At this moment, shatter the dimensional barrier.

Chapter 166 God's Punishment, Angels' Mercy

As a former Catholic saint and now a seraphim, Joan of Arc understood the meaning of the 'Great Flood' better than anyone else.

This is not the divine punishment of the eastern Mediterranean coast, but a true cataclysm, wiping out all living, breathing life on earth and in the world—humans, animals, even bacteria—it will all be completely wiped out.

"Wait! My Lord! Please reconsider! Isn't it too cruel to issue such a judgment on that planet so soon after it came into this world? Please consider whether there is still any unseen glimmer of humanity!" Joan of Arc stood up from her throne in shock, her voice urgent, her pale purple eyes filled with pleading.

"Uh..." Fukalos and Buyer were also stunned when they came to their senses, looking at the indifferent Los Saint in disbelief.

At this moment, Luo Sheng was completely different from the gentle and warm persona they had previously known. He was full of majesty and indifference, as if he were looking down on all living beings from the highest position and issuing a dictatorial judgment.

Just like the laws of Teyvat, which are unreasonable, but having them summoned here, they shouldn't be ignored.

As gods from Teyvat, they were terrified by the cold indifference of a higher being towards a civilization or a world, and the fear that had been sealed away in their hearts began to resurface.

"Oh~" Ishtar sat lazily on the throne, her fingers gently tracing her cheek. She hadn't expected to witness her new master's reaction after her bottom line was crossed so soon after arriving in this world.

What exactly happened to make the owner make such a decision? In this respect, it's very similar to the previous owner's.

In fact, she was somewhat dissatisfied with her former master's approach in this regard. It was too decisive and left no room for maneuver. Therefore, she secretly helped those civilizations that had temporarily escaped her former master's sight, such as the 'Abyss People' who had been sunk into the underground space by the War of Burial Fire.

"..." Asmodeus slowly lowered her eyelids, her golden eyes radiating a strange light, but this light vanished in an instant, as she was also dissatisfied with her former master in this regard.

No matter what happens, we can't just make sweeping generalizations. Even if a civilization has made a grave mistake, not all of humanity is at fault.

But her master's orders were absolute, and she could not disobey. Ronawa was warned for helping the Nata region too much, which made her somewhat discouraged.

"Honestly, I sent you here precisely because of the survival of civilization, not to destroy the entire civilization and the old world." Luo Sheng said, resting his chin on his hand, somewhat dissatisfied. Did they think I was Fanes? Am I not gentle enough usually? Sigh, the troubles of the supreme god.

“I will draw a line of judgment for the civilization of that planet. Humans who meet the moral standards I designate can stay. Those whose evil outweighs their good will be swept away. Ordinary people whose evil and good are equal, as well as the virtuous whose good outweighs their evil, will board the ‘ark’ to escape the flood.”

"Joan of Arc, you're very familiar with this, aren't you?"

Joan of Arc breathed a sigh of relief, the panic on her face disappearing: "So that's how it is, Noah's Ark."

"But my lord, wouldn't it be enough to simply punish that world and send sinners to hell? Why must we destroy the world?"

“Joan of Arc, do you think what I’m doing is unnecessary? You even think that civilization can still be saved and want to try to salvage it?” Los Saint looked at Joan of Arc calmly. Joan of Arc was still too kind. Subconsciously, she believed that no matter how much a civilization developed, it would never lead to the destruction of the world. At most, it would be an isolated regional event like 'Gomorrah'.

"Yes, my lord," Joan of Arc said sincerely. The world-destroying flood was too cruel, and she hoped that her lord could rescind such punishment.

Los Saint looked calmly at Joan of Arc, who did not back down and stubbornly looked back at him.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Buyer and Fucaros were somewhat speechless; if they weren't gods, they would probably be drenched in sweat by now because of the atmosphere.

Is Joan of Arc, who has always been so compliant, really this headstrong? She actually dared to directly refute the laws of nature, which is no less than defying the will of heaven.

"..." Istaru and Asmody watched this scene calmly.

Although they were Phanes's shadows, even if they were dissatisfied with Phanes, they had never defied Phanes's will so much, because they would really be punished, and this punishment was not a simple one, but the kind that would make them start over.

