Inside the world fragment, enter it again.

But compared with the previous time, this time Hermes chose to enter in person.

The origin of the [Philosopher's Stone] is the unfinished 'door', and the construction of that 'door' is the embodiment of the Great Alchemist's path to deification.

So there was no way he would let the artifact escape from his control, even for a moment.

"…The sadness of the world is so similar…"

Walking on the land sprinkled with red rain, holding the white and sacred stone in his hand, the spirit of Hermes penetrates deeply into it.

With the help of the power of the artifact, his thoughts spread throughout the fragments of the entire realm, and he felt the origin of this interface.

The world is dead, there is no doubt about it.

But generally speaking, from the perspective of the world itself, His death might be instantaneous.

Because at that moment, both his past and his future were inevitably doomed to decline.

But from the perspective of the creatures within the world, the remaining traces of one world often last for a long time.

For example, Asgard once struggled, and the information left in the virtual world.

Even in the real world, Chaos' fate had long been rewritten, and everything old had turned into false history, becoming the driving force for the promotion of a divine artifact.

But He still left the information of His existence and handed it to the surviving Hermes.

And this kind of thing is the treasure that the great alchemist really wants to obtain at this moment.

"History and concepts can be absorbed by people, and the origin can be swallowed up and divided by the world and the destroyer. Even in the fragments of other worlds, there may be many gods who survived, just like me in the past."

"But there is one thing that those destroyers cannot take away, because it is something they destroyed with their own hands... That is the original trajectory of this world, the future it should have, which is the same as that illusory world."

"They will never become reality. They are a symbol of failure, a legacy that only people who are also failures can inherit."

"If it weren't for the Philosopher's Stone, if it weren't for the special rules of this world, I'm afraid I would just be guarding a mountain of treasures in vain, sighing in despair."

Once again coming to the settlement of the Egyptian survivors, Hermes had already sensed that vague "information".

That short "message" depicted the "script" that the fate of the world of Hemenu had set for Himself - without contact with the outer gods, without being eroded by other worlds, under the spontaneous operation of the world, Horus came to the world and became the monarch of the earth.

The Egyptian dynasties passed from one generation to the next, with the rise of Thebes and the decline of Heliopolis.

Although there were only fragmentary information in the broken fragments, Hermes still parsed out a lot of knowledge and laws that were completely different from Chaos's.

This is of no use to ordinary people, but for the [Philosopher's Stone] and even the 'gate' he wants to build, it is a priceless cornerstone.

At this rate, if enough 'information' is absorbed, Hermes can even pull out a few new incarnations from the Philosopher's Stone and manifest the projections of Egyptian gods.

Of course, the premise of all this is that he not only needs to perceive the existence of "information", but also be able to accept it.

Fortunately, the gods of Hermeneus were able to devour each other... and strictly speaking, there was indeed a layer of separation between Hermes and the current Chaos worldly laws.

"As a fellow survivor of the destruction of our world, there's nothing wrong with handing over your legacy to me."

"After all, in a sense, if I can be promoted to a great divine power in the future, or even continue to climb along this path, perhaps you can also 'come back to life' in an alternative way."

"In this world, the definitions of 'life' and 'death' shouldn't be so rigid..."

Stepping into the Egyptian settlement, Hermes did not hide his tracks at all.

Just a moment later, someone discovered his whereabouts.

"Who's there—wait, who are you?! Stop, don't go any further!"

Whoosh-!

An arrow came through the air and pierced the ground in front of Hermes.

Behind a wooden shelter in the distance, the ragged, skinny Egyptians looked nervous.

In such an environment, in this broken world, beings like Hermes, who were dressed in luxurious clothes and spotless, would have died out long ago.

Stimulated by the movement here, more figures emerged from everywhere... Looking at this scene, the Great Alchemist just smiled and spread his hands.

"【food】"

As soon as he finished speaking, the red rain falling from the sky blurred for a moment, and then turned into a sky full of wheat.

With the blessing of the [Philosopher's Stone] and the [Gold Ring] it projected, Hermes easily performed alchemy that could turn stone into gold, turning raindrops into food.

With eyes wide open, the Egyptian, who had not seen a miracle for a long time, stood there in a daze.

Smiling again, the Great Alchemist waved his hand and cast a layer of 'filter' on himself.

"As you can see, people of Egypt."

"The world is broken, the gods fall... but there are always survivors."

"I was originally a gnome (guardian god) of a city-state, protecting the peace of the city-state. But the natural disaster made all of this a thing of the past, and also gave me a good opportunity to become a new god."

"Now, I, Cyrene Hermes Thoth, will protect you in the name of God and open up my own 'Yalu' here."

"Are you willing to accept my protection, offer your faith to me, and give me due respect and piety, just as you believed in the Nine Pillars of God?"

Without lying, Hermes asked himself that the patron saint of Athens could also be understood as a patron saint.

Cyrene was the place where he was born in the virtual world, and Thoth was the one among the gods in the world of Hermeneu who had the highest compatibility with the various powers he possessed.

As for 'Yalu'... it is a kind of afterlife in Egyptian culture, a place similar to some kind of spiritual realm, and more similar to the Kingdom of God.

In the Egyptians' understanding, the Gnomes (guardian gods) in various places have the ability to open up "Yalu" and temporarily retain the souls of the dead.

Regarding this, Hermes could also temporarily weave an illusion to allow the souls of these alien creatures to survive forever - he had long been curious about this kind of 'Ka' and 'Ba' style soul structure.

If I study Chaos' soul, I might become a blasphemer if I'm not careful, but it doesn't matter if I study the souls of people from other worlds.

