[Greek Mythology] Night
Act.02
Act.02
For the gods, time is the least valuable thing. The gods in Greek mythology possess immortality; each god with a divine title is an embodiment of specific rules. Even if their bodies are destroyed and their consciousness dissipates, they are merely returning to the origin of the laws.
Millions of years have passed since the birth of the world. After initially stabilizing the world, Chaos disappeared before several primordial gods. After some discussion, the four decided to each build their own temple.
Nyx's temple is located at the very top of the world, with the sky above the earth beneath his feet and outer space above his head. In this current incomplete pantheon, the divine title of the sky is in the hands of Gaia, the goddess of the earth. In the future, this divine title will belong to Gaia's son, the first god-king Uranus. The divine title of the space is currently in the hands of Nyx, and in the future, this divine title will belong to Aether, the eldest son of Nyx and Erebus, the goddess of space and light.
The thought of Erebus gave Nix a headache.
"Host, don't worry too much. This problem was bound to happen," a comforting voice echoed in Nix's mind. "Speaking of which, the goddesses of fate are the children of the host and the god of darkness."
"Shut up!"
Thinking about this strange system on his body, Nix's headache worsened.
This system claimed to be an invention of a great god from a future world, its purpose being to help the host collect the primal power of various worlds to enhance the host's strength.
According to it, its original host was a certain nerdy college student from the 21st century. Who knew this nerd would suddenly transmigrate? An ordinary human body naturally couldn't survive in the temporal turbulence; the nerd's body and soul were obliterated in the temporal chaos, leaving only the system with some of the nerd's memories, arriving at the time of the world's birth and merging with the newly born Nix.
"Fortunately, this system is attached to a deity of the host's level, otherwise Chaos would have discovered it long ago."
The system felt a lingering fear. Chaos, the Chaos God, was a creator god, even the system's creator couldn't compare. Fortunately, the host, Nyx, as a primordial god, possessed immense power, preventing Chaos from peering into the host's soul.
"But, is the method you mentioned really effective?"
Nyx asked.
"It should be fine. The system has encountered deities using this method during its travels with other hosts. They conceived offspring through spiritual union."
Nyx wasn't the system's first host. Before Nyx, the system had other hosts. According to the system, these hosts successfully collected the primordial power of various worlds with its help, becoming powerful beings.
Although spiritual union is still union, for Nyx, who had absorbed some of the memories of a modern-day otaku, accepting the idea of having a sexual relationship with his brother was still extremely difficult.
The world had just been born. Besides a few primordial gods, there were only some magical beasts born from chaos. There were no banquets, no places for leisure and entertainment. Nyx, with his otaku memories, desperately missed the computers, cell phones, and countless online novels and anime series of the future world.
The unfortunate otaku god Nyx's daily routine consisted of comprehending the laws and sleeping. Just as he finished his studies and prepared to take a nap for several hundred years, chaos suddenly underwent a violent change.
Since the birth of the world, the power of chaos had remained in a state of calm. Chaos's slumber was to prevent the power of chaos from harming this nascent world.
Nyx was startled; such a dramatic change in chaos was rare. He stood up and disappeared from the temple.
The boundary between chaos and the world lay beneath the abyss. Nyx traversed the earth and darkness, entered the upper level of the abyss, and then found the entrance left by Tartarus, heading to the bottom of the abyss.
Deep within the abyss, at the edge of the void.
The four primordial gods were gathered here; Nyx was the last to arrive. "Long time no see, Nyx."
Gaia greeted him with a smile.
"Long time no see, sister," Nyx replied politely.
At this time, Gaia was still a loving older sister to her brothers, not yet the power-hungry goddess she later became in mythology.
"I heard from Erebus that you refused his invitation to his temple last time?" Gaia asked.
Nyx stiffened. For millions of years, he had avoided being alone with Erebus. Although he was now a male god, the divine nature of night and darkness naturally attracted each other, and after Erebus' initial struggle, he had slowly accepted the fact that his future wife was a male god.
But!
His acceptance doesn't mean I accept it!
Nyx was inwardly fuming. Erebus was indeed a handsome man, but I'm straight, okay?! Even if I can accept having children, it doesn't mean I accept the fact that I'm going to be gay with my brother!
System: There are too many things to complain about; this system doesn't know where to begin.
"The divine essence I managed had some problems back then, so I've been staying in my temple," Nix said, bringing up the excuse he'd given Erebus.
Erebus stood silently to the side.
Gaia nodded.
"Indeed, since the pantheon hasn't been established yet, the divine essence is always a bit restless. Once we've established the pantheon, there shouldn't be any problems."
Regarding the establishment of the pantheon, the four primordial gods actually had some understanding. The world's laws were incomplete, so the four powerful deities could foresee the future to some extent. Gaia and Nix would play an unparalleled role in the birth of the pantheon. Since Erebus was destined to unite with Nix, Tartarus would definitely unite with Gaia.
Thinking of this, Gaia couldn't help but glance at Tartarus. However, the God of the Abyss remained coldly standing at the edge, not responding to Gaia's gaze.
"...My children..."
Chaos's voice echoed from the void. He had slumbered since the creation of the world, and this was the first time he had awakened.
"Your brother is about to be born; he is the last primordial god of this world."
Chaos's words were undoubtedly a bombshell. Another primordial god was about to be born?
"Strange, the world has already been created, how can there still be a primordial god?" Gaia was perplexed.
Primordial gods are the embodiment of the world; the four of them already constituted the entire world. Theoretically, there cannot be a fifth primordial god.
Of the gods present, besides Chaos, perhaps only Nyx, through his future memories, knew about this last primordial god, their brother.
He was the only primordial god who was not an embodiment of the world, because he represented the most primal love between gods.
Eros, the god of love and lust.