"So this is the power of a God?"
Standing a hundred miles from the battle, General Trese mumbled as she stared at the distant conflict. Her expression, along with the Major General, seemed calm, but deep inside, she was frightened yet excited to witness such a fight on a whole different level in this new world.
Being a full patriot for her country and its military, she had to admit that even the current power of their nuclear arsenal could not compare to this.
She had indeed underestimated this world's power.
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Anger in her eyes, the Seraph Empyrean vowed to kill this demon. She rose and walked towards the enemy, elevating her arms and called forth her most powerful summoning.
"[Salvation]"
Millions of angels were formed as the Seraph Empyrean had called upon all her armies from Heaven. Each of those angels were powerful beings capable of conquering entire worlds by themselves.
Even with the number of their armies matched, Andromalius still smiled with confidence.
In a plain surrounded by few mountains, two armies stood opposite each other. There was a heavy silence between them, but this lasted only for a moment because, in the next moment, their leader disappeared, clashing midair, and as if this was some kind of signal, the two armies clashed.
Similar to sea smashing against the sand.
Demons vs Angels.
A demon tried to slay an angel, just to end up burned from the inside by holy flames. A giant angel with a massive hammer smashed a demon, but simultaneously bathed itself in hellfire, which turned it to dust. Alpha Hellhounds were turned to ice as they tried to tear through some angels.
BOOM! BOOM!
Here and there, more sound of countless explosions could be heard everywhere, mixed with the sounds of weapons clashing against weapons. No word was uttered, and the two armies simply clashed, leaving only destruction in their wake.
Meanwhile, the Demon Prince and Warrior of Heaven resumed their fight.
The Seraph Empyrean, who had remained silent since the Demon Lord's transformation, finally acted. She lifted her arms as the vague shadows flew towards her. Her body and clothing began to glow with a Holy light. Suddenly, a ring of a thousand glowing sabres, crafted from pure divine power, materialized around her before launching outward.
These sabres were not only extremely sharp and imbued with the ability to penetrate anything, but also shouldered the weight of thousands of tons, strong enough to crush everything in their path.
Such frightening sabres made the surrounding space tremble.
RIIIP!
They tore through the air at a speed that left behind hundreds of afterimages, making it impossible for others even to notice their movements.
Space trembled again, the air whooshed ominously, and piercing winds spread around.
A ghost howled as a glowing saber impaled it.
BANG!
The frightening being shattered like a brittle mirror, fading into the air. Even as the demonic spirit disappeared, more sabres were launched at the Demon Lord.
Seeing the overwhelming number of sabres stabbing forward, Andromalius was calm as he simply pulled a colorful stripe and snapped it. Spiritual beings of unimaginable horror flew out and devoured the sabres as though they're food to them.
As soon as they consumed all of the swords, countless of them moved toward the Angel and prepared to devour her as well.
BOOM!
An incredibly fierce aura exploded from the Angel's body. Her power amplified, and the spiritual monsters approaching her were instantly reduced to nothingness.
At the same time, Andromalius charged at her, wielding multiple stripes. At an equally impossible speed, the Seraph summoned several floating golden sabres, facing the oncoming monsters before her and slashing them diagonally.
BOOOOOM!
The stripes and wings collided, creating a dazzling explosion. Shockwaves swept out, wreaking havoc in all directions as everything in their range was instantly reduced to dust.
The earth sank further and further, and even before the direct collision ended, Andromalius summoned another ability.
"[Domain of the Divine]"
As the terrifying pull of gravity emerged, the Angel's body bulged downward, and her hands trembled. Despite the overbearing force of gravity enough to crush cities, she neither kneeled nor showed any expression. She bore with the pain before channeling a significant amount of her power into her greatsword before swinging it downward and sliced through the intangible cage of gravity.
SCREECH~!
The powerful gravitational force shattered with a loud screeching sound. The intangible shards of gravity scattered around, bursting past the Seraph and Andromalius.
"That's how a battle should be! This is what I'm looking for!" Andromalius bellowed, not forgetting to taunt his opponent. "For a dog, you are holding your ground even as I have heightened my strength to the highest degree. That's not bad. I'm proud of you."
But the Angel remained silent.
Ignoring the attacks of the vengeful spirits assailing her from many directions, her figure was coated in golden light. In an instant, she appeared before the Demon Lord and smashed her fist into his chest. It was fast, and he couldn't dodge it.
