Chapter 10: Angels and Egypt

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

"...Good."

Arne didn't want to care about this weird girl's antics. Actually, he rather met another Campione rather than her because he felt that this girl would bring many troubles to herself and those who were close to her.

"HAHA! Another wild God Slayer has appeared!"

Azazel laughed in excitement while Michael didn't say anything but he frowned a bit. Michael wanted to end it faster and immediately do Solomon's plan. But, he didn't expect that another God Slayer would appear on the battlefield. There was another reason that he wanted to end it faster because he didn't want the Heretic Gods of the Egyptian Pantheon to appear when they were fighting.

Arne didn't dare to use «Gungnir» because Michael should have the same authority as Lucifer where he could control light and angels. Although he was fighting with Azazel, who knows that Michael could use them from far away.

He also felt excited to see how other Campione fights. Actually, there was another reason. He wanted to copy Aisha's authorities when she used them.

'«Copy of Power».'

Arne immediately activated his innate authority called «Copy of Power». It granted Arne the power to copy the powers of anyone he targeted. This time, he only targeted Aisha because he didn't want to exhaust his already tired mind and stamina to target Michael or Azazel. His crimson red eyes glowed and there were + marks on the pupils.

"Let's start."

Arne said to Aisha and directly charged towards Azazel on the right.

"Un."

Aisha nodded and rushed at Michael on the left.

"Let's fight, God Slayer!"

Azazel was still grinning and didn't care whom he would fight as long as he fought.

"I was once a holy angel, empowered me with light and corrupted them with evilness!"

After Azazel finished his incantation, a black light appeared on his hand. This light which was supposed to be holy was corrupted by darkness and evil. He started to accumulate it into a ball.

"HAAA!"

Azazel discharged a blast of black light towards Arne's direction.

"«Laevateinn»!"

A sword with a black blade appeared on Arne's hand and he slashed the dark blast with it. The evil light was slashed and was absorbed into the sword. Laevateinn was a sword with the concept of Destruction and the evilness of Loki when he forged it. That's why it could absorb evil and destroy energy.

"AGAIN!"

Azazel rushed at Arne with a dark sword created from light on his hand.

"Ha!!"

"COME!!!"

Arne and Azazel were fighting intensely. Clash after clash occurred and no one was down. But, Arne obviously overpowered him a bit because Azazel was weaker than Lucifer and Michael while Arne could kill Lucifer. Why did he choose Azazel then? Because he wanted to kill the weakest first.

For Solomon, he was helping Michael against Aisha. Well, Aisha was still good enough to hold her feet against two Heretic Gods. But, Arne knew that she wouldn't last for too long in this fight. That's why Arne needs to finish this fight immediately.

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"Let's fight, God Slayer."

When he saw Aisha rushing towards him, Michael also did the same with a sword of light in his hand.

"Awaken, the soul of steel! Exhibit to the world the sword's lack of mercy!"

When Aisha finished her chant, a giant steel knight appeared on the battlefield. It has the appearance of a fat thing with knight armor and a helmet. This authority can be used only when a group of people was seeking protection which was granted by the people near the border when they saw many mysterious beings fighting in the air.

"Haaa!!"

Michael immediately slashed his sword towards the giant but the giant was still standing straight. Aisha actually can't fight melee and can only use Persephone's authority to fight with her ice. But, she didn't want to use it.

"Lord Michael, let me help you."

Solomon flew towards Michael and the steel giant and immediately activated his authority.

"Ancient book of the cursed, called upon the demons, gave me the power of those heretics!"

After Solomon finished his incantation, a flame appeared on his palm. This was the power of the demon marquis Phenex that used to be the ancient bird Phoenix that became a demon because he was deceived. The authority Solomon used was the power to use any of the 72 demons' powers.

"Hey, this is not fair at all!"

Aisha was unhappy that Solomon and Michael were ganging up on her. She could only hold them while waiting for Arne to help her.

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"Give me something better!!"

Azazel rushed towards Arne. Arne didn't want to prolong the battle any longer because he felt something was going to happen here.

"I call upon the first rope to bind the divine, Leyding!"

*Whooop*

After Arne finished his incantation, a giant bronze rope appeared and immediately rushed towards Azazel.

