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Such powerful beings, if they truly exist, could only exist in the realm of gods.

"Really."

Athena chuckled softly, and with a flick of her wrist, black venomous snakes slithered out from the corner, converging towards her hand.

The blood-red cross stood out starkly against the backdrop of the black snakes.

Makoto Haramura spotted it almost immediately.

"So that's how it is. What you possess is actually his. No wonder you have such confidence."

The thing that this item represents is extremely famous.

It can be said that anyone with even a slight understanding of mythology can guess the owner of an item based on it.

"Being able to obtain his things was a matter of chance for me."

Athena bent down and easily lifted the seemingly heavy red cross with one hand.

That is, the moment it was raised, holy light instantly shone everywhere.

The stinging sensation made Athena, the goddess of the underworld, involuntarily wince.

"Normally, after I regain my full form, I should fight you in my full form so that you can know my strength."

"However, it is not my style to turn against my benefactor with swords."

Athena's divine power erupted instantly.

The blood-red cross detached from Athena's palm and floated into the air, hovering directly in front of her.

Makoto Haramura raised his eyebrows and patted Liliana on the shoulder.

The pitch-black void opened up and sucked Liliana and Diana inside.

"I acknowledge this man's power."

"Use him, and let me see your true power."

Chapter 297 Michael the Disobedient God

A red cross hovered directly in front of Athena, its immense divine power gushing forth like a geyser.

She slowly raised her two fair, white hands from her sides.

"Excellent messengers, powerful six-winged angels, the seven angels before the throne of God."

The words fell.

In the sky, a blazing beam of light shone directly from afar, instantly illuminating the earth.

Strange patterns began to appear in the sky.

Immediately afterwards, a resounding hymn began to play.

Pure white feathers fell from the sky and slowly landed on the ground.

The world instantly fell into a state of tranquility.

It was in that region shrouded in holy light that a winged being surrounded by fire raised the Crimson Lotus Sword in his hand.

The sky at dawn, bathed in a purple glow, serves as the backdrop.

The disobedient god, surrounded by firelight, finally revealed his true form.

He was a boy with dazzling golden hair, holding a red lotus sword blade in his right hand and a scale in his left.

Behind the boy, six pairs of golden-white wings, which were actually made of solidified light but had no feathers, were fluttering slightly.

—The disobedient god, the vice-ruler of the kingdom of heaven, the archangel Michael descends here.

Myths are merely human speculations about their beliefs, but in reality, the true gods are quite different from the ones that humans imagine.

The fact that Michael did not descend as a pair of twelve-winged feathered angels from human mythology is the best proof of this.

Now, Michael, who descended with the divine essence of a god at his core and the appearance of a boy, opened his eyes and looked at Athena, who was surrounded by swirling black mist.

His emerald-like eyes instantly turned cold, followed by a chillingly authoritative voice.

“Athena, you stole my weapon and now you summon me, making me descend upon the earth in this form.”

“You have lost the glory of being the Earth Mother Goddess.”

What is theft?

"In my eyes, this cross sword has never been your weapon."

Having regained her full form, Athena was in no way inferior to the vice-ruler of heaven in terms of presence.

The red cross, historically speaking, should actually be considered a relic of St. George, the patron saint of England.

However, as time went by, through word of mouth, Michael and St. George gradually began to merge.

This divine weapon, which originally belonged to Saint George, naturally ended up in Michael's hands.

"It seems you have some plans, Athena."

Although Michael and Athena do not belong to the same pantheon, in this world, all the true forms of the gods live in the same Netherworld.

He also knew Athena, the Greek goddess of war.

Knowing the scope of her authority, she knew that Athena would not do something pointless.

but.

His reason, which had just arrived on earth, was gradually being lost, and instinct began to dominate his actions.

Michael began to lose interest in the matter, his gaze falling on Athena and Makoto Haramura, his divine power surging restlessly.

"let's start."

Behind Michael, six pairs of radiant wings fully unfolded, and crimson flames rose from the blood-red cross-shaped sword.

The earth trembled, and the sky howled.

Countless destructions cascaded down the hillside, and scorching gases billowed from the cracks in the ground, setting everything ablaze.

The entire city of Naples was instantly engulfed in flames.

In the divine realm, during the time when God is not present, the heavens are governed by the four archangels.

Correspondingly, these four archangels were also given by God the power to govern the four fundamental elements of time.