What will the master do?
"..." Looking at Joan of Arc's sincere yet stubborn eyes, Luo Sheng knew that Joan of Arc would make this choice. After all, she was Joan of Arc. If he insisted on doing it, Joan of Arc would carry it out and would not have any dissatisfaction with him.

He did not treat Joan of Arc as merely a subordinate, even though she was also family.

“Joan of Arc, since you insist on doing this.”

“Then, if you can find three heroes among the adults of that civilization who are qualified to reach the fifth rank within these seven days, I will rescind my judgment,” Los Saint said.

Three heroes with Tier 5 aptitude.

With a population of over a billion, it's indeed possible to find them within seven days, but the chance is probably one in a million.

Putting everything else aside, Matsuzaki was granted the Eye of God by him, making her qualified to reach the fifth rank. The Holy Emperor could also be considered one. Regardless of whether she could actually do it, at least her idealistic soul had the potential.

He gave Joan of Arc the opportunity, but whether she could seize it was up to her.

Just like the story of the Sin of Gomorrah, is it difficult to find ten righteous people? Actually, it's not difficult, but can they do it? No, because there is no longer fertile ground for the birth of righteous people.

“Yes, my lord, thank you for your mercy.” Joan of Arc’s expression softened instantly, and her smile became gentle.

She believed that there were definitely more than three fifth-tier human heroes in the world, just like the various countries on Earth.

Although there are only a dozen or so fifth-tier heroes in various countries around the world, there are more than a hundred people with hero potential.

The aptitude may reach level five, but it is not actually level five.

"..." Buyer and Fucaros exchanged a surprised glance, and then the fear that had been surging in their hearts disappeared.

Luo Sheng is Luo Sheng. Even if it is the law of heaven, there are different kinds of laws of heaven. Luo Sheng is not unreasonable. He will give opportunities, but whether you can seize them is up to you.

'He's different...' Istaru's golden eyes glanced at Asmodie and subtly conveyed her meaning.

'Yes, he's different.' Asmodie returned the glance.

The pressure in my heart dissipated a lot after being embraced by my new owner.

"Until Joan of Arc's request is fulfilled, the seven-day destruction will continue." Saint Lothar tapped the armrest of the throne lightly with his fingers.

“Buyer, you must spread the ley lines throughout the civilized areas within seven days, sending the souls of the dead after the world's destruction directly to hell. Moreover, you must build seven arks of salvation to send the spark of civilization into the new century.”

Buyer stood up, bowed slightly, and said gently, "Yes, Lord Tenri."

This was not difficult for her; on the contrary, it was relatively easy. Her strength had already reached the top level of a primary Grand God-King. If the ley lines were to cover that planet, she would be promoted to a mid-level Grand God-King, at which point she would be on the same level as Tiamat.

“Focaros, you are responsible for weighing the scales of justice between good and evil, ensuring that those who meet the criteria enter the Ark of Salvation,” Los Saint said, looking at Focaros.

"However, you must not be soft-hearted and let anyone who does not meet the requirements escape the punishment they deserve, otherwise, I will still punish you."

Hmm... at most, I'll send you to the underworld to do hard labor for a while.

"Yes, Lord Tenri." Fukaros panicked at the mention of punishment and quickly replied, "I will never let any sinner escape justice."

“Aileen, you will directly guide the sinful souls after the destruction of the world into hell.” Los Saint looked at Aileen.

The normal process for entering the underworld cannot withstand the appearance of billions of dead souls at once, so Ereshkigal has to take direct action.

"Also, inform the demons of Hell to be prepared. If they are not prepared and sinful souls are left behind due to dereliction of duty, the Underworld will not show any mercy."

"Understood." Ai Lei nodded solemnly. If billions of people were thrown into the Underworld at once, the Underworld would be in chaos if it were a normal procedure.

Moreover, there are over a billion people! The Underworld is only about the size of the Australian continent. She couldn't even imagine how the governors and enforcers of the Underworld would work themselves to death trying to capture so many sinful souls if they were directly thrown into the Underworld continent.

“Last Tiamat.” Los Saint looked at Tiamat, who was sitting upright.

"Huh? Is there something else about Mom?" Tiamat asked in surprise.

“Of course.” Los Saint nodded. “Even bacteria will be wiped out after the Great Flood, so you will be responsible for restoring the entire world’s ecology.”

"Great! Don't worry about Mom, she guarantees that the ecology of that Earth will be exactly the same as this Earth's." Tiamat patted her chest and assured her.

