The explanation given by Ancient One to Kai made Kai have more questions about the world.
"Why did those immortals do this?" This was Kai's first question.
"Freedom! They do this just for freedom!" Gu Yi gave an answer that Kai could never have imagined.
"Freedom?" This answer is too vague. According to the information Kai has received now, those immortals are extremely powerful. There is no existence in this world that can enslave him!
Gu Yi saw Kai's doubts, and she asked Kai: "Do you believe in fate?"
Kai squinted his eyes and thought for a moment, then shook his head.
"But fate does exist, at least before the immortals made their final plan, fate did exist. At that time, everything in the world was controlled by fate, and even the gods could only succumb to the arrangements of fate. Most people Knowing nothing about this, they are undoubtedly lucky and can live their lives carefree and confused. But some people see their fate, which makes them extremely painful, because they feel that it denies the meaning of their existence. It was also at that time that a group of people decided to resist. They were unwilling to become puppets of fate. They called themselves immortals."
"We don't know how those immortals did it back then. We only know that many years ago, the immortals blocked the East and fought a decisive battle with destiny there. They won that battle, and they helped the world break free. The shackles of fate, but the result of that battle also caused the immortals to lose everything. When the immortals completed the protection of the world, they disappeared completely."
Furuichi told Kai what he knew without hiding anything. Kai couldn't tell the truth from the lie, so he just listened to it and believed it until he found evidence.
"Second question, where have all the gods gone? Why has Camelot disappeared as well?"
"Each of the gods has their own destination, and I don't know. All I know is Asgard. They left the earth and rebuilt their own civilization in another world. And I don't know the whereabouts of the ancient Celts. Clearly, I only know that it seems that the mage named Merlin used a huge spell to strip them of this dimension. As for where they went... I can't do anything."
"Leaved?" Kai couldn't tell exactly what he was feeling at that time. A little sour and a little relieved. Kai didn't like to show his emotions in front of outsiders. He quickly suppressed the turbulent emotions in his heart, and then asked: "Does this mean that you are maintaining the world now?"
Ancient One shook his head: "It's 'us', I'm not alone. The guardian of the world is too great, so it can't be maintained by the power of one person alone. So a long time ago, Agamotto organized a group of mages to serve as guardians of the world. maintainers, and this organization continues to this day.”
Kai was a little strange now. Since he was an organization, why would he turn a blind eye to the war happening in front of him? It shouldn't be difficult to eliminate a war with the ability of a mage. If there was only Gu Yi before, Kai could understand, how powerful could one person be?
But now he knows that Gu Yi is not alone! Then why did she sit back and watch this war happen? Isn’t their job to protect the world?
Kai didn't hide his doubts.
And Gu Yi also gave his own answer.
"What we protect is the world, but human beings are free. We have no obligation, let alone the right, to tell them what they should do and what they should not do. Unless there is a catastrophe that threatens the survival of the entire human race, we cannot interfere. Humanity."
"So you never tried to stop the war?"
"That's their own choice! Have you seen those demons?" Gu Yi asked.
"Yes, I also want to say. Didn't Agamotto always want to completely solve the demon invasion? Why did he come to your place and sit back and watch those demons appear?" In the era when Agamotto was still alive, demons had always been Agamotto's main concern. Opponent, he has always believed that demons are human beings' biggest enemies. The relationship between humans and demons is equivalent to that of wolves and rabbits. No, it's more naked and terrifying than this relationship.
In the eyes of demons, humans are a precious resource similar to oil. They will do whatever they can to get it. This is why Agamotto is always on guard against demons.
But now, what Kai sees is completely different. This world does not say that demons are running all over the streets, but from the news that Kai has received, it can be seen that there are not many demons appearing in this world.
"Devils...demons cannot come into this world through the guardianship of the world. But those summoned by humans themselves are not included in this list. We can guard against the invasion of demons, but we cannot prevent humans from actively letting demons in. We will protect the world , but we will try not to interfere with human beings’ choices.”
Does Ancient One like that demons are active in this world? Of course not, if she could, she would choose to kill all the demons. But the reality is that humans themselves summoned demons into this world. This is very helpless.
"Kama Taj's responsibility is to protect the earth from being invaded by other latitudes. We only deal with invasions from the outside world and will not interfere with the secular world. Our highest rule is not to interfere with the operation of this world, whether it is good or bad, it is Humanity's own choice. This is also the free will that the immortals want."
When he was young, Gu Yi couldn't understand this rule, why they had such powerful abilities but stood by and ignored the outside world. But as she grew older, she finally understood Agamotto's painstaking efforts. He was preventing Kama Taj from becoming a yoke to humanity.
Absolute power only brings absolute corruption. If you want to prevent Kama Taj from deteriorating, the best way is to withdraw Kama Taj from the world and look at the world with a more rational and objective attitude. If they participate too much in this world, they will definitely be assimilated by this world. Once they are involved too much, interests will naturally arise. Once interests arise, can Karma Taj still view the world fairly and objectively? What will happen to Kama Taj then?
Human beings may have many shortcomings, but they can always learn something from something, whether it is good or bad. This is also the expectation of those great beings for mankind. On the contrary, when human thoughts are restrained, human beings are truly "dead"!
Kai was a little uncomfortable with what Gu Yi said. When a disaster occurs, having the ability to stand aside and do nothing is not in line with Kai's three views. But Kai could also understand what Ancient One meant.
To put it simply, the relationship between the so-called mage organization Kama Taj and human beings is more like that of a parent to a child.
Parents will provide their children with a stable environment, but they cannot make decisions for them. Children must experience both good and bad things as they grow up. If parents interfere too much, the child will either be rebellious or completely ruined.
