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Compared to her, who has persisted in upholding the truth of God until now, the gods still think that Freya, who gave up her persistence like a clown, is more beautiful?
Ista thought it was time for her to speak out.
Either those men were blind, or they were afraid of Freya's power and were afraid that if they didn't praise Freya against their will, Freya would forcibly send them back to heaven and they dared not tell the truth.
——It is my duty to overthrow Freya’s tyranny.
But compared to Freya's family, even though the Istar family is one of the best families in the city, the gap in strength between them is still too great.
To this end, she united some forces that were dissatisfied with Freya's family, and also united some forces outside Orario. Even so, the gap in power between them was still too large to make up.
Until she accidentally saw Chun Ji, who was about to be bought by a wealthy businessman in the slave market.
Initially, Ista just didn't want her beauty to be ruined by the fat rich businessman. Even though she was the queen of Pleasure Street and was not averse to matters between men and women, she was the goddess of beauty after all and could not tolerate her beauty being destroyed.
Even in Pleasure Street, people are picky about their customers. Rich, fat merchants with no taste are no longer on the menu of the Ishtar family.
After buying Haruhime, Ishtar took her in as a follower and discovered Haruhime's magic - which could forcibly increase the adventurer's level.
Only then did Ishtar see the hope of defeating Freya.
...Although at this point, given Freya's current situation, there is no need for her to continue.
A smile appeared on Ishtar's face.
She is not a goddess who doesn't care about her family. In order to make the most of Haruhime's magic, she had to make Haruhime's soul into a killing stone so that the upgrade magic that could only work on one adventurer could work on more adventurers at the same time. In fact, she also left Haruhime a way to survive.
The magic that turned Haruhime's soul into the Killing Stone is not irreversible.
All they had to do was return Haruhime's soul after defeating Freya - even so, in the battle with Freya's family, the fragments of the Killing Stone, which were divided into multiple pieces and carried by different adventurers, would probably be difficult to remain intact in the battle.
But the other people in the family are in the same danger.
Unable to retrieve all the pieces of the Killing Stone, Haruhime's soul cannot be restored, but other members of Ishtar's Familia may also have died in the battle with Freya's Familia.
Since the clan has accepted the grace of the gods, they naturally have the obligation to fulfill the wishes of the gods.
Ishtar believes that she is different from Freya, a reckless god, and she is more or less self-aware.
The grace of gods is indeed precious, but it is not completely equivalent to life.
Based on this, Ishtar's awareness as a god was that he would not allow his subordinates to participate in a battle where they would surely die.
Compared to the result of 'potentially losing one's life in a battle with Freya', 'not receiving the favor provided by Istar' or 'not being bought by Istar and becoming a plaything of a wealthy businessman' are obviously more unacceptable to these members of the Istar clan.
Therefore, Ishtar commanded his family members with dignity.
From her perspective as a god, since this was not a battle to the death, her followers had the obligation to fight for her wishes.
Compared to most of the reckless gods, Ishtar felt that she was relatively lawful among Orario.
But seeing as Freya had fallen to the state she was in today, she was more or less relieved. She didn't need to continue to be enemies with Freya's family, and it would naturally be best if her family didn't have to die.
Ishtar lazily fell on the bed. Freya's suffering was not her doing, but she didn't care.
She and Freya are not enemies, she just looks down on Freya unilaterally. No matter who did it, she is happy as long as Freya is uncomfortable.
Shrugging his shoulders, Ista thought, forget about today, but tomorrow, I have to find at least ten...
Suddenly, Ishtar frowned slightly.
In the past, there were all kinds of subtle noises in the clan’s residence, wondering whether the girls in the clan would bring the men back.
nowadays……
Quietly.
Chapter 21 Conception
Accompanied by the sound of the door creaking open, Su Qing walked into the room.
Ishtar was sitting in the very center of the palace.
The goddess was dressed in a veil, revealing her brown skin without any cover. The various ornaments made of gold and silver could not cover it up at all.
If it were on a human, it would certainly look like an indecent outfit, but on Ishtar, it vaguely revealed a sacred meaning.
"What a rude boy!"
The goddess of beauty looked Su Qing up and down and couldn't help but sigh.
"What an arrogant god."
Su Qing shook her head.
"I admit that it's quite unexpected that you're here." Ista looked at Su Qing with fiery eyes and asked, "Whose family are you from? You can knock down my children silently, so you must be at least level 5... lv6, right?"
"I know all the level 6 in the city. I'm very curious about how and where they were upgraded to level 6."
"Child, tell all this--"
Snapped!
A crisp sound rang out in the house. Ista was startled and touched his burning left cheek in confusion.
...What just happened?
As a god, how could I be beaten by a child from the underworld?
A nameless anger rose in his heart, and at first he was furious, but just as he was about to lose his temper, Ista looked up at Su Qing's face and couldn't help but gritted his teeth.
I will endure.
"I think you may have some misunderstandings about the current situation." Ishtar took a deep breath and said calmly, "You are not in an advantageous position now. Children in the lower world cannot resist the temptation of the goddess of beauty."
But it would be a pity to seduce such a child and turn a netherworld person of this appearance into a puppet.
