"Just, why me?" Mark smiled.

Barbara, who was next to her, said, "Because Gard said that his guardian covenant with us is not over yet. ”

"Oh? Even if you tell him that you are no longer the gods of this world? ”

"Even so!"

Under the explanations of the goddesses, Mark finally understood: Gad is like the head of a security company, signing a defensive alliance contract with many gods. In exchange, he can receive rewards such as divine power from the other party to the contract.

Sadly, Gard is clearly messing up his signature now.

"We are all gods with some kind of priesthood as the source of our strength. Not only that, but this is an indelible obsession imprinted in our souls. Even if we are no longer the gods of this world, this obsession will stay with us until the gods are annihilated. Litchel sighed.

"Then let him come."

A day later, Mark met Gad in the Caribbean's parlor.

"......" Mark is rarely so speechless.

Gad is also a god in the form of a mortal. It's just that this appearance still makes Mark a little stunned.

Stepping into the main entrance of the hall, Mark was greeted by a pair of silver armor two meters tall in the standard sense.

Aside from the rectangular silver tower shield with spikes on the face of Gard's height and the intricate curvilinear patterns on the armor, Gard's most striking thing was the full-face helmet in the shape of a single horn. Through the tiny slits in the eye sockets and chin area, Mark can see that the inside is hollow. Only a cloud of silver divine power was condensed inside.

"Please don't mind my appearance, Your Excellency Mark Destini, I've abandoned my habit of being human for almost a thousand years. Even if it is the so-called [Sage Body], I only appear in the form of humanoid armor. Gard said solemnly.

"Your Excellency, I'm the one who should say I'm sorry."

"No need to apologize, it's my choice." The armored giant bowed slightly.

"You have previously spread that you want to continue to fulfill your defensive covenant against the four goddesses of art. May I ask why? ”

The two silver fireworks in Gard's full-hooded helmet, which were like eyes, flickered for a moment, and it turned out to be very anthropomorphic, giving Mark the feeling that his master was reminiscing about the past.

He spoke in a low, hoarse voice:

"In the last millennium, when I was still a human, I was the captain of the royal guard of a lost kingdom. My nation was destroyed before the war of the gods. My Majesty, the Queen, and the two princesses whom I swore to protect for the rest of my life, were all killed in that annihilation. I couldn't protect anything, so I became an almost resentful being. ”

"I know you may have a hard time understanding my feelings—the grief and disappointment of not being able to protect me, and just like that, a hundred years later, I have a divine war. Bound in the ruins of the palace, I was suddenly attracted by a ray of light in the treasury of the palace. ”

"It's a tablet of divine power hidden in the secret mezzanine of the treasure vault."

"The next story, I think several goddesses know."

This is the Divine Wars, an era of chaos but a time of great strength.

Whether it is good or evil, reasonable or absurd, all kinds of powerful beings from different planes and different worlds are frantically touting their own ideas to the wandering human race, instilling the 'truth' that is likely to be a fallacy.

I don't know how many mortals have gone crazy for it, and I don't know how many mortals have paid a terrible price for the lies of careerists.

In such an environment, it is undoubtedly a precious quality to be able to maintain one's own heart.

Mark savored Gad's words, paying attention to the changes in the system, and finally got only a calm.

Without any guidance, no vision for the future, the choice was simply and thoroughly placed in front of Mark.

"Oh? You said you were willing to continue your duty of guardianship until the end of this divine war, even if they planned to leave this world? ”

"Yes. You don't have to pay any price. This is my fate and that of all my followers. ”

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"Do you need me to take you with me?"

The silver helmet shook, "Maybe I won't be able to survive Judgment Day." But the very existence that I [guard] was born on this land. I'm not leaving. ”

"Even if you're lucky enough to survive this divine war, and lose the goal you want to protect?"

"That's right! Maybe at that point, I'll be struggling to find a new person to protect me. But let's talk about it then. ”

Asked about this, Mark had no doubts.

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"Thank you for your candour, and I hope we can finish the last journey in peace." Mark reached out and held it with the cold metal hand.

Gad descended his kingdom very simply.

When his rectangular kingdom of God, which was shaped like six shields together, like a box, or a coffin, broke through the lower level of the spirit world on its own, and then passed through the portal between the spirit world and the reality plane, and came to the port of San Marino, the mortals of the entire port were alarmed.

Unlike the kingdom of the gods of art, they need to use a lot of space to give their angels and servants a space to show their artistic talents.

Gad's kingdom is a giant cave.

In addition to the necessary training facilities, his kingdom is a large living barracks, which makes the number of 'angels' under his command the largest, 2,077.

When these angels in heavy armor and holding large shields come out, the style of painting is completely different from that of the angels of the goddess of art.

The angels of their family belong to a typical 'head can be broken and the hairstyle can't be messy', and they must be beautiful themselves, and they go to fight part-time by the way.

The 'angels' of the guardian god are all heavily armored men, and even the titles are [shield guard], [guardian knight] and the like. Angel wings are also available, but can you imagine these Mengmen with an average height of two meters put on a large metal can-like heavy armor, and then use palm-sized wings to maintain flight?

These guys don't 'focus all their talents on defense because they're afraid of pain', but they 'focus all their talents on defense for the sake of [Protection].

As for whether it hurts or not, people haven't thought about it at all.

Counting the believers who came from all over the world in response to Gard's call, it is theoretically possible that Mark will soon have 10,000 more Extraordinary soldiers under his command.

In this troubled world, it is also a lot of force.

Immediately after Gad, Mark received a request for refuge, a little unexpectedly, and not so unexpectedly.

The muscular knight named Natasha knelt in front of Mark: "The Ice Goddess has lost the battle against the Ice Bear God. On the orders of the Holy Maiden, I beg your Excellency to have mercy and take the Lord of Ice and Snow out of this world. As a boat fare, our lord is willing to present a high-level ice and snow artifact! ”