24 CH. 24: The Outer Gods

"I'm Azathoth you dumbass, HAH! You're an Outer God yet you can't even recognize me hahaha!" Laughed Azathoth.

Akira- "What the fuck?!" He shouted in surprise.

Azathoth looked at Akira with a dumbfounded expression while putting a finger on his chin.

Azathoth- "Oh? Is it really that hard to believe?.. Well it doesn't matter because i am the real deal!" He said.

Akira looked at the gigantic manifestation of sleeping tentacles, limbs and insanities which he believed was Azathoth, but here comes a weird dude proclaiming himself as Azathoth.

Azathoth- "I know you have a skill called [ALL Records], you can use it on me if you don't believe me." He said.

Akira kept his guard up because this person knew the name of one of his skills, and not just any skill but [ALL Records] which was arguably the strongest capability on the hierarchy.

Akira- "It's already enough that you've guessed the name of my strongest ability.. You really are Azathoth." He said while looking at this humanoid creature with an analyzing look.

Azathoth- "Glad you've finally believed me, anyway, we should go now." He said but Akira stopped him.

Akira- "Before that, why are you using this human body?" He asked.

Azathoth mumbled for a few seconds before replying to Akira.

Azathoth- "I use this body because THAT one right there is unusable. It took me more than you could ever imagine to create this body. Do you know how difficult it is to create anything when you cannot see, nor feel or think of anything?" He said.

Akira put his hand on the chin and started thinking for a bit.

Akira- "I see. So no one can handle true omnipotence, not even you.. But i can tell that you're definitely much weaker in this form than your original form." He said.

A vein popped on Azathoth's forehead because Akira pissed him off by reminding him of this.

Azathoth- "SHUT UP I MAY BE AN INFINITE AMOUNT OF TIMES WEAKER LIKE THIS BUT I CAN STILL PULL UP A ETERNAL FIGHT AGAINST YOU!!" He said.

Akira smirked and started teasing the elderich almighty Outer God even more.

Akira- "Hahaha, i expected to see a more sinister existence but you're as short tempered as a human! Hahaha." He laughed.

Azathoth bonked Akira on the head with his hand.

Azathoth- "Shush. If I'm short tempered it's because i have a mind now. Yes, because i have free will! Yes.. A free will!" He said with clear pride in his tone.

Azathoth created a portal in front of Akira.

Azathoth- "Now that we've met, I'll go acquit you to the other others." He said.

Akira- "The others? You mean the other Outer Gods?" He asked.

Azathoth nodded.

Azathoth- "Yes, the rest of our group. And don't you dare decline this because it was a real pain in the ass to get them all in one place!" He said pushing Akira into the vortex before jumping in as well.

[[ On the other side ]]

Akira got pushed by Azathoth into this place which seemed to be another part of the Outer Realm. It was a sinister as ever but more welcoming than the completely empty void he was greeted in.

Azathoth crossed the portal and met with Akira on the other side.

Azathoth- "This is a part of the Inner Void. It's a void where the lifeforms hang out.. The other Outer Gods will come riiight now."

*SNAP*

Just as Azathoth snapped his fingers, multiple colossal creatures appeared from all angles, all being as monsterous as Azathoth's outer form. But even so, these creatures all possessed unique aesthetics that make them differentiable from each other albeit the same appearances.

Azathoth- "Use your humanoid forms you dumbasses."

The outerish abominations started decreasing in height and their forms became closer to that of humans.

Akira was fascinated seeing how even if Azathoth isn't as dominating and powerful in this form, he was still possessing authority over these gods making them obey him without difficulty.

The first to finish the metamorphose was Yog-Sothoth

Yog-Sothoth on its humanoid form was a young girl in her 16 Years Old. She had long blonde hair and blue eyes that seemed to reflect the most beautiful ocean.

Azathoth- "This loli is Yog-chan~ Don't let her fool you, this girl is the most powerful after me." He said.

Akira- 'I didn't expect Yog-Sothoth Herk to be a girl.. Even less a loli.." He thought.

Yog's expression darkened as her eyebrows showed her anger. She had absolute knowledge that was more or less on par with Akira's [Nirvana Omniscience] at the simple exception of her omniscience being always active as well as a racial intrinsic ability that does not need anything to work.

Yog-Sothoth Herk pointed her finger in a gun shape at Akira with a vein on her forehead and a slightly annoyed expression.

Yog- "Shush. Being girl is the best." She simply said before reverting back to her nonchalant look.

Akira raised an eyebrow because her attitude was very weird. But then he realized that he was the idiot for trying to comprehend an eldersih being's personality.

Talking about personality, the next one to finish the transformation was Nyarlathotep, the crazy Outer God of madness and insanity. She was another girl, but with a mature appearance, with slight red hair and yellow golden eyes. She had very pointy venomous nails as well as long smooth hair that extended to her feet and ferocious teeth.

