Slowly opening my eyes, I see an amalgamation of blinding light in the middle of the room. Strangely, the lights somewhat resemble a humanoid. Warily looking around I notice that there were more people in the room.

Other than the strange light, there were 9 people in the room. 5 women and 5 men including myself. They looked like your average human. But, their faces were strangely obscured by a veil of white fog. As a result of that, I wasn't able to identify them.

Noticing that everybody's faces are obscured by the mist, I tried to check if I myself were also the same. But before I had the chance to do that, the voice from earlier once again booms across the room.

"As you may have noticed, the world that you lived in has faced its end. Because its Creator is reaching his limits. Sadly, your worlds were destroyed as a consequence."

Finally finding the source of the voice, I found out that it was the blinding amalgamation of lights from earlier. Trying my hardest to look at the blinding light. I found out that it had a mouth. The next second, a terrifying amount of pressure came crashing towards me as it 'look' at me with its non-existent eyes.

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"Interesting. To not already fall to the ground is admirable. I saved all of you from falling to the depths of the cold void called death because each of you has the qualification to compete on becoming the next Creator."

'As I have reached my limits.' thought the Creator.

The Creator observed the man called Shiro. His praise from earlier was not a joke. It really was admirable to still be able to stand the pressure that's emanating from a god, albeit weakened...

Shiro felt the pressure pushing down on him disappear as the Creator looked away.

'What was that?! I almost fainted!' thought Shiro while panting.

Seeing Shiro struggling to breathe, the Creator casted a spell and Shiro instantly got better by the second.

"I am sorry for the inconvenience but I can't explain all that is happening right now as something urgent is asking for my attention. But just know that all of you will compete with each other."

"Each of you will become a Demi-god and will rule a piece of land on a specially made world. Kill, befriend, or betray your competitors as you pave your way to become the new creator."

"You will succeed in becoming the Creator by conquering the whole world."

While still recovering from the dizziness, Shiro felt his world spin and shake as the Creator transported them to somewhere.

"I hope you don't disappoint me."

Then all Shiro saw was whiteness and the people and the room were gone, including the mysterious and powerful blinding light.