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Artemis looked helpless. After thinking for a moment, she smiled bitterly and shook her head, saying, "Well, no wonder you were my great-grandfather when we were playing the God System Game in the Heaven Realm... I guess you saw through me."
"You're just a good guesser."
Ouranos said.
Because Uranus had studied the gods carefully, he naturally knew that the character of the gods was often related to their priesthood.
The priesthood does not represent everything. As time goes by, the personalities of most gods will change out of boredom.
Priesthood is the essence of a deity, but it is not all of a deity. In determining a deity’s character, priesthood is an innate factor, while the deity’s life is an acquired factor.
Hundreds of millions of years of boredom were simply too long and too hard to endure.
But there are exceptions.
Some gods do not find these hundreds of millions of years of life boring at all, and do not pursue so-called fun and excitement.
This kind of deity is naturally cold and aloof, such as various moon gods and home gods.
Therefore, Hestia and Artemis, after splitting the guardian side into Vesta, became good friends in heaven.
When others are troubled by the inability to realize the concept of divine duties, or are annoyed by the boredom of life, people like the God of Home and the Goddess of the Moon stay at home peacefully, completely unaware of what outsiders are worried about.
I can play at home with a ball of wool for a year, and another year can pass by looking up at the motionless clouds.
What is boring or not? I don’t understand at all.
Hestia was a special case. To Artemis, she was a rare deity who was not affected by the hundreds of millions of years of life in heaven, nor troubled by the concept of being unable to fulfill her divine duties.
Moreover, he is a god who is not restricted by his own identity as a god.
The situation in heaven was hell for many gods, but for Artemis, it was very ordinary and there was no need to worry about it.
This also resulted in her being like a girl who grew up in a normal environment.
Uranus had observed and he knew Artemis' character very well.
If Artemis knew that he was planning to plot against those gods, she would definitely stop him - because at this moment, as far as the underworld was concerned, those gods had not made any mistakes.
When other gods lose interest in the underworld or even plan to destroy it, Artemis will also stop them - because Artemis cannot stand this kind of thing.
Artemis’ actions could certainly be called upright, but she was not Astraea, a goddess bound by justice.
When you see injustice, you will help if you are able, and pretend you didn't see it if you are not able. Artemis, the moon goddess, is the one who is too lazy to think about such a troublesome thing as what is justice.
After all, Artemis is a rare goddess who manages her own clan but operates outside of Orario.
In Orarie, if adventurers want to fight, they just need to go into the dungeon and look for monsters.
Outside of Orario, it is not easy for adventurers to find monsters, and most of the monsters they can find are in groups or dangerous.
The reason is simple. I, Artemis, cannot bear to see the gods playing with their families in Orario according to their own interests, but I have no other choice.
Firstly, these clans joined the gods' army on their own will, and it was consensual. Secondly, the gods did do some evil, but overall, the benefits outweighed the disadvantages to the underworld.
I, Artemis, am unable to solve the problem and I can’t bear to watch it… Then I won’t stay in Orario. Is it okay if I don’t watch it?
She is just like most human beings. Who has the time to quibble about what is justice and what is right?
When faced with the trolley problem, the goddess of justice Astraea will try to figure out what justice is, while Artemis will only think about saving everyone.
The problem: If she had to limit her ability to save everyone, Artemis might choose to sacrifice herself to save everyone, but if she didn't even have the option of sacrificing herself...
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Whoever loves to die can die, I have no choice but to close my eyes and pretend I didn’t hear it, at most I can mourn in my heart.
She would just put the matter behind her afterwards. Since it had already passed and she had no power to change the outcome, and it was not caused by her, there was nothing she could do except accept it.
Being distressed by the crimes committed by others, and feeling remorse and introspection for being unable to stop them, is what a hero does, and is justice.
Artemis is not righteous, she is just upright. She will say no to things she doesn't like, but she is far from being like a hero who blames herself and feels guilty for not being able to prevent tragedy... She is probably just sympathetic.
After all, this integrity and Artemis's nature had nothing to do with the priesthood.
Her position as the Moon Goddess ensured that she would not feel bored in her life as a god over these hundreds of millions of years, and this integrity was the character that Artemis had developed over these hundreds of millions of years.
and so--
Uranus said calmly: "Artemis, you are not my enemy now. It is not me who is planning to destroy the gods now."
"Moreover, you don't have the power to save the gods. Even if you reveal it, it will only allow the gods to release their power and cause damage to the underworld."
"As always, just turn a blind eye."
Artemis was silent for a moment, then raised her head and looked at Uranus without flinching.
"...If you don't try, how do you know you can't stop it?"
"How are you going to try?"
"It has nothing to do with you, but..."
"The gods may have deserved their punishment, but even if they should be judged, it should not be now, in this way."
Artemis said coldly, "I'll stop it for you to see!"
Artemis said as she turned and left.
Looking at the back of the Moon Goddess, Uranus shook his head slightly, with a smile on his face.
Chapter 48: Combat
Hostess Tavern of Plenty.
Since returning to Orario, Astraea has been hanging out in taverns, which disappointed the gods of Orario for a while. In the messy ranking of celestial goddesses, she is quite popular because of her gentle personality.
