American Horror Story, Starting from Falls Town

Chapter 268 The Eye of Death
Samael looked at Roy with a relaxed expression, as if he were playing a game.

Roy gritted his teeth, raised the Hellfire Shotgun in his left hand, and prepared to fire a shot at the King of Wrath at close range.

Yes, after the Hellfire Shotgun was further enlarged, its muzzle caliber reached nearly 30 millimeters, while according to internationally accepted standards, a 20-millimeter caliber shooting weapon can be considered a cannon.

At the same time, Claudia's feet moved swiftly behind Samael as if she were on roller skates, preparing to fire the light arrow again.

With attacks from both sides, this time they should be able to hit their target, right?

However, Samael's crimson wings of light perfectly blocked the light arrow fired by Claudia, and Roy's close-range Hell Shotgun was also swallowed whole by Samael's wide-open mouth.

The flaming skull exploded inside Samael's mouth, but it had no effect on Him.

This fighting style left Roy completely stunned.

"Now it's my turn! Kneel down!"

Samael kicked Roy in the knee. Due to the height difference, this was the only place he could kick. But this kick shattered Roy's knee, which was harder than steel.

Roy's pupils contracted, but he stubbornly refused to kneel and instead slammed his head down.

Because of his height, Samael had no room to dodge the headbutt, and his hands were also unable to block it, so the headbutt successfully hit Samael's head.

This was the first time that Samael had been hit in Roy and Claudia's consecutive attacks.

Although Roy may have suffered more damage from this headbutt than Samael.

After all, Roy is stubborn, but Samael is even more stubborn.

Roy, a stubborn fool who's been obstinate for thousands of years, has no experience to compare with others.

As a result, Roy was knocked back several steps by the headbutt, and his head was shaking as if it were having a party... cough cough, in short, he was extremely dizzy.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Claudia attacked Samael with both hands.

Perhaps because Roy's headbutt had momentarily stunned Samael, all of Claudia's attacks during that period landed.

But as for the damage caused...

"Bastards, how dare you defile the body of the great King of Wrath!"

As expected, Samael got angry again. He first attacked Claudia, who had been harassing him from a distance. He appeared in front of her in a flash and then cut her in two with his red lightsaber.

"what!"

This single sword strike reverted Claudia to her original form, leaving her lying on the ground, barely clinging to life.

Cybertronians are not so easy to kill, but Claudia probably won't be able to participate in the upcoming battle.

Then, Samael looked at Roy.

"Next, it's your turn!"

Roy knew very well that he had to fight with all his might, or he might not even have the chance to fight at all.

So Roy used Ashbringer's power and transformed into Nephilim.

Gray hair, gray pupils, and gray wings.

Samael and Elise both showed expressions of shock.

"You are a Nephilim!"

Samael's words were what Elise wanted to say, but Elise was being choked and couldn't speak.

The Wrathful King must have known the Nephilim, after all, thousands of years ago, he had led the angelic legions alongside Lucifer and Michael to deal with the rebellious Nephilim.

Seeing the Nephilim again after thousands of years gave Samael a very strange feeling.

"How interesting! No wonder I felt your aura was somewhat familiar from the beginning! I didn't expect you to be a Nephilim! But it doesn't matter, whoever you are, you will die by my hand today! I will keep your skull as a collectible!"

Samael felt Roy was familiar because of the Belial mark on his body, not because of his Nephilim bloodline.

However, this issue is no longer important, as countless weapons made of red energy have appeared around Samael.

Among the seven demon kings of hell, Leviathan has the simplest and most brutal fighting style. As an ancient serpent, it can solve most problems with its physical body alone. Next is Samael.

Samael is one of the few warriors among the Seven Demon Kings of Hell, and almost all of his abilities are built around strength and weapons.

One interesting story is that after Samael was cast into hell by God, he encountered many "old acquaintances" there.

As mentioned before, Samael, during his time as the Angry Angel, commanded the angelic legions and was specifically tasked with exterminating other races, so naturally there are many of Samael's enemies in Hell.

So when they saw Samael lose four pairs of wings and most of his power, these enemies naturally sought revenge.

So, from the first day Samael entered Hell, he began to fight his enemies without a moment's rest.

This situation continued for centuries until Samael forged the Throne of Original Sin with his wrath and became the Wrathful King.

Doesn't that sound a lot like a ruthless, mass-killing male protagonist?
However, this guy is now on the opposite side of Roy.