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Kai had no intention of changing Karma Taj's rules. Kai was just a time traveler, not an omniscient person. How did he know that Karma Taj's approach was definitely wrong? He only has a few decades of experience. How do you ask him to instruct an organization that has existed for nearly ten thousand years on how to do things? Don't be ridiculous, anyone who really thinks that is either an idiot or an arrogant maniac.
At least over the years, others have done a good job.
Therefore, Kai decisively did not delve into this issue, but turned to business.
"Why did you call me here this time?" In fact, when Kai asked this question, he had a rough answer in mind.
"Ares!" Ancient One said.
Sure enough, it seems that only the matter of Ares can make Kamathaj, who has been hiding in the dark, suddenly contact Kai. Otherwise, Karma Taj would have plenty of opportunities to contact Kai, and there would be no need to specifically choose this moment.
"What happened to him that made you come to me on your own initiative?"
Although he asked this question, Kai knew that it must be a terrible disaster, otherwise Kama Taj would not come to the door. After all, Karma Taj didn't even intervene in World War I, but Ares exposed Karma Taj. One can imagine the magnitude of what Ares has done.
"He opened his war field!"
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When Kai appeared again, his face was ugly. Half of it was because of the aftereffects of teleportation, and the other half was because of Ares.
This bastard finally caused something big!
Thinking of this, Kai could only wake up the others in the middle of the night and tell them that they had no time to wait any longer and had to set off immediately.
Diana was a little strange. Didn't the Nautilus say it wouldn't arrive until midnight? Why leave now? There are still a few hours left.
"There's no time to explain, let's leave now." After saying that, Kai suddenly began to make gestures with his hands, and then stretched out the index finger of his right hand to draw a circle about 30 centimeters in diameter in the air. An orange-red halo formed in the air, gradually getting larger, and finally formed a "door" about three meters in diameter with orange sparks flashing.
Opposite the door is a beach, and there is a sign on the beach that says 'Welcome to Astell Beach'.
Astor Beach is the best beach in Athens. This beach was very famous in later generations, but now...it can only be said that not many people know about it except the Athenians themselves. But it is not difficult to see where the destination is from the Temple of Poseidon in the distance.
At least Afu recognized it as Athens at a glance.
A group of people looked at Kai stupidly. They didn't understand why Kai didn't show it earlier since he was so good at it. If so, how much time would they save?
"What are you looking at? This thing can be used once! Come over quickly!"
Of course, Kai doesn't know this kind of magic. This is entirely due to Gu Yi. In order for Kai to arrive in Athens as soon as possible, she specially helped Kai open the legendary door. Kai was completely gesticulating there. Kai was very unhappy with this approach, as Gu Yi was too mysterious.
But Gu Yi insisted that Kama Taj can only be known to those who need to know, and unrelated people do not need to know any information about Kama Taj. The same goes for solving the trouble of Ares this time. Kama Taj's mage will only act in secret, and all the work on the surface needs Kai to complete.
Especially for Ares, Ancient One told Kai that not only were Kama Taj's mages not very proficient in combat, but they were also very few in number. In order to reduce losses, Ares taught Kai. Of course, in order to ensure that Kai can win, Kai received a little preferential treatment.
He got a Kama Taj ring, which can temporarily ignore the suppression of the world guardian. In other words, Kai can now fully exert his full strength while the ring exists.
Had it not been for Ares, Karma Taj would not have let something like this that would destroy the balance escape. The World Guardian treats everyone in this world equally. Except for the mages of Kama Taj, there is no other way. They are the main force in maintaining the protection of the world.
Soon a group of people passed through the portal.
Like Kai, everyone couldn't bear the after-effects of the teleportation, and everyone started vomiting after passing through.
As everyone passed through, the portal disappeared.
"What is that?" Diana felt a little better, and she was almost done after vomiting twice. But when she just looked up, she found that the sky in the distance turned blood red, and under the sky was a burning city!
"Athens!" Kai said coldly.
Within the city of Athens, after a day and night of massacre, the entire city had completely turned into hell. This has become a world of the undead and monsters. Humans have been basically killed. Countless limbs and broken arms are scattered randomly throughout the city. The blood has not solidified after such a long time, but has formed small streams in the streets. , constantly flowing.
Monsters search for anything they are interested in in the city, and what they love most is humans. Whether it is for pure killing or to vent, humans are their best targets. More monsters gathered together. They piled the corpses together, and then danced in tribute to the God of War while munching on human flesh with blood.
They compare each other with how many people they have killed and are proud of it.
A strange-looking flying dragon flew through the sky, spitting out flames and setting the remaining buildings on fire. The crackling of flames and gas and the sound of shattering window glass serve as the best music to tell what the city has just experienced.
"Ares!!!"
When a group of people saw this scene on a mountain near Athens, Diana couldn't bear it anymore.
"Ah... Ares... you are in big trouble after all!"
Kai looked at all this with no expression on his face. To put it mildly, Kai was actually prepared for what he saw in front of him.
"Come on, let's end this!"
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In the center of the city, in the former Greek palace, Ares opened his eyes on a throne made of bones.
"It's coming faster than I thought, Kai." After speaking, Ares ordered Phobos beside him: "Go, my son, and lead my army to spread death."
Phobos frowned and looked at his father.
"Father, what about you?"
"Hahahaha, me? Of course I'm staying to meet old friends. We haven't seen each other for a long time."
"But..." Who is the old friend in Ares' mouth, Phoebus's natural way. But it was this that worried him. He knew that Ares never had an advantage against Kai.
"There is no but, Phobos." On the contrary, Ares was confident about this. "Don't forget, those stupid humans made me stronger than ever."
The scale and brutality of the First World War indeed far exceeded all wars in human history, and war was the source of Ares' power. So Ares at this time is more powerful than ever.
