"Do you know the era of divided gods?"
Levi looked at the crimson armor with a deep look.
Gently sliding his fingers over the heavy lines on the armor, he asked Liya beside him.
Leah shook her head.
Naturally, she didn't understand this profound history, she had only heard about it a little bit.
Since childhood, Liya has been mainly exposed to business-related knowledge.
Naturally, she has not had much exposure to this part of historical knowledge.
What's more, she is not very interested in history.
Levi nodded and began to explain to her:
"It was a time when gods ruled the world and humans became 'heroes'."
About a thousand years ago, some powerful and immortal beings appeared in this world.
They call themselves gods and bring the light of civilization to mankind.
They taught humans how to read, farm, and harvest crops, and taught humans how to use fire to drive away cold and wild beasts.
They help humans no longer fear darkness and survive in harsh natural environments.
With the help of the gods, humans quickly established their own civilization.
From the era of simple clothing to the era of awakening and belief in gods.
Human beings began to center around the gods they believed in.
Using their gods as totems, they began to divide the land into countless tribes.
However, this also led to the beginning of a war between gods.
Perhaps the gods were jealous because other gods had more followers.
Or perhaps the conflict arose because of differences among human believers.
"Why can you make a stable living through farming, but we have to risk our lives every day hunting?"
"Why do you have meat to eat when you hunt, but we can only eat vegetarian food when we farm?"
"Why do you have a wider territory and we can only squeeze into this small piece of land?"
These conflicts among humans have intensified over time.
In that primitive era, the most direct way to resolve disputes was through force.
As long as the fight is won, all disputes can be resolved.
So, the strife between humans began.
Perhaps because of the natural physical strength of the hunting tribes, they defeated those who engaged in farming.
Humans responsible for farming can only cultivate for hunters, and even the food they harvest must be given priority to hunters.
Under such a system, they gradually formed the first country where tribes gathered together.
The gods who observe human development are also aware of this.
But not only did they not stop it, but they acquiesced to the believers below to intensify their actions.
After all, every god desires more followers under his command.
Because no matter how jealous the gods are, they cannot fight against each other.
It would be better to simply let the humans they serve start fierce disputes.
In the constant disputes and struggles, human casualties increased more and more, and they all finally realized the absurdity of it all.
Some awakened humans finally discovered that the fight between them was completely meaningless.
They were just pawns played by the gods for their own entertainment.
They began to long for resistance and escape from such a constrained predicament, but by this time it was too late.
Because that group of gods has established a powerful and glorious kingdom of God through the power of faith provided by countless humans.
“This kingdom of God has a loud and powerful name in history.”
Levi continued in a solemn tone,
"It's called the 'Land of Stars.'"
The Kingdom of God is an extremely powerful collective, and all humans in this country serve the gods they believe in devoutly.
The territory of the Kingdom of Stars was extremely vast at that time, covering almost the entire world and everywhere.
As long as there are humans who believe in gods, that place is part of the kingdom of stars.
In this kingdom, there are no human rulers.
Those who truly rule mankind are the majestic and powerful gods.
Among these gods, there are twelve special gods.
"They are the gods with the most faith among humans, and are also known as the 'Twelve Lords'."
"Unexpectedly, the Hermes that Victor successfully captured before was one of the twelve main gods."
Commerce, war, hunting, farming, hearth, forging, love, wisdom, medicine, fertility...
It is the various needs of human beings that have created these twelve gods with the most popular beliefs.
It can be said that they encompass almost all the beliefs and desires of human beings in the entire world.
The endless power of faith gives them endless divine power, and they have transcended many chaotic gods.
Became the supreme being that controlled the entire Starry Empire.
These gods may have anticipated that there would be humans who would rebel against their will in the future.
So they sent down blessings from the stars and selected various 'heroes' from among humans.
It is up to these 'heroes' to rule the human beings under their beliefs.
Therefore, the world was divided into different countries because of these heroes who believed in different gods.
"For example, the Kingdom of Canter not far from the Kalencia Empire. The monarch of this country was once one of the heroes blessed by the gods in the Starry Kingdom."
After hearing these words, Liya stood aside, stroking her chin with one hand, thinking deeply.
But she suddenly seemed to realize something and asked Levi:
"From what you say, the gods' rule seems to be very successful."
"How can humans resist them?"
Levi smiled, as if he had anticipated Liya's question.
"That's what I'm going to focus on next."
