Jin took a deep breath. He felt arcs of excitement flowing through his organs, and dopamine began to spread - he had rarely experienced such an exciting scene.
"My lord, this is... this really suits you."
During his contact with Hades, Jin deeply realized that Hades himself is not a person who cares about appearance. He is the kind of person who will weld strange parts to his armor if he thinks it is useful... without considering the overall situation at all. The beauty and coordination.
This is naturally no problem for a warrior and a war machine, but as a leader, a god who needs to provide people with psychological sustenance, he must pay attention to his appearance.
He must be majestic enough, sacred enough and distant enough, and he must conform to the most primitive aesthetics of mankind to inspire those initial definitions hidden in human genes.
The armor provided by Jin for Hades, [Armor of Sorrow], is obviously both beautiful and practical. The technology from Jin, Kirkland, and the Empire is fully reflected in this armor.
Jin trembled 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 had no awareness of himself.
The pure black armor was still as dim as night under the firelight, like a bottomless abyss, staring at all the trespassers who dared to peek into the gods of the underworld.
A corner of the fine gold interlayer emerged from the edge of the armor, meticulously covering the edge of the dark armor. The cold light was moving happily. Although it was fine gold, it revealed a biting coldness.
On top of the breastplate, the Imperial double-headed eagle is staring sharply at the world. Most armors will have the Imperial double-headed eagle inlaid on the breastplate... But considering the identity of the person wearing this armor, perhaps only he can truly shoulder the responsibility. The weight of this double head.
Apart from the iconic imperial double-headed eagle, there are no other obvious symbols on the Armor of Sorrow——
The shoulder armor that was originally used to show off one's identity was carved from black stone, with large jet-black teardrops dripping down layer upon layer.
It is the mourning tears dripping from the wake candle next to the deceased's coffin; it is the boundless water that rises from the sea of the underworld when he is suffocated; it is the drop of mourning blood in the corner of the god's eye when all living beings are struggling.
That was a symbol of His birth as a human being, and that was the path He was destined to take to become God.
He will weep and bleed until the misery ceases and until the gods sleep in peace.
Tears take away his humanity, while blood stains fade away his weakness...
Jin trembled and gasped. He personally pushed his benefactor onto a path that twisted him. He was destined to be a sinner, even if thousands of people would sing his merits and praise his dedication to Hades.
He looked at Hades. Will Hades realize all this? Aware of the trust that believers place in him—even if they crush him?
Hades was looking at his pauldrons with interest, did he realize that?
Jin watched helplessly as Hades reached out and tapped his shoulder armor.
"oh,"
Hades said,
"Jin, is this a process similar to high-temperature firing of enamel? Why not just put a Death Guard badge on it? It's more convenient, otherwise all the patterns will be worn away when we go back to the battlefield."
The flickering candlelight stopped.
A smile burst out on Jin's screen,
:)
"I'm sorry, sir, I'm sorry for my inability to meet your needs."
Hades is a human, obviously, since only humans have such poor aesthetics, and gods generally like to dress themselves up.
Just as Jin thought, Hades had no aesthetic talent. Damn Barbarus poisoned all aesthetic cells.
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Hades was satisfied with the [Armor of Sorrow] provided by Jin. The color scheme was simple, there were no fancy decorations, and there were no religious implications.
The pattern on the shoulder armor was within an acceptable range. Hades guessed that Jin felt that the shoulder armor was too spacey and unsightly, so he carved a random flower on it.
Hades sometimes does this, such as drawing a plaid pattern or something, which is simple and elegant.
It's just that he doesn't know why this set of armor is called [Armor of Sorrow], and Jin doesn't seem to want to explain it.
He probably picked a random name and used it. Hades thought indifferently that if it were him, he would name his design after the numbers 01 and 02.
The only thing that made Hades feel a little dissatisfied was that this set of armor did not have the characteristics of the Death Guard——
But then I thought about it, if he did something bad outside and someone took revenge on him, it would be better not to show the Death Guard badge and let the enemy retaliate against the Death Guard.
Hades looked at Jin with bright eyes, seeming to indicate something.
Jin got stuck.
"My lord, there is another piece of jewelry that I have specially designated for you. You can choose whether you want it or not."
Jin waved, and two servitors came over with trays, on which were lying quietly a few strings——
Hades's eyes lit up, hey, isn't this Mortarion's incense burner?
He took it over. Although the styles were similar, they were slightly different. Mortarion's copper stove was simply the simplest style, and the brass had a faint aesthetic of violence.
The one in Hades's hand has been adjusted to make them more like eyeballs... Weird green light is seeping out from the gaps 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's black field vision, Hades realized the amazingness of these incense burners——
"Lord Hades, what is burned in these incense burners are the bones of carefully selected psykers."
"They attract a psyker's eye...and they feel a creeping fear creeping up their spine."
Completely within the scope of Jin's expectations, Hades brought this 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 psyker censers, and then continued to look at Jin with gleaming eyes——
...?
Jin looked at Hades who was wearing armor, wondering what he was implying.
Hades spoke,
"Helmet? Kim, where's my helmet?"
Jin silently turned his eyes away from Hades, ignoring the flash of embarrassment and waving his hand towards the dimness of the room.
A little girl holding a black iron halo came out. Unlike ordinary Martians, there were not many signs of modification 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, and is so black that it looks like a two-dimensional existence.
Hades looked at Jin with doubtful eyes;
"This is……?"
"The Crown of Solitude is equipped with a powerful refraction field - you don't even need to wear an additional helmet. In addition, it will resonate with your black domain and assist your black domain to a certain extent. "
"Of course... I made some small changes. This may be a useless function... When you activate it, it will reduce the brightness of the surroundings and interfere with any detected radio waves."
Hades blinked. He saw the little girl running over, looking up at him with a black halo in her arms. He seemed to know what the girl meant. Hades picked up the girl and asked her to install this behind his neck. Aura.
"That's not what I'm asking, Jin," Hades said, "Who is she? Don't tell me you transformed children into servitors."
Kim made a face on her screen.
"Master Hades, this is the child I picked up from the Martian wasteland. He is a natural person, so he was abandoned."
Hades glanced at Jin. He vaguely remembered that Jin seemed to be a natural person that Kirkland picked up from Mars...
The little girl smiled at him, then ran away, slipping under Jin's layers of red robes.
"All right,"
Hades opened his hand,
"I still wish I had a helmet, Kim."
Sorry, I've been busy these days, so I'm even later.
(End of chapter)
