The battle occurred in a blast of light, each strike from Volmeryn disrupting the foundations of the celestial realm. The archangels launched such powerful attacks with the power of the sun, but Volmeryn faced them without hesitation.
Michael with his divine sword in his hand:
«Do you really think you can defy the divine will?!»
Volmeryn (mouse): «The divine will? It is not yours that I defy, Michael, but the illusion you have built around you.»
In a flash, Volmeryn projected himself at an unimaginable speed, redirecting the flow of reality around him. VWOOSH!. Michael tried to react, but Volmeryn's speed was such that the archangel could only see a trail of dark energy rushing towards him.
Suddenly, BOOM!, Volmeryn crashed into Michael, breaking the divine aura that surrounded him. CRACK! The archangel collapsed for a moment under the impact.
«You see, Michael, even the light can be broken.»
Gabriel: «You're making a big mistake. We were chosen to maintain the heavenly order, and you can't just erase that.»
Volmeryn (with a smirk): «Choose...? No, Gabriel. You have been manipulated into believing that you are at the top. And it's time for this illusion to stop.»
Gabriel raised his hands to the sky and then a flood of divine energy materialized around him. FWOOSH! The light intensified and every particle vibrated with purity, it was the breath of the universe itself.
«Try to break it, if you dare.»
Volmeryn let the divine energy surge around him, only manipulating the laws of reality at will. SHAAA! A black glow came out of his hands and transformed into an aura of darkness that encompassed Gabriel in an attempt to stifle the divine light.
«I'm just showing the true nature of things.»
[System: BEEP! Use of "Demonic Distortion" enabled. ZAP! Reality and causality reversed to thwart divine laws. Increased the efficiency of original energy manipulation to 800%.]
Metatron, who was observing with wisdom, decided to speak: «You may be right, mortal, but there is a price to pay for this arrogance. The truth is not always so simple.»
He raised a finger, and VMMMM! A parallel field of reality formed around him, distorting time and space.
«Look at the price of your folly.»
Volmeryn with a faint laugh: «You want to show me the laws of the multiverse? It's cute, Metatron, but you've never seen what I'm capable of yet.»
Metatron's attack was swift and devastating. CRACK! A network of infinite energy unfolded around him, plunging Volmeryn into a multitude of fractured realities. But Volmeryn was not a simple being. SHIIIIING! With a movement, he reversed the effect of the reality that was distorting around him.
In an instant, BOOM! Metatron's aura was nullified, and the entire sky was twisted in spatial confusion that took the form of hundreds of copies of Volmeryn. FWOOOSH! Each of Volmeryn's forms attacked the archangels at the same time and made their perception of reality chaotic.
[System: BEEP! Fractured Wraiths: A technique that sets up the simulation of an alternate multiverse where each Volmeryn form occupies a distorted role, disrupting the order of combat and altering the perception of opponents. Efficiency rate: 99%.]
Volmeryn: «That's the truth, Metatron. The reality is malleable. It can twist, bend, and there's nothing you can do about it.»
But as he gained the upper hand, an army of angels and millions of celestial fighters descended from heaven. Sssshhrrrrrr! They attacked in synchronized attacks with divine arrows and swords of light that flew at full speed towards Volmeryn. Whoooosh! Each of these angels was covered with a divine light capable of reducing any ordinary being to dust.
But Volmeryn didn't even move. He simply opened the palm of his hand, and a wave of purple energy escaped from it, reducing the celestial arrows to nothing. Crack! The angels' attack was then repelled by a wall of tangible dense dark energy. Rrrrrrrrrrhh
«Your light... has no hold on what is real.»
[System: Activated the "Void Storm." Resonance of primal energy to neutralize any physical or magical attack. Dissolution of all divine matter in direct contact.]
Darius, who was watching the fight through a floating crystal from the kingdom of Cælora, whispered words to Lyara.
«Volmeryn is something else. The archangels are not even a challenge to him.»
Lyara: «Volmeryn is more than a dragon. He has transcended all the laws and he is not there to discuss.»
Carlos, at their side, burst out laughing.
"Ha ha ha" «Do you really think he can make such a number of archangels bend? Ha! It seems like he decided to play their game, but in his own way.»
Back in the fight, Michael straightened up.
«You think your tricks are impressive, Volmeryn. But we have abilities that you can't understand.»
