Cosmos: "As a fellow God, I cannot simply stand by and watch any of you fall to an unjust death. I will take you all under my protection. You will not receive the full benefits of the Pantheon, but you will be safe. However, you will still need to sign a contract of fealty."
The message from God Cosmos was not a negotiation. It was a lifeline.
To the 500 million independent Gods, huddled in their isolated God spaces and staring into the abyss of a coming death, it was the bitter taste of surrender and the sweet relief of survival, all in one.
Unfair? Absolutely. But did anyone object? Not a single soul.
This had been Sunny's intention from the start. He would unite the entire multiverse under his banner, the wise through alliance, and the proud through necessity.
The independent Gods, unaware of the immense passive benefits they were about to receive, saw only two things: a demand for their loyalty and a promise of protection from the coming storm.
