"It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves." - William Shakespeare.

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ROLAND|

"We have to retreat! The Demon King's army is overwhelming us! We can't win!" I screamed on top of my lungs as I cross swords with the armies of the Demon King from the west which is led by one of his Generals, Abaddon the Death, the ruler of the West.

"Let's open up a path for our armies, Roland, then we'll retreat!" The hero of Camelot, Lionheart said as the two of us cover each other's back.

Just like sir Lionheart, I too am a Hero from the Kingdom of Enthopia, wielding my sword Durandal to protect my people from the Demon King's wrath.

I slashed the enemy infront of me and get close to Lionheart.

I feel so tired right now, I don't know if we could still get out of this place, I don't feel fear for myself, I'm afraid that my comrades will lose their lives in this battle.

"Lionheart, cover me while I cast a spell then we'll retreat." I said and started to chant my incantations.

"With the blessings of light bestowed by the Gods, grant me thy strength to destroy my foes-"

"Limit Breaker!"

As soon as I finished my chant, I can feel the strong surge of power flowing all throughout my body and the light aura is visible even through naked eyes.

This spell is called Limit breaker. Using the power of light, it will grant me additional 200% of my base strength and grants me the power to purify any negative energies. It is a strong spell but I can only use this spell thrice a day. I am using a power more than my body should be able to handle that is why if I use it more than three times, my body will suffer from it's recoil.

"Are you done?" Lionheart asked as he continues to protect me while I was chanting.

"Yes, but I only got ten minutes left, this is my third time using my Limit Breaker, one more and I'll be doomed." I replied.

"That's good enough, let's go!" He said as he started chanting one of his spell while charging at the enemies. "Oh, God of the Sun, Amaterasu, grant me thy strength of your flames-"

"Blazing sword!" After Lionheart chanted, his holy sword Gladius was covered by fire that can burn everything in it's path.

He's still as fearless as ever, I just can't help but to admire his courage and brilliance.

Lionheart and I, charged towards the enemy to create a path for our armies, the two of us have no choice but to lead the army to retreat or else we'll suffer a heavy casualty. We didn't expect that the demons are prepared to the point where the power of Demon General Abaddon is not necessary. They were able to force us to the corner just by out numbering us. This is indeed an unlucky day for us.

We manage to retreat with our forces but we lost a few. The demons got us real good this time, even I suffered a few wounds.

After we secure that we're already far from the enemy territory, we parted ways with sir Lionheart and his armies as they march to their home kingdom, Camelot and my armies went back to Enthopia.

Before I go back, I decided to stay outside the kingdom to make sure none of the enemies were following us. I ordered my men to return without me and report to the King that we failed and I'm guarding the boundary between the Kingdom and the Demon territory.

I took a stroll around the forest near the boundary where I saw a clean river where I can get water and clean myself.

"This is useless now." I took off the broken armor I wear earlier in the battle and leave then near the riverside. It's all chipped and worn out, I won't be able to use it anymore.

I feel a bit regretful dumping my precious armor but they're not in good condition to be use in fighting anymore. I need to give them up.

I drink and clean myself in the river and sat under a big tree in the riverside. I need to regain my strength again, it won't heal my wounds but it'll wear off my fatigue.

That fight was crazy, I thought I'll die there for a few times. I looked up at the blue sky and think, just when will be the time where everything will always be peaceful like the blue sky right now?

I closed my eyes and started to dream what will it be like if the war stopped, maybe everyday will be as peaceful as this one.

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AZRAEL|

"Brother Michael really pisses me off! Sending me here in the mortal realm all of a sudden!" I sighed.

I just can't comprehend what brother Micheal wants me to do. He just goes to me saying he'll send me here in midgard as a mortal to learn how to socialize and live with the humans by becoming a human myself!

I like all of the mortals but I don't want to throw away my divinity and live with them for a long time! I won't be able to handle that! I don't even know what are the norms here in this place!

I was so busy handling my own business in Valhala and the next thing I knew was I'm already a human and I can only use 10% of my powers! I don't even know how will I able to live this way and I'm so hungry right now it feels like I'll collapse anytime.

If only I knew someone here. Why do I have to be the only one to be sent here!? I just wish sister Jophiel or brother Raphael were in here too!

I can't help but to scratch my head out of frustration because of the situation that I was in right now.

I was walking here at the side of the river barefoot to look for some fruit that I can eat, I have no idea what kind of fruits are edible here but I have no choice, I'm so hungry right now!

As I continue to walk, I saw a scrapped armor laying on the ground, it was all worn out and there are few bloodstains in there. I guess this belongs to a soldier or something. I put my hands infront of the armor to know who's the owner of it.

"Appraisal." I used my skill appraisal to the armor to view the owner, creator, and stats of this armor out of curiosity.