"Alright, this resolution is now concluded. Does anyone have any questions?" Luo Sheng looked at them one by one.

“No more,” Buyer shook his head.

"Then the meeting is adjourned," Luo Sheng said.

Upon seeing this, the gods disappeared one by one from the Pantheon, leaving only Luo Sheng sitting alone on the Throne of Heavenly Principles.

"This is really unpleasant..." Luo Sheng's mood improved slightly.

Such a thing happened after just walking on the street for a short while; there's no need to use divine sense to scan other places.

When you see one cockroach, there are already thousands of cockroaches in the house.

If that world hadn't reversed, that little girl would have become a corpse hanging on barbed wire, and thousands, even tens of thousands, of 'cursed children' would be dying every day across the entire planet.

"Humans always have a bottom line that shocks even the gods." Luo Sheng sighed. He was human, and also the root god of this world.

Humans, out of fear and hatred for the Gastrea that took away their world and life, but not daring to fight them, transferred all their hatred to the young "Cursed Children" who had Gastrea genes.

After all, they are weak, unable to resist, and ignorant, making them an excellent outlet for venting their emotions.

Ironically, they need the power of the 'Cursed Children' to protect them.

It's an absolutely perfect tool.

……

Black Bullet Planet.

It was raining in Tokyo at first, but now it's raining all over the world. The once blue and white planet has turned into a gray planet full of swirling dark clouds, and the entire planet is covered by dark clouds.

Rumble…

Joan of Arc, Fukaros, and Buyer appeared in the outskirts of Tokyo, radiating a divine glow that caused the torrential rain to swirl around them.

They sensed the presence of the Saint of Los Angeles here, and that a divine eye was radiating power, which is why they descended here.

"Has this world really reached the point where it must be destroyed?" Joan of Arc's senses expanded, and everything in Tokyo appeared in her mind.

When she became the 'Deputy Ruler of Heaven', she advanced from 'First Stage of Godhood' to 'Second Stage of Godhood' and is about to break through to 'Third Stage of Godhood'.

Her perception has already covered half of the island nation's area.

Beyond Tokyo, enclosed by black stone monuments, lies a desolate forest, seemingly still picturesque, but inhabited by all sorts of bizarre Gastrea. These Gastrea range from Tier 1 to Tier 3. Tier 1 and 2 are manageable, as ordinary people can kill them, but Tier 3 possesses extremely strong regenerative abilities, rendering ordinary firearms ineffective.

"This is... the aura of evil? How can there be so much of it!" In Joan of Arc's perception, even a metropolis with a population of three million was shrouded in a black mist that ordinary people could not perceive.

This shocked her; she had only ever seen this level of activity on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean.

Fortunately, it didn't have the terrifying rate of almost 100% like the eastern Mediterranean coast.

But ninety-five out of a hundred people also possess an air of evil.

"how come……"

This is the aura of evil; it can only be seen if one has killed innocent people or indirectly caused the deaths of several innocent people.

Does this mean that 95% of the people in this world have directly or indirectly caused the deaths of innocent people? Is this world hell?

“No wonder Los Saint wants to destroy the world,” Buyer said with a sigh. Los Saint’s will was indeed justified.

“Yes, I think so too. Most people shouldn’t live in this world.” Fukaros nodded. Since following Los Saint, her lover has also been selective in his love. The living of sinners is a harm to the innocent, and in that case, the gods will help.

“However, I still think that punishing sinners with divine retribution is enough; destroying the world is too cruel,” Joan of Arc sighed.

“I’ve started planting trees.” Buyer did not deny Joan of Arc’s words, and a fist-sized silver seed appeared in his hand.

This is a 'World Tree Seed', which is actually a section of the World Tree branch shrunk inside a space sphere.

The 'Silver Ancient Tree' cannot be exposed on the planet's surface; it is too easily destroyed.

Therefore, she would envelop the 'Silver Ancient Tree' in space and let it sink into the mantle.

The World Tree seed was silently carried into the earth by the space sphere, sinking straight towards the mantle.

It stopped fifty kilometers below the Earth's crust, where the space sphere began to expand, growing to a massive ten kilometers in size, before finally the World Tree took root in the mantle.

Buyer continuously supplied power to the 'Silver Ancient Tree', which quickly grew to a massive size of one kilometer, and then its roots spread rapidly in all directions.

