Myth: The Ruler of Spirituality - Chapter 595 - Chapter 595: Chapter 185: Make a Move_2

Chapter 595: Chapter 185: Make a Move_2

“Did you see anything…what can you see from this?”

Pausing for a moment, Andrea recalled that those who attacked them on the road for various reasons had nothing special, whether in strength or status.

“Some Northern Lands barbarians, and some descendants of aristocrats who were stripped of their titles, is there something wrong with that?”

“So Andrea, why are the Divine Blood Nobles still nobles?”

Ignoring the question, Laine coaxed gently.

“Because of their bloodline, the Divine Blood allows them to more easily unlock the power within their bodies. As long as their bloodline hasn’t dried up to a certain extent, almost everyone can become a professional. Mastering power naturally leads to mastering status. And hereditary power naturally brings hereditary status.”

It seemed like rote learning, but in fact, this was indeed what Andrea’s father had told her.

She also remembered her father telling her that simple violence did not equate to stable power, but when power could both create wealth and bring violence, then power and rights were synonymous. This was also why he turned a blind eye to the ban from Olympia — he approached wizards and promoted alchemy not to oppose those powerful western nations, but because he saw an opportunity in them.

The influence of the Deity Church penetrated deep into the Mortal Realm, even surpassing the King’s authority in many places. Essentially, divine arts were different from the Divine Blood of aristocrats; the latter could only bring violence, but the former could also create wealth.

Holy water that healed injuries, divine arts that enhanced agricultural productivity, armor and weapons manufactured in special ways…with these, the church became irreplaceable.

Just like present-day Athens, if the Church of Agriculture announced its withdrawal from the Kingdom, the grain output of the entire country would likely drop by more than 30%. To break free from this situation, witchcraft and alchemy were the solutions Theseus came up with.

This was another group that could create wealth and possess power. Of course, Theseus did not intend to replace the church with them; he just wanted a second option.

“Yes, Andrea, just as you said — hereditary power brings hereditary status.”

Laine nodded in agreement.

“Even if they lost their titles, their bloodline itself meant value. As long as they wanted, they could continue to live a life that ordinary people could only dream of. But, Andrea, didn’t you notice that in your kingdom, so many descendants of Divine Blood have fallen to become robbers, whereas common professionals are rarely seen?”

“Why do you think that is?”

“…Because of my father’s reform policies.”

She didn’t elaborate further because it wasn’t a secret in present-day Athens.

From the moment the King abolished the aristocratic councils of various cities, maintaining only the one in Athens, the intention of this legendary King became very clear.

He was suppressing the authority of the nobles, concentrating it on himself. And at that moment, in contrast with reality, Andrea felt she indeed understood something.

“Was my father’s behavior too hasty, so much so that he couldn’t care less about these details — or perhaps he didn’t even care about those nobles who resented him.”

“But in reality, they were not without threat, not just those we encountered on the road, but even during my kidnapping, there were people secretly tipping off the cultists or turning a blind eye…”

“This is Athens. They couldn’t have done all this with their own strength.”

Looking somewhat dejected, drawing an inference from one instance, Andrea felt she understood human nature a bit more.

In this era, there were no sociologists, no psychologists, and almost no one could be called a politician. Even the King of Athens merely instinctively tried to maintain “balance.” With the Church of Knowledge not rejecting the state religion, he brought in witchcraft and alchemy. But if Theseus were to explain the principles, he probably didn’t fully understand them himself.

Even now, Andrea felt she only understood a little bit.

“I understand your point — so, I don’t have to dig any more pits afterward, right?”

With a hint of realization, albeit serious in the first half, Andrea quickly changed the subject, looking at Laine with shining eyes.

“Of course…not.”

With a slight smile, Laine shook his head in denial and then pointed ahead under the Little Princess’s “glare.”

“Let’s keep moving, our journey is still long, and we can’t stop here.”

“You–hm!”

With a soft snort, Andrea climbed down from the carriage, hung the shovel she had dropped earlier on the side of the car, and then returned to the driver’s seat.

The carriage soon resumed its journey, and Laine leaned back in the carriage, closing his eyes as if dozing.

…

It was night.

The sky was clear, with the Star Cluster and the Moon as companions, illuminating the entire night sky.

Laine lay on a large rock, gazing at the starry sky above.

Andrea was sleeping in the carriage. On this point, Laine didn’t trouble the Little Princess, but he generally didn’t stay in the carriage.

He preferred to think about things in such a tranquil environment, as if it made his thoughts more active.

There was no logic, neither physical nor magical, but that was how Laine felt. However, today, he encountered a problem.

Because while routinely asking the Serpent of the Central Court for Sacred Power, Laine received an extra piece of information.

As a shareholder of the Nine Hells, the Serpent of the Central Court also sensed the abnormal flow of World Power. But while others needed to guess, Laine knew why.

This just proved that the divine nature far in the Alien Realm had begun its plan, and the powers of both worlds were commencing their final struggle. The destruction of Hemenu had entered a countdown, and Chaos might also produce various anomalies…this was anticipated, but now Laine had to face a problem: he woke too late as the human part.

He hadn’t anticipated that he would stumble upon a time bubble, a minuscule probability…in his previous plan, when the divine nature began to act, his human avatar should have long completed its task, waiting for the grand performance to commence. But now encountering such a situation, problems followed.

What would All Gods detecting the world’s power fluctuations do? What responses would the primal gods have? Once the world’s power weakened, would the Mother’s Tree still be securely sealed? He couldn’t be sure, just like Laine had never known what Erebus was up to.

This was why Laine deliberately replaced Hera’s sacrifice with the Mother’s Tree’s revered name, not merely to make the queen suffer a minor setback, as it was ultimately meaningless. Laine wanted to see the Mother’s Tree’s ability to interfere with the present world.

Judging by the outcome, its seal should still be secure — if it wasn’t feigning.

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Could the Flesh Mother Tree be pretending? Laine didn’t know. His understanding of this existence from another world wasn’t much and mostly limited to speculation.

“Well–let’s wait and see.”

“After all, the worst outcome wouldn’t be too bad.”

Thinking for a moment, Laine still hadn’t figured out a strategy, so he had no choice but to take things one step at a time.

At the very least, he needed to see how his opponents would make their move.