Life Hunter

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"Wow, I honestly didn"t think you would be able to get here. You were transmigrated, huh?" A voice reached him and Arima instantly woke up. He looked around with a complex expression.

He was in dark s.p.a.ce, with almost no light to speak of. In front of him, a mirror version of himself was calmly smiling at him. Arima sighed and facepalmed "Ah, I remember now. So I really died that day, huh?" He muttered and stood up

"Hi, by the way" Arima glanced to his right and suddenly said. He directed that greeting to the three meters tall skeleton next to him. The skeleton was different now though. Since Arima had resonated with Night and had transformed into a silver emperor, his counterpart had glinting silver bones, purple flames in the skull, grayish scales on his body, and a pair of ashen dragon wings.

"Yeah, yeah, hi" The skeleton answered with an uninterested voice. He was quite disappointed to have failed taking over Arima before the Life Judgment began.

"Be a little more enthusiast. We"ll become stronger after this. There"s also a war outside" Arima uttered and his evil clone clicked his nonexistent tongue.

"Stop jesting, you d.a.m.n c.u.n.t. I"ll most likely be absorbed by you before we can leave this place" His purple flames burned stronger as he spoke.

Arima laughed darkly "Of course, you d.a.m.n Skeletor. I seriously thought you were going to overpower me earlier. Your disappearance will be a relief" He retorted and sparks appeared between the two.

"{Hum, should we say something?}" Karma asked Night awkwardly.

"{Nah, it"s okay. It"s fu- , I mean, we just should watch…yeah}" Night answered while snickering.

"Ahem" Arima"s reflection coughed to get the attention of the two "We"re in the middle of something right now, stop fighting"

"We"re not fighting" Arima and the skeleton answered at the same time "Skeletor started it" Arima added.

Skele- the skeleton snarled "I"m fine with being called by some name but choose another one" He snapped.

Arima mused and looked at the big guy with a solemn expression "It will be "Malum" then"

"…" The skeleton stared at Arima speechless "…why did you suddenly give me a decent name?"

"Well, I"m sure you know "Malum" means "Evil", right? I couldn"t help myself but give you a name so good fitting" Arima responded.

"…Sure, fine. I"ll take it" Malum nodded and took up his new name.

"Can we begin now?" The reflection"s expression was twitching at that moment.

"What? Do you want a name too?" Malum turned toward the reflection and smirked. The latter became even more infuriated.

"{What"s wrong Night?}" Karma asked as she kept hearing some weird noises.

"{I…I"m fine}" While the three Arima were talking together, Night was trying his best to not burst out laughing at the situation.

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When Arima disappeared into the huge sphere, the "zombies" he had created started attacking the closest living beings. All of this, only adding to the chaos on this battlefield.

Azes joined the battle against Baphomet as Gabriel told him "I don"t need your help though" Zeus said the moment Azes landed beside him.

Azes smiled and gathered light in his hand "I"m sure of that. But let"s do this carefully okay?" He said and Zeus snorted.

"You"re pretty relaxed, Azes" Baphomet shouldered his sword and commented "Are you sure you can win against me? You"re the G.o.d of Order. Your fighting strength isn"t much"

"Do you think so?" Azes grinned and the light in his hand turned into a scroll that even reached the ground as in unrolled "My domain isn"t only meant to observe and guide the world" He paused "I can also dictate the rules"

A line of words written on the scroll vanished from the paper and Zeus disappeared just after that. Baphomet panicked a bit and narrowed his eyes as he moved his sword to protect his back. In the end, Zeus"s hammer struck the blade and lightning discharged too.

The earth around was dug and Baphomet became the center of a crater but he didn"t move an inch "Tch, you"re needlessly tough. I expected you to fly away" Zeus complained and Baphomet turned around in a fraction of a second, he kicked Zeus away. But after he did so, Zeus figure that went flying cracked and dispersed. I the next instant, thunder rumbled stronger and numerous bolts of lightning fell on Baphomet.

The latter grunted as he took the lightning head-on with his body and glared at Azes who was looking from afar. He sent another wave of red energy to brush the lightning away and kicked the ground in Azes"s direction.

"That"s an interesting magic as much as it is annoying" Baphomet declared as he swung his organic sword vertically. Azes"s eyes glowed and one more line left the scroll. An invisible barrier appeared in front of him and blocked the Evil G.o.d"s sword.

The shockwave produced by Baphomet"s blow changed the landscape once more and even some devils and angels fighting far way were touched.

Azes smirked as he looked like stopping the sword didn"t require any effort "My unique magic, Heaven"s Scroll. I only acquired it after thousands of years spent on researching my domain" He stated and Baphomet frowned.

He raised his sword once more but it was to block Zeus"s attack which was followed by white lightning, as always. Baphomet inhaled and howled. His voice spread around the entire field and both Zeus and Azes were shaken.

Zeus gritted his teeth as he truly received a kick this time and Azes used one more line of words to teleport away before Baphomet"s wave of darkness struck him.

He then touched the scrolled and three lines disappeared at once. The earth trembled and for tens of miles around them, the stone turned into giant spikes that simultaneously attacked Baphomet.