With the power of a god-king approaching a mid-level authority, the ley lines would spread across most of the planet in just four or five days.

Since the humans in this world are concentrated in specific areas, it is much simpler to just activate the ley lines to cover those specific areas. It only takes two days to cover all the civilized areas with ley lines.

Two days later, when the ley lines enveloped the civilized area, she used her power of the grass element to weave a savior ark and place it in the sky. Fukaros then brought those qualified to board the ark aboard. "The Eye of God... and it's an 'Eye of God' made from fragments of the power of justice." Fukaros looked at the 'manhole cover' not far away.

Beneath the manhole cover emanates a remarkably clear aura, imbued with an unwavering personal will. This is the spirit of a hero personally bestowed with the 'Eye of God' by Los Saint.

The 'Eye of God' is not limited to the seven elements; any fragment of power can be used, but the 'seven elements' are more universal.

“The first hero is here, so there are only two left. Even in a world where 95% of people are sinners, I believe it wouldn’t be difficult to find three heroes,” Joan of Arc said with a smile.

In the context of the world as a whole, good and evil are interdependent; evil itself is the fertile ground for heroes, so heroes have certainly already been born.

The heroes who were born awaited their chance to rise up and fight back against evil.

When Los Santos retracts his decree of world destruction, that will be the moment when the heroes begin to shine.

Joan of Arc's figure disappeared into the space; she needed to find the remaining two heroes as soon as possible.

As she sensed the entire city of Tokyo, she detected a considerable amount of clear and pure energy.

In places permeated by the aura of sin, the aura of purity is as visible as a beacon.

A battle is taking place in the ruins beneath a towering black stone monument, 1,600 meters high.

Rat-a-tat-tat... Boom! Crack!
The sounds of gunfire, the impact of heavy objects, the roars of animals, the twisting of arthropod joints, the shouts of humans, and the cries of children in pain all mingled together at this moment.

Joan of Arc appeared in mid-air, looking down at the battle below. Most of the adults in the battle were only slightly stronger than ordinary people and had not reached the first rank, but there were two or three who had reached the first rank. The little girls were basically all at the first rank.

"What's going on? Why are these Gastrea able to get here even with the stone tablet? Have the Gastrea developed resistance to chromium?" A masked, blond-haired burly man smashed a wolf-like Gastrea with a spiked club, his gaze shifting to the little girl assisting him in the fight.

"No, I don't know, Mr. Jiang Jian..." The little girl dodged the roar and attack of a Gastrea that was three times the size of an ordinary wolf, and kept shooting at the Gastrea's head with her gun.

Bang! Bang! Bang! The wolf-like Gastrea's head was instantly blown apart, and the Gundam's corpse rolled on the ground due to losing its balance, leaving a long trail of green fluid.

"Hmph, you're really useless. As an international promoter ranked 1584, I have no shortage of strength. Even the high-IQ person you specially had an international organization sign for me hasn't been of much use to me," Ixiong Jiangjian said with dissatisfaction. "However, you are still somewhat useful when it comes to taking credit."

"I'm sorry..." Chizu Natsuyo said, pursing her lips, a struggle in her eyes.

"A slightly challenging task? That's it? They even specially found four people to steal the credit. Tokyo is really useless." Ikuma Shoken sneered, his eyes ferocious, and he turned and left without paying any attention to Senju Natsume, slinging his spiked club over his shoulder.

Chishou Natsumi followed behind him with her head down. She had the Gastrea gene of a dolphin and an IQ far exceeding that of ordinary people. Although she was only seven years old, her cognition was already higher than that of an adult.

She is an IQ-based 'Initiator' who develops plans based on the 'Facilitator's' requirements.

They soon returned to the camp, which was an abandoned building with several empty bottles of liquor on the ground.

"Finally finished. I didn't expect a mission with such a high bounty to be so simple." A man with a cruel expression walked over, followed by a little girl with an injured arm. The little girl clutched her injured arm, looking pained, and bit her lip.

“Yes, I really didn’t expect it to be so simple. It seems that this mission was commissioned by the Tiantong family from the state.” A young man with slanted eyes walked over.

Where is your 'starter'?

