Among the main raw materials for making the Pen of Lies are the blood of the Æsir, the Golden Fleece, the sea water of the Sea of Death, and the Stone of Elfheim.
Among them, the blood of the Aesir is Loki's own blood, and Loki's identity is very noble. He is the brother of the Lord God Odin, so one can imagine how valuable his blood is.
In addition, the main body of the pen of lies is made from the most powerful feather of Harpy, the descendant of Typhon, and the power of the ancient god Typhon can be extracted from it.
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As for the Golden Fleece, the water of the Sea of Death, and the Stone of Elfheim, they are also very rare extraordinary items, and the power in them is also indispensable to the newly awakened Athena.
In addition to eating enough, people need to take in different trace elements to thrive.
When a cook cooks a dish, if he only adds salt as a condiment, it can be eaten immediately, but various seasonings must be added to turn it into various delicacies.
In addition to the most important sacrifice of willing power, the gods also need the infusion and coordination of various extraordinary powers to make their own power more powerful!
It is very difficult for Athena to regain her former glory in this age of lawlessness. The pen of lies that Fang Linyan brought to her at this time may not have an immediate effect in a short time, but
There is no doubt about its future potential expansion.
If Athena's upper limit of development was only ten before, then with the addition of this pen of lies, her upper limit of development will become fourteen or fifteen!
Not only that, the most powerful power in the Pen of Lies comes from the priesthood of the evil god Loki: Lies, which contains the power to turn lies into truth.
Athena herself is also one of the twelve main gods of Olympia. As long as she can integrate the laws of power, although she cannot get involved in the priesthood of lies, she can gain new powers: that is the oracle!
For example, if God says there will be light, then there will really be light... This is a typical oracle.
Or to put it more appropriately, it means following your words.
Of course, this utterance must be based on Athena's own divine power. At present, it can only realize some small wishes, and basically will not exceed the range of divine magic that the high priest can perform.
For example, the high priest can only cast the highest level of third-level magic, so the power of the oracle is limited to the third-level magic, but it is more flexible and changeable.
After the high priest got the Pen of Lies, he immediately came to the statue of the goddess and sacrificed it. The statue of the goddess immediately glowed with light, and then he began to digest, absorb and decompose the sacrifice with all his strength.
Taste it.
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After Fang Linyan sent out this lie, he himself felt quite hurt.
Although this thing has many usage restrictions and its use range is very narrow, after all, it is still a powerful golden plot equipment!
But to be honest, the high priest's previous arrangements also made his eyes light up, as if he had found a brand new path.
The final results achieved by working alone are definitely not as strong as forming a team.
Or to put it more bluntly, if Fang Linyan had one more striker, his efficiency would be increased by 20%.
Fang Linyan had always been on guard against the high priest before. He was afraid that the main force would be weak and the other party would be strong, and the other party would completely control him, so he just treated him as the other party in the transaction.
Therefore, when Fang Linyan considered his own strength, he did not consider Athena.
But now Fang Linyan has a certain understanding of the situation in the entire world. He knows that there are evil gods like Oda Nobunaga in this world. Not only that, if Athena wants to develop her own faith, she must also face God and God in Europe.
Such a great enemy as Allah.
Under such external pressure, as Athena's only ally, and being able to bring her sacrifices to enhance and restore her divine power from time to time, it must be extremely important to her.
Correspondingly, I also obtained a powerful skill from Athena, which means that the cooperation between the two parties will continue in a short period of time, or even a long period of time.
That can be expected, at least until the external pressure resolves.
Therefore, Fang Linyan's thoughts have already undergone some changes, and he has repositioned the relationship with Athena from a transaction partner to a cooperation partner.
In this case, of course he would not be polite. After thinking about it clearly, he went directly to the high priest Tritogonia.
As a result, the news was received that the high priest was in retreat, but the rest of the people did not dare to neglect him, so another officiant: Yin Fulinna received him.
This chief priest is the person who took over the position of Scully. When the high priest is absent, three chief priests will take charge of the affairs, and Yinfulina is one of them.
When she got along with other people, she had a kind of gentleness and a distant indifference, but she was still quite enthusiastic towards Fang Linyan.
