2nd Round Villain

60 – – 400, three-way meeting of cause and effect – 3

Long ago, there were five great archangels. Michael, Gabriel, Raphael… And Uriel and Lucifer.

Among them, Lucifer was the angel most favored by the great Lord, but Lucifer, who possessed an outstanding appearance and outstanding power, harbored arrogance in his heart.

‘I will sit on top of the constellation!’

It was truly blasphemous arrogance. No matter how great Lucifer was, he was nothing compared to the Lord, the Creator of all things, and Lucifer, who lost his qualifications as an angel, fell to hell with blackened wings.

Apart from such Lucifer, the Archangel Uriel always served only the Lord. Executing strict justice to the point of perfection, he silently carried out tasks such as ‘torture the devil’ that other angels were reluctant to do.

Uriel had the power of clairvoyance to see the world. When Lucifer, who had a grudge against the Lord at the time, hid on the ground, Uriel saw through Lucifer’s number with his clairvoyance and informed Gabriel to block Lucifer’s wicked plan in advance.

Thus, Lucifer’s vengeance went over to Uriel, not the Lord.

The archangel and the archdeacon, who looked at each other with disdain, waged a bloody war by mobilizing all the forces they could mobilize.

Divine Demon War.

The sky and the earth were overturned, and the bloody battle of the transcendental bodies was as gigantic as the fight between the first demon king and the warrior.

When Uriel swung the sword of truth, the heavens split, and when Lucifer unleashed an inverted cross, the earth screamed. It was truly an out-of-this-world battle, and posterity told it that way.

However, the cause is a war between good and evil… In fact, to the beasts and humans living on the ground, he was that guy. Whether it’s an angel or a demon, the war destroyed the place to live and all the food was burned.

The three great angels could not sit idly by on such a continental situation. Unable to see the never-ending war between Lucifer and Uriel, they descended to the ground wrapped in overwhelming power, and under the guidance of Michael, the angel of the beginning, forcibly put an end to the new demon war.

However, Lucifer and Uriel’s old grudge was not going to be resolved just because someone said, ‘Stop it!’ Military war was forbidden by Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, but they continued to fight for pride.

One of them was a bet on ‘Destruction’ and ‘Depravity’.

Uriel annihilates as many evils as possible, Lucifer corrupts as many humans as possible, and a rather inhuman bet to compete to see who annihilates and corrupts more humans later on. At the same time, a very Uriel and Lucifer-like bet.

It is easy to destroy evil. It’s because you can catch and kill the wicked people in sight.

However, it is easier to corrupt people. Especially for Lucifer, the master of the fall.

That’s how the two angels and the devil continue to bet to this day. Lucifer became the pronoun of fall, and Uriel became the pronoun of condemnation.

Beatrice is also one of the victims of their bet.

When I first heard Beatrice talk about Lucifer, I remembered the bad relationship between Lucifer and Uriel.

I remembered next. A very clever idea.

“Which of you four… Did you call me here… ?”

A holy voice is heard. An angel who takes over space just by appearing.

I quickly raised my hand before she misunderstood.

“I summoned you! You are the noblest angel!”

“Cunning and savage Ki… For what reason did the demons make me… .”

Uriel looked at us carefully with a different look. Her voice stopped when it reached Lucifer.

“… Lucifer. It is your work.”

Roaring-!

The cowardice that burns sins burns. The flame in Uriel’s hand spreads to her sword, cutting the space into a red shimmer.

Like that or not, Lucifer calmly asked me a question. His heart was beating wildly, but he deliberately hid it, probably because Uriel was in front of him.

Of course, Uriel was also nervous. A strange tension flows between the two enemies, perhaps because they have faced their nemesis for the first time in a long time.

I dig between those tensions.

“Whoa, calm down. It’s my sole doctor who summoned you. Although my assistant, this wolf friend here, helped a little.”

“Kong? why a little Did I do everything?”

“What are you talking about, what did you do? Did you do anything other than forks on the table?”

“Kyong kuk kuk kuk! i did it all! just running around! Summon the devil! Summon an angel! I memorized all the orders! Knock!”

“Oh, that’s what I heard. But Aru is my property. If the possessions did it, didn’t I do it?”

“I am not a thing! Knock-knock!”

