Face Your Demons and Strike Me Down

Roman Empire,

Capital City Rome,

Galahad lay down on a bed with his head raised and his hands locked together, as for why? Well he wanted to go to sleep right there on the couch but according to Testarossa that didn't befit his position at all so he should at least sleep in a room designed for him. After they got his agreement the maids immediately ultilized their materialization and creation magic to make an ornate comfortable room for him.

There was a window right beside the bed so that he could get sunlight. The maids stood in a neat line right in front of him and bowed, "Good dreams, Master." all of them bowed down and said in unison, they were still maids and as such were trained in these kinds of matters. They could be regal when they wanted to too!

Arve was latched onto his shoulder while Zina was latched onto the other one. At a table beside his bed sat Ivra and Nevy was sitting at his feet. After learning that their master was going to sleep for such an extended period of time the four Dragon Kings refused to leave his side, they would be here 24/7 alongside the maids and would look over him.

If someone were to walk in at this moment with no prior knowledge they would think Galahad was on his sick bed, that's because Galahad's skin was naturally very pale and he didn't talk much either. "Well...see you in an....year." he said slightly smiling at them, even if he didn't say it he was very proud of each of his subordinates, and cared for all of them.

Yes he was a cold and selfish bastard at heart but he was no monste- okay he was but in the end even monsters had a heart, even if they didn't Galahad did have one and he was proud of it. Anyone who disagrees can cry about it, he doesn't give a flying fuck about their opinion, he never did and never will.

With that he closed his eyes entering a deep sleep, as to how this worked? Well originally he had planned on making a space in which time was faster but he decided against it. It would be extremely boring after all. By sleeping he was going to utilize a hundred percent of his body and conscious alongside Raphael to make or rather acquire Creation Lord Ahura Mazda. The bodies of Nepahlem obviously didn't work like human ones, each single cell of theirs theoretically had a conscious and all of that collectively made up their actual selves and conscious.

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Mindscape,

Galahad POV,

Galahad opened his eyes surprised and looked around confused. He was supposed to be asleep right? That should translate to being unconscious no? So where the hell was he?! He touched his body curiously and yes he could feel it. He yawned and stood up to look around, what was this place?

It was simply a long expanse of green grass with the eventual tree littered throughout the place, the sky was a clear blue with comfortable sunlight coming down, he crouched down and touched the grass, "This is....soft?" he wondered out loud. "Indeed it is!" an arrogant voice sounded from behind him making him jump.

"Hahahahaha! Coward!" the prideful him said laughing as he folded his arms with a smirk, this place was his mindscape so of course the other him was going to be here too! Galahad looked at him before sighing, "Great....just great." he muttered out annoyed, now he was stuck here with this guy for who knows how long. "What is this....place?" he asked curiously, he needed to know where they were.

"You really are an idiot huh? This is your mindscape! Don't you realize how lethargic this place makes you? Of course it doesn't work on me." he said nodding his head with a smug smile, as comfortable as this place may be he was never going to be lazy! Galahad looked at the prideful him and then looked around, "This is where....you've been?.....Lucky Bastard." he muttered out clicking his tongue, such a comfortable place!

"Ho? I'm up for an exchange." he said sitting down with his legs crossed, he would take up any chance to go outside, he didn't like being lazy! He'd rather work. Galahad slightly chuckled and waved his hand dismissively, "I'll pass." he said lazily, he liked his freedom thank you and besides this place would get boring eventually.

He shrugged in response, "Hmm? I thought it was good deal but this is fine too." he said drinking a glass of wine, it keeps the lazy him up and running and even makes the man work so him being out there was fine too. He raised his glass, "To our year together fool!" he said smirking and gulped it down in one go, this fool didn't think much about it and went ahead with hibernation so now they would be spending an year together.

Galahad folded his arms and closed his eyes thinking, if he could get rid of this guy then he could unlock his true power and potential. So long as the two personas exist a Nephalem can not peak and most Nephalem go about their lives without ever getting rid of said persona and as such do not peak. If they do somehow manage to do it then much like the Archangels and Archdemons, the Nephalem become Arch-Nephalem, the highest ranking True Divine Spirits which can surpass even True Gods if let be.

In simple terms, it was a power up that would eventaully turn him from a universe ending threat to one that could conceptually destroy multiverses if let be, breaking him even more than he was. It would expand the scale of all his abilities as well. In simple terms he would become something even greater than an end game boss, it would literally make him immune to workings of Fate itself. A singularity in both time, space and reality itself. There is a reason even a single True Nephalem is feared as a force that could tip the very balance of creation by itself.

By now the prideful him had probably read his thoughts and that was proved when he stood up and extended one of his hands forward grinning, "From Demon and Angel come the Nephalem, greater than anything ever created in the cosmos! The force nothing less than your birthright! The ability to destroy and create freely and put all that you desire in your hands!" he said a bit excited, if he could get even stronger than that was good it didn't matter which side.

He laughed loudly, "You are a fool but you are one even I must respect. A selfish man is the best there is." he said a bit arrogantly as his eyes turned black with blood red pupils, the tips of his hair turned blood red as two black horns came out of his head, golden lines formed over his body in place of veins and a jet black version of Galahad's armor covered his body. Lazy him would be the Hero here for if he was let free then he wouldn't rest until all of creation was under him.

A helmet formed in his hand and he put it on grinning, in place of the eyes a single red glowing line could be seen. He got into a stance as a blood red lance appeared in his hands, of course he wasn't going to go down without resistance, he would go down fighting even if he was perfectly aware that his pride could never win against his Sloth, they were in terms of combat power equals though the one to win here would be Sloth.

Galahad looked at the prideful him, he was giving off an evil aura which was ripping apart the entire landscape and groaned, why did they have to fight for this? This was a pain because this guy should have power exactly equal to his own. Nonetheless he shook his head as his purple armor formed over his body, he made this armor work like Milim's combat mode. Arondight and the Sword of David appeared at his waist and he drew the two holy swords.

Prideful him threw out his hands, "Now me! Be the Hero, strike down the evil within you, destroy it, purge it, remove it, face your demons! Kill me and reach what you are supposed to be! Become one of those who stand atop all creation! STRIKE ME DOWN!" he shouted thrusting his spear forward as a gignatic beam was fired tearing through the sky.

Galahad had already begun moving there was no way he was about to tank the Longinus, he thrust the Sword of David forward but was blocked, "Is that it?!"

That was not it.

Following that hit millions no billions of sword thrusts rained down on him forming after-images, it was as if Galahad had more than one arm but each of those attacks was blocked by the Longinus like it was nothing. Galahad thrust his sword forward and as the prideful him raised his lance to block it he twisted his upper body cutting through him with Arondight.

There was no time to regret cringe! "Arondight Overload." The prideful him clicked his tongue and kicked him away, "Da- ugh!" he stumbled backwards holding his slit stomach but in the next instant the cut healed up and he raised his hand, "Disappear!" he shouted smiling widely as the ground morphed into weapons which shot at Galahad who summoned the Around Round Shield blocking all the attacks.

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