Chapter 5 Prophecy
"Honorable God King, before making the prediction, I hope you can understand the fact that prophecy is always just observation, not creation."
Taking another sip of the sweet juice, Ryan solemnly explained:
"I can't change fate, I just observe it, even just a part of it."
"And observation is not free. When you know it, it knows you."
"What do you mean?" Facing an unfamiliar territory, the God King was a little confused: "What does 'it knows me' mean?"
"Destiny is originally uncertain. Although it has a fixed trajectory, it does not necessarily cannot be changed."
"But if you try to observe it in a prophetic way, the fate will become a destined ending. You can only delay its arrival and distort its meaning, but you cannot make it disappear completely."
"So, do you still want me to make this prediction?"
At the end, Ryan asked the God King.
The previous words were not made up by Ryan. This was the information he got after obtaining the [Prophecy] priesthood.
When anyone attempts to observe destiny directly, with or without the help of other gods, he himself becomes a part of it.
People cannot lift themselves off the ground by their hair, so no existence can violate the shackles it has become.
When he knew this, Ryan decided he would never prophesy himself.
As for the "prophecies" made by some gods in later generations, Ryan actually wanted to call them the curse of fate.
On the other side, after hearing Ryan's explanation, Ouranos breathed a sigh of relief, but then hesitated.
The price of prophecy was high, which made him less afraid of the Mother of Night who controlled destiny, but he still wanted to know his ending.
'The first god-king. '
Thinking of what Ryan Yamashita called him, Ouranos made up his mind.
"I believe in my own strength." Looking into Ryan's eyes, Heavenly Father said this. At this time, he had just obtained the position of God King, and his powerful power doubled his confidence.
"Make a prophecy, Your Highness Ryan. No matter what the outcome is, I will promise you a condition that is not excessive in the name of the God King."
"I believe that with the power I have at this moment, nothing is destined to remain the same."
As the first god-king and a symbol of fatherhood, Ouranos, who was already standing at the pinnacle of powerful divine power, once again took a half-step upward.
Now he stands in the same position as the original gods, and even Gaia, who is not good at fighting, is no longer his opponent.
This made him extremely confident. He believed that even if the outcome of the prophecy was not good, he could delay its arrival and distort its meaning, as Ryan said.
'Haha, the god of Khaos is always so confident. '
Ryan chuckled in his heart, things finally developed as he expected.
Facing the God King's gaze, Ryan nodded slightly, and his dark eyes glowed with a mysterious white light at the next moment.
This is not a deception by pretending to be a prophecy, Ryan is really exploring the future of Ouranos.
But the result is obvious. The priesthood obtained just because of a prophecy is very weak, and even the power of the spiritual priesthood is several times stronger than it.
In the void, Ryan saw nothing. With his current strength, it is far from enough to glimpse the fate of the God King.
But this did not stop him from making his first big prediction.
"An era." Under the gaze of the gods, Ryan said: "You will rule the world for an era."
"You and Mother Earth will give birth to new children, but they don't have the divine and perfect appearance like us."
"One day in the future, your eldest son will swing his sword at you, and your throne will be shaken."
boom!
"nonsense!"
Ouranos has not yet reacted, and Oceanus on the side can no longer bear Ryan's words.
Although he was only three days old, the eldest brother of the Twelve Titans already possessed near-average divine power. Violent power surged through him, pressing hard toward Ryan as he tried to stop the strange god's arrogance.
He did succeed, Ryan kept silent; but he also failed, because the Father spoke.
"Stop, my child." With a wave of his hand, Oceanus's divine power was easily calmed down, and Ouranos looked at him.
"You shouldn't attack guests."
There was no emotion or anger in the God King's tone, but everyone present felt his suspicion at this moment.
"Father, I swear to the world that I will never challenge your position as the God King."
Seeing his father speak, the Lord of the Ocean knelt on the ground and showed his loyalty to his father.
Ouranos was noncommittal about this.
The oath did bind the gods, but it was not fatal.
Even now, when the power of the oath has not yet been delegated to the world, breaking the oath will only result in a loss of divine power and turmoil in the priesthood. But if you can sit on the throne of God King, everything can be saved.
"Dear prophet, is this all the prophecy is?"
The Heavenly Father ignored his son and continued to ask the interrupted Ryan.
If this is all, then this prophecy is nothing more than that.
He will split his eldest son into three parts and throw them into the bottom of Tartarus, the dark void and the depths of the earth, so that he will never be his enemy.
"No," but Ryan's answer obviously didn't suit his wishes.
Under the angry gaze of the Lord of the Ocean, Ryan smiled and said to the God King: "His Royal Highness Oceanus will never be a real sword wielder, Your Majesty."
"The prophecy shows that the one who overthrows your throne will be aided by another of your relatives."
“Everything ends where it begins.”
"And the eldest son holding the sword must not be your eldest child."
As soon as he finished speaking, the eyes of the remaining eleven Titans in the hall changed. Only the Lord of the Ocean breathed a sigh of relief.
Although he may also be an accomplice in the complete prophecy, Oceanos is definitely not the first offender.
Everyone is guilty, which means everyone is not guilty. He still knows this very well. Unless his father wants to sit on the throne alone, he will not be punished.
There was silence in the hall for a while, and finally it was Earth Mother who broke the silence.
Her gentle face was full of worry. At this moment, Gaia was not the scheming mother of the gods.
She looked at Ryan, who had just made the prediction, and asked in a serious tone:
"Dear His Highness Ryan, wise prophet, I wonder if you can give more tips?"
"Because of your prophecy, the relationship between father and child will be full of suspicion, and the newborn divine court will find it difficult to find peace. I think you don't want to see this scene either."
But faced with Gaia's implicitly threatening request, Ryan calmly shook his head.
"I'm so sorry, dear Earth Mother."
"It's not that I don't want to make interpretations, but in this regard, the prophet himself is not as wise as the listener."
"After all, I am just an observer and a narrator. The true meaning of fate is still far away from me."
Finally, Ryan gave an answer that Gaia couldn't argue with.
"If you still have doubts about this, you can go under the night."
"I believe that in the field of destiny, one of the three aspects of Ms. Ye, the destined Highness Ananke, will have a more detailed interpretation. As her eldest sister, you will definitely not return empty-handed."