664
Chapter 664
KIGIGIK!
The angels' eyes flickered after hearing Zeke's statement.
Then they raised the crystals on their body surface like sharp scales and began throwing them at Zeke like throwing knives.
PABABABABAK!
Hundreds of scales made of hard crystal, containing powerful force, plunged down at high speed to pierce through Zeke's body.
Zeke raised his hand toward the scales flying at him.
WOOOONG!
Then hundreds of scales that seemed about to tear Zeke apart stopped in mid-air without even touching him.
THUDUDUDU!
The stopped scales fell to the ground and disappeared as if being sucked into the shadows.
When their attack was futilely blocked by Zeke, an ominous energy began to emanate from the angels' bodies.
WOOOONG!
Zeke could feel that energy contained the power of constellations.
'Raziel of Libra Palace, Samael of Aries Palace.'
The power of Raziel and Samael, members of the thirteen zodiac constellations, had taken residence in the bodies of these incomplete constellations.
At the same time, messages appeared before Zeke's eyes.
[Guard #6 detects exclusion target.]
[Guard #7 detects exclusion target.]
[Through Guard #6, the master of Libra Palace looks at the transcendent one.]
[Through Guard #7, the master of Aries Palace looks at the transcendent one.]
[The masters of Libra Palace and Aries Palace convey their will toward the transcendent one.]
The will of the constellations using incomplete avatars as mediums was transmitted into Zeke's mind.
『Foolish mortal.』
『Do not defy our will any further.』
『The wrath of constellations.』
『Is never light.』
Toward Raziel and Samael who were delivering warnings to him in deeply lowered voices, Zeke said.
"For ones who just peep like voyeurs without even getting their heavy behinds off their celestial realm, you sure act high and mighty."
At Zeke's blunt words, the eyes of the Libra and Aries Palace angels burned fiercely.
『Worthless mortal.』
『The reason we do not destroy you.』
『Is because of His greater purpose.』
『Do not forget this.』
To their words, Zeke snorted and continued.
"I know well that you're Apollion's remnants. Go and tell him clearly,tell him the meddling with the physical realm ends now."
When Apollion's name was directly mentioned from Zeke's mouth, the angels' burning eyes wavered.
KUGUGUGUGU!
Soon, black energy began slowly flowing out from their bodies.
Zeke sensed that energy contained distorted causality.
'So it was indeed a trap prepared by Arthur Draker.'
It was hard to consider sending two angels to destroy Pannotia, still a newborn city, as an efficient plan.
It must have been that they positioned the angels like this calculating that Zeke would come here to protect this place.
He spoke toward the incomplete angels:
"Looks like you dug a trap to catch me, but too bad. Since your avatars couldn't properly hatch."
Then once again, the will of the constellations was transmitted through the angels.
『That is merely your thought, arrogant mortal.』
『Everything flows according to His will. Everything.』
The black energy flowing from their bodies began to settle into Solomon's chains wrapped around their ankles.
TSUTSUTSUTSUTSU!
Then Solomon's chains gradually turned black from the dark energy.
At the same time, an unbelievable thing happened.
KUDUDUDUK!
The Solomon's chains wrapped around their ankles were rather being absorbed into the angels' bodies.
CHWARALALALAK!
Solomon's chains that were restraining the angels changed their material into hard crystal as they were absorbed into these beings' bodies.
Seeing this, Zeke furrowed his brow.
'Is this also the power of distorted causality?'
Soon the blackened chains were pulled taut, and somehow he ended up in a tug of war with the chain end connected to Zeke's left arm.
In effect, Zeke and the two angels were connected by the chain.
Then the will of the constellations invaded Zeke's mind again.
『Foolish one.』
『This chain is like a pathway to the soul.』
『You have practically opened a path to your soul by yourself.』
TSUTSUTSUTSUTSU!
The blackening range on the tautly pulled chain was gradually widening.
The change happened quickly, and soon the black energy spread to Zeke's left arm where the chain end was connected, completely dyeing the chain black.
TSUTSUTSUTSUTSU!
The black energy crept up to Zeke's arm through the chain.
The voices of the constellations invaded Zeke's mind more clearly than before.
『No matter how much you struggle.』
『A mortal has limits.』
WOOOONG!
The blackened chain began to vibrate.
Simultaneously, the angels that appeared to have hatched incompletely transformed into a completely different form.
KWADUDUK!
The two angels' bodies fully crystallized, becoming sharp towers that rooted themselves to the ground and twisted together like grafted trees as they shot up toward the sky.
WOOOONG!
The angels hadn't hatched incompletely they deliberately revealed themselves in this form to capture Zeke.
The angels soon completed their transformation into crystallized obelisks, and immediately black chains burst out from inside like tentacles and began wrapping around Zeke's body.
CHWARALALALAK!
Zeke stood silently as black chains wrapped around not just his left arm but all his limbs.
The will of the constellations transmitted again.
『Zeke Draker, you will become a sacrifice to open the new era.』
『Accept your fate quietly.』
Through the black chains wrapping his body, the constellations' authority began to be injected.
KIIIING!
KWAKWAKWAKWAKWA!
Raziel of Libra Palace injected ultrasonic waves that could control living beings' will, while Samael of Aries Palace injected poison that could intoxicate even souls.
The reason constellation powers were frightening was because they possessed authority that affected not just the physical body but even the soul.
That's why their power could sufficiently affect even Zeke who had transcended humanity.
