Chapter 55: Broken Floor: Uneasy Memory and Goodbyes

[Millie Hotaru POV]

The moment Millie and Lilith were teleported, Both of them saw Camael flying above them, so they were now hiding in the ruins of a city right now.

Both of them saw the three Archangels hiding and injured on the other side, so right now they were headed toward them stealthily.

Camael was flying all around the ruins of the city; looking for the three Archangels.

He was calm but angered on the inside, and right now he was getting impatient on waiting for them to come out.

"Millie, the three Archangels saw us come here, and they said that they need help due to their injuries, apparently Camael was now more stronger than before, which is why they were injured."

"Do you think that if the 5 of us fight Camael together, we can win? Because if both of us use our skills to support them, then our chances of winning will be a success."

"Sure I'll message them that." Messaging the Archangels, Lilith received their message. "They said they can do it, but if possible if we find a way to escape we should retreat. They said."

"Then, we can just message Mammon to create us a portal back to the laboratory then."

Lilith nodded and messaged the three Archangels on how they would retreat. "The three agreed, and they say that if Azrael started creating his clones, us two can go to where they are."

Both of them waited for the signal of the fight and kept on looking at Camael.

After a minute, a bunch of clones of Azrael flew above the sky and threw all of their sickles to Camael.

"There you are Azrael!" Camael shouted, and ran to the clones in anger.

Seeing the clones appearing, both Millie and Lilith were now headed to the three Archangels.

"Clones..! Clones..! Clones! Where are you Azrael! Come out!"

Finally near to where the Archangels were, Camael saw two silhouettes running from the ruins. "I see you!" Camael shouted and ran to the two.

When he got to the two it made Camael angrier. "More clones!"

Inside one of the ruins were Millie and Lilith finally with the three Archangels hiding.

"Good thing that you two are safe."

"The three of you too, let's go and retreat for now." Messaging Mammon to create a portal to them, they received both good and bad news from him.

The good news is that he can create a portal for them to escape from Camael, but the bad news is that the portal he created will appear where Millie and Lilith were teleported.

So they'll have to go back to where they came from. "That's what Mammon messaged back to me, so can you three move?" Millie asked Archangels.

"I can, but Zadkiel and Cassiel are both injured and good thing is that I can still use my clones to both distract and carry these two, so we can do it."

"Then we're counting on you Azrael."

"Let's start." Many clones of Azrael appeared and two of his clones carried Zadkiel and Cassiel on their back, and the others went outside to distract Camael from them.

"*Tsk* come out and fight me like a real man Azrael!"

Being distracted from Azrael's clones, Millie and the others started to sneakily walk to their designation.

They all walked inside the ruins slowly to be safer from the rampaging Camael, so that they wouldn't get caught by Camael.

A couple of minutes has passed, and they finally made it to their designation safely without Camael noticing them, and as of right now Camael was still distracted from Azrael's clone and fighting them all alone in rage.

Zadkiel was saddened upon witnessing Camael endlessly killing Azrael's clone with no sign of compassion from the clones.

He wasn't saddened by Camael killing Azrael's clone, but the way that Camael changed to what he was; from what Zadkiel knows who he really is, made him tense by seeing his brother completely change. Because the Camael he was seeing right now was not his brother for him, but a stranger who has the same face as Camael.

The portal finally appeared in front of them, and all of them went into the portal.

When they all opened their eyes, Millie and Lilith were in relief when they saw that they were back in the laboratory.

Mammon was in front of them looking at the star that was destroying Zabaniyah's soul. "Good thing that all of you are safe, and also it's nice to see you three again. Zadkiel, Azrael, and Cassiel. It has been a long time since we get to speak together as an ally."

"You to Mammon, it's nic- *Cough* nice to see you again. So what do you want with us three?" Zadkiel asked curiously.

"I just need the three along with me, Millie, and Lilith to go inside there and destroy the souls of the clones, and don't worry this won't take long because I fixed the star to target every container that contains the clones of the Archdukes and Archangels."

"Clones?" Zadkiel along with the other two were confused about what Mammon was saying.

And Mammon noticing that the three doesn't know what he was talking about and about the experiments being done here; Mammon let out a smile and said. "Look behind you."

The three looked behind and were speechless from what they have seen. "No way... What is this..? Why are they all here..?" Looking at every container, the three saw all of their old family and enemies who they have known to have been long dead; alive here. "No... They aren't the real ones." Zadkiel said in disbelief.

