Ancient God in the Modern World

Old man Darwin was woken up by the sunlight coming from the window.

He opened his eyes only to notice that he is in an unfamiliar room that was decorated by the grandness of art that he had not yet seen before.

He looked into the source of light and saw a familiar young man sipping tea.

"How are you feeling?" the young man asked.

However, he did not reply because he is yet to figure out who the young man is.

For some reason, he felt an indescribable closeness with the young man. With the hue coming from the light of the sun from the outside, he seemed to be holy in old man Darwin's eyes.

'Where did I see this young man before?'

'I'm sure I've seen him somewhere.'

However, in the next second, he noticed that the feeling of closeness did not directly come from him. Instead, he was only being influenced by the Divine Mark.

'I am just being influenced by the mark huh? Shit! Wait…'

In the next second, his eyes widened. Then, he stood hurriedly and kneeled.

"My Lord, the Divine Spirit of Life and Death, forgive me!" he begged for forgiveness in fear of offending his Lord.

"Rise, old man Darwin!"

Yet again, old man Darwin is stunned. This time the familiarity did not just come from the Divine Mark.

He knew that he knows the voice. It was the voice of the young man that helped them plenty of times over.

He lifted his face a bit and saw that it was indeed the young man that he knew. It was none other than Allen Godfre.

At this point, he did not know what to call Allen.

The Divine Mark is imposing that Allen is the absolute Lord.

"Rise, Darwin." Allen directly called him Darwin since his status is revealed.

Click!

Meanwhile, all of a sudden, the door of the bedroom opened as Glenna entered with General Sean.

They were stunned to see the old man kneeling.

"What are you doing, old man?"

Glenna asked. She looked in the direction where the man was kneeling, only to notice the image of the Tree of Life in the window.

She calmed down because she knew that there is indeed a reason to kneel in the direction of the Tree of Life.

Glenna and General Sean are not oblivious that Allen is on the Tree of Life.

Meanwhile, old man Darwin looked at the door for a while but when he returned his eyes to the window, Allen is no longer there.

"Am I hallucinating? Just now…"

Before he could finish what, he is going to say, Glenna interrupted him.

"Allen is indeed our Lord, the Divine Spirit of Life and Death."

Glenna's expression is solemn. She knew that the name of a God should not be casually said.

"I thought he was joking at that time," old man Darwin replied.

"Really? I thought you believe him entirely?"

Thus, the trio had small talk. After which, they went to have breakfast in the dining hall.

…

"What are the plans?" General Sean suddenly asked as he was munching his food.

"I'm don't know." old man Darwin replied.

He is still muddle-headed with the events just now. Who would have thought that there is indeed a real God? Before, not him. However, now he is one of them.

"Our Lord had a church in Base 355. Perhaps, we should consider protecting it in the shadows." General Sean suggested.

After all, it was rather troublesome for them to suddenly appear as the priest of the church.

"By the way, do you know where is General Bren?"

Old man Darwin asked because he did not notice General Bren.

"He is already back on earth."

General Sean answered. Then, hesitated for a while before adding, "he is concerned with the wellbeing of his son."

He stopped but as he noticed that they wanted to hear more, General Sean told them the whole story.

However, no one stated their judgment. After all, if they were in the shoes of Arthur, they might have done the same.

…

Meanwhile, at Base 300.

"Father, what was that?" Arthur asked his father.

They had just come out of the Plague River Church.

While they were inside the church, he was expecting to see his father go on a rampage. However, things did not happen as he expected.

His father, General Bren, kneeled at the altar, instead.

Thinking about his father's action, he could not help but wonder if he really had defected to the Divine Spirit of Life and Death.

"Is it true? Have you bent your knee?" he asked.

General Bren did not know what to answer. He kept silent. He knew that this was the best outcome he had.

He did not know what would happen if remained tall and proud.

Katcha! Bam!

However, with nothing more to say, he watched his son leave the room as he slammed the door.

Although it hurts, he knew that his choice is correct. He did not want to compromise the safety of his beloved son.

Sigh!

As he heaved a sigh, he thought of work.

He had not yet returned to the headquarter because he immediately went to see his son.

"I should go back and report now. General Sean would also be back soon."

Thus, General Bren left Base 355 to Base 300 and went to his office.

The first thing that came into his mind is the relief of being at home.

Although this is not his real house, his office had been akin to it.

Most of the time, he stays in here doing his work. He barely goes home because there was no one there.

His son is in Base 355 while his wife had been long killed by the tide.

Woooshk!

General Bren opened his drawer and took out a strong liquor.

He wanted to drank himself to sleep; however, in the next second, he felt a familiar aura.

This aura is akin to the creatures of chaos in the Asgardian realm.

Meanwhile, at this time, Allen's Divine Mark also made an intense reaction as it detected a demon.

He walked out of his office only to see his fellow general in the hallway. However, at this time, he was a little different.

A dark and sinister aura is exuding from him.

'Demon?'

General Bren asked himself. He could not believe that a companion of his is a demon.

"Let's talk, General Bren.. Not as enemies, but as former companions."