Awakening

Autumn in Athens City, Greece, the sky vast and clear, the Cloud River flowing endlessly.

On an ordinary street in the workshop district, dozens of people crowded outside a gray-white dwelling, craning their necks to peer inside.

They looked with pity at the youth collapsed on the ground.

The gleaming scimitar withdrew from the youth's neck, a faint line of bloodstains slowly sliding down from the wound, congealing before it even reached the ground.

"I was just trying to scare him, didn't use any force, just grazed the skin... he's not dead, is he..." the knife-wielder muttered to himself, holding his breath, turning his head to look at the brown-haired man beside him, the terror in his eyes slowly spreading.

A scar like a centipede lay on the brown-haired man's left face, crawling from the corner of his mouth to below his eye. He snorted coldly, and the centipede seemed to come alive, wriggling slightly.

Suddenly, the youth's hands twitched slightly.

"This bastard seems to have moved..." the knife-wielder said quickly.

Suye was having a long dream.

Suye dreamed that he lived on a planet called Blue Star, and was ordinary from childhood to adulthood, and learning was the only topic of his childhood.

As long as he tried hard, his grades would improve, and if he slacked off, his grades would drop immediately.

Until a drastic change in his family, the Suye in the dream couldn't bear it, became confused and helpless, had no heart for learning, and finally graduated in a daze, working aimlessly, his whole person seeming to move forward in a black mist.

However, in Suye's heart, the flame of unyielding never stopped.

On the day his father was seriously ill and he couldn't even come up with a few thousand yuan, Suye finally woke up.

The mist dissipated.

Suye began an unprecedented effort, even more diligent than during his student days.

Fortunately, it was an era of knowledge explosion, and a sea of information was readily available. After experiencing self-study, the unsatisfied Suye joined the tide of paid knowledge, becoming a leek with a high degree of knowledge anxiety.

Suye moved forward with clear goals. After continuous learning and vigorous growth, he became more sophisticated, more positive in his work, and more excellent in his thinking. His performance continued to improve, and he was promoted continuously in just a few years. He even won a lucky reward of a trip to Greece at the company's annual meeting.

After arriving in Greece, Suye stood on the cruise ship, admiring the beautiful scenery while imagining his promotion and salary increase, becoming a general manager, taking the position of CEO, and reaching the peak of his life...

A tsunami struck, submerging everything.

Suye vaguely saw himself being swept to the bottom of the sea to an ancient relic, and then plunged into darkness. Just as he was feeling despair, the world in his dream suddenly changed.

Suye dreamed again that he had become a youth in Athens City in ancient Greece.

The two dream worlds were completely different. The Suye of the new world couldn't remember the things of the previous world, but the pronunciation of the names of the two Suyes was exactly the same.

The new Suye also grew up in a daze.

Suye's parents were bakers and very busy. Suye had no restrictions from childhood and often wandered around Athens City, and the place he went to most often was the largest port in Athens City, Lion Harbor.

Last year, Suye was fifteen years old. His parents spent their life savings to buy a student spot at the Plato Academy and sent Suye to the Plato Academy to study magic.

Suye was still confused and his academic performance was extremely poor.

In the first year of the Plato Academy, the main subjects are natural history, linguistics, and sports and art courses. Magic will not be studied until the second year, so Suye still doesn't know a single spell.

However, influenced by the Plato Academy, he still grew somewhat, and passed the year safely as a slacker, entering the summer vacation.

As the summer vacation was about to end, Suye was preparing to welcome his second year of study at the Plato Academy when bad news came.

Seven days ago, his parents and servants encountered a bandit gang attack while traveling, and their bodies were never found.

Six days ago, the notorious "Centipede" Lawrence appeared and showed Suye, who was in tears, the IOU from his parents, and then rummaged through Suye's house for things to pay off the debt, eventually finding only one golden eagle coin, forty silver peacock coins, and more than two hundred copper owl coins. It turned out that Suye's parents wanted to expand their business, sell the old shop, and mortgage the house worth three hundred golden eagle coins, borrowing one hundred golden eagle coins. Unfortunately, before they could buy a new shop, they were killed.

