Seeing Shiva run away like that, the gods who were secretly spying all felt their mouths twitch. Today's incident really opened their worldviews. They never knew that Shiva was this skillful at running away.
Although they knew that if it were them in his place, they, themselves, might make the same decision as him. But still, this doesn't change the fact that Shiva, as the strongest in the Hindu Pantheon, lost their respect with his actions.
Of course, no one is stupid enough to go and say it to his face. Especially with Indra now being held captive by that scary demoness. Speaking of Indra, now that they think about it, didn't Indra lose some of his divine authority in that battle? So with the loss of his authority, wouldn't he be at his weakest?
Thinking of this, all the gods felt excitement growing in their hearts. If they managed to defeat Indra, they would be able to become the next god king.
For these, becoming the God King is a very desirable thing. This position not only allows them to have all the resources of the entire faction to themselves, but they would even be able to overcome their bottlenecks and reach towards new heights in their comprehension of their respective divinities.
Just as their excitement was about to overcome their rationality, they suddenly heard a very chilling voice: " Now that the show is over, why are you guys still here? Do you want to dance with me? "
Looking down, they saw that Roxanne was looking straight at them with a bloodthirsty smile while holding the now golden, blood-bathed katana. Even though Roxanne was just looking at the sky, the gods could feel the undisguised murderous intent locking onto each one of them.
Although they were scared shitless by the murderous intent, they still had their pride as gods. So all of them unanimously did what every normal god would do. They all ran away immediately. They are going to file a formal complaint against Shaltier to Lord Shiva.
What, you expect them to go down and battle to the death, saying something about honor and how mortals should know their place? Please, these guys may be arrogant and self-centered, but they are not stupid. They knew their limits very well and knew that if they tried to go down and act tough, they would die a dog's death.
So with these facts perfectly clear, why should they rush towards their deaths when there is no benefit? No one wants to be a tragic hero who dies while not knowing how high the sky is.
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Seeing those peeping gods run away, Roxanne gave a cold smirk as she turned her attention back to Indra.
Although her reputation may get a bit hit by all her actions, she didn't mind, as she finally got to do something she was itching to do. And that is to give Indra a huge blow that would shake his entire foundation.
With her cleaning up Indra's men and depriving him of a part of his divine authority, Indra would have to wait for another thousand years before he recovered from this loss. So even if she let him go right now, she would have already finished with her revenge plan.
The reason why she wanted to keep him in custody is so that she could implement her next plan.
And that is to make sure Indra would receive a very big public backlash after all this mess is over.
Although it may not look like it, Indra cares very much about his reputation. After all, the more gods that had respect and faith in him, the stronger he would become. And Roxanne is not talking about influence or anything, but pure strength.
The reason why God Kings have the ability to become stronger and stronger is because of this. After one becomes a god-king, they would be able to get a buff with the number of followers they have in the pantheon.
The theory of this buff is quite similar to the faith power the gods receive. When a god is worshipped by countless followers, they would gain a power buff that would allow them to step further in their journey of comprehending their respective divinities. While a normal god could only gather faith energy from human followers, a God King could gather faith energy from both gods and mortals, making his buff way bigger.
This is the secret why God kings, after ascending to the throne, began to grow rapidly. With a cheat like that, how could they be comparable to normal gods?
But just as this buff is very powerful, it also has its weaknesses. The greater the number of followers, the stronger the buff is. So, what would happen if the god king suddenly lost a large number of supporters? Then this buff would be greatly weakened.
Although the God King wouldn't lose his combat ability completely, he would still be at a very big disadvantage. It was due to this disadvantage that many god kings in the past were replaced. In addition, there are also several ways that God Kings were forced to be replaced. And one such way is using the power of fate.
The best example is Kronos. That guy suddenly lost almost half of his supporters and could only be on the defensive when his youngest son came at him. And in addition, the power of fate was also against him. So in the end, he could only be locked inside Tartarus with his subordinates.
Hmm, speaking of which, that guy may come out anytime now that Tartarus is also part of the Khoas Brigade.
With these random thoughts in mind, Roxanne placed some binding on Indra so this guy wouldn't run away as soon as he regained consciousness. She also made sure to place some hidden seals and many others on Indra's body. This is just in case she wanted to beat him in the future; she could use these seals and not have to come here personally while making a big scene.
And after Roxanne placed no less than 120 hidden seals, she finally stopped since there was no place left to place another hidden bomb. She then took out her favorite Chains of Heaven and used them to bind Indra again. After that, using the chains as a rope, she began to drag him away.
Along the way, Indra began to leave a trace of golden blood on the floor. Although Roxanne noticed this, she didn't care much. Roxanne wasn't that worried that Indra would die because of blood loss. After all, even though he is beaten up very badly, he is still Indra, the God King. How could he die because of some stupid reason like blood loss?
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