2nd Round Villain

61 – – 400, balance game – 1

A very long past, when Lucifer was called one of the five archangels along with Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel.

Lucifer always wondered. The reason why only Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael are counted among the ‘Three Great Archangels’.

Curiosity leads to dissatisfaction, and dissatisfaction grows into corruption.

This is the story before the Fall.

The story of Lucifer’s angel days, where curiosity and dissatisfaction coexisted.

“Michael.”

“Why do you do that, Lucifer?”

Lucifer with pure white wings speaks to Michael.

“I pride myself on knowing everything in the world.”

“… .”

“There are just two things I don’t know about. Could you tell me the answer?”

“What are you curious about?”

“Lord and Chaos. A secret of the world that only you three Archangels can know.”

Sitting on a fluffy cloud, watching the setting sun, Lucifer and Michael have a conversation.

The twilight that illuminates the heavens illuminates their faces red.

“I heard that the three archangels, including you, Michael, have had encounters with the Lord.”

“Lord… .”

“But not me. So I was always curious. Who made me, who I serve, who I serve! How did you come to be! Where are you that I can’t see you!”

“Lucifer, you are still lacking in ‘quality’. You are brilliant, and you will soon be able to realize the ‘truth’. Wait for that day.”

“In the end, Michael, you’re saying there’s nothing you can tell me? Like Raphael and Gabriel?”

“… Have you already gone to those two? Lucifer, one piece of advice. On the day you qualify, the Lord will come to you directly. Don’t be greedy. When greed becomes strong, it becomes craving, and craving becomes disrespect.”

Michael was adamant. Lucifer wrinkled his brow slightly.

Because I felt like I was being ignored. In fact, even though he clearly knows that Michael can never do that-.

“Yeah, you are. Then can you tell me about Chaos?”

“Chaos, you mean.”

“Chaos. Literally, chaos. Nothing is known about Chaos. Even if I went to the celestial library, which is said to have all the books in the world, I couldn’t find even one book about chaos. Chaos is only mentioned a few times in Evans’ book, and that’s all.”

“Lucifer.”

“why.”

“Stop thinking about Chaos. It is futile.”

“… .”

Fast-.

It was always the same answer.

And, every time I hear that same answer.

Lucifer built up his anger one by one in his heart.

because he was arrogant

Like the others, he did not genuinely look up to and follow Michael.

Why can’t he know the truth, why can’t he stand shoulder to shoulder with the three archangels, why can’t he stand next to the Lord at the top of the heavens.

“Ha, you did very well. What I’m curious about is that only you and I know each other. Angels who don’t know what the truth is are just taking a back seat.”

It was a disgruntled grumble.

A small grumble that could easily be overlooked.

However, a thought that an angel who must be absolutely virtuous should never ever utter.

“… Lucifer, say it again.”

“what?”

“What you just said, say it again. I want to hear from you again.”

“under! Michael, you’re great! All Raphael and Gabriel, including you! very handsome! Except for me!”

“Lucifer.”

“what? 5 archangels? You’re talking bullsh*t! What kind of archangel are I or Uriel! I have no idea what the truth is!”

“Lucifer.”

“Ah- I also want to meet that wonderful and great Lord. Truth, why can’t he even get a sense of it, what? not enough rank? There is no one more beautiful than me in the world. Is my status lacking?”

“Lucifer!”

Suddenly, Michael made a loud noise. Lucifer, who had been arguing wildly, finally realized his carelessness and shut his mouth.

“Lucifer.”

Calling Lucifer’s name, Michael raised both hands. Michael, who held Lucifer’s cheeks, faced him.

Michael had his eyes closed. Lucifer had never seen Michael open his eyes. But for some reason, now Lucifer had the feeling that Michael was looking at his heart through his outer appearance with closed eyes.

It was a terrible feeling. It was as if his internal organs were being revealed in detail. But I couldn’t budge. It was because Michael’s ‘authority’ pouring through his whole body was too strong.

“You have ‘evil’ in your heart.”

Michael opens his mouth. The light of the sunset fell on the right side of her face, facing Lucifer.

“Don’t give me advice. Abandon evil. If you cannot shake off the darkness in your heart, Lucifer, you will eventually lose your white wings.”

“… .”

The conversation between the two ended that day. Lucifer did not listen to Michael’s advice and eventually lost his pure white wings in arrogance.

Now that I’ve become a devil, I don’t have any regrets about my angelic days.

