"Don't look at me like that. I've guarded the tribe for six eras. How could I stand by at a time like this?"
As the dust fell from his body, the Gatekeeper's speech became increasingly clear. "I wasn't kneeling there in a daze as you imagined. Every era, I accumulated energy in preparation for the great catastrophe at the end of the era."
Lu Li looked at the barrier overhead and finally understood. It wasn't that the Gatekeeper didn't care whether the tribespeople lived or died; he simply needed time to activate this protective barrier.
The tribe's forbidden ground was not merely a ceremonial site for show. It also possessed an entire defensive system. The extraordinary power the Gatekeeper had poured into it and accumulated over countless years allowed it to block most uncanny attacks once activated.
"What about the numbers in the sky?" Lu Li asked. "Can we avoid eradication within the tribe?"
"I did not lie to you before. I cannot deal with that kind of power. Perhaps the great King can, which is why I said we must bring back the Human King."
As he spoke, the Gatekeeper met the gaze of the Old Gods beyond the barrier. He had just driven back that seductive Old God, but had not killed it.
"Damn, isn't that the God of Desire raised by that idiot?" After his wounds recovered, Nia looked up at the seductive figure standing before the uncanny army outside and cursed. "I thought the artist in that picture book had made it up with his little dick while jerking off. It really looks that abstract?"
Remembering how the Gatekeeper had driven back the God of Desire in a single strike, Lu Li perked up. "You said before that the God of Desire was a nobody. Does