[Tekoa Town]

As the battle inside the Mayor's estate escalate, Azrael on the otherhand arrived at the far east of the town, as he begun checking all of the housing in the area. As he expected, there was something strange lurking in this part of the town. Even though there were no corpses that can be found, the place was filled with the aura of death as if something died I this area.

What's more is that the aura of death is particularly strong in this place. However despite knowing that, he has literally no idea on how can someone hide the body and any traces of death despite going in this ridiculous killing spree.

That's right a killing spree, the aura of death surrounding the area didn't came from one single individuals death, but rather, it came from the death of a lot of people. Considering that 'a lot' dictates more than a 100 dead in an area.

"What the hell happened here? Who did this?"

In that moment in one particular house, the moment Azrael stepped foot inside, he was immediately greeted by the sight of a vengeful spirit haunting the place. But this was not a simple vengeful spirit, but rather a vengeful spirit that was born through the accumulation of numerous angry and hateful spirits. One particular term that fits this entity is 'Legion'.

However as a being above spirits and titled as an arch, the vengeful spirit couldn't help but cower before Azrael as it hissed, scream, and even pressure Azrael in order to prevent him from getting closer. Unfortunately such attempts to push him away was useless as Azrael governs anything related to death and being a vengeful spirit falls under the category of both death and soul.

"Your unsightly! Get your face out of the way"

The moment Azrael said those words, followed by releasing a bit of his aura, the vengeful spirit was disintegrated under his will, as the hundreds of soils scattered all over the place and flea from him.

With such spirit gone, Azrael then finally was able to see the markings that were plastered unto the walls that was hidden under the guise aura of death. However the medium that was used to draw the markings were all made out of blood, fresh blood that seemingly came from a human.

Upon realizing that Azrael quickly got out of the house, as he searched the other houses and found about 4 more other marks in 4 different locations. In fact in closer observations, this was not a simple marking, but rather a formation to summon something.

"This... this is not good..."

In that moment just as he was about to leave and warn everyone else about these strange markings, three red demons suddenly attacked him in all hidden areas, as if they were preventing him from ever leaving this place. Alongside it towering white horned demons suddenly sprung out and attacked him, as if these two type of demons are working together to hold him down.

Upon seeing the demons lurking inside the town, Azrael just couldn't help but wonder how such beings were able to freely roam the streets without them noticing.

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Meanwhile back on Jophiel, while he was quietly observing the mansion and the events happening inside, he suddenly felt a familiar presence landing near him, as it soul was almost akin to an angel. However even though the soul itself seems to have something mixed in it and was twisted in some way he couldn't describe, Jophiel couldn't be bothered to check, as he was keeping an eye on the evil energy seeping out from the basement of the Mayor's estate. Due to that he concluded that Azrael must have returned.

"Your back? So what did you find on the far east?"

"Yes I'm back... there's nothing strange in that area"

"Nothing strange? But I'm pretty sure we both felt something unusual there" said by Jophiel as he turned around and saw Azrael standing behind him.

"We were mistaken, it's pretty normal in that area"

"I see... then can you answer me honestly?"

"What?"

"Why is your soul look twisted? What really happened there?"

As Jophiel asked this question, a spear suddenly pierced through his stomach, as his face was filled by surprise and confusion on why Azrael would do such a thing. However upon closer look, the weapon itself was a spear, not a sycthe. Since each archangels only has one specific weapon they use, it is impossible for Azreal to suddenly switch weapons at will.

"You... your not Azrael, who are you?"

Hearing that question, Azrael's face smiled for a bit as he bent in closer and whispered unto Jophiels ears.

"Me? You clearly know who I am... brother"

After saying that, Azrael's face suddenly contorted and morphed right infront of Jophiel. Soon after the morphing was over, what revealed under his guise was none other than Lucifer who had morphed into Azrael's face. Upon seeing that familiar face, Jophiel couldn't help but be surprised, as memories of the original Jophiel flashed before his eyes.

"You... Lucifer"

"The one and only"

"How... how are you here? Your supposed to be imprisoned in..."

"Hell? Yes! In fact I'm still am, however the ancient people in this world messed with something they shouldn't and forced a crack in between dimensions... with that as you know it, Hell loose on earth" said by Lucifer as he showed the translucent Chains on his wrist and neck

"That's impossible! Father should've known the moment you got out of hell... how"

"Oh don't be mistaken! Father did notice, but as we all know him to be, he moves late... in comparison to demons who goes against the nature of the world, being a God has a lot of restrictions... as you may know, there are no gods in this world, so if he ever tries to intervene in the order of this world, he would naturally meet resistance by the will of the planet... this is not his world, he has no power here"

"!!!"

