Love, Gun, Cupid

As you all know, the Guardians of the Holy Land gained the magic of the Holy Land, while the Greeks gained the ability to create monsters. Regardless of the love and hate between your two organizations, in my view, your significance to the Holy Land is this:

The guardians of the sacred land spend 29 days a month absorbing energy from the real world, and on a specific day, they bring the energy back to the sacred land and release it in battles against monsters.

The Greeks created monsters for 29 days each month, and at specific times, they would send these monsters to storm the defenses of the Holy Land's guardians, forcing them to unleash their power.

Furthermore, every guardian of the Holy Land, every Greek, signs a document before receiving power—in the form of a confession by the Holy Land. However, in the explanation of numerous rights and obligations, you all naturally overlook the clause that your property will belong entirely to the Holy Land after your death.

Yes, after you die, your souls will return to the Holy Land and be broken down into pure energy. Celestial beings are very good at extracting energy from souls.

Previously, you wondered why the Holy Land Guardians would become overweight after the age of twenty-five due to a growing sweet tooth, leading to a series of chronic diseases. As a result, most Holy Land Guardians would graduate around that time.

You should now understand the significance of this setup: it's a despicable act devised by the malicious Pallas to replace the guardians of the Holy Land and reclaim more souls.

The environment around the Moon Goddess's authority was warm as spring, but the ice cave trembled all over, covered in cold sweat, with icy hands and feet. She didn't want to believe this setting because it wasn't cool at all and it negated the image of them as heroes who guarded the city in the darkness.

"Believe it or not, it's up to you. You can go ask the guardian ghost among the Holy Land's protectors, who is also your captain. Time really flies. It feels like I only took a nap, and she's gone from a little girl to a middle-aged woman."

"team leader……"

"Hmm, I remember her name was... never mind, it doesn't matter what her name was, let's just call her by her code name Henrietta."

The first person she entered was a minor. At that time, she was a female delinquent, a group that seemed to have a bad reputation among you humans.

She was beautiful, disliked studying, and came from a poor family. After graduating from junior high school, she was quickly lured into a group by young men in society with promises of delicious food and fun activities. After getting pregnant by her boyfriend and having an abortion, she became short of money and began to engage in transactions with other men.

You humans consider having sex with minors to be immoral, but some people seem to derive greater pleasure from what is forbidden.

Therefore, relying on her appearance and youth, your captain is quite popular in the market, and most of her customers are middle-aged men who have achieved a certain level of success, which brings her a substantial income.

However, she underestimated the slickness and cunning of middle-aged men; a large sum of money doesn't guarantee a lack of ill intentions. Despite believing she had taken all necessary precautions, her captain still became pregnant, and a second abortion left her permanently infertile.

At this moment, she panicked. She envisioned that after she retired from her life of crime, she would find a high-quality, honest man with a high income and little contact with women to take her in. With a strong desire, she was chosen by the Holy Land to become the new courier ghost.

The Holy Land offered to restore her fertility in exchange for her continued service to the Holy Land. From then on, Henrietta began to favor young girls, and you are her latest victims.

Henrietta later found someone in the IT industry to take over, and successfully concealed her past to have a child. However, as time went by, she was eroded by the mundane life. In addition, her husband lost his job after she turned 35, and the family's financial situation plummeted. Everything went wrong, which tormented her into a disgusting menopausal old woman.

I think it would be better to promise oneself not to age and to maintain beauty until death than to promise family and children. She sacrificed the souls of dozens of people, but didn't find happiness herself; it's a complete loss.

A young Henrietta was displayed before the ice cave, which shook its head and retreated. When it saw Henrietta agree to the deal without hesitation, exchanging the souls of her descendants for the possibility of her future life, it collapsed to the ground.

"Poor thing, you like that person because of your magic counter, you get close to that person because you've been brainwashed, your profession is a lie, your mission is a lie, your teammates are victims, your captain is an accomplice to evil, and even this power is just like those microloans targeting young people, all of them are poisonous things."

I said, "Do you want to see something real?"

Chapter 107 The Road to the Holy Land (9) (Bonus Chapter)

After Mu Xiu's existence lost its meaning, the Ice Cave continued to live as the guardian of the former holy land. Unexpectedly, less than two weeks later, her existence was denied once again. This time, it was even more heartbreaking than being denied as Mu Xiu.

