I was a priest in the city-state era

"Demigod..."

After mumbling these two words, Roy's heart moved, and he couldn't help but say the question that had been hidden in his heart.

"Goddess Mnemosyne! Since humans can become demigods, I want to know if humans can surpass demigods-become real gods?"

"Do you want to become a god too?"

Seeing that Roy did not deny it, Mnemosyne smiled and said.

"Anyway, this is not a secret, I will tell you! You humans have at least two ways to become gods. The first way is to become a hero god. As long as the necessary conditions are met, any human can be deified and become a hero god after death."

"What are the necessary conditions to become a hero god?"

"If you want to become a hero god, you must become a demigod hero when you are alive. After you die, someone must build a temple for you so that you can be worshipped by humans like a god. As long as 10,000 people worship you as a god, you can collect enough faith power in a hundred years, and use the faith power to upgrade to a hero god with the help of other gods."

Roy frowned and said.

"One hundred years? I have to wait until a hundred years after my death to become a hero god? But how can I guarantee that people a hundred years later will worship me as a god?"

"If you become the king of Thebes who rules Thebes, as long as Thebes is still ruled by your descendants a hundred years later, you can become a hero god with the help of your descendants. Because your descendants, as rulers, can use the royal power to order the Thebans to worship you as a god for a hundred years after your death."

Hearing Mnemosyne's words, Roy's eyes lit up.

But then, Roy shook his head and said.

"In the history I know, there is no shortage of short-lived dynasties that died out after the second or third generation. I can't guarantee that my descendants won't be deprived of the throne after my death. If someone else takes my city-state, they will definitely destroy my temple, making it impossible for me to collect the power of faith to upgrade to a heroic god. Goddess Mnemosyne, the method you mentioned is just gambling on luck. Isn't there a better way?"

"If you are worried that your descendants will be deprived of the throne by others within a hundred years after your death, you can increase your territory and population. As long as there are 100,000 people who believe in and worship you as a god after your death, In the tenth year after your death, you will be able to gather enough power of faith to become a hero god. If you have no confidence in your descendants and think that they will lose their throne within ten years after your death, you can continue to increase your territory and population. As long as one million people believe in and worship you as a god after your death, you can gather enough power of faith to become a hero god one year after your death. "

"As long as one million people believe in and worship me as a god, I can become a hero god one year after my death?"

Seeing Roy's excited expression, Mnemosyne said coldly.

"I must tell you that only people over the age of sixteen can provide you with the power of faith. In other words, if you want to have one million believers after your death, you must build a huge empire with a population of at least five million when you are alive."

Five million people-

In this era, Roy wanted to build a huge empire with at least five million people. He not only wanted to bring the entire Greek territory under his rule, but also conquer the densely populated Egyptian region, the Anatolian Peninsula, the Phoenician region and the Mesopotamian Plain, and establish a centralized rule with the same writing and the same track in these regions.

This is not only a feat that humans, but also the gods dare not imagine.

Because in this era, city-state autonomy is the mainstream in various regions.

The so-called Egyptian Empire, Hittite Empire, and Babylonian Empire were only unified countries in name, but in fact they were alliances composed of various city-states, and the lord of the empire was only the leader of the city-state alliance.

Precisely because these so-called empires were only city-state alliances, the lord of the empire could not command all the city-states within the territory, so these empires were always defeated or even conquered by a small number of foreign invaders.

For example, more than a hundred years ago, the Phoenician nomadic group with only tens of thousands of people relied on thousands of warriors to conquer the Egyptian region with a population of millions.

Although this seems to be an impossible goal, Roy is very tempted by this goal.

After all, as long as a huge empire with a population of more than five million is established, Roy can be promoted to a heroic god one year after his death.

"Although I don't have the confidence to ensure that the empire I established will still be ruled by my descendants ten or a hundred years after my death. But after my death, I still have the confidence that the empire I established can last for a year. After all, Hu Hai was so incompetent that he also maintained the Qin Empire left by the First Emperor for three years."

Coming back to his senses, Roy suppressed his excitement and asked Mnemosyne.

"Goddess Mnemosyne! In addition to the method of deification after death, what is the second way for us humans to become gods?"

"The second way for you humans to become gods is to combine with gods and share the eternal life and divine power of gods."

Mnemosyne said expressionlessly.

"That is to say, as long as you unite with a goddess, you can share the goddess's immortality and divine power."

"As long as I unite with the goddess, I can share the goddess's immortality and divine power--"

Roy stared at Mnemosyne with wide eyes, and was obviously more attracted to the second method.

Because the hero god is deified after death, even if he is lucky enough to collect enough faith power, he can only become a god without a physical body.

Combining with the goddess can avoid the process of death and gain eternal life while alive.

"Why are you looking at me like that!"

Mnemosyne suddenly showed an unhappy expression and said.

"I am not interested in you becoming my husband and letting you share my eternal life and divine power."

"Goddess Mnemosyne, you misunderstood!"

Roy explained hurriedly.

"I just thought that the hero god who was deified after death has no physical body and is definitely not as good as the real god. As a human being, it is almost impossible for me to get the love of the goddess. Is there a third way that can make me deify the body in the living state?"

"You actually want to deify the body——"

Mnemosyne said with wide eyes.

"Humans cannot become equal to our gods, so if they want to become gods, they can only become heroic gods who are always weaker than our gods. If humans want to combine with gods to share immortality and divine power, they will be completely controlled by gods in life and death. I have never heard of anyone being able to be deified in the flesh. Will human gods with flesh have the same powerful divine power as our gods?"

Since Mnemosyne is curious about this question, it seems that she has never heard of human deification in the flesh, nor does she know how to deify humans in the flesh.

Although there is no way to deify in the flesh, Roy has not given up this goal.

After all, there is no road in the world, but when more people walk, there will be a road.

If there is no way and precedent to deify in the flesh, Roy is willing to be the first human god to deify in the flesh.