After calling out to everyone, they gathered beside the pyramid and waited for the battle to begin.
Now that the flow of energy had been diverted toward Sepulk, no one knew why, but the energy streams that ordinary people had once been unable to see had taken on a blood-red hue, winding toward the horizon like great rivers.
As for why the Rock of Eternity could control the flow of magic, that required starting with the origins of the Council of Eternity. And to speak of that organization, one had to mention its most important representative: the first Shazam.
Old Shazam's original name was Jebadiah. He had once been a shepherd boy. Nine thousand years ago, he prayed to the gods, willing to trade his entire life for the chance to protect the universe and destroy evil.
A voice answered him from somewhere beyond the sky, instantly forming a contract with him. It granted him the combined powers of every member of the Olympian Pantheon, then ordered him to establish the Council of Eternity and accept the other members selected by that voice.
Among them were a female warrior who alone wielded the power of all Scandinavian gods, The Maiden, who could defeat the Eastern Heavenly Court by herself, and a jaguar warrior possessing power equal to all the gods of the Americas.
There were seven in total. Every one of them had ascended in a single step, becoming godlike directly through the blessing of mysterious power.
The selection process was simple as well. As long as someone sincerely made a great vow to resist evil and protect the world, they might be chosen and instantly become a Multiversal Level being, capable of deciding the fate of any reality or Single Universe with the power in their hands.
Every council