Greek Mythology: The Spiritual Dominator

Over mountains, across rivers, across oceans, under the night sky, Leto wandered helplessly between heaven and earth. But there is no place for her to stay, because compared to her, the Queen of Gods is undoubtedly more feared.

In other words, pure Hera is not important, but when she makes such a decision with the divine authority of the Queen of Heaven, her order also represents the Divine Court itself. Under such circumstances, naturally no one was willing to openly defy the order of the Divine Court for the sake of Leto, who had even given up on her parents.

"Hera-!"

Gritting his teeth, Leto clenched his fists. Just a few years ago, she was still immersed in the joy of conceiving a child for Zeus, but now, all these joys have turned into anger, torturing her soul every moment.

Her anger was not directed at Zeus - in fact, the God King had already guessed that Hera would not expose this matter so easily, so he responded to it early on.

He told Leto about the difficulty of being a god-king and the dangerous situation he faced. Outside, the Titans and gods were unruly, and existences such as the Earth Mother and the gods of the spirit world threatened his royal power; while inside, his brothers were eyeing the throne, and Queen Hera was a jealous woman.

In order not to lose his position in the face of fierce foreign enemies, he could only compromise with Hera repeatedly, so that the God King could not stop some of the Queen's actions.

Obviously, this is the 'certain behavior' that Zeus has already meant.

With a combination of true and false words, handsome appearance, and past relationships, Leto, as the goddess of conservation, was easily aroused by Zeus to protect and sympathize, even forgetting the huge gap in status and power between the two parties. Even now, when she was driven by the power of Hera and had no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the earth, she still did not think that this was Zeus's problem.

She just secretly remembered Hera in her heart and vowed to take revenge one day. Even if she herself doesn't have this ability, her children will definitely. They will become the god-king's powerful help, and then make the evil god-queen regret it.

"ah--"

Leto, who was flying in mid-air and hit a wall again on the sea, was about to head to a hidden valley. It is said that Rhea, the former Queen of Heaven and the mother of the Olympian gods, lived in seclusion there. This was what Zeus told her 'accidentally'. However, just when she saw the edge of the coast, a strong abdominal pain came from her body.

Almost immediately, Leto knew what was happening, and this was not the first time. The daughter who was supposed to be born collided between her instinctive drive and the laws that prevented her from being born. The unborn goddess was naturally unable to resist the power of the Queen of Heaven, but this did not prevent this collision from causing harm to her mother.

Under the severe pain, Leto's strength instantly lost control. She streaked across the sky, falling straight down, but luckily, the coast was just ahead.

boom--!

With a violent impact, Leto hit the beach next to the bay. The cyan light flickered on and off her body, which was her daughter's innate power, and under this flicker, Leto felt severe pain again.

After a long time, the collision finally ended. Leto lay on her back on the beach for a while, then slowly sat up. Sweat soaked her clothes. She resisted the pain all over her body and took stock of her surroundings.

A bay like a crescent moon with calm sea surface. In future generations, this will be an extremely excellent natural port. In the sea outside the bay, ocean currents originating from the depths of the sea pass here, bringing many fish that migrate and spawn with the seasons. Not far from the coast, there is a large forest land.

But Leto didn't know that her comments about it were just "nice scenery". Looking away, she sensed a special aura far away from the coast compared to here.

She had been in contact with that feeling more than once, pure and warm, reaching straight to the soul. It once appeared on Helios' solar chariot and was later stolen by Prometheus.

".Are there actually humans here?"

There was some confusion, but Leto was surprised and didn't think much about it. Although logically speaking, the new generation of humans who were just born should not appear here, but this has nothing to do with her.

Human beings are the wealth of the gods, perhaps brought here by a certain god. Poseidon, the King of the Sea, is very likely. He has never been a stickler for rules. Maybe this is the human city he built on the earth against his promise. It just so happened that she was planning to find a place to rest. Since there are humans here, they should serve her. This is also the honor of these mortals.

Not everyone is qualified to receive a god, but now, Leto reluctantly gives them this qualification. So following the guidance of that breath, she walked towards the place where the lights were dimly shining in the night.

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The night was dark, and there were obviously no clouds, but the moon was still not visible. This made the human beings on the earth think that they had remembered the wrong date. In fact, this was another rare day with stars and no moon.

Fortunately, what distinguishes humans from animals is that they can use tools, so there is still a lot of light in this hastily built temporary residence.

