Jin took a deep breath, and he felt an arc of excitement flowing through his internal organs, and dopamine began to spread - he had rarely experienced such an exciting scene.
"My Lord, this is very... This really suits you."
In his contact with Hades, Jin deeply realized that Hades himself was not a person who cared about appearance. He was the kind of person who would weld strange parts to the armor if he thought it was useful... but he did not consider the overall beauty and coordination at all.
For a warrior or a war machine, this is naturally no problem, but as a leader, a god who needs to provide psychological sustenance for people, he must pay attention to his appearance.
He must be solemn and heavy enough, sacred and distant enough, and he must conform to the most primitive aesthetics of mankind to stimulate the initial definitions hidden in human genes.
The armor that Jin provided to Hades, the [Armor of Sorrow], is obviously both beautiful and practical. The technology from Jin, Kirkland, and the Empire is fully reflected in this armor.
Jin shuddered again, the candle flame on his body flickered, and the black stone pendant swayed with his movements.
He was staring intently at Hades, the lord of the underworld who was completely unaware of himself.
The pure black armor was still as dark as night under the light of the fire, like a bottomless abyss, staring at all usurpers who dared to peek at the gods of the underworld.
A corner of the refined gold interlayer appeared from the edge of the armor, meticulously wrapping the edge of the dark armor, and the cold light was dancing. Although it was refined gold, it was bitingly cold.
On the breastplate, the imperial double-headed eagle is staring at the world sharply. Most armors will have an imperial double-headed eagle inlaid on the breastplate... But considering the identity of the person wearing this armor, perhaps only he can truly bear the weight of the two heads.
Apart from the imperial double-headed eagle, there are no other obvious symbols on the Armor of Sorrow.
On the shoulder armor, which was originally used to show identity, there are large black teardrops carved from black stone, flowing down layer by layer.
It is the tears of mourning dripping from the vigil candles beside the coffin of the deceased; it is the boundless water that surges up from the sea of the underworld in the moment of suffocation; it is the drop of sorrowful blood in the corner of the eyes of God when all living beings are struggling in pain.
That was the symbol of His being born as a human being, and that was the path He was destined to be called God.
He will shed tears and blood until all sorrow ends and the gods rest in peace.
Tears took away his humanity, and blood took away his weakness...
Jin was trembling and gasping. He had personally pushed his benefactor onto a distorted path. He was destined to be a sinner, even though thousands of people would sing praises of his achievements and his devotion to Hades.
He looked to Hades. Would Hades realize all this? Realize the trust his followers placed in him - even if it would crush him
Hades was looking at his shoulder armor with interest, did he realize it
Jin watched as Hades reached out and tapped his shoulder armor;
"oh,"
Hades said,
"Jin, this is a process similar to high-temperature enamel firing. Why not just put a Death Guard emblem on it? This would be more convenient. Otherwise, when we go back to the battlefield, all the patterns will be worn off."
The flickering candlelight stopped.
A smile broke out on Kim's screen.
:)
"I'm sorry, sir, but I'm incapable of meeting your needs."
Hades is a human, obviously, since only humans can have such poor aesthetics, and gods generally like to dress themselves up.
Just as Jin thought, Hades had no aesthetic talent. The damn Barbarus poisoned all his aesthetic cells.
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Hades was satisfied with the [Armor of Sorrow] provided by Jin. It had a simple color scheme, no fancy decorations, and no religious implications.
The pattern on the shoulder armor was within an acceptable range. Hades guessed that Jin probably felt that the shoulder armor was too empty and ugly, so he just carved a random pattern on it.
Hades sometimes does this, like drawing a plaid pattern or something, which is simple and elegant.
He just didn't know why this set of armor was called "Armor of Sorrow", and Jin didn't seem to want to explain anything about it.
It was probably just a random name, Hades thought indifferently. If it were him, he would use numbers like 01 or 02 to name his design.
The only thing that made Hades a little dissatisfied was that this set of armor did not have the characteristics of the Death Guard -
Hades looked at Jin with sharp eyes, as if indicating something.
Jinka clicked.
"My Lord, there is another ornament I have specially designated for you. You can choose whether you want it or not."
Jin waved his hand, and two robot servants came over with a tray, on which lay several strings of—
Hades' eyes lit up. Hey, isn't this Mortarion's censer
He took it. Although the style was similar, there were slight differences. Mortarion's copper furnace was simply the simplest style, and the brass faintly revealed a violent aesthetic.
The one in Hades's hand had been adjusted to make it look more like eyeballs... A strange green light was seeping out from the cracks in the incense burner, exuding the fragrance of death.
But the mystery of this incense burner is more than that. When it appeared in Hades' black domain vision, Hades realized the amazingness of these incense burners -
"Lord Pluto, the incense burners here are filled with carefully selected psychic bones."
"They attract the attention of psykers... and they feel a wave of fear creeping up their spines."
It was completely within Jin's expectations. Hades took the incense burner with great interest. He seemed to be extremely satisfied with these incense burners that hinted at the characteristics of the Death Guard.
Hades tied up the psychic censers and continued to look at Jin with shining eyes.
…
Jin looked at Hades who was wearing his armor, wondering what he was hinting at.
Hades spoke,
"Helmet? Jin, where's my helmet?"
Kim silently turned his eyes away from Hades, ignoring the flash of embarrassment and waved towards the dimness of the room.
A little girl holding a black iron halo walked out. Unlike ordinary Martians, there were not many signs of transformation on her body.
Compared with the little girl, the black iron halo in her hand can be called huge. This black giant does not reflect any light under the candlelight. It is so black that it looks like a two-dimensional existence.
Hades looked at Jin with a questioning look.
"This is… ?"
"Crown of Loneliness, a powerful refraction field is installed inside - you don't even need to wear an extra helmet. In addition, it will resonate with your Black Domain and assist your Black Domain to a certain extent."
"Of course... I made some minor changes. This may be a useless feature... When you activate it, it will reduce the brightness of the surrounding area and interfere with any detected radio waves."
Hades blinked and saw the little girl running over, looking at him with her head raised and the black halo in her arms. He seemed to know what the girl meant. Hades picked up the girl and asked her to install the halo behind his neck.
"That's not what I'm asking, Jin," Hades began. "Who is she? Don't tell me you modified a child to be a servitor."
Kim grimaced on the screen.
"Lord Hades, this is a child I picked up from the wasteland of Mars. He is a natural human, so he was abandoned."
Hades glanced at Jin. He vaguely remembered that Jin seemed to be a natural person picked up by Kirkland from Mars...
The little girl smiled at him before running off and getting underneath Jin's layers of red robes.
"All right,"
Hades opened his hand.
"I still wish I had a helmet, Jin."
Sorry, I'm late because I've been busy these days.
(End of this chapter)