The good will that any self-serving character would want to try to be building up as soon as it became clear that these entities were all too potent to make it economical to try to dominate by force, or dispose of by guile.
Mind you, I'm speaking from the point of view of an intelligent, long-term thinking evil entity here. Make allies of them, with oneself as the organizing force of course, so as to have a marginally superior position. Then, over time, make them dependent on your leadership and your aid so that you become "too big to fail" essentially. At that point, they'll keep supporting you even through qualms.
It's that, escape, or try to fight...and you can't beat them all. Escape is possible, but it still leaves you at the bottom of the heap.
Just saying, even if you want to play total selfishness, there's still excellent reasons to try to get along.
Mind you, I'm speaking from the point of view of an intelligent, long-term thinking evil entity here. Make allies of them, with oneself as the organizing force of course, so as to have a marginally superior position. Then, over time, make them dependent on your leadership and your aid so that you become "too big to fail" essentially. At that point, they'll keep supporting you even through qualms.
It's that, escape, or try to fight...and you can't beat them all. Escape is possible, but it still leaves you at the bottom of the heap.
Just saying, even if you want to play total selfishness, there's still excellent reasons to try to get along.