Do You Think You've Refused Us a Few Too Many Times?

Joy watched as the criticism directed at them came to an end, then leaned back against their chair with an unsatisfied look.

Honestly, although even they had not anticipated the consequences of their spur-of-the-moment rebellion, watching the other gods lose their composure still gave them an inexplicable thrill.

They had lost and now faced the risk of dissolution... but what did that have to do with them?

In any case, they had lost nothing in this game. Instead, they had gained quite a few benefits. The only regrettable thing was that little girl stabbing them...

It would be best if they all lost and died! A bunch of gods losing to humans in a life-or-death betting game—how delightful that sounded!

Just thinking about it amused them.

No... perhaps that would not work either. If that really happened, the one who benefited the most might not be them, but Death...

Speaking of which, Joy wondered how much Death had benefited from Knowledge's dissolution this time. Could it have exceeded their own gains?

As they thought, they also devoted part of their attention to watching the Arbiter.

In truth, they felt that something was very wrong with the Arbiter right now, but they could not say exactly what it was.

Before the other gods could speak, they took the initiative to say:

"Forget the useless stuff. Let me ask you something first."

"I was there when Knowledge died. I even participated in the game, so I know what kind of game their Life and Death Realm was."

"They were practically invincible within that game scenario. I simply cannot imagine how Sin could have won, and he never showed any sign that he was about to win."

"Why did you rule that they lost?"

At the gods' meeting, before all the gods, Joy