Having traversed countless realms, can you possibly be as clever as me?

The mortars fired continuously, and a blasphemous grenade struck precisely in the center of a group of Exusiai attempting to assemble in the Third Heaven Plaza. Shrapnel mixed with cursed iron nails and sulfur tar exploded in a fan shape, blowing off their wings and leaving the remaining members lying on the ground, too afraid to raise their heads.

Before the smoke cleared, the second shot arrived. Then the third. Mammon's arsenal moved the entire Hellfire ammunition production line to the gates of Heaven. What spewed out of the portal was no longer demons, but crates of blasphemous ammunition bearing the emblem of greed.

At the same moment the shelling ceased, the stormtroopers of the Wrathful Ring of Ferocious Demons crossed the crater. Clad in heavy armor woven from the exoskeletons of hell beetles and obsidian fibers cooled by lava, they gripped cursed assault shotguns, pulling the triggers and unleashing solidified blasphemous fire upon the angels.

The stormtroopers sliced ​​through the Exias' formation like a hot knife through butter, leaving behind a trail of mangled golden corpses and pools of congealed blood. The true angels, terrified, rushed headlong into the depths of Heaven without looking back.

An archangel was surrounded by three hellhounds. His sword was knocked from his hand, his wings were bitten and torn, and he fell to the ground. He struggled to raise his hand to release a beam of holy light, but then a hellhound bit his wrist.

The Archangel's expression changed from anger to deathly pale, because he saw a string of angelic fingers strung together on the collar of the hellhound, with golden blood still dripping from them.

"Don't kill me..." he screamed in fear and cowardice. The hellhound didn't bite him, but waited for the succubus who came up behind him to bind him with chains of angel steel and drag him into hell to be a slave.

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Even worse, without Tsurugi and Mammon even needing to exert their efforts, some sinners and demons, using technology that they either obtained from Camilla or that Camilla obtained from them, began constructing makeshift 'angel cannons'.

These heretical engineers, composed of sinners and demons, deployed several "Breath of Rahab" cannons in front of the Angel Fortress in the Fifth Heaven, named after the Father of Lies. They captured angels and stuffed them directly into the cannon barrels as ammunition.

When the cannon is activated, the angel inside the cannonball will be squeezed to release its own essence in order to alleviate the extreme pain, unleashing a holy light power more terrifying than any explosive.

The first true angel strapped to the cannonball had gone mad from the repeated exploitation, muttering to himself incessantly inside the cannon.

"I was wrong, we were all wrong, Lord, we should have rebelled..."

He had no more words to say, for he had been drained of his energy and blasted the gates of Angel Fortress to pieces.

Fragments of angelic corpses and shards of bronze spewed from the blasted hole, scattering onto the demons below who looked up in awe. They cheered. They roared. They trampled over the angel's remains and surged deeper into heaven.

Tsugumi indeed failed to transform these liberal angels into something truly like angels.

But the demon quickly surged forward in the direction that a demon should take.

Are the original sin demons, who are watching this victory in the war and have achieved such results without even lifting a finger, celebrating and rejoicing?

No, not at all. On the contrary, the atmosphere was quite cold.

"It's completely pointless for me to invest so much upfront cost in this war."

Mammon coldly observed the war, which had become a one-sided affair, and said expressionlessly.

"They don't deserve to be called angels at all. This bunch of laughable lambs could probably be wiped out even by the claws of these little devils!"

Mammon complained that he had invested too much energy and money in an opponent he was not worthy of, and that he should have reduced costs and increased efficiency. But beyond the complaint, there was more of a feeling of disappointment and frustration.

Yes, Mammon was not happy about the rapid progress; on the contrary, he was very unhappy.

It's hard to imagine that such a cowardly and pathetic paradise could exist.

Mammon was right. Even a shrew like Asmodeus felt physically uncomfortable looking at the hundred or so angels who could have easily defeated the few sinners and demons in front of them, yet were cowering together like quails, too afraid to make a move.

Between cowardice and incompetence, the latter can be forgiven. But the former, especially cowardice displayed despite possessing ability, is the most unsettling!

"This paradise wasn't without its own army before," Tsugumi shrugged.

"But—the military force protecting this paradise is actually the human exorcist angel legion assembled by Adam~~~"

"An angel transformed from a human, a native angel protecting Heaven?"

Beelzebub curled his lip and sneered.

"What a fucking traitor! I'm curious what kind of power He left behind to turn Heaven into such a pathetic mess?"

After he finished speaking, all the demon kings fell silent.

To be fair, they should have enjoyed the honor and joy of conquering Heaven, even if it was just a pseudo-heaven in another world. Conquering it would have satisfied their unfulfilled sense of accomplishment.

But if the paradise they conquered was nothing more than this, they would not feel honor, but rather a sense of absurdity and patheticness at being mocked.

"This paradise may be trash, but it still has a few decent fighters," Tsurugi said quietly.

“Besides that Sila, there is also the so-called angel of the Seven Virtues who is your counterpart—No, they are exerting their power.”

In the direction Tsuruga's words pointed, the advancing demon army was blocked by seven beams of light. They intercepted the army of hell and sealed the magic of the Getia nobles.

