Hermes sat on the altar and stared at Manda. "Do you think I''m disgusting?"


    Manda replied sincerely, "you are the Lord of the gods loved by everyone. How can you have such absurd ideas?"


    "The gods are deliberately undermining my order. I don''t understand why they do so. My order is not bad for them."


    In fact, this question does not need to be answered by Manda. Hermes himself knew that from the day he asked the gods to face mortals, he was destined to be hated by the gods.


    "But I didn''t expect so many gods to destroy my order."


    Manda raised her eyebrows and said, "you said so much. Is there a specific number?"


    "More than thirty! Scared you!"


    Manda was not too surprised. He was calm and even a little lucky.


    Hermes sighed: "the three main gods, plus a group of seventh and sixth order gods, are all ready to throw plague on the world. Artemis and Apollo are expected, but I didn''t expect Hestia to join them. Hestia has always been very friendly to mortals! But he secretly slandered me more than once, saying that I please mortals and that I am shameful!


    How many times have I said that it''s a fair deal, not pleasing! The gods need the belief of mortals. What''s wrong with mutual benefit?


    There is also Amphitrite behind the sea. After Poseidon disappeared, she always followed Athena and fought with the Lord of divine punishment. The sea Protoss suffered heavy losses. I haven''t pursued her. Now she has done something for me! You should be prepared, and the plague on the sea is coming. "


    Manda is not in the mood to argue about the reason. He is thinking about a solution to the problem.


    "If there are only three or five gods, it''s really difficult to deal with, but if there are thirty or fifty, things are not so complicated."


    Hermes was stunned: "what does that mean?"


    Manda sorted out her thoughts and said slowly, "I''ve come up with a way. It''s time for my brother... Father and son to work together."


    ……


    Manda took Kunta and worm to Wangdu. They ate and slept together and stayed at home for ten days.


    Ten days later, Manda drafted a new decree, which stipulated the sacrificial order of Roma road country.


    At the beginning of the classical century, sacrificing different gods had a specified time and order. In the middle and late classical century, people gradually ignored the order.


    Soldiers will sacrifice Ares and Athena before war, and Spartans will sacrifice their God of war Aphrodite.


    Craftsmen offer sacrifices to Hephaestus before opening the furnace, sailors offer sacrifices to Poseidon before going to sea, hunters offer sacrifices to Artemis before going up the mountain, and the place of the wind and moon will offer sacrifices to Aphrodite when business is bad. Maybe they forget when business is good.


    People are inert. From sacrificing if they want to sacrifice to not sacrificing if they don''t want to sacrifice, this process changes very quickly. They ignore the order of sacrifice, and people also ignore the status of gods. Finally, when they ask for God, they think about sacrifice again.


    For such sacrifices, the gods have little chance to respond, which is not the fault of the gods, because they can''t listen to the hearts of mortals day and night.


    If the gods do not respond, the faith will be transferred. Although the Lord of divine punishment rarely responds to the believers, he does not need sacrifices or complex sacrificial rituals.


    Manda decided to restore the sacrificial order in the early classical period and make some improvements.


    First, according to the classical custom, twelve months of the year are allocated to the twelve main gods.


    January was given to Hermes, and the new year''s sacrifice must belong to the Lord of the gods.


    February to Hephaestus, March to Aphrodite, April to Dionysus, the God of wine, five or six months, July to Athena, August to Apollo, September to Demeter, October to Hestia, November to Artemis, and December to Hades.


    In the month of the LORD God, in the first ten days, all parts of the country can only offer sacrifices to the corresponding Lord God, and in the next twenty days, they can offer sacrifices to the vassals under the LORD God. Whether mortals participate in the sacrifice or not is entirely voluntary. Farmers do not have to offer sacrifices to hehuaistos, and craftsmen do not have to offer sacrifices to Demeter.


    But in addition to Hermes, we can never offer sacrifices to the gods outside the month. Even if a war breaks out, we can only pray for the protection of Hermes and the gods of the month, and are not allowed to offer sacrifices to Athena.


    All gods want to gain more faith in their own months. No gods are willing to lose believers during this period and disperse their own interests and goals, which is the best means to disintegrate the enemy.


