A Badass Nobody (2)

Overwhelming power.

This is the best description befitting that of the Angels in their crusade against the sinners.

Spears of light rained from above, covering the world in light as if it was judgment day.

Faced against what appears to be like the Armageddon, the Devils in their devious nature hid underground.

"Tch." The commander frowned. He waves his hand forward as if he was signaling something.

A squadron of other Angels 'walked' up, each with three pairs of wings.

"Oooh," A voice murmured in surprise next to Lin Zhi, realizing his gaze he pointed at the six-winged Angels, "See that?"

They were near the situated right behind the front lines. The front line was the 'siege-rs' who threw spears of light against the enemy. The portal earlier was a massive teleportation spell cast by one of the Seraphs, catching the enemy by surprise.

Not being able to talk, Lin Zhi nodded.

"That," the voice continued, pointing at the squadron following the commander, "Is the relatively famous Abanoub Squad, named after Saint Abanoub."

Lin Zhi turned to the speaker, he appeared to look the same as him, the only difference was his dark purple eyes under the helmet.

This was a surprise, considering that most Angels had the standard blonde hair and green eyes.

'Is he one of the newer Angels?'

Since God had not yet died, new Angels joined the ranks every so often.

Noticing his gaze, the Angel gave what appeared to be a smile under his helmet. "The name's Jacob. Nice to meet you, brother."

Jacob introduced, while his hands reached out for a handshake. Lin Zhi returned it with a firm grip.

"The Abanoub Squadron is one of Commander Anthony's special forces, known for their…" Jacob stopped as if he was trying to think of the correct word, "Destructive tendencies."

Following that, the Abanoub squad started chanting, Lin Zhi and the group couldn't hear them, but what he did hear was a massive explosion!

BOOM!

"When Angels of the same rank cast magic together, the magic 'layers' on top of each other, amplifying its potency. It is easy in theory, but pulling it off is another story. Each chant has to be perfectly at pace with each other, even a minute difference could result in an explosion amongst them. The Abanoub Squadron is known for being able to pull this off. They're siblings."

Lin Zhi nodded in surprise as he and the others watched from above the sky.

The Underworld is quite… pretty.

One would imagine the Underworld to be a barren wasteland where demons roamed about to find new sinners to torture.

But that was far from the case, there were greenery and even lakes!

It looked exactly like the human world had it not been for the… purple sky.

Directly below them, was a massive crater the size of a town. Inside of it was the corpse of multiple Devils while some attempted to crawl out.

Lin Zhi took a moment to observe his opponents for the next 7 days.

Cloaked in dark red armor that allowed better camouflage during the night, the Devils had a rather, well, devious look.

Wild dark purple hair with pale light purple skin, coupled with slit-like growing yellow eyes, they appeared evil.

Especially with the menacing trident-ax weapon, not to mention they had black bat wings.

"Hoh, some of them survived the explosion. We're a few kilometers away from Fort Laeves, so we have to move quickly before they sent in reinforcements."

As if it was timed perfectly, the commander yelled. "Charge!"

"Follow closely brother," Jacob waved, "I'll have your back."

Immediately, the first fine of 'siege-rs' flew up, opening the space for the ranks behind them to file forward. This was the cue for them to charge downwards at a 45-degree angle straight onto the enemy ground!

Now the Great War actually started!

But where were the Fallen Angels? Were they waiting in ambush?

Following his brothers and sisters, Lin Zhi shot down following them.

Flying felt great to Lin Zhi, it was like walking inside a room that had been air-conditioned for a day after hanging out in the hot summer day for hours. He still had to get used to flying though. Even though he was given previous experience by the System on the basics, he still needed time to adjust to them.

[Assimilating Complete!]

[Class: Justiciar (Level 1) Equipped!]

[Class: Marauder (Level 1) Equipped!]

[Ability: Absolute Terror Field (Level 1) Equipped!]

Immediately, Lin Zhi felt his body 'change.'

He felt as if he could turn his wrist a full 360 degrees without it feel uncomfortable, his fingers felt as if they could bend all the way back to the back of his palms!

His heels feel much more sturdy, meaning that his explosive speed should be at least 20% stronger while the entire leg felt much more compact!

This meant that the Marauder class was equipped!