Countless red energy weapons shot towards Roy, who immediately used chaotic energy to construct a semi-transparent energy armor to withstand Samael's attack.

But for some reason, the energy armor Roy constructed was no longer gray, but gray mixed with a faint red.

The energy level of the chaotic energy was quite high, so when faced with Samael's storm of attacks, the energy armor only developed a lot of cracks, barely managing to withstand the output.

This is why Roy was able to withstand it with a temporary boost to his constitution of 100. Even if an ordinary person had an energy armor to block the direct damage, they would be killed by the impact.

After one round of attacks ended, Samael suddenly noticed the red energy flowing inside Roy's energy armor.

"Wait a minute, how do you possess my divine power?!"

That's right, this is indeed part of Samael's power, and it comes from two sources.

On one hand, in the spiritual world, Lisa Garland, an illusion created by Alessa, pierced Roy's body; on the other hand, after Roy lost his mind, he used the Holy Grail War to replenish his yin and yang, which also included a portion absorbed from Claudia through the Dark Touch.

Samael was notoriously petty and hated it most when others stole his power, even though the little bit of red energy in Roy's body was nothing compared to the energy that He had brought.

But the King of Wrath was still incredibly angry; otherwise, why would he be called the King of Wrath?

"Give me back my power!"

Samael reached out to take back what he had, but Roy, of course, didn't want to.

Roy earned all this energy through his own abilities, so why should he return it?

And so, the two of them started pulling each other out of thin air.

Samael frantically absorbed his own energy, while Roy used chaotic energy to hinder him.

Later, Samael completely lost his temper and actually threw Elise aside, using both hands to absorb the red energy from Roy's body.

This move left Elise completely stunned.

It can only be said that the King of Wrath is indeed prone to losing his temper. In the Nightmare on Elm Street incident, he fought a battle with Isabella, who arrived later, in the mental hospital, which can be considered as indirectly helping Roy in his attack.

As expected of the ex-husband.

Roy ultimately couldn't withstand Samael's frantic sucking, and the red energy within his body was drawn out.

However, at this moment, the activated Death Eye also changed.

Previously, the illusion of Lisa Garland plunged a dagger into the Eye of Death, which was actually injecting red energy into the Eye of Death.

For this reason, the ability of Death's Gaze has become activated.

Now, Samael's actions have further enraged the unseen Grim Reaper, essentially slapping the Grim Reaper in the face and even trying to steal his things.

This will naturally provoke Death's counterattack. So what will Death's counterattack look like?
"Hahaha...this is my power—cough cough cough!"

Suddenly, Samael, who was laughing wildly, choked on his own saliva and coughed violently, causing Roy and Elise to look at each other in bewilderment.

In this world, nothing is truly zero; it's more accurate to say that the probability is infinitely close to zero.

So it's possible that the Demon King of Hell could choke to death on his own saliva, although the probability of this is probably only a few hundred or a thousand decimal places.

However, there is a force that can amplify this probability infinitely.

After choking on his own saliva and almost bringing tears to his eyes, Samael immediately realized that something was wrong. Even if he was in a human body, such a blunder should not have happened.

This infuriated Samael.

"Who is it? Who is plotting against me?!"

The King of Wrath first looked at Elise, because theoretically, the Archangels of Wisdom could also do this with the Great Prophecy.

However, before Elise, who had just been thrown out, could even speak, Roy was left to speak.

“Nephilim, did you do this?”

Samael stared intently at Roy with his bloodshot eyes. For some reason, he felt that Roy's body had undergone some kind of change.

Roy's body did indeed change. He felt the area of ​​the Eye of Death on his chest was burning hot, so hot that even his 102 points of constitution attribute were somewhat unbearable.

"what--"

In the end, Roy couldn't hold back and let out a scream.

Then Samael saw a huge, beautiful eye grow out of Roy's chest.

This time, it actually grows eyes, the kind that blink, instead of just a black symbol.

"Death (the name of the Grim Reaper)!"

Samael's expression changed; he recognized it as the power of death.

During their mission to exterminate the Nephilim, Samael, Lucifer, and Michael witnessed the creation of four weapons, one of which was Death.

So even Elise didn't recognize the eyes, but Samael did.

When the Grim Reaper's Eye appeared, everyone with normal senses at the scene could feel an invisible mental pressure.