“What is he saying now? Even if you search the law of the demon tribe, the doctrine of the Holy Church, and the laws of the human empire, it is clearly stated that animals are human’s ‘property’.”

“Gee, really? Come on… I’m sorry… .”

This is why knowledge is power. What are you doing if you only have white teeth like someone else? It’s not like studying and giving it to others.

Oh right, now is not the time to be like this.

“anyway! My purpose is to break the devil’s pact between Sir Beatrice and my ancestors and make a new contract with Beatrice. But in order to do that, you must agree to break the contract with Beatrice.”

“That’s true, but what does that have to do with summoning an angel you hate to see?”

“Why doesn’t it matter? The reason why our ancestors make a contract between humans and the devil is to win a bet with that angel named Uriel! I mean, what does this mean?”

I proudly pointed at Uriel and spat out words.

“All you have to do is kill that Uriel! Then, naturally, your ancestors won’t have to dwell on that contract! If that Uriel is gone, everything will be solved!”

““… … !!””

The eyes of Lucifer, Uriel, and Beatrice open up. A silence created by the shock reigns in the warehouse. Aruman, who knows nothing, says ‘Kuong…’ ‘I am discouraged by the reality that I am a property.

“Lord, Lord… ?”

My knight, Beatrice, on my back made a dumbfounded noise.

He must have served Uriel as a paladin of the Holy Church at one time, so the words to kill Uriel must have been a big shock.

“Bah, what the hell, what did you just say… Cool!”

“Ahahahaha, can you tell me one more time? Let’s kill Uriel! Do not worry! I won’t lend the hand of a sick Gyeong! We have enough!”

“It’s not like that… Cool! Cool, cool!”

But Beatrice can’t afford to stop me.

I turned my head towards Uriel. The great archangel with three pairs of wings was indignant with the veins on his brow fully exposed.

“… Are you serious?”

A terrifying voice that didn’t even seem to belong to an angel spread across the warehouse floor. Obviously, the fire is full of fire without firewood everywhere, but a chill comes.

“It means that the will is over.”

Cold sweat runs down his sideburns.

Indeed, is this the intimidation of Archangel Uriel?

My whole body was tingling and I felt like I couldn’t even lift a finger. I’ve grown quite strong over the past hundred years, but I can’t even figure out a bone in front of a real man.

One, you can move your tongue instead of your fingers.

“Why do you think I can’t?”

“You seem to have the same energy as Lucifer. A mere mortal presumptuously arrogant.”

“Arrogance is when you have reckless courage that doesn’t match your skills. Am I sure?”

“You are arrogant to the end! Even if you gave me a chance!”

Quaang-!

“… !? I’m sorry! What are you doing!”

“Kuh… ! That ignorant, strong angel… !”

“Wow! Sir Beatrice! Hold me tight! You can’t even get seriously injured by flying away!”

“Oh… ! ok… .”

Uriel’s thunderbolt broke the warehouse. Not in a figurative sense, but literally exploded.

Thanks to that, we came out to a place where bright light shines down.

Roaring-!

Everywhere is burning brightly. The flames spread as wide as the sea and dominated the entire area. The corpses of the monsters that Beatrice slaughtered the other day met with fire and turned to ashes.

Uriel stands in the midst of a fire-ridden scene. Her blonde hair, which had been neatly arranged, is rising into the sky as if it had met a storm. Six spread wings cover the sky.

“It was better! I will punish you filthy devils and demons in this place! I will purify the world!”

“what? Uriel! Why am I putting it in!”

“noisy! I heard that demon tribe calling you Lucifer ‘Ancestor’!”

Lucifer hastily spreads his black wings and tries to fight. Hmm, there’s nothing for you to do in this show.

“Summoner! What is this! To fight Uriel!”

“why? Is there anything you can’t do? There are you, me, and even our Aru.”

“If Uriel could be overpowered with just a few small sticks like you, it was right away during the Shinma War!”

“hahahaha, you are right. So I will not fight.”

“… ? what?”

I won’t dare say the phrase, “You can just make it self-destruct.”

Because Aru laid all the boards.

The highlight is my share.

If you can’t do this, you’ll have to take off the title of magician.

Trude-.

With Beatrice on his back, he took a step closer to Uriel.

Roaring-!