"Because next, the underworld appears."
Pluto, the king of life and death who also has human beliefs, also begins to exert his influence.
"Among historians, there are two popular theories about the origin of this divine war."
Levi stretched out his finger and made a 'two' gesture to Liya.
"The first type is also what most scholars currently agree on."
Pluto, who has countless followers, also wants a place in the starry kingdom established by the gods.
However, the gods who live in the Kingdom of God are naturally unwilling to share their beliefs.
In the end, they couldn't come to an agreement.
So Pluto was furious, summoned those humans who were eager to resist, and led them to hell to accept the test.
He brought those 100,000 humans back to Hell, but in the end only a thousand or so successfully completed the trial.
They are hailed as human 'heroes' from hell.
These 'heroes' rallied more humans to revolt, united in their determination to overthrow the rule of the gods.
And challenged those 'heroes' blessed by the gods.
"However, there is a second theory, which is slightly...well, a little different."
"Most scholars regard this statement as unofficial history."
Having said this, a smile appeared on his lips.
The second statement is what some people think.
Due to the gods' enjoyment in the human world, humans have been waging wars, and a large number of souls have poured into the underworld.
Pluto, who deals with these souls every day, is overwhelmed by the endless work.
Therefore, Pluto, who was unwilling to work overtime every day and was buried in work, was angry.
Only then was he ready to break out of the underworld and launch a fight against the gods.
Just to slow down the rate of human death and make your job a little easier.
The minds of gods are always elusive, and no one knows for certain what Hades' true intentions are.
Anyway, everyone knows that Pluto took the initiative to join the battlefield, causing the starry kingdom that the gods worked so hard to establish to fall into long-term chaos.
As for the outcome of the war, who lost and who won has become a mystery.
It is said that in this melee, some gods even betrayed their own camp.
According to rumors, the goddess of justice, who belongs to the camp of gods, is dissatisfied with the long-term wars of mankind and the injustice in the world.
At this point, he also joined the ranks of those who resisted the gods.
The final result became that the gods were deeply disappointed with humans and left the world one after another.
Judging from this ending, no matter whether it is the underworld or the heaven, all the gods have failed to achieve real victory.
On the contrary, mankind became the winner.
With the departure of the gods, mankind was finally freed from the long-term shackles of belief.
They are no longer pawns played by the gods.
"However, it is no longer necessary to pursue the significance of that period of history. After all, no one has really witnessed the battle that year."
"Whether God's actions are right or wrong, and who is good or bad among them, these are also the subjective consciousness of scholars, and most of them cannot take them seriously."
As Levi spoke, he stroked the heavy and delicate lines on the armor with his fingers.
His eyes were complicated, as if he could see the past of this land and even the entire world through this battle-damaged armor.
"Only this armor carries the vicissitudes of that history."
"It is said that after the war between the underworld and the gods ended, the legendary Hades no longer opened trials."
"Because as a god who has experienced that war, he no longer needs to prove himself through war..."
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"So that's it..."
After hearing what Persephone said, Erica's eyes widened in realization.
No wonder that Hades looked so angry when she mentioned the trial.
It's just... that he went to join the war because he was angry because too many humans died and he was forced to work overtime.
This reason... is too childish.
Erica couldn't help but complain in her heart.
"So the trial must not be turned on."
Persephone looked up at the vague names on the stone tablet, her tone full of deep emotion.
"Once the trial is started, those cautious gods may mistakenly think that we want to start a war again."
Erica nodded in approval, and the next second, she suddenly froze.
Because she realized a very serious problem.
If she couldn't participate in the trial, how could she take Victor away?
At this time, Victor's cold and familiar voice sounded in her heart:
"Now, go and stand under the stone monument."
"The third brick counting from left to right."
Erica nodded, she was obedient.
Under Victor's guidance, he walked towards the steps.
Persephone, on the other hand, was concentrating on the stone monument high in the sky, seemingly not noticing Erica's departure at all.
Erica walked carefully along the steps, her steps light.
Until she stood quietly behind the brick where Victor said, Erica suddenly felt dizzy.
Because her hand stretched forward uncontrollably and touched the hard wall.
And just as his fingers touched the wall, a dark red mechanical lever suddenly appeared in front of him.
Erica's hand unconsciously grasped the crimson handle tightly.
Just as she grasped the handle completely.
A special line of handwriting emerged in her mind:
【Are you ready to take part in the trial? 】
