Chapter 156
Chapter 156
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 156
Chapter Title: Azazel's Great Battlefield
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Cluesti spoke without a hint of intimidation.
“Ahh, that battle from 1,500 years ago? I remember it well. When the Divine King Indra fell, you fled like a dog with your tail between your legs.”
= Blame Indra for being a fool. Still, this body took down one of the Four Heavenly Kings.
“Hyderich? He was the weakest of the Four Heavenly Kings. More importantly…”
Mid-sentence, Cluesti felt a divine barrier tightening around her entire body.
“Fighting here isn’t wise. We should break out.”
“You think that’ll be easy?”
“You? Stop me?”
Cluesti scoffed derisively at Ju Gonghyeok’s retort.
It was true—before her divine authority of Swiftness, an SS-grade barrier like this was nothing more than paper.
But.
“I’ve got this.”
Ju Gonghyeok spread his fingers into a V-sign.
A single die was pinched between them.
Cluesti spoke as if she’d anticipated it.
“The Descent Die you stole from Sandalphon? Lilianne told me about it. That’s one terrifying item. I’ll take it before we leave the barrier.”
Cluesti’s form vanished with a pop.
She hadn’t even activated her divine authority of Swiftness. Relying solely on SSS-grade Agility and SSS-grade traits, she was this fast.
Slash.
Ju Gonghyeok’s guard around his neck and throat was ironclad.
Dodging the Asura King’s pursuing grasp, what Cluesti snatched were Ju Gonghyeok’s two fingers.
The die was in her grasp.
“Can’t let you activate this too.”
“Still filthy fast. But filthily late.”
The die had already been rolled.
“Imir.”
“Да (Yes).”
The die floated into the air from Imir’s hand.
“Damn it!”
Cluesti’s face twisted in dismay.
To think he’d hand such a crucial item to someone else.
Even with the Asura King’s interference, it was too late for Imir to act.
‘But it’s fine. As long as it doesn’t land on ‘6’.’
The effects of the Descent Die were as follows.
[Descent Die (SSS+).]
[Summons one of the Seven Archangels.
- Limited to a single use.
- The summoned angel’s duration and power are determined by the die roll.
- A roll of 6 summons them at 60% power for 60 minutes.
- An archangel’s influence cannot extend beyond one mission or one floor.]
From 1 to 6, corresponding to 10 to 60%—the die roll limited the angel’s power.
But hilariously, for anyone superhuman level or above, manipulating the die was child’s play.
That’s why the angels designed it to rely purely on luck, excluding all such cheats.
‘Whether it’s a 6 or not is pure chance! An archangel at just 30-40% power isn’t that big a threat!’
Or so.
‘She thinks, huh? Cluesti.’
A grin spread across Ju Gonghyeok’s lips as Imir’s avatar manifested.
[Imir manifests the avatar ‘First Hero Unno (SS-)’!]
[Third ability 「Inevitable Victory Luck」 activates!]
It was the avatar Ju Gonghyeok had implanted in Imir for this exact moment.
Unno, the chosen hero of the fantasy dimension.
As an avatar, he possessed hero-worthy abilities.
‘Fate of Ultimate Victory’—never losing twice to the same foe.
‘Victory Luck’—turning dire situations into triumphs.
The absurd luck that guaranteed a hero’s win forced the Descent Die to land on 6.
Crack!
The die shattered, unleashing a silvery-white radiance.
[Descent Die is used!]
[The die’s creator, Metatron, is summoned here!]
A soft dawn light and clouds spread out.
Metatron, angel among angels, revealed himself on the 39th floor amid a picturesque scene.
“Ju Gonghyeok, was it? You’ve got a devilishly sharp mind.”
“Flattery will get you nowhere. Taking down a damn Four Heavenly King is just on my bucket list.”
Ju Gonghyeok and Cluesti exchanged cheerful banter.
Cluesti steadied her breathing, feigning composure.
With Metatron summoned, she couldn’t forcibly interfere with Ju Gonghyeok anymore.
Metatron’s power, which defined Babel’s laws alongside the Demon King, firmly bound the 39th floor space.
“You’ve come this far already.”
Metatron, draped in flowing white robes, looked down at Ju Gonghyeok.
“Choose the angel to fight alongside you.”
A list of angels appeared.
Remiel, Haniel, Raphael, Michael, Gabriel, Azazel…
The names of the Seven Archangels, led by Metatron.
First, Raphael and Gabriel were out.
They handled protection and healing.
With the die’s 60-minute limit, a one-hour shield and healer would just let Cluesti stall until Ju Gonghyeok was mush after the timer.
Haniel, Archangel of Love, was out too.
Great for leading armies or massive battles—boosting morale dozens of times over, charming and mind-controlling billions of foes into submission—but useless in a one-on-one.
Against a demon of Cluesti’s caliber, Haniel’s mental disruption was mere time-buying.
Remiel, Archangel of Judgment—not bad.
