Under Green's expressionless gaze, Anubis felt pressure unlike anything he had ever known.
He could sense that if he refused Green this time, his Divine Soul would likely be wiped out completely. Even reviving someday would be nearly impossible.
At that thought, Anubis suddenly found something strange. Why had he taken it for granted that Green could erase his Divine Soul?
Erasing a Divine Soul was no easy task. How else had he survived this long? If it were easy, someone would have wiped out his Divine Soul when he lost the Divine War.
Yet at this moment, Anubis instinctively felt that the man before him, who had only recently reached Saint Spirit Rank, truly could erase his Divine Soul and make him vanish from this Void forever.
On what grounds? Anubis wondered. But he did not dare ask Green to his face, much less challenge him outright.
As a Deity from an ancient age, Anubis had survived this long for a reason.
He knew exactly when to stand firm, when to compromise, and even when to bow and scrape.
Deities might be great, seemingly sacred and untouchable, but there was no shame in lowering one's head before a stronger being. It was only proper, wasn't it?
Besides, Green was not asking him to lie on the ground like a dog. He was asking him to become a Lesser God.
Only a Lesser God. It was hardly his first time.
In fact, becoming a Lesser God would free him from the Three-Hundred-Year Service Contract he had previously signed with Green.
Anubis weighed the advantages and disadvantages, then nodded and yielded. He folded his wings, landed before Green, knelt on one knee, and lowered his head. "Great sovereign, please accept Anubis's allegiance," he said slowly.
A smile appeared on Green's face.