The Trojan War [Second Update]

By the time Ye Ting returned to Greece, the Trojan War had long since ended.

Although Aphrodite had now joined the Magic Pantheon, and the Trojan War triggered by the three goddesses' dispute over the golden apple had never happened, Toroi could not escape disaster because of it.

For the Olympian Pantheon, the Trojan War was necessary.

As mentioned before, in order to preserve the Greeks' faith in the gods, Greece had always remained divided—generally speaking, royal power and divine authority stood in opposition to one another.

Besides that, wars and the problems caused by various magical beasts were also excellent ways to make people believe in the gods. The closer one came to death, the more one's fate hung in the balance, the more fervently people prayed to the external force known as the gods.

In fact, such methods had been used to death by all sorts of divine cults.

On Earth, medieval Europe had been extraordinarily chaotic, which was how the Pope could maintain his authority.

The opposite was true for places that maintained unity over the long term. Imperial power flourished above the gods, and mortal emperors even possessed the ability to confer divine titles upon gods—at least, they claimed to.

In worlds where gods truly existed, such as Abeir-Toril, renowned for Faerûn, Faerûn was filled with nations and even city-states. It was precisely because of such conflicts and divisions among humanity that the gods could freely compete with one another for faith.

Thus, provoking the Trojan War was entirely the gods' scheme.

Still, a scheme was a scheme. The Trojan War had not been completely planned in advance; at the very least, it had merely been the consensus of most gods.

Through this war, the gods were also settling their disputes with one another.

The gods