Her authority of Judgment and Selection could shatter or neutralize any Four Heavenly King in one hit.
Assuming it landed, of course.
Perfect counter to defensive kings like the Invulnerable Vaincliff, but against Cluesti’s Swiftness, the worst matchup.
Michael, Angel of the Sun… regrettably, off the table.
The specialist in anti-demon warfare, closest to god with solar authority and millennia battling devils—but if summoning him, better call the even stronger anti-demon expert, Metatron himself.
Ju Gonghyeok’s gaze shifted to Metatron before him.
Archangel Leader Metatron. Veritably the strongest angel.
Catching Ju Gonghyeok’s look, Cluesti said confidently.
“If you want, summon Metatron himself. Even weakened, you might get a fight out of it.”
“You talk a big game, Demon King’s lackey.”
Cluesti and Metatron traded glares.
Any normal person would pick the advantageous Archangel Leader Metatron, no question.
But the counter to her ‘Swiftness’ wasn’t Metatron or any other archangel.
“The archangel I want is…”
Ju Gonghyeok looked up through the gaping ceiling into the storm clouds.
His eyes met those of a petite redheaded archangel laden with dozens of weapons on her back.
Her domain: ‘Battlefield.’
Her eyes pleaded: Call me.
“Azazel, let’s throw down.”
“I’ve been waiting for those words.”
Boom!
Azazel plummeted like a hail of arrows, her legs slamming firmly into the ground.
“Lady Metatron, I’ll fight the ultimate weapon you raised.”
Metatron gave a faint smile to the boldly appearing Azazel.
“Azazel, as you wish.”
Metatron vanished as dawn light and clouds gathered around Azazel.
[Descent Die (SSS+) effect manifests!]
[『Archangel of the Battlefield, Azazel』 temporarily joins the human side.]
[Duration: 60 minutes. Usable divine authority power limited to 60%.]
“That’s plenty.”
Azazel slammed her trident into the ground.
A gray wave from the trident rippled across the entire dimension.
Silver waves surged from the ground in its wake.
The entire 39th floor transformed into a steel plain.
[Great Battlefield deploys!]
[Archangel Azazel unleashes the ‘Battlefield’ authority!]
[A fortress matching the enemy’s civilization level is set!]
[SS-grade civilization対応 fortress ‘Egridori’ constructed!]
[Ultra-high-threat response soldiers ‘Nephilim’ summoned!]
Rumble rumble rumble!
A vast silver fortress rose across a 25-kilometer radius.
Trusty soldiers with steel wings lined its walls, and countless photon cannons that incinerated demons rose up.
At the fortress’s highest spire stood Azazel, incarnation of divine power.
Her red hair blazed in the radiance, scattering beautiful embers.
“Full army, anti-Four Heavenly Kings formation deploy.”
Creak—!
The fortress morphed as soldiers and cannons took positions.
[Target: Four Heavenly King Cluesti. Anti-Four Heavenly Kings formation deploys!]
[Great Battlefield deployment complete!]
[Azazel’s ‘Battlefield’ binds the entire 39th floor dimension.]
[With her battlefield unfurled, none may leave its bounds.]
Azazel, angel of the battlefield, and her fortress were utterly overwhelming.
Unbelievable this was the same scatterbrained angel from before—her true form.
The scant thousands of angels, including the seven leaders, could battle billions of demons solely thanks to her.
Without the 60% limit, the entire 39th floor would become her fortress, exterminating hundreds of millions of demons in spectacle.
“Well now.”
Cluesti shook her head regretfully.
“You picked her after all. The angel I hate most—hate with a passion.”
With her authority, the battlefield unfurled, Cluesti couldn’t escape.
That was her power, the ‘law’ etched into the world.
“Whew, you’ve cornered me good.”
“I’ve got the basics to catch you. And quit whining.”
Cluesti knew.
That Ju Gonghyeok had the archangel die—and the Descent Die.
She hadn’t predicted the Asura King’s arrival forcing a 6 for exactly Azazel.
But she’d at least anticipated he’d pull out every trick here.
“Of course, I knew full well. That you’d bring everything you had to this spot.”
Cluesti glanced at the Asura King and Azazel as she spoke.
“You think that three-headed loser and half-baked archangel can kill me?”
Ju Gonghyeok smirked at the obvious taunt.
“After getting your ass handed to you blind this whole time, you sure talk big.”
“Ah, fair point.”
“Can the Asura King and half-assed Azazel catch you? Nah, no way in hell.”
Nathaniel cautiously poked his head out.
- Wait, human mutt. Then what’re you gonna do?
“Only I can kill this bitch. Asura King, Azazel—they’re my support.”
Cluesti was utterly delighted conversing with Ju Gonghyeok.
Unlike the previous dimensions that crumbled pathetically.
Beastkin, Machine Gods, and humans.
These challengers were truly entertaining.
“Heh heh heh, a real battle after so long. Feels nostalgic—quite enjoyable.”