"Tch, that piece of trash. She was already ranked within the top 50,000, yet she got injured dealing with two Gastrea that were only level 2. The Gastrea's bodily fluids infected her, and her erosion rate had already reached 35%. Now she has no choice but to give up." The young man complained, "It will cost a lot of money to have IISO rematch the Initiator."

The implication is that the Initiator was abandoned in the battle.

"Really? Didn't you just change it last month? It shouldn't be able to erode this quickly. Didn't you buy any inhibitors?"

"Inhibitors are so expensive, who would buy that stuff? Just do as many missions as possible to make money while the Initiator is still usable, and replace it with a new one when it's no longer needed. That's much faster than making money by using the same Initiator all the time."

“I advise you to do the same. Anyway, your Initiator is injured, and after using it for so long, the erosion rate is probably close.” The young man looked at the little girl behind the cruel-looking man.

"Hmph, I would have changed it even if you hadn't told me. I bought her an inhibitor once, but it didn't help much," the cruel-faced man said.

The little girl behind him had her head down, her eyes devoid of any light. She knew she had been abandoned. Even if she were to be retrieved by IIOS after being abandoned, she would be locked in the White House. No one who had been to the White House had ever come out again.

She was injured while trying to save her 'facilitator', and she had to save it, otherwise the injured 'facilitator' would also be taken back.

"Huh? What does it smell like?"

"Forehead……"

At this moment, the two of them felt weak in their limbs and collapsed to the ground with a thud.

After falling to the ground, she saw an Initiator walking over, holding a test tube in her hand, with the man behind her on their shared mission.

"Yi Xiong! What are you doing?!"

"Damn it! You want to kill us all and take all the bounty!"

“Kill them,” Ikuma said coldly to Senju Natsuyo.

“Oh…” Chizu Natsuyo raised her hand stiffly and pulled the trigger with great resistance.

"Damn it! You'll die a horrible death! Bastard!"

"Wait, wait! Don't kill me! I'll abandon the mission, and the bounty is yours!"

"Make your move," Ikushima Shōken snapped angrily.

boom!boom!
Two gunshots rang out, and bloody holes appeared in their heads; their expressions remained terrified.

"Cough cough cough..." The injured Initiator coughed incessantly. As a 'Cursed Child,' his resistance to poison gas was much stronger than that of ordinary humans, but he had also lost his ability to fight.

“Kill her too.”

“Mr. Jiang Jian…” Qian Shou Xia Shi’s hands trembled. She did not want to kill an Initiator like herself.

This wasn't the first time she had killed someone. She had been following Yi Xiong Jiangjian for a month, and every week she would kill her companions and pocket the bounty.

She didn't want to kill anyone; killing was a terrible thing, and her body trembled the first time she was ordered to kill someone.

"Useless fellow." Ikuma sneered and kicked Senju Natsuyo.

"what!"

Chishou Natsume was kicked several meters away and crashed into a broken concrete pillar. She wasn't injured from the kick, but it hurt a lot.

Ikuma Ken will swing his spiked club at the injured Initiator.

The little girl, her eyes devoid of light, simply stood there, clutching her arm; she had lost all will to live.

Just then, a blinding white light descended and enveloped the area.

call……

"Huh?" Yi Xiongjian was stunned, and then intense pain swept through his body.

"Ah ah ah ah ah……"

Chishou Natsuyo got up and stared in disbelief at the scene before her. Light fell vertically from the sky, illuminating the surroundings brightly, and her promoter, Ikuma Ken, was enveloped in holy white flames.

She could only see figures rolling around in the flames, and pitiful screams came from within them.

In the two seconds she was stunned, the figure in the flames had already disappeared, and the holy white flames quickly vanished.

"It's really, really, it makes me angry." A clear, holy voice came from above Chishou Natsuyo's head, and she looked up.

What comes into view is an angel with six pure white wings spread out behind her, a halo above her head, and long golden hair reaching her waist.

"An angel!" Chishou Natsuyo looked up in disbelief.

She enjoys reading when she's not on missions. Because she's an exceptionally intelligent initiator, IISO's training for her includes not only firearms and combat but also various books. After leaving IISO, she's read many other types of books.

She longed for the beautiful world depicted in some books, but knew it was just a fantasy.

In the book, God's messengers, angels, appear alongside a beautiful world, or rather, when angels appear, a beautiful world will appear.

"Huh?" The little girl, who was originally injured, was surprised to find that her wounds had disappeared and the pain was gone. She stared blankly at the sky.

