The scene fell silent for a time, leaving only the sound of dead branches and rotting flesh slowly decaying.
Not long after, perhaps finding the silent exchange of glances with Old Bones too boring, those eyes spoke with waning interest:
"Rest assured, my answer isn't him. I'm merely waiting for my Emissary to revive."
The enormous skull's eyes narrowed, and it immediately shook its head.
"Nothingness, from nothing, from God, and you, have no, Emissary."
"Pfft—
"What? Your old opponent once claimed to be the Lord of Nothingness, and now even you've become the ruler of Nothingness?
"You think you understand Nothingness better than I do?
"Old Bones, did you pick the wrong place to put on an act?"
The enormous skull ignored God of Merriment's taunts and spoke sternly:
"I, bear, the divine name, Death, and wield, the authority, of Death.
"When any god falls, half of their divinity belongs, to me. Yet I have never received any divinity from Deception. You could never fool me on this point.
"So your talk of an Emissary is pure nonsense.
"Although I do not understand the war between you and Existence, I can say with certainty that during that war, before the pact was signed...
"No god fell!"
"..."
Although Death's words made perfect sense, God of Merriment still refused to back down.
"Oh? Is that so?
"Even if I can't deceive you, can't you deceive yourself?
"You deny my Emissary and then swallow my authority. Old Bones, I considered you an ally, yet you're planning to stab me in the back?
"Looks like you still aren't afraid enough."
When The Great One heard the word "fear," her eyes froze for a moment. Her fear of those two words now far exceeded her fear of that existence—especially when they came from