This is the second time the author has negotiated with Olympus on the issue of Minerva; to describe these two negotiations in one simple word, it would be "pushing for an inch".
The first time, all other fighter systems were driven back to the divine world, leaving only Minerva and her "gang" of Saint Seiya in the big world; this time, Minerva was simply separated from the Olympus pantheon and formed into a separate system.
For Olympus, these two requests combined are almost equivalent to completely erasing the benefits that the "Saint Seiya" story has brought to them.
The benefits brought by a story world that has been accumulated over more than 30 years and blessed by the thoughts of tens of millions of fans are undoubtedly huge and difficult to give up; and Lin You’s request is to cut the flesh of Olympus.
"A sub-god who has just awakened will find it difficult to cross the threshold of becoming a true god, even if she has devoured the divinity of another sub-god. If she leaves the Olympus pantheon, can she uphold the dignity that a god should have?" Zeus said this half in an admonition and half in a threat.
The threshold to becoming a true god is very high; Lin You was able to cross it because he constantly blessed himself through the fusion of stories. The Ophiuchus microcosm exploded, the seeds of destiny sprouted, the source of magic in the big world was upgraded, and the "Sand of Time" gained recognition from the will of the big world... and so on.
Every bit of power that the author possessed, intentionally or unintentionally, was enhanced in the process of subsequent story integration; with the joint push of several forces, he was able to cross the threshold of true God and at least gain a higher status in terms of strength.
On the other hand, Minerva, this little girl, has been eating and sleeping for several years, and has been fat and white in the Forester's manor; but except for a branch god's godhood from the world of "God of War", she has never increased her power level.
He will definitely be stronger than the original reincarnation of Athena in the "Saint Seiya" story in the future, but at most he will be on the same level as Diana, who has now swallowed part of the godhood of Ares, but he will never be Lin You's opponent.
"Don't worry about it. Judging from the experiences of the past few years, I think it is better to choose to believe in myself instead of relying on Olympus in the future." Lin You's words were gentle, but he stabbed Zeus' lungs several times.
The dispute with the Pantheon, Ares' betrayal, and of course the truth that has been kept secret in the restricted area recently. The number of unexpected events that have happened in the Olympian pantheon is equivalent to the number of knives that Lin You has thrown.
"Becoming a true god has given you a lot of confidence, writer. When will you realize that this confidence is actually false?"
"You are wrong, Your Majesty." Lin You was still polite on the surface, and even naturally addressed the other party as "Your Majesty" instead of calling him by his name; "What I lack is never confidence, but bargaining chips. God, Buddha, and even Chronos of your Olympus pantheon are the source of my confidence to some extent; the reason why I didn't come to you in the past was because I still lacked bargaining chips. Now, the bargaining chips I need have been handed to me by you personally."
"So you remember that Chronos is one of our Olympian gods; you don't have as much leverage as you think you do."
"Then I must advise you not to cause trouble to Lord Chronos because of your stupidity." Lin You sneered, "You should be thankful that Chronos forced Minerva into my hands a few years ago; otherwise, the chips in your hand would definitely be much less than they are now, or even not enough to make a deal with me."
"You mean to say that He has already predicted this day? Although He is the God of Time, you and I both know that..." Zeus did not finish his last words, and the broken half sentence was very meaningful.
“Yes, although Chronos is the God of Time, He certainly cannot see through the future in the real dimension. So, you think you are as smart as Him, or even dumber than you?” Lin You said sarcastically, “I have to say that humans have had a huge influence on you. Even though you have seen through the truth, your arrogant and self-righteous nature remains the same.”
The "human beings" here are certainly not the "spirits" under Mount Olympus, but the humans who created and spread the Olympus mythology in the real dimension.
"Don't test my patience again and again, writer; if you really think that this is my nature, you should not make such provocations."
"You are right. I do know you very well. Your wisdom, like your patience, is the most needed and scarce resource in the Olympian God Realm." Lin You sneered, "Chronos realized the special role of the writer after the awakening of the will of the big world a few years ago, and even reminded you through the Minerva incident. Unfortunately, to this day, His painstaking arrangements have been completely wasted by you, and can only be used as a bargaining chip to cover up your mistakes."
