Chapter 30: Irakiel

Chapter 30: Irakiel

An unnatural gust of wind blew in the area making everyone shiver as an ominous vibe floated in the air.

Rael sat near Derek. One hand was placed atop his chest while the other was on the forehead. Lowering his face slightly he whispered lightly.

"You no longer need to be bound by the chains of humanity...."

Golden wharf escaped his from his skin. Sweat formed upon his body. Slowly Derek opened his eyes and saw Rael's blurred figure.

Derek tried to move but felt his brain unable to command his body. Helplessly he stared ahead and croaked.

"Master...r... "

Rael smiled and cooed him as a son.

"...don't speak...go to sleep, you have done enough stalling."

For the first time since his memories got unsealed, Rael had given a genuine smile. He gently pressed his thumb where the eyebrows met on Derek's forehead.

*BOOM!*

Intense energy exploded inside the entire domain. Golden lights lit up the entire black domain. Rael's entire aura turned purple and Derek's golden.

Rael's eyes turned golden in color, his entire body transparent as he kept on injecting otherworldly energy.

"Asura ritual... b-but how?" Ishtar muttered under her breath.

'How can he use it?! I have heard that only Imperial bloodlines, the offspring of the 'Nobility Law' can use it!'

"B-but how can he be a noble bloodline, this is just the lower world...how can something so divine exist here!!!!'

Finally, Rael stopped the ritual, he stood up, a little bit wobbly, and fell on his butt.

Derek was still emitting the golden light from his body, all sweat and blood had already evaporated.

His wounds began regenerating instantly and a peculiar butterfly crown symbol formed on his forehead.

His ears immediately started to twitch and became pointed like elven ears while his eyes turned rainbow.

"M-master...." His eyes were heavy and were constantly closing.

"Don't worry, I will handle it from here... I command you to rest." Rael spoke back in his signature nonchalant visage.

He nodded and closed his eyes. His consciousness immediately drifted into the darkness of his dreams.

Rael stood up from beside Derek and locked his eyes with Ishtar.

She gave out an estranged smile and clenched her fists and loosened them.

"Are you someone with a Godly Constitution?"

Rael feigned ignorance.

Ishtar clutched her palms again, tightly.

"How did you know how to do the Asura ritual?"

Rael smirked.

"Do I have to tell you? I don't think that you are my wife or my lover..."

Ishtar stared at him for a second and did not believe what she was hearing.

"I already know that you are a clone... you should not be much strong I think."

Ishtar stared at Rael then burst out laughing like crazy. Wiping the corner of her eyes with amusement she inspected Rael from top to bottom.

"Boy, you do not know who you are speaking to."

Rael raised his eyebrows.

"Is that so? Then kindly enlighten me."

She flicked her hand and thousands of shadows raised from the ground, all of them looking at Rael with intense anger.

She gave a smug smile in Rael's direction, very proud of her technique.

He simply raised his eyebrows and looked at them with a little interest.

"I am the Demoness of the End, the most beautiful Princess of the Mesopotamian Pantheon. A high priest of the Cock Cutting Cult. You stand before, Ishtar of Sumeria."

Rael would not lie. He was in awe. After all, compared to the Devil Goddess in front... he was not even a God yet.

"Is that all? Then I don't care....even my little slave here can defeat them all..." Rael pointed towards Shi, ready to run away.

This was not his fight. Derek had recovered albeit asleep and Rael was not a masochist to go and kill himself for the third time. Not after he had gained his handsome face.

"Hahahaha...." Ishtar burst into a series of cute giggles wiping the tears slightly coming out from her eyes.

It was surprising that such a scary woman could laugh so cutely.

"Interesting... interesting you really are a funny guy..."

Rael had a nonchalant expression and just raised his eyebrows.

"I am serious...."

Her giggles stopped as she looked at Rael with vexation in her eyes.

Rael looked at Shi who was almost pissing his pants not even daring to look at the black-haired woman.

"My slave....are you going to fight them now?" He smiled innocently and pointed towards the army of shadows and the young ex-devil commanding them.

"W-who is your slave!" Shi wanted to cry but he didn't, if he showed any more anxiety then he was sure that pissing himself was not a far-fetched dream.

"Well, I can't see anyone else here, except you..." Rael smiled while closing his eyes, giving the perfect scary innocent look.

Shi stared at the enormous army and gulped his saliva.

"I don't think I will be able to defeat them all myself including that overpowered devil... Goddess... Whatever the fuck she is."

He turned to Ishtar and bowed.

"No offense."

To which she replied,

"None taken."

Rael muttered in a low whisper.

"An Enforcer deserting a person in need. If your higher-ups found out then you would probably be demoted."

Shi's body froze. His mind instantly started to work faster.

'If I run away... My life will not be at risk... However, will she even let me escape? And if this mysterious boy does beat her and my higher-ups find out that a protector of the realm abandoned his post, forget demotion... I will be kicked out and the whores in the brothels will no longer praise and give me a government discount... I can not let that happen.'

A new fire lit in his eyes as he held his head high.

He started to stretch his body and crack his bones, flicking his hands, he glanced at his audience. His hair fluttered and his irises went white in color.

