Chapter 9: Opposite Angels

Israel, near Mount Zion.

The land was full of destruction. The terrain can't be described anymore. The flame from the «Bright Flame Sword», the destructive energy of «Laevateinn», and the holy and evil energy of «Abyssal Dawn» occupied almost all the land.

Standing there was a young boy with blonde hair and a young man with white hair lying on the ground with a pair of black horns on top of his head but his lower body had been separated from his upper body. His body was full of wounds and blood.

"You're strong too, Lucifer. But I am stronger."

Arne glanced at Lucifer. He tried to stay cool but he was quite tired right now. After a week living in the mortal world, Arne has been training his body to increase his stamina. But, using many authorities at the same time still burdens his body a bit. His limit would be four at the same time and he could hold it for about one hour only.

"Haha… how prideful even before obtaining my authorities…"

"Goodbye, Lucifer."

Arne has deactivated all of his authorities except the «Bright Flame Sword» that he was holding in his hand. He raised the sword and was about to pierce Lucifer's heart. But…

*Boom* *Whoosh*

Arne felt a very powerful energy blow coming in his direction. From the power, Arne could predict that the source of the energy blow was quite a bit far from his current location.

He raised his sword and quickly slashed the energy blow splitting it into two so it didn't hit him. He could feel familiar energy from there. It was the same feeling Lucifer gave him. The feeling of the manifestation of a Heretic God but… there were two of them. One holy and one evil.

"Haha! So that guy's plan has started."

Lucifer laughed after he felt the energy blow.

"That guy?"

Arne wasn't that confused because Lucifer had reminded him before. With his «Divine Wisdom», he knew that the one Lucifer warned him before should be Jedidiah and he planned something connected with Heretic Gods. The only thing Arne didn't know was who Jedidiah was and his future plan.

"Hehe, I won't tell you, Arne. You're my enemy after all. But, I could tell you that if you pass this event, you will become more powerful. More than when you killed those Norse Heretic Gods."

Lucifer only sneered at Arne and reminded him a bit. After all, they were still enemies and Arne was about to kill him right now. Why should he help Arne?

"Good. Goodbye, Lucifer."

Arne nodded and said. He raised his sword and this time, the sword pierced Lucifer's heart without any interruption.

"Haa…"

Lucifer exhaled his last breath and then he died while closing his eyes. His body disappeared from the mortal world and turned into a ball of light before entering Arne's body. Lucifer's soul has returned to the Realm of Immortality.

Same as usual, there was no change nor increase in authorities because he hasn't met Pandora. He wanted to meet her but he didn't have the time right now or Jedidiah's plan would be completed before he could interfere.

"«Healing»!"

"«Stamina»!"

"«Mind»!"

Arne closed his eyes and moved his hand and finger while drawing something in the air. These were the abilities of «Knowledge of Primordial Runes» where Arne could draw any runes for him to use. The runes he was drawing were the rune of Healing to heal his wounds, Stamina to increase his stamina, and Mind to increase his mental power.

Runes were very diverse and everything had its own rune to represent them. These would really help him in his daily life or for battle.

Arne could see that the wounds on his body had disappeared and he was quite energetic right now.

"«Dragonization»!"

He activated his authority and a pair of dark gray dragon wings appeared behind him. He flew away towards the direction where the energy blast came from. Border of Egypt and Israel.

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Five minutes ago.

Border of Israel and Egypt.

This border should be empty and guarded by the army but somehow, there were many people there gathering forming a circle. You could see that most of the people there were females and they were the ones forming a circle. They were the Witches and Hime-Mikos that had been gathered by the members of Star of David. There was a ceremonial stone in the middle of the circle and there were two things on top of them. A cross and a pair of goat's horns.

This was the ritual to summon a Heretic God. Usually, you can only summon one of them with the help of an item as the catalyst. But, because of the tear on the dimension, they took advantage of it to summon more than one Heretic God.

"Start the ritual!"

An old man sitting on the throne not far away from there shouted. He was Jedidiah, the leader of Star of David. After he shouted that, the members of the Star of David immediately told the Witches and Hime-Mikos to start the ritual. Although they were unwilling and were afraid to do that, they didn't have any choice and started the ritual. They know that at least a third of them will die here.

