Chapter 206 - The Angel of Death

From his face alone, I could tell that he cannot be reasoned with anymore. Being only able to obey God’s command. Acting on that instinct, he’ll eliminate anyone in his way by all means.

The bright red stigmata glowed bright red, now recognizing me as an obstacle.

[Dad, you’re really too much sometimes…leaving everything to me… good grief…]

Having turned into a black angel, my voice could no longer reach him. Nothing but a breeze of wind that blew in the capital to him.

『Fate! It’s coming』

The moment I turned my attention back to the black angel, it disappeared.

My eyes could not follow its movement properly. Only its afterimages, which mean its real body was already ahead.

Switching to black shield was all I could do to protect myself. The black angel didn’t even hesitate, attacking me with its spear.

[Heavy.]

The black shield actually creaked. This meant that a single attack was almost comparable to Myne’s Noir Destruct. Did that mean it also had power in addition to its speed?

I pushed away and crawled out from the rubble.

The black angel seemed to be concerned about Eris’ magic bullet, which was suppressing the movement of the Black Cube. Every time it tried to draw a magic circle, a magic bullet canceled it.

After a short glance, it swung its spear.

[Eris!]

Fortunately the core of my body had not frozen yet. I circulated my magic power, turning it into heat to thaw the frost.

[What about Eris…?]

She was closer to the black angel than I did. She must’ve been affected by the frost more.

『No need to worry. She’s tougher than you think. We should move.』

Greed once again told me that Eris will be alright. I also believe that she’ll be fine. What was Libra doing? Don’t tell me he’s still waiting comfortably in the green zone. That guy was so enigmatic, I couldn’t really expect anything from him.

『Worry about yourself first. It’s coming again』

The black angel moved once more, leaving afterimages in its wake. I tried to protect myself with the black shield, but the coldness slowed my reaction time.

[『Good grief, you’re always like this』]

Greed was speaking through my mouth.

[『This is what you get by trying to fight alone, fool.』]

[『Greed… did you just do a forced crossing?』]

[『Fate is my companion. Moreover, by doing this, all of us can fight now』]

[『What do you mean』]

Yeah, it’s as Greed says. Until now, we’ve been fighting together for things we can’t do alone. It’s really new.

[『You’re here, I’m here. Heck, even Kairos is here as well』]

[『Isn’t it feel great?』]

[『Time to counter attack』]

[『Not this time』]

Thanks to crossing, both our accuracy and efficiency had increased. Our black sword struck toward the black angel’s flank.

[『Not yet huh』]

Our timing was perfect. The attack should’ve hit the flank. But, the black angel had dexterously used the handle of the black spear to alter the trajectory of our stab.

The Black Angel was about to retaliate, but seemed to have felt something wrong with its body and chose to take a distance from us instead.

It cannot afford to engage us in close combat. Realizing that, the black angel pointed its spear at us, starting to use its freezing power at us.

The power that could freeze the entire capital was now concentrated toward us. The frigid cold rushed to the extent that it affected buildings that should be far from us. Frozen buildings were swallowed by the waves of cold air and shattered.

Changing the black sword into the black gauntlets, we immediately went for our strongest card.

[『Dimension Destruction』]

With resolve we shouted.

At that time, the black angel uttered a voice that couldn’t possibly belong to a human being. Immediately, the amount of cold air released increased at once.

[『Even so！』]

When the black thread approached the tip of the black spear, something went wrong.

[『Reverse！』]

It changed from cold air to a pale blue-colored flame. This was… it’s the complete opposite of the cold air so far.

[『So it’s still messing around』]

[『This is..』]

(What are you guys doing? You guys have your own flame)

Then I heard Kairos’ voice. It was firm but kind.

(Not the one from my power. The one that only you could create and no one could extinguish)

(I couldn’t. But you are different from me. You can do it. Show me… Fate, Greed)

[『UOOOOoooo』]