352 Three Gods of Civilization (1/2)
Lu Zhiyu sat in the enormous hall. White and red patterned carpets covered the ground. The fur on the carpets was soft and glowed with magical power. A couple of fairies wearing white dresses played with some of the special, magically-reinforced plants.
Suddenly, the other side of the wall began to gleam. Something was happening. Lu Zhiyu looked up and saw the pictures behind the three divine thrones start to shine. Light began to spread from the enormous world tree model out across the map.
The first eleven divine thrones were for law and order. The jobs of the gods who sat on them did not matter; machines, engines, war, or dreams, their only concern was making sure the world operated under the rules.
The three Gods of Civilization, who had just shown up, were different. They represented the internal civilization. When society and culture were at their peak, the Gods of Civilization were more powerful than the Gods of Rules. As civilization declined, however, so did their power. Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click visiting.
The Gods of Rules drew their power from enforcing the laws of the lands. They could also gain power by acquiring disciples, but this was insignificant in comparison to the power they gained by maintaining order. Even if all the creatures in the world died, the Gods of Rules would be unaffected as long as the rules of the world remained intact.
Gods of Civilization were the guardians of culture promoters of the development of the world. They must be important people who had made great contributions and who were recognized by the civilizations of the world.
Lu Zhiyu knew exactly who had been chosen, he just hadn't expected them to be approved so soon.
”You three are the best fit,” he said, ”to be the Gods of Civilization.”
Central Province, Sumerian Kingdom.
Hundreds of years ago, the last generation of Sumerian royal families, Lanny I, died out. After this, the entire Sumerian Kingdom entered a period of chaos and war. The Faith of the Sun and the remaining Church of the Dark Night fought each other constantly but neither could gain the upper hand. Once they finally admitted they'd reached a stalemate, both churches agreed to let go of the area so that it would belong to neither of them.
The Sumerian Kingdom became a playground for mercenaries, wizards, demonic wizards, and wicked supernatural creatures. This was the freest but most chaotic world. The royal families were succeeded by cousins of Lanny I, but eventually, another family took the throne. After several centuries, the royal family of the Sumerian Kingdom was a completely different bloodline.
Now in the Sumerian Kingdom, changes were happening again. A secret organization called the Freedom Assistance Association emerged, which provided magic crystals and alchemy tools to the entire central province.
All of a sudden, the influence of Freedom Assistance Association's magic crystal system spread across the entire Sumerian Kingdom. It even reached the Ahenaten Kingdom, the Church of Light and the Northern Arc Kingdom.
”It's the product of freedom and hope!” people exclaimed.
”The crystal gives hope to the commoners!”
”We can finally do what supernatural creatures are capable of! This is not the power of deities, this is the power of civilization and wisdom!”
Members from Freedom Assistance Association were in the spotlight again, and they promoted magic crystal alchemy tools to the entire Sumerian Kingdom. Quickly, magic crystal workshops and crystal-powered alchemy workshops emerged everywhere. All sorts of new magic crystal alchemy tools were designed.
What constrained the development of alchemy wasn't the difficulty of alchemy techniques or making alchemy tools, instead, it was the scarcity of supernatural creatures. Even though the era of Gods had come there were a great many supernatural creatures, even hundreds of lower-class supernatural apprentices were not enough for one city system.
That constraint was finally broken in the Sumerian Kingdom. Many ordinary people could also use alchemy tools so that they could be members of a supernatural system. They could also participate in the alchemy era of steam and machines.
Many workers, farmers, carpenters, mercenaries and supernatural creatures chose to join Freedom Assistance Association. The association had the entire Sumerian Kingdom under its control.