[3rd POV]
Shiva was having an interesting time at the moment. He was sitting in the massive meeting room of his faction, listening to the screaming and yelling of the other Gods in the room, after he had just dropped the rather large bomb that was the invitation from Morgan into her faction.
The reaction to the invitation was about what he was expecting, but it had included a lot less physical fighting compared to what he had been expecting. He had been fully prepared to step in to stop any fights from stopping, but it would seem that his worries regarding fighting had been pointless.
Well, physical fights at least.
It's the argument that was happening at the moment that was the problem.
A majority of the faction had been instantly against the idea, finding the idea of serving another faction, of joining another faction, to be utterly ridiculous. Many of them had called for joining the war against the Heavenly Demonic faction once they had heard about the offer.
They thought of it as an insult of the highest order, to think that they would willingly join a faction that some of them (in the Hindu Pantheon) truly believed were weaker than them. Shiva found their ignorance and arrogance regarding the Heavenly Demonic Faction to be astounding.
As well as a little scary. Because there should be no world where they genuinely believe that someone like Morgan Zagan will struggle against him, when she is widely known as the strongest God in the entire world.
A being that makes even his own power look like a tiny drop of water in a giant ocean.
The one that was really causing all of the problems for the little meeting, was of course the same person that had tended to cause all of the problems for their pantheon more than half of the time. He was also one of the few in the pantheon that would be a problem if he continued to cause issues.
And that was of course, Indra.
The man was on a warpath at the moment, screaming and yelling and raging at all the Gods that were supporting the idea. That found that peace with the Heavenly Demonic Faction through joining them, was far better than the alternative which would almost certainly mean the destruction of their people.
Or at least the part that denied the idea and attempted to fight the young faction and it's young leader.
That was the thing that Shiva did not truly understand.
Morgan Zagan was a young woman, being only in her twenties. She has reached that level of power, enough to destroy the entire world without much difficulty, and they truly believe that she is not an issue? That she will not rise higher should they continue to antagonize and attack her?
Shiva understood that his pantheon was absolutely filled with imbeciles, but this was beginning to get truly ridiculous. The sheer amount of Gods that were genuinely for the idea of war against the Heavenly Demonic Faction, did nothing but make him angry.
Thankfully the ones that did support the idea of joining the faction, were his most trusted people. Including his wife, Parvati (once known as Sati). She was the biggest supporter for the idea, once he had come forward with why it was necessary.
She trusted her husband. He had never once steered their pantheon wrong, something that their people were beginning to forget. As without Shiva, their pantheon would have fallen apart millennia ago, thanks to the arrogance of Indra, and the actions of several other Gods in their pantheon that believed they were greater than they truly were.
There was also a few other somewhat minor Gods that were on their side, while the other strongest Gods were pretty neutral on the matter. Deciding to leave it up to the majority of the faction.
Shiva found this stupid, but did not say it out loud, as that would probably just make them want to side against him.
"Remind me again why you wish to subordinate our people to a damned Devil!?" Indra yelled, turning his wrath over at Shiva who sighed and rubbed his forehead in open irritation.
"I believe I have explained this several times now, Indra. It is because it is an absolute necessity at this point in time. We quite frankly cannot afford to deny her offer. Not when the alternative is a potential war against a faction that has three entities that are stronger than myself" Shiva responded, making Indra pause.
"Three?"
"Morgan Zagan, Amaterasu, and the last of the three that Morgan had explained that she was going to recruit. This being Quetzalcoatl of the Aztec Pantheon, a woman that rivals Amaterasu in power, and thus, is stronger than I am" Shiva explained, as the man stilled at his words.
"That does not even include the fact that Ophis the Infinite Dragon has chosen Morgan Zagan as her mate. Meaning that Ophis in a limited fashion, is a part of the Heavenly Demonic Faction" Shiva added, remembering that Morgan had brought it up during their long chat with one another.
She had even given him a small flier with things of note that he might be interested in knowing. Stuff like how powerful their faction had become, certain things that they may be interested in learning or utilizing and stuff like that.
"...And why did you not bring this up earlier? Did you not think it was important for us to know that the Infinite Dragon has deemed Morgan Zagan worthy of being her mate?" One of the Gods that had been arguing against joining the Heavenly Demonic Faction asked.
It was a fair question, considering how immensely powerful and dangerous such an entity was. It was one of the few entities that they truly were scared of, since it could single handedly decimate their entire pantheon without even the slightest bit of difficulty.
"Because you had not given me the chance to" Shiva replied bluntly, as he turned to Indra.
"Do you still believe that we would stand a chance against a force such as that? Because if that does not do it for you, I have another piece of information that I am certain will make you willing" Shiva said to Indra and his little goons that surrounded the angry God.
"And what would that be?" Indra asked, gritting his teeth in the form of a sharp snarl.
"That the Beast of Apocalypse, Trihexa, is awakening. And that within the next two days, it shall be released upon the world once more"
At his words, the room promptly went dead silent, before exploding into noise once again. But this time it was shouts of fear and fury at the man that hadn't told them that in the very beginning.
Shiva hoped this would be enough to get them to agree to the union with the Heavenly Demonic faction.
Because if that didn't work...
He didn't know what would.
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While Shiva was dreading his life because of the actions of his pantheon, another individual was in the process of a very interesting conversation.
This was Zeus, who was now receiving word from some of his close confidants that Morgan Zagan had successfully managed to recruit not only the Aztec Pantheon, but also potentially the Hindu one as well.
"What are we to do against such a force, father? The Heavenly Demonic Faction now has the three strongest Gods in the world, two entire pantheons, Aphrodite, and hundreds more. While we are weaker by several Gods of immense power, and do not have nearly as many forces as they do" Apollo said, as he sat there in the meeting room of the Greek Gods.
"That is not to mention the fact that the Heavenly Demonic faction is united, and not one to splinter over bribery or threats. Infighting is next to impossible thanks to the genuine care that Morgan shows for her people" Hera added with a scowl on her face, knowing that the fight against Morgan and her faction was basically already lost.
There was simply no way that they could ever hope to rival a force like that. Even if they were to work with every other Godly Pantheon besides the Norse, Hindu, Shinto, and Aztec, they would get obliterated with laughable ease.
Zeus growled at the words.
"We will continue on our path, regardless of how powerful they become! We are Gods, not inferior and weakling mortals!" Zeus raged in return, as the Gods in the room all sighed.
All the while they had the same thoughts on their mind.
'This won't end well'
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