Bro, I'm not an Undead!

Chapter 1232  Fate of the Angel

Soidon felt out of place.

Erlton had left him behind immediately after advising Replicus to keep him. Now, perhaps because the group before him wished to hear his tale once they had settled elsewhere, they continued to talk among themselves, ignoring him. It almost seemed as though he didn't exist.

The former Lich sighed.

To think he had once been hailed as a respectable Arch-Lich with a force of ninety-thousand Doom Knights.

What kind of fate was this?

First, Soidon had explained his situation to Skullius, hoping that he would be intrigued by it, but the Hybrid Luman had openly declared that he didn't give a rat's ass about any of the shocking details he had revealed.

Said Hybrid Luman was now standing frozen behind the four-armed creature, the lime-haired girl in a starry armour, and the beautiful, muscular, dark-skinned woman with the pink and gold sword strapped to her side.

Soidon sighed again.

"Ah, that's right," Replicus suddenly said aloud. "I almost forgot about that thing."

The Progeny recalled that he had left the Stolen Angel in the great smoking crater after he and the others were invited into Suzamete's domain. He had left it trapped in the effect of the skill [Cold Time] because he was wary of it turning against him despite his control over Skullius' body and soul.

The Progeny still possessed those fears.

"Elita, Yuyui, I'm going to be counting on you," he said to the two women. "I'm going to bring something here. It might turn hostile. I'm not exactly in a state where I can handle it easily, so don't count on my help. Yuyui, you've seen what it's capable of. Be on guard. Of course, I'd prefer it if you didn't destroy it."

The two women nodded. Elita wasn't sure what exactly Replicus was talking about but Yuyui was. Indeed, the Stolen Angel was a great challenge to fight against, especially since it had access to Skullius' skills and his 'trick'.

Oddly enough, it was the reason Skullius had been able to use that 'trick' continuously. Skullius was limited to using it only once at a time, but the Angel could use it as well, and in the context of the Creed Skullius had made, it counted as another individual despite him and it being one and the same.

After confirming that the two ladies were ready, Replicus dispelled [Cold Time] on the mobile Attegoth and had his Hybrid Luman body bring it to their location.

As soon as it appeared, the atmosphere seemed to change. Everything seemed to turn tense.

Elita frowned.

She was unnerved by the thing. Sure, she had seen it while it was trapped in the cold cage of time earlier, but she hadn't believed it possessed such a chilling pressure.

The Angel, looking to be made entirely out of glowing vines that condensed into a bulky, humanoid figure wrapped under a soft shawl which hid part of its head, stood at an impressive height. Its four arms and the [Heart of Revelation] shining it above it made it even more formidable-looking.

Its orange eyes flashed as it appraised everyone before it.

When these eyes reached Soidon, he flinched and drew back.

It disregarded him though, and instead focused on everyone else, Replicus in particular.

'Those eyes…' Replicus thought.

It was because of these eyes, extracted from the Grinning Jester Fox, Dellan, (as one eye before) that the creature had been able to copy not only Replicus' four arms, but his brand of physical properties: Dual-Concept Tracing Impact, Blizzard Motion, Deviant Trigger Build and more.

These particular attributes had been particularly nasty for Replicus to deal with when he was ensnared in Skullius' Territory, Aphotic Catacomb of the Daemon.

Unlike him who had many ways to mitigate damage, however, Replicus was particularly worried about what would become of his friends if they got hit by even a single one of the Angel's strikes, especially if it used the [Heart of Revelation] at full throttle first.

There was a chilling pause.

Yuyui was prepared. An eye with an arrow as a pupil had already appeared on her forehead, and a vicious volume of purple quality mana was pouring from her.

Elita's Divine Blessing was in full effect, a greenish-gold hue coating her fists.

What would happen now?

Would the Stolen Angel submit as Skullius did?

The answer was revealed an instant later.

The mobile Attegoth opened its mouth and with Skullius' voice, it said:

"DHYIESMYK BLACK."

The creature slid into the darkness that exploded from behind it, and disappeared from view.

Replicus and company were left stunned.

That was not what they had been expecting.

"Well, that solves that, I suppose. For now," Replicus said with shrug. The tension immediately faded.

"That was anticlimactic," Elita said, deactivating her Blessing.

Yuyui breathed a sigh of relief.

"I'm glad we didn't have to fight it. Even Master wasn't able to kill it," she said.

"I could have. At least with my Territory," the Progeny said with a shake of his head. "But that thing holds all of Skullius'… my skills. Destroying it would lead to me losing all the Insurgent Magnus skills."

And indeed, that seemed to be the case. But also…

'Hmm, but maybe I would be able to get them back using the Fruit of World Myths – the thing that granted me the Insurgent Magnus Class in the first place. I really should try to understand that thing a bit more.'

The Fruit of World Myths was still an oddity to the Progeny.

What made it even more vexing to him was that during his battle with Skullius, the Hybrid Luman had given [Evil Darkness] and [Just Light] offensive properties through the ring he had been wearing.

Yet, given that Skullius had been infected by Fulgardt's WILLS, wouldn't he know how to make the two elements more deadly without the help of some other trinket he found elsewhere?

Did the Fruit of World Myths not have the power to merge [Evil Darkness] and [Just Light] or did even Fulgardt not understand it well enough to do so?

How curious.

Oddly enough, Replicus recalled that Sila had been able to use the Fruit of World Myths back when he took over the Discount Human body. Of course, the piece of soul had only used it prevent Skullius from returning to his body while he was in control, a rather simple feat that even Replicus could do, but still. Perhaps the Tower general could help him with some insights.

(A/N: Refer to Ch.374-377.)

'Once I get all of Skullius' memories, I'll probably learn a lot more anyway,' Replicus thought.

A soft light came hurtling down from the sky. Before it landed, it decelerated and its luminance dwindled a fair bit.

Soon enough, three individuals were revealed.

Replicus breathed a sigh of relief.