[Give me ten minutes] Wryly only sent this message. Ten minutes wasn’t that much time to wait. But for a second there I doubted his addition would be effective.
After all, my warriors were moving like a tsunami. The early on strong line up of the enemy was now shattered by the three attacks from my fallen gods.
Everywhere the enemy was routed under the pursuit of my warriors. At the same time I started to lead my chariot slowly forward.
This fight didn’t need my help at all in it. So why would I sweat over such a useless fight?
At the same time I spotted a mighty charging wave of fighters moving at the other end of the city. It was close to the Selvator’s gate, meaning they were Fang’s fighters.
So we were pressuring the enemies from four different directions. My fallen gods listened to my words and they kept themselves back at the rear of the charging forces.
And just after a few minutes, and while every single battle was won for my side in a crushing way, a beam of red light suddenly fell without warning.
It came from that angelic star weapon, yet it didn’t target me this time. The angels seemed to feel the threatening danger of my fallen gods, and decided to take them off the picture first.
“Damn!” without hesitation I pushed my chariot fast, pushing it over its limit to reach that side of the lightning fallen god.
Come on! I just used them for a single fight and single attack. At least let them fight for me for a few battles before targeting them.
“Ahhh!”
But just before I could reach his side, that gigantic behemoth suddenly roared. He raised his head high up as if he was defying the incoming attack.
“Is this what you answer me with? Do gods degenerate to such a low scale? Humph!” his deep voice echoed before all of sudden he raised his shield.
And at this moment, I saw the same arcs of lightning that appeared before appearing once more. Yet this time they were summoned using his shield, not spear.
I didn’t know what he was going to do. For a moment there I was tempted to step in and shield him. But I discarded such thoughts. “Let him do it,” I muttered to myself while hoping for a miracle to appear.
*Rumble!*
Just in less than ten seconds, the arcs of lightning gathering high above reached a terrifying scale. They started to clash with each other, releasing dreadful booming explosive rumbling sounds.
“Ahhh!” again that fallen god roared and this time it seemed like he was ready to fight back. He didn’t move his spear, and instead he planted that spear deeply into the ground.
With both hands he raised that shield like it weighed a million tons. I looked at his bulging veins and felt like he was exerting every single ounce of his strength here.
“Do you need help?” seeing my precious fallen god breaking sweat under such pressure made me want to step in and help, “do you need stat points?”
“N…o…t… N…o…w…” he said it while gritting his own teeth before he roared again, summing up all the strength he could muster before an ear deafening breaking sound came.
“Ahhh!” and with that sound, it seemed as if he broke through some sort of a hurdle. The shield was raised faster and the resisting force seemed to be decreased by a big chunk. “Come on!” he shouted and at this moment the densely packed lightning arcs started to fall over his shield.
Like a mirror, all the lightning falling on his shield was deflected, sent directly straight upward towards the depth of the sky.
“Damn!” I couldn’t prevent myself from jumping off my feet, “don’t tell me… please hit it, please destroy it!” I looked up towards the depth of the sky, focusing my eyes towards that distant red sparkling weapon that looked like a bloodied star.
I couldn’t follow the arcs of lightning my fallen god sent. At some point they disappeared inside the darkness as if their terrifying force wasn’t even enough to make them form a single shining dot up there.
“Come on…” I urged while my hopes kept rising up, “kill it… Hit it and let such a nasty thing vanish off our world!”
I didn’t know how many of such star weapons were here in the apocalypse, but at least there were enough to cover up the entire world. For each continent there might be one or couple of those weapons according to the continent size and importance.
So if my fallen god’s unexpected move would bring down one of them then it would be simply perfect. I didn’t want to celebrate this early, but I kept praying it would work.
“Ahhh!” On the other side, my fallen god was exerting his full strength while that red beam kept intensified. It seemed like that weapon felt threat coming at it from my fallen god, or perhaps it was all done by those distasteful angels.
Just after one minute, the intensity of that red beam started to become scarlet red like it was formed of real blood. I even felt great doubts towards facing such an attack. Would I be able to survive this? Could my chariot sustain such a terrifying upgraded attack?
Just seeing my fallen god breathed deep inside that deadly beam made me know things weren’t that good for him. His skin was getting peeled off like it was turning to layers of ash with the wind.
“Come on!” Even if it took his life for it, this exchange was still in my favour. Come on, just destroy it, just one hit and it will be gone.
But as minutes passed, I started to lose hope. Especially when the other two fallen gods roared in wrath, summoned their deadly attacks and launched theirs over that deadly pillar descending from the sky.
