Time flies. Except for the distant north and Dorne, the overall atmosphere of the seven countries is still that of peace and prosperity, and the people live and work in peace and contentment.
The North and Dorne, one in the north and the other in the south, are still too far away for most people.
In the past few months, Viserys had been staying in King's Landing and didn't have much else to do besides dealing with government affairs every day. Of course, the golden flame in his body was growing slowly.
If Viserys hadn't observed carefully, he might not even have noticed it.
"It seems to me that it's growing very slowly?"
In Maegor's Tower, the silver-haired young man asked a stone statue.
"Yes, it is not easy to accumulate faith. Only the purest faith can be absorbed."
"I advise you not to act too hastily."
The woman in the faceless statue said calmly.
After several months, Meraxes was also learning about the changes in the new world and learning the new Valyrian language.
After the Valyrian period, the structure of the world has also undergone earth-shaking changes. The city-states that once submitted to Valyria have become independent and their own masters.
The city-states established by the slaves of Valyria who escaped have become the center of trade in the new world, possessing a strong voice.
"Just a slave of the empire."
Meraxes sneered at the existence of Braavos. When the great empire existed, small city-states like Braavos did not even dare to take a breath, but now they have climbed up to dominate.
Viserys was also quite curious about the existence of this divine thought. According to his thinking, gods should be aloof beings who do not eat the fireworks of the world.
But the person in front of me seems to be very cynical, just like an ordinary person?
"Don't think too highly of the gods, Viserys."
Viserys asked his question openly and received Meraxes' answer.
"The contrast between the strengths and weaknesses of the gods is very obvious. The powerful gods are part of the operation of the entire world and are indispensable, while the weakest gods are just homeless ghosts."
"They are not even worth a human being. In the end they can only dissipate between heaven and earth, their souls scattered."
As a divine mind, Meraxes does not have all the memories of its former owner, but it does understand the system of gods very well.
She explained the characteristics and differences of various gods to Viserys in detail.
The most common kind of god is to condense divinity through people's belief, and finally ignite the divine fire and become a god.
And this kind of god is generally limited to one land, country and race.
If it leaves this land, or if the country is conquered or the race is wiped out, this god will lose its source of power and become a rootless tree, eventually dissipating between heaven and earth.
In addition to the simplest and most common path of belief in God, there are several other gods left.
One is the most ancient existence. They were born in the early days of this world, even older than the children of the forest, before humans appeared in this world.
At that time, the tide of magic was surging, and many creatures that existed at that time eventually became gods due to some kind of coincidence.
This can be regarded as relying on their own accumulated magic and power to become gods. Their power is somewhat more powerful than the spirits who believe in becoming gods.
Because belief in God grows slowly, many people do not feel anything when their fire of belief begins to burn, but they just feel that their spirit becomes more energetic.
In the end, it was not until the moment of his death that he sensed the existence of the fire of faith when he turned into a spirit body. It still took a long time to accumulate before he could finally become a god with faith in the existence of a spirit body.
It is almost impossible for a living person to wait until the moment when faith becomes a god, so Meraxes frankly told Viserys that there was no need to rush, and there was no point in rushing.
If you forcefully promote faith and destroy local religious beliefs, in addition to causing trouble for yourself, the effect is likely to be counterproductive and provoke people's backlash. Only the purest faith can be used.
The last kind of god is different from belief or power becoming a god.
After they became gods, they understood some of the rules of the world and became the gods in this rule field first.
For example, light, darkness, death, time, life, etc., and further divided into water flow, storm, heat, cold, etc.
The power of powerful gods' rules can spread to farther lands, while weak gods can only use it in one land even if they understand the rules.
But generally speaking, the God of Rules is still more powerful than the first two gods who relied on faith or magic to become gods.
It's just that the God of Rules also has high and low levels, and his strength is not equal.
Meraxes itself has no entity but a divine thought, so she has a deep understanding of the gods. She talked a lot in one breath, which even made Viserys get involved, and the whole person was confused.
But there is one thing that Viserys understood very well, and Meraxes emphasized it many times.
"The God of Faith is the last of the gods?"
After hearing this, Viserys finally couldn't help but ask.
There are many classes of gods, but the God of Faith seems to be extremely weak. Anyone can ride on his head and shit. He originally had some expectations for this, but he did not expect this result.
Meraxes even said that the weakest God of Faith could not even defeat a determined warrior, he was just a poor lonely ghost, and the blood in the warrior was enough to scare it away.
"That's right."
The woman in the stone statue did not deny it and told him openly.
"But belief in becoming a god is the only way to become a god today."
"The tide of magic is weakening every time. Compared with the period of the empire's existence, it has declined much. Compared with tens of thousands of years and hundreds of thousands of years ago, it is even more vulnerable."
"Relying on magic and power to become a god is simply an unfeasible path now, but you"
Having said this, Meraxes also hesitated slightly.
Because she also noticed that Viserys seemed to be an extremely special human being.
"Mortals should not notice the fire of faith, but your spiritual power is too high, almost equivalent to one"
Meraxes hesitated to speak, Viserys's existence was indeed special, and she had no way to explain it.
If Viserys hadn't noticed the existence of the Fire of Faith and discovered the divinity hidden in the idol, she might never have woken up and disappeared completely.
"You are indeed a little different from other humans."
In the end, Meraxes was silent for a moment, and then he spoke.
"Perhaps you can carve out a different path, Viserys."