Facing the kindly smiling God King, the heroic Athena's expression remained unchanged, her eyes flashed, and she said: "Guarding Mount Olympus is what I should do as a god. Father God, you must be the best for me.
of commendation.”
Zeus shook his head.
She chuckled and said: "All the gods have received rewards. If you don't, wouldn't it mean that I don't care about my children? Tell me what you want."
Athena was silent for a while and responded quietly: "Then please ask Father God to give me a golden apple."
The golden apple is a magical fruit from a golden apple tree given by Gaia, the mother of the gods, when the god Zeus and the queen Hera were getting married. Anyone who eats the golden apple can gain immortality and no longer have to be trapped in the world.
Birth, old age, illness and death.
The golden apple is the supreme divine object for mortals.
However, for the goddess of wisdom, who is the main god of Olympus, the value of the golden apple is not high. It is just to enjoy the moist taste. The extraordinary divine power cannot improve the mood at all, and it has no big effect. The God King married the Queen of Heaven.
At that time, all the gods had enjoyed golden apples.
After hearing Athena's request, Zeus smiled and shook his head and said: "My proud daughter Athena, you are too humble."
"How can a golden apple match your valor?"
I said I didn’t want a reward, but Zeus insisted on giving it.
Now it is clear that he wants the golden apple, and Zeus wants Athena in exchange.
For a moment, the extraordinarily intelligent Athena frowned slightly, thinking quietly, and did not ask for rewards easily.
"Father God, please let me think carefully."
She said this and then fell silent.
At this time, the tall and majestic Poseidon, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke, interrupting the thinking of Athena, the goddess of wisdom.
"Athena's performance is obvious to all."
"She deserves the best reward."
After a pause, Poseidon looked deeply, his face was calm, and he said in a low voice: "King God, I suggest that Athena be given the position of the underworld."
"Hades was punished and suppressed and sealed. Now there is no god in charge of the underworld. It just so happens that the goddess of wisdom can take charge of it."
Athena raised her head in surprise and met Poseidon's eyes for a moment.
She felt that Poseidon's eyes seemed to be filled with stormy oceans.
Give the position of Pluto to Athena...the gods have different eyes.
Athena is already a powerful Olympus god. If she becomes Pluto again, her power will increase again. It is hard to imagine what it will reach.
Hades doesn't want to be Pluto, not because Pluto's identity carries too much of a burden.
On the contrary, if ordinary gods could become Pluto, they would definitely be ecstatic.
This is a great authority.
Mainly, compared with Poseidon and God King, Pluto's reputation and treatment are not very good, and Pluto does not have the status of Olympus God, so he can only stay in the underworld on weekdays.
"Give me the throne of Hades?"
"Although I am said to be in charge, all the gods know very well that once I get the position of Hades, even if Hades returns, I will not be able to let it go easily."
Athena looked away, no longer looking directly at Poseidon, and pondered in her heart.
At the same time, the God King smiled and said: "That's a good idea."
"Athena serves as the king of the underworld and takes charge of it on her behalf. I believe all the gods can rest assured."
Zeus lowered his eyes and looked at Athena.
"My daughter, you will definitely like this reward."
Athena stretched her eyebrows and shook her head decisively in rejection. She did not waver in her thoughts because of Zeus's words and said, "I don't think I am qualified to control the underworld."
"Although the underworld has no owner now, it can be controlled by the judge, the god of death and other gods."
She felt that Poseidon or her father God had evil intentions.
Hades, the previous Hades, had just been suppressed to Mount Olympus. What if she took over the underworld and something happened to Tartarus again?
She can't stay in the underworld forever.
Athena liked a bright environment, and the gloomy and silent underworld disgusted her.
At this time, Zeus's face darkened slightly.
"Athena, you should not refuse this gift from the God King."
She said with a smile without a smile, thunder flashed in her eyes.
Zeus's attitude caused silence in the palace, and the atmosphere became solemn.
She was obviously angry, as streaks of lightning flashed through the air.
Zeus was headstrong and could not tolerate rejection, even if it was a gift from the gods.
At this time, the sun god Apollo, who had been silent before, spoke up and said: "Father God, please calm down, the position of Pluto is very important, and Athena is indeed not suitable to be Pluto."
[The previous article has been revised. It has been changed to read that the Sun God did not express his allegiance to the God-King, but hid among the gods, and was in the dark with the Poseidon.]
