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Chapter 639
Raguel's roar of fury spread in all directions.
WOOOOOONG!
Simultaneously, countless rings rising from Raguel's hands began merging and spinning.
Soon the collection of rings became a sphere of light, radiating brilliance in all directions.
WOOOOOONG!
As the rings spun faster, the light grew stronger.
In the past, Raguel had used this power to alter continental terrain and even sink entire massive islands.
With that mighty power, he planned not only to collapse Zeke's unique domain, Purgatory, but to completely destroy both Atlas and all of Midland.
Such was the terrifying and cruel nature of a Constellation's wrath.
KUGUGUGUGUGU!
Raguel attempted to cast down the light of destruction in his hands toward the ground.
[Strike down that arrogant celestial spawn!]
Asmodius raised his bone blade and shouted at the Skeleton Corps.
The Skeleton Corps, known for their valor and blind loyalty, recklessly charged toward Raguel.
WOOOOOONG!
Waves of light emanating from Raguel's body burst toward the Skeleton Corps.
The light waves formed a barrier, blocking their charge.
[Break through! Show our lord our devotion by breaking through!]
At Asmodius's frenzied command, the Skeleton Corps members, no different from fanatics, followed without question.
KWAKWAKWAKWA!
The Skeleton Corps threw bone spears at the waves of light.
Though their bone spears couldn't directly harm Raguel, a Constellation, they were still an irritation.
[What annoying insects!]
Raguel despised the demons of the demon realm more than beings of the material world.
He believed their souls were too defiled to be saved, as they were the followers of Constellations who had betrayed and fallen from the celestial realm.
While he thought beings of the material world could be cleansed of their lowliness and receive salvation through his punishing flames, showing a form of mercy, he felt the spawn of the demon realm weren't even worth that much.
KUGUGUGUGU!
Thus, before casting the light of destruction upon the ground, Raguel intended to sweep away all of the impure Skeleton Corps.
The waves of light emanating from his body grew larger.
Simultaneously, an eerie light flashed in Raguel's amber eyes.
A terrifying light source capable of erasing the very foundation of existence poured toward the Skeleton Corps.
ZIIIIING!
At that moment, the Dawn Corps behind the Skeleton Corps leaped forward toward the light source.
Intense fighting spirit burst forth from the swords of the demon realm knights, including Arataso.
WOOOOOONG!
The fighting spirit released by the prominent demon realm knights resonated together, creating a protective barrier made of waves.
The light source pouring from Raguel's eyes collided with the barrier made of fighting spirit.
KWAKWAKWAKWAKWA!
Though the wave of fighting spirit created by the Dawn Corps' energy contained powerful force, it was insufficient to block Raguel's light source that erased foundations.
KWAJIJIJIJIJIK!
As the fighting spirit waves shattered from the light source, powerful destructive light swept across all of Morningstar.
KWAKWAKWAKWAKWA!
The massive white flames created by the light source blazed violently as if to annihilate everything.
Seeing this, Raguel burst into maniacal laughter.
[Look! How amusing to see these insects squirm as they vanish!]
Having fallen for Zeke's human-like provocation, Raguel had set aside his dignity as a Constellation and was revealing all his emotions while sneering like a child.
When descending to the material world in avatar form, he too would become incarnated as a being of the material world, becoming swept up in such emotional fluctuations unlike when he was a Constellation in the celestial realm.
This was why they were easily provoked when directly intervening rather than looking down at the material world as observers from the celestial realm.
And this was the weakness Zeke aimed for when targeting the Constellations of the celestial realm.
WOOOOOONG!
The light of destruction in Raguel's hands caused intense vibrations.
Beyond the white flames that had annihilated Morningstar, Raguel held up the light of destruction and spoke to Zeke.
[With this, all evil things shall vanish, and light shall dwell upon the earth.]
Raguel recited the exact words that were written to have been spoken by the Constellations when Carcosa met its end in the outer scripture.
Zeke raised his finger toward Raguel.
Then pillars of Purgatory's flames rose up to attack Raguel.
KUHEOOOONG!
Hera, who had been caught by the flame pillars, opened her mouth wide and began devouring Purgatory's flames.
HWARURURURUK!
The holy water made of the Constellation's flames grew stronger as it chewed and swallowed Purgatory's powerful flames.
As Purgatory's flames were all devoured by Hera before properly reaching Raguel, Zeke silently glared at it.
Seeing this, Raguel smiled with satisfaction and raised his hands higher.
[Behold, this is the judgment of god.]
Raguel made his final declaration and dropped the light of destruction toward the ground.
WOOOONG!
Just as the light of destruction was about to leave Raguel's hand and fall to earth.
TSSSSSSS!
Time stopped again, and the light of destruction that was about to fall to earth froze in mid-air.
Raguel's eyes glowed fiercely again.
[How dare you use such petty tricks again?!]
He angrily ordered Hera to attack Zeke.
Hera, who had swallowed all the flames of purgatory, immediately attacked Zeke while spewing white flames.
FWOOOOSH!
The powerful white flames engulfed Zeke, and he disappeared without a trace from where he had been floating above the burning city.
Raguel's eyes flashed with satisfaction at this sight.
But that's when it happened.
SWOOSH!
The white flames that had been burning in place even after burning the Morningstar split apart, and something suddenly burst out from within.
BOOM! BOOM!
What emerged through the flames was not Arataso, the Dawn Commander, or Asmodius, the Skeleton Corps Commander, but one of the ordinary Death Knights.
This ordinary Death Knight was charging toward where Raguel was while raising its crude sword after breaking through the white flames.
[You insignificant creature!]
Raguel felt great anger at the mere fact that a Death Knight had dared to leap into his domain.
