When the God King said this, the gods were delighted as well.
"If the God King is happy, then we are happy too."
"Is that so?" Mi Heng asked, narrowing his eyes.
"Yes."
"Then can you do something to make me even happier?"
"Of course. Serving you is our greatest joy," the gods said one after another.
They did not find it shameful.
After all, they had gained someone to rely on.
And they could better exploit those Ordinary People.
Then he said, "I want you to die with me."
"That is what would make me happiest right now."
After hearing this, he stood up directly.
The many Deities immediately panicked.
Had the God King gone mad? They cried out one after another, "Great God King!"
"Please do not do this! Whatever we did wrong, we can change!"
"Yes, why do you want to kill us?"
"We could clearly rule the world together and enjoy endless wealth and longevity!"
"Why?"
The gods all questioned him.
Mi Heng swept his gaze over them.
They looked human now.
But their true forms were Tigers, Leopards, Venomous Snakes, Wild Boars...
Four words surfaced in his mind.
Beasts devouring men.
"Because I no longer want to eat people with you."
"Eat people? We have never eaten people."
"Yes. That is what those barbaric gods do. We are gods of faith. We have evolved. We are gods of Civilization," the Deities pleaded tearfully.
They knew how formidable the God King was.
Even before he had become the God King, he had been able to use a single city to destroy a Deity's incarnation.
And now, after all these years, he had become even stronger.
"Exactly! You are the lofty and most noble God King!"
"Why would you stand with those lowly commoners?" a Goddess wept.