Every time Uriel exhaled, the horrors of sin intensified. Fiendish flames cover the sky and the earth and stare at me.

Golden eyes stick to me. These are ruthless eyes that would have slaughtered hundreds or tens of millions of people. I smiled.

“You are daring. stepping out in front of me Are you saying that you’re going to return the mistake you uttered with your own life? To protect your comrades?”

“No way, my life is the most important thing to me.”

“You don’t lose a word. Spirit is insignificant. I only lived with my mouth.”

“Originally, a cunning person like me survives the longest.”

“It’s not wrong, but… .”

Uriel’s flame comes out and covers Uriel. In fact, that includes Beatrice on my back, but except for Beatrice, who is in a coma.

“It does not apply to those who stepped on the lion’s tail. Can you say that even after facing hell?”

“Are you talking about inferno?”

“It is the name of the hell that burns demons.”

“Hmm, then I’m not eligible. Because I am a demon.”

“The devil is not covered by race. A guy worse than the devil, a guy corrupted like the devil, a guy worse than the devil. All inclusive. The flame that consumes the sinful karma will cut it off.”

Damn, how do you know if it’s just burning the body or burning the sin karma?

“is it so? That’s really cool. The scare of sin.”

stick out your finger Use your index and middle fingers. towards the wall of fire that surrounds me.

You must clean your mouth before it is too late. If Uriel wields the sword, I will die without being able to resist.

Hwareuk-!

The fire that touches my fingers moves to my fingertips. I took off Arachne’s gloves earlier, so now my hands are completely bare. A flame descends upon it.

hot. It is a pain that burns your hand. but don’t complain Enduring the pain, I naturally lifted my finger.

It’s burning just fine. what’s wrong with my fingers I’ll burn my tongue to find out.

“By the way.”

“Is there a will left?”

“That ‘sinful karma’… Who judges?”

“Why are you asking that?”

“You are curious. Who are you, what are these flames, you cut other people’s lives at will?”

“It’s just karma.”

“Kick, that sounds like karma.”

Where should I start now?

“Let me ask you something.”

“You have a long mouth.”

“Just because it’s a sin karma doesn’t mean that all crimes are mortal sins. Do you punish even a mediocre thief with the scare of hell?”

“It depends on what kind of thief you are.”

“Um, that’s right. Let me make the example a little more specific. Once upon a time, there lived a very poor man and a rich man. But one day, the poor man was so hungry that he stole the next door neighbor’s bread because he thought he would starve to death. At the same time, a person with a lot of money stole bread out of curiosity and bad spirit, saying, ‘I want to try stealing’. Who is more guilty?”

Uriel’s answer came immediately.

“The one with a lot of money. Because the intention was impure. Even though the poor one did evil, it was not with bad intentions.”

“Okay, then let’s dig a little deeper. Next door to the poor man lived a boy who was equally poor but was sick. The poor man stole bread and the boy, who was weak, eventually died that night. The one with a lot of money was quickly discovered stealing, but he stole bread from a nobleman’s house. Knowing that the rich man stole his bread, the noble reacted indifferently, saying, ‘What kind of bread is that?’ Who is more guilty in this case?”

“… .”

This time, Uriel struggles with his chin resting on his chin. Thinking deeply, she finally opens her mouth.

“It is on the poor side. The situation is unfortunate, but it has caused great harm to others. As a result, people died. This is an act of betraying humanity.”

bingo.

it took

“In short, you mean results are more important than intentions?”

“If the result is the same, the intention is important, but if not, the result should be more important. Sin karma is to measure the size of the damage done.”

“okay. Then what about the war between Seongguk and Tuguk that took place 4 years ago? Whose sin is greater?”

“… That’s what you mean.”

What are you talking about?

It’s the sound that will destroy you.

“It was Tuguk who invaded first. The Tuguk, which had a strong slave system, and the Seongguk, which insisted on equality for all people, had a bad relationship from the beginning. There was also a difference in the god that each of them believed in. So, Tuguk led a large army led by Commander Agesiliad and invaded the Seongguk, and as a result, the Seongguk was pushed back to the Seonghwangcheong.”

“Tuguk’s sins are bigger. Because you did a good job.”