He took a step forward and then raised his sword to the sky. Tssss
«I will prove to you that no being, no matter how powerful, can defy the heavenly will.»
Michael was launching a devastating attack, it was a wave of light of such intensity that it tore through the space around them. Woooooooosh! Volmeryn, however, was content to raise a hand and deploy a barrier of dark energy. Thoom!
The light hit the barrier, causing a colossal explosion of energy. BOOM!
[System: Setting up the "Causal Obsidian Barrier." Reduced impact force by 1000%, annihilated divine energy by converting shockwave into dark matter.]
Volmeryn: «You don't understand, Michael. You are just one illusion among many.»
Raphael, the archangel of healing, was not to be outdone. He concentrated by summoning a divine wind to restore harmony, but the moment he recited the incantations, Volmeryn conjured up a shockwave of such intensity that the wind created by Raphael was swept away. Fwoooosh!
Volmeryn: «Are you looking to create balance?. What balance can exist when everything you do can only break before the truth of a higher power?»
The archangels exchanged silent, visibly frustrated glances. Their greatest strength lay in their unity, in their ability to act together, but against such a vast adversary, their movements became predictable. They rushed again, but this time all together.
Whhhhooooosh, ZZZZZZ! But Volmeryn watched the three of them while remaining motionless.
«Really, a frontal charge? I've seen much smarter creatures attack that way.»
He whispered an incantation in a forgotten language, and chains of darkness rose from beneath his feet, wrapping around the archangels before they reached his position.
KRRRRRRRRRR! They tried to free themselves, but their divine forces were absorbed by the curse, which weakened their attacks. Shhhrshhshhh
Volmeryn (mockingly): «Your only strategy is to band together and hope that your collective power is enough? You think you are impregnable, but you are prisoners of your own rhetoric.»
Gabriel, in the background, used a very different power. This time, he did not send blind projectiles. Fwhoooosh! He closed his eyes and began to weave circles of light around him with measured and precise movements.
Instead of focusing on the attack, he sought to understand the magical imprint left by Volmeryn in the air and to grasp the interstices where reality could be manipulated. He was looking for flaws in Volmeryn's structure, not just to overwhelm him with energy.
Archangels were like symphony creators who sought to harmonize their powers with the space around them. Tssssss! They understood that their superiority lay not in the mere accumulation of forces, but in the tactical intelligence of their union. However, Volmeryn seemed to see and anticipate everything.
Raphael did not use his light to attack. Shhhh! On the contrary, he advanced by plunging his hands into the space around Volmeryn. Vvvrrrhh
Instead of simply creating illusions or disorienting him, he sought to restore balance by reversing gravity around Volmeryn, which forced him to adapt to a suddenly unstable environment.
But this wasn't a direct attack, just an attempt at subtle disruption, it was an effort to strategically throw him off balance.
Volmeryn: «Is this a dance you propose, archangel? Do you really think you can make me lose my balance with such game? »he said without fear.
But then, all of a sudden, there was a shudder running through the air sssstttt... The vortex that Gabriel had created around him was changing shape. It was no longer a simple light. The magnetic field created around Volmeryn was beginning to intensify.
The air was getting denser, and Volmeryn felt restrained as if invisible chains were trying to limit his mobility. It didn't immobilize him, but a greater resistance was felt, space itself was fighting against him crrrrrk!
The archangels at this moment exchanged a furtive glance shhhhhh... They understood. Michael, with a new determination, set himself in motion.
He knew he couldn't just rely on raw power, but had to exploit that moment of uncertainty to strike quickly. The movement of its wings became very fast whhhhhhh! and a burst of white light issued from his blade as he rushed towards Volmeryn.
Volmeryn dodged with a sneer, «Ah, so now you're trying to force me to adapt? More interesting. But too late.»
With a simple wave of the hand whoooom! , he burst the vortex that Gabriel had created. The magnetic field shattered like crash glass and the atmosphere returned to normal. But in the split second when Volmeryn was focused on this destruction, Michael took advantage of the opening.
He set up a quick attack, a decisive shot on the flank of Volmeryn shhhiiiing! But an invisible barrier appeared to intercept his Clank sword! He hadn't anticipated enough.
Volmeryn: «Precipitate...»He was throwing a breath of darkness fwoooosh that pushed Michael back.
Despite their apparent power, the archangels were in a routine of repeating the same attacks, the same strategies, over and over again, as if they were constrained by an invisible rule.