"O' God, We call thee the strongest angel, hear our prayer, the commander of angels, and bless us with your holiness, the greatest Seraphim of God, Michael!"

"O' God, We call thee the fallen one, the scapegoat and the evil of ours, the one who taught us the forbidden knowledge, the once Seraphim of God, Azazel!"

*Boooom* *Whoooosh*

After they finished their incantation and rituals, the ground trembled and the sky rumbled with a holy light shining covering all over the place. The holy light was immediately covered with darkness and the two energies were fighting over supremacy.

"AHHHH!"

"KYAAA!"

"AAHHH! AHHH!"

Many of the Witches and Hime-Mikos shouted after the ritual finished. Some of the girls there were blasted by the powerful energies and turned to ash. Some of them lost their mind and turned crazy because of the divine energies that corrupted their body. In the end, only a small part of them survived and disappeared from there after they used their teleportation.

*Boom* *Boom* *Boom*

Explosions followed after each clash took place there. When the two energies separated, everyone there could see two similar entities flying in the air.

On the left was a young man with long golden hair and a pair of bright golden eyes. He was wearing armor and there were six pairs of bird-like golden wings on his back. He was holding a sword created from light. He radiated a holy and noble aura from him with a calm face even while fighting.

On the right was another young man with messy short black hair and a pair of dark blue eyes. He was wearing normal clothes with a black robe covering him and there were six pairs of raven-like black wings on his back. He was holding a jet black javelin that seemed to be created from light too. He was smiling evilly at the other man while radiating evil and corrupted aura from him.

"Haha! Michael!!!"

The black-haired young man called the other man while laughing crazily.

"We meet again, Azazel."

The golden-haired young man who was called Michael called the other man with a calm face.

"Let's fight, Michael!!"

Azazel immediately rushed at Michael. Michael only raised his sword and blocked Azazel's attack.

"Please wait."

When the two of them were fighting, a shout could be heard.

"Huhhh?!"

Azazel was very unhappy that someone interrupted when they were fighting.

"Who might you be?... No need. Why don't you show us your real form?"

Michael glanced at the man who was Jedidiah and smiled. He was confused at first but he knew immediately who called him and who Jedidiah was.

"As expected of Lord Michael."

Jedidiah smiled and transformed back to his real form. The once senile old man turned into a young and handsome man with short blonde hair that reached his neck and a pair of sharp blue eyes.

"You're Solomon!!"

Azazel was surprised when he saw Jedidiah no… Solomon transformed to his true form.

"Why has thou summoned us, Son of David?"

"Lord Michael, I am Solomon but this was not my true body. I manifested as a parasitic Heretic God after I found my pure descendant here. I have only one plan and that is to revive the long-forgotten Kingdom of Israel for the glory of our God!"

Solomon smiled calmly at Michael while telling him his true goal. All along, his plan was only that. To rule the world with his Kingdom and to destroy other Pantheons so that his God will be the only God that exists.

He was once the greatest king that could be said to be on par with Gilgamesh himself. After all, the Kingdom of Israel could be said to be the most powerful kingdom in history because of the blessing of Gods. But it was a pity that other religions started to invade the true culture of Israel.

"What are thee's plans?"

Michael smiled when he heard Solomon's plan. He was the commander of the angels and was under the rule of God himself. Of course, he wanted to do anything for the glory of his God.

"My plan is simple, Lord Michael. I will kill that heretic myself and let my descendant become a Campione. Then, I will split my thoughts and invade other bodies. Let's start with Egypt first. They have ruled over us for almost 400 years. Won't it be fair for us to rule over them too? Hahaha!"

Solomon pointed his finger at Azazel when he said heretic. He was very disgusted by the devils and fallen angels because they rebelled against God and turned into something awful. For him, they are only idiots. Actually, his plan was a bit too crazy.

"Hey, Hey! Are you planning to kill me in front of me?!"

Azazel was very unhappy when he heard Solomon's plan. After all, he was once an angel and only below Michael at that.

