American Horror Story, Starting from Falls Town

Chapter 522 The Shattered Gates of Heaven

Gabriel's expression changed, and he immediately picked up Longinus and aimed it at Roy. Fortunately, Roy reacted very quickly and dodged the spearhead of Longinus.

As the Holy Lance stained with the blood of Jesus, Longinus's power was no joke.

Even though Roy is now very powerful, he doesn't want to take the Holy Lance head-on.

Seeing this, Michael stepped between the two.

"Gabriel, what are you doing!"

Gabriel's gaze passed over Michael's body and landed on Roy.

“Nephilim, do not think that because you can become an angel, you can interfere with the birth of the Son!”

Roy picked up the Leviathan Axe and transformed it into the form of a god-slayer.

"Gabriel, is it? You think you can act all high and mighty just because you're an archangel? I've taken down several demon kings. How about we have a fight now?"

Gabriel's attention was instantly drawn to the god-slayer, and his expression turned extremely ugly.

Why is the Godslayer with you?

"What do you say?"

Seemingly wary of the god-slayer, Gabriel took a step back.

"In short, no supernatural force can interfere with the birth of the Holy Son. Anyone who tries to interfere is my enemy!"

"Then I really want to try what it's like to be an enemy of the Archangel!"

The tension between Roy and Gabriel escalated rapidly, to the point that even Michael felt he couldn't stop them.

At that moment, the cry of a baby broke the standoff between the two.

"It's born! The baby has been born!"

Jeep excitedly cradled the newborn child, still connected to his mother Claire by an umbilical cord.

Since he didn't have any knives on him, Jeep didn't know what to do with the umbilical cord for a moment, but luckily Margaret came over.

"Let me do it."

Margaret gently scratched the umbilical cord with her fingernail, and it was completely severed.

Only then was the Holy Son truly born.

A beam of holy light shone down from the sky and fell upon Jeep, who was holding the Holy Child. Suddenly, a hymn filled the air.

Sacred and peaceful music.

Roy was surprised to find that the newborn Holy Son carried the rules of creation, but before he could see him clearly, Gabriel snatched the Holy Son from Jeep's hands.

"What are you doing! That's my child!"

Jeep truly treated Claire's virgin child as his own, but unfortunately Gabriel didn't care about the child's adoptive father.

However, Jeep was really stubborn and actually started charging towards Gabriel.

"Back off!"

A flash of white light appeared on Gabriel's body, and Jeep was thrown away. Although he was not seriously injured, he was still quite badly hurt.

Michael stepped forward and drew his sword of judgment.

"Gabriel, tell me what you're trying to do!"

Gabriel shook his head, looking at Michael with a profound and inscrutable expression.

“Michael, as the angel of judgment, you have gotten too close to mankind and have forgotten your duties as an angel, so I cannot tell you. You only need to know one thing: everything is within God's expectations.”

Roy was about to lose his temper; he already hated the Riddler, and Gabriel was putting on such a show.

So Roy picked up Godkiller and aimed it at Gabriel's head.

"I wonder if God ever told you that you're going to get shot today?"

"Mr. Blake, don't do that!"

Michael tried to stop her again, which displeased Elizabeth.

"Michael, Roy is speaking up for you, what are you doing?"

Michael hesitated, torn between Roy, with whom he had a complicated relationship, and his colleague of tens of thousands of years. It was a difficult choice.

Gabriel, however, did not share this concern; he shook his head and looked at Michael.

“Michael, you have fallen, forgotten your duties as an angel of judgment, and even more so, forgotten God’s teachings—”

Roy pulled the trigger immediately, and the Godkiller's bullet grazed Gabriel's head, interrupting his words.

"Gabriel, you'd better watch your mouth, or the bullet won't miss next time!"

Upon hearing this, Gabriel's face turned ashen. The Godslayer could severely injure Primal Fear, so it would naturally have the same effect on Gabriel.

Just as the stalemate was at hand, Claire suddenly got up and snatched her child back from Gabriel's hands.

On one hand, Gabriel's attention was always focused on Roy, and on the other hand, Gabriel didn't know how to hold a child and was simply supporting the Holy Son with one hand.

