Sure enough.
After hearing the truth about Heaven from Kokabiel, Xenovia and Irina Fujiwara were clearly not doing well.
"No... impossible..."
Xenovia loosened her grip on her Holy Sword, but quickly tightened it again.
"You must be lying! You are a Fallen Angels who betrayed God! Naturally, you'll say whatever you want!"
"Heh heh, you hear the truth and still refuse to believe it. It seems the Church's brainwashing of you is quite thorough. Let me tell you one more thing: after God's death, the System that maintained the normal function of Divine Artifacts and faith also malfunctioned. For example, originally, only Pure-Blooded Humans could possess Divine Artifacts, but now... even non-humans can use Divine Artifacts, and the restrictions on Divine Artifact Awakening aren't what they used to be, right?"
Hearing this, Rias couldn't help but recall the Shut-in Vampire she had absorbed.
She had half vampire blood inside her.
If, according to Kokabiel, only Pure-Blooded Humans could use Divine Artifacts, then this certainly proved his point.
Rias didn't know much about the "System" because the anime didn't describe it much.
Originally, she thought the death of the God of the Bible would only weaken Heaven's power; she never expected the impact to be so profound.
At this moment, the two Sacred Gear Users sent by the Church finally accepted reality.
With their faith shattered, they sat dejectedly on the ground, completely exhausted, lacking the strength even to stand up.
This was normal.
After all, to believers who worshipped God, the Almighty was an omnipotent, immortal existence.
Yet now, someone was telling the believers that God was dead.
This would be a huge blow even to ordinary believers, let alone those who had been trained since childhood with the goal of becoming Sacred Gear Users?
The two girls sat slumped on the ground.
They had always fought until today with the mission of believing in and protecting the Divine.
But now, God had been dead for hundreds of years.
Then what exactly were they fighting for?
Seeing the expressions on their faces, Kokabiel's look suddenly became twisted.
"So what if God is dead! But why did the war stop back then! If we had kept fighting, the Fallen Angels would definitely have won!"
"But that guy Azazel ordered a ceasefire, claiming he felt too bored! What a joke!"
Thinking of the military order Azazel gave back then, Kokabiel's expression became incredibly ferocious.
At that time, he had risked everything for the war.
He was just a hair's breadth away from seeing the dawn of victory. At that time, the Fallen Angels would surely have become the leader of the Three Factions!
Yet that guy acted unilaterally, and no matter how much he tried to persuade him, it was useless!
For this reason, he had endured for hundreds of years, constantly inciting other Fallen Angels to secretly cause trouble, hoping to start a new round of war.
Yet, just as he was about to succeed, this suddenly appearing man caused him to fail halfway!
If it weren't for him!
Lucifer's younger brother and these Sacred Gear Users would have died hundreds of times over!
What exactly is this bastard?!
At this moment, Rias looked towards Rosen, a faint smile appearing on her flawless, delicate face.
"Mr. Rosen, since the conversation has reached this point, I'm quite curious to see what kind of expression Kokabiel will have on his face after you are exposed."
"Not just you, I'm a little curious too."
Rosen said with a light chuckle.
The conversation between the two of them completely baffled Himejima Akeno and Koneko.
What did "exposed" mean? Even if he was exposed, what was the problem?
Could it be that Mr. Rosen's hidden identity is actually the God who died?
When they thought of this, Himejima Akeno and Koneko immediately rejected the speculation.
Forget about Mr. Rosen being God; they wouldn't even believe he was the Incarnation of a Seraphim from Heaven.
Furthermore, they didn't believe that Rias, their President, being a Pure-blooded Devil, would secretly be involved with Heaven.
Isn't that collusion with the enemy?!
At this moment, Kokabiel was staring intently at Rosen, waiting for the moment he would reveal his identity.
Even if he died, he wanted to die knowing the truth!
And so, in the next second.
Kokabiel suddenly felt a shift in the surrounding atmosphere.
A feeling both familiar and strange gradually surged up from the depths of his Soul.
The source of this feeling was none other than Rosen, who stood not far in front of him.
However, when he looked over this time, he found that he couldn't quite make out Rosen's original appearance.
It was as if a faint layer of radiance was attached to his face, and when Kokabiel observed closely, he discovered countless different faces within that light.
The faces of men, women, children, elders, and Saints successively appeared in his vision.
Even the two Sacred Gear Users, who were depressed and on the verge of a mental breakdown, subconsciously looked toward Rosen due to the appearance of this feeling.
Their originally lifeless and despairing eyes gradually showed a hint of brilliance.
Kokabiel's reaction was the most intense.
His look of confusion suddenly turned into shock, his entire body trembling involuntarily, as a terrifying thought emerged in his mind.
No... it couldn't be, could it... The next moment.
A golden light, like brilliant Divine Might, pierced the pitch-black night sky and showered down upon this forest in the suburbs.
In the depths of the darkness, it seemed Angels were singing hymns!
It was as if the glory of God had manifested in the clouds.
This radiance was Holy Light, Divine Light, and absolutely not something that Fallen Angels like Michael and Gabriel could produce!
The light shone upon the boundless earth.
Kokabiel looked at Rosen in disbelief.
His mouth was stretched open to its limit, yet even so, he felt it was far from enough.
A suffocating sense of oppression, as if he were being crushed to the lowest level, like a rat in a gutter, completely engulfed Kokabiel.
This feeling couldn't be wrong! Absolutely not!
God!
It must be God!
Only that Great One could bring him this feeling!
At this moment, a majestic and supreme voice rang out in Kokabiel's mind.
"Only a few hundred years have passed, Kokabiel. Have you already forgotten who I am?"
This sentence struck the deepest part of Kokabiel's Soul.
As soon as he heard this sentence, Kokabiel's eyes widened maximally in terror, his eyeballs filled with bloodshot veins of varying thickness!