Lawrence told Suye that he could either give up the house or die.

Today, Lawrence came again, and he brought someone who should have died.

Koro, the servant of Suye's bread shop.

No matter what Suye said, Koro refuted him based on his understanding of Suye's family, causing Suye to realize that he had no way out except to give up the house.

Suye said in grief and indignation, "You wolf heart and dog lungs! You were originally a slave, sick and about to die. My parents kindly bought you and helped you redeem yourself, making you a freeman! I didn't expect you to harm me in return! Why did my parents and you servants go out together, they were killed, but you were unharmed?"

"This is a long story. You should honestly listen to Lord Lawrence and give up the house. If Lord Lawrence is happy, he might even reward you with a few golden eagles." Old Koro smiled, his face becoming more and more simple and honest.

"You... you know that our family are foreigners. Without a house, we can't study at the Plato Academy! What's more, my parents have passed away. Without a house, what will I do?"

Koro still had a simple and honest look on his face, but his eyes flickered with intense malice, revealing his yellow teeth full of gaps, and he slowly smiled: "You can sell yourself as a slave!"

Lawrence suddenly said, "Old Koro, you don't even fight back when you're insulted. It seems you still remember their family's kindness."

Koro was stunned for a moment, then rushed over and punched and kicked Suye, laughing and cursing as he hit, "I've wanted to teach you a lesson, you little bastard, for a long time!"

Suye instinctively resisted, but Koro reached out and pulled a scimitar from a strong man and slashed at him.

Suye was shocked and hurriedly retreated, lost his balance and fell, his head hitting the ground heavily.

Koro immediately put the knife on Suye's neck, and only after the blade cut through the skin did he realize that Suye was in a coma.

Suye's head was splitting, and the two dream worlds began to merge, discovering more and more differences between the two worlds.

This is an ancient world with gods.

Not only are there Greek and Roman gods, but also Egyptian, Norse, and Persian gods.

At this time, The shadow of the Titan Clan looms over Greece.

Apophis, the Dragon of Destruction, watches the Solar Ship with hostile eyes.

Evil Gods lurk in Mesopotamia.

The Doomsday Serpent and the Twilight Wolf are about to awaken.

At this time, Heracles has already made a name for himself in Greece and Rome.

Gilgamesh and Darius share Persia.

Beowulf succeeds as Master of the North Sea.

The Pharaohs of Egypt resurrect en masse every few decades, vying for the True King. The current Pharaoh is Ramesses II. On the day he ascends the Pharaoh's Throne for the third time in this life, his older sister returns to Thebes. She is a Hero King, known as Cleopatra...

Socrates, the "Sophist," is not only a great Philosopher but also the only Archmage to embark on the Demigod Path.

Plato, the "Idealist," advanced to Legend after Socrates' death and founded the Plato Academy. He has remained dormant for many years, seemingly with no desire to advance to Hero or to strive for the higher Demigod rank.

Thucydides, the "Recorder," serves as the Dean of the Plato Academy.

Pythagoras, the "Geometric King," has been perfecting Magic Geometry since advancing to Legend Archmage.

Thales, the "Water King," after becoming acquainted with the Water Element Master, once defeated a Hero Warrior as a Legend. There are even rumors that he possesses the strength of a Hero King.

Homer, the "Great Prophet," appears and disappears unpredictably, while Hesiod, the "God Seer," who is as famous as Homer, lives in seclusion in the Deep Mountains.

At this time, Aristotle is gaining some fame.

Euclid is troubled by his inability to advance to the Saint Realm.

Archimedes has no interest in cultivation and is obsessed with playthings.

Alexander is working hard at cultivation because if he doesn't, he'll have to go back home and become the King's Heir...

Suye never expected that these Heroes and celebrities from different periods of History would appear in the same Era.

The world of the Gods originally only had Gods, and then came humans.

Modern humans only know their own Era, but Hesiod, the "God Seer," announced a discovery to the world.

