For the favored ones, the emotions of NPCs within the game world toward them are quite complicated. On one hand, they envy the speed at which their levels increase, but on the other hand, they hold them in contempt. After all, the players come with various flaws, and there are no small number of those who would kill and plunder for the reward of quests. Moreover, they've been in the game world for only a short time and generally possess lower levels and strength.
Even when they saw the presence of a favored one in the Pantheon, they were convinced that the other party was just a recently ascended ordinary deity.
The gazes of these deities then turned to the one standing respectfully behind Metian, and seeing that his level was merely at the Demi-God Level, they immediately felt a lot more comfortable.
"Look, this is how the favored ones should act, comfortable~"