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"Did Death come to see you?"
The True Creator's narrowed eyes opened slightly, but he neither confirmed nor denied it.
Edward speculated curiously in his prayer:
"I saw his fate suddenly intersect with yours in a limited way. Looks like you might not have agreed to his request."
The True Creator nodded. "Correct. Death asked whether I would support him in becoming Eternal Darkness if he protected humanity."
"I think that's a good deal."
Edward trimmed his nails with a nail clipper, carefully smoothing the rough edges with its metal file. "It doesn't really matter who becomes Eternal Darkness, does it? Honestly, I can see that you intend to keep striving to become God Almighty, and since you're mentally resilient, I don't mind helping you out and earning a favor. I'm also counting on you to hammer a few more nails into God Almighty's coffin lid. It's not as if you have no confidence in returning, and the end of the universe is still a long way off. Is there really any need for a Great Old One to take part in the battle of the apocalypse?"
Every time he heard an Outer Deity discuss the apocalypse like an outsider, the True Creator found it exceedingly strange.
Something that meant life or death to Earth might be no more than an ordinary bit of amusement to an Outer Deity.
After all, in the cosmos, the aggregation of Extraordinary characteristics brought countless Outer Deities together to fight, die, and devour one another. Cosmic PvP never ended, starting at True God and capping at Great Old One, continuing endlessly until the reboot. The so-called "apocalypse" was merely an "apocalypse" from Earth's perspective.
"Death can already exert preliminary control over a tributary of the River of Eternal Darkness. Although he hasn't regained