I.. Am God?

"I ask of the Council of Gods, does anyone not accept the judgement that was placed upon this being?" Hleferoc ran his gaze at the gods that were gathered below.

"The Council of Gods approves wholly!"

"The Council of Gods approves wholly!"

"The Council of Gods approves wholly!"

Listening to them, Andre started to laugh. He laughed with great ridicule towards the gods. "How ironic of all of you to call the Tribunal upon me because of that reason!"

"When the mortals suffered, no one of you were there!"

"When massacres ensued, none of you helped!"

"When the world was on the brink of ruin, you didn't do anything to save it!" Andre shouted with disdain at the gods who were looking down on him.

"When the mortals suffered in the past decades and centuries, I was the one who stepped forward and extended support!"

"When massacres ensued, my people stepped forward to put an end to the chaos!"

"When the world was on the brink of ruin, I was the one who saved it!"

Andre laughed sarcastically and continued, "Where were you when your 'worshippers' asked for guidance? Where were you when the world cried for help?!"

Suddenly, the gravity inside the court started to become heavy, whilst Andre started lifting off from the ground. The higher Andre got, the greater the pressure that was being exerted upon the entire court became.

Not having enough power to stop him, the two Divine Angelic Guards that were restraining him were brought up to levitate with him.

The Nine Godkings had their eyes widened in shock and terror as their complexion slowly turned pale. They stood up in fear while looking at the ever-changing being that was levitating in front of them while gazing at them with profound anger. Hleferoc, even, had the armrest of his chair crushed in his grip as he looked at Andre with a shaking body.

In the age of the ancients, long before history was written once again, Andre, or Ándras, was already known by the gods as an undying being that's power equals them but is not a formal Godking like them. He was a variable that stops any of the Three Triads to think first before they carry out a major or even just a minor action.

Although he can influence their moves, the gods "knew" that he can be easily defeated if they go against him together.

But now, looking at the current Ándras in front of them, brimming with power that none of them could even imagine, a power that none of them could match, they already could not calculate what to do next.

A huge storm slowly brewed inside the court. Andre's form fully turned into his Godking Form, but in an even more menacing manner, with another pair of eyes  opening on his face, his endlessly long hair turning blood red, and his scales into golden red, exerting a pressure filled with contrasting divine and demonic. He thundered with a demonic or divine voice, "Time and time again, I have resisted myself from killing any of you for the sins that you have enacted upon me and my world."

"I have endured your pride and arrogance inside the world where I am the true will. I have helped you in ascending to your godhoods and in preventing your fated ruinations. I have done everything to maintain the balance of my world by giving you the power that you desire, but the repayments that I receive would be this?" Andre sneered.

​ "You could've just made me do your duties as punishment, but you even brought the people that I have relations with. You all know that they are my bottom line. And so, for even just mentioning of hurting them, mentally or physically, you all have to endure the power that I shall muster out upon you." He hissed with wrath in his voice while looking at the nine terrified Godkings in front of him.

"Hleferoc, Odin, Ra, Jade Emperor, Zeus, Vishnu, Siddhartha Gautama, Amitabha Buddha, and Vajrapani Buddha, you all have gone insane because of the powers in your hands. Therefore, I shall take it all back." His eyes glew with a sharp glint as he slowly walked in the air towards them.

"Fellow Godkings and gods, restrain him!" Hleferoc shouted in urgency. Every god inside the court nodded solemnly and casted hundreds of thousands of restraining magic on him. Soul chains, Divine chains, Chains of Purgatory, Sealing Chains, Sealing Runes, Arrays, and so on and so forth piled on him.

Seeing the bulky chains and runes and seals surrounding him, Andre sneered and continued to walk. One by one, the chains and seals that were binding him either broke or were absorbed by him. Below, the gods who casted the restraints felt great damage that assaulted their souls. Some spat blood and others outright died.

Seeing that no one from them can stop him, They all simultaneously called out, "Great Ancestors, we seek your help!"

From all the corners of the room, the Ancient Godkings of Heaven, Buddha Antiquity, the slumbering Titans, and the other Godking Ancestors materialized and aimed their palm forward. "It is enough, Immortal. This conflict must come to an end. Just accept your punishment." Ancient Heaven, clad in his divine cloak of light, stated indifferently.

Behind them, other divine angels of different levels appeared and helped restrain the furious Andre.

"Heron! How foolish of you." In response, Andre looked at them and sneered before shouting with disdain. Hearing that, Ancient Heaven noticeably flinched. "The price of stopping me would be remembering the life that you all have desperately forgotten! Suffer once more from your pasts!"

Andre then did a heaving motion with his hand before waving it around him. A huge blue wave appeared from his fingertips and shot straight towards the newly appeared ancestors.

"Ah!!!" As soon as the blue wave hit their temple, a surge of painful memories appeared inside their heads. Memories of the massacre of the Sanguine Godking, the agonizing pain that the torture has marked in them, the sight of their other halfs being ripped in half by the demon that slaughtered endless lives, and the scars that were afflicted by the Sanguine Godking permanently reappeared inside their memories in a one whole outburst.

They fell from levitating and slammed down to the floor of the court. They clutched their heads due to the deep excruciating pain assailing them as the damages of both their mentalist and physicalities from the past returned to their bodies and minds.

Now being incapable of restraining him, Andre turned his gaze back at the cowering Godkings on their lofty platforms.

When Andre got close enough, he raised his right hand and opened his claw-like hands and aimed it at the Godkings.

"No. No!" From their bodies, they immediately noticed the great amount of energy being siphoned from their very cores. Zeus' body, from being that of a muscular man, turned scrawny, same goes with the others. The one that has the most noticeable change was Hleferoc's, as the divine power inside his body immediately dispersed as soon as his energy left him.

Andre then lowered his left hand and opened it towards the suffering ancestors below. He also materialized a black hole-like magic to siphon their energiesrom their cores, retrieving the immense power that was rightfully his.

After retrieving their energies, Andre absorbed it to himself. His form and aura visibly changed, as an immense amount of power coursed through his veins. His body grew larger and bulkier, and his aura became more dominant and holy and unholy. He waved his hands, and in front of him, runes in the shape of a serpent devouring its own tail manifested themselves and shot towards the gods.

"I am granting you immortality. Suffer and contemplate for eternity." Andre stated coldly. He then raised his right hand and snapped his fingers.

Behind him, the Five Glories, namely Daemon, The Guardian of The Underworld, Reaper, The Harvester of Souls, Blind, Master of The Profound Arts, Duos, The Spirit Ruler, and Elyseus, The Divine Lord, emerged, shocking everyone of the Godkings.

Even if it was before their powers were siphoned from them, the existence of such caliber was already suffocating to them. But now that that very power was gone and they even had to endure the existence of five of them, they couldn't even think if they would breathe or not.

"Immediately apprehend them and imprison them within the depths of Purgatory." Andre commanded indifferently.

"Yes, Lord!" The five nodded simultaneously, shocking the gods even more.

"T-These humongous beings.." Hleferoc stammered in horror, "..is under your command?"

Andre glanced at him and responded calmly, "Why? Is there a problem with that, mortal?"

"I–" Hleferoc couldn't even talk back as Andre immediately cut him off, "Enough of these useless banters. The only thing you all need to do now is to stay silent and bear the pain of your actions."