"Good. Let's do this. For the glory of our God!"

Michael nodded and raised his sword. He didn't care what method they used as long as their God would gain his glory again. Then, he charged towards Azazel.

"Michael!!"

Azazel immediately strikes at Michael and both of them were fighting again.

"My name is Solomon. I ruled over evils with my seal. Bow down before me, heretics!"

Solomon activated one of his authorities. This authority was the power of Solomon's ring that could control over evils, animals, and even elements. This authority could control those who were weaker than him and could restrain if the being was stronger than him. Azazel was stronger than him, so he could only restrain him for a bit.

"Damn it, Solomon!"

Azazel shook his head to release the restraints in his mind and shouted at Solomon. He was about to charge at him but was blocked by Michael.

Azazel and Michael fought for a bit before Michael stopped and looked in a certain direction.

"Come out. This one knew thou art there."

Michael said to the empty place.

"Damn it."

It was not a voice that came out of a man but more like a child. When they turned their head, they saw a young boy with blonde hair looking at them while flying.

"Hahaha! God Slayer, you have come!"

Solomon laughed when he saw Arne. He was very happy that he could kill two birds with a stone right there.

"So you're Solomon."

Arne only glanced at Solomon coldly. He didn't feel too surprised because he knew that he was a Heretic God but he didn't know who.

"Are you surprised?! You didn't expect it, aren't you?"

Solomon sneered at Arne while mocking his intelligence.

"It seems like your wise title has been gone for so long, Solomon. I knew from the start that you are a Heretic God."

"Haha? Is it? It must be Lucifer that told you."

"Of course not. Without him, I knew it ever since I arrived in Israel. Whatever, I don't really like talking."

Arne was too lazy to explain his reason to Solomon. Let me be the one who explained them to you. Arne used his power to block the «Spiritual Vision» of the Witches and Hime-Mikos so they couldn't see his past and history. But, how did the members of the Star of David find him when he arrived in Israel? That could only be possible if they have a Heretic God inside them because they knew he was a Campione because he used his authorities at that time.

"HAHA! A God Slayer has appeared!"

Azazel laughed when he saw Arne. He was very excited to fight him and his blood was boiling right now. Michael raised his eyebrows while feeling a little excited too. That was the increase in adrenaline when a God Slayer and a Heretic God meet.

Arne didn't know what to do right now. There were two Heretic Gods right there and he was not enough to fight them together right now. He was already quite tired even fighting one Lucifer. This time, he needed to fight against Michael who was as strong as Lucifer and Azazel who although wasn't as powerful as Michael and Lucifer, he was only a bit weaker than them.

He needed to separate them. He needed to fight them one on one to win.

"Damn it."

"Do you need help?"

When Arne was thinking, he suddenly heard a voice. This was not a voice that came out of a male. It was a girly voice. Calm and soothing. When he turned back, he saw a young girl. Her age was about 17 years old from her appearance. She has light brown skin with black hair and a pair of shiny turquoise eyes. She wore a white robe that made her look like a nun. She gave off the feeling of calmness and naivety from her. She has a pair of big breasts under her robe.

'Why is she here? Isn't she supposed to travel?'

Arne was very confused right now. From what he knew, this girl loves to travel back to the past to help people.

"It would be very helpful if you could fight against one of them."

Arne nodded and said to the girl. After all, he was the one who needed help. So he didn't want to be too forceful with her.

"That's not how you talked to your senior, you know!"

"Whatever. So, can you hold one of them or not? If not you better stay away from here because you're not being useful at all…"

Arne didn't want to talk too much when the battle was about to begin. He also didn't want to talk with other Campione because he knew that most of them are stupid and crazy. The girl was called Aisha. She was the Queen of Caves and the beauty of Alexandrian.

"Hmph! You're not cute at all. I will hold the bird man. You fight the crow man."

Aisha puffed her cheeks and said. She was about to travel again when she felt something powerful. When she came, she saw three Heretic Gods fighting against a young boy. She liked to save people and she knew that he was her compatriot so she wanted to save him. Who knows that he will be that disrespectful…

"...Good."

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