Chapter 144 | I am... God

Word Count 1356

Did you forget?

Those words were like a chorus replaying in his mind.

Issei was left frozen, his thought process stagnating due to the invisible pressure radiating from Noah's eyes.

By this time, no one noticed Issei's peculiarity except for Raynare who was close to him.

She scowled wondering what was wrong with the heartbroken lad.

"Hey, what's wrong? Did I hurt too much, O my little boo?" She laughed sarcastically while creating a lance made out of holy light from her right hand.

"I have been lenient enough to allow you to breath up until this moment, you stupid devil." She expertly swirled the holy lance single-handedly while circling the couple.

"Isn't it just right for you to die for me right now?"

When she didn't get the needed despair or reaction she wanted from him, she nearly went mad.

"If you are not going to reply, then just die!" She swung the holy light construct at point-blank range.

Holy light was extremely lethal to low-level devils and it was a guaranteed one-way ticket to meet Hades.

If Issei can't react in time, then he would be a goner.

Just as the tip of the lance was about to decide his fate, it was stopped by a finger that appeared from the void.

Raynare was scared shitless as her body unconsciously jumped some distance away from Issei.

What was happening?!

She didn't anticipate such a turn of events.

That finger was supreme and almighty and it made her angelic bloodline cower as if in the presence of its maker.

If a finger was that overpowered, then what about the full power of its owner who was currently anonymous?

Her thoughts were soon answered when Noah availed himself.

He was completely dressed in a white suit - the standard suit of Morgan Freeman cosplaying as God.

A golden halo hovered above his head, irradiating its holy and majestic brilliance all over the room.

If he hadn't turned off the holy attributes from its light, then all the devils in the vicinity irrespective of their strengths would have already been turned to ashes.

His holiness was meant to bring salvation to all evil.

To make his timed entrance more ostentatious, he made nine pairs of extremely beautiful golden white wings sprout from his back.

And damn, it seems he outperformed even himself when his blinding glory and eminence spread beyond the abandoned church but was still within its radius.

The ones who noticed this inviolable light were a certain Crimson-haired, buxom young woman and a sadistic Priestess crackling with lightning.

The cross which currently didn't have an owner was transformed into a high golden throne representing the highest authority of Heaven.

Raynare felt her legs go weak and her butt kissing the cold floor.

Her horrified and disbelieving eyes were nearly falling out of their sockets.

"I-It can't be?" Her lips trembled as she struggled to resist the invisible gargantuan pressure from the godly being.

"N-No... this must be a dream?" She couldn't believe what she was seeing.

If any angel, devil, fallen angel, god, or buddha were in her situation they wouldn't have believed it either.

Under the watchful eyes of three reincarnated devils and a scared fallen angel, Noah sat himself high up on the majestic golden throne and looked down at the lambs below him.

"O Children who have strayed from the path of light, I, your father, decree that I send you all to heaven to sing hymns for me." His voice was impartial and full of justice as he snapped his fingers and all the sacrificial lambs(cannon fodders) ceased to exist.

But weren't they given the promise of Heaven?

So it was all in all beneficial to them as they were already ordained with singing duties in Heaven.

"Their souls are now subject to my eternal benevolence." A compassionate smile formed on his sexy lips as he warmly gazed at the 'lambs' currently staring at him with mouths hitting the floor.

For Pete's sake, who are we kidding with all that crap that Noah dropped?

What benevolence? What impartiality?

The man named Noah was not even giving them a chance to meet Akasha.

"..."

Utter silence permeated every corner of the large room.

No one tried to speak even a single word.

"A servant's cry for my divine intervention stirred me awake from my eternal slumber." Noah sighed while looking at the now-dead body of Asia.

"Heaven rewards those who are pure in heart, soul, and body. As the Heavenly All-Father, the all-encompassing figure of virtue and goodness, I was deeply impressed by the boundless faith of this servant." He waved his right hand upward and the lifeless body of Asia Argento, a former believer, and holy nun, left Issei's arms as it levitated high in the air.

"And unto thee shall I give eternal life due to your relentless servitude to the way of Heaven."

"From Death shall your soul be reborn anew."

"Let there be rebirth." With a snap of his finger, a bubble of scintillating holy light surrounded Asia's lifeless body.

Then instantly, the holy bubble receded into a small bubble just like a supernova, before disappearing into her body.

Boundless life force started flowing through the once lifeless body as Asia's eyes started twitching, much to the dismay of the spectators.

"Come to Father, Asia Argento," Noah said lightly and the resurrected Asia landed in front of him, clad in a pure, standard nun outfit of black and white.

Without even speaking, without even being commanded, she dutifully bowed down to Noah.

"O Holy Father of Heaven, thanks be to you for bringing me back to serve you." Asia proclaimed with unwavering faith and adoration.

Noah smiled and stretched his hand to give her a pat of holiness and grace; the blessings of Heaven.

Inside his mind, he was truly laughing his ass off at the act he was showing.

"Arise so that you may forever serve me." And Asia stood up and walked to his left side.

The faith she had in the Biblical God was so unprecedented that all the connections she had to the world were severed.

She was born anew yet still, remained the same kind and soft-spoken Asia that could heal even devils and fallen angels alike.

The budding unholy feelings that she had for the boy named Issei were now... history.

It seems they were filtered during the rebirth.

She was now god's bride and will eternally serve him and only him.

Noah saw through her thoughts and nodded to himself while looking at the crestfallen expression on Issei's face.

"Asia..." He called her name hoping to catch her attention but all of Asia's attention was on the majesty and brilliance of the Holy Father.

He felt like he had lost something.

He had lost Asia.

Ignoring the pathetic existence of a lowly devil protagonist, he turned his attention to Raynare who was still showing an unsightly expression on her face.

"Are you... God?" Seeing that she was under this being's gaze, she couldn't help but ask in a trembling voice.

How ridiculous was her question?

She knew the Biblical God had died during the Great War that happened thousands of years ago.

But then who was this Holy and extremely handsome man radiating such brilliance that only came from God?

Noah smiled amiably while outwardly stretching his arms in an embrace-like gesture. Those arms gave the notion that he could embrace all of existence.

"I am... God, child."

Raynare chose to believe him since during the war she had been merely a fledgling, non-participant.

Who was she to proclaim knowing all about the hidden secrets of the super-powerful existences involved in that war?

Noah then continued with a compassionate smile. "Child who thou hath fallen from grace. Do you wish to sing hymns of heaven for eternity?"

It was then that Raynare knew...

This being was much eviler than anything she knew!

And after witnessing her minions being cleanly wiped out from the face of reality, she didn't wish to sing hymns for eternity.

It was a complete sham!

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[Author's Note]

I have met my promise of double chapters so kindly reward me with those power stones or else...

You will be forced to sing hymns for eternity, haha.

I was high on steroids when writing this chapter.