This does not include Claudia, who is a silicon-based life form, and her sensors cannot yet detect mental stress.

Samael has realized that he has been targeted by Death, and the solution is actually quite simple: go back to Hell.

The power of death exists only on Earth; it will not be affected once it leaves Earth.

But Samael had finally made it to Earth, and hadn't even had a proper chance to have some fun, so how could he just slink away like that?

Doesn't the King of Wrath have any pride?
Or you could run away as fast as you can and get out of Death's sight.

Death couldn't leave a mark directly on Samael's human form, Carrie, so it used Roy's body to appear and keep an eye on Samael.

However, Samael is not the kind of demon king who would back down and run away, unlike a certain demon king who is afraid of trouble and would use abortion as an excuse to run away.

(Elizabeth: Say that again?)

Therefore, Samael actually only had one choice: to kill Roy, the vessel of death.

"Death, do you think I'm afraid of you? Even death can't stop me!"

Samael conjured another red lightsaber and charged toward Roy.

At this moment, Roy felt as if he had entered a very mysterious state, his vision turned gray and white, and he could always see some strange black lines.

Samael was faster than the blink of an eye, his red lightsaber aimed straight for Roy's chest, intending to kill both Death Eye and Roy at the same time.

But Roy then raised his chainsaw sword, which actually blocked Samael's thrust.

However, despite blocking the attack, Roy's strength was far inferior to Samael's, and he was still sent flying by the sword.

However, without the enhancement of hellish energy, the chainsaw sword's hardness was clearly insufficient to withstand Samael's attack. Roy noticed a large number of black lines appearing on the chainsaw sword, which seemed to indicate that the chainsaw sword was about to shatter.

Could these black lines be a sign of material collapse?
Roy turned to look at Claudia, the silicon-based creature who had been cut in two and was now covered in black lines, clearly on the verge of collapse.

Elise, on the other hand, was in much better condition, with only a few black lines on her body.

As for Samael, he had no black lines at all, or rather, the black lines were so thin and short that Roy couldn't even see them.

On the contrary, the red lightsaber in Samael's hand had several faint black lines.

Let's see if these black lines are the collapse lines of matter!
Samael charged at Roy once again and drew his sword. The Wrathful King disdained to attack from behind; otherwise, with His speed, He could have simply flashed behind Roy, and Roy would have been unable to defend against it.

Bullet time activated!

Even in a sixteen-fold slowed-down view, Samael's speed was still incredibly fast, but Roy was finally able to pinpoint his attack location and, in the nick of time, strike the black line on the lightsaber in Samael's hand with his chainsaw sword.

Snapped!
The fact that both swords shattered at the same time shocked Samael.

This kind of surprise is similar to when you were a child, you were squatting on the ground teasing ants with a twig, and the ant gnawed the twig off your hand.

good chance!
violent!

Roy seized the opportunity when Samael was momentarily stunned, quickly entered a berserk state, and then used Neferpitou's special ability to materialize chaotic energy into a fist to attack Samael.

Euler, Euler, Euler!

After a few punches, Samael finally came to his senses. "Damn it, you think you can hurt me with attacks like that?"

Roy knew that it would be impossible for Olasamael to kill the other party even if he spent a whole day. He just wanted to try to make black lines appear on Samael's body with his attack, even if it was just a black dot.

Samael began to fight back, and even without a weapon, he could easily beat Roy.

Fortunately, at this moment, Elise finally recovered and began to use the Great Prophecy spell.

Currently, the Angel has lost most of her power; she can no longer carry and can only play support roles.

However, Elise's Great Prophecy is extremely powerful even as a support spell.

"God said: I will bless you and make a covenant with you!"

Roy suddenly felt an endless surge of power within his body. He glanced at the system panel and discovered that his physical attributes had received a temporary boost of 50.

In other words, after the Nephilim form and Elise's Great Prophecy blessing, Roy's Strength, Agility, and Constitution attributes reached 140, 134, and 152 respectively.

What kind of concept is this?
Roy felt like he could knock down the World Trade Center with a single punch, without having to wait until 2001.

However, even with such powerful physical attributes, Roy could only barely withstand Samael's attacks, preventing him from being whipped around like a spinning top as before.

If it weren't for Death constantly interfering with Samael, Roy would probably have already gone to the resurrection match.

This can't go on like this!

