Barbara next to her said: "Because Gad said that his guardianship alliance with us has not ended yet."
"Oh? Even if you tell him, you are no longer the gods of this world?"
"even so!"
After the explanations of the goddesses, Mark finally understood: Gard was like the head of a security company who signed defense alliance contracts with many gods. In exchange, he could receive divine power and other rewards from the other party of the contract.
The sad thing is: Gard has obviously messed up his brand now.
"We are all gods with a certain vocation as the source of our power. Not only that, this is an indelible obsession that is imprinted in our souls. Even if we are no longer the gods of this world, this obsession will accompany us until
Until the soul is annihilated." Litcher sighed.
"Then let him come."
One day later, Mark met Gad in the salon of the Caribbean.
"..." Mark is rarely so speechless.
Gard is also a being who became a god in a mortal body. But this appearance still made Mark a little stunned.
Stepping into the main entrance of the hall, what appeared in front of Mark was a pair of two-meter-tall silver armor in the standard sense.
Apart from the rectangular spiked silver tower shield that is as tall as Gard, and the complex curved patterns on the armor, Gard's most eye-catching thing is the unicorn-shaped full-face helmet. Through the eye sockets and chin position,
Through the tiny gap, Mark could see that it was hollow inside. There was only a ball of silver divine power condensed inside.
"Please don't mind my appearance, Lord Mark Destiny, I have abandoned my habit of being a human for almost a thousand years. Even with the so-called [Body of a Saint], I only appear in the form of human armor.
"Gade said solemnly.
"Lord Gad, it's me who should say sorry."
"No need to apologize, this is my choice." The armored giant bowed slightly and saluted.
"You sent a message before that you hope to continue to fulfill the defense covenant with the four goddesses of art. Can I ask why?"
The two silvery fireworks in Gard's full-face helmet flickered briefly, giving Mark a very anthropomorphic feeling that his owner was remembering the past.
He talked about the past in a low and hoarse voice:
"In the last thousand years, when I was still a human being, I was the captain of the Royal Guards of a lost kingdom. My country was destroyed before the God War. I swore to protect my Majesty, the Queen, and me for the rest of my life.
The two princesses I loved most were all killed in that incident that destroyed the country. I couldn't protect anything, so I became an almost resentful existence."
"I know it may be difficult for you to understand my emotions - I am heartbroken and disappointed because I failed to protect you. A hundred years later, I ushered in the divine war. I was bound in the ruins of the palace, and suddenly I was trapped in the palace treasure trove.
A beam of light inside attracted me."
"That's a magical stone slab hidden in the secret compartment of the treasure house."
"The following story must be known to several goddesses."
This is the War of Gods, an era of chaos but where heroes rise together.
Whether it is justice or evil, reasonable or absurd, various powerful beings from different planes and different worlds are crazily advocating their own opinions to the hesitating human beings, instilling "truths" that are likely to be fallacies.
I don’t know how many mortals are crazy about it, and I don’t know how many mortals have paid a terrible price for the lies of careerists.
Being able to maintain one's true nature in such an environment is undoubtedly a precious quality.
Mark carefully tasted Gad's words and paid attention to the changes in the system. In the end, all he got was peace.
Without any guidance or future perspective, the choice was simply and completely placed in front of Mark.
"Oh? You said that you are willing to continue to perform the duty of guardianship until the end of this divine war, even if they plan to leave this world?"
"Yes. You don't have to pay any price. This is the fate of me and all my followers."
"Do you need me to take you away with me?"
The silver helmet shook: "Maybe I won't be able to survive the Day of Judgment. But the existence I [protect] was born on this land. I will not leave."
"Even if you are lucky enough to survive this divine war, you will lose the goal you want to protect?"
"Yes! Maybe at that time, I will worry about how to find a new guardian. But we will talk about it then."
Asked here, Mark no longer had any doubts.
The thugs who prostitute themselves for free, don’t do it for free!
"Thank you for your candor. I hope we can safely complete the final journey during this period." Mark stretched out his hand and shook it with the cold metal hand.
Gard surrendered his kingdom very simply.
When his rectangular divine kingdom, which looked like six shields put together like a box or a coffin, broke through the lower level of the spiritual world on its own, then passed through the portal between the spiritual world and the real plane, and came to the port of San Marino,
All mortals in the port were alarmed.
Different from the kingdom of art gods, they need to use a lot of space to give their angels and servants a space to display their artistic talents.
Garde's Kingdom of God is just a giant cave for hiding soldiers.
In addition to the necessary training facilities, his kingdom is a living military camp, which makes him have the largest number of 'angels' at his disposal, a total of 2,077.
When these angels wearing heavy armor and holding large shields came out, their style of painting was completely different from the angels of the goddess of art.
Their angel is a typical "hair can be cut off but the hairstyle cannot be messy", they must be beautiful themselves and work part-time to fight.
The 'angels' of the Guardian God are all heavily armored men. Even their titles are [Shield Guard], [Guardian Knight] and the like. They also have angel wings, but can you imagine these macho men with an average height of two meters wearing one?
Heavy armor like a big metal can, and then use palm-sized wings to maintain flight?
These guys don't 'focus all their talents on defense because they are afraid of pain', but 'focus all their talents on defense in order to [protect]'.
As for whether it hurts or not, I didn't think about it at all.
Counting the believers who came from all over the world in response to Gard's call, theoretically, Mark will soon have 10,000 more Extraordinary soldiers.
In this troubled world, it can be considered a considerable force.
Immediately after Gard, Mark was a little surprised, but not so surprised, when he received a request for refuge.
The muscular female knight named Natasha knelt in front of Mark: "The goddess of ice and snow has been defeated in the battle with the ice bear god. By the order of the saint, I beg you to have mercy and take the lord of ice and snow out of this world. As a ship
Fei, my lord is willing to offer you a high-level ice and snow artifact!"