Chapter 150: I wont let you go through (1/2)

Silence fell. They couldn't believe someone had actually taunted everyone in a war between devils and gods.

Ifrit smirked and arrived next to Arima with extreme speed. ”Hey, Life Hunter,” he called and Arima lifted his head to look at the beast of fire.

”There's only a single reason why I'm here and it's to meet you. For now, I won't interfere with this war. But promise me you will give me some time after this. You're the last Hunter alive and you're my only chance to truly gain the Life Hunt,” he explained.

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 even was incredibly straightforward and honest about his intentions.

”No problem.”

Ifrit grinned and looked somewhere far away. ”What about this? I'll see what I can do about that little rat in exchange for the favor,” he offered and Arima gazed in the same direction as him.

”Yeah. See if you can stop him before he escapes,” Arima replied and that was the final blow for everyone listening. They were completely lost about the meaning of their conversation.

Ifrit nodded and flew off. Arima followed his figure for a few seconds before facing Lucifer's group and Baphomet again.

”So that only leaves you all, huh?” He said that in a tone implying that it wasn't a big deal.

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

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

Chulainn laughed wholeheartedly though. ”His current power is quite something,” he commented and suddenly froze as if he had just seen the most shocking sight in his entire life.

”Hm? 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. ”A foreign power is invading Hell's magic circuits,” he explained and stood up.

”What do you mean?” Lilis was confused.

”It means what it means. Something is corrupting Hell's circuits and rooting itself in them,” Chulainn answered. ”This is odd… I have to go there as the Guardian,” he said and headed off. Lanya and Lilis looked at each other and followed him soon after.

”Here's the deal. Don't antagonize me and I'll take care of this for you,” meanwhile, Arima was 'negotiating' with Gabriel.

”Huh? Take care?” Gabriel was stunned. She wasn't sure of the implication of those words.

”Yes. But, well, you don't really have any choice,” Arima retorted and snapped his fingers. The zombies across the battlefield stopped moving and then only targeted the devils.

”Now, you four. Did you make your choice? Will you face me?” Arima smirked and directed this taunt to the three princes of Hell and Baphomet.

The Evil God snorted and stamped the ground as he glared at Arima. The fallen angel also reacted similarly and scowled at Arima.

Arima smiled and slowly readied Karma in his left hand. ”Well, those guys can do what they want though,” he added whilst pointing at Hades and Poseidon. Those two hadn't stopped fighting at all.

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 buzzing sound. At his original position, only lightning remained and Lucifer's eyes narrowed immediately.

Lucifer started seeing the world in slow motion. He looked at his right and saw Asmodeus parrying Karma with his sword. But the demon was quickly overpowered and pushed away. After that, Arima changed Karma's course and made it flow toward Lucifer.

The fallen angel reacted in time and his body became endowed with black and white magic. His strength was boosted and everything around him also shined with the same combination of colors. He infused this power into his spear and clashed with Arima's blade.

When the two weapons clashed, the world recovered its usual flow for everyone. Black lightning exploded along with the unique hue of the dark-light magic. A discharge of energy occurred and the ground below was cut apart. Shadowy 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 can there be such disparity!?)” He shouted in his mind and before he knew it, he was already approaching the ground level and going through the earth.

Arima then flapped his wings and his silhouette became blurry. An afterimage was left behind as he appeared behind Beelzebub.

”[Terminus Confractus, CXX] (Limit Break, 120),” 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 around his sword and swung it down whilst intoning his signature magic, ”[Aeterna] (Eternal Night).”

The black wave of lightning dragged Beelzebub with it and was sent toward Baphomet who was looking at the scene with a stunned expression. Aeterna's speed was very high. The Evil God brandished his sword and used it as a shield. Aeterna exploded instantly when it came in contact with it.

Azes and Zeus jumped back and witnessed the impressive potency of the simple attack that Arima had just performed.

Baphomet grunted when the explosion ended. He moved his sword away just about when Beelzebub had finished regenerating the arm he lost. And strangely, Lucifer and Asmodeus were also very nearby.

The four of them had actually been forcefully gathered together in less than thirty seconds by Arima. This was definitely 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 out.

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

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A few minutes earlier, a bit before Arima arrived on the battlefield, a golden light flashed behind Karez who was hiding far away from everyone. A golden door materialized. It resembled the Heaven Gate but the size was nowhere the same and it had a golden hue to it.