The trap sprung after 327 years awakened Cluesti’s battle instincts from their bored slumber.
Crackle crackle!
She spun her stylish fedora halfway, unleashing blue lightning.
What Cluesti emitted was an ultra-high-temperature electric field. The intense lightning instantly vaporized surrounding air and rocks, breaking down their constituent atoms.
Rocks that should’ve been solid now oozed like vinyl.
Matter changes form under heat and pressure.
Solid to liquid, liquid to gas—and beyond gas, to its final state: ‘plasma.’
Cluesti wrapped the surrounding plasma around her finger, aiming at Azazel’s fortress.
“Bang.”
The exact same gesture as when she claimed her first victim on the 1st floor.
But the power was incomparable.
She converted the plasma-shattered rock particles into charged particles.
Locked their direction with an electromagnetic field, then super-accelerated them railgun-style.
Kwaaaaa—!
The rock tore apart like an explosion.
The lightning-laced ‘Charged Particle Projector Cannon’ shredded the die’s interior en route to the fortress.
Azazel raised her spear against the descending pillar of light.
“Barrier. Deploy.”
[Fortress ‘Egridori’ deploys ‘Hexagonal Radiant Wall’ across the entirety!]
[Forward sectional thickness reinforced!]
Cluesti’s beam clashed fiercely against the fortress’s barrier.
[Database judges the skill.]
[SSS-grade skill ‘Cluesti-style Charged Particle Cannon’ estimated.]
[Lightning ability expanded to full electromagnetic utilization.]
Cluesti wielded lightning at will.
Through her power, she manipulated electrons—the foundation of all electrical abilities—at whim.
Nathaniel trembled hearing the GM messages.
- Azazel! You okay!?
Azazel gave a small nod at her cry.
As if unscathed, she thrust her spear forward vigorously.
“Sending it back—lightly.”
Whirrr—
The fortress’s silver turrets smoothly rotated.
[Mana charge: 60%.]
[Photon decomposition, combustion reaction confirmed.]
[Target: One demon 4km northwest, individual name Cluesti.]
[Targeting complete.]
“Whew.”
A brief sigh.
Then her war-maniac eyes, blazing, locked on the great demon ahead.
“Fireeee!”
[Heavenlight-Photon Mana Cannons, 20 simultaneous launch!]
[Guided-Holy Flame Divine Arrows, 4,800 simultaneous launch!]
An indescribable roar echoed.
Like Armageddon’s salute, twenty fire pillars blasted through the die’s ceiling, vaporizing the thunderclouds.
Thousands more light explosions followed, dyeing the sky in dazzling brilliance.
“What the hell’s going on in there?”
The hunters shuddered at the massive shockwaves felt even outside the die.
Even these self-proclaimed humanity’s strongest couldn’t fathom the battle’s scale inside.
Within the die, the showdown deciding humanity’s fate unfolded by one man’s hand.
“Fighting on a grand scale.”
Ju Gonghyeok shielded his eyes from the retina-searing photon blasts.
One hand worked his prosthetic.
“Nathaniel.”
= Yes!
[Angel Privilege – Authority of Elemental Endowment (SS) activates.]
[Lightning element endowed to item ‘Vulcanus’s Right Arm.’]
[Trait ‘Dome Lightning’ applied.]
“Zeus.”
= Lightning? This body bows to no one!
Endowing the prosthetic with lightning, he summoned avatar Zeus.
“Gather all of Cluesti’s buffs on my body into the prosthetic.”
= Can’t do it bare-mouthed! Human!
“I’ll set you up on a date.”
= Swift and precise! Leave it to this body!
Crackle!
[Avatar 「Thunder God Zeus (SS++)」 gathers Cluesti’s energy to one side.]
[‘Vulcanus’s Right Arm’ enters super-conductive state! Durability drops 4% per second!]
[Maintainable time: 22 seconds!]
“Vulcanus. Devour it.”
= Understood. Executing.
[「Apocalypse God Vulcanus」 First ability ‘Dissolution Absorption’ activates.]
[「Apocalypse God Vulcanus」 Second ability ‘Reconstitution’ activates.]
[Special buff ‘Cluesti’s Incarnation’ reconstitutes within the prosthetic!]
[Seizing control from Cluesti. Ownership transfer to user ‘Ju Gonghyeok’—31 seconds remaining!]
Crackle crackle!
The lightning essence gathered in the prosthetic glowed a menacing blue.
And as always, Ju Gonghyeok lit his cigarette off the embers.
“Time to go, Nathaniel.”
= Heh, it’s been a spectacle so far, but let’s crank it up. Human mutt.
“You can look forward to it.”
Raaaaaargh!
The Asura King’s scream echoed.
Cluesti was savagely ripping his arm off.
Ju Gonghyeok pointed at the great demon, unworthy of leading the Four Heavenly Kings.
“That fucker. I’m off to kill her now.”