"I Guess, I Won"

Michael left Helel alone to take lightning, after all, it was his lightning, it can not harm him,

But, Michael thought it was different for him and the new arrival, Barachiel, they would be fried alive,

He was kind of right but also deadly wrong,

Michael cast a multi-layer barrier around himself and Barachiel,

The dangerously flickering lightning seemed to have gained adrenaline after coming in view as its speed increased with a booming sound,

'That fucker, considering the size, has he been collecting energy above ground all along till now? Ah, that is when he prepared,'

Michael understood the scheme,

This lightning is the same one that took away Raphael and Uriel,

After dropping them, it went on and on throughout the surface to collect energy by transmuting greeneries to black electricity,

And the moment Michael was directly above the hole, Helel planned to strike, but, the appearance of Barachiel ruined all the plans, the timing messed up, otherwise, Michael would have been dust the moment he stepped there,

'Here, it comes, brace for the impact,' Michael readied himself,

Shizzle!!!

However, the expected bang never came,

The lightning directly fell on Helel and got absorbed by him, and so did his lightning black sword,

Michael and Barachiel took some time to process the shit that just occurred,

"Wahhh!!! I think I am full and brimming with energy," said Helel with the light on him intensifying,

At the same time, Michael felt a shiver down his spine, his entire energy pool was emptied, and his hands became cold and started shaking with nervousness, he subconsciously tried to tighten his grip on his soul weapon, only to realize he had long ago withdrawn it while casting the barrier,

Despair, that is all he felt,

But thankfully, Helel was not a devil to attack and torture a defenseless Michael,

So, Michael can now breathe in relief, at least for now,

Yeah, that is something that should be true in a normal case,

Soon, the ceiling of the mirror world started opening wide like a camera shutter to open the way for the parade of the new arrivals,

Thankfully, the ground around the hole was empty, otherwise, numerous structures would have sunk down to the mirror layer,

The parade consisting of the strongest powerhouses of the high heavens was leaded by one and only Gabriel, the archangel of free spirit, followed by the duo of siblings who probably were the once who guided them,

"Archangels, I just hope you must have an appropriate reason for the chaos caused, as the judge would be one and only the God, I hope dearly,"

After hearing this the parade behind Gabriel grinned like fool and that also made the duo of little ones' heart race with worry, however, that soon calmed down as the twins looked as carefree as ever,

'God calling us, what can it be for? This mirror layers' report, or something else, it must be something else, he doesn't need us to tell him about this layer, after all, what can be hidden from God below his realm,'

"True archangels, please follow me promptly to God," Gabriel requested the twins, however, the most she can do is request, she can not force the two beings in the league of their own to follow her,

Michael gave her cold shoulders and held his hand under his chin,

'This layer must be the barrier separating the mythical earth from the heavens, so that is why that guy must have brought me here,'

Michael looked towards his feet and saw an unblemished reflection of him,

His eyes moved forward, the mirror reflected the army of powerful powerhouses of the heavens full of intimidating aura,

He conveniently ignored them and continued to drown in his thoughts while walking forward slowly,

Six pairs of wings came out from his back,

'When Helel first discovered this place he must have tried to break this mirror to go to the earth, he must have either failed wonderfully or didn't use his complete power albeit he would have ended up destroying the heavens, so he must have brought me here either hoping for it to break during our fight, or have me shoulder the blame with him if something happened on the surface or both, anyways final result is just mirror becoming clearer and perfect, sigh...'

Michael sighed and planned to fly to go to the temple of the God,

But suddenly he felt a weight on his shoulder and his vision took a complete 360° turn with a cracking and ripping sound as his head flew down to the ground, staining the perfect reflecting mirror layer with droplets of red,

Last thing he saw and heard before losing consciousness were a bunch of ridiculing gazes twisting like they saw the worst nightmare, and a voice saying,

"I guess, I won,"