150 I Wont Let You Go Through (1/2)

Silence fell. They couldn't believe someone actually just taunted everyone in a war between devils and G.o.ds.

Ifrit smirked and arrived just in front of Arima with extreme speed ”Hey, Life Hunter” He called and Arima raised his head to look at the beast of fire ”There's only a single reason why I'm here and it's for meeting you. For now, I won't interfere with this war. But promise me you will give me some time after all of this” He just told this.

Arima was quite surprised. Based on the memories he retrieved from Aphrodite, he didn't really see Ifrit as such a reasonable and chill type of person. He then nodded ”No problem”

Ifrit snickered and looked somewhere far away ”What about this? I'll take care of the little rat for you in exchange” He declared and Arima looked at the same direction as him.

”Yeah, that would help. It would be problematic if he escapes” Arima responded. And that was the final blow for everyone, they were completely lost about the meaning of that conversation.

Ifrit nodded and flew away toward a certain direction. Arima followed his figure for second and looked back at Lucifer's group and Baphomet ”So that leaves only you all, huh?” He said that in a tone implying that it wasn't a big deal.

Baphomet and Lucifer's expressions twitched. Arima turned his head toward Gabriel and the angel looked back at him with a fl.u.s.tered expression.

”Look at him…he arrived and saved the ladies in distress” Lilis muttered scornfully and Lanya laughed wryly.

Chulainn laughed heartfully though ”Seriously, his power is something else right now” He commented and suddenly froze as if he just saw a (scary) ghost.

”Mm? What's wrong?” Lanya asked. Lilis frowned and looked at him too.

”This…” Chulainn mumbled and lifted his three heads off the ground he was lying on and stared somewhere ”Some foreign power is invading h.e.l.l's magic circuits” He explained himself and stood up.

”What do you mean?” Lilis was confused.

”It means what it means. Something is corrupting h.e.l.l's circuits and rooting itself in them” Chulainn answered ”This is odd… I have to go there as the Guardian” He declared and headed off to a certain place. The same place where Karaskan put Pandora…

”Here's the deal. Don't be my enemy and I'll take care of this for you” Meanwhile, Arima said to Gabriel.

”Huh? Take care?” Gabriel was stunned. She didn't know if what he said was what she was thinking about.

”Yeah. In fact, you don't really have any choice” Arima retorted and snapped his fingers. The zombies across the battlefield stopped moving and then only attacked the devils ”Now, you all. What's your choice? Will you fight me?” Aria smirked and directed this taunt to the three princes of h.e.l.l and Baphomet.

The Evil G.o.d's eyes widened and he stomped the ground as he stared at Arima. The fallen angel also reacted similarly and scowled at Arima.

Arima smiled and called Karma ”Well, those guys can do what they want though” He said when he looked up to see what Hades and Poseidon were doing. Those two didn't stop fighting even when Arima arrived.

Arima shrugged. He inhaled and exhaled in the next instant. Electricity sparked around his body and before anyone could react properly, thunder roared and Arima disappeared with a shock wave that surprised the angels next to him. At his original position, only lightning remained and Lucifer's eyes narrowed.

He started looking at the world in slow motion and looked at his right. He saw Asmodeus protecting himself from Karma with his own sword. But he soon lost the clash and was pushed away. After that, Arima moved and Karma changed his target to Lucifer.

The fallen angel reacted and his body became endowed with by black and white magic. His strength was boosted and everything around him also s.h.i.+ned with the same combination of colors. He infused that power into his spear and clashed with Arima's katana.

The moment the two weapons touched, the world recovered its usual flow for everyone. Black lightning exploded along with the unique dark-light magic. A discharge of energy occurred and the ground below them was crushed. Black lightning fell around them and Lucifer's magic also created explosions here and there.

At first glance, they were evenly matched but Lucifer gritted his teeth ”(How the h.e.l.l can there be such a huge difference!?)” He shouted in his mind and before he knew it, he was already going to crash on the ground.

After that, Arima's wings flapped and his silhouette became blurry. An afterimage was left behind as he appeared behind Beelzebub ”[Terminus Confractus, C] (Limit Break, 100)” He chanted and kicked Beelzebub away.

The huger monster was sent flying across the sky and Arima reappeared above him while the demon was still recovering from the blow. Arima then gathered lightning in his sword and swung it down while chanting his favorite magic: ”[Aeterna]”

The black wave of lightning took Beelzebub with it and was sent toward Baphomet who was looking at the scene with a shocked expression. The speed of that magic was actually pretty fast. The Evil G.o.d lifted his sword to use it as a s.h.i.+eld and 'Aeterna' exploded with thunder once it reached its target.

Azes and Zeus jumped back and witnessed the might of the simple attack that Arima just made. The latter landed on the ground and shouldered his sword. He smirked as he looked in front of him.

Baphomet was grunting with his sword protecting him while Beelzebub regenerated the arm he just lost. And strangely, Lucifer and Asmodeus were next to them too.

Those four had actually been gathered together forcefully in less than thirty seconds by Arima. That was a great blow to their pride.

Arima extended his hand was waved his fingers ”Come” He provoked them and Baphomet kicked the ground with a sour expression. He was soon followed by Beelzebub and Asmodeus. Lucifer was the last one to move.

The G.o.ds could only watch dumbfounded as Arima took on almost every enemy. They even felt awkward doing nothing.

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A moment earlier, before Arima arrived on the battlefield, a golden light flashed behind Karez who was hiding away from everyone. A golden door formed. It looked like the Heaven Gate but with the size of a normal door and a golden hue on it.

A man, clad in golden armor, stepped out of the door ”You arrived” Karez grinned and went to him.