Esper Harem in the Apocalypse

Chapter 605 How To Become A God

”Mortals of this reality canʼt do anything like the mortals in the second reality. Heavens, now they donʼt even know the existence of other races.

The universe destroyed the entire second reality, but I couldnʼt be killed, so I recreated the universe and continued ruling the worlds and races. That never entertained me, but I still did it. I didnʼt want someone to go through the same thing as me.

But… they were… ungrateful pricks. I destroyed and recreated the universe multiple times, thinking the next one would be perfect, but I was wrong.

Good canʼt exist without evil. And I realized that they would never realize the value of life and peace unless they knew what evil is. The universe needed a balance, so I created evil deities and protected the world from them, but all of them were weak against me.

They could even land a hit on me. I needed a stronger evil, something more powerful than me, who could defeat me, but even after billions of years, no one was strong enough to challenge me.

I did something I had never thought of doing. I changed sides. Or rather, I became evil. Then, many came to challenge me throughout the eons, but none of them won. Before I had realized it, I had taken a liking to the evilness inside me.

Then one day, I noticed something. All the challengers who came to defeat me belonged to other races, and no mortal had ever come. So I wiped them out of existence because they were a useless and worthless burden to the universe.

Now, I am in your reality to do the same. Sooner or later, the same thing will happen in this one, and you will become what you hate. So I will take responsibility for you and do your job.

Honestly, I see my old naive self inside you, and thatʼs why I donʼt want you to become what I have become. I will wipe out the entire third reality and recreate it. Of course, I will let you rule it. Or perhaps not.

Everything depends on your decision. If you still try to stop me or stand in my way, then, unfortunately, I will have to get rid of you. The universe… doesnʼt care what happens to you.

Remember, if you die or lose your power, it will be forwarded to someone else who would do worse than you. You know, when you do everything, you have nothing more to achieve.

Itʼs pretty lonely at the top, and itʼs sad when no one can reach your level. But after having a little chat with you, I am quite happy. It feels like I am talking to a long-lost brother of mine. But hey, we can actually be considered brothers since our powers derive from the same sources.

Itʼs like we are… Errr… power-related brothers. That is, if you agree to cooperate with me. If you donʼt, I will, unfortunately, have to kill you and steal your power so it doesnʼt get passed down to someone else.

Oh, didnʼt I mention we can actually copy and steal the powers of the people we kill? I donʼt know how the base of your powers works, but mine is pretty simple. That is how I became stronger after killing the gods and the heavens.

The universe didnʼt choose me, I chose it. And ultimately, I gained the power of space. You have the power of the void. So if I have both space and void, I can perhaps find the first reality. But I do hope the absolute power in the first reality is time. Otherwise, my attempt to make everything better would be in vain.

And once I have time, space, and void… I can achieve my… dream.”

Asura kept eating different kinds of fruit while talking to Rudy, although he was the only one talking as Rudyʼs body had ceased to exist.

When Asura looked at Rudy and saw he still hadnʼt regained his body, he shook his head in disappointment and said, ”Seriously? I think I gave a five-minute long speech… no, monologue… well, whatever. I think I wasted my time on you.”

Asura got up from his throne and said, ”I guess I will do it alone. First, I will start with the human world.”

”Not so fast,” Rudyʼs voice said. ”I thought you said you wanted to have a chat.”

”...” Asura looked up and turned to Rudy, but only his eyes were present there. He glanced around but saw nothing.

”Whatʼs wrong? Are you confused? Or that little brain of yours canʼt comprehend my powers?”

”Whatʼs happening?! How can you speak without your body?! Do you have the power of telepathy?!”

”I do, but I am not using it right now.”

”Then how can you speak?!” Asura asked loudly.

”Look around you and where you are standing.”

”Whatʼs that supposed to…” When Asura glanced around, he saw the black space around him with lost stars had turned bright.

”I had created a new body for myself within a few seconds after your surprise attack, but I was having a hard time controlling it. So I let it do its thing while I let you utter your story. I had to keep you busy, and you did that by yourself.”

”Where are you?! Show yourself!”

”I am standing right in front of you.”

”Huh?”

Asura looked up and realized that the throne he was sitting on was placed on Rudyʼs toe. The eyes he was looking at were the shell of his old body.

”...!”

Rudy had become so colossal that even an entire galaxy seemed like a grain of salt to him. He had lost his body and become pure light, wrapping the space around him like a cloak.

”How do I look? Handsome as before or even better?” Rudy asked.

Asura stared at Rudy with a serious look on his face, but then he slowly smirked and laughed out loud.

”Heh…ahahahahaha!” Asura placed his hand on his head and stomach and laughed out so loud that his laugh echoed across the space.

”Well done… brother! Letʼs fight until either of us die!”