She didn't have the high intelligence of Chishou Natsuyo; she only knew that the older sister who suddenly appeared in the sky was very powerful and had healed her.

"It's alright, it's alright." Jeanne da Vinci tenderly stroked Senju Natsuyo's head before picking up another little girl.

"Big sister, are you an angel? Are you here to save the world?" Chishou Natsume stared blankly at the angel stroking her head.

"Yes, big sister is an angel, here to save the world." Jeanne gently stroked Chizu Natsuyo's head: "Such a sensible child, your soul is truly radiant."

This child has the potential to become a hero, but she is a child, not an adult, and does not meet the standard that the three heroes are adults.

"My soul is brilliant?" Chishou Natsuyo's mind flashed back to the scene of killing someone, her eyes darting around, her body trembling slightly. "I've killed people, is my soul brilliant?"

“Yes, you killed sinners and evil people. If evil people are not eliminated, more innocent people will be harmed. You did the right thing, even if it was not your intention.” Joan of Arc said gently. As a god, perceiving thoughts and emotions is the most basic ability.

"Your problems have been cured by your older sister, so you don't have to worry about turning into a monster."

"Healed?" Senju Natsuyo quickly looked at her slightly trembling hands, her eyes welling up with tears.

She fantasized about how wonderful it would be if she weren't the 'cursed child,' that she wouldn't be abandoned by her parents, and that she could go to school and grow up like other children.

“But you’ve retained your original abilities.” Joan of Arc embraced her tenderly.

It's so pitiful that she has such a high level of cognition at such a young age, that she is aware of the world's ills and her own misery, and that she longs for a happy future.

"For the next seven days, you will hide in the outer area and head to this place. Everything will change after seven days." Jeanne transmitted the address of the holder of the Eye of God into their minds.

After Joan of Arc finished speaking, she gently flapped her angel wings and flew away.

"Angel sister, may I know your name?" Chishou Natsuyo quickly reached out to hold the angel sister's hand.

"Joan of Arc."

“Joan of Arc…” Senju Natsuyo watched the holy figure fly into the sky and disappear into the distance, her eyes filled with light.

She knew the name: Joan of Arc, the saint of France in Europe hundreds of years ago.

"Thank you, angel sister."

Will a happy world arrive in seven days?
……

“There is another aura in Tokyo that is very clear and carries the light of lofty aspirations; he certainly has the potential to become a hero.” Joan of Arc flew toward the central area of ​​Tokyo.

No one noticed that an angel was flying over Tokyo.

The gods do not want anyone to see them, and even if a camera, a technological invention, records them, people will automatically ignore it.

Tokyo has more than forty wards. Wards 38 and below are uninhabited outer wards. The smaller the number of the remaining wards, the closer they are to the center, and the more prosperous they are, with more wealthy and powerful people residing there.

The first ward is the political center of Tokyo. The basic structure of the country's order is based on the emperor as the ruler, with powerful nobles as assistants, various military units, and civilians composed of official police and civilian police. The civilian police are armed by private security companies, which contract out most of the security tasks to the public.

The Holy Emperor's residence, known as the "Holy Abode," was surrounded by the mansions of powerful and wealthy individuals.

They were secretly discussing how to peacefully persuade the Holy Emperor to abandon the 'New Gastrea Act', and finally decided to incite the public to hold demonstrations to put pressure on the Holy Emperor.

Although the Holy Emperor was the supreme ruler of Tokyo, he was only 16 years old, so these nobles completely disregarded him. However, Japan has always valued bloodline above all else, and the Holy Emperor's bloodline was superior to theirs, so they had no choice but to acknowledge it.

Therefore, they could only undermine the emperor's power and keep her as a mascot.

At this time, the Holy Emperor was unaware of the thoughts of the powerful and nobles. He was in his boudoir making detailed annotations on the 'New Gastrea Act' he had proposed, hoping that the 'Cursed Son' would be accepted and that humanity would unite to counterattack the 'Gastrea' and reclaim the world.

Suddenly feeling a warm breeze blowing from behind, the Holy Emperor turned around, and in an instant, the pen in his hand fell to the floor with a 'thud'.

A golden-haired angel with six holy wings stood behind her, and her mind went blank.

"Heavens! Heavens! Angels!"

(End of this chapter)