whoosh-

The projection is in front, the real body is behind.

It is difficult to find the concept of distance in the void. As he moves forward, Hermes can only rely on the position of the world behind him to barely determine his direction.

I don’t know how long it took, but at a certain moment, at the end of his perception, the God of Business vaguely sensed something.

Looking up, at the very edge of where the world's power extends, an irregular light spot is floating up and down, flashing a faint light.

And in front of the light, a familiar yet unfamiliar figure was standing there.

"That's... it's him!"

His expression suddenly changed. He never expected that he would actually meet the God King.

Taking a step back, Hermes almost ran away on the spot.

However, the next moment, he recovered from his panic.

Hermes suddenly realized that if the person standing in front of him was the great divine power and the ruler of the gods, then he must have discovered his trace. What difference would it make whether he ran or not?

On the other hand, if the other party did not discover his trace... does that mean that he is not that strong at the moment, and he is just scaring himself?

"...The incarnation of the God King Zeus, but why is he here?"

Calm down and observe for a long time.

After repeatedly confirming that the other party probably didn't notice his arrival, Hermes thought for a moment and felt a little pleasantly surprised.

Although it was just an incarnation, it was so weak that even he didn't notice it.

But the fact that the King of Gods attaches so much importance to it seems to mean that this tiny fragment in front of him is definitely not simple.

The remains of a world, a place similar to the Asgard realm "opened up" by Zeus?

After a moment of silence, Hermes gave up the idea of ​​leaving.

It's not arrogance. In fact, he is very clear about how big the gap is between himself and the great divine power.

But considering it from another perspective, a secret that can attract the attention of great divine power is definitely extraordinary.

Moreover, after calming down, Hermes also remembered the battle on Mount Olympus not long ago.

At that time, he summoned his most powerful projection and watched the conflict between the God King and the spirit world from a distance.

Although he could not guarantee how much power Zeus sealed in Asgard could extend to the outside world, the other party still had to take into account various things on the sacred mountain.

Inexplicably, he was a little excited, and there was a hint of eagerness to try in his eyes.

As a god who dared to steal Apollo's cattle just after he was born, Hermes has never been a law-abiding person.

"Well... no rush."

"I have to see what it is before I decide whether to do it or not."

Exhaling lightly, Hermes let his projection move forward first.

"Some people do business that will get them killed, but no one does business that will lose money."

"As the former god of commerce, I cannot afford to lose my capital."

……

Wearing flying shoes with wings on his feet, he opened the portal between the two realms.

Now that the decision had been made, Hermes no longer hesitated.

He did not rush to attack the God King's incarnation, which was so weak that it seemed like it could be blown down by a gust of wind. He just created a projection of the God of the Sea.

By making a little noise casually, Hermes successfully attracted the attention of Zeus.

The Oceanic Gods are located at the edge of the world, at the end of the ocean, so it is very likely that they will appear there.

So there was no doubt that after noticing their presence, the King of Gods would definitely go and check it out, which naturally gave Hermes an opportunity.

And with this introduction, if something really happens in the future, the news of "discovering traces of the Ocean God System" can also be used to take the blame for himself and become the reason for the "incarnation's collapse without reason".

Seeing that everything was going well, Hermes flashed and arrived in this fragment of the world.

"Tsk...it seems a bit troublesome."

"But fortunately, there doesn't seem to be anything too powerful here."

He shook his head slightly, not quite like Zeus.

For Hermes, who had already experienced the journey between reality and illusion, and whose artifacts were made of materials mixed with foreign objects, the different rules between different interfaces were not that difficult to adapt to - at least that was the case for most of the fragments that had been infected by Chaos.

The only bad thing is probably here. Even if the projection is created using the Philosopher's Stone, the power it holds is reduced again.

In Chaos, the "information" and "marks" from the virtual world can exert 30% of the authority of the gods, because the two are originally one.

Even if Ryan didn't exist, perhaps the trajectory of that world was the true destiny...but the fragments of Hemenu are different.

To it, both the virtual world and the real Chaos are external forces.

Under such circumstances, it is difficult for the gods to exercise authority here.

Therefore, the power of the Philosopher's Stone, which was Hermes' greatest reliance, was mostly destroyed.

But he didn't take it too seriously, because he wasn't here to fight... He just used a little trick to cover his tracks as the God of Thieves.

Soon, not long after arriving in this strange world, Hermes successfully found the 'locals' here.

But no matter how you look at it, their current situation is not good...

"Egyptian?"

Her elegant clothing was slender and perfect, and she held a silver scale on her fingertips.

On both sides of the scale are gold coins and books.

It was raining blood from the sky, and Hermes seemed to be able to feel the world crying.

Even though He had died long ago and there was no possibility of resurrection, just like a living creature whose head had been chopped off, its body would still twitch instinctively.

This was the last chant of the world, and when it fell into Hermes' ears, it was hard for him not to think of certain things.

"Just like me, and the destruction of the illusory world."

"Did you also encounter a world destroyer, or was the collapse of the world itself caused by the destruction of your own people?"

Silently, Hermes moved among these Egyptians.

If the Philosopher's Stone could only summon the projection of one type of god at a time, he would like to summon the shadow of Mnemosyne, the wife of the God King in the virtual world, the mother of the nine Muses, the ancient Titan god.

With her power, he could easily read the memories of these mortals... Fortunately, after several twists and turns, Hermes found what he wanted in a ruined temple.

It was the murals and the texts that the priests who followed the Egyptian high priest Cassim, who were not gathered in Heliopolis, did not know what was going on there.

But they still recorded the history they saw before the world was destroyed - about the past of the Hemenu world, their order and culture, the legends of the gods, and the end of it all.