"Roland huh? Just who in the world is that guy? Dumping his stuffs everywhere like it was nothing." I annoyingly picked up the broken armor and repair it using my skill 'reforge'. I can use that skill to make an object usable again.

"Now where should I put this things?" I asked myself as I look around and there, I saw a random guy sleeping under a tree.

I went to where the plain looking guy is while carrying this heavy armor in my hand. I have a feeling that he's the guy I'm looking for. Just to make sure, I used my appraisal skill at him and it was confirmed that he is indeed the one I'm looking for.

"Roland huh? No surname, his age is seventeen huh?" His age is similar to my age that brother gave me. "And his occupation is-" hey this isn't right?! He's the one that father chose!? "Hero of the light!? This guy?! You've got to be kidding me..."

I put down the stuffs that I'm carrying beside him and kicked his foot to wake him up.

"Get up mortal, you dare defile the beauty of this forest with your trash?" I exclaimed as I continue to kick his foot to wake him up but this sly bastard doesn't even budge. "I see, so you won't wake up with this huh? I'll try using a different method then." I step back a bit and started chanting one of my weakest lightning spell. He pisses me off too so I'll teach him a lesson.

"Thunder spirits, shock my enemies with your lightning! and strike with your dazzling current!"

"Electric shock!"

A magic circle was formed and shoots out an electric beam hitting the lazy human directly. This should wake him up.

"Graaagh! What in the world is that?! Who shoot that electric spell at me?!" Pfft... I kinda like his graaagh reaction after getting hit by my lightning spell. "Oh, it's just a girl with a weird outfit." Huh?! Did he just called my divine robe a weird outfit!? Unforgivable!

"You dare insult my divinity huh, mortal!? You have to pay me with your life!" I screamed and starts chanting with my most powerful fire spell, inferno. Noone dares to insult me, Azrael the Archangel of Death!

"Burn thee to cinders, everything will be turned to ashes, with the flames of thy spirit, I cast thee!-"

As I was about to finish my spell, my stomach starts to grumble and I lost the strength to release it. Damn. I forgot that I'm still hungry as hell, I still haven't eaten yet since I came here.

My body becomes weak and I started to loose my consciousness because of hunger. Damn this human body, what a drag...

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After a while, I woke up when I smell something good. I don't know what it is but it smells delicious.

I look around to find where the scent is coming from and there I found the stupid guy grilling some fish. I hate him a lot, but I'll die from starvation if I don't set aside my pride for now and ask for some food.

Before I even get close to him, he looked at me with a huge smile on his face. Well, he looks good when he smile like that. But who cares about that!? I'm hungry!

"I see you're awake now, I caught us some fish, hurry and help yourself, you look so hungry." He said and gave me a fish in a stick.

I took it from him and sat beside him in front of a fire. It's almost night time now. I might've slept for too long.

As an angel, I kinda feel sad for the fish who's about to be eaten by me right now, but if I don't eat him, I might collapse again from hunger. I'm sorry Mr.Fish but I have to eat you.

I took a small bite from the grill fish and my heart starts to scream with joy! "It's so good! I can eat this all day!" I happily said as I enjoy eating this grilled fish that this human beside me offer.

"I know right? You can eat some more if you like." He said as the two of us continues to eat without saying a word.

The sun was about to set, I enjoy the beauty of the sunset as I continue to eat the food this human provide.

My heart felt at ease with this stunning view. I didn't know that the sunset in the human world were this majestic.

As I continue to watch the sun disappear from the horizon, the man beside me spoke.

"So, what are you doing in this kind of place? And why are you alone?" He asked that made me look at his direction and turn my eyes back at the sunset.

"I was sent here by my brother, he wants me to interact with the mortals." I can feel his gaze at me and I also heard him chuckled a bit.

"I see, you speak as if you're not a human yourself. You don't even look like a demon to me." He said.

I don't think he's making fun of me right now, I think he just hasn't realized that I was actually an angel.

"Well, I'm not a human though, nor a demon." I said which made him look so confuse.

"Huh? Wait a minute, I don't think I can catch up." He said while shaking his head in disbelief. I understand him though, what I'm about to reveal is something unimaginable.

"I understand what you're feeling right now, because what am I will really shock you to the core." I said with a small smile on my face.

I can trust this human. I was given the divine blessing of aura detection before I was brought here. I can sense whether a person is good or evil, and this man has the brightest color of white.

"So tell me, what are you exactly?" He asked again while looking at me with full of confusion.

I stand infront of him and face him with pride and honor, then smile.

"I who resides in thy sky, the glorious light, once again let me be divine.-

"Manifest now! I Azrael call fort thee, my strength of divinity! Wings of the archangel of death!"

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End of chapter 1