Fang Linyan didn't say much and said straight to the point:
"I wonder how many devout believers the goddess has now?"
According to the degree of belief, believers are often divided into six levels: ordinary, light believer, believer, devout believer, fanatic believer, and divine envoy.
There is no need to mention the fanatics among them.
The firmness of the believer's belief in the goddess is almost the same as that of a seventeen-year-old boy who has just pursued the girl of his dreams. He will obey and work hard without complaining, almost completely obedient.
Therefore, devout believers are actually a very important part of the believers of gods.
Yin Fulina said simply:
"My god is so powerful that he has 23,041 devout followers and fanatic followers!"
Fang Linyan was slightly surprised. Athena's followers were expanding much faster than he had imagined.
However, this is the city of Athens, a city that thrives in the name of the goddess, and the legend of the goddess has been passed down from ancient times to the present, and has long been deeply rooted in people's hearts, and has sufficient soil.
What’s even more rare is that this is the age of the end of the Dharma, but there are still spokesmen of gods like the high priest walking on the earth, showing miracles from time to time. In the absence of competitors, it is understandable that there are more than 20,000 fanatical believers.
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After listening to Yin Fulina's words, Fang Linyan said:
"How many of these devout believers and fanatics are engaged in machinery manufacturing and processing? Can you count them?"
Yin Fulina said:
"It will take about two hours."
Fang Linyan nodded and said:
"It's like this. I need to establish a research institute related to machining. The things processed in it may involve very secret information, so loyalty to recruited employees is very important... The high priest suggested
I recruit from among believers.”
After hearing that this was the high priest's suggestion, Yin Fulina was immediately moved and said:
"So that's it! Okay, I'll go investigate right away."
Fang Linyan suddenly said again:
"By the way, Priest Yinfulina, I am not very clear about the relationship between divine power, wishing power, and priesthood, so I would like to ask you to clarify my doubts."
Yin Fulina pondered for a moment and said:
"A giant snake will hunt its prey in summer when food is plentiful, and in winter when food is scarce, it will enter a state of hibernation. You should have heard of this."
Fang Linyan nodded and said:
"Well, my teacher told me about it when I was in elementary school."
Yin Fulina said seriously:
"The power of wishes generated by believers' prayers is food to the gods, which is also the basis for the gods' survival."
"If there is a lack of will power, the gods will gradually weaken, and finally enter a dormant state in order to minimize consumption. If the will power continues to decrease, even the gods will eventually die."
"This process is actually similar to a giant snake hunting and hibernating."
One of the incarnations of Athena includes a giant snake, and some people praise her for being as beautiful as a snake, so Yinfulina's metaphor is not considered blasphemous.
Even the origins of gods in Eastern civilization are inextricably linked to snakes. For example, Nuwa and Fuxi are both half-human and half-snake. Another example is the Chinese dragon culture, which actually evolved from snakes.
After hearing her words, Fang Linyan nodded immediately and said:
"So that's what it is, yes, it's very clear."
Yin Fulina said:
"And divine power is equivalent to the power that a person derives after eating enough food. The power that a child and an adult develop after eating is completely different."
"Correspondingly, the power that a new god erupts during his growth period is completely different from the power that a mature god erupts."
Fang Linyan nodded thoughtfully:
"I understand, but although the amount of power is crucial, the skill of using power is equally important. For example, the skill of my god in using divine power is not comparable to that of an evil god like Oda Nobunaga. With the same unit of divine power,
The lethality that the goddess uses to explode is probably several times that of other gods."
Yin Fulina cast an approving look and said:
"Yes, that's exactly right."
"And the priesthood is equivalent to a human profession. My god is the god of war (strategy) and the god of wisdom. My skills in this field will definitely have an advantage."
"But gods without related clergy are not necessarily weak in certain areas, just like professional soldiers may not be able to win against civilians in battle."
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After figuring out the various relationships involved, Fang Linyan went straight back to the room and started his work.
And Yin Fulina was also very efficient. It only took an hour and a half to send more than a dozen resumes directly to Fang Linyan.
"These are people who have been in the machine finishing industry and have no problem with loyalty."
Fang Linyan nodded, then wrote his resume very simply, and then wrote a few questions directly to her and asked her to complete the questionnaire.