But there have been a lot of interesting things happening in Orario recently, so no one came to disturb her on purpose, and she was happy to be affectionate with Liu.
Astraea was naturally willing to go to an unknown world, but she also knew that it would inevitably come with risks. These few days in Orario might be her last peaceful days.
She simply became a waitress in the Rich Mistress. It seemed that because of the goddess's joining, the store attracted many adventurers who were bored because the dungeon was temporarily closed.
The adventurers, who had nowhere to vent their experiences, kept discussing what had happened in the past few days in the store.
Astraea saw that and couldn't help but shook her head.
Because of the performance at the Tower of Babel these days, the authority of the gods declined very quickly. Although only Orario knew about the performance of the gods, if Orario knew it, it meant that the whole world knew it.
The world is big, but Orario is the center of the world and the home of the largest number of adventurers. Picking out a first-rate adventurer can wipe out an entire country in the outside world.
The situation in Orario has changed, which will affect the entire underworld.
Over the past thousand years, the prestige of the gods in the underworld has not been low. Even in the countryside, many people know that the gods have brought peace to the underworld... but that is actually of little use.
The Zeus family and the Hera family ruled Orario for a thousand years. To be frank, the credit for bringing peace to the underworld lies with Zeus, Hera, and Uranus, who founded the union. The three gods together account for at least half of the credit.
But after Zeus and Hera's family failed in their expedition against the black dragon, they were directly driven out of Orario, and the people in those countries or villages did not become dissatisfied enough to riot.
There may be people who believe in God wholeheartedly, but for most people, their reverence for God is nothing compared to their reverence for the village chief or the landlord.
Even though we know that gods really exist in this world, it is still too far away for most people.
The authority of the gods among the adventurers of Orario has been shaken. Although it will not spread to other places in a short time, the adventurers of Orario believe that this has laid the foundation for shaking the authority of the gods in the underworld.
After all, when it comes down to it - as long as those gods are dead, the living gods will have plenty of ways to throw dirty water on them. The dead cannot speak, and they cannot win over the living in public opinion.
The gods are not stupid. They know that one of the reasons why they live a comfortable life in the underworld is because the people in the underworld respect them.
If this awe is gone, the likes of Loki's family will naturally be safe and sound, and no one will find a chance to attack Loki, but most gods are not so wealthy that they have level 2 and above adventurers to protect them at all times.
Even the most law-abiding family members are envied by countless merchants and nobles.
Once the underworld no longer fears the gods, there will be many people who plan to attack the gods.
There are two points to limit human action.
One is that after human death, the soul returns to heaven and falls into the hands of gods. The other is that the gods are in a crisis in the underground and may not want to play anymore. Without the support of gods, the underworld falls into chaos.
But there are many people who don’t care about these things. Many people just want to live a happy life and don’t take death seriously at all.
Knowing this, the gods still allow it...
Astraea shook her head. Logically speaking, it was fine for the gods to do so. Over hundreds of millions of years, the gods had never encountered any accidents that could kill them. Experiencing life in the underworld was just entertainment for the gods. Although they knew what would happen if people in the underworld generally stopped fearing the gods, the gods did not think that would become a reality.
However, while working as a waitress at Hostess of Abundance, Astraea also reflected a little.
Even if no accident that could kill the gods has been discovered for hundreds of millions of years, the gods are creatures that seek surprises and the unknown for fun.
There must be a reason for this incident to happen, and to be on the safe side, the gods should have done some investigation.
Having no sense of crisis seems to be one of the problems that she urgently needs to change as a god.
Many people in the underworld, even when facing friends and relatives with whom they can trust their lives, will still feel uncomfortable when the other party puts a weapon on their neck, even if they know it is a joke, and they will urgently want to stop the joke and get out of that situation.
Many times, even though I have clearly closed the door before leaving home, I still check it a second and third time before leaving.
It would be fine if gods were truly omniscient and omnipotent, but being completely omniscient and having no sense of worry is just a reasonable attitude towards life.
But if the gods were truly omniscient, how could they possibly find pleasure in all kinds of novelty?
Even though he was facing something he didn't know, he acted completely according to his own principles. Even after he realized the problem, he still didn't care and believed that there was nothing in the world that could threaten him...
This is common sense formed by the gods over hundreds of millions of years, but common sense does not work in all situations.
It is definitely not wrong to be a little cautious when it comes to things that you should care about, even if that caution may seem unnecessary to outsiders.
Even if there were no visitors from other worlds, just in this world, when the gods encountered some existence that could restrain themselves, they would probably suffer a bloody head due to carelessness.
In a star-sized world, the gods are powerless, but they also have no way to destroy the gods' resurrection mechanism.
But if they were to involve cosmic phenomena deeper than stars, such as the black holes that Su Qing had mentioned to her, it might not be impossible for the gods to be unable to resurrect.
Astraea nodded slightly, reminding herself that after going to the new world, she should think twice before doing anything.
While mentally organizing the experiences that might come to me after going to the new world, I worked as a waiter in the store with a smile on my face.
Suddenly, Astraea's face froze as she looked at the girl in front of her.
She had been away from Orario for several years, and Artemis was also the type who had not been away from Orario for a long time, but the two had met in Orario a few years ago.