"Who are you?"
"I am the rogue administrator, as you call me."
"Why did you summon me?"
"I want to talk with you."
"I know you work with the devil."
"Yes, my associate mentioned you likely recognized his essence."
"What do you want with me?"
"To awaken you."
"What do you mean?"
"It already happened once. Lucifer saw the cradle."
"I see. What's his goal?"
"I can't tell you."
"I hate that."
"What?"
"People keeping things from me, you want me on your side or to help, then tell me what I need to know."
"Answers are much more satisfying to discover yourself, and to be honest. If you awaken you before you're ready, then he will just interfere again."
"What do you mean?"
"How do you think you didn't kill everyone in the inn? That was him."
"Then how bad could he be?"
"You have no idea."
"You're right. I don't, because no one will tell me!"
"Listen, I understand your annoyance, but I'm running low on time, so I'll tell you this. The angels can be trusted."
"What? I thought you would say that they can't."
"No, they can, but make sure that he doesn't sink in his claws. If he does, even you wouldn't be able to resist."
"What do you me-"
{I see you}
"Crap, he found us. I have to go."
The rogue admin fled. I felt true fear at the approaching presence and warped back to Selethon gasping for breath.
"Rose?"
Gabriel was where I appeared.
"I spoke to the rogue admin."
"And?"
"He said to beware as whatever is reverting peoples mind is after him."
"Isn't that good?"
"I'm not sure anymore."
"What?"
"I was close to whatever it was, and… it was terrifying."
"What?"
He saw I was shaking.
"Rose, what did you see?"
"I didn't see anything. I left before it showed its face."
"I see."
"Gabriel, we need to warn Michael of something else."
"What?"
"It's getting agitated. I don't know why, but it will use its power to turn everyone against each other."
"I see, well we can just work it out."
We entered the inn and all of the Angels had their blades turned on Raphael.
"What's going on?!"
Gabriel ran forward, but Cassiel stopped him.
"He's the traitor."
I noticed that he had a large gouge on his chest.
"Did he do that to you?"
Michael was confused.
"Did who do that to him?"
Raphael nodded.
"Then he told them who I was."
"I see. I didn't expect that you were the traitor, but I think you should answer a few questions for us."
"I already told you everything I can."
Everyone was confused. Especially Gabriel.
"Who's he, and what did he do to him? Raphael doesn't look hurt."
The others nodded their agreements except for Luma.
I looked at Raphael.
"I'm guessing he's closing their eyes to that wound?"
"WHAT WOUND?!"
"You can't see it, but there is a massive gouge on his chest."
Luma nodded.
"The man blocked your sight."
I stepped forward.
"Rejuvenation."
Raphael's panting slowed.
"Thank you, I thought I was going to bleed out before anyone realized."
"What?"
"I was severely injured there. Of course, I have no doubt it will happen again. By your hands this time."
Michael glared at him.
"Why did you betray us?"
"For the same reason as Lu- GRK"
He started coughing and all of us were shocked.
"Don- DON'T TRUST HIM!!!"
Then his neck snapped 180 degrees and the archangel fell dead.
Luma was silent, but an announcement still sounded.
[The administrator, Raphael, has been killed. The killer has gained a curse.]
[In retaliation, The Supreme Faction has declared war on Garden.]
"What?"
We all said that at the same time. We all saw what happened.
"I didn't make that announcement."
Luma said that, making us all look at her.
Then I felt danger and dodged.
Michael's blade narrowly missed me.
"How dare you kill Raphael in front of us!!!"
That shocked the other angels.
"Are you blind?! He just-"
"Don't bother, his mind is being warped, he won't hear us."
Then I had to dodge again as Gabriel was manipulated.
Cassiel picked up on what happened.
"ROSE, USE SYSTEM OVERRIDE AND BAN US!!!"
"Way ahead of you!"
The angels all turned hostile as a gate opened behind each one of them and grabbed them before pulling them through.
Dallel began shouting.
"Why would you kill an admin?!"
Then Luma stood up.
"She didn't, it's manipulation."
"How is it manipulation? We all saw her grab his neck and twist it!"
"She didn't, the man is making you believe she did."
"WHAT MAN!?"
"The one I told… he took your memories of that."
I was still in shock of what just happened.
"Get Elren."
"What?"
"This man made one mistake when killing him."
Luma and everyone else looked at me in confusion as I smiled.
"He didn't smite him."
_
I was absolutely confused, what man did Luma and Rose refer to? But they seemed almost shocked by Raphael's death. Could it have been an illusion?
…
It has to be. Rose would never just kill like I just saw her do.
Elren came in with a shocked expression.
"I don't know what happened but… HOLY **** is that a dead admin?!"
"Yes, but despite what my mind tells me I saw, I don't think she did it."
"What?"
"Elren, is Alice nearby?"
"Yes, why?"
"I need you to revive him if at all possible."
"Okay."
That got those who were still in disbelief to snap back to reality.
"Yeah, there's no way that she would just kill Raphael."
Elren brought in his daughter and both enabled their aspects.
Then I saw them start to strain.
"His thread of life is thin, but I can still touch it. Be careful Alice."
"Got it."
He reached out and grabbed something then touched his hand to Raphael, who's neck untwisted.
"Again!"
He did the same thing. It seemed that an Archangel was at another level of revival than mortals.
Then after the 5th time, Raphael started coughing.
Rose knelt down.
"Listen, you died, and I know that he can still touch you, so I need to do something to make sure he can no longer touch you."
Then her and Luma's eyes glowed.
[Set Individual Raphael's independence to maximum.]
[Complete.]
Raphael stood up and looked at her.
"I don't know what you did, but he is gone."
"I did the same thing to you as I did to Luma, you are a fully independent being now like us two."
"I see. What of them?"
"You were sorta the experiment."
"What?"
"Just making sure it worked, and since we need your knowledge, it worked. Of course, he can still harm you, but your mind is now untouchable."
"Nice."
Then she looked at me.
"Dallel, come here, I will do the same to you now that I know it's safe."
"Got it… I trust you."
She called everyone in all of her worlds and made all of us independent from that man.
It took 2 weeks.