"Come on we don't have the time to look at them, let's head inside now-"

"Mammon! Don't you have any clue about what you're saying? Can we just let them be for a moment because I know that it's painful to see your old family and friends here right in front of your eyes, alive!"

"*Sigh* Come on Lilith... These people right here inside the containers are nothing but fakes, so why is it important to cry onto someone you don't even know? Because even if they have the same soul or whatever, their memories and personalities are still different from their original counterparts."

"*Tsk* Fine, say whatever you want to say, but at least don't tell the people who are in grief right now to hurry up."

"Don't worry Lilith, we're okay... Because Mammon is right, we have no time, and the people right here inside the containers are fakes." Zadkiel said, but even if they're not revealing it onto the outside, Lilith can see what they're thinking right now on their minds.

"*Sigh* Then let's go now." All of them finally went inside the other room where Zabaniyah was trapped.

On the right side of the machine were the three devils standing on a black magic circle and the angels were on the left side of the machine and are standing on a white magic circle.

"Okay, if the magic circle lit up, start by closing your eyes and remember to not open them until I said so, also I hope you remember your skills because I'm gonna take some of the useless skills that you don't use anymore as sacrifices for the star okay?" Looking at everyone finally prepared, Mammon started counting. " Okay! 1..! 2..! 3..! Start!"

The magic circle glowed brightly and everyone closed all of their eyes.

The star started spinning around at a fast speed and released many lasers. And all of the lasers went to the containers of the Archdukes and Archangels.

A paper that lists their skills appeared on their chest, and one of their skills disappeared and turned into a bright light and was swallowed by the star.

"Okay done!" the star stopped spinning, and when everyone opened their eyes, they saw the souls of the clones being swallowed by the star. "It's a success!" Mammon shouted in joy.

A loud bang came from outside, and immediately Mammon said to them. "I got to go now, and all of you stay safe! Bye!" He created a portal and left.

"Wait Mammon-, *Tsk* What's happening?" The entire building started to shake and crack.

Zadkiel created a barrier as a shield to be safe from what was happening in Camael's lab. And finally, the entire building falls into ruins.

Satanael who was fighting Ifrit, Hans, and Vladamir at the same time stopped attacking for a bit and checked what happened on Camael's base. "Oh boy, Camael is gonna be really pissed off when he sees this."

Knowing that Millie and Lilith were inside of Camael's base, the three devils ran to the fallen base in a panic to search for them. "Millie! Lilith!' Ifrit shouted.

"*Cough* *Cough* *Cough* We're here Master, we can hear you! *Cough*"

Seeing that all of them we're safe, the three devils fall on their knees with joy and relief. "I'm glad..." Ifrit whispered.

A portal appeared on the left side of Satanael, and Milicas appeared. "Millie!" He shouted.

Milicas was about to head to them, but Satanael stopped him. "Let's leave them for now, I've already messaged Camael, Azazel, and Baphomet about what happened and Yahweh told me that we need to prepare for our recon on Japan. Because it seems like we're in success from our mission here."

"*Sigh* Fine, then I'll go to our base in Japan now then." Milicas then created a portal and left.

Satanael looked at all of them on Camael's base with a smile of joy, and before leaving he said. "Abaddon fight them." And he finally left.

Seeing that Satanael finally left, everyone was relieved. "Hmm... Good thing he didn't continue."

Roar! A loud roar came from the ground and the rubbles of the building, someone came out.

Abaddon who was using his sharp claws came out of the rubbles and let out another loud roar.

The three Archdukes who don't know about the clones were all speechless and surprised from what they have seen. "Abaddon..? Is that you..?" Hans asked the clone.

Seeing his best friend alive, Hans could only ask to confirm if that person was Abaddon.

"Everyone! That's not the real Abaddon! That's a clone! A fake!"

Both Ifrit and Vladamir listened to what Millie said and prepared for a fight, but Hans wasn't listening to what Millie said. "Hey Abaddon, this is Hans, do you remember me..?"

Abaddon clone's let out an angered roar and ran to them aggressively.

Azrael immediately grabbed Hans and everyone ran to dodge Abaddon's attack.

"D*mmit, get it over Hans! Do you want to die here right now?!." Azrael shouted at him in rage. "Do you want to leave Luna right now d*mmit!?"

After hearing what Azrael has said, Hans finally snapped and returned to his consciousness. "I apologize." Hans finally stood up and looked at the clone with anger.

"Hans, since you know more about Abaddon than we do, can you tell something about him!?" Millie asked while running away from the clone.