The thunderous wrath of the God King gradually dissipated.
The Sun God came to Athena's rescue and said: "Athena, if you don't know what you want, I can give you a suggestion."
Athena wanted nothing.
I wanted a golden apple before, but Zeus rejected it.
When she heard the words of the Sun God, her eyes moved slightly and she whispered: "Please speak."
The Sun God nodded, with a bright and sunny smile on his handsome face, full of youthful vitality, and said: "You are the god of wisdom and war, and also the god of virginity, the patron saint of women's labor and fertility, and are highly respected by heaven and earth.
The love and reverence of wise women in the world.”
Most of the creatures who believe in Athena are women.
"Why don't you ask the God King to issue an edict to further improve the status of women."
Athena was thoughtful.
She smiled and continued: "The light of the sun does not shine in a biased manner based on the superiority or inferiority of living creatures. I think that all things are equal under the gods, and women should enjoy the same status as men."
The improvement of the status of women means the improvement of the status of my believers.
I can gain higher influence, and my divine power should be improved... Athena thought.
This sounds like a good idea.
And even if she is not motivated by interests, deep down in her heart, the kind and wise Athena does not want to see the oppression suffered by many women.
In the Olympus multiverse, due to the weakness of all things and the various rules set by the gods, there are not many civilized worlds where a hundred flowers bloom. The social situation is basically that men are respected and women are inferior.
This injustice even manifests itself at the legal level that is supposed to embody a fair order.
After Athena thought about it carefully, she looked up at the almost expressionless God King and said, "Father God, just like Apollo said."
"I hope to make men and women equal."
“How exactly is equality achieved?”
Zeus asked and accepted Athena's request.
All the gods were interested in this topic, so they discussed it one after another, and finally determined some situations that could be tried to change.
for example.
Men shall not violate a woman's will or force her to give birth.
Due to the natural physical weaknesses and inconveniences of most women, women need to be given preferential treatment, and women must not be discriminated against in labor. Heavy labor, hard labor, etc. do not require women's contribution.
If a couple divorces, regardless of the facts, women should be given more compensation.
In terms of law, the natural differences between men and women should be taken into consideration and treated differently, and weak women should not be treated too harshly and ruthlessly.
All kinds of things.
During this period, Vulcan said worriedly: "So much preferential treatment is no longer equal, but to give privileges to women. Such drastic changes should not be good."
Queen Hera, who was fed up with Zeus's flirtation and being restrained by all kinds of restrictions, said coldly: "How many years have men enjoyed privileges? Even if women are given certain privileges, what does it matter."
Queen Hera spoke, but Zeus did not stop her.
Vulcan fell silent.
"With the improved status of women, they can be more active in labor and childbirth, thereby making the world prosperous and bringing more population and more faith resources."
"This is good for the gods."
"Athena, I highly respect your wise decision."
said the sun god.
Because they felt that they would benefit from the rewards Athena asked for in the future, the gods expressed their gratitude to her one after another.
The execution power of the gods is very strong.
Immediately, the gods began to guide the society of intelligent beings in the Olympus multiverse, especially humans, to make changes according to the decisions made in the Temple of the God King.
Because of the joint promotion of the gods, the status of women has been greatly improved in just a few years.
For this reason, Athena received more and more sincere faith, and her long-stagnant divine power improved.
After gradually gaining certain rights, the term women's rights came into being.
Countless women respect Athena as the patron saint of women's rights and follow her with fanatical belief.
After receiving benefits and receiving countless support and praise, Athena became more committed to promoting the implementation of equality between men and women - because of the accumulated history over the years, the guidance of the gods has only improved the status of women, but has not yet achieved true equal rights.
"Brother, is this really effective?"
"The number of Athena's followers is increasing, and her divine power is increasing day by day. This seems to be a bad idea."
In the Golden Poseidon Temple, a clone sent by the God King Zeus looked gloomy and communicated with the Poseidon.
Is Poseidon trying to trick me?
Zeus was suspicious by nature and once again became suspicious of Poseidon.
"Zeus, trust me."
"The situation will soon turn around. Athena is now enjoying the glory, but she will soon pay the price for it."
Zeus suppressed his restless mind.
Poseidon has planned many conspiracies. In this regard, you should be able to trust her... Zeus is doubtful.