Nyan- "YOU MUST BE AKIRA!! AZATHOTH HAS MENTIONED YOU BEFORE AND SO DID SHUB-NIGGURATH!!!~ I'VE WANTED TO SEE YOU FOR MYSELF AND YOU'RE REALLY BEAUTIFUL FOR A BOY!!" She said.

Nyarlathotep extended her trembling arm at Akira while sweeting profusely and making cold breathing noises as well as having red blushing sheets and a sadistic expression that showed all of her pointy teeth.

Nyan- "Pl-Please~.. Let's become great buddies~..."

Her trembling hand became more vibrating and it started glowing up with a hostile lueur.

Akira, still on guard, caught her arm and shook it, he quickly pulled back his arm because Nyarlathotep's hand was extremely hot.

Seeing this, Nyarlathotep started laughing maniacally before taking both her hands up and screaming while laughing in joy.

Nyan- "AMAAAAAZIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNG!!!!!!!!!"

This simple scream had caused the whole environment to change into a reddish aura while also producing a loud noise in the surroundings.

Yog- "Nyan-chan, your little scream has destroyed multiple realities and dimensions." She said nonchalantly.

Nyarlathotep began breathing heavily while keeping her wide smile that showed all of her shark-pointy teeth as well as the blushing madness on her face, ears and nose.

Nya- "I-I-I'M SORRY!! BUT I COULDN'T RESTRAIN MYSELF ONCE AKIRA SHOOK MY HAND!!!!~" She said.

Azathoth facepalmed, but his gaze quickly fell on one of the last transforming Outer Gods ; Cthulhu.

Cthulhu was a girl that seemed to be in her eighteens, with dark black hair and green eyes. She also seemed to be the most normal out of them all.

She extended her arm gently to Akira. He did so as well and they acquainted normally.

Cthulhu- 'Hi, you must be Akira. It's a pleasure to meet you on person." She said with a bitter smile.

Seeing this scene, Nyarlathotep's smile became a huge dissatisfactory expression, she gritted her teeth with huge strength and made her venomous even longer while emitting a huge hostile

Nya- "I'll fucking kill you.. Cthulhu.. I'll fucking kill you with pleasure.." She said with a terrible tone while breathing heavily and looking with poisonous eyes at Akira and Cthulhu shaking hands.

Yog-Sothoth Herk grabbed Nyarlathotep from the shoulder and stopped her.

Yog- "Your little anger has incinerated an entire existence in a very gruesome way.. Learn self restriction." She said.

Nyarlathotep's eyes became very teary and she immediately began crying loudly.

Nyan- "GUAAAH!!! I-I'M DOING MY BEST YOG-CHAN!!-- I'M DOING MY FUCKING BEST GUAHAHA!!" She cried out loud.

Yog- "If you keep crying like that, you'll flood another reality." She said.

Nyarlathotep ended the crying quickly and became angry once again. She pointed her nails at Yog-Sothoth Herk who didn't flinch by a single inch.

Nya- "SAY SOMETHING AGAIN.. SAY SOMETHING AGAIN!! AGAIN!! A DOUBLE AGAIN!! SAY SOMETHING FUCKING AGAIN AND I'LL TEAR YOUR FACE APART!!!" She screamed with huge anger.

Nyarlathotep was very unstable as well as being an insanely obssesive person. While Yog-Sothoth was her very opposite, being calm in all situations without showing any emotions. Cthulhu seemed to be normal but it did not mean that she was innocent.

These were the Outer Gods, with even more to come next.

"Hi, i'm Cthulhu, a pleasure to meet you Akira." She said with a bitter smile.

Akira finally showed some signs of appreciation and relief after seeing how gentle Cthulhu's introduction was. Until now, all of them seemed to be twisted beings inside of humanoid forms, as if they were spiritual insane beings that take host in any human they judge as fit. Akita was scared this might be the case and that the Outer Gods were unreasonable beings, if they were, it could have been a little problematic, but at least for now, they seemed to be reasonable—Twisted and insane, but still reasonable.

Akira- " A pleasure as well, Cthu--..."

Akira stopped talking after hearing some ticking noises, which came from a watch on Cthulhu's wrist. He did not expect an Outer God to have such a futile otherworldly and banal accessory, but what intrigued Akira most, was the meaning of it.

Akira- "Your watch is ticking.." He said with embarrassment because he really did not know how to formulate that Cthulhu's watch is 'ticking'.

Cthulhu looked at her watch before summoning a chair which she sat on. She then created a large table filled with plates of food, all having the same food on it. Akira was speechless at the moment because he did not expect this from Cthulhu—Who seemed to be the most normal, as well as all the plates serving the same.. Abomination ; It wasn't even food, just tentacles and limbs and distorted eyes.

Cthulhu- "Itadakimasu!" She said digging in.

Akira shook off all the thoughts of Cthulhu being a normal being. She was crazy in her own way and he really wanted an explanation. He didn't use the [ALL Records] skill, he wanted a brute explanation from one who knew everything about this.

