But Thanos's love for the Death Goddess was his own affair.
Even if he was unworthy of her, he still wanted to look up to her.
He would even destroy the Universe for her.
Thanos's plan to control the population was nowhere near as noble as he made it sound.
All that talk about keeping the Universe's population in balance was just a pretext.
A pretext to make those who followed him risk their lives for him.
His true purpose was something else.
Thanos knew exactly what it was.
Everything he did was for the Death Goddess.
For the goddess he adored!
Of course, the Death Goddess knew that too.
That was why she had never stopped him.
She had even protected him so he could see his plan through.
Chapter 306
There was an unwritten rule in the Universe.
Gods needed followers.
As a Creator God, the Death Goddess naturally needed them too.
But unlike every other Creator God,
the followers she needed were not the living.
They were the dead.
To put it more elegantly, they were souls.
Vengeful spirits, evil gods, and wandering ghosts
could all become her followers.
And the more she had, the stronger the Death Realm became, and the greater her power grew.
A god without followers would slowly fade.
Granted, Creator Gods had possessed nearly limitless power within the Multiverse from the beginning.
But that power was not fixed.
Perhaps the god of the Omniverse, O-A-A, had wanted to limit them.
Whatever the reason, gods needed followers.
And as ruler of the Death Realm, the Death Goddess needed the dead.
Just think how many people would vanish if Thanos made The Snap.
Half the population of the entire Universe.
Gone, every last one.
Did you think they would be erased from the Multiverse?