Global Lord: Start with Divine Favor

Chapter 981 224: Divine Position Selection

Lin Rui's summary was remarkably accurate.

Western deities, unlike those in the East, do not all provide positive protection.

On the contrary, they are dual in nature, both righteous and evil. Even the renowned Four Great Evil Gods have corresponding positive and negative traits.

For example, the positive aspects of Terror are: strength, glory, courage. The positive aspects of Tzeentch are: wisdom, strategy, invention. The positive aspects of Father Nagash are: vitality, health, abundance, harvest. The positive aspects of Slaanesh are: art, creation, love.

Therefore, their positive images can also be exalted, Sadomasochism: God of Love, Terror: War God, Tzeentch: God of Wisdom, Nagash: God of Life.

After Lin Rui's summary, Yuyu nodded with satisfaction and said casually, "My dear Divine Champion Crown, don't you like money? You can be the God of Wealth. I guess you're also thinking about what kind of deity you might be in the future, right?"

"God of Wealth?" Lin Rui was immediately intrigued by this divine position, managing money was something he was more than willing to do.

At that time, devotees would offer their devout prayers to him, and he would grant them wealth. Just thinking about it, the belief would be powerful and sweep all around.

Alternatively, devotees could sacrifice wealth to him, and he would grant them strength as well.

After all, he now had a bunch of combat power engines, as long as the devotees consumed wealth, he could easily boost their combat power.

Lin Rui curiously asked, "Is there no God of Wealth in this world?"

Yuyu immediately shook her head and said, "There's really no deity that solely manages money, perhaps your faith and heritage have this divine position?"

"Nothing similar?"

Yuyu thought for a moment and seriously replied, "If we talk about something similar, aside from the God of Fertility Frey, there seems to be a God of Commerce, which is the deity worshipped by Lusen Chamber of Commerce. But even that is not directly linked to money, it's just within the scope of personal jurisdiction."

"For example, the God of Commerce Hermes, who not only presides over commerce and travel but also guards thieves, deceive and debate, and personally created the art of fraud. Although legend has it that he also invented fire drilling, no matter what, these are all deities of dual nature. Highlighting a combination of evil and justice."

Guarding thieves, robbers, fraudsters!

The range of protection offered by this deity is indeed vast.

It's no wonder that in the eyes of the empire's upper echelons, none of these deities are deemed good.

If a deity dared to descend to the mortal realm, the empire wouldn't hesitate to strike it down.

Throughout the ages, the number of deities that have fallen at the hands of the empire is countless.

Audrey also widened her eyes, full of wonder: "Without hearing my sister say so, I hadn't noticed that within the empire, there is no one worshipping a God of Wealth. I mean, doesn't everyone love money? Why isn't anyone worshipping one? It seems like Lord and these explorers don't feel there's anything improper or shameful about worshipping a God of Wealth."

"Why does no one worship this? It's quite unimaginable."

Yuyu shrugged and said, "Because of original sin."

"Original sin?" Lin Rui looked at Yuyu, finding that chatting with an expert, even in religion and theology, can be incredibly enlightening, expanding your perspective greatly.

Yuyu easily explained, "Because in the mythological system of the empire, Saint Hall, and similar realms, money is original sin. It's often linked to corruption and is generally used by demons as a means or bargaining chip to tempt mortals."

Audrey still didn't understand, so she asked, "So why doesn't Lord and others consider money to be original sin? Moreover, the deities managing money seem to be quite luminous and positive."

Yuyu casually took out an exquisite flower basket from her storage, asking, "What is this?"

"Qingyu Divine Light!" Audrey touched her forehead, asking, "Are you stupid? You don't recognize our territory's specialty?"

Yuyu slapped away the hand she placed on her forehead and said, "You know it's our specialty. Doesn't this thing seem peculiar to you?"

"Peculiar?" Audrey said righteously, "What's peculiar about it? It's very normal. It's such a great specialty, it perfectly represents the unique features of our territory and matches Father's aura perfectly."

Yuyu said, "Now if you removed your father from the equation, does it still match? Qingyu Divine Light! This is something your respected father personally named, 'The house that accumulates virtue will surely have Qingyu.'

"What's wrong?" Audrey still didn't see anything wrong and thought the name was super cool.

Yuyu directly tossed Qingyu Divine Light to her and said, "That's because your thinking has been influenced by your father. So you feel it's very reasonable. But if this thing appeared in another territory instead of ours, it would be extremely abrupt. Lord used the explorer's mindset to name this specialty, not the empire's traditional mindset."

Without waiting for Audrey to continue asking, she elaborately explained, "This inevitably distinguishes the differences in logical structure between the mythological systems of both sides."

"As for wealth, the empire and western civilization represented by it, at the level of understanding, require rapid accumulation through violence, plundering, fraud, and other behaviors. From maritime explorations to colonial expeditions, even today those expeditionary forces venturing into jungles and deserts are essentially doing just that."

"Thus the entire system naturally views money as original sin. So the God of Wealth is far inferior to the War God of violence, the God of Plunder, the God of the Ocean, or even the God of Commerce and God of Deception. In the mythological system, this is generally avoided. Otherwise, worshipping thieves, robbers, and fraudsters wouldn't seem too noble. Only those in the darker factions would possibly venerate conspiracy and betrayal."