Over time, women's rights continued to grow and develop, driven by Athena.
However - just ten years later, things started to go wrong.
During this period, Athena, the goddess of wisdom, realized something was wrong.
She advised her followers and guided them with wisdom. God wanted to give them equal rights, not privileges.
But the effect was very little... Feminism has become so extreme that they don't even believe in Athena's instructions.
Although Athena was brave and wise, she was kind-hearted and compassionate towards her followers, and was unwilling to unleash the wrath of thunder, which made them even more arrogant.
She feels that her wisdom can lead women's rights on the right track.
However, she did not realize a very important point - smart women who want equal rights are also resisting so-called women's rights, but their voices have not been drowned in the wave of madness.
Until one day, a women's rights leader made a shocking declaration.
"Why, the king of the country is male! Women can also be emperors!"
More women's rights leaders echoed, wanting to obtain higher rights, asking the Mortal Empire to select more positions with real power for women, and asking the empire to give women promotion channels to become emperors.
This completely angered the ruling class of the empire.
Revelation from the gods?
Make men and women equal?
The nobles of the empire, who were about to be strung up on their necks, finally made up their mind to disregard the divine revelation and carry out crazy and bloody suppression. Their heads fell to the ground, blood flowed into rivers, and they took back the laws and rules that had been formulated in all aspects.
It even started to be more oppressive than before.
In this process, the gods did not stop him.
They have noticed a decline in their faith and are unwilling to promote equality between men and women.
Because the initiator of everything was the reward Athena asked for from Zeus, the males who were disgusted by women's rights developed serious dissatisfaction and disgust towards Athena. Athena's faith in the male group plummeted, and all the kings of the country even directly ordered,
Overthrow the temple of Athena in the country.
At the same time, for many women, the improvement of power and status seems like a dream.
After waking up from the dream, it brings deeper oppression.
They paid a heavy price for their unreasonable troubles in the past.
However, they did not attribute the fault to their unscrupulous excessive demands, but began to be dissatisfied, blamed, cursed, and cursed - Athena, the goddess of wisdom who had given them rights, believed that Athena caused everything to happen.
then.
Among women, Athena's faith also began to plummet.
"how so?"
In the heaven of Olympus, Athena, the goddess of wisdom, has a gloomy face, with some cracks between her eyebrows, revealing a lot of divine light bit by bit.
This collapse in faith was an unprecedented blow to her.
In terms of spirituality, Athena also found it difficult to accept. Her original intention was to improve the status of women, but she did not expect that it had the opposite effect, leading to this result.
"Did Father God, Poseidon, or Sun God deliberately design it?"
"That's all, no matter what, this is indeed out of my heart. When things have developed to this point, it no longer matters who designed it."
Frustrated and with her godhead damaged, Athena chose to sleep and seal off her body and mind.
"Poseidon, your wisdom impresses me."
"With Athena's wisdom, she couldn't see that this was a trap."
In the Golden Poseidon Temple, Zeus smiled and praised Poseidon.
However, deep down in her heart, she is more fearful and vigilant towards Poseidon.
"No, I just saw the future, it has nothing to do with wisdom."
Poseidon chuckled.
"Zeus, Athena and Hades, who can shake the throne of your god king now, are no threat."
"You can rest easy for a long, long time."
Poseidon changed the topic and said.
"Yes, brother, it's all thanks to you."
"The position of Pluto will be given to you when the time comes."
Zeus patted Poseidon on the shoulder and said, while thinking in his mind about how to get rid of his last obstacle, Poseidon, the Poseidon in front of him.
Zeus had never been a man of love and brotherhood, and she never fully believed in him.
After using Poseidon to weaken and suppress Hades and Athena, Poseidon became her last big worry.
Poseidon, Athena, Hades.
This is Zeus's ranking of those who threaten his position deep in his heart.
Poseidon is at the top of the list.
Now that he has seen Poseidon's abilities in person, Zeus can no longer tolerate his brother. This is a huge factor of instability.
"I need to think of a way to weaken Poseidon... No, it's best to get rid of him directly!"
Zeus thought to himself.
Poseidon nodded in agreement and said: "I am very satisfied to be able to take charge of the underworld and the mortal sea system."
At the same time, 'Poseidon' whispered in his heart: "My stupid brother, after using you to swindle two difficult guys out, it's time for me to deal with you."