want much, as long as the noble Mother of the World is willing to give me a reward of the same level."

Silently curling his lips, Hermes shook his head and laughed.

Thinking about it from another perspective, the trouble he faced seemed to be a good thing.

Holding the artifact in hand, the great alchemist couldn't help but admire his own wit.

"But this way, I can't randomly project this terrifying World Destroyer."

"So the next best thing is to let me change my goal."

He squeezed his right hand hard, and the hazy halo appeared again.

He said he wanted to change his goal, but at this moment, Hermes once again recalled the day when the illusory world was shattered.

The God King roared at the sky, and the hand of destruction covered the sky.

In the entire virtual world, they were the most worthy objects for Hermes to project.

In the past and present lives, the great divine power was an object that he could not reach.

So with a slight movement of his mind, the power of the [Philosopher's Stone] was displayed without reservation, and Hermes aimed the object of manifestation at the God King... the green and shining alchemical ring on the big hand opposite.

The divine light flickered, and this time the hazy halo quickly gathered again.

There was no special surprise. In front of Hermes, an emerald ring floated quietly in the air.

Some runes as small as dust were drawn on it, as if explaining some kind of worldly truth.

This was not the first time Hermes saw this scene, but even if he had seen it once, when this ring was repeated in front of him, he still looked at everything in front of him greedily.

The alchemical artifact of another world is different from the [Philosopher's Stone] that was created by trickery. It is a real artifact created by pure alchemical skills, not a pile of materials or a deviation of fate.

On it, the caster is like a person who wants to show off his skills, engraving one after another of knowledge that points directly to the essence.

Hermes got the initial revelation from it when he met it once.

He used this incomplete knowledge as a basis and added his own understanding to create Chaos's current alchemical path.

However, as the fields he entered touched the gods, Hermes was finally a little overwhelmed.

It was not a big deal that he failed to summon the projection of the Destroyer.

Zeus' power actually had no appeal to him.

The power of the God King comes from the present world. It is more like a status than the authority of the law.

Hermes was not sure what he could get from it, but this ring was different.

When he saw it, Hermes saw his future.

"Is your name [Gold Gathering Ring]..."

When the artifact was visualized, the great alchemist knew its name.

Material exchange, 'Gold Gathering' Ring.

It sounded very suitable for him, and it was in line with his former divinity of [Business] and [Exchange].

Reaching out to put the ring on his index finger, Hermes shrunk the [Philosopher's Stone] and placed it on the top of the ring, and a pieced-together ring was formed.

The two supreme creations of alchemy combined together, looking very compatible, and even the power of the two had some resonance.

For a moment, Hermes couldn't help but have a little desire for the real artifact.

A fake creation is like this...If the real one also falls into his hands, it's not too far away.

At least if the two are combined again, a high-level artifact in the field of alchemy should not be a big problem.