Hao Ren stared blankly at the statue of Vivian before him. The words on its pedestal stirred countless guesses in his mind, and Lily's explanation seemed the most likely of them all. He turned to the Bat Spirit beside him. "The Olympus family worshiped you back then?"
"That seems unlikely..." The confusion on Vivian's face was no less than anyone else's. "I was just fairly close with them. Besides, Zeus's family called themselves gods. Why would they go worship someone else when they had nothing better to do?"
"Actually, I don't think that makes sense either," Lily muttered. "With a bat's talent for bringing poverty wherever she goes, how desperate would someone have to be to believe she could keep them safe? Put up her statue today, and within two days the whole country would be ruined... Unless Zeus's family took the wrong medicine and decided to enshrine such a jinx in their house."
Vivian glared at Lily, grinding her back teeth as she forced the words out. "Say a little less! No one's going to mistake you for a mute!"
"Perhaps the Greek Gods of that era learned something." Hao Ren frowned, his gaze lingering on Vivian's statue. "Could it have something to do with Vivian's identity?"
"You mean... my connection with the Creation Goddess?" Vivian raised an eyebrow. "The Olympian 'gods' wanted to make use of that connection?"
Hao Ren nodded slightly and explained his thoughts bit by bit. "The only thing they could call a 'disaster' was a massive attack by the Demon Hunters, so the statue's purpose should have been to prevent something like that. Perhaps the Greek Gods of that era recovered part of their memories concerning the Creation Goddess, then learned about your connection with her. They may have thought that worshiping you would