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I could immediately recognize the signature of the Golden Light that had just dealt heavy damage to Belial.
"You won't touch my Sister!" Gabriel said as she descended from the sky. Her twelve white wings were glowing with power. She was visibly scowling, which was an incredibly rare thing to witness. "I will destroy you first Demon!" Gabriel declared.
Belial looked upon Gabriel and I could see genuine fear in his gigantic eyes. The amount of power I felt her putting out was mind boggling. I had no idea, every magical being on the planet was feeling her power output right now and probably shitting their pants too…
Gabriel: Messenger of Heaven→ Level 88
[Oh, he's fucked…]
I agreed with the system. Belial was pretty much screwed. The only thing I was worried about was could she destroy Belial without causing any more insane damage to the area around us. Even the gigantic [Lightspear] she'd just hit him with hadn't been enough to put him down.
Gabriel floated down towards me. "I'm glad you're okay, Layla. I felt your and his power clashing from across the planet. I flew here as fast as I could." Gabriel said as she looked me over. She sighed in relief when she saw I was fine. I wasn't, I only had 3000 HP left, but there was no way for her to know that.
"I almost managed to cut his head off, but he still survived." I lamented.
Gabriel smiled at me. "Demons are different from the Devil's. They are much harder to kill. You mentioned you killed a baby demon before. Did you have to stab it over and over for it to die?" She asked.
I nodded. The 'young master' of The Hand did not die until I absolutely covered it in [Lightspears] if I recall correctly. That thing had insane staying power.
"For us to properly kill a Demon, their body must be flooded with Light Energy so that they cannot recover. That, or you just obliterate them entirely." Gabriel explained. "I can't do the second option here though. You are correct in that I would essentially be nuking this country. The damage Belial has done here is already heavy enough." Gabriel said as she observed the flowing lava all around us.
Belial grabbed hold of Gabriel's massive [Lightspear] and started to pull it out of his own chest. He let out a loud scream as he did so. Just like his half-chopped neck, his new chest wound wasn't immediately healing. The Light was preventing that. Other than that though, the massive hole in his chest didn't seem to slow him down at all. "Gabriel! It's been over 1000 years! Still Heaven's must beautiful bitch I see! I will enjoy breaking you!" Belial spat out with hatred.
"Can you beat him by just impaling him with tons of [Lightspears]?" I asked her.
Gabriel grimaced. "It will be difficult. Belial is something of a stain on Heaven's reputation. He is slippery and always manages to escape being killed. He's so intertwined with Gehenna that he could vanish back there in an instant. Even now, he could leave at any time. If I stab him a few more times, I'm sure he'll just flee before he takes too much damage."
He can leave anytime he wants by just instantly teleporting. That's annoying.
[The irony of that statement…]
'Shut it, System!'
"I think I can help you there." The voice of the Ancient One rang out next to us. An orange portal opened next to us and she floated out. She looked around the scenery and grimaced. I noticed that she was wearing the Eye of Agamotto around her neck. She had come prepared to go all out if she had to.
Suddenly, all around us in the sky dozens of similar orange portals opened up. Dozens of sorcerers followed after the Ancient One. They couldn't levitate like she could, so they were all standing on floating Eldritch constructs.
Belial sneered when he noticed that he was suddenly surrounded from all sides. "Pathetic mortal sorcerers! You have tried to kill me with numbers before and you always failed!"
"That is correct, King of Gehenna. But this time will be different. Since you've chosen to come to Earth in your real body. Why don't you stay?" The Ancient One asked cooly before she raised her hand. The dozens of sorcerers around us all started chanting in unison. A towering barrier of Eldritch energy began to form all around the area! The Ancient One turned to me and Gabriel. "We can lock down space for only a few minutes, but he will not be able to leave the area in that time. Finish him quickly.
The Ancient One then put her hand on my shoulder and the Eye of Agamotto opened. I found myself staring directly at the Time Stone. Green energy washed over me and I felt myself being…recharged. No, I was being rewound. My HP and MP were fully restored!
On top of that, my Mana Burst was still ongoing! I looked up towards Belial and saw that he looked genuinely afraid. I was going to kill him now!
"Let's do this, Gabriel!" I shouted with a grin on my face. I flapped my wings hard and rocketed towards the giant demon. I could feel Gavriel follow right behind me.
"You might have trapped me for a moment, but I won't die here!" Belial yelled. He summoned his towering flame sword and swung it downwards towards me. This was the blow I had to dodge before because it would have killed me.
I sensed Gabriel speed up and she flew in front of me. She spread her arms wide and a Shield of Golden Light the size of a small mountain appeared. Belial's towering sword of flames crashed against her shield and bounced off.
-2000 MP
I summoned another towering [Lightspear] and hurled it forward. He was caught off balance and my giant spear pierced through his upper leg! His towering form staggered as he let out a wail of agony.
-50 HP
I smirked even through the pain of having my eardrums burst.
-2000 MP
Another giant spear appeared before me and I hurled it towards his other leg this time. I was hoping to completely immobilize him.
"I don't think so!" Belial conjured a Hellfire Ball the size of a house and threw it at my spear. The two projectiles collided in a massive explosion.
-1000 MP
I threw up a powerful [Lightshield] in front of myself to avoid the blast. When the dust cleared, I could see Belial grinning at me.
I smirked in return. "Notice one of us missing?" I gestured around myself with a laugh.
Belial's eyes widened as he realized that Gabriel was no longer next to me.
PUCHI!
"Graaaaaaaahhhh!!!" He let out another shriek of pain.
-50 HP
Another massive golden spear pierced him from behind. Now he had a giant hole in his upper chest and stomach. Gabriel flew in behind him and she was already in the process of going for another blow. She was relentless. Belial swung his sword around to intercept her second spear. That was when I chose to strike a second time.
-2000 MP
I didn't even care that I'd spent 7000 MP so far. A second gigantic purple spear slammed into his other leg. Belial's legs were completely crippled at this point. His towering form fell to his knees. Tons of ash and lava splashed everywhere as he did so. I could also tell the Light poisoning was starting to get to him. He placed his hands on Gabriel's spear impaling his stomach, but he didn't seem to have the strength to pull it out.
Gabriel and I both floated directly in front of his face. His blood red eyes were the size of both our bodies, and they were both looking at us with pure hatred.
"I—I c—can't die here. Im B—Belial! The King of G—Gehenna!" He huffed out.
"Go ahead and do the honors, Layla." Gabriel said coldly.
I poured all of my remaining MP into a spear that was even bigger than the previous ones I'd hit him with. "You should have just stayed in Hell." I hurled the massive spear forward and it directly hit him in the face. He didn't have the ability to dodge at this point. As soon as his head was destroyed, his body began to break down as well. His towering form the size of a skyscraper slowly crumbled away until it became nothing but ash.
[You have leveled up x5!]
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