“You don’t have any healing abilities, Metatron.”
Roy suppressed the surging excitement, he didn't like the way the God-Slayers fought against the Heretic Gods like beasts. On the contrary, Roy was a man who believed in wisdom and knowledge. Just as humans evolved from savagery to civilization, in Roy's eyes, those who fought with the instincts of beasts were simply becoming beasts.
And Roy didn't want to turn into a beast, on the contrary, he wanted to tame the beast.
“You are right, son of the Fool. I don't have any healing abilities. That fake Michael damaged my core. I am now just a crippled Heretic God.”
Metatron’s severed left arm and the gaping hole in his chest had not healed, indicating that Metatron did not possess powerful immortality or healing abilities.
Although Metatron is known as the angel closest to God in the Book of Enoch, it’s a forgery. Metatron actually has no achievements and thus cannot turn his myths and legends into abilities. Plus, he was the “Heavenly Scribe” – a civil servant, so he barely has any combat abilities.
It can be said that Metatron is an invincible Heretic God to ordinary magicians, but for any God-Slayer, he’s very easy to deal with.
Compared to Metatron, Roy knew how powerful Michael, who was slain by him, was from the abilities he possessed. He was able to kill Michael in one fell swoop, partly due to his wisdom and decisiveness, but the biggest reason was luck – luck, that is, Aiwass.
“Return to your forged mythology, Metatron! Your time on Earth is over. It is time to end!”
Roy took a deep breath, raising his right hand high.
Among his seven abilities, he had already used the most practical ‘Jacob’s Feet’, as well as the ‘Sodom’s Sin’ subordinate ability, ‘Sodom’s Eye’. Now, Roy was about to unleash his third ability, named –
‘The Seventh Trumpet’!
This is a chapter from the Book of Revelation of the Bible, also the origin of Michael’s title as Archangel, Supreme Commander of the Heavenly Army. It’s a legend of the Last Judgment where Michael, in the name of the seven archangels, is the first to blow the trumpet of the apocalypse, leading the heavenly army to fight the beast!
“Angel, sound the trumpets of the apocalypse!”
Roy chanted the spell, then a gate to heaven opened above his head, and the sound of seven trumpets came from afar. If a devout Christian were here, he would surely recognize this as the coming of the Last Judgment!
“The Last Judgment?!”
As an Italian, Erika is also a Christian. Although, as a Grand Knight of the ‘Copper Black Cross’, her faith in Christianity is not strong, but she has faith and has read the Bible. Seeing the gate to heaven open and hearing the seven guardian angels sound their trumpets, she knew that Roy’s ability was to recreate the scene recorded in the Book of Revelation!
Behind the gate of heaven, hundreds of angels flew out. These angels were all manifestations of magic, with basic humanoid forms, indistinguishable from men or women, with wings on their backs, their bodies ethereal and emitting divine light.
Erika was shocked when she saw these angels. Each of them was powerful, flying in the air and deploying troops, like an obedient army, making Erika have no doubt that this angel army could slay divine beasts, even if Heretic Gods wanted to wipe out these angels, they would need to consume a lot of magical power. If she, a top Grand Knight of the world, were surrounded by the angel army, she would surely die.
Roy naturally couldn’t summon millions of angels, but these hundreds of angels are already powerful enough. Under the leadership of him, the ‘Archangel’, any Heretic God would be terrified to see them.
But when Metatron saw these angels, he was not frightened but overjoyed, exclaiming: “…. I am God's agent. All things in heaven and earth shall be recorded by me.”
Roy was on high alert when he heard Metatron also chanting his spells. The reason he used this ability to summon angels was because he saw that Metatron was at the end of his rope, so he decided to let the angel army wipe him out.
No Heretic God could be underestimated. Roy didn’t know what abilities Metatron had, fearing that he had some powerful ability that could only be activated when he was on the verge of death. Roy was already at an advantage, only one step away from victory, and he naturally did not want to take the risk. Now that Metatron is no longer a match for the angel army, Roy was going to kill him by beating him to death.
When Metatron activated his ability, a book and a pen appeared in his hands. The book was a manifestation of his ability. When it appeared, the quill automatically wrote on it. Then, Roy noticed that his newly activated ability, ‘The Seventh Trumpet’ was gone, and the angels in the sky actually turned their weapons towards Roy.
“Is it an ability of usurpation? Did it take away one of my abilities? What is the activation condition? Why can it usurp my angel army, but not my ‘Jacob’s Feet’?”
Just as Roy was pondering the limitations and effects of Metatron’s ability, Erika’s exclamation came from behind him: “….. King, be careful!”
The angel army in the sky charged towards Roy. Seeing this, Roy frowned, he shifted his feet and maneuvered in a very small area, dodging the thrust of the angel in front of him, then punched out, turning the angel into basic ethereal particles.
At this time, Roy was completely surrounded by angels up, down, left and right, each of them like a powerful knight, and like the best soldiers, their coordination was perfect.
Roy shifted his feet constantly, either punching, slapping, or kicking, blocking all the attacks of the angels, while each counterattack could kill an angel.
But these hundreds of angels are still too many. With Roy’s God-Slayer strength, it’s not difficult to slay these angels, but it would waste a lot of his stamina, energy and magical power. This is the purpose of this ability, to engage in large-scale group battles to drain the opponent and find a chance to make a killing blow.
Roy glanced sideways and saw Metatron, after usurping his angel army, he didn’t cooperate with the angel army to launch an attack, instead, he turned around and spread his thirty-six pairs of wings, as if he wanted to escape.
Seeing this, Roy exclaimed in anger: “…. Metatron, you can actually choose to run away!!”
But soon, Roy calmed down again, thinking it was not strange for Metatron to make this choice, because even in all the scriptures and forgeries, Metatron is the only one who has become an angel from a human. In other words, his humanity is very strong, it is reasonable for him to make human choices.
“King!”
After seeing Metatron preparing to escape, Erika, who had already witnessed the terror of Heretic Gods and God-Slayers, knew she couldn’t fight against them, but at this moment, she still raised her long sword with a resolute expression, her courage and pride undiminished, even facing an enemy she could not defeat, she did not retreat, chanting the spell, as if she wanted to stop Metatron with her own power:
“The Wedge of the Red Cross…”
But Erika’s spell was just uttered, Roy interrupted: “….. Stop, Erika! I’m ordering you to run now!”
“King, what are you saying?”
Erika, who had erected the ‘Lion’s Heart’ in front of her, stopped her chant and asked aloud in astonishment.
“I won’t say it a third time. Now, immediately, right now, run away from here, or you might die next!”
Seeing the serious expression on Roy’s face, Erika hesitated slightly, but obeyed: “….. Yes, King! As your knight, Erika will make your orders her top priority.”
If Roy was now facing imminent danger, Erika would probably choose to disobey his orders and fight bravely, but seeing that Roy was in no danger now, she chose to obey without hesitation.
This woman, though she’s quick-witted, sometimes too assertive and self-righteous, but once you gain her loyalty, she will truly gamble with her life as a knight.
“Fly, Hermes’ Boots!”
Erika activated the magic that allowed her to fly and quickly retreated.
At the same time, Roy, while fighting the angel army, chanted a new spell:
“Your wickedness is known unto the Lord, sulfur and heavenly fire shall burn everything!”
This is the full form of Roy’s second ability, ‘Sodom’s Sin’.
It’s a city-destroying ability that can only be used once every three days, capable of annihilating the city of sin in one blow!