Flame Demon Lord

-Chapter 158: Flame Demon Lord-

Inside the cathedral, a group of believers fell to their knees and murmured all kinds of prayers with worried expressions.

They had already seen the demons in the city of San Salvador, due to this they decided to remain begging their god for mercy, in their minds and hearts this only reinforced their faith, after all, if demons exist then angels they should exist in the same way, since both are the two sides of the same coin.

In the same way, they prayed in the name of the father, the son and the holy spirit, begging for help for their salvation.

"There is no need to fear"-In that tense moment, an older man came forward and spoke in a low voice, but everyone strained their ears and heard him clearly.

Dressed in a black robe and a large cross hanging on his chest, whether in his voice or his attitude, the archbishop exuded a calm aura that lessened the concern of others, so he continued speaking:

"The arrival of the demons means the arrival of hell on earth, sinners will remain in the earthly world where the deadly sins are taken to the extreme in chaos, asking for forgiveness and begging to be taken out of hell where they are tortured by beings born from the chaos, only the souls of pure-hearted believers will be judged and accepted into the kingdom of heaven."

With the Archbishop's words, the former concern of the believers disappeared and was replaced by anticipation.

They had dedicated their entire lives to preaching the holy words and trying to make sinners repent of their sins, so they believe that they will definitely be accepted into the kingdom of heaven.

'From their expressions, it seems they are forgetting something important.'

Seeing the expressions of these young believers, who seemed joyful after his words, the archbishop shook his head slightly in disappointment.

"Love your neighbor as yourself."-The archbishop said these words trying to guide the young believers, he wanted them to understand the seriousness of the matter for themselves, but they only got confused and did not understand why he said this suddenly.

He began to question his qualities when he realized that he had failed in his task of guiding and teaching these young people properly, they only care about their own lives and they forgot everyone when they found out that they could be saved.

"It's never too late to repent, as long as you confess and sincerely repent for your sins-"

Bam!*

Just as the archbishop was trying to guide the young believers, the roof above them was smashed to pieces that flew everywhere, all the young people panicked, even more so when they were splattered with blood.

When everything stopped, a large flaming hole had appeared in the ceiling, through which a four-winged demon that seemed to be smiling creepily could be seen, looking down inside the cathedral as if seeing insignificant ants.

"Ah-aaaaahhh!!"

Someone screamed in horror, he had been splattered with the blood of another believer who was crushed by a large piece of roof, moreover, some other lucky ones who survived also had horrified expressions seeing the bloody bodies of their friends, who were hit by debris and they lay on the ground slowly losing their lives.

"Divine Lord, you who see everything, you who can do everything, please have mercy on your children!"-The archbishop, who had survived without being hurt, rushed to try to save the young people while shouting his prayers to heaven.

Even in this situation, he remained calm and trying to help others, only he knows how nervous he is, it is the most basic instinct of all living beings warning within him that he is defenseless like prey in the sight of a tiger.

"Shut up!"

At that moment, the four-winged demon yelled angrily upon hearing the archbishop's words, whether it was his action of bringing his army to this cathedral or his attacking himself, it is not part of any specific plan, just that this Demon lord came to vent his hatred towards angels on these believers.

Thinking of the phrase "All-seeing God", the demon lord recalled that feeling from just now, as if someone was staring at him, he shuddered for a moment at the thought that the God of Heaven, who has never even appeared in the war between the races, he was targeting him.

"Arrogant little pigeons!"

The demon seemed to have gone berserk, he shook his head and got rid of the fear inside him replacing his emotions with extreme anger.

He doesn't hate angels just because they are the enemies of his race, but because of his attitude, acting cold and indifferent and looking at demons as uncivilized beasts.

It is said that the angels are just, virtuous and holy, but who fought with the advantage of numbers?, while the demon lords fought divided, the archangels and cherubs gathered to face them in great numbers, just?, virtuous?, They are nothing more than fearful bastards without ethics or morals, it is ironic at least that a demon thinks this.

"You Humans are just puny worms feeding those arrogant pigeons with your stupid faith!"

The demon spoke forcefully, his voice thick from him proving to be a creature from the abyss, with a snap of his fingers, a bunch of flames appeared forming fiery spears.

"I can't pluck those pigeons, then I will destroy the source of their power."-The fire demon smiled filling the survivors inside the cathedral with horror.

Just as demons become stronger by feeding on the souls of humans, something similar happens with angels, who can increase their power thanks to the faith of believers.

So, since he can't kill the angels that aren't here, the devil plans to sabotage the power source by killing the believers, if this attracts the angels' attention and they descend to the human world, then he'll be happy to kill them all, in Instead, if they don't come, they will continue to massacre the believers.

This can represent great damage to heaven, not only because they are killing the believers, but because they cannot come down from heaven at all.

That's right, the power above the archangels that already rival the demon lords, the seraphim, were forced to act to end the senseless war that would destroy the human world, but they used a double-edged sword, they sealed the demons back to hell in exchange for sealing all the angels back to heaven.

