I.. Am God?

"Matthias!" The System Lord had a shocked expression plastered on his face. He did not expect Matthias to visit. But still, he was elated.

Matthias didn't respond and instead went straight to the impostor and bombarded it with attacks with the Universal Laws combined within it. If Matthias learned something with the knowledge granted to him in his ascension, one of those would be how to counter an invading force, especially the Eldritch.

Eldritch Beings, as creatures devoid of a real home, wandering aimlessly in the Void of Existence, their energies would be greatly rejected by any universe they try to enter. Their powers would weaken, their sizes would shrink, and sometimes, even their intellect and soul would slowly deteriorate.

Therefore, instead of entering personally, the Eldritch Gods would send some henchmen or even items to corrupt the world until it finally succumbs to them.

Almost nothing could stand in their way with the power that the conquerors harness, but they are weak to those who wield the binding laws that terrifies even the greatest of Eldritch.

And as expected, as soon as he threw the attack, the "System Lord" immediately turned its head violently as his face was divided into numerous sections, turning into long, slimy, and gory tentacles. It was so disgusting that the System Lord felt chills down his spine even though he was just a spiritual being.

The tentacles shot out straight to the projectiles, causing it to explode, together with its tentacles.

The abomination screamed in pain and glared at the aggressor. Slowly, the "System Lord'' revealed its true form, turning into a huge, uncosmic being unexplainable by anything in this universe.

Matthias felt it wanted to enter his mind, but with his strong mental strength honed by the White Lion and the training he had for six hundred years, coupled with the weakened strength of the monster, he could easily shrug it off.

Again, he waved his hands forward, sending projectiles after projectiles towards the creature. It screeched, clearly angered by the clear provocation.

It charged with wild abandon while Matthias started turning even more aggressive.

He jumped forward while consecutively forming a sword made of Universal Laws.

Seeing its nemesis energy, the creature became even more chaotic as it launched multiple assaults against the fighting god. All of its attacks were, of course, stopped by Matthias.

When Matthias got near, he swung his sword with a strength like the pressure of a dwarf star, but the Eldritch was prepared for it.

It simply vanished and reappeared behind him and sent thousands of tentacles towards him.

Matthias' missed attack, on the other hand, sundered the matrix realm for thousands of kilometers. With the threat of the Eldritch in front of them, fortunately, The System Lord didn't care much about such simple damage.

The tentacles shooting towards him then hit nothing, as it passed through a huge, gaping hole on Matthias' body.

Smirking, Matthias vanished from his position and reappeared in front of thr creature and slammed his palm on its body.

Boom!

The creature skid backwards with the sheer force of his attack. It also left a huge hole that erased everything on the place of impact.

"Kuaaaaaah!" The creature roared with a terrorizing sound raised its monstrous head high.

Matthias didn't fail to notice the changes as he immediately jumped back far from the creature. Behind him, the System Lord looked at the creature solemnly, "Chaos really is just around the corner. Even the Eldritch gained the guts to wreak havoc."

Matthias then asked the System Lord with his eyes fixated on the raging monster, "Where are the other gods? How come the universe is suffering in these kinds of easily-avoidable situations?"

"Dead." Matthias' eyes widened, startled by the answer. "What do you mean?" He asked incredulously.

"Majority of the gods are gone, Matthias." The System Lord explained, "In the span of one hour, everyone just seemingly turned into bubbles and popped out of existence. As of now, only you, the Demon Emperor, and the older beings were the gods that I have been in contact with. As for the rest? None of them even responded."

"Explain it to me more later on!" Matthias said as he turned his attention to the creature once more.

Matthias had an eye filled with determination to exterminate the pest as the creature finally flashed its abominable mouth filled with cosmic razor teeth and charged directly at him.

When the creature got near enough, Matthias enveloped himself with a stupid amount of Universal Laws and immediately jumped forward with a speed that exceeds the speed of light towards it.

Spiaaak!

The laws worked on the creature like how an acid came into contact with styrofoam. The Eldritch screeched in pain, moving chaotically in the battlefield.

Matthias then turned around and aimed his hands forward with Universal Runes spinning in front of his palm.

Swoosh!

The runes shot forward and clinged on to the Eldritch. Slowly, it expanded, enveloping the Eldritch with countless runes that slowly suppressed the aura and power of the creature.

It tried to resist, but with the Universal Binding Laws that surrounded it, it would be nigh impossible to be able to do so.

Minutes later, Matthias retrieved a crystallized orb the size of a toy marble. When looked closely, one could see a faint image of the angry visage of the Eldritch Creature that seemed to be struggling to escape.

"Now where were we?" Matthias turned around to look at the System Lord. "What's happening in the Universe?" He asked.

"The Universe's barrier is already weakening as time passes without Him." The System Lord started. "Who?"

"The Forgotten One, the true Supreme of the Universe." The System Lord answered.

Matthias had an understanding look on his face. No wonder the gods who had immeasurable power and authority that granted him ascension mentioned Him usually at that time. Only someone with equal possession would be treated by them like a peer.

"Where is He?" Matthias questioned.

"No one knows." The System Lord replied, "He had already been gone for millennia and no one knows the reason why he disappeared. Only the Fate Weavers might know something, but they're very secretive. One can't even establish contact with them if they do not want to do so." He added.

"Then all we need to do is to look for The Forgotten One and this will all be solved?" The System Lord nodded.

"Then I will be back. At that time, I'll help you restore the System World." After saying that, Matthias wanted to leave but was stopped by the System Lord.

"The System World will not be restored." He said.

"What do you mean?" Matthias asked, perplexed.

The System Lord then gathered the entire world, or realm, in front of him, stripping all of the powers of the System and his personal power too. "You!" Matthias was shocked by what the other was doing.

"I am handing over the power of the entire System to you. Use it well to help the Universe against the mighty invaders." After saying that, the System Lord also joined the gathering authority in front.

"I.." Matthias didn't even have the chance to ask or even say goodbye to him before the System Lord was fully absorbed by the circulating mass of authority in front of him.

Matthias went silent for a while. He couldn't believe that the System Lord would just go like that without even a warning. But unable to complain, he could only step forward, extending his hands onto the mass of blue light. "Argh!"

The immense authority that the mass contained was so powerful that even he felt almost overwhelmed by it. His soul turned into a bluish color, with its glabella emitting a ray of cosmic scripts.

Without the energy that supports it, the realm Matthias was currently in gradually started to collapse and fly, shooting towards Matthias' body. The shards and remnants of the realm slowly integrated with him, strengthening his body in folds.

Greater information about Creation and Faith entered Matthias' mind, which confused him at first. But as the knowledge was digested by him, he slowly understood why.

Systems, in their structural sense, are made with a mixture of the two Universal Laws with a sliver of another law that is foreign to him. Through the Faith and trust of the hosts in their Systems, their calls and requests are answered and is given to them by the power of Creation. It is just a cycle of asking and answering of the host and the System.

Understanding that, Matthias started to create the structure of his very first system.

Days later..

"It is complete." Matthias let out a deep breath of air as he gazed at the complex structure of codes, laws, arrays, and other different universal magics on the palm of his hand.

In front of him was a blue screen with a simple message and some texts written on it. [Greetings, Creator. Welcome to the Apocalypse System!]