Rose was now standing near the Ruler, that was not good news by any stretch, but I had no time to worry about that when Uriel was trying to kill me at such an annoying persistence.
"Uriel, are you even alive?"
"GEUROHA"
That was… an answer. Uriel launched at me and slashed. I stabbed her in the stomach and my sword, once again, glowed with the weird runes.
She screeched like I dumped her in magma. It was strangely effective.
"Rose, thank goodness for your enchantment."
Uriel grabbed me and slammed me into the ground in the instant I looked away. I leapt back, then my leg spasmed. I collapsed, opening me up for another attack. Cassiel lifted her leg high, then it shot down directly on the back of my head, launching me through the ceiling.
"Jeez, if I was same level I was the last time we fought, I'd be dead."
I clambered up as she dashed into me, dragging me across the sky.
I grabbed her throat and pulled, causing her to jolt around.
We struggled with each other, her body flashing with shimmers of light, she grew more and more savage with each exchanged blow.
Then I realized…
I leapt off of her as fast as I could, risking the pain of not having a winged descent.
Uriel jolted, but even her abomination form couldn't react in time as she was impaled by a massive earth spike.
I breathed heavily and began to heal my injuries with magic, but then the unexpected happened.
I heard a crack of bones.
I turned and saw Uriel ripping herself in half. Then she reassembled and grabbed me, launching straight for a building, she crunched my head into it, breaking all the way up to the roof. Then she threw me, making me slide.
I stood up, slightly dazed.
"Great, we just went full circle."
Luma POV
Juedel slashed at me, and I narrowly dodged, the Ruler made both Juedel and Thessiel supreme abominations in order to kill me.
As it sat, I was having trouble merely keeping up, they hadn't landed a single blow on me yet, but I had yet to even swing for an attack.
Then Thessiel charged Sona.
[LOOK OUT!]
Sona heard me and nearly dodged, but one of her wings were cut off.
Losing focus, she began to fall, but Jalad leapt up and caught her.
"Are you okay?"
"I buh buh- HM!"
"???"
Was she blushing… did my sister have a crush on Jalad?!
"ARLGH!"
Oh right, those two.
I blocked Thessiel and shouted.
"Jalad, I need your help here."
"Got it!"
He placed down Sona then leapt forward and engaged with Thessiel. Despite the extreme level difference, Jalad was far more skilled with the blade, and the abominations seem to have forgotten that magic exists.
They were equal.
I launched at Juedel and struck his arm off.
My blade glowed gold.
"What is it that Rose did?"
Juedel started screeching at his now smoking stump.
I smiled.
"It can actually hurt them."
He rushed me at a shockingly high speed, but his arm's regeneration was slow.
I slashed at his arm, but apparently, he retained some intellect, as he dodged and kicked my shin.
"Ultimate skill: Rule by Sword."
Then I glowed as the skill was added to my arsenal.
"Ultimate skill: King's Grace."
That was right, I could mimic any skill except for that of the Supreme beings.
That was a result of my own skill, System.
I smoothly dodged Juedel and then cut the other arm off.
It was at that moment that Thessiel kicked Jalad off of Thalia's back, causing Sona to have to fly and save him, and slashed at my back, forcing me to once again dodge.
You know, poor Thalia, she's just having to keep flying as one of the most high power battles ever was being fought on her back, but she was shockingly steady, I looked towards her head and saw her gritting her teeth.
Yeah, she was in severe pain. It was a miracle that she wasn't even rocking.
Jalad POV
I was falling, then warm arms wrapped around me.
"Jalad, are you okay?"
"Yeah, thanks to you. Thanks for saving me."
Sona had caught me with strength that was not obvious, given her size. But her face became red.
"Sona? I think you may be coming down with som-AAAAAAAAAA."
WHY DID SHE JUST DROP ME!!!
"AAH, SORRY JALAD!!!"
She caught me again and flew up to Elren.
I ran to his head.
"Elren, Thalia is undergoing severe damage, could you focus some healing on her?"
"Already done. Honestly, its terrifying just how much pain she's resisting right now."
I looked at Thalia, then back to Elren.
"Any idea about what's going on with Rose?"
"With Gabriel distracting the leader, she's wholly focused on restoring Lucifer."
"Have you figured out her plan yet?"
"No, even Luma was caught off guard."
"I see. How is Darsen."
I looked over to find Darsen and his remaining men fighting against an entire higher faction on their own.
There was almost 300000 battling his troop of 3000. 100:1. Darsen was definitely at a disadvantage. At least in numbers, in term of combat, he was doing very well against Cassiel. The only administrator to not betray the Ruler other than Raphael, who we still couldn't account for.
I sighed. This was certainly going to be a hard battle. Potentially, many more of us would die.
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Raphael POV
He was brighter than I gave him credit for. I knew I never fully gained his trust after the revelation that I was the rogue admin, but to think that he would piece together that I had sworn loyalty to Rose.
… Reader… if you are hearing my voice… please… go now… my faction is all dead… I'm the last one… The Ruler kept me alive so no announcements would go off. Rose can't win this… it's impossible.