William vanished without even fighting Murphy.
Sophia used the Black Ship to take away all god-level power. What remained in the present world was merely an avatar. Though it could perform certain miracles, its magical power was insufficient. Even if it struggled, it could not escape destruction in the end.
He had even generously left behind the nuclear launch codes. Murphy thus gained control of all the United States' nuclear weapons and finally set aside his last concern.
What followed was simple. He had a wizard transform into William, issue a declaration of surrender, and order all United States soldiers to lay down their resistance and await incorporation. With that, this war of national destruction was essentially over.
From beginning to end, it had taken no more than ten hours. The world's former greatest power had submitted to the Anglo-Soviet Alliance.
Such military might terrified the entire world. Everyone feared that Murphy would choose them as his next target.
And Murphy indeed had no intention of stopping. Riding the momentum of his great victory, he immediately did several things.
First, he continued launching satellites and even deployed ten megaton-yield nuclear bombs in orbit. All these nuclear bombs had been fitted with Apparition Modules, allowing them to instantly travel from orbit to any battlefield or city on Murphy's command.
Every nation in the world was placed under utterly one-sided nuclear deterrence.
Though some small countries still came forward in opposition at the instigation of certain nations, no one dared intervene by force again.
Second, he established the Earth Federation and secretly met with the European nations. In the end, under absolute military deterrence, every country agreed to join the Federation and submit to the unified constraints and jurisdiction of federal law and government.
Third, he incorporated the various Ministries of Magic.