Azazel didn't dodge and sneered at Arne. He let himself be tied by it.

"Hehe. Do you think this kind of weak rope could bind me?"

Azazel snickered and immediately used his strength to break free from the rope.

"Give me something better, God Slayer!"

"Good. I call upon the second rope to bind the divine, Dromi!"

Arne chanted again and this time, a giant silver rope appeared and rushed towards Azazel again. He still grinned at the rope thinking that the rope was weak.

That was the downside of the devils and fallen angels. They are arrogant thinking that they are the strongest and look down upon others. Different from the angels who still followed the teaching of God where you can't do any sins.

*Whoop*

The silver rope binds Azazel again because he let the rope tie him. But, it seems like it was still not strong enough to bind Azazel. Azazel struggled with his power to break free from the rope while frowning a bit.

"Hehe. It was not enough."

Azazel released from the bind of the rope and sneered at Arne.

"I call upon the last rope to bind the divine, forged by the dwarves to bind the beast, Gleipnir!!"

This time, a giant golden rope appeared and charged towards Azazel. Azazel frowned and his instinct was telling him to run away from the rope immediately or he would die. He immediately ran away from there but the golden rope was chasing after him.

"Damn it!"

Azazel was downcasted when he saw that the golden rope didn't show any sign of stop and still kept chasing him closer and closer again.

In the end, he was caught by the golden rope and he was tied with it.

These three ropes were three authorities that Arne got from Fenrir the Devourer of Gods called «Leyding», «Dromi», and «Gleipnir». These three ropes were said to be the ropes that tried to bind Fenrir but only «Gleipnir» could bind him.

Actually, this was not supposed to come from Fenrir when Arne killed him. But, he got it from the additional condition and that was to kill Fenrir, Tyr, and an Aesir God at the same time. The downside was that Arne can't immediately use «Gleipnir». He needs to use «Leyding» and «Dromi» first. That wasn't a limitation but was the how-to-use condition of «Gleipnir».

The power of «Gleipnir» was so powerful that it could even be compared to the «Chain of Heaven» used by Gilgamesh and Enkidu to bind the divine bull. But, the how-to-use of «Gleipnir» really made it harder to use.

"Fuck! Release meee!!!"

Azazel kept struggling to break free from the rope while cursing Arne. Arne only glanced at him while grinning.

"How pathetic. Your arrogance killed yourself. Now, die!"

Arne immediately pierce Azazel's heart after he said that. He didn't want to let Aisha wait any longer. Who knows that Aisha might kill his prey. But, after he glanced at Aisha who was hiding behind the giant steel, he exhaled his breath.

"Damn you, God Slayer! I cursed you to hell!"

Azazel cursed Arne for the last time before he turned into a ball of light and disappeared into Arne's body. Arne shook his head and immediately flew towards Aisha.

『Authority «Jabberwock Slayer» has been acquired.』

He was quite happy after he killed two Heretic Gods by himself and he also got the authority Aisha just used with the help of «Copy of Power» when Aisha sang the incantation of the authority.

This authority can only copy the power when it is in the chanting stage. It was like a computer that collected and recorded information of the power from the chant stage to the manifestation stage. This authority was called «Jabberwock Slayer» that she got from an unknown Genie that resided inside a lamp.

"Hey, how are you doing?"

When Arne arrived, he greeted Aisha with a face full of smiles. He was handsome and very cute right now but the situation didn't allow Aisha to appreciate it.

"Hey, help me immediately!"

"Cursed God Slayer! You have spoiled my plan!"

Solomon was very angry right now. His plan was thwarted by the new Campione. But, he didn't give up because he can just start the ritual again after he killed Aisha and Arne.

Arne only sneered at him as if mocking him. He wanted to charge towards Michael and Solomon to help Aisha but suddenly…

*Booom* *Whooooosh*

Suddenly, a gust of wind appeared on the battlefield.

"Motherfuc…"

When Arne felt the energy, he immediately cursed. This was not on the script at all!

"So those Gods have come…"

The smile on Michael's face disappeared and was replaced with a dark expression and deep frown.

"O' birdman from the east, why has thou come to this one's holy land?"

