"God?" Ake sneered. "You don't mistake my master for a hypocritical and weak god like Lapu, do you?"
"I didn't mean that." Geer hurriedly explained, but the unease in his eyes still betrayed his true thoughts.
After all, Lapu had deceived him too badly. The faith he had devoted everything to had turned out to be nothing but a joke. Once bitten by a snake, twice shy of a rope.
"You'd better not, because that would be a grave insult to my master." Ake snorted coldly. "My master will eventually become a god, but he will never become a disgusting False God like Lapu.
Do you understand?"
"Uh... I understand."
"My master is more merciful than you think. His attitude toward believers is completely different from God Lapu's.
He does not make empty promises. Any promise he makes will be fulfilled, and he will never cast aside believers who are loyal to him like worn-out shoes."
"I am willing to become his believer and spread his faith," Geer immediately said.
"Very good." Ake nodded in satisfaction. "My master has left you a trial. It will not be easy, but it is also your chance to rise above mortality.
If you pass, congratulations—you will become one of my master's dependents and gain a path to godhood. Your future will be boundless.
If you fail, you will only be an ordinary believer.
But whether you pass the trial or not, you and your daughter may leave this barren dead planet and gain a chance to survive."
"Sir, is what you said true?" Geer could hardly believe it. "Whether or not I pass the trial, my daughter and I can both live?"
"This is my master's gift."
"Thank you, thank you, Master." Geer wept with joy. "But I still do not know Master's