    Before the decree was issued, Manda showed Hermes. The decree on earth should be issued at the same time as that on the divine world.


    Hermes pinched his chin and said, "October is coming. It belongs to Hestia. He is the first to be split!"


    Manda shook her head and said, "the first to be split is the seventh order God and the sixth order God, because there are still two months left."


    Hermes smiled and said, "you are really my good son!"


    Manda nodded and said, "there are still a few days in September, as long as we..."


    "If you dare say it again, brother, I''ll kill you!"


    "As long as our father and son are united, the enemy''s camp will soon collapse."


    ……


    Back at Olympia, Hermes summoned Ningfu and released the news.


    The ancient order is about to return, and there is an uproar on Mount Olympia.


    Hestia is on the verge of being forgotten by the world. This is a great opportunity to win back believers and beliefs. He naturally doesn''t want to miss it, but doing so is tantamount to violating his commitment to Apollo.


    After hesitation, Hestia decided to discuss the matter with Apollo, but he was stopped by the uninvited Demeter before he walked out of the temple.


    "Sister, you don''t need to discuss this matter with anyone. Your faith and your believers can''t be judged by anyone!"


    Demeter is Hestia''s most trusted friend in the mountain. He fought with the Lord of divine punishment. If Demeter didn''t fight to save him, Hestia couldn''t come back alive.


    As the eldest daughter of Cronus and a respected existence among the twelve Lord gods, Hestia did not want to break the covenant.


    "There was an agreement between Apollo and me that we should never give up the majesty of the gods to please mortals."


    "When mortals kneel under your idol and shout your name, do you think it''s pleasing them?


    They have been working hard for a year and want to surround the warm stove and enjoy the warmth of the family. Shouldn''t we give them protection?


    When brave pioneers conquer a wild land with both hands, don''t you want to light the flame for them? "


    Hestia shook his head and said, "the premise of God''s blessing is the devout faith of mortals."


    "What is piety? We have heard too many illusory words. Isn''t it piety to pile up pearls in the temple?"


    "I don''t care about that." Hestia has always lived a simple life and seems not so eager to believe in pearls.


    Even if you really want it, you can''t say it. Hermes''s way of negotiation was too straightforward, but Demeter knew how to impress Hestia.


    "You don''t need a luxurious life, but you need stronger strength. Remember the last battle? Remember how powerful the enemy is? You are our sister and our home needs you to defend!"


    Hestia was silent, a reason that was not only easy to accept, but also unacceptable.


    "I''ll talk to Hermes..."


    "The rules are set by him. We follow the rules. What else can we discuss? He is very busy now, and we are also very busy. We need to think about what to do and who can share the glory of October with you."


    Hermes is really busy. The lower gods want to find a wave of opportunities for the LORD God, while the seventh and sixth gods want to compete for the vacant seat of the LORD God.


    For these two seats, they almost broke the threshold of Hermes.


    There are two gods who are most likely to win the seat of the LORD God. One is Hercules. Ares fell. Hercules is fully qualified to take over the power of the God of war.


    The other is anfitrite after the sea: "my husband is missing. I should be in charge of the power of the sea!"


    Hermes made no promise. He knew how amazing the temptation of these two seats was and how embarrassing Apollo was.


    In the temple of light, Apollo held a secret meeting, but unexpectedly, no other gods came except his sister Artemis.


    "These boneless fools!" Artemis cursed. "It makes me sick to think of them begging for mercy to mortals!"


    Apollo sighed, "who helped Hermes come up with such a vicious plan?"


    "Who else can there be?" Artemis shouted. "It must be the shameless believer like him. I''m ready to go to the passage to the world. In a few days, I''ll kill him myself!"


    "Don''t do anything stupid. The Lord of God''s punishment can''t kill him, and Athena can''t kill him. How can you win in the mortal world?" Apollo stood at the door of the temple and looked at the sunset leisurely. "The epidemic is not over, and the lonely queen will never be bought off. Mortals struggling between life and death, I see if you are in the mood to offer sacrifices to Hestia!"