Although he had thought about it just now, Jesse would never admit it.
"It's fine if you don't want to admit you are God but..."
Jesse looked at the husky, especially its clear eyes, and he still couldn't bring himself to say that God was a dog.
He said tactfully, "Actually, you could use better things to describe him, like the sun, the stars, or at the very least, a lion or a shepherd."
"Alright... even if it's a dog, at least it should be a sheepdog, right?"
"A husky... actually, it's quite fierce, but it's just a bit..."
"Stupid." Aaron supplemented.
Jesse subconsciously nodded.
Yes, that was the word.
Wait, they couldn't discuss this any further.
Talking about God being a dog... in a sacred church, it was an egregious sin, the most severe crime that would surely lead to hell.
He believed in God and felt that he could hear his prayers, so he naturally couldn't continue to agree with Aaron's words.
Jesse smiled and approached the husky. "Hello, whose puppy are you? Do you need me to take you home? Maybe you need a sausage? A bite to eat?"
"Or a pile of shit." Aaron said.
Jesse nodded, but in the church, he still restrained himself a little. "If you need it, I can provide that too."
For some reason, Jesse suddenly felt the surrounding environment turn cold.
He looked up blankly, the sun was bright, the weather was fine, a scene of prosperity.
So this cold air...
The husky stood up, shook its head and a flash of light passed over its body. Then it transformed into a man with messy white hair and a white beard. He even had a big beer belly, like he was eight months pregnant.
And he was wearing a pair of unrestrained slippers, puffing out his belly and stroking his beard, saying, "I want to ask, who are you?"
The white-bearded man looked at Aaron with a bad tone.
Jesse was a bit confused and couldn't help but ask, "Before that, who are you?"
"Aren't you looking for me, my child?" God's eyes were a bit unfriendly, but he had more important things to do.
Jesse was even more confused. No way, was God really just a stray on the side of the road?
Jesse was a child that God had once paid great attention to. He had even left him some small tests.
For a child to dare to say that his father was a stray on the side of the road, even if it was a sheepdog, it was still shocking.
Even if he did turn into a dog, it was fine for him to transform, but it was wrong for others to say it.
But before that, he stared closely at Aaron. "You are not my child."
"I smell a terrible, unfamiliar scent from you. What are you doing in my territory?"
Aaron said, "Don't worry about my origin, it's not important, is it? As for my name? Aaron, remember this name..."
Aaron hadn't finished speaking when he was rudely interrupted by God. "No, I don't need to remember your name either. A name is just a meaningless symbol. In fact, outsiders are not welcome here."
God seemed quite irritable. If he hadn't been constantly paying attention to Jesse, he wouldn't have noticed Aaron's presence in the first place.
Yes, when Aaron arrived in this universe, he was completely unaware.
If Aaron had looked for other ordinary people instead of Jesse, he might not even have known that an anomaly had entered his home.
This made him, who prided himself on being omniscient and omnipotent, quite displeased.
"You'd better leave immediately before I get angry."
Aaron raised an eyebrow. "Oh, haven't you already retired?"
After Jesse obtained Genesis, God mysteriously disappeared. Even the angels in Heaven were in a frenzy, some even considering finding a rogue to impersonate God temporarily.
No one knew that God had come to the human world and turned into a dog.
God said, "My retirement is my retirement, but you are not allowed in. Everything here is my creation, and an anomaly like you should leave."
"Boy, don't make me angry. You don't know how terrifying the wrath of a god can be."
However, Aaron was not afraid at all, and calmly said, "Stand still and don't move."
God was about to sneer.
Would he listen to this outsider? What did he think he was?
He was about to speak, but then he found that his feet were connected to the earth, and he really couldn't move. Not only his legs, but even his hands lost their ability to move.
"This... Genesis?"
God thought of something and looked coldly at Jesse.
He actually hated Genesis, after all, it was the product of the union of angel and demon, and should not exist.
But now, Aaron was using a power similar to Genesis to affect him.
This was very absurd.
In the original work, God had been affected and controlled by Jesse using the power of Genesis.
This power, which seemed to be ignored even by the deaf, could control the creator of this world. It could only be said to be too magical.
Aaron just wanted to give it a try. After all, if even Jesse's Genesis could affect God, there was no reason his couldn't. It seemed the effect was surprisingly good.
God?
Truly a stray on the side of the road.
An epic weakening.
Aaron shook his head.
He no longer held much hope for the power he was about to obtain from God.
This thing, was it really one of the infinite avatars of the omnipotent supreme god and supreme observer?
Or was it a weak chicken creator god from a remote universe wearing God's skin?
Where is your Time Power, your Space Power?
