165 He Will What?! (1/2)
The G.o.ds managed to go through the horde thanks to Arima's magic and Layla's lead. The latter got rid of every Téra that would get on their way. Particularly the aerial ones.
When they were able to escape the huge stampede, they all rushed to the Heaven Gate to join with the G.o.ds and angels who were coming from Heaven.
At the same time, all of the princes expect Satan, Beelzebub, Asmodeus, and Lucifer, who were already dead, had gathered there too. Although they were not really friendly toward Heaven, they understood that they stood no chance against all of the G.o.ds alone and actually just came to talk. Even Leviathan who was rumored to never leave his home was there.
”Belphegor” Hades called one of the three princes who had a tired and emotionless expression. The demon looked up to see Hades arriving with all of the other G.o.ds and blinked.
”What happened?” Belphegor asked once they landed. He pointed at all of the Téra who were being killed by Heaven's forces. Those were the weakest Téra since all of the stronger ones were now surrounding Arima, ready to fight him.
”A lot. But summarized; Pandora opened” Hades responded and Belphegor's eyes widened. The latter was Hades' first subordinate and friend so, of course, he knew about Pandora.
”What do we do now?” Michael suddenly asked and everyone focused on him. He was talking about the G.o.ds and the angels' situation. If Heaven was collapsing, they had nowhere to return to.
”I don't know…” Gabriel uttered with a darkened expression.
Hades mused for a moment ”I can give you a territory to stay in while you're in h.e.l.l. There's no reason to fight anymore. And we also need to talk about the Téra” He said and everyone agreed.
”Wait” Layla spoke up and everyone looked at her ”We can't stay in h.e.l.l” She said wryly.
”…What?”
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A few minutes earlier.
When Layla reached the Heaven Gate, she instantly received a telepathic link from Arima ”{Have you arrived?}” He asked hastily. He seemed to be in rush.
”{Yes}”
”{Good. Now tell them to leave h.e.l.l}”
”{Eh? What do you mean? The G.o.ds?}” Layla was confused.
”{No, everyone-! Dammit! This bird is annoying!}” Arima retorted and suddenly gasped before cursing at something ”{Anyway, everyone has to leave h.e.l.l. G.o.ds and devils alike. If I'm not wrong, it's Zeus and Chulainn who can respectively control the Heaven Gate and the h.e.l.l Gate. Tell them to open a path to the lower worlds and send everyone through it}”
Layla was perplexed ”{Why do they have to leave?}”
”{Because I will destroy it soon-!}” Arima answered and he seemed to have been interrupted by something as the telepathic link was cut off.
Layla gaped and smiled wryly before raising her voice to call the G.o.ds.
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While Arima was fighting against the 'human' and bear Téra, a third one joined in and begun to make the balance tilt. That new Téras was a bird, he could attack Arima and fly away extremely quickly.
In the end, it turned into a 1v3. Each time Arima blocked the bear with Karma, the 'human' one would attack him from an unpredictable angle and force Arima to either retreat or parry with his tail. And after that, it was the bird's turn to attack and he often succeeded in injuring Arima.
Arima had to abuse the First Arts from the Destruction and Blue categories to get out of those situations each time. There was some really bad news for him too. First of all, the worst was that the Téra kept becoming smarter and more coordinated over time and brought more pressure to Arima.
And at the same time, the weaker Téra had stopped waiting and were closing in dangerously. Arima groaned as he was in the middle of a contest of strength with the bear. They were both locked into a grappling motion.
Arima was in a bad condition already. Not only had he increased his strength to 400%, but he also already had used the 'One thousand parade'. With both of those techniques active, you can be sure that the toll on his body, even draconic, was really huge.
On top of that, he had injuries all over his body caused by the d.a.m.n bird who always perfectly chose his timing to hit Arima.