Zeus's expression changed instantly, and the originally deliberately pretended anger was replaced by the astonishment from the bottom of his heart. In a very short period of time, the King of Gods' face changed from cloudy to bright, from astonishment to deep thought, from confusion to sudden realization, and finally entangled in the unbelievable and regretful.
To the true God, some things are clear at a glance.
There were some things Chronos really couldn't say directly, lest other gods knew about it; but Zeus just didn't understand his hint. Now that Lin You suddenly pointed it out, he regretted it after figuring it out.
The writer could see every change in Zeus's expression.
"Have you figured it out? Do you regret it? Do you know how stupid you are?" Three questions in a row made Zeus' expression turn into anger again.
Lin You seemed unaware and even "comforted" him, "Don't be sad. It was not until the will of the great world awakened and I realized my special connection with Him that I figured out Chronos' original intention. So, you don't have to be too self-deprecating about your stupidity. Now you should seriously consider my transaction conditions instead of continuing to indulge in useless negative emotions."
Put lightly!
If Zeus could control his emotions, there wouldn't be so many stories that can be called "accidents" in Olympus mythology.
The lightning that had been accumulating in the temple for so long finally struck Lin You.
The magnificent temple seemed too small in the face of the speed of sound. The echoes of thunder overlapped layer upon layer, and were finally amplified enough to shatter the eardrums of mortals.
Unfortunately, the lightning that matched the thunder was easily extinguished. Lin You simply extended a finger, like a lightning rod pointing to the sky, to attract the lightning. The light, which was almost thicker than a person's body, fell on his finger, leaving only a few hair-thick arcs, which then disappeared.
A slight numbing sensation spreads from the fingers to the whole body, like ripples on the water caused by the breeze.
This was the total impact that the lightning had on Lin You, not a single bit was redundant; he faced the whole hall full of lightning and waited quietly, ready to face the expected even more violent attack.
Unfortunately, after one lightning bolt, the second one did not come. His Majesty the God King seemed to wake up after one lightning bolt, or perhaps His anger was only the amount of one lightning bolt.
"Not fighting anymore?" Lin You couldn't hide his disappointment, or maybe a little confused, because this attack was not enough to judge the real gap between him and Zeus.
"I agree to your conditions." Even though he accepted the other party's conditions and reached a substantial concession and compromise, Zeus' tone remained firm, maintaining the dignity that a king of gods should have.
"Don't you want to think about it again or bargain?" "Will you accept the bargain?" Zeus asked with a sneer.
"Probably not, but it doesn't stop you from trying."
"Hmph... I will not deny the mistakes I made, Penholder. If I made a mistake, I must make amends. The King of Olympus will not make another mistake." Zeus waved his arms to express his determination. "According to your terms, I will completely turn the page on my past mistakes! All the relations between Olympus and you, whether good, bad, positive or negative, will be written off - with the quill as proof!"
Lin You looked at Zeus and pondered for a long time. Finally, he sighed and said, "I have to admit that I underestimated you. You can take it and put it down... I was wrong this time."
"That's because you lack the self-awareness of a god. Like humans, you place too much emphasis on temporary gains and losses." For Zeus, this might be the first time he had the upper hand in words since they met.
"Indeed, I have to try to learn the way of thinking of the immortal species; no matter how hard I tried in the past, I still thought things were simple." Lin You sincerely felt that in addition to solving the problems of Diana and Minerva, he had gained something extra today.
With the executive power of God, things could be implemented immediately once they were agreed upon; the quill pen began the revision work with great enthusiasm.
Large-scale changes to the story content by the writer usually only occur before a story world merges, in order to coordinate the worldview logic between the two worlds; this time the changes occurred after the story merged, making changes to the story that had already been finalized within the big world, and involving two popular characters and a major pantheon - this is unprecedented.
Relatively speaking, the modifications to Minerva are much more troublesome than those to Diana.