Lucifer occasionally reminisces.

If only he had listened to that advice back then.

What kind of life would you have been living by now? doing.

It was like that even now.

Tak-Tak-.

“Turn it off… turn off… .”

Looking down at an angel who desperately crawls on the floor to live, but slowly turns to ashes.

Looking down at the angel who was once in a similar position to himself, but took a different path.

Suddenly, the former angel became curious.

Like the angel in front of my eyes, it must have turned into rotten pus that pooled and burst miserably.

It was then.

flutter -.

The nine pairs of huge wings that filled the vast sky of the Demon Forest.

*****

Tadak, tadak- My body is hot. I’m crawling on the floor somehow, but I don’t know how long I can last.

It’s scary.

It’s scary.

Stop it.

I am Archangel Uriel, not firewood for you to burn.

Flame that consumes evil, I am not sinful.

I am… sin… .

is not it-?

A confused head, a bitter pain, acrid breath.

A scene I remember vividly. It is like a kaleidoscope. Is there any difference between angels and humans who recall the past before death?

maybe she

The great angel who was my close friend may have foretold this situation… … .

“Michael! What are you doing!”

bang-!

I kicked the door of the temple and walked with a stomp, standing in front of an angel.

She is an angel with flowing golden hair that shines brightly in the sunlight.

Archangel Michael.

Unlike me, he is one of the first angels and one of the three great archangels.

“Why did you retrieve the power of clairvoyance that the Lord gave me!”

bang! I hit the desk Michael was working on with my palm. It’s unpleasant enough, but Michael doesn’t frown at all.

“That power doesn’t suit you. Uriel.”

“Why do you judge that! It is the power of the Lord!”

“Uriel, it is because you have not reached the ‘truth’.”

Unlike me who argued with excitement, Michael was calm. It was calm and quiet.

but not light That’s the scary thing about Michael.

“Uriel, ‘Destruction’ isn’t unconditionally bad, but you’ve gone too far. I judge that it might be dangerous for you to be given the power of clairvoyance.”

Isn’t this though

I got angry and listened to Michael.

“Have you forgotten that I was the one who informed Gabriel about Lucifer, who had been hiding on earth in the past!”

“I remember, Uriel. I am grateful for the work of that time, and it deserves praise from you. But even so, clairvoyance doesn’t suit you now.”

“Then give me a detailed explanation! Destruction, condemnation! What the hell is wrong with you! The more you catch and kill the evil ones, the better!”

“-How come you don’t know.”

Michael closes his eyes. Golden eyes must be beyond them, but Michael has never opened them. Instead, only the smooth eyelids are positioned in the space where the eyes would be.

“Condemnation means mercy and tolerance. It is a sin to cut off the cycle of circulating sin. How can you not know?”

“The chain of sinful karma can be broken even if you kill it!”

“No, if you kill the wicked, the descendants of the wicked will hate you. Most of its descendants will not be able to take revenge on you, Uriel, but you must bear the resentment of millions. It is not a condemnation.”

“Then what are you talking about! Mercy and Inclusion? Do you think such soft things will work for the wicked? Who are they!”

“As I said before, I am not saying that I am denying ‘destruction’. However, the only thing is to reduce the frequency. You are so overheated right now. By the time I feel like it’s okay, I’ll give the clairvoyance back.”

Michael.

An archangel among archangels.

Along with Raphael and Gabriel, he is one of the three great archangels.

I am a being who has grasped the ‘truth’ that I have not been able to reach.

Originally, it was Michael, whom I should have obeyed.

“I can’t understand! Michael!”

At the time, I was angry with Michael. I wasn’t even jealous.

Even though you are the same archangel, why are you alone?

“And if ‘truth’ is that great, why not just tell me verbally!”

“Uriel, the truth is to realize yourself. It doesn’t mean that someone else will tell you. The advice I can give you is just… Let go of your excessive will, that’s all.”

“under… !”

“Please understand, Uriel. Now you are going astray. It doesn’t matter if you stray for a moment, but digging too deep down that stray road may have irreversible consequences.”

“If the truth was so easy to understand, then it was right away!”

I know that Michael is not an angel to misunderstand.

She is the noblest of all angels, the agent of the Lord.

It is Michael who looks down on all things at the end of wisdom. All three archangels, including her, are like that.

– Except for me.

Crying, an inferiority complex rose. I wanted to express my anger because my heart was cramped and stuffy.

