[3rd POV]
"...Where do I sign?" Quetzalcoatl asked in response with a smirk slowly forming on her own face. Hearing her response, the group slowly warmed into smiles, as Morgan brought out a paper.
"Sign this. It's a contract that explains everything that you are ensured to get, but also has a magical clause inside of it. For both my end and yours" Morgan explained, as Quetzalcoatl raised an eyebrow and grabbed it.
Reading it over, she hummed.
It was a simple contract all things considered, and was not particularly strict or anything. It just had some basic rules, like the fact that they are not allowed to attack another member of the faction outside of rating games (which were now commonly used to settle differences and arguments).
They had rules regarding what you had to share with the rest of the faction. This was just simple things, like the fact that they had to share how many people were in their faction, their rough levels of power, their gender, if they were married, and a few other things that they deemed important.
In return there were rules about what they would give in return. Such as training methods and manuals regarding increasing power and helping train their physical forms. There were rules regarding the sharing of academic knowledge, such as cures for several different types of illnesses and diseases.
There were rules involving sacred gears, joining peerages, and all sorts of other things. With the papers having several pages, and having quite a lot of information inside.
Quetzalcoatl had taken a few minutes, and read over every inch of the paper. She found that nothing was really wrong with any of it, and for all intents and purposes, it was a list of very reasonable demands that were not at all too much for her.
But she had to also think about it from the perspective of the rest of her people, considering they were all completely innocent now. She had to think about the way that they would react, and whether or not they would actually wish to unify with the Heavenly Demonic Faction and become one larger faction.
Quetzalcoatl thought about it some more as she continued to read through it. The amount of clauses was no issue, the things that they had to do in return was no issue. The only thing that she could see causing some problems, was the fact that they would be following Morgan's orders more than anyone else's.
They would no longer be the ones deciding all of the shots, and instead would be following Morgan's orders, Morgan's rules, and Morgan's beliefs. But from what she could tell, the woman was a kind person, and was not one to misuse her power like so many other Gods would just love to.
She was not evil or arrogant.
She was actually pretty normal for someone that strong, and with that much power over the greater world.
So, after she finished reading all of the papers and contemplating for a few moments, she lifted the blade she had been offered, and cut her finger. She had to use blood to sign the paper, and placed a singular bloody fingerprint onto the paper.
"So what now? Do I need to head back and alert the rest of my people?" Quetzalcoatl asked, as Morgan shrugged.
"That's up to you. You'll have to obviously tell them at some point, but you don't really have to do it now. I would make sure to tell them at some point today, you don't want them freaking out if they somehow find out on their own" Morgan responded, not too bothered about it either way.
"Oh, speaking of joining your faction, what's the likelihood that Shiva and the Hindu pantheon is going to join?" Quetzalcoatl asked, as Morgan blinked at the question. She hadn't really checked in on that little situation for a little while, so she had no idea.
"Honestly? No clue. I like to think that Shiva will have the ability to persuade them into it, but I don't know. I know that Indra at the very least is going to cause some serious issues for that idea. He is a bit of a narcissistic prick, so who knows" Morgan replied, deciding to find out later on after she was finished with the meeting.
"Now that we have Quetzalcoatl in the faction, and potentially Shiva, are you going to finish the war against the pantheons still involved?" Azazel was the one to ask this, as the fact that they were at war was beginning to cause a few issues.
Mostly out of Japan and the countries that they controlled. A number of the species and groups that they were in control of, were under threat of being attacked. It was only thanks to the wards that protected them that they were safe from harm from the Gods.
But all it would take is one of the leaders of a pantheon to step out and try to break through the ward, and they would be able to hurt them in a way that would cause damages to the faction. And none of them wanted that, not when they had Trihexa coming soon.
"Yep. I plan to have it over and done with by the end of the day tomorrow. I have already have the means to take care of the Greek Pantheon at the very least. With them not having Hades and several other of their major Gods, they are not really a problem for us. It's more so the other pantheons that are problematic" Morgan responded.
"Pantheons like the Persian Pantheon, the pantheons down in Africa, some of the other South American pantheons, and the many Gods from other pantheons that are in the process of dying out" Morgan finished, as Azazel nodded.
"Are we going to try to recruit any of them? Or are we just wiping the slate clean?" Yasaka asked.
Morgan hummed "I'll try my best to recruit as many of them as possible, but most likely a majority of them would rather die than become a member of this faction"
"I wish that wasn't the case. So many new members of the faction with that level of power could be an incredible boon" Michael said somberly, knowing that they needed all the help they could get when dealing with Trihexa.
"Well, there isn't really much we can do about it, except hope that they would see at least some form of reason. Either way we can at least loot the shit out of all their vaults. Their artifacts and knowledge will be at least something good" Morgan replied, knowing that Michael could not help but feel bad.
The man hated the idea of people dying, especially that many people. He hated having so many people be "Wasted" all because of so much arrogance and narcissism. The sort of arrogance that caused the death of so many people for something so stupid.
"I suppose that is a boon of itself" Michael sighed, as Quetzalcoatl realized that the leaders of this faction were a lot nicer than she thought. Most of them didn't seem to like the idea of having to kill so many people, but were also understanding that it was kind of just necessary at this point.
"Mmhmm, with that knowledge I can likely improve the wards around where Trihexa will be trapped for the fight. Using that should make our fight with the beast easier, and even let me add on more "Traits" to it" Morgan responded, trying to make sure he understood that this was necessary at this point.
They didn't have a choice anymore to be frank.
"Either way, we're going to need to be on high alert from now onwards, as Rizevim will be breaking Trihexa free any day now, and we need to know the exact moment that he does to ensure that we are properly prepared to enact the plans regarding the wards and seals" Morgan added, knowing that it was only a matter of time.
It would be happening within a day or two most likely. So there was a very real chance that it would be released the same day that she takes care of the Gods.
With that conversation done, they began to talk about other things of interest, making sure to clue Quetzalcoatl in on everything so she understood what she was listening to.
All the while, Morgan had only one thought on her mind.
'I wonder if Shiva is having any success?'
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