I have been the sole God of Death for more than a thousand eons, yet I have never felt this much pain in all my time existing as one. "Graaagh!!! I don't think I can hold it any longer! When will we fall anyway?!" I exclaimed in agony. Inami and I endured this excruciating headache for a few minutes until I felt the pain subsiding and changing, like a temperature change, from my feet. I tried to look down but was unable to do so because I was stunned.
As the head ache is finally gone, I kept feeling the temperature change from my feet to my waist, then to chest. After it went through my neck, I was able to see that I was getting into some kind of portal. After some time, all of my body is already inside the portal and now I am in darkness. 'Why is the air so suffocating?' I thought, while trying to gasp for some air. 'This is a very weird feeling.'
"Rrmph?...."
"..."
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"RRRMMMPPHH!!!"
I kept screaming at the top of my lungs, but every voice I tried to unleash was halted by something in my mouth. However, as time passed, I began to feel something around my entire body. After a while, I realized it was dirt. 'Why am I being buried? Is my consciousness being transmigrated to a buried corpse? How long has this body been buried?' I questioned in my mind. 'Alright, I'll just...' After I thought that, I began moving my hand upwards, trying to dig myself out. Eventually, I managed to break through the surface and found myself in a cemetery.
"I see. I transmigrated to a buried body. I need need to change my looks here, so there will be no misunderstandings. Not that I will stay here for long anyways." I said, and decided to use {Perfect Disguise} and {Cleanse} to change and improve my appearance. My skin began to have color and now, I look like a teenager with brown hair and wide dark brown eyes. {Perfect Disguise} is an advanced magic that allows the Chanter to disguise either their looks, scent, gender, personality, and even their stats. While {Cleanse} is a basic magic that clear almost all of the Chanter's outer body from selected things that contaminated the outer layer of the body, mostly dirt and dead skins.
'Looks alright. Now, I need to find Inami.' after that, I decided exclaimed on top of my lungs again inside the cemetery. "Inami!!! Try to scream if you hear me!!!" Unfortunately, there was no response. So, I used {Detect Heat} to find where she is buried. That is, if she is in one of the graves. {Detect Heat} is an intermediate magic that allows the Chanter to detect any heat above 36ยฐ Celsius or 98ยฐ Fahrenheit. But after I used {Detect Heat}, it turns out that there was no heat emanating from any of the graves. "Weird, I thought I sensed her. Don't tell me she suddenly got teleported to a different place..." I said, feeling worried.
After thinking for some time, I thought, 'She can handle herself. I should be worried about the existence of both of us in a single universe. I suppose it's okay for some sacrifices to be made for the true greater good of all existence,' I thought, not caring if some universes collapsed in the search for Lord Genesis.
"It's been a long time since I used my powers to their full extent. I don't think I ever used my full power except when I sparred with Lord Genesis many eons ago," I said to myself.
So I decided to fly up. In no time, I successfully went out of the planet's atmosphere. The planet I transmigrated on, felt like it had magic, with a mix of modern technology like locomotive trains and 40-year-old cars, IF it were from most of the planet Earth around every alternative realm of course. "I wonder if this universe has the planet Earth. I've heard that it has the most unique imaginations made by humans," I said to myself.
But suddenly, I ran into another problem. 'Wait, how are we going to find Lord Genesis like this? Oh, Lord! We didn't think it through!' I exclaimed in my thoughts. It looked like it would be harder to find him this way, especially since there were only two of us, and we are really small compared to our past sizes where universes are just as big as our palms.
But after this realization, I just shrugged it off like it was nothing. ' No time to worry over that now. Because it's time to test my powers in this universe.' I thought. I decided to go to a planet that was inhabitable or had not been inhabited yet. After a few seconds, I found the perfect planet to test my weakened powers.
"Let's see... {Black Hole}?" I said, still confused, while extending my arm a little bit. {Black Hole} is an intermediate magic that creates a black orb where its gravity pulls are so powerful that even light cannot escape it.
However, the {Black Hole} that I created was too massive, and it started to suck in other planets and stars tens of light-years away from its vicinity. "Okay! That's too big! {Undo}! {Undo}! {Undo}!" I said, in panic. {Undo} is an advanced magic where the chanter is able to do a short rewind of time, where it only rewinds the time of what they had done.
After I cast {Undo}, everything that the Black Hole had sucked in was back in their respective places. The Black Hole that I had created was also gone, as if nothing had happened. "Wheeuuh... Almost deleting innocents unintentionally. I guess it's true that even as a Fallen God, we are still very strong. And {Undo} is a very useful spell. I might need to use this a lot," I said, smiling.
After the short panic attack, I flew to other planets to look for Inami and potentially Lord Genesis. Since both Lord Genesis and Inami emit auras that I can recognize immediately, I can find them if I'm lucky enough. But it looks like it will be more challenging as after a few more attempts, I got no signs of either Lord Genesis or Inami.
