The humans of this era would later be known as the Silver Humans.
Before them had been the first generation of humans created by the former King of the Gods, Cronus—the Golden Humans.
Most of the Golden Humans perished during the ten-year Titanomachy. The few who remained became attendants to the gods, serving them faithfully.
The Silver Humans were created by Zeus shortly after he became the King of the Gods.
At times, Bolos found himself longing for the Authority of the King of the Gods, which allowed Divine Beings to access all Divine Powers and laws.
Zeus had naturally acquired the divine ability to create humans as soon as he took the throne.
Of course, the humans he first created paled in comparison to the Golden Humans crafted by his father Cronus.
Cronus's Golden Humans knew neither sickness nor aging.
They didn't have to labor for survival; the earth freely gave them all they needed.
Thus, Golden Humans were mild in temperament, beloved by the gods, and became their attendants.
But the Silver Humans were different. They seemed like replicas of Zeus's own temper—each one a mischievous child.
Since Zeus's ascension had only occurred a little over a decade ago, this generation of humans was only around ten years old.
The Goddess of Grain, Demeter, provided them with food; The Goddess of the Hearth, Hestia, taught them how to prepare it, ensuring they wouldn't go hungry.
However, they remained in the form of children, and their mental maturity hardly progressed.
Because of their childish nature, the Silver Humans were wild, crude, and arrogant. They often quarreled among themselves and ceased offering sacrifices to the gods.
The temples Bolos had built among mortals were torn down three times by the unruly Silver Humans.
Yet Bolos was not angered. He held his temper, walking among mortals, observing their lives, and understanding their needs.
It didn't take long for him to realize how he should spread faith.
Under the name of the God of Opportunity and Creation, Bolos began teaching the Silver Humans to use stone tools, craft wooden implements, and other practical creations.
Because he was always able to produce tools they needed, the Silver Humans began referring to him as the Creator.
The term "Creator" implied "Master of Creations," lord of newly invented things—not a "God of Creation."
They didn't believe in gods, and since Bolos walked among them and crafted tools for them, they saw him as one of their own, more like a peer than a deity.
Though this title arose naturally among the Silver Humans, Bolos had been cautious for a time, fearing it might draw the attention of the Fates. When he saw there was no reaction from them, he accepted the title openly.
He even renamed his temples to something the Silver Humans preferred—churches.
Church, as in "a hall that teaches people how to use tools."
As the name of the "Creator" spread, Bolos's churches began to populate nearly every human settlement. Everyone possessed a measure of belief directed toward him.
Perhaps because the Silver Humans had childlike minds, their faith turned out to be even purer and more fervent than Bolos had anticipated.
The Divine Power seed gifted to him by the Tree of Life, imbued with faith, steadily grew stronger as it was nourished by this belief.
Eventually, the Divine Power seed exploded and formed a primitive world. Within that world emerged a figure identical to Bolos—one composed entirely of faith, not yet materialized.
"The foundation of the Kingdom has been formed."
Bolos smiled as he saw the faith avatar.
According to the path of divine cultivation revealed by the Tree of Life, when the Divine Power seed, nourished by faith, crystallized into a glowing point and then burst into a nascent material world, it signaled that the cultivator had taken the first step.
This first step was called the Kingdom. The being had acquired divinity, but could not yet be called a god.
Even so, this nascent world could collapse and revert into a Divine Power seed if faith disappeared.
To truly become a god, one had to continue absorbing even purer faith, to solidify the foundation of this material world with earth, air, water, and fire, just like in the real world.
At that point, Bolos would move from the Kingdom step to the Foundation step, solidifying the path of divinity and eliminating the risk of regression.
"But how do I acquire even purer faith?"
Bolos considered that the faith of these childlike Silver Humans was already quite pure—perhaps even purer than the devout believers he had encountered in his previous life's Western world.
He pondered for a while and then thought, "Maybe, only when they are faced with death will their faith become even more sincere."
Unlike the Golden Humans, the Silver Humans had limited lifespans. Based on Bolos's estimation of their physiology, they could live at most around a hundred years.
Currently, the Silver Humans had only existed for about twenty years since Zeus created them—there was still about a century before that moment of truth.
Bolos was in no rush. He decided to use the time to study his Divine Offices and the laws tied to them.
His Divine Offices were Opportunity and Creation.
Opportunity referred to chance—favorable conditions or timing, both for others and for oneself.
This Divine Office likely pointed toward destiny, but Bolos's understanding of it was still shallow.
However, in the other Divine Office—Creation—he had gained deep insight over the years.
He continued to operate under the name of the Creator, refining his understanding of his Divine Office and seeking the Authority it represented.
Within his modest church, Bolos meditated on the connection between heavenly Authority and Divine Power, and slowly began to gain results.
The most primitive Divine Power, when blessed by heaven's Authority, began undergoing mysterious transformations.
His Divine Power gained an exquisitely intricate capacity for creation, making his crafting far more efficient and intuitive.
The only dissatisfaction Bolos had was that, at this stage, this Divine Power—or law—lacked combat power.
"But in the future, when I reach the realm of Supreme God and can channel the power of the heavens directly, I'll be able to create from the void. Then, the true might of this Divine Power and Authority will be fully revealed."
"At this stage, if I want to engage in battle, I should still rely mainly on the Grand Destiny Art."
Among the Ten Arts of Fate, the Grand Transformation Art was closely tied to creation-oriented Divine Power and Authority. Bolos believed he could use this Divine Power to grasp the basics of the Grand Transformation Art.
Ten more years passed. Just as Bolos was preparing to delve deeper into the Grand Transformation Art, a familiar goddess came to find him.
"Bolos, are you alright?"
The goddess was Hestia, Zeus's eldest sister—one of the few Divine Beings still respected by humanity today, the Goddess of the Hearth.
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