“But in the battle that took place in front of Seonghwangcheong, Tuguk was destroyed. Most of the army is annihilated, including Commander Agesiliad. Right here, by Sir Beatrice riding behind me. The number of deaths in Tuguk was about eight times that in Seongguk.”

“… What do you want to ask?”

“You know? Tuguk took the first attack with impure intentions, but suffered fewer deaths than Seongguk. On the other hand, Seongguk only defended itself against the invading enemy army… It caused eight times as many deaths. The intention is that Tuguk is worse, and the result is that Seongguk is worse. According to your logic, the Seongguk has more sinful karma, right?”

come in.

don’t run away

I will deny your belief so firmly.

“No, stealing and war are different concepts.”

“Is that so?”

“If Tuguk took the first gong, Tuguk’s unconditional sin is greater. so… .”

I’ll be confused. You will be confused.

I’m going to have a long time myself. Because I just said that results have a greater impact on determining sin than intention.

“The guilt lies with Tuguk.”

However, Uriel is a person who enforces justice that is almost flawless.

It doesn’t shake like this.

“is it so? Then.”

So I turn the tip of the knife.

“… ?”

“What do you think about the war that the Seongguk directly entered into?”

To Uriel himself.

“… !”

“There were several precedents where Seongguk also invaded Tuguk. You dare to serve heretics. Tuguk won every time, and the troops who left for the expedition would come back in a state of mutilation.”

“That, that… !”

“Of course, the sins of the Holy Kingdom are greater this time, right? Because Seongguk was wrong. Or is it Tuguk’s fault again? Tuguk was just defending against an enemy country that had invaded, right? Is it a crime to slaughter an enemy in a slightly inhumane way in the process, in a wartime situation?”

“Tukuk is a heresy! Heresy must be annihilated! The soldiers of the home country were only trying to carry out the task! What sin is there in trying to keep the doctrine!”

Yes, that’s it.

Ash*tabi (I am not).

To put it in a more friendly way, Naero Nambul.

“The Lord is the only God! Those who dare not believe in the Lord deserve to go to hell!”

“As far as I know, priests don’t talk like that, but you speak very harshly. Where have all the virtues of tolerance and compassion gone?”

“… ! What is tolerance… !”

“You say heresy must be annihilated unconditionally? Who is it? Everyone is an equal child of the Lord, but the only answer is oppression for believing in God. And the gods of Olympus definitely exist, right? up there.”

“they! Not a real god! They are just a lowly race created by humble faith!”

“Low faith? Do you think there are grades in faith? Hey, that’s the first time I’ve heard of that.”

“… !”

Ripples ripple through Uriel’s gold. This is the moment when faith is cracked.

“I thought you were biased because you were on Seongguk’s side.”

“Shut up! Disrespectful!”

“Disrespect? Disrespect is what you are doing. You are the one who arbitrarily interprets the doctrines of the Lord, misinterprets them, oppresses people’s freedom and condemns them arbitrarily.”

Exciting.

This situation where if I said even one wrong thing, my neck would fly off right away.

Despite not having put up a protective shield like in his previous life, this situation of fearlessly entering the enemy base and opening his mouth.

It comes to me with a strange excitement.

“The Lord wills it! How I burn the wicked with cowardice! It was all guided by the Lord!”

“It must have been your heart, not the Lord. Have you met the Lord? Is it because the Lord sees your face directly?”

“Well, it’s not… .”

“I have met the Lord. But did the Lord say so? You shouldn’t oppress and discriminate against heretics. That is tantamount to disrespect to tarnish the name of God.”

my lord is a saint So no lie

“I-really… ? The Lord said that… ? No, no! You bastards meet the Lord! Stop lying!”

“Seongguk or Tuguk, aren’t they both common? Same for you. Who are you to judge the sinful karma! Who decides who is evil or not? Without even establishing a proper and firm distinction! How many points of view do you change the standard of sin!”

“… ! shut that mouth! I, I… ! I am the agent of the Lord!”

“gibberish! Then why do the standards of sin karma keep changing? And what a judge! Michael, Raphael, and Gabriel are idiots who execute whatever they want!”

“this… ! shut up! How wicked your tongue is!”

Sreureung-!

Uriel, who continued his conversation with me and recognized that something was wrong, raised the sword of truth.

Right now, the country splits the insidious evil species in half to realize destruction and condemnation.

But, it’s already too late.

