As I came face-to-face with the creature that I discovered as the cause of the disruption of my system and my continuous bearing of never-ending pain I thought to myself: "Asahi-ssu, why did you leave me for someone else?"

"I told you...My God is stronger!" Barachiel declared.

I yelped in pain when the supposed dead angel pushed his spirit sword even further into my stomach inflicting pain not only into my soul but also into my physical body. An aechean's system is basically his soul therefore once you damage his soul; it'll take more time to recover and this can possibly create permanent damage.

"What's the matter Aecha? Don't worry, we will take you to Eli and—"

"NO!" I cut Buck-ssu off and gazed at him in my fits of labored breathing. "Don't...bring me there!" I forced out and expelled ascian fluids and cubes from my mouth that dripped and dribbled down my chin and suit.

Barachiel intensely gritted his teeth in gratification and my eyes connected to him. His power, despite of having the other half of his soul blasted by my birth weapon, was fueled by not only loyalty to the creator that he served but also the abhorrence he had for those who opposed Him.

"You outsiders ruined everything for Father but no matter, I shall continue to serve Him with results equaling to satisfaction even without Satan and the Reaper. I will offer your head at the altar and the angels will sing in praise!"

How did Elim survive under this upsetting soul? Hearing him speak like this was the reason why Elim jumped off from the very top of their penthouse.

My ticker reeled in terror and I tried to hold the spear stuck to my stomach but my hands only went through. It would seem that his soul can touch me but I can't touch him.

Ark-ssu knelt beside me and held my shoulder. His eyes bore on me with concern and confusion. "Tell me what we can do for you. We can't help you unless you tell us," he told me firmly. Barachiel's eyes instantly landed on Ark-ssu which sent shivers of panic into my body.

"Get away from me. He's looking at you!" I shouted at Ark-ssu and pushed him away, disregarding the pain that any harsh movements may cause me.

Ark and Buck stared at each other in bewilderment and fright and Ark-ssu obeyed and made a good distance between us.

My eyes narrowed at Barachiel and called his attention. If they take me to the Land of Eli, I will be taking Barachiel with me. He would only cause havoc in there and for this reason, I have to keep him here and keep living until Ark-ssu, Cerby and Buck-ssu leave.

"What kind of God do you serve, Barachiel?" I questioned him. Barachiel's eyes landed on mine and I continued to form statements that will trigger rage from him. "Be...cause if your God can make you say these things...He doesn't seem to be very nice don't you think?"

"You know nothing but to execute profanity. What do you know about Father you filth? Humanity has angered Him and all you extraterrestrials do is to intervene with his plans!" he snarled at me, plunging his spear up to the very hilt. I had no idea of what to do with this angel. I had the capability to fight him when I was just a soul but now that I was in my physical body, I had no match against him. This was terrifying. What can I do?

SYSTEM FAILING! SYSTEM FAILING! OPTION TO SELF-DESTRUCT SYSTEM AND HARDWARE IS NOW RELEASED!

SYSTEM FAILING! SYSTEM FAILING! OPTION TO SELF-DESTRUCT SYSTEM AND HARDWARE IS NOW RELEASED!

Self-destruct?

If I chose this, Barachiel will also be affected by this won't he?

"L-leave me," I rasped at Ark-ssu and Buck-ssu.

"Come on Aecha, don't be such a hard-ass. We can't leave you here like this!" Buck-ssu protested and took a step forward only for Ark-ssu to hold his hand up to stop him.

"Give us a reason Aecha. What's going on?" the Prince asked me.

My body trembled in interminable pain and an emotion that swirled inside of me that was slowly consuming my mind and core. I didn't want to do this but I had no choice. In the end, I was a lost cause. I need to make sure that they get away safely no matter what.

"I don't want to die—" I murmured and felt my tears cascading down my cheeks. "But I want to free you more than anything."

The sweet taste of ascian fluid flooded my mouth as it rose from my throat and overflowed. "Don't...let me die...knowing that...I couldn't save...you..."

Buck-ssu's eyes swelled with tears and Ark-ssu looked up with glistening eyes of sadness. Cerby gazed at me with pursed lips as he tried so hard to brave the tears away but the snot hanging down from his nose rebelled.

I willed myself to stand up and wobbled my way to the door of the store. Their hands jerked up but clenched down as to respect my wish. My mere resolve moved my feet through the torment and weakness my body was going through. I opened the door of the store and drifted outside to the chaos of the city.

My only wish was to be discovered by Team Ske before they depart from Earth. I would like to go back home and have my casket next to Laechea. Would I even be considered as a hero like my brother? I wouldn't know. At this point I did not desire to obtain such titles for I would not appreciate it once I slumbered.

SYSTEM FAILING! SYSTEM FAILING! OPTION TO SELF-DESTRUCT SYSTEM AND HARDWARE IS NOW RELEASED!

Ah...It would seem that Team Ske won't be able to find my body at all. I forgot all about that self-detonation. I granted my system's request and fell back on the ground. My vision started to get invaded by glitches and while Barachiel moved his lips as to say something to me, my hearing was reserved for my ticker in its last reeling.

5...

4...

3...

I leave Planet Aecha to you...Tom-Ak-Ta.

Barachiel's face of triumph was blown by the winds when a hand reached out from his side and grabbed him. My head snapped to the side and found the very face that I didn't expect to be here in this kind of situation. I canceled the self-destruction of my system and there was a surge of hope that broke through the walls of despair.

It suddenly didn't hurt anymore.

I believe I can feel the blush even when I was clearly dying.

"I told you—!" Lusceviel-ssu growled and yanked Barachiel's soul with his own bare hands. "—To never get hurt and now look at you— you're fucking dying!" he growled at me. His red eyes burned with fury and I heard Buck-ssu and Ark-ssu come out with the Prince shouting:

"You're not Samael!"

Lusceviel-ssu huffed before saying: "Damn right I'm not!"

"He's his son..." Buck-ssu lowly murmured to Ark-ssu whom then had his mouth shaped into an 'o' in astonishment.

The Prince of Eli noticed the struggle that Barachiel was putting out by trying to have his elastic limbs sneak its possession into Lusceviel's arm. Lusceviel-ssu gazed at him in disinterest which then transformed into annoyance that then escalated into:

"The fuck are you doing?!" he snapped and held on his neck in a tighter manner. How can Lusceviel-ssu grasped his soul like that?

"Why are you holding your hand up like that Your Highness?" Buck-ssu called out.

"There's a parasitic soul latched onto this idiot that's why he's obviously dying," Lusceviel-ssu responded and threw the soul to the ground before ripping off the limbs from his arm.

"Oohh! That's why Prince Ark asked me to call Samael!"

Luscev-ssu's eyes watched Barachiel with an unreadable gaze before looking at Buck-ssu. "Go back to Eli," he ordered out. "If there's anyone else you'd like to bring with you, hurry up and pick them up. Rui and Buck will assist you and—"

"YOU FILTH!" Barachiel screamed before lashing out and leaping with his limbs and body ready to pounce on Luscev-ssu.

Luscev-ssu did not even move his head to look at Barachiel but his hand grasped his face and clenched on it. I can visibly see his arm slowly transforming into that of Kawaii Desu and he continued barking orders at Buck with some parts of his voice overshadowed by a deep growl.

"Guard my Ayah."

"Communicate with Coco if there is anything we can do for the process of withdrawal to hasten."

"Make sure that my Ayah eats his dinner."

"And have I already told you to guard my Ayah?"

"Noted Your Highness!" Buck-ssu responded before turning to walk towards me only to be stopped by Lusceviel.

"Leave him to me. He has a different task," the Prince firmly ordered.

Once he was done, Luscev-ssu stretched his neck left and right before giving Barachiel a grin that was lined with sharp teeth. Buck-ssu and Ark-ssu retreated inside and I was left to watch this encounter on my own.

"I was trying to think of a way to make you suffer," he spoke with his last words laced with Kawaii Desu's deep growl. "I'm fucking pissed. I'm really fucking pissed."

The limbs of Barachiel snaked their way around Luscev and my worried ticker reeled when he was fully covered with the dark matter from head-to-toe.

"You are just his child. You are no match!" Barachiel cockily and arrogantly spat.

"Lu-Luscev!" I blurted out. I tried to move my body just to do anything to help him but my body was completely exhausted.

I can noticeably see that the limbs that covered Luscev-ssu started to grow not because of the sudden growth of thickness of the limbs but because of the person inside of it. The limbs of Barachiel began to melt from the intense heat coming from inside. The angel winced and the blazing temperature grew as radiant warmth passed through the layers of limbs before they exploded. My eyes watched the toxic remains of the limbs scattered out and I feared the one that was flying towards me.

My body was swooped away by a familiar man with leathery black wings and I sighed in relief. I have felt how that toxicity melted the back and I would not like to go through that again.

"You're really dying there," Cain-ssu commented with bored eyes before looking down to see Kawaii-Desu in his rampaging form.

With Barachiel's limbs gone, Kawaii Desu leaped with his toothed jaw open before snapping him in and shaking his entrapped body left to right, back and forth. Barachiel hollered in suffering as he called out to his creator. The curdling screams almost made me want to help him but he was silenced once the Prince snapped down on the soul, severing the upper and lower parts. Kawaii Desu tossed him high up from the ground and then generated a circular beam of destructive purple light from his mouth. The ground beneath Lucian-ssu's son crumbled in orbit as an amethyst light formed in a supernatural circle.

"Holy shit! Holy shit!" Cain-ssu panicked and had both of us distance ourselves from the area. Kawaii Desu released the beam of light with the piercing sound wave that resembled a sharp whistle that torched everything that it can reach. "What the fuck is that thing?!" he screamed.

If only I can answer that with pride I would but my mouth was filled with my own fluids. Cain-ssu looked at me with question and waited for an answer before saying:

"Stop overdosing with slurpee and answer the damn question!" he snapped at me. His attention was cut short when Kawaii-Desu uncontrollably released those powerful beams everywhere hitting every angel and every flying creature that just arose from their hiding.

Kawaii-Desu's rampage caught the attention of the other angels who then bravely took on the infuriated creature but successfully failed when he released electric bolts that caged him that were then relinquished vertically, electrifying those around him.

Nothing from Barachiel's soul survived from the blast which now assured me that this time, he won't be possessing anyone from now on.

His God truly was powerful but I did not believe he represented Him well.

Cain-ssu flew us up from a tall building that was still stable and made me sit against the wall that encased the stairwell downstairs. I didn't want to leave Kawaii-Desu on his own but he will attack anyone at plain sight and it was not a good idea to be around him while Lucian-ssu was out.

"Okay so what do we have here?" Cain-ssu asked as he looked at the spear stuck to my stomach. "You're lucky that I passed by. I had to drop the gallons of ice cream I was holding just to save your pathetic ass," he told me with a grimace.

I nodded at him and tried to give him a smile of gratitude since I was unable to speak but he only grimaced and shook his head. He grasped the spear and looked at me in the eyes. "This is gonna hurt," he drawled before yanking out the spear, causing a spasm of pain that webbed throughout my body. I curled on the ground and hollered out in twinge before hearing the spear get tossed to the side.

The spear dissipated and my system informed me of the good news.

STARTING RECOVERY...

SYSTEM WILL SHUT DOWN...

My eyes stared at the ground and Cain-ssu waved his hand in front of me.

I couldn't believe it.

How many times have I faced death but still managed through it? There were times when I was prepared and there were occasions like these in which I denied death in any form. Death was in its ultimate bitter form especially when you know that you were close to winning. I didn't want to die because I believe that I still had so much to do.

I wanted to live.

Kaisen was surely by my side and without a doubt; my friends will always have my back.

