Chapter 174 - Heavenly Conquest – 5 (1/2)

Heavenly Conquest – 5

The thought of surpassing Heaven didn’t occur to Lucifer until the moment he perished. What he could barely come up with was attaining an equal position as a god. But why else would you have the power of Pride? The answer was right before me.

“I can see it now.”

[Those who covet, who pick up my vessel without knowing it. Those who reach out and grab hold of what they cannot take.]

Michael, Raphael, Gabriel, and even Lucifer were made up of Heaven. There was no doubt about that. But what I faced now was a body with a distinct personality. However, there was no emotion in the mighty power that existed before me: no need to act, no collision, nor resistance. Work finished? Continue working. Doing just what you needed to do, that was all. Angels called it Heaven, and the warriors called it God. But, after encountering it, I only had one thought.

“You are just a machine.” I mumbled as I saw the huge mass of energy before me. Even after evolving into Satan, I could barely capture it in my field of view. It felt almost pathetic that we had been trembling in fear of it. God? Heaven? It wasn’t even funny.

[The one who surpasses Heaven and spews injustice will be removed.]

“What if I die? What about the other demons?”

[Anyone who comes into contact with injustice is unclean. We will erase everything unclean. The underground and Earth.]

I forgot how busy I had been, but I still had Earthlings under my control. At first, I thought they were only interested in me and the underground, but they had a taste for more destruction than I thought.

“Fate…!”

“It’s more than I can imagine…!” None of my companions could keep their knees from shaking. At least Amimon and Belphegor were still standing up, albeit barely, before this celestial being they could not recognize.

“I’m scared. It’s scary…!”

“Fate, do what you need to do! It’s the moment we’ve prepared for!” I turned my head forward to face it. It was so ridiculously large to look at; its size and the energy it contained. Looking at it, I quietly repeated Lilith’s words.

“What I need to do.” That was true. If I didn’t confront Heaven, everything I tried to protect would disappear. But what was the most intense emotion I was feeling right now? Was it a sense of duty or responsibility? No, it was Greed, Gluttony, and soaring Wrath. Since when did my position move me? I just wanted to eat this delicious looking food in front of me.

[Remove.]

As the energy writhed inside of me, immense mana poured down onto me. Mana unlike any I had experienced before, quickly covered my body, trying to deny my very existence. It was the source of the power Heaven used to mess with Earth and the underground.

“Kuh…” My teeth were clenched. I had evolved to prepare for this power; now, all I had to do was keep myself from being destroyed. What was fortunate was that the bombardment of power was solely directed at me. Maybe it was planning to get rid of the others after it killed me. It was a truly programmed foolish act.

“But I…!,” I stepped forward while clashing against Heaven’s power. With each step forward, I wielded Annihilation to extinguish the mana and used Predation to the fullest. However, no matter how far I went, I couldn’t get close. It was making fun of me.

[You can never reach the source.]

It talked as if it knew everything and was declaring a simple truth. It wasn’t even funny. It knew it had to let go of its shortcomings like Lucifer, and it had to create angels to use that energy.

“Fate! No, Fate!”

“Don’t go forward!” Creation? Source? What was all that?! Nothing is decided from the beginning. Fury welled up inside of my heart. Yes, the only thing Heaven didn’t consider when dealing with me. My evolution after swallowing the black moon. The power that decimated angels and humans. The name of Satan that accompanied my newest and strongest power: the mana of Wrath covering my body. With Reaper, I forged a new sword out of Annihilation to increase its length. Halpas screamed out in joy as he accepted the power flowing through him. Heaven may have sensed something was off, but it was already too late. My Wrath couldn’t be stopped.

“Go away!” I poured out the dark and intense fury that I had accumulated throughout my life.

[…!]

“Kuhhh!” My vision blurred as a shock that threatened to destroy the world rang out. But my body was still there, and so was my enemy. However, it felt blurry and incomplete compared to before. My blow had left a mark on it.

“I reached it…” I laughed, but no response came. Instead, it reacted by creating countless angels.

“Ahh.”

“The angels are back, stand up! We must fulfill our role!”

[The target is bound.]

[Suppress their mana.]

Unlike Michael and Gabriel, these angels were emotionless machines who were created just to fight us. Hundreds of them were formed into existence from the almost infinite celestial energy.