[3rd POV]
Shiva was not having an enjoyable time at the moment. He had gone to start a meeting with the entirety of his faction, in hopes of stopping them from doing anything stupid. He had hoped to make them see reason, and to stop whatever they were thinking of doing.
Only when he had gotten there for the meeting, he had found that Indra was already there. And the man was already trying to sprout his nonsense. Trying to rile up the remaining Gods that had not already decided on what they were going to do.
On whether or not they were going to agree to wage war against Morgan and the Heavenly Demonic Faction, or whether or not they should stay out of it, and continue to live their lives. This would therefore allow for Morgan to decimate the other pantheons, but it would keep theirs safe.
But it would seem that Indra had been talking with them for a while. Something that Shiva had noticed the moment he had entered the area. Many of the Gods looked to be nodding along with his idiotic words, almost as if they were agreeing with whatever it was that he was saying.
And Shiva knew no doubt that whatever he was saying was incredibly stupid. Indra was not the brightest God in the world, especially when it came to arrogance and knowing when they were beaten. He was under the impression that they were the absolute force in the world, that there was no other pantheon or faction in the world that compared to them.
He was under the wrong impression. Having been going off of his belief that was formed thousands of years ago, before the birth of the Heavenly Demonic Faction, and before the rise of the strongest of the Gods.
Shiva knew he was an idiot.
"I believe that if we ally with the Gods of the other pantheons, if we work together as one, we can defeat this arrogant cur and her little faction that she believes is absolute! Is unstoppable!" Indra's voice echoed akin to that of a roar. The man grinning widely as he spoke.
His arrogance was truly overwhelming, and was far too much. He believed that they would compare to the likes of a pantheon with two Gods that were stronger than him. He believed that they could compare to the largest army in the world, with more Gods, angels, fallen angels, devils, vampires, dragons, mermaids, and dozens of other species.
And the average level of their army was high class. With thousands of ultimate class members. Hundreds of Satan class members. And over a dozen super class. As well as several that were in the realm of the Gods. Like Morgan herself.
Not to mention the fact that they were allies with the Norse pantheon, which was the second strongest of the pantheons at this point, now that it was widely known that Hades was dead and dusted.
And this was all just from what they know. Who even knows what power the faction truly holds, and what else they have that they have not revealed to the world just yet. It was unknown to him how powerful the faction truly was, and nobody knew the full extent of their power. But it was widely believed that they had never truly shown what they could do.
"Just think, we can dominate the world once more with them gone! We can take the spoils of the arrogant little factions for ourselves! All of their riches, their knowledge, everything! We will be untouchable!" Indra exclaimed loudly, the Gods all muttering to one another in thought.
Shiva continued to listen, noticing that most of the gods were beginning to be swayed by the man. Seemingly under the belief that they stood a chance, simply because he thought that way.
It was foolish.
And he was not going to allow it any longer, as he loudly stepped into the room, his power rippling out slightly as they all stilled and turned to him. The most powerful God in their faction, and the primary reason why they would even stand a chance against the Heavenly Demonic faction.
"What is it you are all doing?" Shiva questioned, as he stepped into the room, his power continuing to shake the room with his might. The Gods paled slightly at the sensation of it. He was a terrifying God, with Indra not being even remotely comparable to him.
He could decimate Indra with a singular blast of energy, effortlessly. So none of them would ever dare to contend against him. None of them were ballsy enough to even try anything against him.
"Hmm? Nothing to say from all of you? None of you wish to respond? To explain what foolishness you are up to?" Shiva questioned with a raised eyebrow, staring at the Gods in front of him. Looking at them all over, he chuckled.
"That is what I thought. I was hoping you all would rethink your thoughts, that you would stop even beginning to plan action against Morgan Zagan and her faction" Shiva finished, noting that Indra was growing enraged, his face practically red with anger.
"Are you serious!? You wish for us to do nothing but watch as another faction becomes supreme over the world?! As we become obsolete in comparison to them!?" Indra roared as he stood across from Shiva, his face growing more and more red by the moment.
"I wish for us to watch as we survive against what would be an absolute annihilation if we were to go to war against Morgan and her faction. They would decimate us, and we would stand no chance. I watched as they did something similar against Zeus and his little group" Shiva responded calmly, not at all worried about the man before him.
"And they are weak compared to us! And that was only a small fraction. Had we brought the full brunt of our armies against her, we would have won that battle!" Indra yelled back, his face enraged as the room shook from his immense power.
He was the second strongest being in the pantheon, with only Shiva and the other two of the "Three" to compare.
"And we would still lose! They have Amaterasu and Morgan herself, those two alone are stronger than me! They have the Four Satan's, more than half of the Longinus users, thousands of ultimate class fighters, hundreds of Satan class fighters, and super class ones on top of that! And you wish to fight it? What a fool you are!" Shiva yelled back, rage growing on his own face.
"You think we cannot win against that? When have you, Shiva the God of Destruction, become such a wimp?" Indra stared at the God, the one that rarely ever showed this level of emotion.
And yet here he was, showing genuine anger at him.
"I know we cannot win against that, Indra. I know for a fact that we will lose, miserably. I saw her, Morgan. I saw her power. I saw her might. I saw her capability, I saw what she can do. And not even all of us combined will defeat her, Indra. I am trying to save us! To save our people! And the only way we can do that is to stay out of the war!" Shiva yelled, getting in Indra's face as the man flinched back, feeling the full extent of Shiva's power as it rippled out of him, shaking the entire dimension.
"...You truly have become...such a coward! A coward, that is what you are!" Indra replied, staring at Shiva like he was something new, someone new. Like he was a completely different person.
Like he was a freak. Like he was weak.
And it only served to piss off Shiva even more. As he began to hit the man in front of him with the full brunt of his killing intent, Indra's eyes widening as he was slammed to the ground, a groan of pain echoing from his throat.
"I already said it before. We will NOT be partaking in this war! Whether or not you wish to does not matter any longer! If any wish to take part, you will have to go through me first!" Shiva warned, glaring around the room as all the Gods stilled in fear.
At that, none dared to move. And upon seeing this, a small smile formed on Shiva's face, one thought on his mind as he walked towards the center of the room.
'Let's see if Morgan Zagan will agree to a meeting'
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