Chapter 408 The source of the changes in the world line
Ares, one of the twelve Greek main gods, should be the most despised main god.
Regardless of the character, there are definitely many people who know that he and the beauty god Aphrodite have had an affair, and Ares' reputation for being cruel and bloodthirsty has long been widely circulated in Olympus and the human world.
The power held by the God of War is naturally related to combat. Logically speaking, Ares should have Olympus' top combat power.
But this is not the case. He lost to Athena, the goddess of wisdom and war in the battle. Even Poseidon's grandsons Otos and Efeartes captured Ares three times, losing all his face as a god of war.
Among the many city-states in the ancient Greek world, Ares was disliked like a rat crossing the street, and only the martial Sparta was willing to believe in him to a limited extent.
Yes, there are limits.
Although Sparta did not completely reject Ares, he was not his fanatical follower.
Sparta's favorite god is Apollo Lekous, meaning Apollo like a wolf.
"Aris!"
When Xin Sheng mentioned this name, it was like stepping on the painful feet of the Spartans. The bald Spartan, who had already calmed down, glared at Xin Sheng with red eyes.
This anger was not aimed at Xin Sheng who was in front of him, but the Olympus God of War who was unknown where he was.
"That damn evil god! He and the gods used boring gambling to tease our people, trampled on our dignity, spread plagues and disasters to our hometown, and for his own ambitions, he would not hesitate to get the whole of Sparta in it!"
"How can we continue to believe in such a treacherous, heartless guy!"
In the Assassin's Creed worldview where Natiya lives, the Olympus gods also exist, but they are all just Ishu people from ancient times, mastering powerful technological power, and not having real divine power.
The world of God of War is different from it. Gods such as Apollo, Ares and Zeus are genuine and have their own divine natures and powers.
Through the resentful accusations of the Spartan warriors, Xin Sheng and Natiya first learned about the sins Ares committed against Sparta.
Many years ago, the gods once initiated a meaningless joke gambling due to boredom.
Participants in the bet include Ares, Hades, Poseidon, Helios, the sun god, Artemis, and the god of the hunting goddess, Hermes.
The six gods chose a mortal warrior to secretly spread the plague to the warriors' hometown, and then guided them on a journey to find the fairy fruit that can save the plague. Whoever chooses the warrior will eventually get the fairy fruit will win the bet.
At that time, the Spartan military commander Kratos was the chess piece chosen by Ares. After plagues broke out in his hometown and his daughter was unfortunately infected, Kratos resolutely embarked on a journey to find the fairy fruit.
In the end, Kratos defeated all his competitors and got the immortal fruit to cure his daughter. Ares also won the victory in this meaningless bet and gained face among the gods.
Kratos killed a barbarian prince in the competition, but the barbarian prince was recruited by Hades after his death and released from hell, laying hidden dangers for Kratos' future.
A few years later, Sparta followed Ares' instructions and fought all over the world.
When Kratos attacked the territory of a barbarian king, he was suddenly ambushed by the barbarian king who had been prepared, and the Spartan army was wiped out.
This barbarian king is the barbarian prince who was killed once by Kratos.
When Kratos was about to die, he prayed for miracles to the god of war, Ares, who believed in, and received a response from the gods at a huge price.
Using his own freedom as the price, Kratos exchanged Ares with a pair of powerful artifacts called Chaos Blade.
With the power of the artifact, Kratos once again killed the Barbarian King, but he became Ares's loyal dog, and it was difficult to violate his orders.
Ares has mediocre ability among the twelve main gods of Olympus, but he has huge ambitions that are inconsistent with his own abilities.
He longs to overthrow his father Zeus's rule over Olympus and replace him.
To this end, Ares conspired to cooperate with the three goddesses of revenge, hoping to win the most powerful and perfect warrior ever in the Olympus world, thereby defeating Zeus.
After many failed attempts, the disappointed Ares could only place his hope on his loyal dog.
In order to make Kratos a pure warrior without worries, Ares set up a plan to let Kratos kill his wife and daughter with his own hands.
The furious Kratos completely broke with Ares from then on, but he was also seriously cursed for violating the contract. Every night he would experience the eternal nightmare created by the three goddesses of revenge, dreaming of the scene where he killed his wife and daughter with his own hands.
Kratos was the military leader of Sparta, and the Spartans knew exactly what he had happened. When Kratos broke up with Ares and vowed to take revenge, Sparta completely abandoned his belief in Ares.
By this time, the plot was not different from what Xin Sheng knew.
But the subsequent development is quite strange.
In order to kill Ares and the three goddesses of revenge, Kratos began to search for Pandora's box under the guidance of Athena.
It is said that this magic box contains the powerful power of the god-killing god, and those who open it can obtain this kind of unknown power.
In the original plot, Kratos did find and open Pandora's box, thus gaining powerful strength, and finally achieved his long-cherished wish to kill Ares, and was promoted to the new God of War by Zeus.
But according to the Spartans, Kratos found nothing when he opened Pandora's box, and the box was empty.
Failed to obtain the power of God-killing, Kratos was unable to defeat Ares, who was the main god. After that, the Spartans never heard of his whereabouts. Many people speculated that Kratos was killed by Ares.
"Is Pandora's box empty?"
Xin Sheng has played the original work of the God of War, and he knows what is in Pandora's box.
The power of the magic box is not the simple power of killing gods, but contains the strongest emotions and six desires in the world.
Xin Sheng didn't understand how the seven emotions and six desires in Pandora's box were allocated.
He only knew that Zeus and Olympus had unfortunately hit the fear, and what Kratos got was the power of hope that Athena secretly put in, which was the power of god-killing power he thought.
After listening to the Spartans' narration, Xin Sheng frowned: "Pandora's box is actually Athena's conspiracy. She hopes that Kratos will defeat Zeus, who is driven crazy by fear, and then take advantage of the fisherman afterwards and replace him."
‘This is the root of the world line rate of change? Because Pandora’s box was opened early?’
‘So, who was the one who opened it, where did Athena's power of hope in the box go?’
Xin Sheng speculated that this matter may have nothing to do with the gods in the local world, and there may be outsiders involved.
Xin Sheng is still a little confused about the change in the plot, and with his current strength, it is difficult for him to intervene in the battle between the Olympian gods.
He planned to find a way to find a divine beast, artifact or demigod. As long as he could absorb divine power from it, Xin Sheng could have the energy to break through the protection of the gods and truly hurt those high-ranking true gods.
"Spartan warriors, have you heard of legends about divine beasts and artifacts?"
"Also, I want to know where Kratos finally disappeared."
"Perhaps, that powerful Spartan commander is not dead yet."
Chapter completed!