Chapter 402

"Your enemy?" Hearing that last sentence, Sui Xiong's inner gossip fire immediately blazed up. He hurriedly pressed, "How did he go from being your chosen one to being your enemy? If he's your enemy, why didn't you blast him to pieces? Why recommend him to me instead?"

Morani fell silent for a while, then explained the whole story with a bitter smile.

A very, very long time ago—no, not actually that long ago—an outstanding warrior appeared among one branch of the orcs, the lionfolk. His name was Renard.

The creator of the lionfolk had long since fallen in the war against the Human Pantheon, so the race's faith was rather scattered. Some believed in this god, some in that. Renard believed in Morani, the guardian god of heavily armored warriors, the "Steel Lion."

"Huh? That used to be your divine portfolio?" Sui Xiong asked curiously.

"I merely held that position. At the time, my divine portfolios were heavily armored warriors and forging," Morani said. "But my accomplishments in forging were quite limited, so that was my main line of work."

"Gods have main jobs and side jobs too?"

"If you work within a large pantheon, you often do."

After answering Sui Xiong's question, Morani continued his recollection.

Renard was outstanding to the point of being called a genius. At a young age, he had become a powerhouse, and without much effort, he stepped into the Legendary realm that ordinary people could only gaze upon from afar. Following orcish tradition, he naturally enlisted in the army and fought on the very front lines against the Eagle Kingdom, becoming as famous as "Iron Fang" Ilo. One excelled at defense and the other at offense; when the two joined forces, they had even repelled the king of the Eagle Kingdom while he wielded