Blessings of the Greek Gods

Hearing Ma Ding's question, the middle-aged woman Audrey looked slightly stunned.

What can prove this? There's really no substantial evidence to prove it.

Even if those who witnessed the miracle testified for her, these three young people probably wouldn't believe it; they would only think that the three young people were in cahoots to deceive them.

Seeing is believing, hearing is deceiving, Audrey understood that, but...

Ma Ding and his two companions, who had initially looked expectant and apprehensive, noticed Audrey's expression, and their anticipation and apprehension vanished, replaced by rather grim expressions.

Ma Ding asked in astonishment, "Is there absolutely no proof?"

"If that's the case, we don't know whether we should believe you..."

Although they also wanted to join the group and try to believe in the God of Light Balder, they would not be willing to be deceived.

After waiting a while longer, they still didn't see Audrey produce any evidence to prove that she had been blessed by the gods. Disappointment filled the three of them, and they thought that Audrey was deceiving them.

Noticing their expressions, Audrey opened her mouth, wanting to explain, "His Highness Balder did indeed bestow a blessing upon me, that's true, but I have no proof, I can't..."

"Moreover, faith in deities is a sacred matter, and we cannot approach it with utilitarian motives..."

She was about to say something, but before she could finish, Sarah, the youngest of the three, changed her expression and snorted, "Hmph, we won't be fooled by you."

"Ma Ding, Mao Luo, let's go!"

As she spoke, she grabbed the two of them and headed towards the door.

Upon seeing this, Ma Ding and Mao Luo hesitated for a moment but did not stop her from dragging him.

Even if Sarah didn't stop them, they were already thinking about leaving.

Seeing their actions, the middle-aged man A Er En, who had brought them in, looked very unhappy and questioned them from behind, "What do you mean?"

In response, Sarah replied with disdain, "What do we mean? Of course, we don't believe the words of you liars."

"We won't believe you without any evidence!"

With that, she led Ma Ding and Mao Luo out of the house.

Upon seeing this, the middle-aged man A Er En, instinctively turned his head and looked at Audrey.

Noticing her sad expression, he quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, Audrey, I didn't expect them to be this kind of people."

Upon hearing this, Audrey shook her head and said, "It's alright. I expected this to happen. Even if they weren't here today, others would have raised questions later."

"Besides, faith is a sacred thing, so it's better if they don't join..."

Although Audrey said that, A Er En could still hear the sadness in her voice.

"Sigh..." A Er En sighed inwardly.

While the two of them were feeling distressed, Su Yao, who was watching them from the shadows through their shared sense of connection, began to ponder.

He had taken in the entire scene just now.

What If...? he hadn't paid much attention to or cared about the Faith Power before, he would definitely have ignored this matter, but now...

Gazing at Audrey, Su Yao thought that he should indeed give her something so that she could continue to spread her faith.

With this so-called proof, Audrey could better spread her faith and get more people to believe in her.

Su Yao naturally wouldn't choose not to do something that's guaranteed to make money with minimal investment and high returns. Doing nothing is a sacred thing; truly believing in faith is a sacred thing, while letting people spontaneously believe is a foolish thing.

In that case, how many people will believe and have faith?

At the very least, there must be something that can demonstrate a miracle.

Thinking this through, Su Yao couldn't help but ponder what he should give Audrey.

Blood? Divine power?

After thinking for a moment, a sudden inspiration struck Su Yao, and he couldn't help but think of an ability that he had forgotten for a long time.

"I remember Divine Word, it seems to be able to bless people, right?"

He remembered that with the attainment of the fifth level of Divine Word, he also possessed the same ability to bestow blessings and curses as the gods.

When it comes to the blessings and curses of the gods, one of the most famous examples is the blessing bestowed by the gods in Greece mythology. For instance, they once joined forces to bless a woman named Pandora.

In Greece, Pan means all and Dora means gift, so it means a woman who possesses all gifts.

God of Fire Hephaestus, bestowed upon Pandora a magnificent golden robe.

Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty, bestowed upon her beauty and the power to seduce men.

Hermes, the messenger of the gods, bestowed upon her the power of eloquence...

It can be said that the Twelve Olympian Gods have all bestowed their blessings.

Unfortunately, the Greek Gods were not so kind as to bestow so-called blessings so easily. Pandora was given to mankind as a beautiful yet calamity-ridden gift.

It was also the punishment the gods gave to mankind after Prometheus stole fire, and the beginning of the famous Pandora's Box incident.

In the magic box, God King Zeus, released both calamity and hope.

Ultimately, Pandora, driven by curiosity, opened the box, unleashing the calamities within and causing much suffering and misfortune for humanity.

Greed, hypocrisy, slander, jealousy, suffering, and many other evils all flew into the human world...

Before this, the world was peaceful and harmonious, without any disasters; after this, people were destined to struggle in pain.

Finally, Pandora realized what was happening and quickly closed the box.

The calamity flew away, but the hope that was about to fly away was left in the box.

One explanation is that, thankfully, there is still a glimmer of hope. No matter how difficult things get, people can still hold onto hope, which is similar to the experience of people in reality, and so this explanation has been used for a long time.

But there is another explanation...

Su Yao felt that the logic was flawed. Most of the Greece gods had never cared much about humans, so why would they kindly leave behind so-called hope?

First, hope was locked in a box rather than flying to earth, so there was no concept of leaving hope for people. Second, the Greece word for hope also means unrealistic desires.

In another version of the story, the box was secretly closed by the goddess of wisdom Athena, out of kindness.

Hope, which is the most terrible of all the evil forces in Pandora's Box, is left inside the box, and that is a good thing for people.

Because many things can be sustained by hope, but the reality is often quite different from what we imagine.

While hope brings expectation to mankind and guides people to persevere and keep their hearts bright, in reality, hope also has another face. It can make people delusional and unable to extricate themselves from unrealistic expectations. At best, they will not give up and will remain stubborn and ignorant, harming themselves. At worst, they will lose their lives.

Therefore, Su Yao guessed that this hope should also be a kind of calamity.

After contemplating the blessings bestowed by the gods, his attention naturally turned to the power of his own blessings.

He had experimented on animals before and had thought about trying it on humans, but he never had the opportunity. Now, however, it was a good opportunity to test it.

After thinking it over, Su Yao decided to give it a try.