'I can't fight when them here...! I need to go to another area without any people. First, I need enough time to buy something from the shop quickly.'
"Are you really going this far just to kill me?" Rem asked, opening the system's shop.
She moved the blue screen in the direction of the archangel. It would look like she's looking at the archangel.
"What kind of question is that?" The archangel raised one of her brows as she crossed her arms.
Rem searched for what she was looking for by thinking of it in her head. She inspected the first thing that popped up in the shop.
[Description: An explosive device that temporarily disorients everyone's senses around it. Explodes after 4 seconds and it covers a huge area.]
[Cost: 5,381 Uken]
'How expensive... At least I can afford it.'
"If you didn't run away like a rat last time, you would've already been dead." Rem gave the archangel a provoking smirk.
She bought what she searched up in the system's shop.
"Ha, ha, hah... Your provocations won't work on me this time." The archangel stated with a stern face.
'She isn't that dumb, huh...? That's too bad... I'm leaving now. Hopefully, it would function how I think it will...!'
Rem opened the system's map and immediately found the perfect place to fight. She activated the Enormous Stun Grenade and threw it at the archangel's face.
'4...'
The archangel caught whatever Rem threw at her by using her right hand. She stared at it with confusion on her face.
'3... 2...'
"What the hell is this?" The archangel said aloud while looking at the stun grenade closely.
(A/N: First time hearing an archangel curse...? She said hell instead of heaven! XD)
'1... RUN!!!' Rem covered her ears and ran towards the deserted place she found on the map at full speed.
A white light came from the stun grenade, covering a large amount of land. The area the stun grenade covered is about the size of a football field.
'Everyone should be blinded as long as they're within the stun grenade's radius.' Rem thought with her eyes closed.
Although she too was blinded, Rem knew what the stun grenade did, so she wasn't confused like everyone else was.
Using her senses to 'see', Rem bought a bulk of mana potions while she's running from the system's shop.
'Geez, the good mana potions each cost 2,000 mana...! That can't be helped, huh?'
After drinking 21 bottles, almost all of Rem's mana is finally regenerated.
'Thankfully, it seems none of them knew what happened. They haven't caught up to me yet...! Well, how could anyone have known what that did? The stun grenade is a weapon from the modern world after all... Come to think of it, why does the system's shop have a weapon that's from the modern world?'
{I cannot answer that.}
'Urgh, just when can you ans—'
"CATCH THAT THING THIS INSTANT!!!" Rem heard the archangel yell.
'Dang, she's loud. I can hear her all the way over here!'
The archangel's command caused everyone else to come to their senses. However, nobody could see anything. They were temporarily blinded from the aftermath of the stun grenade.
「Master, you shouldn't underestimate archangels. I couldn't sense any of them nearby even though they're in the military base. I believe someone of a higher rank is helping the archangel out.」
'Hm... What's the hierarchy for angels?'
{Now this is something I can show you.}
[God (Highest)]
[Archangel]
[Angel]
[Fallen Angel (Lowest)]
'Then are you saying that the higher being is a God?'
「Perhaps it is.」
'How troublesome... I can't possibly defeat a God yet.'
{Gods can't interfere with anything unless... You don't need to know anything else.}
'Again with your secretness.'
Rem could sense the archangel come her way. She purposely only deactivated her stealth when she was sure that she's far away enough from the danger since she wanted to lure her enemies away from people.
Firstly, this fight is only between Rem and the archangel and nobody else. Secondly, Rem didn't want the military base or any innocent people to die. Thirdly, the fight would cause lots of destruction. Paying for the destruction isn't something Rem wants to do either.
'We're here.' Rem looked back only to see the archangel a few meters flying behind her and an army of angels farther away from the two of them.
"You...! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!!!" The archangel huffed, pointing at Rem with rage.
'Let's find out the one who's going to die.' Rem shifted into her monster form.
Rem knew this is risky. She only recently created the shadow soldiers. She didn't train any of them nor did she test their potential. This battle's going to cost her an enormous amount of mana, and running is definitely not an option.
Rem and the archangel are both staring at each other with their menacing eyes. The killing intent and aura between the two of them is no joke because if a regular human was here, they would've died from the pressure.
'Just in time.' Rem summoned her shadow soldiers as the angels stood behind the archangel, waiting for their leader's command.
With the shadow army behind Rem and the army the archangel has behind the archangel herself, Rem knew that a fierce, bloody battle was just about to commence.
All of a sudden, the archangel raised her right hand.
"HEED MY COMMAND! NO MATTER HOW LONG THIS BATTLE WILL TAKE, WE'LL KILL THIS CREATURE! FOR JUSTICE!!!" The archangel yelled in angel language.
Good thing for Rem, Rem could understand what the archangel yelled.
"Kill every angel in sight!" Rem demanded.
This was how the clash between the shadows and angels began.