It is precisely because of this that they cannot make a presence in the human world, unlike the demons, who broke the seal thanks to the mysterious power of the Nether portal, the angels are still prey to their own technique and remain powerless in heaven. Do nothing.

If the angels don't appear even when the believers are praying for help while dying, it will certainly decrease the power of faith, which means a reduction in the power of heaven, but there is nothing the angels can do, after all, only a hidden existence in the sky dimension is aware of what is happening.

At this moment, when the sun was rising and it seemed to end the night of misfortunes, black clouds covered the sky like a blanket of darkness, as if any ray of hope was covered, water rushed from the clouds and thunder resounded from above. everywhere immediately.

At the same time, the demon's face became strange, he noticed that the magic power of him, conjured into the lances of fire that were about to be released, began to diminish and wasted away in the rain.

The demon lord got angry and his face turned ugly, although it's a natural thing for flames to go out under water, that's just ordinary flames, this fire was conjured with the magic power of one of the strongest in hell, it's impossible to extinguish with simple common water.

"...!"

As if he understood something, he looked up at the sky abruptly, where black clouds had suddenly appeared and a lot of thunder was rushing within them.

"It's you, right? Don't think this will be enough to stop me!!"

The fire demon roared into the heavens with a rage accumulated over hundreds of years, raised his hands, and a bunch of flames appeared around him, slowly turning into thousands of flaming spears, under the consumption of magic power, even the rain was unable to put them out this time.

Swoossh!* Swoossh!* Swoossh!*

The flame spears fell at high speed breaking through the wind like bullets.

"Aaaah!!"

The young believers fell to the ground in horror, they tried to get away kicking the ground until they finally had enough strength to stand up, they all ran trying to escape.

Only the archbishop remained in his place, he knows that he cannot run away with an old and weak body, but he would never lose faith even in the hardest of times, he turned towards a statue of Jesus crucified and began to pray.

"He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will dwell under the shadow of the Almighty, and I will say to Jesus, my hope and my castle, he is my God and I will trust him."

The archbishop held the cross with both trembling hands, but his tone was firm.

"Ugh!"

"Ugh!"

The young believers were pierced by the flaming spears and fell to the ground, no one could escape, it's just that the archbishop was still standing even when all the spears kept smashing the cathedral, rubble and fire flew everywhere, however, The archbishop remained standing without a scratch, his eyes were closed and tears were shedding due to the lives lost behind him, but he still did not stop.

"It doesn't matter if you intervene, I will destroy the source of your power with my bare hands!!"

The demon lord noticed a flow of holy power forming a barrier like an umbrella above the archbishop's head, so he thought that heaven was definitely acting right now, but no matter who stands in the way, all believers must die, he stretched out his arms. hands down and shouted:

"I'll burn you to ashes!!"

At his words, the sky was filled with points of fire that soon began to fall, their size drastically increasing as their speed increased.

Bam!* Bam!* Bam!* Bam!*

With consecutive impact sounds, the cathedral and its surroundings were bombarded non-stop by a lot of fireballs, but they are not simple, but really burn everything in their path, the cathedral turned into rubble which was then turned into ash that they dispersed in the air.

"...with his feathers he will cover you, and under his wings you will be safe..."

"A thousand will fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come to you...

In all this chaos, the archbishop continued to pray, eyes closed, clinging to the cross when even his legs were weak, he still stood without a scratch.

The situation was just as his words said, the fireballs kept falling as if they were trying to make the whole world disappear, huge burning craters filled the ground, there was no cathedral anymore at this time, obviously, even the corpses of the young believers were also victims. of the flames

With all this disaster and the fireballs falling around him, it seemed that as long as the archbishop did not lose faith he would continue to be protected by the holy power.

"Is this the demonstration of the angels? He supposed it, they only know how to stay hidden like cowards!!"

The demon lord was angry about this, but he can't do much if the perpetrator behind the scenes doesn't show up, so he instigated the angels by trying to get them to come forward.

"Tch!!"

Seeing as nothing happened, the demon lord became even more annoyed, he seemed mad with anger as he gave an order to the army of thousands of demons that surrounded the entire place.

"Attack, let's see how long this protective barrier can take!!"

The demons did not dare to disobey, they immediately raised their hands and began to conjure all kinds of magic.

…

"Where did this protective barrier come from?"

Far away from the cathedral, Har had not yet left the United States and it would take a while to reach El Salvador, but he could still see the situation through the Shinigami sphere, he was really surprised by this magical barrier that came out of nowhere.

No one seemed to conjure it in the surroundings, moreover, the resistance of this barrier is incredible, he would even go so far as to say that it is impenetrable.

He could see inside the sphere as thousands of different spells were launched towards the archbishop, but all without exception were stopped by a translucent barrier that emits white light.

But, seeing how the demon army was held back thanks to this, Har could only thank the one who cast this barrier in his mind, he only hopes that it can remain active long enough for him to arrive.

Although the cathedral was destroyed and many died, this is still better than the entire country being destroyed.

-End of this chapter-