Chapter 142: I didnt sign for this! (1/2)

When Arima plunged inside the massive gathering of life force, he immediately activated his life hunt. He then started absorbing without any inhibition. Ultimately, he wasn't able to contain all of that energy at once and died for the third time in his life.

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”Wow, I honestly didn't think you would be able to get here again. So, you were transmigrated, huh?” A voice reached him and Arima instantly woke up. He looked around with a weird expression.

He was in a dark space, with almost no light to speak of. In front of him, a mirror version of himself was calmly smiling at him. Arima sighed and facepalmed.

”Ah, I remember now. So, I really died that day…” He muttered and stood up

”Hi, by the way,” Arima glanced at his right and said. He directed that greeting to the three meters tall skeleton next to him.

”Yeah, yeah, hi...” The skeleton answered with an uninterested voice. He was quite disappointed to have failed taking over Arima before the Life Judgment could begin.

”Be a little more enthusiast. We'll become stronger after this. There's also a war going on outside,” Arima uttered and his evil clone clicked his nonexistent tongue.

”Stop jesting, you damn cunt. I'll most likely be absorbed by you before we can leave this place,” the purple flames in his eyes burned stronger as he spoke.

Arima laughed. ”Of course, you damn Skeletor. I seriously thought you were going to overpower me earlier. Your disappearance will be a relief,” he retorted and sparks appeared between the two.

”{Hum, should we say something?}” Karma asked Night awkwardly.

”{Nah, it's okay. It's fu- I mean, we just should continue watching, yeah.}”

”Ahem,” Arima's 'reflection' coughed to get the attention of the two. ”We're in the middle of something right now. Please. Stop fighting.”

”We're not fighting,” Arima and the skeleton exclaimed at the same time.

”Skeletor started it,” Arima added.

Skeletor snarled. ”I'm fine with being called by some name but choose another one.”

Arima mused and looked at the big guy with a blank expression. ”Malum.”

”…” The skeleton stared at Arima speechlessly. ”…why did you suddenly give me a decent name?”

”Well, I'm sure you know 'Malum' means 'Evil', right? I couldn't help myself but give you a name so good fitting,” Arima replied.

”…Sure, fine. I'll take it,” Malum nodded and took up his new name.

”Can we start now?” The reflection's eyebrows were twitching at the moment.

”What? Do you want a name too?” Malum turned toward the reflection and smirked. The latter became even more infuriated.

”{What's wrong, Night?}” Karma asked as she kept hearing some weird noises.

”{I-I'm fine.}”

As the three Arima's were talking to each other, Night was trying his best to not burst out laughing at the irony of the situation.

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When Arima disappeared into the huge sphere, the 'zombies' he had created before didn't fall and continued to attack the closest living beings. It seemed that the pentagram on the ground was constantly powering them.

Azes joined the battle against Baphomet as Gabriel told him.

”I don't need your help though,” Zeus snorted the moment Azes landed beside him.

Azes smiled and gathered mana in his hand. ”I'm sure of that. But let's do this carefully, shall we?”

”You're pretty relaxed, Azes,” Baphomet shouldered his sword and commented. ”Are you sure you can win against me? You're the God of Order, your combat strength isn't enough to face me.”

”Do you think so?” Azes grinned and the formless mana in his hand turned into a long scroll that touched the ground as it unrolled. ”My domain isn't only meant to observe and guide the world,” he paused. ”I can also dictate the rules.”

A line of words written on the scroll vanished from the paper and Zeus abruptly disappeared. Baphomet panicked a bit and narrowed his eyes as he moved his sword to protect his back. Zeus' hammer struck the blade and lightning fell from the sky.

The earth around was dug and Baphomet even became the center of a crater. But he hadn't moved even a bit from the blow.

”Tch, you're needlessly tough. I expected you to fly away,” Zeus complained and Baphomet turned around in a fraction of a second, he kicked Zeus away. But after he did so, Zeus' figure that went flying cracked like a mirror and dispersed. In the next instant, thunder rumbled stronger and numerous bolts of lightning struck Baphomet.

The Evil God grunted as he tackled the lightning head-on with his body and glared at Azes who was looking from afar. He sent another wave of red energy to scatter the lightning and kicked the ground to charge at Azes.

”That's an interesting magic, as much as it is annoying,” Baphomet remarked as he swung his organic sword vertically. Azes' eyes glowed and another line left the scroll. An invisible barrier appeared in front of him and blocked the Evil God's sword.

The shockwave produced by Baphomet's single strike changed the landscape once again and even some devils and angels fighting far way were affected.