[Rakasha Empire, Barren Wasteland, Former Capital City] Amidst the Barren wasteland and molten lava, Hamza above the plane as he looked at his hand and repeatedly opened and closed his palm. To be exact he was currently checking the surge of divine energy coursing throughout his veins right now and examining whether there was a problem of some kind. After all he just released three apocalyptic attack head on the planet that could potentially destroy the world, and yet two winged people bearing divine energy had actually manage to protect the world in exchange for their lives. It was really unprecedented and the funny thing about that was that he actually never held back from his attacks. At that moment all he could feel towards those two brave souls were respect. But that was all it, respect. Anything beyond that was non-existent. Both of them may have stopped his attacks but they also prolonged their suffering, in the end their destruction was inevitable. Alongside it he also grew excited as he realized his own potential. After all the two winged people bear remarkable and almost staggering amount of divinity which was almost the same level as him, and yet despite such a huge adversary, he stood alone at the end of their battle. He had won against people bearing same level of divinity as him. Meaning in the scale of divine beings, he was cut above among the rest. Additionally such power actually came from him who just recently ascended into godhood. He can imagine what kind of strength he will have if he was given time to train for a thousand years. He would practically be invincible. As he was gloating at his victory, he suddenly sensed another person bearing divine energy, as he shot a look towards its direction. From there he saw a winged man standing amidst the people that had joined up to attack him. Seeing another one bearing divine energy that could pose a threat against him near his enemies, Hamza then cracked his knuckles as he prepares to attack the new enemy from afar. But before he could even take one step forward, someone had actually sneaked behind him and used an unknown power to stop him in his tracks. "Don't move!!!" Under those words, Hamza's whole body became stiff as a board ashe can't even move in his state nor even speak properly without forcing his mouth to move with his own divine energy. Glaring at the person who stopped him in his tracks, Hamza was once more surprised as he saw another blue haired winged person standing near him with a smile plastered on his face. But despite the kind smile hehas on his face, Hamza immediately recognized the burning irritation in his eyes, as if he wanted to kill him from where he stands. Smiling at him with a playful laugh, Uriel squinted his eyes and examined the level of divine energy that Hamza has on his body. "I see... so your the one who killed Ariel, and her majesty's clone... quite a brave soul we have here... but did you know? You made a grave mistake when you paid your hands on us and especially kill our queen despite being a copy clone of the original... don't expect any mercy from us" Hearing Uriel's words, Hamza grits his teeth as he barely spoke. "You.... ********* On another area the people of Rakasha Empire, Asagi's group, the army of assassin, all armed units and civilians are shocked to see a red haired winged person standing before the them as if the threat of an evil God looming in the area. For Sato and the Hero's group, they were shocked that Gabriel who was usually busy throughout the day back in the Azure Kingdom, had actually taken the time to descend and appear before them, for Hashim and his assassins they immediately felt wary towards Gabriel as his divine energy nearly suffocated them at his first appearance if it weren't for his precise control to immediately suppress it for them. As for Crown prince, princess, Samore, and the conscious Generals, they were shocked to see another person to appear bearing same divine energy as the emperor now turned God. Before all of this happened, it was explicitly explained that people with divine energy were as rare as finding drinkable water in a Barren dessert. At most since their numbers were sparse it was almost impossible for one with divine energy to meet another person with the same constitution. So with that knowledge, they were all shocked to see multiple people with divine energy appearing one after another when the emperor finally made his move to become a god. While everyone was in awe, Gabriel slowly looked at them before glancing towards Leon who was struggling to get up after being beaten by Hamza. "Hmm? So your still alive? That's surprising" said by Gabriel "What are you on about? Did you expect me to die?" Asked by Leon "Probably, after all you are fighting against a person with divine energy who doesn't hold back" Retorted by Gabriel Apparently after the whole fiasco at the central continent both Leon and Gabriel grew closer as they acknowledged each other's strength. From there Leon realized that Gabriel had actually held back on their fight at the wall. Realizing that Leon urged Gabriel for a match between them to prove that he has the capabilities to match his level of strength. Of course in the end Gabriel still held back and had easily dominated the fight against Leon time and time again. Till now Leon never won against Gabriel, causing for a shock that Leon never died in a battle against a divine being that never held back against it opponents. After the banter between them back and forth, Gabriel looked at Sato and said. "Your still weak, from here on out the enemies you'll face will only get stronger and stronger proportional to your growth... if you dont grow, you will die. However despite being weak you have potential to surpass everyone... learn from this experience" Hearing Gabriel's words Sato planted it deeply into his heart as he gripped his sword out of bitterness. Once more he lost but despite losing he didn't