Dark said nothing. All he wanted to do was curse.
Apollo added, "Or, nominally, you could become one of my subordinate gods."
"A nominal subordinate god?" Dark frowned.
Apollo nodded slowly. "Nominally. Of course, you could call it something else instead of a subordinate god. In short, you would belong to my faction. In return, I would provide you with substantial assistance and support your entry onto the Magic Guidance Divine Path. After you became a god, you would provide me with corresponding returns."
So it had finally come to this.
Dark's heart stirred. He looked up and asked, "What are the requirements and obligations?"
Apollo said, "Though I call them returns, you should know that unless you become the first Magic Spirit god, you would not be qualified to offer me any returns. So this essentially means that I would help you unilaterally, with no demands of you beyond entering the Magic Guidance Divine Path."
Dark asked, "Was this a joint decision of the Twelve Heavenly Gods?"
Apollo smiled faintly. "Hermes told you, didn't he? It was indeed our joint decision. The core purpose is to speed things up and forge the Magic Guidance Divine Path as soon as possible."
After saying that, he added, "Though three years may seem short, they can still feel rather long when one is anxious. We do not want three years to turn into another three years."
Dark fell silent for a long while before suddenly asking, "You intended to choose me from the start?" Apollo merely smiled.
But the truth was already far too obvious.
After all, he had been so lazy that he had not even sent a Tea Party invitation to a third magister.
After quite some time, Apollo finally spoke. "I gave you the Gift of God during the