Give Me the Name of God

Late at night, Hermes came to the Temple of Wisdom and jumped into the hall from the window.

He knew it was a bit unseemly to do this, but he didn't want to alert Athena's guards. Athena was missing, but his five guards had been sticking to the temple. Although these five guards were not strong, they were very durable and could kill them. It takes a lot of effort and will come back to life soon.

It would be even more disgraceful for the person in charge of order to use force against the guards.

Moreover, Hermes felt that there was nothing wrong with being a thief, but robbery by open fire was really damaging to one's reputation.

He came to Athena's Fountain of Faith. After receiving the news from Manda, Hermes carefully considered Athena's current situation. According to normal circumstances, he should have died with a high probability, or be punished by the God of Punishment. Surrender, of course, there is also a small chance of successfully escaping and hiding in a corner to recuperate.

Now Odysseus wants to recruit believers for him, which proves that Athena needs the power of faith. If he can exchange believers for the power of faith, it proves that he has the fountain of faith with him.

Is this possible?

Yes, it is possible, but the probability is low.

Athena never thought that she would lose before going on a battle. Even if she did lose, she would not be able to return home. There was no need to bring the Fountain of Faith with her. The Fountain of Faith was very fragile. If it was damaged in the battle, she would be afraid of losing the battle. Even Phaistos could not repair it.

If she doesn’t carry the fountain of faith with her, what use does she need from believers?

Hermes couldn't think of the answer, so he could only go to the Temple of Wisdom to verify it.

After bypassing the hall and walking through the corridor, Hermes came to a garden. He has been a guest at the Temple of Wisdom countless times, but his knowledge of this temple is limited to this. Deeper than the garden, Athena never allows outsiders to set foot.

And even if you have a chance to step in, you have to find the door first. The garden only has one entrance connected to the hall and no exit. From this point of view, this garden seems to be the end of the temple.

But this trick naturally failed to fool Hermes. He put two hundred mice in the garden and observed the changing patterns of various roads in the garden from the perspective of the mice.

Rats are very efficient, but they also take a heavy toll, and there are simply too many owls in the garden.

After all the roads were explored, less than thirty of the two hundred rats were left. Hermes took out a bag of pearls and rewarded the rats, and repeatedly emphasized that the rewards of the fallen should be given to their families.

There are 664 roads in the entire garden, 420 of which were discovered by Hermes before, and more than 200 were discovered by him for the first time.

Drawing more than six hundred roads in his mind, Hermes quickly discovered the entire garden.

Not the visually visible whole picture, but the real and existing whole picture.

Invisible to the eye, the exit to the garden is hidden.

Hermes solved many puzzles from the layout of the road and found the door in the center of the garden. He glanced left and right and saw that no one was around. He was about to enter the door when he saw the door suddenly disappear.

Why does it disappear? Just because you looked away?

The surrounding roads have also changed, and the positions of flowerbeds and pools have been swapped.

If I see it, it will be there, if I don’t see it, it will be nothing. This is a superb method of arranging the mechanism.

Hermes sighed and summoned a group of rats again. The rats were not very motivated and were frightened by the owl and needed encouragement.

I usually treat you well, but now is the time for you to show me your wisdom and strength. The old rules remain unchanged. Every time a path is discovered, a pearl will be awarded. The reward for the fallen will be doubled. Those who find more than three paths will receive an additional two. Times, and whoever kills the owl will get ten times more!”

The mice disappeared without a trace in an instant, and at the painful cost of more than half of them being killed, they once again found the path in the garden.

Hermes quickly solved the puzzle and found a door in the southeast corner of the garden. If you enter the gate now, it is likely that the gate will disappear immediately due to the loss of gaze, and Hermes will be trapped inside.

Someone has to keep an eye on this door.

Let the mice stare?

It's not that I can't trust mice, it's just that these creatures have a natural tendency to look around. Moreover, even if mice are dedicated and loyal, there is still a risk of being eaten by owls.

Forget it, use a clone.

The clone of Hermes is stronger than the clone of Manda. It can move, but it cannot do too complicated things. It is not a big problem to stare at the door here, but it will be troublesome if it encounters five guards.

After settling the clone in a secret place, making sure to keep his gaze still, Hermes entered.

Inside the door was a corridor, and at the end of the corridor was a garden. Hermes frowned. There seemed to be no mice in the garden.

There were no rats, which proved that this place was isolated from the outside world, and there would be no guards. Hermes summoned sixty clones and started to explore the way...

From late night to dawn, after passing through seventy gardens, Hermes finally saw a different corridor. The end of this corridor was not a garden, but another palace.

The palace had no halls, just rooms one after another, each with two doors, each door leading to the next room.

One room connects two rooms, two connects four, four connects eight...

An angry god would have razed the palace to the ground, but Hermes showed enough patience. He swallowed two bags of pearls, summoned a thousand clones, and started searching room by room.