Among them, the archangel Raphael represents the East and governs the element 'wind'.

Representing the West and in charge of the element 'water' is the Archangel Gabriel.

The Archangel Uriel represents the North and governs the element 'earth'.

Representing the South and in charge of the most aggressive of the four elements, 'fire', is Archangel Michael, one of the four Archangels who commands all the angelic legions and is known as the Vice-King of Heaven.

From the outset, he used the powers of his position, which shows that this archangel was giving it his all.

"This is terrifying; it's even more powerful than a god-slayer."

Even while hiding behind the disobedient goddess Athena, and feeling the power of the vice-ruler of the heavens, Liliana was still lost in a daze.

—That's incredibly powerful, it's just too powerful.

With difficulty, Liliana raised her head and looked at the angel floating in the sky.

In fact, she had never witnessed the battle between the god-killer and the disobedient god.

Even during one of the Sword King's hunting powers, she had experienced such a battle from a great distance.

It has to be said, that's very powerful.

She was certain that she didn't need to do anything else; as long as she was caught up in it, she would be instantly torn apart by the aftershocks of the attack.

But this time it's different.

Even though this disobedient god hadn't made a move yet, and this was just the prelude to an attack, she already had the idea of ​​fleeing.

This demonstrates the power of this vice-ruler of the Heavenly Kingdom.

This is a power that is completely different from other disobedient gods.

She now genuinely doubted whether any god-slayer could truly defeat the archangel burning with rage in the sky before her.

"Yes, this is a power completely different from that of ordinary disobedient gods."

Athena closed her eyes slightly, gazing at Makoto Haramura, who was slowly rising from the rooftop, and murmured something.

The battle between god-slayers and disobedient gods is nothing more than a restraint of power.

Why is this?

This is because when a god-slayer becomes a god-slayer, their magical power is already at a fixed value.

No matter how hard the Godslayer trains, this value will not increase.

Similarly, the level of divine power of the disobedient gods who can be defeated and hunted by the god-slayers is roughly the same.

However, not all disobedient gods are like this.

If you look closely, you'll find that from ancient times to the present, leaders of various pantheons, such as Zeus, Odin, Vishnu, and Buddha, have never been hunted down.

Why is that?

The fundamental reason is that these beings have never chosen to become disobedient gods, and it is impossible to pull them down from the heavens by performing a normal summoning ritual for disobedient gods.

Furthermore, it is because once these beings become disobedient gods and descend upon this world in the form of disobedient gods, they will instantly disrupt the existing balance.

The probability of a 50/50 split between a god-killer and a disobedient god will directly become a 30/70 split.

"Let me look forward to it."

……

The skies above Naples.

Half the sky was covered with dark clouds, and a violent storm began to rage.

The other half of the sky was ablaze with fiery red light, the intense heat constantly scorching the atmosphere.

"It is neither a disobedient god nor a thief who has stolen authority, but the way it wields power is the application of authority."

"It seems Athena has found a very interesting partner."

For Michael, who has now descended into this world as a completely disobedient god, reason is something that cannot be regained under these circumstances.

However, as the vice-king of the Heavenly Kingdom, his knowledge and insight would not diminish.

When they first met, Makoto Haramura's abilities weren't very apparent, but now that he's unleashed his power, Michael can get a general idea of ​​what he's capable of.

"Athena is not bad for me either."

Haramura Makoto smiled, looking relaxed and casual, a stark contrast to the imposing aura he exuded.

"Speaking of which, have you ever considered switching sides and working for me?"

"If you're willing, I can mercifully spare your life."

Michael's emerald eyes flashed with anger for a moment, followed by a stern rebuke.

"Insanity."

"You actually dare to try to make me turn away from the Lord's teachings and turn to yours."

"You heretic need to be completely eradicated."

As Michael spoke, he raised his red cross sword high.

The flames that were burning fiercely on the sword instantly rose up.

The towering flames were orange-red in color, and in an instant, they condensed into a flaming sword nearly a hundred meters long.

"Indeed, there is no need for the existence of the Christian pantheon."

"Whether it's this world or any other world."

Makoto Haramura's gaze turned completely cold, and his voice was as icy as a block of unmelting ice that had never bloomed in millennia.

"He really is a heretic, daring to speak so arrogantly."

The cold glint in Michael's eyes almost solidified as he swung his left hand, wielding a massive, hundred-meter-tall flaming sword, and brought it down.