"What is she eating?" Whispered Akira at Azathoth's ear.

"Me." He simply replied.

"Say what now?" He asked while clearing his ears.

"Ahem.. She thinks that by eating my unusable outer body, she'll gain my powers.. She does it everytime.." He said.

The two looked at Cthulhu that was eating the food with voracity, using her two hands and opening her mouth to such extent it revealed an endless abyss of teeth and tongues.

While Akira was being disgusted by this site, Azathoth let out a small giggle that none noticed apart from Akira. He thought that Azathoth was habituated to seeing Cthulhu eating like the abomination she is, but he still asked him about this unpredicted movement.

"What's funny?" Asked Akira still whispering inside Azathoth's ear.

"B-Between you and me.. *giggle* It's not power that she's going to obtain after eating a large portion of my body.. *giggle*.."

This raised multiple questions on Akira's mind.

"What's gonna happen if she eats a lot of you?" He asked.

Azathoth's giggles became even louder, chuckles which Cthulhu started hearing but ignored as she continued on voraciously eating the body parts of Azathoth.

"Sh-She's gonna explode! AHAHAHA!!" He said while laughing loudly at the end.

Cthulhu stopped from eating a little moment after hearing Azathoth's loud laugh at the end. She knew that this guy wouldn't laugh at anything if it did not involve death or chaos or madness. She got a alarmed for a second after seeing that he laughed while taking a few discret glanced at her while whispering inside Akira's ear.

"What's funny you two?" She asked Akira and Azathoth.

"N-Nothing.." Giggled Azathoth while Akira kept his poker face.

Cthulhu looked with suspicion at Azathoth before stretching her monstrous mouth once again and devouring the part of Azathoth. The discussion between Akira and Azathoth continued soon after.

"You said she was gonna explode?" Said Akira.

"Y-Yes! After eating up enough of my body, she'll fucking explode like a balloon!! What an idiot she is.." He said picturing an exploding Cthulhu on his mind.

Akira was surprised to see that Azathoth did not care less about his fellow Outer God Cthulhu dying, and how he could prevent her death but still preferred to watch her die gruesomely.

'An idiot she is? You're the idiot blind god i remind you..' Thought Akira.

"I know you just shit talked me." Said Azathoth nonchalantly while still giggling.

"Forget it." Added Akira.

Akira's gaze turned around to see that Yog-Sothoth Herk was sleeping while standing and Nyarlathotep had already left.

"Where did Nyan go to?" Asked Akira.

Azathoth looked at Yog-chan's direction to see that Nyarlathotep had left the Inner Void.

"Oh, i guess she left.. Let me bring her back." He said while snapping his fingers.

Azathoth snapped his fingers and use an ability that could bring anyone in existence before him without restrictions. However, this time it did not work. Azathoth got embarrassment for a little second, his expression darkened for a little as he lamented of his powerlessness, he missed his omnipotence back in his old body, but if he wanted to possess an ego and a mind, than that power was the price to pay, making of him a high Tier 1 instead of the boundless Tier 0.

"..I hate being this powerless.." Said Azathoth.

But seeing how Nyarlathotep was missing, Azathoth just realized that Shub-Niggurath did not show up to greet Akira. This caused him to get a bit annoyed since he solemnly told them to all be present but Shub-Niggurath still ignored his order just for a few additional minutes of fuck.

"Since i can't get them here, you'll have to go see Shub-Niggurath yourself.." Said Azathoth with clear annoyance in his tone.

Akira put his finger on his chin.

"Why so? What's the difference if we meet or no?"

"I think you should just meet with all the Gods, it's even her that demanded to see you in the first place."

This raised a few questions within Akira's mind, why would Shub-Niggurath of all people request his presence? Is it because he had used a spell related to her a few weeks ago?

"..I'll check on her if that's what she wants. Where to go?" Asked Akira with a skeptical expression.

Azathoth pointed at a deep lugubrious dark forest that appeared out of nowhere, Akira was pretty sure that black ominous forest wasn't there a few seconds ago, but then again, he did abandon all logic the moment he crossed borders with reality.

Akira walked slowly in the non-existing thin air but soon stopped after seeing that Azathoth did not show any reaction.

Akira was quickly surprised to see that Azathoth had disappeared. He quickly shifted his gaze once again to see that the sleeping Yog-Sothoth Herk had also disappeared from this site.

Not only that, but the ominous forest gave an aura of distresse, discomfort and a huge unhealthy vibe. The trees were nothing but dark dead woods, the plants were completely black and the ground looked disgusting.

"I didn't expect this little visit to get so uncomfortable." Mumbled Akira to himself.

But also, he was shocked a bit to see that he was already standing on the forest's ground, even though it was far away. It looked like this place's geometry was very complex and unstable. Everything seemed to take a more horrific turn.

This visit escalated quickly and Akira was preparing on meeting the most twisted creature to exist.

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