His body upper torso felt more compact as well, 40% of the unnecessary fat disappeared as he could feel his strength increased by a decent chunk!

"You have this aura around you," Jacob noted, "It's similar to the aura that Commander Anthony emanates but a lot weaker. Are you by chance related to him?"

Lin Zhi shook his head.

"I see. It doesn't matter, regardless of status, brothers and sisters all have to look out for each other." Jacob smiled as he smacked Lin Zhi on the back.

This was the Arbiter's charm that made people more inclined to agree with him and even listen to him!

Then a sudden boom hit them by the side!

"Watch out!" Jacob yelled.

A small squadron of Devils shot straight towards them like an arrow! However, there was something special about them!

They weren't dressed in the standard armor!

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Was it invisibility? Teleportation? It didn't matter now!

"They're trying to reignite a fire!" Commander Anthony realized.

The battle so far had mostly been low-class Devils as all factions had been testing the waters. It was obvious who was going to win.

The disparity between the low-class Devils and the normal Angels was almost 40%! Every Angel has been ingrained in them the fundamentals of combat and magic usage, establishing a high standard that God would be proud of.

So what if they were the 9th Army of Heaven?

They still had a high standard!

However, this changes when middle-class Devils are involved! The first step into nobility is by becoming a middle-class! The standards of the middle-class are at least 3 times that of a standard Angel! And that is only in terms of physique, not including the spells and techniques that would've been taught as per their entry into the nobility!

"Smart move." Anthony praised, albeit while gritting his teeth. There was no way the run-of-the-mill Angels of the vanguard would be able to survive the incoming crisis!

He knew what they were doing, the siege of spears from above did much to whittle down the enemy's morale. After all, they were specially trained for that, but even an archer would eventually run out of arrows. Morale was not to be underestimated, it was what allowed even ordinary soldiers to become heroes! What the Devils needed now was something to spring them back into action, something to bring their morale up again!

No matter what, they can't allow the enemy to regain morale!

This time, the enemy started attacking. A torrent of elemental spells flooded the vanguard!

"Tell them to retreat!" There wasn't enough time for the stronger Angels to reach the vanguard Angels so they had to do it with telepathy! It would at least take 20 seconds for the special units to reach them! No matter what, they have to minimize the damage!

Without even consciously realizing it, Anthony chose to minimize damage rather than fight back!

Companies and companies of Angels got caught out of place by the influx of spells!

While spectators from afar would think that white birds flying about would be an auspicious sign, them falling from the skies would be an omen instead!

The middle-class Devils slaughtered about without restraint as the Angels tried to retreat under orders.

Under the watchful eye of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, a lone Angel lagged behind the rest in retreating!

A maniacal voice rang throughout the battlefield, amplified by magic. "Oh? Look at this, he can't even fly properly! Heaven would even send weaklings such as this? How far have your standards fallen? Watch as I handle him myself, the rest of you hunt the others!"

This time, the Devils were the hunters!

"Damn!" Anthony cursed for the first time!

There's no way the Angel could survive this. All it took was two hits and he would return to Father's embrace!

However, what the lone Angel did next surprised Anthony to his core!

With his backs behind the enemy, the unknown Angel started to tilt upwards by approximately 10 degrees!

"Is he insane?! Flying in a straight line is the quickest way to escape, why would he purposely add air resistance onto himself?!"

The Angel even dared to increase the angle!

30 degrees…

60 degrees…

90 degrees?

120 DEGREES?!

This time, the lone middle-class Devil chasing the Angel actually overtook him by a few meters!

Anthony realized something!

At 120 degrees, the Angel was slanted with his legs out with his body in the form of a " \ " however, due to air resistance pushing against his legs, he returned to 90 degrees!

The air resistance continued to push him back from " | " to " / " and then to "—"!

0 degrees!

This meant that the Angel who had previously had his back against the enemy was now facing the enemy's back instead!

Anthony realized another thing! He could see an invisible force flowing straight into the lone Angel's body! It was as if the Angel was being augmented!

The Devil turned back to look at his 'prey' only to realize an incoming blade!

This time, the Hunter becomes the Hunted!

Slash!

The unknown Angel had actually decapitated the middle-class Devil!