Women like Diana have no time to care about what the ice cave thinks. She said, "In the end, the powers of Pallas and Ares are not honest. They are dominated by the instinct to devour energy and increase their own value, fooling you mortals like free-range livestock, and making a lot of fun by fighting and killing each other."

I am different from these two crude authorities. The great moon goddess Diana murdered and replaced several of her companions, and then used the Trojan War to pin the deaths of these victims on the enemy. She digested the energy of those companions, expelled the personality remnants of those victims from her body, and then combined them back together and injected them into the authority she possessed.

Therefore, although I am in power, I still have my own self, and staying in this place is torture. Watching two boring idiots tempt more idiotic humans, I can only act as a mediator. Otherwise, I have nothing to do because I can't feel the presence of my master.

I've had enough of this life, but I dare not leave, fearing the collapse of the sacred ground and that I'll be taken over by other thieves before my master reclaims me… Until recently, I sensed my master's presence, in that boy you like.”

"Lin Jiade?" A glimmer of life appeared in the ice cave.

"Yes, it's him. Since he carries the master's aura, it means the master has regained his activity. Therefore, I no longer need to maintain the balance of the holy land. To me, the faster this hellhole collapses, the better."

It just so happens that you humans... no, it's a dead but still active human who has made contact with a white dragon, the guardian of the holy site, and the Greeks. However, they are secretly colluding together and seem to be planning to become accomplices.

They made a mess of the Holy Land. The humans kept in the Holy Land were no match for them. I couldn't be bothered to do anything about it and let them cause trouble. But I thought about it and realized that I didn't know what the master's situation was, so I decided to find someone to find out.

Consider the facts I just told you as an expression of goodwill.

Having processed the shock of the Moon Goddess's authority, the ice cave opened her mouth with some difficulty and asked, "Why was I chosen?"

"It doesn't matter who we choose, anyone will do. But after all, you have a fragment of the Pallas artifact, and you're the weakest of the humans still alive. You're doing nothing while they're fighting, so bringing you in will have the least impact on the battle."

"Because I'm the weakest and have nothing to do, you assume I'm the easiest for you to control?" the ice cave asked.

"That's it."

Sincerity isn't always a good quality. At least for now, Ice Cave laughed hysterically, plopped down on the ground, and said, "You said you'd show me the real world? I just want to go back to my warm bed and be with the man I love (censored) until I'm exhausted. He'll carry me to the bathroom to shower, then carry me back, and I'll spend a dreamless night sleeping in his arms!"

The Moon Goddess's authority promised, "This wish is not difficult to fulfill. If Lin Jiade is not the Moon Goddess's toy, I can turn him into the person you need in three seconds."

"He has celestial observers by his side!"

"I was watching Assassin's Creed Taxi driver killing videos on my terminal while fighting them, and I could still win."

Is something that is forcibly distorted by force truly real?

“Foolish humans, in a world where extraordinary powers exist, these powers create countless lies that are difficult to detect. To obtain the truth, one must possess power that transcends lies.”

Without power, you can't even distinguish between lies, truth, dreams, and reality.

The Moon Goddess's authority touched the Ice Cave's brow. In a daze, the Ice Cave saw herself lying on a bed, with Lin Jiade above her—something she had been longing for.

She closed her eyes shyly, never expecting that what touched her cheeks was not Lin Jiade's lips or fingers, but two soft and heavy lumps. She opened her eyes and saw that Lin Jiade was a lecherous woman, and she was a little boy about to be run over. She screamed in fright.

She opened her eyes and saw the woman's smiling face, realizing she had been tricked. She glared at her angrily, but Diana's authority laughed, "See? Without power, you can't distinguish anything and are easily manipulated."

Ice Cave said self-deprecatingly, "It's as if having power makes me immune to manipulation. I... seem to have always been a tool. I only have a little meaning in my existence when someone is doing something to someone else."

"But the fewer people who order you around, the better, isn't it? At least you won't have to worry about that little dragon who beats you up at will, or the lich who curses you. Are you really willing to be subordinate to them?"