Until now, she still believes that she is the winner.
Gods and humans are different, and divine power is an omnipotent force that conforms to the mind and can be transformed into almost everything. There is no clear standard for what is called divine power.
As a result, there is a slight error in the understanding of what power is.
The fine wine brewed by the god of wine can make people indulge in it, and the weapons forged by the god of craftsmanship can grow with humans. These are things that can be achieved only by "technology" rather than using the power of gods.
The key point of the problem lies in how to understand "power".
For a deity who wields omnipotent power, it is a little difficult to distinguish the boundary between "skill" and "power".
For example, for ordinary people, strength is muscles, and technique is the various ways of exerting force.
The way to exert force is learned and figured out, while strength comes with the passage of time, growth or training.
The problem is that when gods are born, they possess both 'power' and 'technology'.
These two things are impossible to confuse and are clearly distinguished for humans, but this is not the case for gods.
Having said that, the gods are not idiots. After hundreds of millions of years, if it was a god like the God of War, it is impossible that he still cannot tell the difference between skill and strength. If it was a God of Fire, it is impossible that he cannot tell the difference between the power to create flames and the skill to control flames.
Most gods can divide strength and skills, but the Goddess of Beauty is an exception.
The definition of beauty is too self-centered and there is no clear standard.
To put it simply, when the gods in heaven made the decision to seal the power down to the human world, all the gods agreed.
But there was a small bug with the Goddess of Beauty.
The goddess of beauty can charm other gods. Is this "power" or "skill"? Is it because of divine power or because the goddess of beauty has a much better understanding of "beauty" than other gods?
After the gods sealed their powers and went to the underworld, other gods went to the underworld and found that their powers were sealed, and only their skills were left.
After the goddess of beauty descended to the mortal world, she discovered that what she left behind was "power".
The difference between the two is that skills can be learned by others.
The gods can pass on their skills to humans, such as the forging technology of the god of craftsmanship, the brewing technology of the god of wine, and so on. Even if no one in an entire era can master them, as long as the gods are willing to teach, humans will definitely gain something.
Every now and then, someone would be able to approach or even reach the realm of the gods.
Hundreds of years ago, the sages who discovered the Philosopher's Stone and the elixir of immortality reached the realm of gods in terms of alchemy - the realm when gods are not using their divine power.
But the goddess of beauty is different.
The goddess of beauty can teach her understanding of beauty to the people in the underworld, so that the people in the underworld will dress more appropriately, be more attractive, and appear more charming.
But that’s the extent of it.
The children of the underworld could never resist the charm of the goddess of beauty, and even the beautiful people in the underworld could not reach this level.
The top adventurers and war gods have learned combat techniques that allow them to defeat all other humans in the underworld.
The most beautiful women and goddesses of beauty have learned how to dress themselves up, surpassing all humans in the underworld in charm - here, both are equivalent.
In heaven, the goddesses of beauty mistakenly confused "being able to surpass other humans in charm" with "being able to charm all humans".
The definition of beauty is somewhat subjective, and when distinguishing between strength and skill, the Goddess of Beauty chooses to refer to the divisions of other gods.
The Goddess of Beauty thinks that if the top strong men in the lower world can learn the fighting skills of the God of War, they will be invincible in the world. Then, if they can learn their understanding of beauty, they will surely win the hearts of all humans.
Based on this standard, the goddess of beauty misunderstood the difference between strength and skill, mistaking some of the goddess of beauty's 'strength' for 'skill', so that when in the lower world, the goddess of beauty can easily capture the hearts of other humans.
Only after arriving in the underworld did I discover something unusual.
Even if a strong man learns the fighting skills of the God of War and becomes truly invincible, even if he wins over other strong men with an overwhelming advantage under equal conditions, he still cannot stop the strong man's fans from talking.
Some crazy fans can find all kinds of excuses to excuse their idols even if they lose the battle, such as saying that they did not eat before the battle or ate too much before the battle.
The battle may be lost, but the words are definitely not lost.
Because she didn't think of this, using the "skills" recognized by the gods of war as the standard, the goddess of beauty thought that if the top strong men in the lower world learned this fighting skill, they would be invincible in the world. Then if everyone in the lower world learned the dressing method of our goddess of beauty, they should be able to charm all humans.
The true standard of equality between the two should be that the top beauty's understanding of beauty reaches the level of the goddess of beauty, which will objectively make her the most beautiful woman in the world. But even so, there will still be people who choose to admire other beauties.
Strength and weakness are objective, and a battle can determine who is the best in the world, but beauty is subjective. If others do not recognize you, you are not the best in the world.
When the goddess of beauty set the standard, she mistakenly believed that the limit of beauty skills was "the degree to which one can be the best in the world", so that some "powers" that people in the lower world could never learn were mixed in.
In the heavenly realm's system of sensing divine power and forcibly repatriating people, the goddesses of beauty set the level of being able to 'charm all humans in the lower realms' to a level that does not require the use of divine power.
So much so that when in the underworld, the goddess of beauty seemed to have some bugs - of course, the goddesses of beauty did not dare to take advantage of this peculiarity to act recklessly.