However, after Claire gave birth to the Holy Child, her identity changed; she is now the Virgin Mary, not just an ordinary mother.

"This is my child, and none of you can take him away from me!"

Claire embraced the wailing Holy Son, her eyes filled with unwavering determination.

The Jeep, which had finally managed to get up, also blocked Claire's way.

Despite facing an archangel, a demon king, and even a powerful human like Roy, the couple felt no fear and were willing to protect their child with their lives.

Seeing this, Roy spoke up.

"Gabriel, this is the humanity you've ignored. Have you seen the power of humanity?"

Gabriel was speechless. He could certainly feel the conviction of Jeep and Claire, a positive energy that no angel could ignore.

"No matter what you say, my duty is to bring the Holy Son into Heaven, so that Heaven may continue even in the end times!"

Gabriel finally revealed his duties, causing Michael's pupils to shrink.

The other party's meaning was clear: this doomsday crisis might not even spare Heaven.

Michael was very anxious; although Heaven was very boring, it was her home.

"Will something happen in Heaven?"

Gabriel remained silent for a moment before answering.

“I don’t know, all of this was said by the voice of God that I suddenly heard a hundred years ago.”

"But God hasn't appeared since four hundred years ago! Where did you hear that?"

"That's not important! Holy Mother, entrust the Holy Son to me!"

How could Claire possibly entrust her child to Gabriel? After all, in the eyes of ordinary people, going to heaven is equivalent to death.

Claire had only been holding her child for a few minutes and didn't want to be separated from him at all.

"No! I will not give the child to you!"

"That's offending!"

Gabriel released a halo that suppressed Claire and Jeep.

Despite their strong will and beliefs, the two were unable to overcome the enormous gap in strength between them.

Roy couldn't stand it anymore and was about to stop Gabriel when Michael looked at him with pleading eyes.

The matter concerns the survival of Heaven, and even Michael would find it difficult to make the right decision.

With a sigh, Roy decided to give Michael face and not stop Gabriel, since Michael had helped him a lot in the past.

After retrieving the Holy Child from Claire's arms, Gabriel did nothing more and immediately opened the Gates of Heaven to return. The hymn rang in his ears once more, and a large white gate appeared in the clouds.

Gabriel turned to look at Michael.

"Michael, I advise you to go back to Heaven. If you continue to mingle with humans like this, you will eventually fall!"

Michael lowered his head and fell silent; he understood what Gabriel meant.

The "fall" here does not refer to Michael becoming a fallen angel, but rather to being tainted by too much humanity.

An angel's soul should be pure, but being tainted with too much humanity will inevitably make an angel complex, which is one of the processes that leads to becoming a fallen angel.

Once an angel's soul is corrupted, there is no going back.

Unfortunately, Michael knew he couldn't turn back, all because of someone.

However, the angel of judgment did not feel any regret. On the contrary, he felt that the system of Heaven was too outdated and could no longer adapt to the changes in the universe.

"Gabriel, I don't need you to teach me!"

Gabriel shook his head, turned, and flew toward the Gates of Heaven.

However, at this very moment, a sudden change occurred!

Suddenly, the four intertwined energies of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in the distant sky flew towards the Gates of Heaven.

"not good!"

Gabriel realized something was wrong, and he immediately flew into the air and released a pure white shield to try to block the energy of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. However, the four energies turned a corner in the air, bypassed Gabriel's shield, and entered the Gates of Heaven.

All of this happened so suddenly that the people standing on the ground didn't even have time to react.

After the power of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse entered the Gates of Heaven, the Gates of Heaven began to show signs of breaking.

Without hesitation, Gabriel carried the Holy Son into the crumbling gates of Heaven. After he entered Heaven, the white gate shattered completely.

The people on the ground stared at this scene in shock, and after a long while, Roy asked Michael.

“Ms. Michael, have you seen this before?”

Michael looked worried.

"No! The Gates of Heaven is actually a divine artifact that allows angels to summon a path to Heaven from anywhere, and it will also automatically guide the dead to Heaven to be judged."

Upon hearing this, Margaret was very surprised.

