434 Surrender (1/2)
”Bahn, do you believe him?” the one asking Bahn was young and vigorous, he seemed to be an influential god, because even though he spoke slowly and in a low voice, everyone else in the place quieted down and listened.
”I do”, Bahn nodded, his gaze stopped at the end of the room, a god was clenching his fist and gritting his teeth like mil stones, the god's complexion grew increasing purple and vicious. Bahn knew the god was going to fight as soon as the meeting adjourned, he pitied that god, wrath and pride were very bad among the combination of sins.
”Then we should test him once, talk to him some more and see if he has what it takes”, said some god of wisdom, who immediately glared at Bahn, Bahn had shaken his head immediately, most of these gods had not noticed that they have already lost the fight.
”Break the board, if the chess match is lost, break the chessboard before he can deliver the fatal strike” surprisingly the wrathful god had noticed as well.
”Then you go test him, War, if you kill him, we win, if you fail to get close enough, come back” the influential quiet god spoke, his voice as gentle and steady as ever.
”Presumably he came out because he already won, no need to talk about that, if we can not even get close, then let us follow him, there is nothing bad about it, following some rules is not as bad as being wiped out or enslaved”, Bahn agreed, ”we have been preparing for the culling and the chance to lose it all, I would prefer to save this universe, it is only some rules, our Fate will still be ours, we just have to join up with others. If the culling came anyway, having allies is good enough, if it never came, we have already won more than we lost”
”What does he get from just our allegiance, there must be more to this”, some god asked suddenly. The answer came from a devilish looking god.
”It matters not, his gains are not related to us, our survival is the question, the deal he gave us is very acceptable, presumably his gains are aligned with our well being, if that is true, then we have no reason to reject, even the fight is not worth it, I agree to join him, if the year ends without a consensus my devils will join him regardless, if the consensus is to fight back, we will stick with the majority, just reach a decision before then”
There were some nods and murmurs, these leaders among the gods were not easily persuaded, then a bailiff announced ” through the agreement of the majority of divine leader, if no consensus was formed before the period of a year, any faction can freely choose to join the invader or not, secondly, War and his faction will wage war on the invader while trying to avoid any loss, if the campaign is a loss he would retreat as soon as possible”
The gods dispersed soon after, leaving behind only Bahn and the quiet god.
”Mir, what do you think?” Bahn had not heard this god speak of his true thoughts in the meeting, thus he decided to ask when they were alone.