Because the truth has cracked.

Intercepting Geek-.

“What, what! Why are you doing that!”

Seeing the crumbling sword, Uriel panicked and shouted. He can shake his sword, draw out and inject divine power.

It’s useless.

The power of angels comes from faith in the Lord.

When Uriel was shaken by my whisper.

Her powers were shattered.

And, right now.

I’m going to go to the middle of the day -!

“Kwaaa!!”

Six angel wings are torn apart. Those whose faith has collapsed do not deserve power. You don’t even have the right to fly in the sky.

Roaring-!

The cowardice that burns the sinful karma is transferred to Uriel. A woman who has become fuel struggles in pain from being burned. If you show mercy for that, it’s not cowardice.

“Disrespect!”

“What, what!?”

“It is disrespectful! Disrespect!”

“Oh no! I’m not blasphemy! Scared! Everyone, get away from me right now! aaagh!!”

“Ahahahahaha! I’m afraid, I’m going to go to the middle of the day! Because there are many sins! Burn without a trace that wicked apostate who arbitrarily slaughtered millions of lives by the will of God!”

The value of killing is different. Just like the difference between a murderer killing at his own pace and the church burning the unholy wicked.

The same goes for Uriel. She was a solemn agent of God until just now, but she lost her status as I confused her faith in her faith. It has become a mere butcher.

In the end, it all depends on your mindset.

“Oh hot!”

The fire that had caught on his fingers burned almost all of his skin before he knew it. Before it was too late, I blew on the fire on my middle and index fingers that had burned off my nails. after! As the Lord’s representative, I am not what the fire burns.

“Kiaaagh!”

The screams are pitiful. Before I knew it, almost all of my wings were burned. Only a pair of blackened wings remained.

Looking at those wings, it reminds me of someone. I turned my head towards that person.

Lucifer, a fallen angel with black wings, couldn’t take his eyes off me and Uriel with a shocked expression. Uriel, who has the same wings as Lucifer, crawls on the floor and barely exhales.

She no longer has any powers.

Pointing to an existence worse than mere insignificance, I spoke to Lucifer.

“Do you want to kill me?”

He still had a blank face. There was no answer. I chuckled.

“It’s fair to say you fought, but you don’t hate it to the point of killing it.”

“… you… .”

“Are you going to break the contract now? There is such a thing as disqualification in betting. How can Uriel, who has been in that state, continue betting? Also, please look at my sincerity. Can you see this? Are my index and middle fingers burned?”

“you… What is identity… ?”

Oh, Lucifer’s eyes looking at me are unusual.

“yes? What do you mean?”

Knock-.

Lucifer holding my shoulders with both hands. It’s so hard that you feel like your shoulders are about to twist.

“what… ? Is it arrogance… ? anger… ? avarice… ? sloth… ? No, it’s different. something different in nature What kind of identity are you… ? What kind of identity is it that throws Uriel into confusion… … .”

Ah, you must have been curious about my true identity.

hmm… well? Can you define life in just one word? Anyway, let’s define it.

“I am Oscar. Oscar Lucifer.”

“Don’t talk back! Maybe chaos? No, that’s nonsense. How can demons create chaos? There is no such thing as chaos among the seven great evils! What nonsense is this idea! How can demons, the successors of demons, have what the demons do not have!”

“I’m Oscar, right? Why do you try to define me as chaos or something weird?”

“If it’s not chaos, what else could throw the archangel into confusion… Wait, chaos? Oscar? Oscar?”

Lucifer muttering unknown words with his face right in front of me. It’s uncomfortable because my shoulder is still stiff, but since my husband is doing that, it’s unbearable.

Our Aru doesn’t help the owner at times like this. What is he doing?

“Oscar, Oscar, Oscar, Oscar… … Oscha?”

oh what did you find out something? About my identity?

“Chaos… ! You bastard, you are Chaos!”

“… .”

What are you talking about, you senile old devil?

Did I say something else great? Chaos? Did you say that just to add to the chaos? I’m really dumbfounded

“My ancestor, I think you are greatly mistaken, so let me introduce myself. As for me… A descendant, a younger brother, a captain, a master, a magician, a film director, an actor… … Another demon who becomes a lover of a human. Just, that’s all.”

Nothing special.

Really.