After fighting for a while, Roy couldn't find any black lines or spots on Samael, which means that his influence on Samael is still not enough.

Is there any way to make Samael reveal a weakness?

Roy looked at Samael's face, which belonged to Carrie, and suddenly thought of a plan, though it might be extremely cruel.

"Carrie, can you hear me?"

"Are you calling out this body's name? Hahaha, it's useless! That cowardly little girl is long dead!"

Samael hasn't learned his lesson enough from talking about death in front of the Grim Reaper's Eye.

So this guy was smug for less than three seconds before he found his body starting to disobey him, as if another consciousness was fighting him for control of his body.

"This is impossible!"

Just like when she choked on saliva, there was a very low possibility that Carrie's soul hadn't been destroyed, but Death's role was to maximize that possibility.

Samael's expression began to change rapidly, like a Sichuan opera face-changing act, and then Carrie's voice appeared.

"Roy, is that you?"

"Carrie, it's me!"

With Carrie's appearance, Roy finally noticed a barely noticeable black spot on Samael's body.

However, Samael was also aware that the resurgence of Carrie's soul would affect him.

"Foolish humans, why do you still come out to seek death! Wouldn't it be better to just disappear quietly?"

As he spoke, Samael tried to pull Carrie's soul out of her body.

While Roy was using his attacks to distract Samael, he was talking to Carrie.

"Carrie, hang in there! Think of Madison, think of Zoe, think of Maria!"

The names of the three witches from the Apocalypse Society changed Carrie's mindset.

Carrie has always been a rather timid girl with little opinion of her own. She is bullied by her classmates at school and subjected to psychological manipulation by her mother at home, which is quite tragic.

That's why Carrie cherishes the friendships of Madison, Zoe, and Maria, who treat her as an equal.

Oh, and there's Roy, Misty, and Wendy who's always helping Carrie.

Just then, Madison, Zoe, Maria, Misty, and Wendy, the five witches, all appeared at the edge of the battlefield.

Roy stared speechlessly at the five witches.

"Why are you back!"

Zoe answered Roy with a wry smile.

"I had just brought Madison and Zoe back to where we came in when the door shattered, and then Silent Hill switched to the Otherworld. We were completely driven here by monsters!"

The only place free of monsters was where Roy and Samael fought, so the five witches had no choice but to run there.

As for the disappearance of the spatial passage, it is estimated that Samael's arrival sealed off this world.

Carrie was deeply moved when she saw the three little witches from the Apocalypse Society. A surge of immense power welled up within her, allowing her to temporarily control her body.

"Are you all here to see me?"

Madison, Zoe, and Maria all nodded in unison.

"Yes, Carrie, we heard about you from Roy and came to Silent Hill immediately!"

Carrie controlled her body, a tear sliding down her cheek.

This made Samael very angry. He was a tough guy, how could he shed tears?
Even if you have to shed tears, you must never let anyone see it.

Samael regained control of his body, and a blinding red light began to erupt from it, clearly indicating that he was about to get serious.

"No matter who you are, you must die here today!"

At this moment, Elise understood that the key to victory or defeat lay in Carrie's soul within Samael's current body.

Even with his enhanced power and the Death God buff, Roy couldn't possibly defeat Samael head-on.

"Carrie, now only you can help your friends! Everyone needs you!"

Elise's words caused the red light on Samael to dissipate instantly, and the girl's voice came out of his mouth again.

"I, what should I do?"

"Focus your will and fight against Samael with your noble beliefs!"

"I, I'll try—"

Carrie's voice stopped abruptly, and Samael regained control of his body once again.

The King of Wrath, in a fit of extreme rage, suddenly became enraged.

"Damn it, Uriel, I should have killed you first!"

As he spoke, Samael flashed in front of Elise, intending to kill her completely.

But at this moment, Claudia, who had been observing, suddenly fired her engine beam gun continuously in an attempt to distract Samael. She had also realized that the battle had reached a critical moment.

Claudia's firepower was clearly insufficient to harm Samael, but it gave Roy a moment to save Elise.

Roy's fist, materialized from chaotic energy, flew over and struck Samael, causing his red lightsaber to veer off course, but only managing to sever one of Iris's arms.

The angel of wisdom had foreseen this situation, and remained calm and composed in the face of such harm, beginning to recite her lines.

"In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and in the name of Uriel, we bear witness to this sacred moment..."

This is not the power of prophetic words, but a Christian blessing.

