God's resolution

'What a frightening existence to be able to create such a poison.'

Zero thought with terror. The teen after getting a reality check, finally understood how naive his previous ideas were.

He realized that even though the existence in front of him might've seemed chill and extra patient when it came to him, this being was still someone who had gone through wars and a fair share of experience when it came to killing someone.

He was literally talking with a seasoned murderer!

Luckily though, the god didn't really mind his previous rude behavior or who knows how many ways he could have been killed. Although he was always carefree, he was still someone who valued his life. After all, how could someone enjoy life when they're dead?

Zero began listening carefully once he heard the Dimension God continue speaking.

"Because I was her brother, my sister never attacked me and had only defended.

In normal circumstances, she wasn't someone who would get inflicted by the poison so easily but in this particular case, she had let her guard down whilst in the middle of trying to snap me out of my uncontrolled state of fury and so the unfortunate occurrence had befallen her.

What made me feel even worse was that there wasn't even a trace of resentment or anger on her face when she had passed, only the soft gentleness towards a family member remained.

And something I didn't expect was that I would actually use this poison whilst moving on instinct. It was supposed to be a last resort if I had ever encountered an unbeatable enemy, which probably never would've happened considering how strong I was. Ah… it was never supposed to be used on her…"

God lowered his head towards the end after letting out a heavy sigh full of regrets. Just the thought of everything left him devastated.

To the teen, it sounded as if the god had aged 20 years. To kill your own blood sister, the only family you had left in the world... Although Zero did not know how it felt as he didn't have parents nor any relatives, it must have been very painful for the god.

Zero couldn't help but feel a bit of sympathy towards the divine being and maybe it would have been better off if he had not started all of this by asking a certain question in the first place.

"Sir, I just wanted to say that I'm sor-"

The raven-haired teen wanted to apologize but was immediately interrupted by the god.

"Enough. No need for apologies kid. I was going to mention everything sooner or later anyway as this matter was the main reason why I had decided on choosing a successor. After all, I'm going to be needing someone who could take care of both dimensions when I'm gone."

"Gone? You don't mean…"

"Yes. Because of her departure and knowing that I was precisely the reason why things had occurred in the first place, I can't exactly find the will left in me to live any longer.

Could you imagine… someone who has been with you for practically all of your life… possibly millions of years together already… suddenly disappearing like that in a blink of an eye when you woke up the next day?

I often find myself in a daze as the scenes from the event come back to haunt me every now and then. It's like a reminder that I shouldn't ever forgive myself for everything that had happened…"

As God continued to rant, he unknowingly leaked out some of his aura and our protagonist, who was literally just a couple of feet away from the source, had to endure the full brunt of it.

There were two words to describe the feeling he felt at this moment - fucking unbearable. In fact, it was excruciatingly painful.

"!"

Zero wasn't able to speak up and could only try to make noises trying to gain the god's attention. Luckily for him, it worked as the divine being had noticed his successor being strangely silent for a while now and stopped to check on him.

"Ah shit! My apologies for not noticing sooner kid. A tiny bit of my aura got out of control for a second there."

God apologized while quickly using his powers to heal the kid as the raven-haired teen had almost become a bloody corpse sprawled out on the table.

Luckily he had reacted in time or his successor would've been sent into reincarnation. Of course, the divine being could just bring his soul back with all his memories intact but that in itself felt like too much trouble.

"Ha… ha… h-how… am I… ha... still alive… ha.. after all… ha… of that…"

Zero gasped as he spoke in broken sentences. The pressure wasn't something he had ever experienced before. The teen literally thought his soul was going to split apart and looking over at the intact table and chair, he became utterly speechless.

Not that he had ever experienced having a mountain pressed on top of him or anything remotely similar to it, but that was basically what Zero thought he had endured for a split second of a moment there and upon noticing the furniture having no cracks on the surface or any defects of the sort when exposed to that intense pressure, his eyes started to sparkle.

These were peerless artifacts that were probably made of divine materials! He thought while gently stroking the chair as if it were his lover.

The Dimension God looked at his successor's actions strangely and finally decided to stay silent.

If the teen were to know that these things were only some cheap furniture made by him casually and was built using the materials of one of the weakest demons, the low-level demon tree, maybe the guy would break down and start crying after realizing how unfair the world was.

It took a while for Zero to regain composure but when he did, our protagonist seriously wanted to start swearing at the god, though when he thought back to the immense pressure the god had given off and the fact that the god had described it as 'a tiny bit', he swallowed back his words.

Still, was there anyone in the world who treated their successor like this? He had almost died! The teen still felt a bit of trepidation when he thought back to it.

To be honest, after knowing that the god wanted to die, the teen really wanted to say the clichéd lines of 'choosing death is a form of escape!' but in the end, he just couldn't bring himself to say it.

After all, if he had heard correctly, God literally said that he was at least a million years old!

Maybe after everything the deity had been through, death would be a kind of salvation for the guy. In any case, the god had made his choice and it looked like he wasn't about to change the decision anytime soon.

Zero wasn't one to judge people for what they did, of course, that is unless he found them stupid.

He was always someone who followed the motto of 'I do what I want' in accordance with the morals he had set for himself. It was quite a fit really, coupled with his carefree personality that is.

It might've been the fact that his successor's mind had been drifting elsewhere for quite some time now that the Dimension God decided to speak up to gain the kid's attention.

"Sorry that you had to listen to me rant all this time kid. Nevertheless, I've basically told you how everything came to be, so…"

God paused while Zero instantly sat up straight in his seat as if his ears had finally heard something heavenly for a change. The teen's eyes were lit up in anticipation for what was coming.

"...it's about time I hand over my inheritance."