Some are at the openings of the enclosed wooden fence, where the guards keep watch; others are on a high sea cliff, which are the first buildings built and are also temples for gods. The faith in their hearts and the safety of the environment are the two things that people who have just experienced a long migration are most concerned about.

As their leader, under the illumination of a ball of light, Nuohe Cohen sat around the rough stone table and chatted about the future development.

"There are still too few manpower, but we have to consider that in the future, everything needs to be planned in advance and built on a sufficient scale."

"It would be difficult for even tens of thousands of people to build temples, open fields, and build houses within one three-season change, let alone we don't even have a few thousand people."

Shaking his head slightly, Nuo seemed to be complaining about the difficulty of the situation, but Cohen could tell with just one glance that the other party was actually in a good mood.

Of course, not only Nuo, but also Cohen was in a good mood at the moment. Traveling through mountains and rivers, opening roads, although there are no traces of wild beasts on the earth at this moment, the dangers brought by nature are not small.

But not long ago, they finally found this place guided by the starlight. A quiet bay, fertile land, exposed ores on the surface, and a large freshwater lake. Except for the lack of dangerous terrain, this place has almost all the excellent conditions for building a city.

So they immediately took root here and built an altar with a sacred fire and a temple to worship the gods. This is a huge project in itself, because even the temples of bronze humans actually relied on the help of Prometheus to complete those tall buildings that were considered miracles in the primitive era. But although the humans led by Now Nuo do not have the help of gods, they do have Cohen who is no less powerful than gods in the mortal world.

So the temple was quickly built on the highest sea cliff, but when it was the turn of the statue, the two of them were in trouble. Neither Nuo nor Cohen knew how to depict the statue of the Lord, so in desperation, they had no choice but to enshrine the astrolabe.

It is barely feasible to replace the idols with holy objects.

"It will develop, No. After all, we already have a new generation. Maybe there are only a few people in this generation, but the next generation will have several times the population. One day, millions of humans will live here. And build a glorious civilization here.”

"It will not stick to the old ways like the golden humans did, lasting for thousands of years, nor will it pass away like the bronze humans. Instead, it will exist forever."

Some emotions and some insights. At this moment, Cohen faintly felt that the strange feeling he had when he fought with Triton came to his heart again.

Only this time, it wasn't as intense as it once was. No sudden changes, but slow and steady.

"You are right, Cohen. The Holy City cannot be built in a day, and I don't need to be in such a hurry."

On the side, Nuo smiled and looked to the west, where the freshwater lake was.

Because he was guided by the starlight, Nuo named the place "Luo Xing Lake", and the water elves he met on the road lived there.

As for now, there are still many temporary wooden houses built around there, because during the journey, many humans got married to those nymph elves under the witness of Nuo.

It won't be long before new members will join this city that has just begun to be built. Their presence also indicates that when this generation of people gets old, someone will take their place and continue civilization.

"Buzz——"

After chatting for a few more words, although it was already late at night, Nuo was still in good spirits. But suddenly, a buzzing sound came from the only built building in the distance.

Nuo and Keen suddenly stood up, and in their eyes, little starlight overflowed from the high cliff, illuminating the surrounding sea area.

“That’s—the gods finally responded to us!”

He was stunned for a moment and then joy surged into his heart. Since arriving here, Nuo has gone to the temple to pray every day, hoping to receive further revelations from the Lord. But these days, he has gained nothing, and even Nuo has never felt the feeling of being watched.

But they didn't expect that today, a sudden miracle would appear in front of them.

"Come on, let's go there together."

After saying hello, Nuo immediately walked quickly towards the direction of the temple.

The angel who had only met once said that she would give them further instructions when they arrived at their destination. She will give them extraordinary power, allowing those who believe in God to be somewhat tainted with the glory of God.

Maybe it was today, but compared to strength, Nuo still had many questions he wanted to ask. For example, how should he compile the scriptures that belong to the Lord so that the faith and their blood can be passed down forever.

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But after a while, human settlements were already in sight.

Gods are gods after all. Even though a lot of vitality has been damaged just now, Leto's body is still not comparable to that of mortals. The distance that would take an ordinary person half a day to walk was not far to her, and soon she saw the human form.

But standing here, Leto became a little surprised, because she sensed a faint breath of the sun in the humans who seemed to be on duty.

"Are these fragments of the divine nature scattered by the ancient sun god?"