"Huh? So the Gates of Heaven is an object? I always thought it was a spatial portal!"

"How could a spatial portal be so readily available and appear in every corner of the world?"

That's true; angels can summon the gates of heaven from anywhere, which clearly doesn't fit the situation of a spatial passage.

"Did the Gates of Heaven just shatter?"

Roy's words made Michael's heart skip a beat, and she immediately called for the Gates of Heaven.

"Heaven's Gate!"

There was no response from the sky, no hymns, and no holy light.

"Heaven's Gate!"

"Heaven's Gate!"

Michael called out three times, but there was still no response.

It seems Roy's guess came true; the Gates of Heaven have indeed been broken.

"How could this be?"

Michael was in turmoil; the shattering of the Gates of Heaven meant that she and Uriel would be left on Earth forever.

Worse still, the power of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse has just entered Heaven, which clearly indicates some kind of conspiracy.

Elizabeth, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke.

"I have a hunch that the true purpose of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse is Heaven, and Earth is not actually their primary target."

Margaret also agreed with Elizabeth's guess.

"Indeed, from the gathering of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, to the birth of the Holy Son and the appearance of Gabriel summoning the Gates of Heaven, and finally to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse rushing into Heaven and shattering the Gates of Heaven, it all seemed as if there was a hand manipulating things behind the scenes."

Roy couldn't help but ask Michael.

"Ms. Michael, is there no other way to get into Heaven?"

"Originally, there were fixed passages between Heaven and Hell and Earth in ancient times. But after the Great Flood, God completely separated Heaven and Hell from Earth."

If you can enter Hell through the Book of Spirits, then as long as you can defeat Lucifer, you can enter Hell.

But the only way to enter Heaven is through the Gates of Heaven.

Roy, Elizabeth, and Margaret exchanged bewildered glances, and the King of Sloth offered another speculation.

"Now I understand why the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse entered Heaven. It's obvious that Heaven is the most difficult place to deal with among Hell and Earth. If Heaven isn't dealt with first, no one will be able to get in once the gates of Heaven close."

Therefore, to deal with the three places of Heaven, Hell, and Earth, we must first eliminate Heaven.

Just like in a DC major event, if you don't ban Superman and Batman first, the major event can't happen.

When it's time to tackle the big events, we need to sacrifice the Flash first to ensure a successful start.

Michael was in a state of utter confusion and was completely unable to discern the truth.

The angels of judgment were not known for their intelligence, but now there is another angel outside Heaven known for his wisdom.

"Roy, I'll have to leave the Earth's affairs to you for now. I'm going to find Uriel to discuss the current situation."

With that, Michael opened a path leading to the Hell of Spirits and left.

Only Roy, Elizabeth, and Margaret remained at the scene.

Oh, and there's Jeep and Claire, the poor couple, embracing each other and crying.

Elizabeth glanced at Jeep and Claire, then looked at Roy.

"There shouldn't be any more trouble here. Let's head back to Waterfall Town."

Roy looked at the sky. After the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse left Earth, the whole world seemed to be shaking off the oppressive feeling of the apocalypse.

But if the problems in Heaven aren't resolved, the end of the world will still come to Earth.

"Alright, you guys go first, I'll take these two poor souls back with me."

“Then Margaret and I will go ahead.”

Two rings of fire appeared, and then Elizabeth and Margaret disappeared.

Roy walked over to Jeep and Claire and looked at them. He admired the young couple quite a bit.

Not everyone dares to stand up to the Archangel for their family, but Jeep and Claire at least showed human courage.

"Who...who exactly are you people?"

Seeing Roy approaching, Jeep loudly questioned him.

“As you can see, Michael and Gabriel are angels, Elizabeth and Margaret are demons, and I am a human being just like you.”

Jeep was surprised to get this answer; he had just witnessed Roy fighting the War Knight.

That's not a battle between humans; you could tell it was Superman versus the Hulk and he'd believe it.

You know what, Roy really did use his eyes to... cough cough!
"Sir, that man took my and Claire's child. Can you bring him back?"

"It's not safe here. Let me take you to a safe place first."

Serena Weyland (Blake Flatley)
(End of this chapter)