Angels are not perfect beings. It’s just that they’re a little bit smarter than humans, a little bit longer-lived, and a little bit more powerful.

The word perfect meant the three archangels or the Lord.

“Uriel, do you know why I stopped closing my eyes and seeing the light of the world?”

“… never told me.”

“It is to avoid discriminating against each other. Since all beings are governed by emotions, rational judgment is close to impossible unless it is a machine. I am no exception.

So I closed my eyes To make judgments solely on the situation, without distinguishing between enemies and allies. In order not to be ruthless towards enemies but lenient toward allies. To be ruthless to all if to be ruthless, to be lenient to all if to be tolerant.

He who judges must do so. I weigh my soul on a scale, so I close my eyes and feel only the weight. Uriel, if you will claim to be the agent of the Lord, then you too, at least in your heart, think it right.”

“… .”

“I know it will sound like catching a cloud to you. However, you must bear in mind.”

Michael never utters lies.

“Uriel, I can make you self-destruct with just a few words without using any powers. It’s not because I’m great, it’s because you’re going astray.”

Knowing that, I should have listened to her advice.

“Until now, there had been no problems. Uriel, because all the beings you punished were those lower than you. But don’t forget. That there are the highest beings in the world that you don’t know about. The moment you meet one of them, and the moment he playfully whispers a few words to you, Uriel, you will suffer self-destruction.”

Of course I didn’t

“I hope you realize the ‘truth’ for yourself as soon as possible, reflect on your past, and stand by my side, Uriel. you are good Perhaps there are few people in heaven who are as upright and good as you. However, he is captivated by the goodness and cannot see his surroundings. Note that. Bamboo is beautiful because it is straight, but bamboo standing alone is desolate.”

I didn’t understand what Michael was saying, and I was even more obsessed with destruction and condemnation. The pressure of having to realize the obscure truth and the humiliation of being one of the four archangels but not among the three archangels severely whipped me.

As a result, it became like this.

Roaring-!

“Kiaaagh!”

It’s been a long time since my wings were burnt in the swirling flames. The white robe draped over my body also turned to black ashes.

I’m a jerk.

I’m an idiot who couldn’t see the side.

I’m a jerk who can’t look back

He’s an idiot who only knows how to look ahead.

“talent… ah… eww… ugh… .”

Lord.

Holy, Compassionate, Exalted Lord.

Merciful Lord. resentful lord. Merciless Lord.

Why are you putting me through such an ordeal?

How am I supposed to live now?

I was wrong.

I was wrong.

I have perverted and misunderstood your will, and have committed blasphemy.

However, I never disrespected you. It’s all because of my stupid foolishness.

Now that the wings are torn and the authority is gone.

what should i do

Should I be punished like this and perish forever?

Hello, is that what you mean?

Flutter-!

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Just then, eighteen pure white wings landed on my body.

When I looked up in a daze, the face I believed I would never see again came into view.

“mi… mi… Michael… ?”

“Uriel.”

*****

come.

The real exhaust that you’ve been waiting for.

Even three of them.

“My, not me! Michael, Raphael and Gabriel! I didn’t make Uriel that way! I am innocent!”

The devil, who is receiving the attention of the three archangels, shakes his hand.

desperate It’s not like the demon of arrogance.

Even Lucifer knows.

Those three dare not do anything to themselves.

It’s funny. Lucifer, who despised the Lord they serve, is whining at the servants of that Lord.

Well, that’s why it’s ‘arrogant’. To look down on what you dare not look down on. A devil is not a devil for nothing. It’s evil because it’s ugly.

“Look at the author! Chaos! That Chaos over there! The chaos you dealt with in complete secrecy made Uriel that way!”

My ancestors point at me. Anyway, my ancestors are mean because they resemble me. Look at how they tell off their descendants because they want to live somehow. Although expected.

“Uriel… How the hell did you end up like this… ”

An infinitely gentle-looking boy with a soft face that would make even the most wounded person in the world feel relieved, sit down in front of Uriel who is prostrated on the floor.

Saint Raphael the Archangel who ‘heals sick travelers’.

“… I see In the end it happened. It is heartbreaking. Uriel, you were an angel who couldn’t be more upright… .”

An angel with gray wings muttered next to Uriel with a bitter face. It is famous for notifying the birth of the Messiah to the Holy Mother in the past.

