"Are you using public business to settle a personal grudge?"
The Red Line churned beneath the Earth God's feet, and his tone grew increasingly dangerous.
"Or do you want to kill Imu and make us waste more time waiting for one of your people to become a god?"
Savage God-level Conqueror's Haki erupted from the Earth God. He was deeply displeased with Houka, this arrogant young upstart.
Imu had at least been King of the World for eight hundred years.
What was Houka? He had not been King of the World for even a single day!
He had not even ruled a hemisphere for two and a half years.
What right did he have to demand that the Earth God and Ocean God, two world-destroying ancient gods, indulge him again and again?
Now Houka even seemed intent on killing Imu, whom they valued.
Did they not know Imu's caliber, or whether Imu was qualified to be their ally?
Did they need a junior like Houka to test that?
Even the Ocean God's gaze toward Houka gradually turned cold.
By becoming the father of Poseidon and Sun God Nika, Houka had already placed himself naturally on the opposing side.
Yet here he was, undermining their unity and having his subordinates gang up on Imu.
That made it hard for them to trust this "defected Fallen God."
Perhaps Houka's effortless defeat of the Rain God Puppet had merely been part of some scheme between him and the Fate God.
Its purpose might have been to win their trust, then seize the opportunity to sabotage the Ancient God Alliance.
"Houka, trust goes both ways."
"Killing one Rain God isn't enough to earn our complete trust."
"Either establish your Divine Barrier immediately, or have your subordinates stop attacking Imu. Don't interfere with Imu establishing