Raguel's amber eyes glowed as he poured forth light toward the Death Knight.
But surprisingly, the Death Knight's crude sword blocked Raguel's light.
RUMBLE! RUMBLE! RUMBLE!
As this happened, the sword energy that burst forth from the Death Knight's sword disrupted the light and charged toward Raguel.
Raguel roared in disbelief.
[How dare you enter the sacred domain of a Constellation?!]
Along with his cry, intense light burst forth from Raguel's entire body.
The Death Knight was exposed to the halo that wrapped around the Constellation's body.
Then something spectacular happened.
TSSSSSSS!
The black energy dispersed, revealing the form hidden within the Death Knight's armor.
[Y-You?]
The true identity of the Death Knight revealed by the halo was none other than Zeke.
The Zeke who had been facing Hera was his clone, while his real body had secretly entered Raguel's domain mixed in with the Morningstar.
While this kind of strategy was familiar in human battles, it was foreign to the Constellations, so Raguel fell right into Zeke's trap.
BOOM!
Zeke charged at Raguel while raising Leviathan imbued with the power of his soul technique.
Raguel became even more enraged at Zeke's sudden appearance.
[You wretch!]
Raguel hurriedly tried to pour forth light toward Zeke again while his eyes glowed.
But Zeke was faster.
SWOOSH!
Zeke's sword strike cut through the light and instead left a wound on Raguel's avatar body.
[ARGHHHH!]
Though it was a shallow wound like a scratch, Raguel screamed at the unfamiliar pain.
WOONG!
As Raguel let out a painful scream, the halo-emitting rings radiated an even more intense light.
FLASH!
Light burst forth roughly in all directions.
This accelerated the cracking of Raguel's avatar body, which had nearly reached the end of its lifespan.
BOOM!
Zeke widely spread his Shadow Armor toward Raguel's approaching halo.
The Shadow Armor became a shadow shield and blocked Raguel's halo.
Black smoke rose from where it touched the halo, but Zeke was able to advance one step deeper toward Raguel.
Seeing that Zeke had already burrowed into his domain, Raguel raised both hands wrapped in rings in panic.
He intended to destroy Zeke by detonating the rings even if it meant destroying his avatar body.
But Zeke's reaction was faster than Raguel's.
WOONG!
A long sword cry rang out from Leviathan.
WOONG!
All of Zeke's spirit focused on the sword.
In his eyes, he saw the source of the cracks that had formed in Raguel's avatar body.
Zeke drew upon his soul technique while simultaneously unleashing the power of the Mind Sword as he poured in his will.
At the moment when sword and soul became one, Zeke swung his sword toward Raguel.
Soul Technique
Triple Spell
The Will of God-Slaying Strike
A sword honed by will to cut down gods.
The sword strike containing Zeke's will, who had fully awakened the Mind Sword, flew toward the crack in the avatar body.
SCREECH!
A sharp sound brushed past Raguel's ears.
But since there was no change, he thought Zeke's attack had failed.
The tense Raguel instead burst into mad laughter as he looked at Zeke, who was now defenseless within his domain.
[Foolish human! How dare you think someone like you could do anything to a god…?]
But then, something felt strange.
CRACK!
The cracks engraved throughout the avatar body began to split open and fragments started falling away.
Parts of Raguel's ankles, elbows, and head began to crumble.
[I-Impossible...]
Raguel hadn't realized it, but Zeke's sword imbued with the will to cut down gods had definitely made contact.
Once the cracks accelerated due to the will of the God-Slaying Strike, not even the power of a Constellation could stop it anymore.
CRACK!
Raguel's avatar body began to collapse rapidly.
When the avatar inhabited by his celestial soul began crumbling like this at the hands of a human he had considered insignificant, Raguel screamed in disbelief.
[This violates providence, the laws of existence...!]
Looking at Raguel, Zeke spoke in a cold voice.
"You started a rebellion and destroyed the primordial light that created everything, yet now you speak of providence."
At Zeke's words, Raguel seemed at a loss and could no longer utter divine words.
The angelic body of Libra that was Raguel's avatar was now on the verge of complete collapse.
Even if the avatar body was destroyed, Raguel's soul would return to the celestial realm, so while the karma consumed would be a blow, there would be no problem for his true form.
It just meant he would have difficulty interfering in the material world for a while, with only his pride as a Constellation wounded.
From the crumbling avatar body, Raguel's glowing soul calmly spoke toward Zeke.
[You, I will definitely capture you and impose a punishment of annihilation more cruel than any being has ever faced.]
Watching Raguel's soul curse him, Zeke quietly raised his hand.
Solomon's ring was on his finger.
When Raguel's soul, which had been puzzled by Zeke's sudden raising of his hand, discovered Solomon's ring, he was startled.
[That's?]
Even though Ramiel, the Constellation of the Horse palace, had been sealed in Solomon's ring, Raguel hadn't considered preparing for this at all.
Mocking such foolishness from Raguel, Zeke unleashed the power of sealing in divine words.
"Raguel, master of Libra. Let your soul be contained within this ring."
BOOM! BOOM!
Raguel's soul that emerged from the cracked avatar body was sucked into Solomon's ring.
[Nooooo!]
Though he tried to quickly return to the celestial realm, Raguel could not escape the sealing power imbued with divinity and was absorbed into the ring.
TSSSSSSS!
The mark of Libra appeared on Solomon's ring that had absorbed Raguel.
Following Ramiel, the Constellation of the Horse palace, Raguel, the Constellation of Libra, became the second to be sealed in the ring.
WHOOSH!
As Raguel was sealed, the avatar body completely crumbled and disappeared.
That's when something came into Zeke's view.
'Dark matter.'
It was the very substance that had caused the Constellations to descend to the material world through distorted causality.