"Because of that, this world is basically our playground and that is the reason why he chose a human medium to do his bidding, in order to save this world... since he cant intervene, he used a method quite unorthodox and against his principle... however this time, I'll make sure I'll win"

"You... why do you go so far... if her majesty is indeed just a medium, don't point your resentment towards her, she knows nothing"

"Now that's funny, you want me to spare his medium? Don't you get it? If I eliminate her, it's basically the same as killing his avatar in this world... plus I don't resent her... I despise the father and all of his creation, unfortunately she is one of them"

"You'll never succeed! Even if you kill me now, I'll come back later... you can't kill me, just like how I can't kill you"

"I know... but that fake angel God medium, you all care for so much doesn't have the same revival ability does she? The next time you open your eyes, tell them I will take what's rightfully mine"

After saying that Lucifer killed Jophiel, causing everyone who has a connection towards such an archangel to suddenly be alarmed that an archangel was killed. Because he has alarmed everyone, Lucifer also knew that his time in this place was now limited, after all killing an archangel is a grave sin so basically later on, he would expect the whole squad of archangel to come flying down and rescue their queen.

"This is getting out of hand"

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At the same time when Zaheer and Adri clashed in midair, followed by series of movements which made their silhouettes into a blur due to how fast they fight, Sato and the rest of his group quickly took care of the remaining soldiers, as they plan to help Ester on whatever he wants to do in this mansion.

"Why are you helping me? This is not your fight?" Asked by Ester

"What do you mean not our fight? Your already part of our group, after all you spent a couple of days with us right? So it's only normal for group members ti help one another"

Hearing Sato's words, Ester couldn't help but lighten up for a bit, as he remembered what everyone else called the boy who is basically a kid right infront of him. Based on what he heard, the boy in front of him is the Hero, a person who is destined to save the world and suffer from the burden of his duty. As the avatar of the world to correct what was wrong, it is only natural for him t stick his nose into problems especially if the problem itself is considered evil in his eyes.

On the other hand when Amit heard what Sato said towards Ester, She couldn't help but mocked Sato for his naivety and foolishness to stuck himself into problems that doesn't involve him.

"Thats cute! Wanting to help people especially those who you knew regardless on how you initially interacted? That's quite a noble thing, but also foolish... the world won't turn good because you did good... the world is inherently evil, so no matter how much good you show, you expectations would always be Betrayed"

"You can't be too sure, the future isn't decided yet, if you think that what I'm doing is foolish, then you fail to see the bigger picture... doing good doesn't immediately turn you into good person, it's takes time and effort, and as long as you don't start doing good, nothing will change... I'm not the problem, people like you are the problem"

After saying that Sato quickly charge forward as he slashed his sword, only to miss and had Amit pass by him and attack Ester. However before Amits chain blade could hit Ester squarely at his head, Takahashi quickly intercepted the attack as he blocked Amit's blade while at the same time counter attacking with a slash which forced Amit to quickly jump back.

But the moment Amit jumped back, Sato then quickly closed in from behind as he slashed his sword, only to barely miss when Amit suddenly stepped forward and took a back flip.

"I can't believe you missed her two times" said by Takahashi

"Hey! I'm not the only one who missed you know..." retorted by Sato

"Atleast I blocked her, plus I'm just an ordinary swordsman but your a Hero... we're not the same"

After Takahashi said that, he then turned towards Ester as he said.

"You need to go! I heard that your wife is here somewhere right? Bring Hino and Fujino with you... its better if you have people helping you rather than being alone... we will take care of this place"

When Ester heard those words, he couldn't tell whether he should scold them or be thankful, but looking at his situation right now, he really do need some help, especially if he is conserving his strength to fight stronger people he expected to fight later on.

"Alright! I'll remember this favor"

As Ester said those words, he then quickly ran towards the hallway leading to the mansion's basement while both Hino and Fujino followed behind.

With them on their way to fulfill their duty, both Sato and Takahashi on the otherhand focused back on Amit As they plan to attack her simultaneously.

In that exact moment Zaheer and Adri clashed for the 87th time, as the former used his inner core strength to throw Adri unto the second floors ground, before he chased after him while slashing his greatsword all over the place.

Faced with such enemy Adri quickly recover from the crash as he stood up, got into a stance, and dashed forward, while using his momentum to push Zaheer back. This time since both of them are fighting in a tight hallway, Adri then begun to ricochet off the walls, completely making Zaheer lose track of him, before he begun striking down all the fatal area from Zaheer. Unfortunately Zaheer already experienced this type of battle before and he already knew how to counter such movements.

By closing his eyes, he then begun to heighten his hearing senses, as he watched out for any unnaturally vibrations, when he suddenly swung his greatsword around and caused Adri to get hit and crash to the wall.

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