As days went by, I searched all around this universe with no luck finding either Lord Genesis or Inami. 'Then, maybe Inami fell into a different universe?... Oh Lord... Guess I'll be lonely for some years or so,' I said, faking a sad face. 'Well, no time to mourn... To the edge of the universe!!!' I exclaimed and immediately flew faster than multiple times the speed of light. 'With this speed, I'll get there in no time!' I said with a grin.
But after going straight for a few hours, it seems that I have not reached the edge yet. 'Is the edge expanding at a faster speed than me?... No matter... I will just go beyond my full speed!!! Hiiyaaah!!!' I made a short burst and managed to fly multiple times faster than my current full speed. As I kept flying straight, I finally saw a few stars starting to gain light as if they were just created.
"Come on! Just a few more light-years and I'll be out!" I said, failing to control my grin. But my grin soon dropped as when I almost reached the edge, I felt my speed slowing down little by little. 'No... You've got to be kidding me! Why now!' I exclaimed in worry in my mind. My speed was decreasing because I was pushing myself beyond my limits, causing my stats to decrease gradually.
'Come on! Burst up! Burst!!! Accelerate!!! Speed up!!! Go with haste!!! Screw my stats, just let me out of this now-useless universe!' I kept screaming to myself, trying to keep up with the speed of the expanding edge. Knowing I will kept getting slower, I just used a large amount of my stats as sacrificial speed points, getting a bigger speed acceleration.
I maintained that speed for a few seconds, sacrificing 15% of my overall stats. But thanks to that giant burst, I managed to punch a hole in the edge. "{Undo}!" I immediately sealed the edge before it could begin sucking the reality inside the universe out through the edge with a gravity far stronger than a Black Hole. "Huuh, huuh, huuh," I breathed heavily.
After a few seconds, I steadied my breath and began looking around. "Wow... so this is what it feels like for a creation to enter the Outer-verse," I said in astonishment. "But still, I thought the Outer-verse was a different plane of existence. I never thought it was just a room in the Realm of Gods..." I said, now with disappointment visible on my tone.
After viewing a few more universes in this room, I decided that I to go to a random universe where hopefully Lord Genesis or Inami exists. However, before I could enter any of those universes, I felt the ground beneath me shake. I tried to look around and find the source, but the universes' size around me were just too massive, making me trapped in this maze of gigantic spheres.
As I waited a little longer, I noticed something moving and covering universe, which was coincidentally the universe I came out of. I stayed silent, aware that the universe was immensely larger than me. Once the universe was lifted, I recognized the entity responsibleโa surprisingly familiar face towering above me and other universes. The person wears an all dark attire, with a hood covering his eyes. I saw a few strand of hair that is dark purple colored.
"Erebus, God of Darkness... You are here." I said seriously. Erebus seems to not heard what I said, he just kept on looking around as if he was trying to find something. After a few seconds he made eye contact with me and started to say, "๐๐ต, ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ." He said with a booming voice. "No no no! Hey Erebus! Don't you remember me?! You don't even remember my aura?! How about these looks?!" I then began using {Perfect Disguise} to make myself look like my old looks, Shinida.
As Erebus look closely on my looks, he started to float the universe he is holding, and began to emit a dark aura. "๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐น๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐น ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฑ. ๐๐น๐ฎ๐, ๐ถ๐ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ, ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ, ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐น๐๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ป๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐๐ฝ๐." Erebus said with anger visible on his face.
'Ehh... he actually thinks I am a worshipper of my Shinida form and that my Shinida form has granted me a blessing, making me stronger โ that I am powerful enough to actually disguise myself as Shinida... I guess the rumors are true. Erebus, despite his cool accent, is an overthinker.
Though, I guess I had seriously overestimated my kind's overall intelligence. I thought they were smart enough to assume that Inami and I attacked Erlaf to deliberately become Fallen Gods. I just hope not everyone has the same way of thinking about me and Inami... Or maybe it was just Erebus' overthinking.' I deadpanned.
Erebus then started to take the universe I came out of. "๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ต ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ, ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ... ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐น๐ฒ๐ณ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ป ๐ฑ๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐... ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐บ๐ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐บ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ผ๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ." He said with his booming voice, and this time his right hand is in front of him, that is holding the universe. Erebus then started to release some sort of black fire from his hands, completely burning the universe to ashes.
"๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐, ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐ผ๐บ๐ป๐ถ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฟ'๐ ๐ด๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ... ๐ง๐ต๐๐, ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฟ, ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ, ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐๐..." Erebus said with yet another booming voice. He then looked at me, and said with the same tone.
"๐ง๐ต๐ผ๐... ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป... ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐บ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ป ๐ฎ๐... ๐ฃ๐๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐... ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐น ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ข๐ป๐ฒ ๐ง๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฃ๐๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐, ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ต, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ."
Erebus then lean closer to the platform that I am standing and started to raise his hand, 'He's trying to squash me! What am I to him?! A bug?!' I exclaimed in my mind. As Erebus' hand starts to get closer, I started to run. "Screw this! I better run aw-"
*Splat*
Before I realize it, I was squashed by Erebus' hands which I forgot, are bigger than a universe, where it might took me days just to reach the end of it with my previous speed burst. "๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น, ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐."