Novel Full Chapter 1709: An Archangel’s Power
Chapter 1709: An Archangel’s Power
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CRAAASH!
Elayne dug deeper into the sea of self-regenerating flesh, finding hundreds of screaming faces and hands rushing to grab her.
However, her spinning descent unleashed a thunderous aura, burning everything in her path as she found an open section where a pitch-black “core” floated in midair.
From within the “core,” she could feel the presence of a powerful being.
“Y-YOU?! HOW DID YOU EVEN…! TSK! GET OUT!”
The entity panicked, releasing a stream of demonic light toward Elayne, but she used her shield and weapon to defend herself while charging with her claws and hitting the floating sphere.
CLASH!
RUMBLE!
A tremor of energy erupted. Pure, condensed cursed energies struck Elayne, but she was much more resilient than everyone else.
“What are you? Where did you come from? Do you serve the Demon King of Death?”
“The Demon King of Death is merely a contractor!”
As the entity spoke, Elayne saw cracks within the sphere, realizing it wasn’t a “core” but an entity inside controlling the aberration.
It was an imp-like demon with a pair of sharp black horns, red eyes, and blue skin.
“A Demon!”
“When the Demon King of Death absorbed the powers of that magician you killed, all of the deals and contracts that magician had with us passed to him!”
“What?”
“This is why he can summon all of us now, see? You’ve only made things easier for him now, kahahaha!”
“Damn it! You know about Arcadia!”
Elayne and the demon clashed, explosions of golden lightning and demonic light erupting constantly.
From the walls, ceiling, and floor, fleshy tendrils rushed toward her, releasing screams packed with deadly curses.
Elayne encompassed herself with the pure power of Dreams and Holy Light, creating wards to protect herself by condensing yet another angelic ward.
Her Celestial Energy was already running low.
“How come you’re so strong? Ungh! What is this power?”
Elayne couldn’t believe her strength was being suppressed so much.
“I am simply combining the magic-nullifying powers of this formidable barbarian race with my endless curses! Their wailing souls create the most wonderful cacophony, don’t you think? Kehehehehe!”
She needed more Celestial Power, but she was running out.
Her dragon claws were draining it too fast, and they were growing faint now.
“Big sister!”
And then she heard his voice.
“Gabriel!”
BOOOM!
A powerful beam of light descended from the ceiling, piercing a massive, blazing hole through the aberration and entering the hidden chamber inside.
“An Angel?!”
The demon panicked as he saw the bright, spiritual figure of Gabriel manifesting.
It wasn’t exactly him, as Gabriel had stayed back inside Elayne’s Domain.
But this was Gabriel’s Spirit, almost identical to him, which Elayne was able to create through their powerful bond together.
“No, merely a Holy Spirit! I can handle this much! Die, both of you!”
Hundreds of sharp tendrils appeared from all around Elayne and Gabriel, aiming to pierce their bodies and infuse countless curses to kill them.
However, Gabriel rushed toward Elayne, fusing his spiritual body into her own and using her Spiritual Heart as a sort of vessel, the same way Spiritual Heart Beasts did.
In fact, the still-growing and quite weak Spiritual Heart Beasts inside Elayne rushed toward Gabriel, as if feeling he could help them help Elayne.
And so…
FLAAASH!
“This is…?”
Elayne saw her young Spiritual Heart Beasts merge their powers with Gabriel, who then grew larger within her body, infusing her with potent divine and celestial energies.
Even her growing child began to absorb this excess energy. Although that wasn’t a bad thing, Elayne wasn’t sure what this would mean for her child once they were born.
However, instead of worrying, she fought.
Her body, overflowing with Angelic Power, changed into a True Angelic Form unlike any appearance she had taken before.
Her hair became long and blonde, her clothes turned into a beautiful white and gold dress with golden armor, and she gained six white, feathered wings and a large halo shaped like four golden swords pointing to all four cardinal directions.
For that small moment, it was as if Gabriel’s true power had come back in full.
“What…? An Esteemed Great Archangel?!”
The demon screamed in horror as he saw the brilliance emanating from Elayne’s body. Her dragon claws combined into a giant, spinning spear of light, piercing through the black jewel and into his body.
“Ngaaaahhhhh!”
Before the demon could do anything else, both his body and soul were pierced, prompting him to explode into pure, blinding light everywhere.
BOOOMMM!
The bright light consumed the rest of the aberration, completely vaporizing it and leaving nothing behind.
The surrounding, corrupted, miasma-covered field was quickly healed back to normal, as a beautiful forest of spiritual ice trees, grass, and flowers appeared everywhere.
Even some holy trees, flowers, and herbs appeared, blessing the land with the energy of angels.
“Haaa… it’s done?”
Elayne sighed in relief, looking around to find the writhing soul of the demon within the light, slowly disappearing into nothingness, dying for good.
“It’s done! Phew…”
Elayne’s transformation ended, and as she descended, Gabriel appeared in her arms, exhausted.
“Gabriel, that was amazing! Just what was that power? Did you recover your true strength for a moment?”
“E-Eh? Did I? I don’t really know… but your beasties helped me get stronger!”
“I see… they must’ve responded to your desire to help me, heh. I had no idea they could do that.”
Elayne smiled and quickly walked toward Khione, looking at the young-looking queen of ice fairies with a gentle smile.
“I believe it’s done. The one behind this was a demon inside that aberration,” she said.
“Ah! Is that so?” Khione sighed in relief. “Elayne, are you okay?”
“Me? I’m alright,” Elayne said, confused. “Oh no… half the city’s trashed, isn’t it?”
“Yes…” Khione looked at her city with pity. “Luckily, we were able to evacuate the citizens to the underground area, so it should be alright.”
“Nyeh, we cleared the remaining barbarians,” Kajithe walked into the conversation with a grumpy expression. “There are lots of corpses everywhere, which means a lot of money! Who’s picking them up, though? I can’t carry that many in my pocket item.”
“I can, don’t worry,” Elayne said, smiling. “Let me store as many as I can once I’m done checking on everyone.”
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