It turns out that the Gods successively created different humans. The earliest were the humans of the Gold Era, followed by the humans of the Silver Era, and then the humans of the Bronze Age.

Each generation of humans is worse than the previous one, and modern humans are called the "Black Iron Era humans" by Hesiod, the worst generation of humans.

However, some people are born different from ordinary people.

In their bodies flows the Bloodline of the Gods.

They are the Descendants of the Gods.

From birth, they possess Divine Power that only Gods have, although that Divine Power is very weak. However, as they continue to cultivate, their Divine Power continues to Enhance, and they may even advance to True God, possessing the power of a True God.

As humans continue to reproduce, the number of Divine Power Descendants continues to increase, but the Divine Power Bloodline becomes increasingly diluted, until each New Student is unable to directly possess Divine Power.

However, humans are constantly progressing. With the help of Homer, the Great Prophet, and Hesiod, the God Seer, humans have created methods for cultivating Divine Power, allowing humans to refine Divine Power step by step and continuously increase its Quantity.

Hesiod believes that humans increasing their Quantity is equivalent to tracing back to the Old Days Era, so he named the lowest Warrior rank Black Iron Warrior, and continuously traced back through the Eras, naming them Bronze Warrior, Silver Warrior, Golden Warrior...

Suye's dream changed faster and faster.

"Cough... cough..."

Suye coughed violently and woke up with a start. He opened his eyes and saw the Azure Sky and, in his Peripheral Vision, Koro, Lawrence, and others.

Suye had difficulty breathing and instinctively got up, supporting himself on the Earth with his hands and breathing heavily. After a while, he slowly stood up and looked ahead.

Closest to him was Koro, holding a Scimitar.

Behind Koro, Lawrence, with a ferocious expression, looked over coldly.

Behind Lawrence, four Strong Men two heads taller than Suye stood in a line, arms crossed, chins raised high, their eyes full of threat.

Those burly men blocked his view, and Suye couldn't see the people outside the Gate.

Suye frowned slightly, and many Memories flooded into his Mind.

In the next moment, Suye's right thumb and Index Finger lightly double-tapped, his body slowly straightened, his shoulders stretched back, his arms opened to the sides, his chest puffed out, his head held high, and he took a deep breath.

The others looked puzzled. Lawrence's Ice Cold gaze became particularly sharp. He noticed that after Suye straightened his body, his Eyes were misty, but in the blink of an eye, the mist dissipated, and his eyes became clear, as bright as a Torch in the Night.

At this moment, Suye seemed to have become a different person.

Important note for this Book:

After much consideration, in order to avoid Western-style names and nouns creating Obstacles for readers, I will shorten names as much as possible, trying to keep them to no more than four characters.

Also, some words, such as "Drachma," will be changed to easier-to-remember forms.

For example, Hephaestus, the ancient Greek God of Craftsmen and Flames, has too long a name, so I'll just cut it down to "Vulcan." Vulcan is the ancient Roman name for Hephaestus. In this world, the Gods of Rome and Greece are one family (the ancient Roman Gods were originally directly taken from Greece), so this name is reasonable.

Understood. Please provide the text for revision.

Names like "Hermaphroditus," which give me a headache just looking at that Eight-Shaped Path of characters, will be directly chopped to "Er."

Aristotle and Pythagoras, names everyone knows, really can't be changed.

Greeks all have single names, and the names are generally long. Rome is even more exaggerated, with only twenty or thirty common names, so I won't deliberately use names from that time. Simplicity is the priority (a conscientious author, giving up on padding the word count online).

Moreover, translations differ between different books, so it can be said to be very chaotic. I can only choose one.

Common sense about Greece is not suitable for the World of Gods. For example, the original Athens was actually very small, and there were no professional soldiers or people to maintain order at that time, but this book can't be written that way.

I won't explain such things one by one in the future.

Compared to restoring the world of ancient Greece, I would rather let readers finish the novel easily.

Finally, welcome to the World of Gods.