The story of Wonder Woman is originally limited to the main storyline of DC, and now it is just to cut off the possible intervention of the true God in advance; this modification is similar to the confidentiality agreement or exemption clause in a commercial contract, which is an additional item in the contract and adds one more thing besides the main terms.
The changes to Minerva are much more complicated. The story of Saint Seiya was originally based on Olympus, and now the relationship between the two is completely severed; it means that everything from the origin of the story to the positioning of Minerva itself has to be rewritten from scratch.
First of all, who is Minerva?
Lin You’s answer: He is a god created by the will of the great world to protect the world’s safety and is favored by the will of the world.
The second question is, why is there a group of Saints under Minerva?
Answer: These are warriors created by the goddess to better fulfill the mission of the will of the big world; their power comes from the gift of the big world, and the prototype of the holy clothes comes from human beings' division of the starry sky and beautiful imagination.
In the modification of this part, Lin You actually fixed another major BUG in the "Saint Seiya" story; the so-called eighty-eight sacred clothes corresponding to the eighty-eight constellations, in fact, many constellations were only determined in modern times - such as Circinus and Norma.
Do these mathematical tools appear in Olympus mythology?
In the background setting of "Saint Seiya", how many years has the holy war been going on? How many years have the Saint Seiya appeared?
Why? Thousands and tens of thousands of years ago, when the Olympian myth took place, the "Circinus Cloth" and "Rectangular Cloth" that were only defined in modern times already appeared in the holy clothes?
Compared with this, the small bug that Hades's Hades warriors are named after the Eastern culture Tiangang Disha is not worth mentioning. After all, they are branch gods, just a wisp of divine thought and consciousness incarnation of the true god. Maybe they went to the East to "study" and thought these Eastern names were good, so they collectively changed the names of their Hades warriors?
Now that the Quill Pen has been changed and the Saint Seiya has been separated from the Olympus mythology system, the biggest time bug will be easier to deal with.
Lin You continued to write the rest of the content: "The goddess who carries the will of the great world is reborn again and again, and she also expands the lineup of the Saint Seiya group under her command time and time again; the so-called 'Saint Seiya' is not because the fighters themselves are sacred, but because the cause they participate in is extremely sacred.
In the goddess' sincere thoughts, protecting the big world should be the common mission of all intelligent creatures, especially the human beings on Earth who are the center of the big world.
The goddess hopes to mobilize the beautiful thoughts and positive emotions of mankind, and work together with her to protect their homeland; therefore, the constellations in the sky, which embody mankind's beautiful imagination and scientific and rational planning, are seen as a most appropriate conceptual representation.
In the end, the goddess personally selected the uniforms of her saints according to the constellations. "
The writer wrote the long text fluently and with ease, but the more Zeus read, the more frightened he became.
Although he had released control over the Olympian gods in accordance with the agreement and allowed the quill pen to rewrite them, Zeus obviously did not expect the writer to write such content.
Directly attribute Minerva's origin to the will of the great world? Directly rewrite an Olympian branch god into the original god of the great world?
How can you write so fluently and smoothly?
Do you think it is the Investiture of the Gods?
It was not until this time that Zeus truly understood the relationship between the Writer and the will of the world, and he also truly understood why Chronos had forced a newborn branch god to be raised by the Writer.
That little girl could have been the best link between the Olympian pantheon and the writer, and thus indirectly the link between Olympus and the will of the greater world.
Isn't that much better than that troublemaker who secretly supports the God of Truth?
"Why...why are you and the will of the great world..."
Before His Majesty the Divine King could finish his question, he was interrupted by the writer: "Wait a minute, I'll explain it to you after I finish writing this; I can't be distracted right now."
Lin You waved his hand at Zeus, then wiped his forehead, wiping away the sweat.
It has been a long time since I experienced such a difficult writing process; unlike the pretense in the past period of time, this rewrite was really tiring.
Rewriting the already finalized big world entity is indeed much more difficult than rewriting it before the fusion; at this time, the writer does not even have the extra energy to think about excuses for subsequent explanations.
In addition to Zeus who was present, there were more than one gaze cast towards the writer and the words being written.
There are many gods waiting for the writer to explain later. (End of this chapter)