This was the first time Annan had learned of this open secret from the oldest batch of True Gods...
—That is, the question of "how powerful are the gods really."
Perhaps it was because he had recently encountered two rather disgraceful gods in succession, and even personally killed one of them, that Annan felt the gods weren't far removed from the Truth Rank.
In a certain sense, that might indeed be the case.
Gods, when not using their divine powers, were essentially just long-lived Truth Rank Transcendents with infinite energy. Even when they did use their powers, it didn't seem to make much of a difference... only to the extent of conveniently "managing this world."
But now Annan understood—the reason gods appeared "less powerful" was that all gods exercised restraint.