From the gust, a voice of a man could be heard. When the gust of wind disappeared, a man could be seen. He was different from the other humanoid Heretic God that Arne has seen before. Even Aisha was the same. This man has the lower body of a normal human but his head was a falcon head. He was holding a spear created from the sun. He was Ra, the God King of Egyptian Mythology. The God of the Sun, Sky, and Earth.

"Humph! Why talk to him, great-grandfather? Why not just kill him and declare war on those birdmen and their creator?"

On his left, appeared a man with the lower body of a human and the head of a white jackal. He was holding a scepter and a khopesh. He was Set, the God of Chaos, War, and Desert.

"You're still as savage as ever, Set."

On his right, appeared a man with the body and head of a human but his skin was green. He wore an Atef crown with a pharaoh beard while carrying a crook and a flail. He was Osiris, the God of the Dead and Ruler of the Underworld.

"Father is right, uncle. We need to ask their purpose first."

The last one was a man with the lower body of a human and the head of a black jackal. He was holding a golden scale in his hand. He was Anubis, the God of Death and Afterlife.

"Ye are right. This Great One didn't need to listen to these beings' reason. Kill them, my great-grandson, Set."

Ra nodded in agreement after he heard what Set said. He didn't need any reason to attack another Pantheon's being because he was the greatest.

"Hehe. That's what I like. War and violence."

Set immediately disappeared from his place and appeared beside Michael and was ready to slash him with his khopesh. But, Michael immediately blocked the attack and Set was bounced back by the impact while Michael moved back a bit.

"Haha! Good enough!"

Set laughed in excitement and immediately charged towards Michael again.

"Ha… this was really troublesome."

Arne has taken Aisha away from the battlefield and moved a bit far from there while observing the fight between Michael and Set.

"You're right…"

Aisha was also speechless when she saw another four Heretic Gods have appeared on the battlefield. She felt like crying right now. She came here to help her compatriot but suddenly she got into trouble. Fighting against three Heretic Gods was already hard enough. One has died and only two remained. But suddenly another four appeared…

Before appearing there, Aisha has activated her authority called «Grand Luck» which granted her luck and blessing when she was doing a task she vowed to do. But, she could be caught up in other people's bad luck and it seems like Arne was really in bad luck right now.

Ra who was on the battlefield noticed Solomon. Arne, and Aisha who was not far from there and directly told his descendant to attack them.

"Anubis, you take on the Son of David while Osiris will take on those two Heretic Gods."

""Yes!""

Anubis immediately charged towards Solomon while Osiris flew towards Arne and Aisha.

"It seems like they have noticed us. You better stay here because you really weren't a help at all…"

Arne glanced at Aisha and said.

"Hey!"

Aisha puffed her cheeks when she heard what Arne said about her. She wasn't that weak. If she used her authority, she could also fight and kill them!

"Forget it… I know that you just want to save me and I will thank you for that. But, this is my fight and I know that you didn't like to fight and kill. Leave it all to me."

Arne said with sincerity this time at Aisha. That's because he knew that Aisha didn't like to fight and wasn't a fighter because of her authorities and the combat she showed before. For other Campione, their authorities portrayed their characters and personality. Only one of her authorities can be used to fight and that was only controlling ice and snow. She didn't use any combat posture and was only hiding behind the giant fat steel knight when she was fighting before.

If she loves to fight like Arne, «Jabberwock Slayer» can be used to cover the user's body with steel. How did Arne know? Because he could use that after he copied «Jabberwock Slayer» from Aisha.

"...That's not really that cool coming out of a kid… But, thank you…"

Aisha smiled at Arne. Her smile was really beautiful and could mesmerize anyone who saw it. But, Arne didn't have the time to appreciate that smile and immediately blocked the attack from Osiris.

*Boom* *Boom*

"Come fight me, God Slayer!"

Arne didn't say anything and only smiled at Osiris.

"Burn everything to ash, my beloved sword. The Sword of Ragnarok!"

On Arne's hand appeared a sword with a flame covering its blade.

"I call upon the greatest warriors among the humans, come and obey me, the Ruler of the Underworld, give me my victory, my servants!"

When Osiris finished his incantation, the earth trembled and suddenly, many hands appeared on the ground, and gradually, countless undead raised from the ground.

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