Arthur Draker knew this and deliberately sent Raziel and Samael's avatars here to trap Zeke.
But then.
"Is this all?"
The silent Zeke showed a bored expression toward the obelisks.
Looking at the two constellations injecting their authority while restraining his limbs, he said:.
"This is more amateurish than I expected. Raziel, Samael. How do you expect to properly serve as Apollion's lackeys like this?"
The constellations never imagined they would hear such blasphemous words from a mortal they considered a slave.
Though they knew other constellations had been defeated after responding emotionally to Zeke's provocations like this, they couldn't help their emotions from being agitated.
KWAKWAKWAKWAKWA!
The power of poison and ultrasonic waves being injected into Zeke's body grew stronger.
Zeke shook his head.
"If you thought you could subjugate my soul with just this much, that's a big misunderstanding. At least, you should do more than this."
In that moment, flames of the abyss arose from Zeke's body.
HWARARURURUK!
The flames of the abyss, the original authority possessed by the Arrogant Savior, crept through the chains to the obelisks connected to Raziel and Samael.
The flames of the abyss could burn not just souls but even shadows within the abyss.
Therefore, Raziel and Samael, who had stepped into the physical realm through the obelisks, could not help but be affected by the flames of the abyss.
『You!』
『What are you doing?!』
Since they hadn't expected Zeke's power to transcend dimensions and affect souls, Raziel and Samael were bewildered by the pain from the flames of the abyss.
While bound in chains, Zeke slowly rose into the air and looked down at the obelisks with cold eyes.
"Do the celestial constellations lack learning ability? It's surprising you set such an amateur trap like this when you must know how Raguel, Ramiel, and Azrael were defeated by me."
In truth, the previous Zeke would have struggled with Raziel and Samael's trap.
However, after entering the Temple of Distorted Constellations to gain new authority and obtaining the soul of Primordial Light to become the mythical class 'Transcendent', he could nullify Raziel and Samael's authority.
For Raziel and Samael, it was inevitable since they didn't know Zeke had grown much stronger.
With their plans going awry and Zeke even counterattacking, they grew flustered and injected their energy even more strongly.
KUGUGUGUGU!
As the energy of distorted causality expanded from the obelisks, the constellations' authority activated more powerfully.
IIIIING!
Raziel's ultrasonic waves concentrated on Zeke.
Originally, exposure to his ultrasonic waves would engrave the constellation's will into one's soul, making them dedicate everything to the constellation.
While other constellations struggled to interfere with the physical realm due to karma restrictions, Raziel could easily control physical beings using this authority.
That's why among the thirteen zodiac constellations, Raziel had a large amount of karma and always maintained a high ranking position.
The same was true for Samael who wielded the authority of poison.
Throughout the history of the physical realm, the weapon that had been used the longest, most frequently, and caused the most casualties was none other than poison.
Samael, who controlled poison, could exert strong influence as he was a being who inspired fear in various civilizations under different divine names.
As Raziel and Samael exerted their authority more strongly, the surroundings filled with ultrasonic waves and poison mist.
While focusing their power, Raziel and Samael suddenly noticed something strange.
They realized their location had been separated into a different isolated dimensional plane from the physical realm.
There was only one thing that could cause this phenomenon.
『A mortal using a unique domain?』
『That's impossible. Only true constellations can...』
SUSUSUSUSU!
Despite their denial, Zeke's unique domain 'Vanished Stage' was perfectly deployed.
Surprisingly, the stage's identity was the holy city Laocoon that Ramiel had summoned in the past.
He had placed Laocoon, made of white temples and towers, on the Vanished Stage.
As the stage changed to Zeke's unique domain, Raziel and Samael felt their authority's range gradually decreasing.
Realizing their plan had completely failed, they immediately tried to cut off connection with the obelisks.
But the situation didn't go as they planned.
The connection wouldn't break.
Zeke gripped the chains bound to his body with both hands and said.
"Didn't you say these chains were pathways to the soul? That applies to you too."
In that moment, as the power of the soul weapon stirred in Zeke's body, lightning containing brilliant light wrapped around the obelisks through the chains.
PAJIIIIK!
When the powerful lightning struck the obelisks, the connected souls of Raziel and Samael were also hit.
『KUUUUK!』
『KUAAAK!』
Their agonized screams reached Zeke.
Zeke continued injecting power into the obelisk connected by chains.
PAJIIIIK!
The soul weapon's power gradually expanded until the holy lightning storm from Laocoon's temples and towers wrapped around the obelisks.
PAJIIIIK!
As the powerful lightning storm struck the obelisks, cracks began appearing in their hard crystal exterior.
JJEOJEOJEOJEK!
The obelisks split and the two angel entities that composed them separated.
Unlike their previous mummy-like appearance, they now bore the forms of Raziel and Samael whose souls were connected.
Raziel appeared as a tall, solemn stone statue, while Samael was a stone statue with a human upper body and snake lower body.
Trapped in the angel bodies, Raziel and Samael conveyed their will to Zeke through their pain.
『Release this at once!』
『Otherwise we'll immediately...!』
SEOGEK!
A flash of sword light severed Raziel and Samael's heads.
Looking at the decapitated angels, Zeke spoke in a cold voice:
"Seems you forgot what I said earlier. I'll tell you again."
He murmured to them again:
"Submit to me. If not, I'll give you eternal pain before destroying your souls."