feel despair or frustration, only the determination to win. After Gabriel delivered those words to Sato, he then finally turned to Hashim, before frowning at him. "You... you never all out did you? Even in this situation, you still held back" In response to his words, Hashim replied. "Thou is not the time, fate has other plans" "Your as mysterious in ways I can't describe... but I won't pry any longer, you must have reason why you held back... however your leniency did cause Ariel and her majesty's clone to die and sacrifice themselves... you will have a lot of explanation to do if you don't want this incident to be the cause of your groups extermination" "... Thou will explain thyself when hath time comes" Glaring at Hashim, Gabriel then looked away as he glanced at Hamza from afar which was being restrained by Uriel. In that moment when he was about to confront Hamza, Sato immediately stepped forward and asked. "What are you going to do about this? Both Ariel and her majesty had died protecting us... if you plan to fight the god, then please bring me along" Seeing the determination in his eyes, Gabriel then shook his head and said. "You don't need to do anything, from these point on we archangels will interfere and we will show this arrogant God the price for making us his enemies... so stay put as we end this battle" In the next moment Gabriel cut the very fabric of space in front of him and stepped into the void itself. At the same time thunder clouds begun to form, as it's sound became louder and louder, as if the storm itself is angry. Of course everyone noticed this unusual weather itself but those who went to Azure kingdom, they immediately recognized who was coming since purple lightning begun coursing through the black clouds above. Sandalphon has arrived. ********* As thunder clouds grew louder and more violent, Hamza looked up into the sky, as rain started pouring down gard once more. However with currently being active, none of the water droplets ever fell on Hamza, causing him to stay dry. In that moment Hamza then released his divine energy like a shockwave to break Uriel's restriction as he immediately used and swung it towards Uriel's direction. But the moment he made his swing, thunder strike came from above, as lightning poured down on him like a waterfall. Unfortunately with activated, such violent thunder strike was blocked, alongside Sandalphons attack which came from above. Seeing another enemy with purple hair spilling out from its helmet and black armor showed up to attack him, Hamza then swung his Halbert towards Sandalphon instead. Unfortunately his attack only missed its target when Sandalphon immediately jumped away and countered back with a slash which was once more blocked by Hamza's . "Its useless!!!" Sneering at Sandalphon's attempt to attack him, Hamza used as he threw multiple invisible slashes towards Sandalphon, only for the latter to block everything by using her greatsword as a shield, causing her to be thrown back by a couple of blocks away. However the moment he focused on Sandalphon, Uriel once more sneaked from behind as he thrust his sword toward his neck, only for his blade to be blocked by once more. "You guys never listen do you? I said it's useless!!!" Just as Hamza was about to release his attack, Sandalphon suddenly appeared before him in a flash, as he took advantage of Hamza's and used her pure strength to parry the formers hand upwards, causing his to cut nothing but air. Shocked by the sudden speed of Sandalphon, Hamza then swung his Halberd towards the person herself, only for Sandalphon to use her Rune law of Power to enhance her strength and punched Hamza's head with her free hand. So even if his head was protected by , the sheer force and impact from her punch, recoiled straight towards Hamza's head, causing it to be shot back from its impact. However quickly snapping out from the shock, Hamza swung down his Halberd in full fury towards Sandalphon, only for the latter to block it with her sword and took the full brunt force of the attack. From that one contact, a huge crater appeared on the ground, as Sandalphon planted both of her foot unto the ground and endured the sheer force of that attack. However after Sandalphon succesfully blocked that attack, she then pushed Hamza away, before she swung her sword and destroyed Hamza's halberd. Once his weapon is gone, Hamza immediately used from both of his hand and clapped loudly causing a gravitational shockwave to erupt which sent both Sandalphon and Uriel flying away. But the moment that happened Gabriel suddenly appeared before him and slashed his moonblade at his back while using his Rune law of Space. Due to that he easily bypassed Hamza's barrier as if non-existent and deliver a strong blow on his back armor, shocking Hamza. "Looks like your annoying barrier doesn't work on me" "What? How? I'm sure I can still use my barrier, how did you bypass it?" "How? Simple your barrier simply twist the space and reality around it causing it to act as a shiled against external attacks... however my ability itself let me control the very fabric of space itself, in the end your barrier is useless against me" Hearing Gabriel's words, not only Hamza was shocked to learn that someone is capable of bypassing his defenses despite being active, but he also begun to grow wart against three new enemies. All of them were wearing combat armor from head to toe and all of them were exuding murderous intent despite their facade. "Just who are you people?" A person who wield immense strength comparable to a true god, while wielding a destructive lightning element. A person who is sneaky, fast, and quick thinking, that has ability to issue command with his words alone that are absolute. A person who is quick, cunning and can bypass through his defenses. In that moment Hamza realized that things aren't as simple as he thought them to be.

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