[Azure Kingdom, White Castle, Training Grounds]

After posing in their own stances, no words were then exchanged between them as both Michael and Sandalphon closely observed each other's movement. The moment Michael made his move as he charged forward, Sandalphon on the other hand surprisingly encloses the gap between them as she moved faster than the former due to having the weight she carry decrease.

Due to that surprisingly increase in speed, Michael then had no choice but to immediately swing his sword towards her, which barely managed to hit her and completely miss its target. In fact its not that his swing was slow, it was just that Sandalphon herself reacted faster as she swiftly dodged his strike and moved to his left side.

But Michael's attacks didn't end there as he quickly contracted his muscles in his swinging arm and forced to negate the lag time behind his swing, as he slashed once more at an immediate pace horizontally. However  this too didn't manage to hit its target as Sandalphon simply dodged that attack  by ducking her head down.

Attempting once more he quickly shifted the trajectory of the force he inputted in his swing as he instantly to no delay swung his sword down vertically towards her. Unfortunately just like before Sandalphon simply stepped aside do dodged the instant attack as she quickly delivered a huge counter from that huge opening.

Clasping her fist together she then straight out punched Michael face with such a tremendous force which caused the latter to be stunned for quite awhile. After all  Despite being a woman, Sandalphon herself still pack a punch in terms of strength. If such a thing was taken into contest, Sandalphon was confident that will be able to defeat the majority of men in the middle continent just by her strength alone.

The only difference between her immense strength and the strong women of earth, is that she is not bulk but quite fit despite her own strength.

But the punch from Sandalphon was just a starting act, without a moments delay She quickly closes in once more as she jabbed Michaels right arm shoulder two times in order to prevent him to enact a swinging motion. Followed by that she sent a left hook towards his face, which was then chained up by a punch on his left shoulder, together with a  straight gut punch, right hook to the face, and an uppercut, which blew his head back.

Not wanting for him to be fully blown back, Sandalphon quickly grabbed ahold of his armor's collar as she pulled him over and threw Michael up against the wall of the corridor where her sword was stuck.

After that she came in close once more as she plans to completely pummel down Michael, but before she could even get close, Michael prevented her plan to come into fruition as he swung his sword upward which completely cuts through his path of charge. Due to that Sandalphon momentarily stopped in her tracks as she avoided being slashed by the sword before going in once more.

During her momentarily halt, Michael then quickly got up from the ground as he prepared to charge once more and get out from the cornered spot. Despite his preparation, Sandalphon was still faster than him in terms of enactment as she quickly cuts his escape off with another uppercut. At that Michael was once more backed into a corner.

Taking ahold of his swing arm in a lock, Sandalphon drew in closer as she punched Michael's face three times without showing any hesitating expression in her face. Based on what expression she looks like, such pummeling was like something natural for her. Just by that expression, Sandalphon true essence of a fierce warrior really bloomed out.

But those three punches were just a starting act. Completely tightening her lock on his arm, Sandalphon then further pummeled down Michael a she continued it  with back hand strike, a gut strike, and a straight punch to the face once more. 

However the moment she laid out her last attack, Michael quickly used their locked arms to his advantage as he shifted their position in reverse using brute force and completely cornered Sandalphon herself. Without a moments to spare, Michael delivered a gut punch towards Sandalphon with great force, causing her gasp a mouthful of breath, which was then followed by a choke as she pinned her back against the wall.

In this moment while Michael was tightening his grip on Sandalphon's neck, the person herself simply gritted her teeth as she glared back towards the former behind her disheveled hair. No matter what she wont give in by such pressing torture.

"Just give up Sandalphon! You're already pinned down, all i need is to press further on and you will collapse right on this spot" said by Michael as he blew away his own disheveled hair

"Khhh! Kuh! ack!" groaned by Sandalphon as she tried to escape from Michael's clutches

"I really don't want to do this... just give up" said by Michael

However no matter how much struggle Sandalphon enact, she couldn't free her locked arm, while her free hand was not enough to break free from Michael's clutches. If she wanted to break free from the situation, she would need her two hands to act it out. Unfortunately her initial action of locking arms to her advantage had completely backfired towards her.

Its purpose was to prevent Michael from slipping away from her range, next thing she knew she was the one locked into disadvantage. In that moment she lost her momentum to make a comeback.

As her face grew paler the longer the choke was hold, Gabriel then finally intervened as he placed his hand over Michael's wrist.

"That's enough! You've won"

Upon hearing Gabriel's voice, Michael then softened his hold on Sandalphon's neck, causing her to gasp for breath as she coughed out her sored throat. While Sandalphon was still recuperating from being choked, Michael then took a step back as he faced Gabriel.

"You took your sweet time"

"Well of course, its not everyday you get to see two archangels fighting it out with just pure combat skills" replied by Gabriel

"Indeed... it is quite rare, looks like this will be the first mock battle between archangels"

"First? so your planning on a second mock battle?" asked by Gabriel

" I am! but it wont be simply just a second one... there will be also the third, the fourth one, so on so forth"

"... Why?"