Considering that these Egyptians might become his believers in the future, Hermes only intended to conduct a superficial research on them.

As for something deeper... I heard that there are other living beings in the fragments of this world?

"Well, tell me your decision."

"Agree or refuse?"

"——We do!"

boom--!

He bowed his head and worshipped, as if he had found a bottle of water in the desert.

Looking at Hermes in front of them, the surviving Egyptians offered almost no resistance.

This was the faith in the past, and devouring among gods was even more common.

Is it strange that a gnome named Hermes inherited Thoth's legacy? Not at all.

The only problem is that no one has heard of the place name Cyrene... But in the face of life and death, no one cares about such a small matter.

……

From that day on, the Egyptians had their own "God" in this fragment of the world.

Natural disasters are still powerful and the environment is still harsh.

But these problems are not problems for the successors of Thoth, the former god of writing, wisdom and magic.

Gradually, these Egyptians were saved from despair, and their faith became more devout and fanatical.

As the object of their faith, the gap between Hermes and this broken world became increasingly shallow.

Until one day, he projected a real Gnome god from the Philosopher's Stone.

And this concept that he invented actually became a reality.

"It's really strange."

“The soul is divided into the part that carries the nature and animal consciousness, and the part that is used to receive the priesthood, power, and strength.”

"Ultimately, you will gain power through this, carry the powerful authority of the priesthood, and will not be affected."

“This structure may be replicated in the form of a meditation method, for use in the practice of future spellcasters that I pass on.”

Hermes was thoughtful. As the Philosopher's Stone was cast, his future path became clearer and clearer.

After he himself became a god, he was almost destined to create a "school", a school that took his own path to deification as the starting point, allowing future generations to continue to add bricks and tiles, but the essence of which was that they were all integrated.

With each additional branch, he becomes a little stronger; with each additional person who becomes a god through this, the "symbol" he wants to construct becomes a little more complete.

In a sense, it might make sense that the followers of the former Lord of Hell called him the 'Little God King'.

Although Hermes' path essentially has nothing to do with the masses, and those who later became gods have little to do with him even if they die again, but the two do lead to the same destination.

In this situation, this soul structure that significantly reduces the cost for mortals to touch divine power becomes very useful.

From the perspective of the Hermeneus, this was a flaw.

But from the perspective of mortals, isn't this a kind of talent?

"Um……"

"what?"

Hermes turned his head slightly and looked into the distance. After a moment, he looked away.

It was another conflict between the Egyptians and the "sinners" as they called them. The Great Alchemist was too lazy to pay attention to such a trivial matter.

Anyway, in such a harsh environment, their conflict would not cause too much trouble.

"By the way, what would happen if I pulled Amon over here?"

"By sharing the same name, can he claim a portion of the legacy of the Egyptian god-king Amon-Ra-Atum?"

It was a sudden idea, but after thinking for a moment, Hermes gave up the idea.

If the other party really inherited the great divine power, I might not be able to subdue it.

Let's take it slow for now... I'll do these dangerous experiments after I become a god in the future.

……

On the other side, just as the arrival of Hermes changed the situation of the Egyptians.

In the dark cave, Judas silently completed his daily prayers, expressing his gratitude for the grace brought by the gods and confiding his doubts.

For some reason, during this period of time, the miracles that used to occur frequently have become much more obscure.

Although he was still able to have enough food and clothing with this, Judas's idea of ​​spreading the word among his people and claiming that he was also a prophet inspired by God was shattered halfway.

Of course, mortals cannot guess the will of gods.

Judas did not have any negative emotions because of this. He just thought that he failed to understand the intention of the gods.

However, not long ago, the noise coming from the Egyptians made him unable to sit still any longer.

Those despicable lowlifes, those shameless thieves.

Their gods stole the Lord's glory, and they themselves seized upon all things which the Lord had given to the Hebrews.

Now, their evil gods have not been completely eliminated, and they are even resurrecting!

"It's dangerous... You can't go near that place anytime soon."

"I uphold the will of the gods and am destined to spread glory for the Lord."

"So I can't die here. Even if I have to die, I have to die doing something more valuable."

Justifying his escape in his mind, Judas hid in a cave.

What he didn't know at the moment was that the incarnation of Zeus in him was also very depressed.

Outside the world, another incarnation of myself suddenly lost contact.

I didn't know what happened inside the fragments.

And among those local indigenous people, a god actually survived!

With a heavy heart, although he heard the name of Cyrene Hermes Thoth, Zeus did not feel that this Hermes had any relationship with that Hermes.

Just like the Great Alchemist had seen the Star God Amon, he did not think that the other party was related to the God King from foreign lands.

After secretly guiding Judas to take a look at the so-called Egyptian god from afar, Zeus no longer thought that it was related to a mortal in Chaos.

After all, he did sense an aura from that Egyptian god that was closely related to the fragments of this world, which was definitely not something Chaos could possess.

So as an incarnation, Zeus, who was unable to see through the reality of the Nome's projection, began to think about his own way out.

He felt that he had to do something and could no longer communicate with this human in such a vague way.

"call……"

"I originally wanted to go all the way and dress up as the god he believed in."

"But now it seems that in order to prevent my current state from lowering the status of that god in his heart, it would be better for me to pretend to be his subordinate first."

"Anyway, fooling a human being is as easy as pie for me."

The idea flashed through my mind, and the more I thought about it, the more feasible it seemed.

After thinking for a moment, Zeus took action without hesitation.

That night, a hint of black aura emanated from Judas' body and soon turned into gold.

Obviously, Zeus himself knew it.

For most mortals, the power of golden light is naturally more convincing than the oppressive black energy.