Unlike the Great Prophecy, this set of words does not have a strict limit on the speed of speech and can be recited very quickly. Its purpose is to bless Carrie's soul.

As a former colleague, Samael immediately understood Elise's purpose.

"Shut up!"

Samael wanted to cut off Elise's head, but Roy had already reached Elise's side and blocked the red lightsaber with materialized chaotic energy.

"...Witness Carrie becoming a saint of God! Lord, you are the Creator of the universe and the Ruler of all things. Please bestow your grace upon this devout believer, so that she may find light and salvation in the darkness..."

Samael kicked away the obstructing Roy and stabbed at Elise's face again with his red lightsaber, as if he wanted to smear Elise's mouth.

However, at that moment, a beam of holy light descended from the sky and struck Samael.

The entire Silent Hill world was shrouded in darkness, except for Samael, where there was light, making him the center of attention on a stage.

However, Samael certainly didn't want this focus, because He had once again lost control of His body.

As Elise continued chanting the blessing, Carrie's soul grew stronger and began to break free from Samael's suppression.

"Don't try to stop me!"

Samael unleashed a terrifying red energy, attempting to suppress Elise's soul once more, before grabbing Elise's neck with his unruly hand.

"Uriel, I won again!"

But Samael didn't see the expression he wanted on Elise's face. Instead, he saw a faint smile, the kind of smile that comes from seeing the dawn of victory.

"No, I won."

The next second, Samael's body was hit by the chaotic rays released from Roy's eyes in the distance.

"This is impossible!"

Samael's eyes widened as he felt his body crumbling, a process from which there was absolutely no way to stop.

Because Roy successfully struck Samael's vital point, the body was already dead in a conceptual sense; this is the terrifying effect of the Eye of Death.

[Ding! You have obtained Carrie's Treasure Chest! Open it?]

"You all, die!"

Having lost his physical body, Samael could not stay in the human world for long. Enraged, Samael wanted to unleash a devastating attack that would drag everyone down to hell.

But Elise, now free, continued reciting the consecration incantation.

Saint Carrie, may you be humble, may you be diligent, may you be generous, may you be chaste, may you be gentle, may you be temperate, may you be forgiving!

These are the seven virtues of Christianity, which correspond to the seven deadly sins.

The holy light descending from the sky grew ever brighter, and within it, Carrie's soul emitted a dazzling golden light, as radiant as the sun, directly suppressing Samael's power.

As sacred music played and the world of Silent Hill shone with golden light, Samael's last remaining power collapsed completely.

Uriel, I curse you!

Filled with rage, Samael returned to hell.

[Ding! You have obtained Samael's Treasure Chest! Open it?]

Roy and his friends, on the other hand, were standing in the real-world Silent Hill, where there was no darkness or monsters, no fog or ashes.

However, Carrie died.

"Carrie!" ×N
The three little witches from the Apocalypse Society rushed over, but all they could see was Carrie's soul rising to the heavens. She didn't even leave behind a body; under the effect of the Eye of Death, she disintegrated into powder.

Roy, now back in human form, silently stared at Carrie's soul. This was the first time he had killed a good person, someone he knew, and the feeling was unbearable.

"I'm sorry, Carrie."

Several witches began to shed tears, especially the three from the Apocalypse Society, who cried so hard that their makeup was ruined.

But Carrie's soul looked very happy.

"I'm so glad everyone's alright!"

"Carrie, sob sob..."

The only one unaffected by the atmosphere was Elise, who wore a relieved smile.

At this moment, a light and playful string melody began to play, somewhat out of place with the atmosphere of the scene.

"Uriel, I'm so sorry, I think I'm late again!"

Suddenly, a blond boy dressed in a black priest's robe appeared in the distance, carrying a harp in his hands.

The person who just played the music was this blond boy.

Roy stared in astonishment at the blond boy; Elise's attitude indicated that this guy was definitely not an ordinary person.

“Raphael, you never understand the importance of punctuality, but at least you’re not too late today. Please let their friends come back.”

"It's just a small matter! Ladies and gentlemen, please enjoy this piece of music!"

A beautiful melody was played by the blond boy, and everyone wore expressions of happiness at that moment. Even the witches who were crying stopped shedding their tears.

Then, countless points of light converged in front of Roy, gradually forming the shape of a girl.

"Roy, have I been resurrected?"

(End of this chapter)