Out of nowhere, balls of light appeared and started to shower.

*Swoosh!*

**Boom! Boom! Boom!**

Her impression of Rael had immensely changed, he was strong, especially strong. She could see that his Lower Level body was holding him back despite probably having a Goldy Constitution after all he did make an Asura in front of her eyes.

Asuras are creatures who are the Shadows of the people with a Godly Constitution. They are not classified as any species and are special in their way being one of a kind.

*Crack...crack...crack..*

Black raven wings started to sprout from her back!

They were lascivious and looked amazingly luxurious and royal. It gave out a profound aura of suppression.

Her eyes turned red which was easily noticeable through her veil as they were shining in the dark.

Her wings flapped once creating an intense gust!

*Swoosh!*

She appeared behind the invisible Rael who was using the first form of his Ghost Phantasm hoping to fool her.

"You think such petty tricks can work against me? I am the fucking Demoness of the End, one of the strongest entities in the God Plains." She smiled amusingly.

*Slash!!*

A trident slashed his body apart in mere milliseconds.

He fell to the ground bleeding, surprisingly he could not move even an inch. His invisibility also came off, enabling Ishtar to look at him properly.

"The blade is coated with the most dangerous, God-Slaying poison you see..." She smirked looking at the fallen down Rael. She knelt on her knees, her two hands holding her face.

She was like a child sitting on the ground looking at some interesting creature.

'Is this the end.....'

Rael had many thoughts going through his mind, his deepest regret was ever coming to the Auction. It had not even been a month since he awakened his memories lest a week.

'I can't die so fast now....right?'

He sighed and looked at the sky, it was most probably five in the morning.

He started at the blanket of stars that stretched to infinity.

He found the darkness strange.

The millions of bright stars were dotted on the black canvas of night, yet none of that light seemed to filter far enough down to make any difference when he turned his eyes away.

This was a blackness that he could recall seeing before - one that was almost absolute.

"The abyss..." He muttered.

Ishtar looked at him and thought that he had done crazy due to the shock.

''There is no justice in the laws of nature, no term for fairness in the equations of motion. The Universe is neither evil nor good, it simply does not care. The stars don't care, or the Sun, or the sky. Then why should I care...?" He chuckled bitterly.

Ishtar was listening to him with keen ears and could not help but agree with him.

He smiled bitterly.

"However, I do care. In fact, I do not want to stop caring, and because I care... I can not die here.. after all-" '-I still have not seen the completion of my statue... and my family.'

As soon as the last sentence flashed through his mind. He willed his almost collapsing heart to forcefully pump blood uncaring about the poison.

His cells grew impure and died slowly but he willed them to regenerate. His mitochondria failed to create energy but then he willed for it to work no matter what.

From organs to organelles. He controlled every part of his body from the deepest to the topmost to work properly.

He was not dead. At least not yet. His body was working... through sheer fucking willpower.

Deep inside Rael's heart....something opened up....a part of his soul that he knew about but was too mysterious for him to research.

Inside the deep clear sky of his Soul Sea, a seed started to take birth.

The seed quickly grew up into a shoot and then turned into a plant.

The plant kept on growing and growing and became a tree.

The tree kept on growing, its branches started to bear more branches which started to bear leaves.

On one particular branch, a clear white-colored flower bloomed.

It looked like the million lights of the milky way, it was the whitest of all the white. From the flower, a drop of liquid fell onto the ground slowly.

*Drop!*

The zillions of words that Rael had read in 'nothingness' flashed through his mind.

Every word hurt him.

There was immense pain that was striking his astral body once again.

However, a few sentences had been translated for him and they flashed through his mind engraving themselves on his Soul and Mind.

'The ego is impatient because time is limited...But the spirit is patient because it is eternal....'

*BOOM!!!*

Energy fluctuations increased in the air. Ishtar immediately took a step away from Rael.

'Did he gain enlightenment on the verge of death?' Ishtar wondered.

Rael's body floated into the air, ethereal golden butterflies started to surround it flapping their wings happily.

His hair started to grow to show no signs of stopping. His silver hair was longer than even that of Rapunzel.

He slowly opened his eyes which were now golden in color instead of his usual violet.

They were giving out a profound aura that of his years of experience.

Under his eyes, everything bowed!

All the insects and animals nearby fell into silence!

The trees started to sway in his direction to kotow!

The wind stopped blowing to pay its respects!

The dry ground started to give birth to plants, trees, and flowers!

He touched one of the butterflies with his long fingers and, it broke into many more butterflies.

His face was like snow, cold but beautiful despite his disgustingly creepy smile.

However, one thing was for sure...

Beauties and men from all the realms, be it the Celestial or the Godly! All would fall in love with him!

*Swoosh!*

Suddenly a pair of beautiful butterfly wings sprouted from his back. They were the most beautiful wings ever...it put all winged creatures to shame!

All the butterflies started to merge and a halo crown was formed which floated atop his head.

A King rules and a God blesses while a Devil lusts however he is none of those at the current moment.

So what should he do? The answer is easy.

Irakiel does whatever the fuck he wants to.