Zeus also made his move and clasped his hands together. His body began to emit a dangerous amount of lightning and his appearance gradually changed. His clothes transformed into pure lightning and his size also grew bigger. He pointed his hammer at the sky and the lightning congregated into a single point inside the clouds.

A large pillar made of lightning fell on Baphomet just before he was a.s.saulted by the earth spikes. Baphomet dropped his sword and became surrounded by a thick and ominous dark smoke which consumed the lightning around.

As for the spikes, Baphomet crushed it with his bare hands. A pentagram on his chest glowed with a bright red color and an incalculable number of dark spears formed above him. He flicked his fingers and the spears moved incredibly fast as they attacked Azes and Zeus.

The former used up two more lines to create a big sun above him that dispelled all of the spears aiming at him. Zeus roared and destroyed the spears with his own ranged magic.

After that, Azes took the occasion and burned up five more lines. White chains emerged from the ground and surrounded Baphomet before binding him "Zeus!"

"You don"t have to tell me!" The G.o.d of Lightning turned into his own attribute and arrived in front of Baphomet while literally holding a lightning bolt. His eyes flashed and thrust that bolt toward Baphomet"s chest before he could free himself.

The lightning bolt impaled the Evil G.o.d and Zeus shouted "Now!" Azes nodded and the words on his scroll decreased even more. Both him and Zeus were teleported away while the chains that were binding Baphomet coiled around the bolt of lightning planted in Baphomet"s chest.

The latter grabbed it and tried to pull it out as fast as possible but chains made it impossible to do so in time. Thunder roared and an explosion occurred with Baphomet at its center. The explosion made from lightning and light magic spread for hundreds of miles and crushed everything.

A minute later, the explosion was over. The crater created was empty and lighting would still pear time to time. Azes and Zeus were paying attention to their surroundings as to not be surprised. But that wasn"t enough as a black portal formed just behind Zeus and from which, a fist surfaced and punched the G.o.d with a boost of dark energy. The Lightning G.o.d coughed some blood and was sent crashing on a mountain afar.

There were also six pentagrams that formed a closed s.p.a.ce around Azes before exploding with a red pillar in the shape of a star. Azes couldn"t react in time and was directly struck by the attack.

"That wasn"t half-bad. But don"t tell me you forgot my main ability" Baphomet stepped out of the portal and the state of his body could have scared anyone. Half of his upper body was destroyed and his organs along with his bones were out for everyone to see.

At the same time, his flesh was recovering at a tremendous speed "First-degree immortality…" Zeus muttered as he stood up among the debris.

"That"s annoying…" Azes also complained as two more lines on his scroll disappeared to escape.

"{Stop messing around you two}" Gabriel"s voice resounded in their heads as she also cast a heal on both of them "{Focus on sealing him. You can"t kill the Occult G.o.d like that!}" She proceeded to lecture them as they went back to fight Baphomet "{Also, Azes}" She called him in a private link.

"{What!? I"m kinda busy right now!}" Azes responded as he crushed Baphomet"s surroundings with gravity.

"{I know you"re a friend of that Life Hunter. What are you trying to do?}" She asked.

"{Can we have this discussion later!}" Azes responded once more as he stopped Baphomet"s sword that was going to reach Zeus.

"{Of course! I don"t care about that anyway! But don"t you have at least a way to make those zombies stop attacking our side too?! It"s really putting our troops at disadvantage. The angels have a hard time hurting the remains of their fallen comrades compared to the devils}" She said.

"{Like h.e.l.l I know! Ask him yourself when he"s back. Maybe if you promise him that you won"t chase him for his life, maybe he will accept!}" Azes answered.

"{That"s another matter altogether! You know that Life Hunters became Heaven"s enemy a long time ago for their deicide! It"s not something I can change myself!}" Gabriel retorted as she healed her troops.

"{I know! That"s why it"s not the moment to be talking about this! Anyway, I can"t interfere or modify his magic. Ask Lanya or Zesta, maybe they have an idea, maybe Kerberos could do it too- oh s.h.i.t!}" Azes cut the link to escape from a ma.s.sive ray of red energy.

The holy maiden clicked her tongue and looked at her left. She was able to see thousands of miles away if she wanted to. But even without that, she could still see Chulainn fighting far way thanks to his size "Even if you tell me that, they won"t listen to me and Kerberos is taking care of Utain for now. If The Destroyer joins the fray, our side will suffer even more" The seraphim sighed.

"Ahh, d.a.m.nit! Why is a war going on now?! I didn"t sign for this!" The archangel complained like a child and she seemed to be on the verge of crying.

"What is she doing?" Michael muttered with dead eyes when he glanced at her. He wasn"t that far from her so he could see her expression.

"Don"t look away!" Satan shouted and hacked at Michael with his two swords. The angel just blocked them with his spear and released a wave of light energy to push him back. Just after that, Lucifer attacked him with a black and white ray of magic.

Michael shook his head and cleaved the wave like he was cutting a physical object. He shouldered his spear and looked at his opponents. He was quite irritated at first, but now he only felt pity for them "Your teamwork is feeble and both of you are weaker than me. This is just sad"

"Shut up!" Satan cut him off and continued his onslaught.

Michael shrugged "Fine. If that"s what you want" He wielded his spear like a whirlwind and took a stance "Prepare yourself"