As God, are you unable to even use other rule-level powers?
Forget it, no need to dwell on it.
He would know once he grabbed and instantly devoured him.
"Wait, that's God!"
Jesse finally reacted to what was happening.
Although he didn't believe that the great, omniscient, and omnipotent God could be controlled, he could not tolerate Aaron trampling on God or rather, an avatar? in front of him.
Aaron merely glanced at him, ignoring Jesse's Word of God. Under God's terrified gaze, a black hole flashed and disappeared. This God, who had just appeared and hadn't made any statements, thus entered the Primordial Furnace and was instantly decomposed.
[Power of God (Incomplete): Detected similar abilities. Fusion completed. You have mastered the characteristics of one of God's infinite avatars, representing numerous powers such as life, creation, order, light, time, etc, containing supreme potential.]
(T/N: Preacher's God is an avatar of the Presence/Supreme God, at least in this ff.)
After careful analysis, Aaron discovered that this power should be the power of the supreme god but it was one of infinite parts—so weak that it barely maintained the power of a single universe.
Moreover, it leaned more towards creation and life, which meant that although God himself possessed a super-weakened version of omniscience and omnipotence, his actual combat ability was unbelievably weak.
This was even after integrating Aaron's own Power of Creation and the Power of the Creator.
If it were his original power...
Tch, in other parallel universes, he would probably be a stray on the side of the road, beaten to death by heroes.
Aaron highly doubted whether he had fully inherited a weakened version of the Presence's complete power. Most likely not, right?
However... better than nothing.
The Power of God encompassed many powers, which made it easier for Aaron to understand different powers.
Jesse gulped, looking at Aaron, who was deep in thought, and the empty church. His face turned dark, and he stammered, "Wh... where is God?"
"Dead." Aaron replied casually, still deep in thought.
Jesse was stunned, feeling as if the sky had fallen. He had only received God's blessing a few days ago, and now you're telling me that God was killed by you?
He forced a smile. "Hehe, you're really joking. That person just now must have been an avatar God used to walk among humans. He is the creator, how could he die?"
Aaron looked up at him and said, "He was indeed one of the infinite avatars, but he was the creator of this world. Now, he is dead."
"In a sense, I can now also be considered God? I can do what he could, and I can do what he couldn't."
Jesse was dumbfounded.
Crazy, everyone's gone crazy!
It must be hell invading heaven, and the devil seducing his mind.
That was God!
He just came out, said a few harsh words, and then quickly went offline?
Do you think God is just a cannon fodder extra who doesn't even last one episode?
Even if he's an important extra, he shouldn't only have a few minutes of screen time.
At this moment, Aaron walked towards the top of the church. With a wave of his hand, he erased Jesse's, or rather, the priest's, lectern and replaced it with a chilling ice throne.
And above the throne, there was a lifelike golden angel statue with wings, and the dazzling divine light of God was shining. However, the combination of these two was exceptionally incongruous.
Jesse was silent for a moment, his back already soaked. He wiped the sweat from his forehead, "What... what are you going to do?"
"Waiting for some guests."
Aaron didn't elaborate, but Jesse vaguely guessed something.
If God had really died, the trouble would be huge.
Would Heaven launch an attack? When the angels come, Satan will definitely come to join the fun.
Of course, all of this was based on God really being dead.
Jesse felt the Power of Genesis within him tremble with fear, like a helpless child.
Witnessing his own father die, even a rebellious entity like Genesis was probably scared silly, right?
So, God really died?
Then should I kneel now?
He secretly glanced at Aaron, who was meditating, and quickly lowered his head again.
To fight to the death for God? It's not worth it for humanity.
If God himself was instantly killed, what was he? Even if the creator was reborn, he would understand, right?
Moreover... God died, but a new God appeared.
He didn't care who God was, he only wanted to be God's "child."
"Father God above, please accept this child's bow." Jesse fell to his knees with a thud.
The moment God died, it seemed that heaven and earth also sensed at this moment that its creator had perished. Gusts of wind and rain swept across the globe almost simultaneously. In an instant, the world lost its color.
Whether it was Heaven or Hell, both were drawn to this celestial phenomenon.
They couldn't sense that God had died, but they knew that a change in the world's color was either an auspicious sign or a disaster, potentially even affecting all angels and demons.
From the current perspective, it seemed more like... a disaster?
And the moment God died, the light, unknown to mortals, situated above heaven and earth, was gradually suppressed by darkness.
The forces that originally restrained and balanced each other experienced a shift in an instant. What was alarming was that this time, it almost teetered on the brink.
Although the power of light quickly surged again, expelling and suppressing the darkness, any discerning person could see that this world had changed.
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