"Abaddon is almost the same as Satanael, so we really need to get serious with him and use our weapons! I suggest that with Millie, Lilith, and Cassiel's weapons combined to trap and contain him, Ifrit can be a distraction for the clone because he can create spirits and regenerate his body faster than any of us here, and me, Ifrit, Azrael, and Zadkiel are gonna use our weapon to destroy him at the same time."

"Then sounds like a plan, then Master can you exchange places with me!?"

"Sure!" Ifrit ran toward Abaddon and rammed him. "Now fight me Abaddon! I still remember that I lost to you!"

Roar! And Abaddon and Ifrit started fighting.

"Everyone doesn't need to use their chants, just use it if you see an opening. And I'm the only one gonna use my chant because I'm gonna need my steed."

Everyone shouted. "Roger that!"

Ifrit punched the clone on the gut, and it was damaged, unlike Satanael. "Ha! Take this-"

With the sharp claws that Abaddon's clone has, he uses it on Ifrit and scratched his chest. Roar!

Ifrit dodged the attack, and punched the back of the clone, but the clone still hasn't given up and scratched Ifrit's stomach.

"D*mn that really hurts!" Ifrit punched the clone's head and dodged the kick.

Abaddon's clone made its claws red and hot and burned some of Ifrit's hair and scratched his face.

"This clone is tough!" He ducked and punched the clone's stomach many times.

His back was scratched many times when he ducked, but Ifrit hasn't given up on punching the clone. "Take this!" Ifrit punched the knee of the clone and it fell down.

He grabbed both of his arms and he delivered a power slam to the clone and bent the clone's knees. "Do to it now!"

"Come to me, Tempvict!" A magic circle came out of Millie's hand and froze the clone in place.

"Fructguis help me!" A giant golden serpent was summoned by Lilith and constricted the clone tightly.

"Tegumendei!" Thousands of shields were turned into a container and trapped the clone along with the snake.

Vladamir, Zadkiel, and Azrael all shouted their partnered weapon at the same time. "Hastsang!" A spear made out of ancient blood that Vladamir uses. "Pieest!" A dagger that Yahweh gifted to Zadkiel and he used in the war. "Death's scythe!" A scythe that symbolizes his name as the Bringer of Daeth, the Grim Reaper.

Hans who was in front of the clone wiped the tears on his eyes. "Oh my beauty steed that's claimed by my being as an undead knight, I have fallen to the deepest part of Hell and was resurrected as a pitiful fairy that swallows the soul of the living, with you my partner I am everything. Come to me my beautiful steed. Gan Ceann!" A whip made out of the spines of humans appeared, and a giant black undead horse ran directly to Hans.

Hans rode his horse and patted its head. "Let's go!"

And at the same time, everyone use their weapons altogether and destroyed Abaddon's clone. "I'm happy that I at least get to see you again my friend." Hans whispered.

The clone let out a small roar of happiness when it was killed, and the soul of Abaddon finally left the body and went back to the grave of the real Abaddon.

Everyone stayed quiet and bowed on the ground to show their sign of respect to the souls of their fallen friends and families. "May you all finally rest in peace..." Zadkiel said with ease.

After showing their respect, everyone looked at each other with smiles on their faces. "So it's finally the end, I'm happy that we were successful. And I'm happy to have been friends with all of you because even if all of you are devils and we are angels it makes me happy that we call get along. So it's finally time to say goodbye." Zadkiel said with a smile on his face.

"Yeah... It's been fun talking with all of you, and we're still thankful for you three saving and helping us. I'm really grateful, Zadkiel, Azrael, Cassiel, and please say to Uriel that we're thankful to him too."

"Sure Millie, our Lord is finally calling for us so we need to go, then goodbye." Finally creating a portal, everyone let out a melancholic smile from their goodbyes.

"Hans, everyone, please take care of Luna for me..."

"Of course Azrael, I've told you this many times but Luna is my daughter too, so I'm gonna make her happy."

"Hmm... Then everyone goodbye and stay safe if you can." Cassiel finally entered the portal, and after she left Azrael followed her too.

"then goodbye really... I'll miss you all and please say to Shota, Luna, and Dawn to stay safe okay."

Millie went closer to zadkiel and punched his chest slowly with a smile. "You too... Stay safe okay? Or else I won't forgive you."

"*Tsk* Of course, I'm an Archangel after all." Finally leaving, Zadkiel thought back to all of his memory with them back on Hell.

And with a smile on his face. "You're right mother, devils are indeed magnificent beings..."