Browsing them one by one, looking at all this, Hermes was thoughtful.

Ka and Ba, the patron saints of their respective cities, the Nile River, the Ennead, and the Hebrews who were denounced as sinners...

And their king of the gods, the all-seeing lord, Amon-Ra-Atum.

"Amon?"

"What a coincidence."

With a casual smile, Hermes couldn't help but have some associations when he heard a familiar name in another world.

However, he mostly just laughed these things off and didn't take them to heart.

After all, compared with the star god Amon that he knew, the power of Amon-Ra-Atum from another world would definitely not be lower than that of Zeus. He was a well-deserved great divine power with power that surpassed all other gods.

He is the sun, the supreme being, the beginning and patron god of Egypt.

In comparison, the only thing in common between the Amon that he had seen and him was probably the similarity between the sun and the stars - although the similarity was across worlds.

So no matter how you think about it, it is unlikely that this foreign sun has any connection with the star god of another world.

Of course, having said that, Hermes still kept a watchful eye.

Because for gods, names are often mysteriously connected with power, information, and destiny.

The God King from the foreign land proved the uniqueness of the name 'Amon', so it is very likely that the Star God Amon will also gain some benefits and acquire some indescribable specialness with the integration of foreign fragments.

As one of the seventy-two 'pillars' chosen by himself, Amon would of course like to be as strong as possible, but the premise is that he cannot exceed his control.

After all, once you cross that threshold, their role to you is no longer critical, but that doesn't mean they are useless.

No one would think that their power is too strong, and Hermes is no exception.

So he secretly decided to prepare a backup plan and the God of Thieves continued to look down.

It took half a day to finish reading the records in this dilapidated temple.

Coming back to his senses, Hermes felt that his greatest discovery was not anything else but the peculiar ecology of the gods in this alien world.

They will age, die, and weaken over time.

Even their divine authority is not fixed, but a power that can be separated, bestowed, devoured, and integrated.

As powerful as Atum, the first god of the world of Hemenu, who was born in front of the most ancient artifact, the Benben Stone, he eventually succumbed to the years and was replaced by the later god Ra.

Even his name was not left behind, and he became just an incarnation of Ra, no longer possessing anything he once had.

"It's terrible. Gods can be killed and slaughtered just like mortal beings... but it seems I am the same."

"After leaving this illusory world, I am no longer immortal..."

His eyes flickered. Fortunately, Hermes knew that as long as he could follow his current path to the end, he could still gain immortal life even without the innate immortal nature of the true god Chaos.

"Well, it seems that the deity that this temple once worshipped was a deity called 'Thoth'."

"He is in charge of wisdom, writing, and records. He is called the Mind of Ra, which sounds a bit like the goddess of wisdom Metis of the previous generation."

"It's just that due to his gender, he never married the God King."

"According to later records, he also obtained the priesthood of magic and became one of the nine gods revered by Upper and Lower Egypt..."

The Ennead of Egypt are probably the twelve main gods under the King of Olympus.

As for which of the two sides is stronger, Hermes has no way of judging.

After all, judging from the fact that the opponent has turned into fragments, the Chaos world may indeed be stronger than the opponent, but this does not mean that the strength of the Pillar God is necessarily weaker than the main god of Olympus.

After all, Chaos has too many gods. Even if the great divine powers are excluded, the number of powerful divine powers that can defeat ordinary main gods cannot be counted on one hand.

Like Zephyrus, the god of the west wind, Hephaestus, the god of craftsmen, Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty, Demeter, the goddess of agriculture... Hermes suspected that their strength was definitely much weaker than it appeared on paper.

At least when facing this god named Thoth, they are definitely no match for him.

But then again, what use is this world to me?

Hermes was able to confirm that there was no origin left by the gods, or the "Ka" and "Ba" recorded in their mythology.

Perhaps in other places, such as the Nile River, or in places where Egyptians live in large numbers, there will be local gods surviving, and he can get some benefits from them.

But this fragment is too small and too insignificant.

As a result, it entered the scope of Chaos' world, but it did not have any additional value at all.

If he had to say what he had gained, Hermes felt that it was this knowledge.

No matter what, it’s the same world after all.

What we learn from here can definitely be applied to other world fragments, and perhaps bring some advantages for future exploration...

"……wrong!"

"For other gods, this may be true, but it doesn't seem to be the case for me."

"Ka and Ba, the gods who devoured each other, one replacing the other, even replacing it with its own incarnation..."

His expression changed slightly, and the light in his eyes became brighter and brighter.

Suddenly, Hermes found that he didn't necessarily need these tangible things.

As the last survivor of the virtual world, what does he rely on to embark on such a unique path to becoming a god?

What is his greatest reliance that enables him to create this unique artifact [Philosopher's Stone]?

Was it the emerald ring that I caught a glimpse of, or was it the help from the Lord of Hell?

They may be, but they are not the most critical one.

Ultimately, Hermes' most important treasure has always been the illusory world itself.

Its information, its existence, and this collision between illusion and reality are the driving force that has brought me to where I am today.

And now, when another opportunity presents itself, are those so-called relics of the gods really important?

"…deal with Zeus's incarnation first."

"It's his bad luck. As the King of Gods, he should be the god who is most dependent on Chaos."

His eyes narrowed slightly, his figure gradually faded, and this temporarily summoned projection was directly cancelled by the real body.

Although he looked down on the power of the God-King's incarnation here, Hermes was still very cautious.

His former priesthood was not that of a god who was good at fighting, so he should find a being who was strong enough to fight and directly and decisively solve the incarnation of the God King.