I.. Am God?

,m When Andre opened his eyes, he saw the beautiful scenery of the Dream Realm, but he wasn't able to rejoice yet when he felt something odd. "This.. I am still in my body?!" He exclaimed. Beside him, Solomon was also stupefied.

When Solomon tried to analyze what was happening, his eyes suddenly widened, as if he saw something terrifying. That reaction, of course, wasn't left unnoticed by Andre, "What's happening, Solomon?" He asked.

"This Dream Realm.." Solomon muttered with incredulity, ".. it's at the Peak-Mid Tier!" When Andre heard him, he also exclaimed, "You mean the Dream Realm that can create beings that can destroy worlds?!" Solomon nodded in response.

Suddenly, at the top of a mountain cliff, they saw Paimon, standing proudly while looking at them, "This is power, my prince. The power of creation!" He yelled and spread his arms before pushing it forward towards the incredulous Andre.

Behind Paimon, a tremendous wave of energy surged forward like a raging tsunami. When the two Awakens saw that, they immediately flew forward and shielded Andre from the incoming attack.

When Solomon saw it, he immediately flew away, afraid that he would be annihilated by the attack. He felt the overwhelming energy behind that wave, and he knew for sure that everything would be wiped out from its path as soon as it lands.

"!!!" Andre was also startled by the energy tsunami, but he was even more startled when the two Awakens stepped forward to defend him. "I have pledged our loyalty towards Lord Andre, and even though I haven't been serving him for a long time, I am warranted to protect him with my life!" Samyaza yelled with determination.

"I don't know what I am doing, but I should just protect my Lord. I'm not like that other one who ran away in the face of danger." Azazel sighed resignedly.

"Why are you doing this, Paimon?!" Andre yelled at the demon standing on the mountain cliff.

"I admire your loyalty and bravery, Awakens!" Paimon ignored Andre's question and laughed with glee, "Unfortunately, protecting him is useless." He said before pushing once more, causing the wave to surge greater.

Andre and the two Awakens could feel the intense power coming from the wave. The only thing they could do was to wait for their demise.

Suddenly, something struck Andre. Through his connection with the Dream Realm, he controlled its fabric of reality. His body floated up even more as the entire realm supported his back.

A huge mirror-like barrier materialized in front of Andre as it prevented the surge from going further. "You were quick to regain your cool and realize your power. Impressive." Paimon laughed and started the next wave. He waved his right hand in a circular motion, creating a vortex of energy, before throwing it towards the mirror barrier.

When the vortex made impact, Andre immediately felt the barrier slowly weakening. "Through my first Master's assistance and teachings, I have realized the power to manifest things through space and time. And through constant practice when he vanished, I have realized an even more powerful truth; There is no limit to creation!" Paimon stated and behind him, clusters of vortices similar to the first one materialized simultaneously.

Zoom! Paimon waved his hands forward, sending the vortices flying towards him.

Crrrk.. Crrk.. Shaaaa! The mirror barrier shattered as soon as the countless vortices made impact with it.

Samyaza and Azazel closed their eyes, awaiting their demise while still shielding their Lord. But, a minute had passed, yet they still did not feel anything hit them. When they opened their eyes, they saw that there was nothing in front of them, just the peaceful view of the realm, causing them to be confused.

They felt the great amount of power behind that attack. It was genuine and terrifying. It was so powerful that they estimated that the whole area under them should've definitely been annihilated, but all they saw was the birds chirping, the leaves swaying with the wind, and the animals peacefully living in the untouched forest.

They sighed with relief, knowing that they're safe, but they immediately remembered the reason why they were supposed to be in danger. They turned around and, surely, there it was; Andre's drooping body, floating in the air as gold dust and the "overwhelming energy" circled around him.

"What's happening?" They both muttered in shock. "I told you all that it's no use protecting him." They abruptly turned around as they heard Paimon's voice coming from behind them.

They immediately went cautious and went on defence. Looking at them, Paimon laughed with amusement, "Do you think you two can defeat me?" He teased the two.

"We know we can't, but it's our duty to protect him." Samyaza hissed. Paimon nodded in approval, impressed by their loyalty, "You can just join me." He extended his hand to the two Awakens, but neither moved to accept it.

What they did was just glare at Paimon with hate. Seeing that, Paimon nodded with satisfaction even more, "Then, you really are able to prove that you two would be my prince's best men!"

"What?" Samyaza and Azazel had a confused face, making Paimon laugh even more. "What do you mean? Why are you still addressing him as your 'prince' when you just attacked him?" Azazel asked in confusion.

"Who told you I attacked him?" Paimon responded with a chuckle. "Huh?"

"I did not attack my prince, I gave him the power inside this realm that can create." Paimon replied. Exactly at the same time, the particles around Andre fully entered his body, while he also started to awaken.

"Huh? What is this feeling?" Andre muttered to himself. "An energy that I classify as Inferior Creation Energy." Paimon answered.

"What?" Andre was bewildered when Paimon replied, the last moment he saw him was him sending powerful attacks flying straight at him, and now, here he is, explaining this new feeling inside him.

"You're the one who gave this to me?" Andre asked. "No, not really. I only helped you acquire it." The demon replied.

"Acquire it?"

"As you know, Lord Matthias, the Demon Prince and ruler of the Princedom of Vilfrein, is a God of Creation. In his time in the Abyss, he had taught me his understanding in the art of creation. In the years that I have practiced it, I immediately noticed that it was too shallow, so I traveled the Abyss to search for additional knowledge." Paimon explained.

"In those times, I have also noticed that to create things, one must have the primal energy of Creation, but such powerful energy cannot be acquired easily. So to supplement my need, I searched for an energy that can replicate the energy of Creation." Paimon then smiled proudly as he continued, "And through my search through runes, spells, and magics that has something to do with Creation, I have discovered the Inferior Creation Energy that can be harvested from using certain materials in realms."

"Now that you have such a thing as a Dream Realm in your hands, I figured that because you have the soul of a Creator, you would be able to control at least a portion of his power." After Paimon explained it, Andre started to manipulate this new feeling inside him and redirect it to an object.

As soon as he did so, the earth below them started shaking as a tall and grand palace was gradually created through debris and land below. Seeing the European-styled palace right in front of him, Andre just gasped in admiration.

"Let's not waste the sparse energy that we have, my prince." Paimon suddenly said. He then turned to Azazel and Samyaza and requested for them to go out. Through Andre's assistance, the two Awakens left the Dream Realm.

"Why did you make them go out?" Andre asked. "You have full authority over the realm, correct?" The demon asked, to which Andre nodded.

"Then, destroy it." Andre was shocked with what Paimon stated, and the latter noticed it and continued, "Gather the entire power of the realm into one singularity. If my hypothesis is correct, then this could provide an entire century's worth of advancement in the arts of discovering creation as conventional magic!"

Listening to him, Andre nodded in understanding. First, he went to the mansion and stored the entire library inside his body through Inferior Creation. After that, the two flew up to the middle of the realm.

Andre soon channelled the power deep inside his body, connecting the Inferior Creation Energy to his Creation God soul. He figured that doing so would at least improve the quality of what he would do. He then opened his arms wide, letting his power encompass the entire realm that is equal to half the size of Gaius (which is technically five times of Earth). Once it did, he slowly started to gather all the energy that was the base of existence of everything inside this realm.