"Agk!" Andronalius coughed up a mouthful of blood. His chest and hands ripped open, and hot blood splashed out. Despite the pain, he grinned as the impact sent him flying. Planting his feet forcefully on the ground, he managed to stop himself from being dragged back any further.
"This is so much fun!" Andromalius exclaimed as black blood trickled down his lips and his body began to regenerate. "But now it's time to bring this show to an end!" he declared, lifting his bloody hand toward the sky before abruptly bringing it down.
"!"
The Angel's body tensed up as a sense of danger lifted her, so she immediately crushed the ghosts and demons around her.
More colorful stripes shot down, but unlike anything before, they transformed into gray chains, which they soon pierced through space and swung directly at her!
The Seraph's eyes constricted, and she jumped up. As she jumped, more chains followed, trying to coil around her.
In mid-air, she spread her arms, and the ring of sabres around her moved in circular motions. The air churned, and wind currents swirled together to transform into multiple vortexes!
BOOM!
The vortexes smashed onto a giant mountain behind. Terrifying fluctuations rippled out, and multiple chains scattered into nothingness.
Meanwhile, Andronalius lifted an arm, and a chain made out of dark matter flashed in his hand. He commanded the dark matter chains to attack the Angel, who was having trouble dodging it, but just as the chain was about to pierce her body, she disappeared.
BOOM! BANG!
Somehow she reappeared behind Andromalius and sent him flying, and she followed him, ignoring the blood falling from her mouth.
Andromalius hastily summoned more spiritual monsters and chains to attack the Angel. However, she only swung all of her sabres simultaneously.
GRRRR!
The sabres sliced through the vengeful spirits like a sword beam as the resulting shockwaves cut through the surrounding ghosts.
BANG
The demons died instantly. However, Andromalius had used this opportunity to put distance between them. He stretched his hand, and the moment his giant demonic sword manifested in his hand, he spun and swung downward with all his might. Time seemed to stop, and the world appeared to have been sliced apart.
"!"
Her instincts and senses screamed at her, and the Seraph instantly crossed her arms. At the same, more magical sabres materialized around her, and the ring of sabres soon formed a perfect spherical shield around her body. Adding to the table, she even summoned two additional shields made of holy element and lightning, respectively.
Even so, she could not completely block the strike as all of her sabres were completely destroyed in an instant, and her body was wrecked. One of her arms was reduced to a stump at the elbow. Even with her exceptional regenerative ability, she could not make it in time, not amidst such an intense fight.
Cough!
Her heart sank further as a chain managed to sneak past her defense to pierce her back and then shoot back into the void beyond the door. Both ends of the chains were in limbo, trapping her in between.
Even as this happened, the other dark matter chains fused with the one inside her, enhancing its durability. She knew it would be impossible to destroy it right now. There was another problem she was facing, such as her vitality seemed to be getting sucked away. At this rate, she would not last a minute before being reduced into nothingness or disappearing into this unknown dimension behind her.
Andromalius bombarded her with attacks from afar, only getting closer when he saw she was extremely weakened and nearing death.
He decided to grant one last good favor to his opponent. After all, he was a merciful king, as his followers called him.
"Say your prayers..." He declared as his claw, coated in chaotic energy, penetrated the Seraph's chest and aimed straight for her soul.
But before he could destroy her soul, something unexpected happened.
BRRRRR!
The body of the Angel began to glow brighter and brighter, and the sensation from the light caused Andromalius to instinctively retreat.
Before long, he sensed the space around him suddenly separated from real space, and it didn't take long for the Demon Lord to figure out what was happening, as he had encountered similar phenomena before.
"A reality-isolation field? You try to trap me and isolate me from the Physical Realm with some pitiful skill like that?" Andromalius taunted.
The glowing body of the Angel shook her head. "Wrong. This isn't just a spell meant to trap things from reality. It is something else..."
"Hm..?"
A giant magic circle, resembling the hands of a clock, appeared, encircling the entire barrier surrounding them.
"If I can't overwhelm you with divine power, then I will simply seal in you in time!"
"Prince Andromalius, 72nd Demon Lord of the Netherrealms and Child of the Demon King, be forever trapped in this moment!"
The Seraph Empyrean raised her sword, which now became a staff with an hourglass on top, in the air where the clock was, and the entire world brightened.
As a result, the hourglass on the staff flipped.
"This... will be my all."