Archangel Saint Gabriel, ‘the strongest of all’.

“Lord, please have mercy. No matter how much time passes, we are all foolish. Even if you make a mistake, embrace it warmly and embrace it generously. Wasn’t that your teaching?”

The angel with her eyes tightly closed covers Uriel’s burning hand with both hands. The angel puts it on his forehead and recites a prayer passionately.

Saint Michael the Archangel, ‘closest to the Lord’.

If a member of the Holy Church had seen it, it would have been a combination that would have foamed at the mouth and died. Beatrice, the only member of the Holy Kingdom in this position, unfortunately passed out.

The flame that burns Uriel gradually fades. Raphael infuses divine power to heal the indelible wounds engraved on Uriel’s body. Wings that have already been ripped off cannot be cured.

“I know, Lucifer. I saw it all with clairvoyance.”

Michael’s closed eyes turn to me. Her clean face stares at me.

a little nervous Those three are different from Uriel or Lucifer, but it is because they are very different.

They are those who realized the truth like me and the saintess. My sloppy words can’t destroy the noble castle they built. Even if you wake up dead, you can’t put a scratch on them right now.

You said you were watching with clairvoyance? i already knew Rather, I aimed for it.

Uriel is an archangel. Uriel and Lucifer were jealous of the three archangels, but they are not. Even if Lucifer, who has already completely fallen, is excluded, there are probably no people who love Uriel as much as Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael.

Kill Uriel like that? It is nonsense. Unless you want to be torn in half by angels.

So I didn’t kill Uriel. I only let go of the threat. Because I knew those three would come running soon anyway.

It was also the reason why he planted Shimma in Uriel. simma? Juhwa Ibma (走fire入魔)? I can’t remember the exact name. The Grand Duke of the Eastern part of the demon world told me about it in my previous life, but it’s a long story because it happened in my previous life.

“Err… I’m sorry! Knock-knock!”

“What is it, Aru? Why are you barking?”

“Cheer up, too big! Little demon, hide behind me! Knock!”

“What, are you trying to protect me now? The guy who was digging his ears from behind when we confronted Uriel earlier.”

“Because I believed in the young demons! Kwong Kwong Kwong! But they can’t! No matter how great the young demons are, they can’t do it! run away! I’ll kill time!”

Hey, are you saying you want to die instead of me now? you want to protect me?

“Keong kong! hurry! No time!”

such a cute boy But dogs are dogs, and they know how to be loyal to their masters. No, isn’t it something beyond loyalty to the point of giving one’s life? Anyway, it’s exciting.

But now is not the time for Arune to step out.

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Jerk-.

Pressing Aru’s fluffy hair with the palm of her hand, she stepped forward. Aru begs me not to do that, but I have my own thoughts.

He took off his magician’s hat with one hand, held it upside down, and bowed toward the angels. with the head stiff.

“nice to see you! ladies and gentlemen! My name is Oscar Lucifer, your youngest child and cherub! I don’t know how you enjoyed watching the performance!”

Three angels stare at me. They will find me unfamiliar and repulsive. Uriel, whom they love, was smashed to pieces.

But, because I love Uriel more than anyone else.

They must follow my word.

“Gee, judging by the expressions, it looks like you weren’t enjoying the show… . I can’t help it! Just as a writer can’t write a story that everyone is satisfied with, I can’t make a performance that everyone is satisfied with! Still, the post-processing of the show should be neat, right? What if you are a professional magician?”

“Something you want to say, magician.”

Michael asks a question in a calm but not bright voice.

I grinned.

“Uri-El, whose wings have been torn off, cannot go back to Heaven, and unlike Uriel, who was summoned by me and came to the Pandemonium, all of you who have broken the laws of the Heavens and Pandemonium can only stay in the Pandemonium for a few minutes! Almost all powers will be limited. Then, Uriel must inevitably remain here alone… what? Are you weak enough to die of natural causes right away after being alone or to be eaten by wild beasts roaming around? If there were no guardians, would that day be the day of the memorial service?”

Actually, this is not the end of today’s show.

highlight.

“I’ll give you four choices! Lucifer, and Lucifer’s descendants, and a wolf girl raised by Lucifer’s descendants, and a paladin who follows Lucifer’s descendants. Who would you like to entrust? Oh, by the way, if you kill me, the choice between the paladin and the wolf girl will of course disappear!”

Today’s show is a balance game.

choose one where

great angels.