Chapter 42
: The World's Wish
This time, what emerged from the bullet hole was black text.
The words crawled out of the cracks like maggots.
They wriggle, reproduce, and devour each other in mid-air.
They coalesced into a hunched human figure, so thin that it was just skin and bones, and less than 1.5 meters tall.
But his head was disproportionately large, like a swollen pumpkin.
Three iron nails protruded from the top of his head, and three charred books hung from the nails.
He had no eyes, no nose, only a huge mouth that took up his entire face.
Hundreds of tiny tongues protrude from its mouth, trembling and whispering incessantly.
【Name: Whispering Demon Goebbels】
[Description: He is a demon consumed by lies, a prisoner who can never shut up. Every word He utters corrodes reality, every syllable creates illusion, and every opening of His mouth drags the world into deeper darkness.]
When Goebbels came out, the black text reappeared.
The different phrases they form proclaim the fate of the angels.
Raphael stood still, doing nothing, yet his body began to disintegrate.
Starting from the fingertips, it turns to ashes.
"Raphael!"
Uriel stepped forward.
He held the enormous key, which was wreathed in holy light.
"The Gates of Eden," he murmured.
Holy light erupted from the key, condensing into a massive door in front of Uriel.
The door opened, revealing a scene like paradise on the other side.
It seems wonderful.
however--
Anything that gets dragged in can never get out.
The Gate of Eden unleashed an endless suction force, drawing everything in its path inside.
Faced with the powerful suction, the words composed of black characters could no longer be reassembled into a coherent shape.
Raphael's annihilation ceased.
But he also lost an arm forever.
At that moment, Manstein and Guderian moved simultaneously.
He appeared behind Uriel, his blade flashing with electricity as he slashed towards Uriel's back.
Gabriel's golden script flew over instantly, forming a barrier behind Uriel to block the attack.
Guderian, meanwhile, roared as he charged toward the Gates of Eden.
boom--
The first impact caused countless cracks to appear on the door.
Uriel's expression changed instantly.
This kind of power is simply unimaginable.
boom--
The second impact.
The gates of Eden were blown open.
The fragments flew everywhere, landed on the ground, and disappeared.
After breaking open the gates of Eden, Goebbels' whispers immediately rang in the ears of all the angels.
Guderian roared in, carrying immense power.
But a figure blocked his way.
Metatron.
[King of Sun-shaped Face Reading]
The youngest of the angels, after his birth, was directly designated as God's agent.
Its power is arguably the strongest among the five archangels.
He spread his thirty-six wings, like the arms of a god, around him.
boom--
He directly blocked Guderian's impact.
Moreover, each of his wings had an eye open.
Bathed in holy light, countless eyes shot out blades of light, slashing towards all the demons.
The nature of the battlefield seems to have changed after Metatron joined.
however--
boom! boom! boom!
Qiao Ye fired three shots in quick succession.
In an instant, intense malice enveloped everyone present.
First, dark red flesh and blood seeped out from the cracks in the ground.
The flesh and blood piled up, throbbing constantly, like a deformed heart beating.
Eventually, this flesh and blood solidified into a mountain of flesh over six meters tall.
Countless thick tentacles extended from the mountain of flesh, with mouths full of teeth at the ends of the tentacles.
Name: Göring, the Demon of Flesh and Blood
[Description: He is a demon embodied in greed, an insatiable glutton, forever devouring, forever expanding, forever demanding.]
Then darkness appeared.
It was a textured, breathing darkness that solidified into a human form.
Everyone only glanced at it, and it was as if all the beautiful memories of their lives vanished.
All that remains is the purest fear and pain.
Name: Himmler, the Dark Demon
[Description: He is a demon born from the fear of all, a priest of darkness. He came to erase all that is good in the world.]
However, the last familiar that appeared after the first two demons was completely different from the others.
He has a near-perfect physique, impeccable from every angle.
Like an angel.
Behind him, a pair of wings also extended, but they gleamed with a sharp, cold light.
Those were steel wings made of countless blades, instruments of torture used to judge all sinners.
【Name: Heydrich, the Demon of Judgment】
[Description: He is the demon who cuts through spirit and flesh with laughter, the sharpest blade of the devil. Before Him, no secret can be hidden, no sin can escape, and no soul can be forgiven.]
When the three demons appeared, the atmosphere on the entire battlefield completely changed.
The angels' holy light was completely suppressed, and even the light from Metatron's divine intervention was forced back.
The Seven Great Demon Families.
And the throne of bones high in the heavens.
This is something that the five archangels are completely unable to deal with.
but--
They had nowhere to retreat.
The coming and expansion of the Kingdom of Heaven must be maintained.
Otherwise, it's uncertain when Yahweh will appear again.
"The Demon King..."
Raguel gritted his teeth, recalling everything that had just happened, and felt utterly desperate.
They had only exchanged a few blows.
Some demons haven't even made a move yet.
On our side, we have already suffered huge losses.
Meanwhile, people all over the world were also glued to the screen.
In fact, the scene was far too bizarre.
The demons and angels were locked in a standoff, with the demons holding an overwhelming advantage, yet these people didn't seem to find anything amiss.
On the contrary, the vast majority of people in the world are on the side of evil.
"Is it because I am not devout?" some believers thought.
The thought that he was supporting demons against angels filled him with utter blasphemy.
But most people quickly accept their own mindset.
"We can see who is truly protecting humanity."
A god who protects humanity is a god worthy of faith.
They certainly knew that other demons were also enemies of humanity.
But at least the one Qiao Ye transformed into wasn't!
"He can do it!"
Some are saying, "He can definitely defeat these angels! He might even save the areas that have been swallowed by the thick fog!"
More and more people are starting to think this way.
As Qiao Ye sat high on the skeletal throne, he suddenly felt an indescribable power converging upon him.
"What is this?"
Just as he was thinking this, a sudden realization dawned on him.
This is the world's wish, and Huan Pizi's request for a fiefdom is based on the power of wishes, which is why he can sense it.
but--
When Qiao Ye saw these wishes gathering before him, he suddenly had a bad feeling.
like……
What have I forgotten?