"We could not extort them to gain our powers, Skollhati. Our duty was to protect them, It has told us so."
"We are not extorting them. We are simply..... Utilizing what was already there." A god with Silver skin said, whilst sitting at his table with 11 other gods.
The god with Golden skin rubbed his forehead. "It is still disingenuous. Gaining prayers by deliberately bringing calamities? The humans suffered enough from constant monster attacks."
"And they will pray more to us whenever there were calamities. Thus, increasing our powers to protect them from creatures of the Abyssal Realm." A goddess with a Pearl Heartstone agreed. "I don't see what is so disingenuous with that."
"Exactly." Skollhati, the Silver god agreed. "If my wife and I use the tides to raise the water high enough to make humans feel threatened, they will pray to make the waves go away---"
"I will have to decline, Skollhati. Nereid." The golden god sitting at the highest seat said to the both of them.