*Phew!*
Without risking my life here I moved my chariot far as fast as I could. This part of the city turned into a piece of hell. All the attacks landing over it were deadly. Just a single touch from any of these deadly ones was enough to take away my life.
As I retreated for half a mile away, I started to look first at my fallen god inside that beam. From my far place I couldn’t even penetrate the thick veil of myriad colours that enveloped my fallen god.
The two attacks that came clashed directly against the red beam and started a mighty battle between the three energies. It was obvious that the other two fallen gods felt how critical the situation their third brother was facing, so they decided to step in and try to help.
But would they be able to do so?
“What the hell is going on here?!!!” Just as I was focusing my full attention at the depth of the sky where that red beam was still showering my fallen god from, a familiar voice came that startled me.
“You… came already?!!” He was Wryly. And from the look over his face I could tell how intimidated he was.
“I told you ten minutes and ten minutes passed,” he said without shifting his eyes off that deadly battle going on, “what the hell are these?”
“My boys,” I simply said and this time the look he gave to me was like he was seeing a deadly monster next to him.
He came all the way up my chariot and was now standing just half a metre away from me. I didn’t bother with his gaze or reaction. All I cared about this moment was to take down that deadly star in the sky.
Even if it needed the three lives of my fallen gods, it still was worth it.
“Are they fighting back that deadly star?” Wryly was holding a giant sledgehammer, pointing it towards the direction of the sky.
“They are trying to destroy it,” I didn’t hide it from him.
“What…” just before he could say anything, a silent, mighty explosion occurred. It didn’t happen just at the direction of the ongoing fight, but also came from the depth of the dimly lit sky.
Even at this moment all the shadows and darkness were pushed away like a real star was falling over this world.
Starting from the place that red beam fell upon, a gigantic swirl of bright white, red, and silver light appeared before it rose high up like a tornado.
It didn’t stop anywhere in the clouds, and this time I could clearly see where it led to. High up there, I saw a colossal net that seemed to be formed out of dark beams of light.
And at some point there, a big hole was formed. It seemed my fallen god’s attack was facing a mighty battle against that net first, and it won that battle.
Then after travelling for almost ten seconds, that light beam finally got attached to the vaster and a much brighter area bathed in the same coloured light.
“This…” Wryly’s voice came shaking just like my entire body. I clenched my fist, raised it high in the air, directing it towards the direction of that eye blinding light.
“They did it!” I shouted in triumph. Yes they did, yes my fallen god finally did the impossible, shredded that damned star weapon into pieces high in the space.
“The star weapon…” Wryly turned to look at me and all I saw was an awe inspiring shock over his face, “how the hell did you do it? How in the world did they do it?!!!”
I smiled and simply enjoyed this moment. I even closed my eyes, took in a deep breath of air, feeling the fresh smell of freedom.
Yes, this was my first declaration towards the entire apocalypse. I wouldn’t live inside fear or hide like my ancestors did. Hell, I wouldn’t end up the same failure they were.
Starting up from this moment, I’d become the anomaly no one ever counted for. Come, bring everything you could and try to harm me. I swore I would welcome any challenge with a far exceeding force that would be enough to make gods tremble in their shrines.
See that star weapon? That infamous symbol of terror that even lived for my past time before coming here… Did you see that? I, Hye, one who came here without a class or power, a mere human who wasn’t backed by any god or any force or race, I did break that weapon and bring justice upon you, filthy angels.
*Thud!*
“Lord!”
“Lord, please hurry… Take him back… Please before he disintegrates!”
Just as I was immersed in such a mighty feeling of superiority and addicting air of freedom, the shouts of my other two fallen gods jolted me awake.
“Come back!” I didn’t even spare a glance to check upon the status of my brave fallen god. Lightning fallen god… Great job dude! From this moment on, I’d summon more of your kin and let you rebuild your family house once again.
Just as he vanished from his place, the pillar of three lights started to shift towards me like it was attracted by a magnet. For a second there I felt great fear that a retaliation was coming at my side.
“Lord, don’t shield this,” but the shout of the dead fallen god made me unlock the shield off my chariot.
In a flash the two behemoths appeared next to me, giving Wryly the worst scare of his life.
“Is this good?” In fact I didn’t feel anything from that pillar of colourful light. I didn’t even feel a single shred of pressure whatsoever.
“He had to separate his soul and send it high up there to destroy that thing,” the war fallen god said in some sort of bizarre envy.
“Are you perhaps envying him?” I couldn’t help but ask.
“Of course!” both of them said in unison, “his soul just sucked away the entire energy inside that damn thing. That bro of ours is lucky, brave but lucky,” the war fallen god shook his head while his tone showed more signs of envy.
“Are they crazy?” and Wryly from my side couldn’t help but shout in doubt.
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