636
Chapter 636
[...What is this?]
RUMBLE!
Just before the flames of execution struck Atlas, time froze and everything stopped.
Even Raguel, who had lived for eons, couldn't help but feel bewildered by this situation where time had stopped.
The power over time was a domain not permitted to him or other constellations.
Before the confused Raguel, a black shadow rippled and Zeke revealed himself.
SWOOSH!
Zeke had used his unique space 'Time Room' that he obtained after absorbing Jiemens Apollion.
Using the Time Room made it possible to stop time in a fixed area for a certain period.
Therefore, everything except Zeke and Raguel who had entered the unique space was frozen.
Having drawn Raguel into the space of time, Zeke's eyes flashed sharply.
He pointed Leviathan at Raguel and said.
"You called me a worthless human?"
In that moment, Zeke activated the Overclock function by consuming large amounts of karma.
WHOOSH!
Brilliant five-colored light poured from his body, emanating both the divinity of One Who Crossed the Wall and Guide of Fair pain.
RUMBLE!
Raguel, dwelling in the angel's vessel body, frowned his amber jewel eyes upon seeing Zeke possessed such extraordinary constellation power.
[How can a mere human possess the power of constellations?]
Hearing Raguel's words, Zeke narrowed his eyes.
'As expected, Arthur Draker wasn't working with the Thirteen Zodiacs' constellations.'
If Arthur Draker had been in close communication with the Thirteen Zodiacs' constellations and made some plans, Raguel would have known about Zeke's existence.
However, Raguel dwelling in the angel's body now seemed to view Zeke as just a worthless human, unaware that he had absorbed the Arrogant Savior's soul and became a Demon lord.
WHOOSH!
Without answering, Zeke opened his divinity and imbued constellation power into Leviathan and Ascalon.
The two swords infused with five-colored energy moved vividly around Zeke's body like living beings, spinning in circles.
Watching Zeke, Raguel spoke in a low voice.
[Blasphemous human. No matter how much you struggle, your worthless fate won't change.]
To him, humans were like livestock raised in the pasture of the physical world.
No matter how strong they were, livestock was still livestock, so Raguel didn't feel much threatened even after seeing Zeke's divinity.
Zeke intended to exploit such arrogance of Raguel.
SWOOSH!
The two swords concentrated with divinity flew quickly toward the angel.
CRASH!
Then Raguel, borrowing the vessel's body, raised even stronger authority.
WHOOSH!
Swords made of flames appeared before the vessel.
[Foolish being! Kneel before the great authority of god!]
With those words, the flaming swords created by Raguel shot out rapidly.
SWOOSH!
The crimson swords wrapped in flames collided with the two swords Zeke had launched in mid-air.
CRASH!
As it was a collision of swords each containing divinity, tremendous shock waves spread in all directions.
RUMBLE!
The shock waves were so strong that parts of the unique space's dimension were about to distort.
SWOOSH!
Even though time was stopped, the shock waves had such an impact that the surrounding terrain and objects were also shattered.
CRASH!
The crimson swords containing Raguel's authority created an even larger fiery storm, swallowing up Zeke's swords.
RUMBLE!
Raguel thought Zeke's swords would have all melted away, unable to withstand his authority.
With that judgment, just as he was about to strike Zeke's main body!
Five-colored light flashed through the fiery storm.
WHOOSH!
Leviathan and Ascalon, emitting five-colored sword light, were rather cutting through and penetrating the fiery storm as they flew.
ROAR!
As the crimson swords were offset and scattered, the two swords radiating sword light flew toward the angel harboring Raguel.
The surprised Raguel spread his wings.
WHOOSH!
Flames rippling from the wings poured toward the incoming swords.
[How dare you point blades at a constellation?! Insolent!]
Divine words filled with anger resonated loudly.
WHOOSH!
Flames rose with fierce momentum as if to burn the entire world.
But even within that, sword light flashed as the swords revealed themselves cutting through the flames.
SWOOSH!
In an instant, Ascalon and Leviathan penetrated through both wings of the angel.
SWISH!
Holes were punctured right through the wings made of flames where the swords had penetrated and passed through.
[ARGHHHH!]
Although the vessel was attacked, since Raguel was directly possessing the vessel's body, he too received the impact and could feel the pain entirely.
Like other constellations, Raguel had rarely been attacked by beings of the physical world.
Especially for Raguel, who possessed powerful strength even among the Thirteen Zodiacs, he had never even considered the possibility of being attacked by a lower being.
When Raguel paused in shock, Zeke spoke while looking at him.
"Not much to show for all that talk about being a god. The flames are only moderately warm."
WHOOSH!
With his wings pierced and receiving direct insult from Zeke, Raguel was consumed by fierce anger.
[Damn you, human!]
WHOOSH!
The vessel's wings, though pierced with holes, erupted with even larger flames.
His rage was indescribable after being attacked by a human he had regarded as an insect.
Watching this, Zeke confirmed that Raguel's temperament was similar to Ramiel, the constellation of the Horse Palace he had sealed before.
'Constellations are weak against provocation compared to humans.'
In battles between humans, strategy and tactics were quite important.
But even in the demon realm, except for Mephistopheles, it was common for fallen constellations to determine victory through direct power struggles.
Through Ramiel, Zeke realized that the celestial realm ruled by the Thirteen Zodiacs was in a similar situation, so he planned to provoke Raguel using extremely 'human-like' methods to exploit openings.
RUMBLE!
Raguel's vessel raised intense flames and recreated the spear of flame he had tried to attack Atlas with earlier.