For a moment, Leto thought this was the descendant left behind by the Sun God at some point, but the next moment, the goddess recognized the difference between this power and Helios.

The latter's aura is far less pure. He only represents the orderly side of the sun. When the solar car was built, the originally aggressive side was eliminated again.

But the current one, although its power is so weak that it can be ignored, is far closer to the sun itself than Helios.

"who!"

A sharp shout came, and Leto's undisguised approach was finally discovered. The two humans on duty held up torches, and under the light of the fire, Leto's figure was caught in their eyes.

An unknown woman, perhaps some kind of elf, or simply a god or demigod. For a moment, the two guards couldn't help but become nervous. They didn't know why this strange existence came and what it did here.

However, across from them, the goddess did not care about the reactions of mortals. She just took a step forward, exuding her own divine aura, and then said loudly:

"Exit me, I am Leto, the daughter of Coos and Phoebe, the descendant of the heavenly father and the earthly mother, a great natural god. Mortals, I command you to prepare food and a palace for me at once. This is also You should pay due respect to the gods.”

After the words fell, Leto quietly waited for the mortals opposite to worship him. There was no need to question this. Even believers of other gods would worship the true form of another god. But after a moment, the goddess was a little angry and discovered that these humans not only had no intention of kneeling in front of her, but actually made the opposite move.

One person ran backwards, as if to inform someone, while the other one still looked at her warily.

Seeing this scene, nameless anger surged into his heart. Leto couldn't believe it. The Queen persecuted her, the gods rejected her, and now even a humble mortal dared to do such a thing to her?

"Mortal, I give you one last chance. Although your attitude has made me give up on rewarding you, if you choose to repent now, I can still forgive your offense."

With a sneer, Leto warned again. Human beings are God’s wealth, but what they have in front of them is not their own wealth. Therefore, in order to prevent another strange god from being provoked at such a juncture, she still did not directly punish these mortals with shallow beliefs.

Even in case these humans had not heard of her existence before, the pressure from the gods was unabashedly suppressed by the goddess. If this place were not on the earth, this pressure itself could kill the mortal in front of him.

The air trembled slightly, and the divine oppression even slightly affected the material, but the result once again made Leto feel angry, because this human not only did not bend down to her, but instead raised the weapon in his hand.

Who does he think he is, a servant who dares to draw a sword against his master?

"snort!"

With a cold snort, Leto no longer hesitated. Even if he killed such a human being, no god would care about him. After all, no matter what, everyone is a god.

Just like later generations of humans who came to the New World during the Age of Discovery, they slaughtered local residents during the day, but were good husbands and neighbors at night. In the end, most people's goodwill will only be reserved for their own kind, not for the 'uncivilized' aliens in their eyes.

So he took off his gold bracelet and Leto threw it forward. Under the innate and extraordinary power of the divine body, almost in the blink of an eye, the golden light cut through the air and directly hit the guard's body.

"clang--"

However, as a collision sounded, the guard was safe and sound. A ray of silver light covered the surface of his body, and instead the bracelet itself was bounced away.

"who!"

He was stunned for a moment, then turned around abruptly. It was the power coming from over there that saved this human being just now. Leto was about to question the visitor, but she froze in place the next moment.

Over there, two figures, one red and one white, were slowly walking towards this side.

"So, does the aura you sense come from her?"

Hecate casually saved the human's life, but Hecate didn't even look at him. The goddess of magic web didn't care about the life or death of a stranger. Half of the reason why she did this was because of the familiar breath deep in the settlement, and the other half , it’s because of that woman.

Meeting the other person here was really beyond her expectation. Although many years had passed, Hecate still remembered certain things.

"Yes, do you know her? If the relationship is not good, then let's leave."

Sensing something was wrong in the atmosphere, Selene couldn't help but whisper. Although her tall figure looked like the elder of the witch in the red dress, the Moon Goddess's voice was still as weak as ever.

"Go? That's not necessary, but I do know her, even if I only know her from past images."

Pulling Selene beside her, an inexplicable smile appeared on Hecate's lips at some unknown moment.

She looked at the black-robed goddess opposite her. Opposite her, Leto's eyes were a little unbelievable and evasive.

"She is probably my 'relative', Selene. To be more precise, she is my 'aunt', well, although -"

After a slight pause, Hecate smiled and said:

"——Although, she only stayed there for one day."