Chasing You (Arcs 1-7)

Bearer of Thy Oath (XXXI)

Kasimir opened his eyes and gazed at the just awakened Adriel who was oozing with malevolence. He had just woken up a second before Kasimir did.

They were no longer inside of the black space nor on the school grounds, but somewhere foreign. All they could see was a landscape of blueness from the sea and the white sands glimmering in the soft resplendent luster of the sun.

They both looked at the new marks that appeared on their body, their brows scrunched up. When had they attained these? They could not recall anything else than being surrounded by a white mass. Kasimir stared at Adriel with a complex look on his face but didn't say anything about what he saw within the spell.

Kasimir, "Where are we?"

Adriel, "In the Caribbean."

Kasimir shook his head and laughed disparagingly, "Ahaha. Once again, he-"

Adriel's face frowned suddenly and blood dripped from the corner of his mouth. Kasimir raised his brow in befuddlement. A burning sensation germinated from Adriel's hand. It felt as if his veins were overheating and his blood was boiling. He opened his hand, exposing the fair flesh of the palm and stared fixedly at the mark. It was fading.

Adriel peered up at Kasimir, "We need to go."

Kasimir's face turned serious. Without any hesitation, he conjured a hell beast. Adriel climbed on it's back while Kasimir brought out his black wings. They burst forth and ripped through his flesh where his shoulder blades were. Blood dripped from his back and wings. They set off at an incredible speed for the realm that lie above as if tomorrow didn't exist.

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Once they got to the gates of Araphel, there was an arsenal of angels guarding its doors. Outside stood, Gabriel. His luscious pale green hair complimented those golden eyes. He was like a grandeur statue, expelling out fierceness and an overbearing air. His staff glowed gallantly in his hands as he looked down upon the two.

Gabriel frowned looking at Kasimir, he could clearly see the familiar netherworld aura spilling from his body. From what he could gather off of the energy that was emanating from his body, he knew what Kasimir was, "State your business, Kin of Solomon and Son of Lucifer."

Adriel, "Where is Uriel?"

Gabriel held a complicated look in his eyes as Uriel's name was uttered. His lips pressed into a thin line, "... Atoning for his sins."

They had just woken up not too long ago and were not aware of the remarkable event that had taken place. They looked at each other then back to Gabriel. Atoning for his sins? What sins did he commit? They had only slept for a mere half of a day. What happened while they were asleep?

Gabriel turned them away, "Go back. You do not have any business here, mortals."

Kasimir's face turned ugly. No one will separate his mother from him. Adriel remained steadfast, he needed to find Uriel. The mark's searing heat was increasing. Adriel, "We won't leave until we find him. Let us through, Gabriel."

Deliberately calling his name with such a vicious tone in his voice, Adriel was outright challenging his authority. Gabriel zeroed in on him, "Kin of Solomon, heed my words and return."

Adriel scoffed, "I do not intend to go anywhere. I will do whatever it takes to get to him. Now move."

Gabriel pointed his staff at Adriel, "Then, you will meet your end here."

Adriel's eyes flashed with a fearsome intensity, "Come to me. Ars Notoria¹."

Adriel's two heterochroma eyes' color flickered. In an instant, his eyes glowed with the same colors as that of the first kind created by God. Golden vines and branches sprung out of thin air behind him, they surrounded him like royal guards who defended their king. They had an impressive and viperous air, akin to how Adriel was feeling.

It astounded Gabriel as the branches and vines were exactly just like the ones from the tree of life.

Adriel's voice was teeming with poison, "Get. Out. Of. The. Way."

Gabriel brushed off his threatening words. He ordered, "Eradicate them."

The angels that stood on the side charged towards Adriel and Kasimir at the sound of the command. Seeing the vermins try and stop them from advancing any further, Adriel gritted his teeth. His eyes narrowed with vexation, "Get out of my sight."

With a wave of his hand, the vines and branches burst forth and a wall of magic circles appeared. From the magic circles burst forth angelic looking forms that were made from pure light essences.

As they clashed with each other, a seismic wave was sent out as a result. The branches and vines penetrated the angels like they were soft butter, they would also wrap around them and slam them to the gates of Heaven. Bloody splatters were left behind as a mark. Kasimir wasn't watching by the sidelines, he torched the Heaven's with infernal purple lightning. His deep obsidian eyes looked in disdain at the league of angels that swarmed before him like ants.

Anything that was touched by the purple lightning became blackened and fell from the sky. It was ruthless as it incinerated the angels almost to ashes. It left no room for any chances to counterattack or escape.

In less then ten minutes, only Gabriel was left standing amiss the bodies of his brethren. He had underestimated Adriel's capability and was held back, as he was assaulted by the mass of summoned angelic looking concentration of light.

They were harder to kill then cockroaches. Even if they were destroyed, they could easily be recreated again. They were only a mass of energy that had been condensed into something tangible and given the force to fight. They beckoned to his every order, like puppets strung in the air they danced. They had no consciousness, nor any free will.

Gabriel coughed up a handful of blood as he couldn't stop or evade the assault on time. Six pairs of light-colored hands pierce into his body before he was able to 'kill' them off. His eyes tore at Adriel with contempt as he was standing nonchalantly looking at everything that took place. Not even a drop of blood or speck of dust had been able to touch upon his grand finesse. But before Gabriel could do anything, two hands pierced him from behind and afterward they instantaneously ripped his body in half. Blood sprayed into the air and bathed the two of them.

Kasimir was the ultimate angel killing machine. Unlike others who couldn't kill the angels or mortally wound them, Lucifer made sure that he had the capabilities of destroying an angel. All those who died under his hand would remain dead. As for Adriel, the branches and vines didn't just look alike the ones from the tree of life, but they were from the tree of life. One thing about having wisdom is knowing how to use it rather than store it. He created an invocation and was now controlling it. It had the power to give life as well as take away life. The bodies made of light were energy taken from the tree of life, therefore they had the same ability.

Adriel placed his hand on the door to open it, but it rejected him. Bright electrical currents surged from the door.

He couldn't waste anymore of his time and shredded the gates as if they were paper. Inside was an army of angels awaiting for them. The two of them let loose their bloodthirsty and murderous aura. As they made their way to Aravoth, they claimed many of the angels lives.

It was like crushing dry weeds and smashing rotten wood² for Adriel and Kasimir. They were an unrivaled force in all the realms. They annihilated their way to the last layer of Heaven, in their wake flowed an ocean of blood that consisted purely of angel's blood. A rarity was now nothing but something so calmly spilled as if it was just insipid waste.

Outside the gates to the Throne room, Adriel and Kasimir had just finished cleaning up the pests that were holding them back. They turn to the last of the vast gate that blocked their way. Adriel commanded the vines and branches, they whipped out viciously and blasted the gates off its hinges.

Boom!

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¹Ars Notoria: One of Solomon's grimores. It contains prayers and invocations of the angels.

²crushing dry weeds and smashing rotten wood: something done very easily.