"Well through this mock battle, we can improve each other combat capabilities and not lag behind our own angels.... after all its not we have combat operation everyday, if we keep such act up, then I'm sure our skills would get rusty as time pass by"

"... I see, having our skills get rusty is quite detrimental to the security of our kingdom... looks like the saying that "hard times make strong people, peaceful times makes weak people" is true"

"Hahahaha! looks like it, where did you learn that?" asks by Michael

"From that bastard on the bed right now" answered by Gabriel

"Leon? looks like both of you have gotten closer" 

"Hah!  that's a bad joke you know"

"As a comradeship, i didn't mean anything else"

"You better be"

After that Michael then glanced straight towards Gabriel as he whispered in a low voice, presumably he noticed a third spectator in the room.

"But don't get too close to those humans, human lives are finite, ours are infinite... as angels, we cant die of old age"

"... I know that, but why aren't you saying it to her majesty? isn't she being too close to the humans on the surface? at this rate, those humans will die first even before her majesty started to age"

"This is a sensitive topic to her majesty, i will tell her this in the future... no matter how she denies it, she will live a thousand of years before she starts to age... from that point she will experience many ,meetings and departing's from her loved ones... in fact based on her lifespan, she might get to meet the twins 10th generation descendants before reaching a thousand years old, she will also witness various kingdoms rise and fall during her lifespan... such is the fate of a person who transcends beyond humanity.

"That's... quite a lonely pilgrimage.... aight! I'm gonna head out now" said by Gabriel as he doesn't want to imagine such lonely future

After Gabriel left the room in order to escape from that atmosphere, Sandalphon finally regained her wits as she stood up and glanced back towards Michael.

"This isn't over, we will have a second match after i recuperate"

"Of course we will have a second match"

"Good! by then ill make sure that ill beat you to a pulp"

"I would like to see you try"

"Oh I will... I'll examine what happened today, remember! one of this days I'm gonna beat you"

"I'm expecting it"

At that Sandalphon walked over her stuck Greatsword as she pulled in out through brute force and begin to leave the room. Before she could fully step out of the room she then glanced towards Michael as she confirmed one thing.

"So her majesty's future will be a lonely pilgrimage?"

"I'm not sure after all anything can happen in the future, plus I'm not the wielder of the rune law align with time itself... thus things i can do to prevent such lonely future is minimal"

"Minimal?"

"Yes! all we can do is stay by her side"

"Wont that just makes things worse?"

"... What do you mean?"

"Our presence alone would remind her of the past"

"... I see, i think i get where your coming from, such a thing is also a possibility... nevertheless that is a problem for the future"

"...Your right! no use mumbling it now... anyway ill head out"

With such farewell, Sandalphon then exited the room as all; the archangel left aside from Michael himself. Soon after Michael saw Katarina on the second floor corridor as he smiled gently towards such person. After all such person did witness such battle, thus as repayment he wished to imprint a positive impression towards such figure before leaving the room.

On the other hand when Katarina saw Michael smile at her as he left the room, her face suddenly blushed bright red as she couldn't help but feel her heart pounding in excitement. Throughout the battle she couldn't help but not to remove her sight on Michael's figure

His white skin, elegant but deep voice, crystal clear eyes, stunning stares, golden blonde hair, and imposing figure was literally something out of a fairytales storybook. Even thought not born royalty, his face alone pass off as an elegant prince in some story. No matter what as if struck by cupids arrow, she couldn't help but be caught of sure person.

For the first time in her life, Katarina somehow fell in love with Michael the archangel at first sight. All in all Michael himself was her first love. With a beating bright red face, she giggled in delight as she hurriedly tries to chase after Michael's figure.

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[Orboume Kingdom]

Located at the grand hall of the royal castle in the Orboume Kingdom, the king of the country itself had arranged an event wherein about 50 mages specializing in magic related to space had gathered within this hall. However such an event was not a joyous one, as the atmosphere itself contained a dreadful tense air around it. 

Ever since the king of the country received news about the existence of demons equal to angels in terms of numbers and strength and possible infiltration in various country's in the middle continent, the king itself had literally to no moment of rest at all. To be exact such news completely bothered him with fear. After all he not even sure if such vile creatures had already the palace itself to get rid of him.

As a ruler of a country, his status and value was enough to literally to threaten the whole middle continent. Due to that he never had once any peace of mind.

Out of fear of such creatures he searched for ways to counter against such monsters in the royal library for the past nights, through his searching, he somehow unearth a hidden information buried by his ancestors regarding borrowing strength from another world. In order to have a peace of security in his kingdom, the king of the Orboume Kingdom then had no choice but to enact what was said in the book.

Of course out of worry for the king, the Queen together with her son and daughter supported the kings decision, despite the danger of going against the queen of the angels.

After carefully inscripting the huge magic circle in the large hall, all 50 mages begun pouring out mana towards the formation as they chant they spell according by the book. Soon after a white light glowed out from the circle formation as its light completely enveloped the whole room.

Once the room finally subsided, the king than saw a huge group of people standing in  the circle's formation. About 15 boys and 15 girls wearing the same uniform as if a whole class was summoned into this world.

With joyous expression upon seeing the successful summon of an other world power and strength, the king then rose up from his seat together with his queen, the princess, and the crown prince, as he welcomed the arrival of the other world travelers, and possibly a hero among them.

"Welcome! Heroes from another world! My name is King Elric of the Orboume Kingdom! This world needs your strength heroes! So i plead to you, please lend us your strength!"

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King Eric (Orboume Kingdom)

51 years old

Male

King of the Orboume Kingdom, Cautious King, A king who hates aggressors, A just King

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