"In three seconds, this place will become Michael's grave," Aiacos said, drawing an X on the ground.
Exactly three seconds passed, and Michael fell right onto the mark Aiacos had made, a thick white mist of ice rising up.
When the ice mist cleared, Michael's handsome, androgynous face was filled with pain. Half of the twelve golden wings on his back were broken, and his white robe was partially stained red with blood.
Azazel's Adam's apple bobbed. Cold sweat poured down as he said in a panic:
"Gulp~!! Hey, hey, hey, he actually threw the Seraphim Michael into the sky beyond the reach of the naked eye? Just how strong is his arm strength?!"
Aiacos walked forward slowly and said, "I might as well tell you one more thing. Although the strength of each of us in the [Four Heavenly Kings of the Underworld] is roughly equal, in terms of overall combat power, I am the strongest of the four."
Gulp—!!!
Hearing Aiacos's words, everyone couldn't help but swallow hard. Their expressions became incredibly panicked, and cold sweat constantly flowed from their foreheads.
Aiacos waved his hand and ordered Fire God Emperor Uria:
"Go!! Fire God Emperor Uria!!"
"Roar roar roar—!!!" Upon hearing Aiacos's command, Fire God Emperor Uria let out a long howl. Its voice transformed into a physical sonic wave ring attack, causing Suzaku, Seiryu, and Kagutsuchi of Fire to suffer in agony.
Following that, Fire God Emperor Uria swiftly entangled the three of them, constantly tightening its grip and causing them immense pain.
Suzaku and Kagutsuchi of Fire intended to use flames to break free, but they didn't expect the flames to be absorbed by Fire God Emperor Uria, who shared the same fire attribute. It then greedily licked the corners of its mouth, its gaze toward Suzaku and Kagutsuchi of Fire completely changing.
The gaze shifted from a hunter looking at prey to a gourmet looking at an unparalleled delicacy in the world.
Meanwhile, Seiryu released powerful lightning from its entire body, attempting to force Fire God Emperor Uria to let go. However, this only made Fire God Emperor Uria more excited. It bit down on Seiryu's throat, and dragon blood flowed continuously down Seiryu's slender body.
With a smile full of dangerous intent on his face, Aiacos stepped forward slowly and said to everyone, "Meeting me is your misfortune. This Antenora Ring shall become your final resting place."
Whoosh—!!!
At that moment, the sound of something cutting through the air rang out, heading straight for Aiacos.
"Hmm?" Aiacos felt the holy aura rushing toward him and caught the incoming attack in his hand. He looked over and saw it was Michael's flaming sword, imbued with Holy Heavenly Fire.
Everyone's gaze turned toward Michael. At this moment, Michael's body was covered in signs of emergency medical treatment. He held the posture of having just thrown a weapon, gasping for breath.
"Aiacos, your opponent is me!" Michael said while gasping for air. With a thought, the flaming sword automatically returned to his hand.
"Oh~!" Aiacos uttered a curious sound.
Subsequently, Michael swung behind him, and a wall of fire rose out of thin air. He turned to look at his companions behind him and said, "Go, quickly! Leave Aiacos to me."
"Michael!? Even you!?" Azazel shouted loudly toward Michael on the other side of the fire wall.
Michael's voice followed: "I am the only one here who has fought Aiacos. Perhaps I can use that knowledge to hold him off."
"Tsk~! Fine!! We'll leave this to you. Don't you dare die so easily!!" Azazel clicked his tongue first, then shouted to Michael before leading the remaining people toward the next circle.
"Cousin!!" Himejima Akeno cried out, because her cousin Himejima Suzaku and Kushihashi Seiryu were staying behind in the Antenora Ring.
Himejima Suzaku turned to look at Himejima Akeno and said, "Akeno, you guys go to the next circle!! Seiryu-kun and I will stay here to deal with the Fire God Emperor!!"
"Cousin..." Himejima Akeno reached out with tears in her eyes. She had already lost her most precious mother in her childhood; she didn't want to lose another important person now.
At that moment, Rias placed her hand on Akeno's shoulder. The two girls looked at each other, and Rias shook her head at Akeno. Akeno could only close her eyes, enduring the pain as she followed the others in tears.
"Michael, this time I will break all twelve of those golden wings of yours." A terrifyingly powerful Cosmos erupted from Aiacos. Rau Le Creuset, who was being punished in Cocytus, was engulfed in flames and burned to nothingness.
"Galactic Deathbling!!" Three giant demonic eyes appeared behind Aiacos, staring at Michael with a terrifying gaze.
An intense gaze, like burning fire, was released from the demonic eyes, shining entirely upon Michael.
"Argh—!!" That terrifying light seemed determined to burn away all the nerves in Michael's body. Michael struggled to hold on using his own power of light and the Heavenly Fire of his flaming sword. His expression was one of extreme agony; it seemed he wouldn't be able to hold out for long.
Meanwhile, the situation on Himejima Suzaku and Kushihashi Seiryu's side was also grim. They had originally intended to use their strongest spells to rescue their contracted spirit beasts and gods, but they didn't expect it to have no effect at all; instead, they became the targets.
Although Suzaku, Seiryu, and Kagutsuchi of Fire were freed, the two of them were now being hunted by Fire God Emperor Uria. The Heavenly Fire on Michael's flaming sword had been completely extinguished, and his eyes were beginning to grow hollow.
In Elysium, Hades was monitoring everything through his power of omniscience. Watching Issei Hyoudou and the others' performance, he couldn't help but frown and say:
"If they are like this just meeting the [Four Heavenly Kings of the Underworld], then if it were Thanatos and Hypnos, wouldn't they be wiped out in a matter of minutes?"
"And..." Hades thought of something and turned his head with a frown. His original office had now turned into a sea of fluff.
Countless cute animal plushies could be seen everywhere. All of this was the handiwork of Seraphu, Lavinia, and Gabriel. Although he had said to treat this place as their home, he didn't expect these three women to turn the Hades's office into something like a university girls' dormitory in an instant.
The three culprits were lying on that sea of fluff in their respective cute fluffy pajamas, eating potato chips and watching web dramas on a laptop—the quintessential image of shut-in girls.
By the way, the laptop was provided by Hades, and it contained all the films and television shows from Hades's previous world.
Since these were works they had never seen before, the three women were quite engrossed. Seraphu liked watching magical girl series like Cardcaptor Sakura and Pretty Cure, Lavinia preferred comedies, and Gabriel liked watching romance movies.
Their beautiful laughter, like silver bells, rang out from time to time. However, for some reason, they didn't rest in the palace Hades had arranged for them, but instead came to Hades's Palace of Hades.
They would occasionally hug him amidst the chaos, or blush and run over to act spoiled. Like Hades, Hades had never experienced love since childhood, so he didn't understand the three women's behavior.
Now, Hades thought to himself: 'Can someone tell me why they blushed and looked away when I looked at them just now?'
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