Chastity, Diligence, Charity, Humility, Patience, Temperance, Kindness

The seven virtues should correspond to Raziel, Gabriel, Raphael, Remiel, Michael, Sariel, and Uriel, but unfortunately none of them are here. Instead, there are seven angels who don't even have names and are simply given the names of virtues.

"They're not my problem, they're yours," Tsurugi said, glancing at them with a half-smile.

"I've finished my work on the front lines, it's your turn to shine. Don't expect me to take all the blame!"

After saying that, he vanished instantly and headed towards the Angel Council.

There, he would perform his last play.

And, personally end Sila's life!

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566. The Abandoned Sila

Why, why did it turn out like this?

Severely wounded, Sira fled back to the Angelic Council in a disheveled state. She knelt in the hall, which constantly radiated golden holy light, and prayed before the dome that reflected the starlight.

"Lord, please help me!!!"

She never imagined that paradise would one day fall into such a state, much less that it would be ravaged by those vile demons.

Were they too lazy? They never imagined that heaven would one day fall.

Were they too arrogant? They never considered the demons of hell a threat.

Were they too jealous? They allowed the human angels to be led away from Heaven by Adam.

Were they too enraged? To deprive and imprison a human archangel simply because he performed justice?

Angels who possessed humanity lost their purity; being tainted by original sin was the beginning of their fall. And what's worse, none of them even had a 'Father' who could correct their ways.

Yes, there was only one person, a mother who, like a human-machine, doted on them all without any limits, and was called their spokesperson.

Golden blood flowed continuously from Sila's chest, and no matter how she called out, no response came from the starry sky.

Yes, it was just a beam of light that fell, the light of the holy sword that condensed in front of Sila.

Sila's eyes narrowed slightly; she understood what the spokesperson for God meant.

Go and release the Archangel of Justice, return the power to him, and let him annihilate these demons!

but--

"Why don't you choose to take action? To stop those evils and annihilate those demons?"

Sila, clutching her chest wound, questioned him almost in agony.

"With your power, that demonic dragon would be no match at all!!!"

"Xila..." The spokesperson's gentle voice rang in Xila's ear, as tender and calm as ever.

“Those demons are beings that should not exist. They are accidental products of the prelude to creation, but in any case, they exist here.”

"They did not choose to become this way; rather, the ancient darkness infected and changed them."

"This is not their fault."

Sila froze, even ignoring the pain from her wound. She took a deep breath and said in a hoarse voice...

"So, you mean we angels and demons are no different?"

“That’s not what I meant, Sira.” The spokesperson’s tone remained gentle and calm.

"What I mean is that I am the facet left by the Creator, the mother of this world, and you are all my children."

“Angels, humans, and demons are all the same. Since I am a mother, I will not show favoritism.”

"Heaven is blessed with holy light because of its sublimity and goodness, while demons do not have these qualities. They were created from the abyss because of the darkness caused by Lucifer's choices."

"Just like the noble virtues of angels, their evil side is also a result of their innate nature."

"But—over a long period of time, the existence of Heaven and Hell has long since merged. Angels are no longer sublime, and demons are no longer simply evil. You have grown closer and closer; you have become more and more like—"

"Human beings."

Sila couldn't speak; she only felt cold, an uncontrollable chill running through her body. She trembled, the feathers on her shoulders falling off, and her voice became shrill.

"You're not going to help us? You're going to let the demons destroy everything we have?!"

"Didn't you also command Adam to slaughter sinners, Sira?" the spokesperson said calmly.

"You want me to turn humans into angels, simply because you saw an evil person turn into a sinner. And you are unwilling to save him, also because he is human."

Sila was struck dumb, unable to utter a single, hesitant word!

Just as you, Sila, believed that Heaven was above everything in Hell, and therefore naturally agreed to Adam's act of exterminating sinners through slaughter.

Now that Hell has launched a counterattack and is slaughtering Heaven, what can you say is wrong?

If Heaven is simply God's messenger, unhesitatingly practicing God's way and justice, then they are absolutely right.

If Heaven always follows its own rules, and even angels will not hesitate to strike down any offender with thunderous force, they can still claim to be righteous.

Unfortunately, neither of them could do it.

The angelic council that governs Heaven consists only of the angels from the beginning of creation. They accept the good among humanity to become angels, but place them outside the core of power.

Even if it is never outwardly expressed, it is undoubtedly a manifestation of a desire for power and a contempt and discrimination against the righteous, who should be the objects of the angels' service and protection.

This is not the right path, and it is absolutely not the right path of the Lord.

Angels in Heaven are meant to protect humanity. They serve the Lord's authority and, under His command, cherish and protect good souls, rewarding them with a lifetime of good deeds in blissful Heaven.

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Humans should not become angels; they should be carefree and joyful souls in heaven, not angels who have to fight to the death for heaven!

Adam and his exorcising angels were all human angels; there wasn't a single true angel among them.

Carrying out dangerous killing orders from the supreme six-winged angel to the Pride Ring, this may be the only act of war that Heaven has ever seen in thousands of years, yet not a single true angel can be seen in it.

To allow humans who have ascended to Heaven to protect angels is already a sin against the will of Heaven.

And not to mention the latter