Searching from early morning to dusk, Hermes finally found the Fountain of Faith in a room.

As the spring water surges, pearls appear from time to time. No one has picked them up in the past few days, and a lot of pearls have accumulated. It is estimated that more than two hundred pearls can be harvested every day.

This is similar to the number estimated by Hermes, which means that Athena's fountain of faith is still in the Temple of Wisdom.

In this case, what use does Athena have for believers? He cannot receive the power of faith at all.

Was this news conveyed to Odysseus by Athena? Is Athena still alive?

Hermes left one clone in this room, took back the other clones one by one, and left the Temple of Wisdom.

After returning to the temple, he went to find Hephaestus. After explaining his request, Hephaestus frowned and said, What you want is getting more and more outrageous!

Hermes smiled and said: I will never treat you unfairly in terms of price.

…

Tomorrow is the day they agreed to meet with Odysseus. Manda has not yet waited for Pan's reply. If there is no news tonight, Manda will kill Odysseus on the grounds that the matter is urgent.

But to Manda's disappointment, at midnight, Pan replied: Accept this business, but for a good price, first build a temple for Athena, a very small temple, and help him recruit a hundred followers. , offer prayers every day, and offer sacrifices every year, on the condition that you must see the Tooth Ripper.”

Manda frowned and said, Isn't this giving Athena an advantage?

Don't worry, my father will never suffer a loss, and I'm afraid I won't give this faith to Athena.

…

Early the next morning, Manda drove away all the members of the house, leaving only Medusa. Together with Medusa, he was strong enough to fight against Odysseus and Phranes. With sufficient preparation, Killing the opponent is not a problem.

Odysseus and Phranes arrived as promised, and Manda briefly explained the terms of the deal, which made Phranes quite dissatisfied.

We want 10,000 believers, but you only give 100? Are you bargaining? This is not the attitude of doing business at all!

One hundred is just a deposit. After the matter is completed, ten thousand believers will never be less. But if I hand over ten thousand believers to you without even seeing the Fang Ripper, this business will be done Isn’t it a little too hasty?”

Odysseus nodded and said: I accept your suggestion. Within a month, I want to see the temple. Before the New Year, I want to see the first sacrifice to the goddess.

It doesn't take that long. I'll let you see the temple and sacrifices within twenty days. Of course, the scale of the temple won't be too big. It can only be renovated with existing buildings. As for the statue of the goddess of wisdom, you should know it best. It’s up to you to be responsible for the construction!”

Manda deliberately tested Odysseus. He suspected that Odysseus would tamper with the idols. King Baer once used this method to transfer the belief in the Lord of Divine Punishment to the ancestors of mankind.

He suspected that Odysseus had not received Athena's oracle at all. He even suspected that Odysseus had the ability to digest the pearl of faith and use Athena's name to create a god's name for himself.

These are all leftover tricks from Manda, let’s see if Odysseus can come up with new tricks.

But surprisingly, Odysseus did not want to take on the task of building the statue: You provide the temple, you provide the believers, and you should provide the statue. We are doing business, and there is no reason for me to pay for you. .

Manda was stunned. Did Odysseus not understand what he meant?

I will pay for the construction of the statue. I just hope that the statue of the goddess will be more accurate.

You also have followers of the Goddess of Wisdom. I think it shouldn't be difficult to build an accurate statue of the god. If there is nothing else, let's take our leave now. We will meet again in twenty days.

After Odysseus left, Manda reported the news to Pan. Pan twirled his beard and couldn't understand the other party's intention:

He actually refused to build a statue of the god? In other words, he is indeed recruiting followers for Athena, but what is the purpose of doing so?

After pondering for a long time, Pan Shen shook his head and said: First do what he said and complete the recruitment of believers as soon as possible. There is another thing I forgot to tell you. Mei Shen is very dissatisfied with you.

God of beauty? What is dissatisfied with Him?

God Pan reminded him: Don't forget what you promised him, and don't forget that he will probably become the Queen of Heaven.

Manda slapped her forehead and really forgot about it.

He quickly sent a message to Qixing Mountain, asking Stanley to release all the believers of the God of Beauty, open all the temples of the God of Beauty, and also asked the poet to build a place of love and moon in every city in the southwest.

On second thought, it was a bit redundant for the poet to do this. The core of Fengyuezhi lies not in the architecture, but in the philosophy of the operator.

To put it bluntly, you have to find a suitable madam.

Who is more suitable?

Moira has been in good condition recently, but after returning to the southwest, this condition may be gone.

The Leo woman doesn't need to think about it. Just saying this idea may make her fall out.

Eudora has a somewhat reserved temperament, and Roma still needs her.

Medusa is quite enchanting, but unfortunately there is a language barrier...

You can't just focus on the women around you, you have to further open your mind. From the perspective of potential, Pluto is not impossible, and Chuitt is also very experienced.

While thinking hard, I suddenly received a message.

Zigese woke up.