[I shall begin with the good news.]
[You cannot die.]
Those were the Emperor’s first words.
“...Because I am an outer god?”
[No. It is a matter far more fundamental.]
The Emperor gazed up at the sky and spoke slowly.
[No matter what happens, you will not be able to die. Even if that being descends and brings about the end, it will never kill you.]
“...”
I did not think it was nonsense. Because the creature had in fact done so once. Having experienced firsthand that it did not kill me even when it had the power to strike me down, it seemed likely it would act the same way again.
“Why? Would something happen if it killed me? Is the outer god of the Deep Sea somehow different from the other outer gods?”
[There is no such convenient distinction. Merely, the master who oversees the Deep Sea would vanish. And a world so vast as that inevitably demands a ruler. As a result, Taeheo would come to possess the Deep Sea.]
“...?”
I tilted my head at that.
“So, uh, you’re saying if it kills me, Taeheo becomes the outer god of the Deep Sea?”
[As it would be the only outer god remaining in this world, and the sole being that holds the qualification, yes, that is what would happen.]
“That makes no sense at all. Then shouldn’t it be trying its utmost to kill me?”