The 'Soldiers' that protected the players, were Robots Machina had made in his free time, he didn't really need to use his divine powers with that, he only created one out of boredom, then he sent it towards Anonymous who was asking for help.
Well, after he gave them, Anonymous started producing the 'Soldiers' but Machina limited the soldiers to 100, enough for Anonymous to protect the 500 players, this was also to avoid letting the Gods of their universe knowing that Machina was able to connect to their universe.
Machina stood on a high platform with a huge space in front of him, finally, his followers/players will finally arrive soon, with their arrival, he could finally start developing his Galaxy.
While Machina was waiting for the arrival of the players, a few days ago, Machina had a visitor, it was a God named Tuskan, the God of Fog, his territory was not that far from Machina, only a few billion light-years away.
Which made them basically neighbors, but Machina didn't like his neighbor just like how every neighborhood does, why?
Let's just say, the guy was arrogant and loved to toot his own horn, though, he bragged having two hundred followers already, which is commendable despite only a few hours has passed since the trial of gods started but one thing Machina found is that just like how every other god does.
They only focus on making their followers worship them while giving their followers blessings, and repeat, and so Machina didn't listen anymore and just dazed out.
This caused dissatisfaction for Tuskan and he felt disrespected, Gods have high pride, to begin with, and so Tuskan started insulting Machina, "I remember, aren't you the guy that was knocked out by The God of Wine Jiu Shen? heh, pathetic, for a god to get drunk with one sip"
Machina woke up from his daze and looked at Tuskan, "You can leave now" Machina said as he turned around.
"Huh? you can't take a joke? no wonder you were thrown into this destroyed galaxy" Tuskan taunted.
"A joke? are you really a god? because there is something wrong with your intellect, there is a difference between jokes and insult, I'm not a god who takes insults, I don't have time for you, and don't worry, I will take over you soon" Machina kicked Tuskan out of his territory and continued minding his business.
Well, their confrontation was really not that exciting but Tuskan who was kicked out of his territory started raging and announced that he and Machina will be enemies, Machina didn't really care about the news, but finally, he had made a big quest!
That was the problem Machina was having for a while now, after all, he had no plot, there are also no other quests other than collecting materials and hunting monsters, well, anyway with this, one of his problems has been solved.
"Maybe, I should provoke other gods too," Machina thought, and just as he was thinking about it, he heard the sound of footsteps from the rooms nearby, and slowly, a 'Spartan' emerged out and stood in front of Machina.
"Welcome Spartan" Machina greeted, for this game, Machina decided to act as an NPC to guide the players and also to get out of his boredom, anyway, his appearance could be said The Master Chief.
"Whoa! this is sick! I initially thought Virtual Reality would feel fake but it is actually real. My God. the game modeling, the quality of the materials, this sci-fi feeling, though, I don't feel pain, I feel like I'm a real robot! " the spartan exclaimed in front of him.
Machina chuckled, if he did not know about players, he would have thought, this player went into a feverish state which was abnormal, now Machina knew the POV of how players looked like from the NPC, they simply looked like lunatics!
"State your name Spartan!" Machina yelled loudly like how a military instructor does, this startled the player, and immediately straightened his body and saluted, "My name is KingCleo Sir!"
After he finished speaking, green words appeared on top of the spartan which was his name, [King_Cleo], after saluting, The Spartan regained his senses and looked around, "This game's NPC is very real! damn, that shocked me! I'm going to praise this game to the heavens!"
Machina ignored the ranting of the Spartans as the others also started emerging, seeing that almost all of them were arriving, Machina yelled, "Spartans! Line up!"
Just after Machina yelled, a floating panel appeared in the eyes of the Spartans.
[Objective: Line up]
[Rewards: Quest Tabs will be unlocked]
[Failure to comply: -5 reputation with the Master Chief]
Seeing that they received an objective, the newly arrived players suppressed their curiosity to look around and lined up in front of Machina.
Machina looked at the Spartans with satisfaction, "Spartans, that is what you are all now" Machina said as his gazed looked at each of them, "Spartans are fearless, righteous, brave, and courageous, what you are all about to step in now is a place full of war and excitement, from here on out, live every second of your life to its fullest, live without regrets! that is how you live life to its fullest! Spartans! Welcome to Midgard!"
"Uwoooh!"
"We are Spartans!"
"Live! Live! Live!"
Machina saw that despite his awkward speech, the players seemed to be hyped up which is great, as, for the Midgard, that was the name Machina gave to the spaceship, and also it was really weird to call the galaxy lazy, so it was the general term for the players.
Machina then unlocked the quest tabs for the player letting them roam around, while he decided to roam around the ship to see their activities as the only NPC of the game, "From here on out, everything will be lively," Machina smiled under the mask he was wearing.
Players immediately scattered away, some people wanting to explore the whole place first while the others adapted to their new characters, and just as he was happily walking around.
He saw most of the players gathering around the spaceship docks, "Hmm? Why are they gathering there?" Machina became curious and decided to join them.