"What is… this?" The God asked confused, trying to understand what he was observing in front of him. His eyes were curious , he tried to see more into it, but the more he tried the more confused he got. And a fear of the unknown that shouldn't have been present in the mind of the god was seeded.
Though things were quite the opposite for the devil who saw hope. His eyes looked confused, observing that screen in front of him, a chance that seemed more like a gamble, made him question if he was hallucinating. All that desperation could have possibly caused that.
But still… the alternative was the end of all things that he wanted to protect. So in a way, it was hardly a choice for him.
"Yes!! I accept!" He shouted without any moment of hesitation as I bestowed half a dozen A-Grade skills to him, and a couple of titles.
All of the skills required an immense amount of energy, but given the devil, a prime of his race, has near infinite energy made him able to use those skills without much problem, which an ordinary being would have faced.
And since they took that much energy, they were also special skills that were comparable to S-grade and even SS-Grades on par. This should allow him to increase his power to a huge extent.
Though among the freak skills and titles that I gave him, there were 4 that were the most important.
Effect: Allows the user to Kill all God beings!
Restrictions: Once the God is killed, the user's own power is permanently decreased by half!]
[Title: Destiny Snatcher
Effect: Allows the user to snatch the destiny of the being he kills!
-The user must fight against the being whose destiny is superior to his!
-A great sacrifice must be placed during the exchange!
Restrictions: Once the destiny is changed, the user's own power will be halved for 365 Days!]
[Skill: Beyond what is Possible!
Effect: Allows the user to use 200% of his power, going beyond his potential for 30 minutes!
Penalty: After the skill's effect, the user will lose 99% of his power for 10 days, becoming a mortal!]
[Skill: Reborn(Passive)!
Effect: If the user uses powers reduced to 1%, he will die and be reborn with all his powers that he had 100 years ago! If the user's age is less than 100, the skill won't work!]
A constant smile was present on my face as I looked at that devil. His eyes were gleaming as he looked at those skills and then at the God, who now was taking the devil a bit seriously.
The God, even though he was focused on that devil guy, his eyes were mostly focused on the screen message that was slowly vanishing from there. For him, even though the Devil was a bit of a threat, his main source of problem was still that screen.
The God observed everything around him before his eyes landed on us. A bit focused, he observed me and Quin before he mumbled,
And then he appeared right in front of us as he spoke,
He raised his hand about to harm us but then Quin casually answered him,
"You can't harm us dude. It's not possible for you."
And then his hand raised about a meter away from us. His eyes shook as he tried his best to attack us but still failed to do so. It's as if his whole body was refusing to attack us.
"You are still ignoring me?"
The devil appeared, pushing the God on the ground, as he looked at his new form, his eyes shone bright before he observed me and asked,
"Are you the one who gave me these powers?"
"My contractor did," I answered as I saw the God still laying on the ground below the devil.
"I don't understand… I should be the supreme… the strongest… that was the purpose of my existence… that's what they told me. Was it all a lie?" The God spoke with his calm voice returning before he slowly stood up.
The devil was surely stronger, at least a couple of times more than before. Yet he was unable to push God more than what God allowed him to.
The God observed me and Quinn with a curious look. His eyes seemed to be trying to understand us, before he turned to Quin as he spoke,
"You. I cannot see through you."
And then he turned to me.
"And you. I am not allowed to see through."
He then began pondering as the devil tried attacking him more. What seemed to be a new hope, seemed nothing more than a mirage to the devil. All the powers he had, all the powers he gained, he could still do nothing to God.
'They are both SS-Grade. Yet the difference is so wide, huh?' I was surprised to see that. If he wanted he could have wiped everything within a second, yet he did not.
Was there more to this story than I had originally predicted?
"I am the sole ruler of this world. That is my destiny. But you… you don't belong here do you? You are not of this world, or perhaps even this plane. I have concealed my powers even from the universe or that Dragon for ages. Observing everything that is present, hoping to see something more, but I have never seen anything like you two… are you both Gods beyond this realm?"
I stood there along with Quin. The devil was there observing us, hearing our words.
"They promised me a new plane and a new world but if they didn't know about your existence or perhaps the fact that they couldn't predict your movements… hehe… interesting… it seems things aren't that boring after all…"
And with a click of a finger… everything changed. I saw the entire world returning to its glory. All the things that were broken, all the injured people… everything was restored to its prime with a single click.
And I just observed God as I thought…
He is not an SS-Grade, is he?