The answer was naturally unwilling, but Ice Cave remembered the fate of Yang Xuemeng and Di Tao, and she did not want to ruin her future because of her momentary careless choice... until Jianlan sent her an order to entangle Lin Jiade.

She turned stiffly in the ice cave, her soul trying to return to her body against her will. At that moment, the moon goddess's authority behind her spoke: "Are you willing to be controlled?"

The ice cave, unwilling to be controlled or to become enemies with its benefactor, shouted, "I agree to whatever the conditions!"

"very good!"

The ice cave's body was covered in moonlight. When she came to her senses, she was already back in her own body, and everyone around her was looking at her with shocked eyes.

"That's how you see me..."

Looking down into the ice cave, she saw that her hands were glowing with a moon-white light. She looked up and saw everyone around her, except for Lin Jiade, who radiated the same color.

Although he didn't know what had happened to her, Cai Gou Xian Yu didn't want the changing ice cave to affect the battle, so he roared and threw one of his short guns.

Kapok tried to intercept, but the sword only struck the phantom of the short spear. Lin Jiade cut the short spear in two, but the real killing move was the shaped weapon that flew over his head.

Cai Gou Xian Yu used half of his energy to construct a flaming sword and blade that reached the ice cave. The ice cave subconsciously used a holy land spell, then realized that he had done something futile.

Swords and blades were already in front of her when suddenly a sword appeared in Ice Cave's field of vision, blocking all the attacks that could be fatal. Only a few swords and blades grazed Ice Cave's hands and feet.

"I'm saved."

Ice Cave sat down heavily on the ground, and saw the sword protecting her fall, transforming into a human form and pinning her to the ground.

Bayern Munich beat Barcelona 3-0, therefore an extra chapter is needed.

Chapter 108 The Road to the Holy Land (10)

“Lin Jiade…”

The young man silently got up, turned around and looked down. The ice cave saw his tattered shield and ragged clothes. Parts of Lin Jiade's skin had turned bronze, and the skin not covered by bronze was bleeding, staining his clothes red.

"Ice cave, I'll hear your explanation later, but for now..."

Before Lin Jiade could finish speaking, Ice Cave's hand landed on his back, a cool sensation spreading between them. The seemingly hopeless rookie, Salty Fish, charged at Lin Jiade with his spear, not allowing any further developments. Meanwhile, Iphigenia, envious of Ice Cave, unleashed several streaks of red and black sword energy.

"You won't get in his way!"

Mu Mian didn't understand what was happening, but she wouldn't allow anyone to hurt Lin Jiade. So, at the cost of irreversible damage to her body, she forcibly used the Overtime Magic.

She unleashed several golden sword energies to intercept Iphigenia's attack, flipped over to block Cai Gou Xianyu's thrust with her waist, grabbed the gun handle, and Cai Gou Xianyu swung the gun down, pressing down on Mu Mian's calf until she knelt on the ground.

Kapok was unharmed, but her movements were restricted. So Iphigenia first attacked Lin Jiade with a flame-shaped weapon, then pressed down with her left leg to push herself forward. Black mist and flames intertwined to form the shape of a celestial weapon and cleaved down on Lin Jiade's head.

Kapok pointed her sword at Lin Jiade's front, concentrated her energy, and released it. The golden torrent swallowed the swords rushing towards Lin Jiade and blocked Iphigenia's path.

"I remember you, you strange woman who has a voluptuous body but likes to wear loose men's clothes to cover it up, Mu Mian. You seem to be a student at our school, but I have never seen you before... Do you often skip classes? As a teacher, I must punish a bad student like you!"

Kapok tree, I hate you so much! Why won't you die with me?! If I can't have you, you can't have either. Come to hell and keep me company!

Iphigenia spoke in the voices of Yang Xuemeng and Di Tao, indicating that a part of the personality of the being devoured by this monster would be inherited by the monster. Perhaps... the soul of the victim survives in the monster's body, achieving a kind of immortality that is not true immortality.

While speaking, the monster launched a despicable ranged attack on Lin Jiade with its weapon. Lin Jiade withstood three rounds with his shield, which was now nearing its limit.

"Can't I move yet?" he asked anxiously.

"Right away, right away, just wait!"

Ice Cave didn't know how to use the power given to her by the Moon Goddess, but she drew inspiration from her past life: when she was Mu Xiu, he would always aim at the tall Lin Jiade and pass the ball to his head, but when she was Ice Cave, her power was always shared with Lin Jiade, allowing him to fight the enemy without worry.

She knew that her talent and luck made it difficult for her to become the protagonist, but that didn't matter. Just as football is played by eleven people, there are seven substitutes waiting on the sidelines, a coaching team of several people, and hundreds of behind-the-scenes heroes serving the players on the field, the supporting characters may not be eye-catching, but they are necessary.

Ice Cave is determined to play a supporting role and help Lin Jiade achieve greater success. Even though the Moon Goddess's authority reveals some unbearable truths to her, the part of her soul belonging to Mu Xiu shows unimaginable resilience at this moment, allowing her to grit her teeth, eliminate distracting thoughts, and send power to Lin Jiade.

The sacrifice in the ice cave caused Lin Jiade's body to emit a faint, visible glow, and in his vision, the world was transformed. Many paths started from his feet, rendered in varying shades of moon white, connecting him with his friends and enemies.

"Alright, Lin Jiade, go!"

The ice cave's call came at the exact moment when Kapok finished her overtime magic and collapsed to her knees, exhausted. Lin Jiade stepped onto the path. The moon-white color was not moonlight, but he still felt as if he had a trial card for being the King of the Forest, receiving a huge speed boost on the paved path.

He first rushed towards the cotton tree, blocking Iphigenia's attack filled with jealousy and anger. Unbeknownst to him, the frost on the surface of his blade had been replaced by moon white, yet the effect remained the same.

He destroyed Iphigenia's weapon, turned around, chopped off the head of the short gun on the side of the cotton tree, and the head of the gun spun and fell to the ground, cutting a gash on the back of Lin Jiade's hand.

Lin Jiade voluntarily deactivated his shield, and the blood gushing from his wound stained the shaft of Cai Gou Xianyu's spear. The Blood Spear spell was activated, and Cai Gou Xianyu found himself losing control of his weapon.

His weapon transformed into Lin Jiade's blood spear, with the spearhead pointing at him. He hurriedly let go, fearing that Lin Jiade would abandon his sword and directly grab the spear shaft to launch a deadly thrust.

Lin Jiade threw the sword. Knowing that his shield couldn't stop the celestial weapon, Cai Gou Xianyu could only dodge to the side. He was sure that Lin Jiade would launch a sneak attack, so he did a somersault after turning to the side and left the spot.

As his gaze shifted, he saw Lin Jiade land in the spot where he had just been. Just as he was relieved to have escaped unscathed, he saw Lin Jiade use his toe to lift the blood spear that he had previously released.

"No!"

In the face of crisis, Dual Gunner was unable to control his energy output well. He poured almost all of his remaining energy into the spell given to him by Ragnar. The swords that surged from the flames rushed towards Lin Jiade, destroying the blood spear in his hand and engulfing his figure.

He landed and breathed a sigh of relief. Just as he was about to regain his balance, the celestial weapon that Lin Jiade had thrown earlier flew over as if it were his own arm, cutting a huge gash in his shield.

Then, Lin Jiade broke free from the cage of swords and blades. He was bathed in blood, his naked upper body covered in bronze. The young man was incredibly fast, arriving in front of Cai Gou Xianyu in the blink of an eye, handing over the broken spear in his hand, and stabbing it into the hole created by the celestial weapon.

Cai Gou Xian Yu's pupils shrank and then slowly dilated. His arms hung limply at his sides. Lin Jiade gasped for breath, then pulled out his pistol and fired several shots before turning around, making sure his opponent was dead.

At this moment, the ice cave was protecting Kapok. She picked up Kapok's weapon and bravely fought against Iphigenia. Although she was beaten to a pulp after three moves, she bought Kapok time to get back up.

Kapok retrieved her weapon; she was now dizzy and barely able to withstand Iphigenia's onslaught. Soon, she had a claw-shaped wound on her chest and an arm.

"Kapok, your sisters within me are calling for your arrival!"