Chapter 117 - Putting Pieces Together And Forming Theories (part 2)

Azarphy thought Forneus' army would be more dangerous than a Monster of the Abyss, less destructive initially, but more lethal later as it could convert humans into followers and augment the army with cannon fodder and cause chaos wherever it went.

There was still the Lord of Plagues whose purpose he didn't yet know and whether or not he was involved with the portal to hell and all the other strange things that were going on in the shadows.

However, these were issues that could be resolved in the long run once they found out what was really going on and who was behind it all.

Was it just one person?

Would it be an organization?

In the many years that Azarphy has existed, it has never been unusual for a group to form to do such nefarious things. From time to time they would emerge from these power-crazed groups who would sacrifice anything for it, even their own families.

Azarphy thought about it with a certain concern and curiosity, but even so, there was a certain confidence that only the powerful have that he could still handle everything with ease.

However, the mystery excited him and he felt challenged by the master behind the scenes.

Of course, he thought, death was the only thing left for such a being that seemed to defy him so fiercely.

"That old man... Isn't he just an old man who was blinded?" Arabeth asked not understanding Azarphy's thinking. To the Demon Marquis, old Abbot Eurico didn't look dangerous, but he looked like he could die with just a push of the autumn breeze.

"He was blinded by an angel, but where is the angel?" Azarphy asked remembering what Anael had said about seeing an angel wandering around the abbey. However, he himself did not feel any angels around, but the pure sacred energy was in that old abbot.

"He wasn't blinded a long time ago? What would the angel be doing around here so far?" Arabeth still did not understand the thinking of the fallen angel. It was not his fault, after all, in the hierarchy Azarphy would be compared to Emperor Lust (father of Arabeth) and Emperor Envy (master of the great demon Marquis), the thought of the fallen angel who once had the status of Archangel of War was not easy to follow up.

"Angels don't attack humans, if even demons can't attack humans, how could angels do the same? That's the golden rule for all foreign species. We can make contracts, use humans for our benefit, ask for sacrifices and play gods, but we could never hurt humans directly, not without forming our human avatar."

If the angel had formed an avatar it would be difficult for Azarphy to discover the angel, as an avatar is formed by the energy of the human dimension and to evade the restrictions of the human dimension, although the deception would only allow them to keep a few powers, but would allow them to attack humans more actively.

However, that refined power didn't seem to belong to the average human-angel avatar, it couldn't have caused such damage to the abbot's eyes. There was something Azarphy was missing, but he couldn't come up with the right reasoning.

With that, Arabeth remembered well the rule for the human dimension, in fact, any dimension would cut the powers of the foreign species in half or more so that the dimension would not collapse by the powers. Of course, the human dimension has the strongest suppression, so this dimension was chosen as the battleground for foreign species, as they could fight almost as "equals".

An avatar carries only 25% of the original powers, which is a very big loss for foreign species, plus there is still a danger of them being discovered and hunted. The risk is very high so it was very difficult for foreign species to choose to have an avatar.

The species that live in the human dimension should not be underestimated, a group hunt could defeat the most powerful of infernal dukes if he is hunted by a group alone.

"Could the abbot have seen the true form of the angel and was blinded by it?" Arabeth asked thoughtfully. Now that he thought of the Golden Rule it was really strange that Abbot Euric had been blinded by an angel directly and that there was still sacred energy in the old man's blind eyes.

Besides, wouldn't a clergyman know that he should never look at the sacred or demonic forms of foreign species? This was not doable.

There was also the leader of the Holy Knights, Levi Mulder, who had a scar from a demon of Baron status.

The wound on Levi Mulder's face was not caused indirectly, but directly and remained with demonic energy, which could not be possible given the holy energy of the holy knight.

"That disgusting human's wound is also suspect. It looks like a scar on the outside, that is, an old wound. But that's because of that human's quick recovery rate because I can feel strong demonic energy coming from that scar. The wound must have been made recently," Arabeth commented thinking about how he felt the demonic energy of a Demon Baron coming from the Holy Knight Mulder.

"That means both an angel and a demon attacked a human each directly. The Golden Rule is quite clear, if a foreign species directly attacks a human, the human dimension would restrict the attackers' powers or drive them out of the human dimension. Everyone knows that, so there wouldn't be a fool who broke the rules"

What Azarphy was talking about was not being able to mortally wound a human. Only beings like Azarphy who were sealed in the human dimension could afford to hurt or kill someone because he was trapped against his will in the human dimension, but even that had penalties like having their powers reduced or being induced to sleep for years.

"However, where is the Demon Baron? Was he killed by the holy knight? Shouldn't that be possible since humans became frighteningly strong?" Arabeth could not believe that a noble demon could die easily at the hands of a human.

"I do not know. I have been at this Abbey Matteo for 100 years. I spend a lot of time sleeping... I only felt an angel during this time, it was a guardian angel, which is the weakest..."

A Guardian Angel is even below a soldier Angel, but he was still superior to irrational holy creatures and holy spirits, even so, they are considered the weakest angels, they are only strong when they are linked to someone.

"At that time I was too angry to try to get close to that angel... About 10 years ago the angel disappeared, I imagined he had gone back to Heaven... but now it may not be true, he may have been captured or sealed..."

"Or he could have been killed," Arabeth said very dryly.

"Yes, he can. However, I didn't feel any marks of death. When an angel dies a mark remains at the place of death or with the assassin to mark the sacred objects he took with him. Everything must go back to paradise"

"What if there is no one to take the objects?" Arabeth asked curiously, after all, the objects of the demons always remained where they had been lost, they would rather make something else than go get them.

"There are people responsible for looking for the objects. Our items are not disposable like yours. Each weapon, I hear, is an item even if tiny is customized for each one of us which ensures better functioning and greater strength. When the item comes back it is restructured for the next user, the raw materials are rare and difficult to find so there is the collection of our objects if we fall in combat or out of our home" Azarphy explained mocking a little of the demons that discarded everything and they paid little attention to detail.

"Geez so extravagant…" Arabeth mumbled only to be kissed on the lips and kept silent just listening to the fallen archangel's wicked laugh.

"You!"

"What about me?" Azarphy teased the demon that looked like a scratching kitten having fun.

"Don't deviate from the subject! And the baron, do you think he showed up around here and the human killed him some time without us noticing?" Arabeth swallowing his wounded pride changed the subject, otherwise, he would be played to death again.

"And the Demon Baron, I didn't feel anything... Wait the nasty human wasn't near Matteo Abbey, so the Baron might have appeared somewhere else or in a city... Well, it was pandemic time and the demons insignificant were loose, it would be possible for a Demon Baron to appear and cause chaos..."

"Well, it's no use thinking so much now. Let's take a look at the portal to hell first and see if we have any clues about the portal to heaven if it's the same people behind the two."

"What about the guardian angel and the demon baron?" Arabeth was a little exasperated because at last, he could understand the fallen angel's reasoning, but the feathered-winged bastard now wanted to drop the subject. It was almost like stepping on a cat's tail, he wanted to scratch this man.

Azarphy smiled mischievously and did not reply to Arabeth, enjoying seeing Arabeth's annoyance. They were still outside, the angel wanted to see if there was any human movement that could be considered suspicious or if those black roots would appear again nearby.

For a while, he watched but saw no signs of the Plague Lord, which could mean that the demon sensed his presence and is silent or that this demon was not directly related to the portal to hell.

Azarphy spread his powers almost everywhere in the abbey, except where he knew the abbot was, he didn't want to alert the possible enemy.

Arabeth: Why are your hands on my xxx?

Azarphy: It's just your imagination *serious face*

Arabeth: (...)

Azarphy: ù_ú