CRASH!
The constellation's authority concentrated in the spear was so strong that the distortion of the surrounding dimension was visible.
One wrong move and the 'Time Room' that Zeke had spread might break.
Raguel raised the flame spear and shouted at Zeke.
[I shall annihilate your primitive soul in one breath!]
With a roar filled with anger, the flame spear was shot toward Zeke.
CRASH!
Unlike before when it had soared into the air before falling, this time the flame spear flew straight at Zeke.
Zeke glared at the crimson spear burning so intensely it seemed it would incinerate even souls.
Not dodging or making a counterattack, Zeke didn't move at all.
Then surprisingly, he calmly reached out his hand toward the crimson spear that had approached right in front of him.
WHOOSH!
Zeke grabbed the crimson spear made of execution flames with his bare hand.
WHOOSH!
Five-colored divine power erupted from Zeke's entire body as he gripped the flame spear.
Still, the crimson flames wrapped around Zeke, trying to burn him.
Raguel felt bewildered seeing Zeke catch the spear he had thrown with his bare hands.
In the eons he had lived, he had never seen anyone catch his authority bare-handed like Zeke had.
Raguel's face contorted with rage and humiliation he had never felt before.
[Burn! Burn that worthless, impudent being's soul completely!]
With Raguel's cry, the crimson flames in Zeke's grip burned larger as the flames surged.
WHOOSH!
Grasping the surging crimson flames, Zeke activated the power of the Elemental Sword's Firepower Field.
WHOOSH!
As he spread the Firepower Field, he tried to accept the crimson flames attempting to burn his body.
At that moment, as the third eye appeared on his forehead, his unique authorities Absolute Reign and Infinite Breakthrough activated simultaneously.
RUMBLE!
Zeke injected his authority into the flames rising roughly in his hands.
WHOOSH!
The flames produced an even deeper scarlet light as if resisting Zeke's authority.
Then Zeke gripped the flame spear with both hands and shouted.
"Raven!"
As if responding to his call, Raven revealed itself from his shoulder.
RUMBLE!
Affected by Zeke's divinity, Raven's entire body rippled with five-colored light as it let out a phoenix cry, then spread its wings and flew up, wrapping around Zeke's body and devouring the surging crimson flames.
SWOOSH!
As the flames subsided due to Raven, the crimson spear in Zeke's grip struggled more violently.
Zeke continued suppressing the spear with his authority while spreading the Firepower Field to grasp its source, simultaneously using his third eye to dig into the origin of the flames.
SWOOSH!
The crimson flames that had tried to burn Zeke's body were gradually dying down.
Then the crimson spear held in Zeke's hands rippled and gradually began changing its form in his grip.
WHOOSH!
At some point, the shape of the flame completely disappeared, and the form of a sword made of flames took shape in Zeke’s hand.
[Raguel's power 'Crimson flame' has been subjugated by the unique powers 'Absolute reign' and 'Infinite Breakthrough'.]
[The subjugated power 'Crimson flame' has been reconstructed with the power 'Recreation'.]
[Acquired the power 'Crimson flame'.]
[The power 'Flame' changes to 'Crimson flame'.]
Zeke nodded as he confirmed the messages that appeared.
He had subjugated the power of Raguel, the constellation of Libra, and acquired its strength.
Seeing the Crimson flame sword burning fiercely in Zeke's hand, Raguel stuttered.
[H-how is this possible…?]
The flames of execution were Raguel's unique power received from the Primordial Light.
Raguel could not stand the fact that a mere human was imitating that power.
Raguel decided to completely annihilate Zeke in this shocking situation and fully possessed the angel's soul, which was his avatar.
CRACKLE!
Originally, Raguel was a deity who could not intervene in the physical world.
However, because it was an angel of the apocalypse created through modification using the power of distorted causality, it became possible for Raguel to directly descend into the physical world.
CRACKLE!
Electricity containing dark energy scattered in all directions from the angel's body.
Simultaneously, changes occurred in the avatar.
The body grew much larger than before, and as dazzling light burst from the surface that had been like a stone statue, a ring-shaped halo appeared above its head.
RUMBLE!
Raguel's divine status, which had descended into the physical world, emitted intense light.
The power was so strong that the surrounding dimensions became distorted and the unique domain was about to tear.
Zeke could sense the presence of dark matter creating distorted causality in the avatar possessed by Raguel's soul.
'This was definitely Arthur Draker's doing... planting that in the angel's body.'
It remained a great mystery how Arthur Draker created such a thing and how he learned the method.
However, what was important was that Arthur Draker could use that power to make all thirteen zodiac constellations descend into the physical world.
RUMBLE!
Raguel, who had descended into the avatar, looked at Zeke while emitting a dazzling halo.
The avatar had transformed into something similar to a Nephilim, no longer a stone statue.
Raguel had spread enormous wings made of light, had a ring of light floating behind his head, and flames made of light were blazing on both arms.
【The sin of mocking God cannot be forgiven by anything.】
Raguel's divine words, having descended into the physical world, were directly transmitted to Zeke.
For an ordinary human unable to handle the difference in status, this voice alone would have made their brain to burst while they collapsed vomiting blood.
However, Zeke remained undisturbed by Raguel's divine words and raised the Crimson flame sword toward him, saying:
"The sin of mocking God cannot be forgiven, you say."
The flames of execution surged strongly from the Crimson flame sword he held.
WHOOSH!
From within the enormous flames, Zeke glared at Raguel and said.
"Then I might as well kill God instead. Since I won't be forgiven anyway."