Khan oui (Thank you)

System Rebooting...

Welcome back Aecha Ecgtheow...

My eyes opened and I realized as I blinked the sleep away that I lost consciousness. I was still on Earth and there were still no signs of Catastrophes but the screams lowered down in amount and quantity. Cain-ssu was observing at the edge of the building and I slowly pushed myself up into a sitting position. It was still dark and as shown by my system, it was already 4:33 in the morning.

I yawned a bit and was about to call out the attention of Cain-ssu when I noticed another presence beside me. My eyes widened when I found Luscev-ssu sitting at my side with his eyes closed and his legs and arms folded. He seemed to be sleeping with his face relaxed and gone from the roots of scowl. I looked at him closely and found him very beautiful, even more beautiful than our Holy Leader Hesein.

I was the happiest every time Luscev-ssu was together with Lucian-ssu because only with Lucian-ssu did Luscev-ssu's softest side came out.

"You're awake," Luscev-ssu suddenly spoke out, startling me into embarrassment and causing me to withdraw from my ogling position.

"Ye-yes, thank you for saving me," I told him.

Luscev-ssu opened his eyes revealing two different eye-colors of red and blue before humming. I noticed that he had new pairs of clothes that was very much casual and still had their price tags hanging.

"Your teammates came by and I told them to fuck-off and just deal with their mission. Don't worry, I told them to fuck-off in the nicest way," he assured before standing up and then offering me his hand.

Lusceviel-ssu's hand...Was it normal for his hand to glow like this?

"Grab it before it suddenly decides to break something," he coldly threatened. I laughed sheepishly before having him pull me up.

Cain-ssu turned around and cracked his neck. "I'll survey around," he offered.

"No need, you can go back to Eli once you're done with your shopping," Luscev-ssu told him. Cain-ssu snorted and rubbed his palms together.

"It's fun to shop around you know? Everything is free," he murmured before waving at us. "Gotta go, I have to buy that video game for Abel."

I waved at Cain-ssu and he flew off leaving the both of us alone in the rooftop. I will find a way to thank him someday.

I immediately contacted Team-Ske and I heard multiple sighs of relief coming from my teammates.

"You scared me to death Aecha!"Hyuk Min whined.

"When I found out what happened to you, I dropped the bombs..." Imsothy trailed off.

"Literally," all of Team Ske deadpanned.

"Are you alright Aecha? I'm really sorry!" Hoets sobbed out.

"Please forgive him, he's been messaging me privately and it's annoying," Won drawled.

"It's good to have you back Aecha," Stugox welcomed.

"Good to have you back bud! Now where can I torment you?" Ki laughed out.

"I told you Aecha! I told you! Nowhere is saaaafe!" Joe whispered at our communicator.

"I'm fine everyone, sorry for worrying you. Any updates?" I asked them.

"We can make pillows from the amount of feathers I' m collecting," Ki answered.

"There are no catastrophes then..." I trailed off. What was Asahi-ssu doing? It wasn't that I was doubting his capabilities however; I was worried that something must have happened to him.

I heard Luscev-ssu sniffing around the air and he grimaced before pinching his nose. "Ew, what is that?" he asked.

"What does it smell like?" I asked him.

Luscev-ssu faced me as he pinched his nose before replying: "Like something is rotting really badly. I hate this sensitive nose," he groaned.

That will be the first sign.

The communicator was filled with gasps when the buildings south of us exploded with fire and from the north came a sweet drift of scent that took the form of the winds.

"Ayah?" Lusceviel-ssu questioned as he followed the scent with his nose.

Those were the second and third signs.

The fragments of Lucian-ssu's powers were here and so were the catastrophes.

This will be the last clash between the creatures of life and death on Earth and it was orchestrated by the Fallen King himself.

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A/n: I epically failed painting Slade  I should have stuck with colored pencils good god. It's not you Slade It's me hahaha. I'll redo them later
Damn it whenever I draw these two I fail.