Heavenly Kingdom: The Kingdom among the clouds

Chapter 39: Absolute Defense IV

[Northern Border Wall]

Locked in a situation of 2v1, Gabriel then immediately took the initiative to restart the battle as he charged forward with his moon blades tightly gripped on hand

With a sigh breath he then quickly came in between both Benkei and Leon and slashed out his blades in both of his left and right, unfortunately both duo had somehow followed his speed through their eye perception and managed to make the necessary block against the latter's sudden appearance between them

But despite successfully defending themselves from the sudden strike of Gabriel, the impact force from the latter's attack was so great that it actually was able to push them aside for a few blocks

At this spare moment of time Gabriel then once more took the next step as he foregone Benkei and started pouring his focus towards Leon, after all in comparison to Benkei who only had about one spear in hand compared to Leon who had both a heavy lance and a shield, the latter was actually quite an easy pick compared to the first one

After all With Benkei only having a spear while neglecting his defense, he was actually quite nimble enough to dodge Gabriel's attack whenever he wanted to, since he has actually less weight than Leon who have to bear the burden of the weight of his shield and Lance, thus making Leon a suitable target for the archangel himself

Withy such thought in mind Gabriel then started drilling numerous attacks towards Leon who had no other choice but to defend himself with a shield, unfortunately as a commander himself, Leon isn't actually a pushover either, so with a grit of his teeth he then planted his foot on the pavement below and pushed open his shield to catch Gabriel off guard before thrusting in his lance towards it's abdomen

In that instant however Gabriel then saw completely through Leon's movement as he quickly blinked behind him using the rune law of space which was given to him by Asagi , and slashed out his moon blade at the exact moment he shifted position

However as if having eyes behind his back, Leon quickly twisted his body as he stepped forward and slamming his shield towards Gabriel's moon blades, causing a spark to erupt from both metal hitting each other

At the same time as he let his body get dragged forwards by the momentum he had established, Benkei then swiftly jumped over Leon and thrusted his spear towards Gabriel in a moments breath, thus causing the archangel himself to take considerable damage as he got stabbed on his shoulder

But before the spear could truly plunged itself deep within his flesh, Gabriel quickly shifted the space between them as he likely expanded the space in between them and put a considerable distance in the middle

On the other hand despite Gabriel getting stabbed on his shoulder, not a speck of blood could be seen on the wound, but instead a slight ripple of white mana can be seen on the wound and has been exchanged for its replacement of blood

Just like how the angels and Archangels were made from the system through mana, They would in turn revert to mana if they ever die, thus no blood could be seen smoldering the floor below

Upon seeing such a sight, both Benkei and Leon were once again reminded that they were not fighting any ordinary warrior, but instead an angel which was made out of mana

In likelihood this could be referenced towards the bible which was spoken out in genesis "You are Dust and to Dust You Shall Return", but in this scenario the principle of such word could be changed to mana in accordance to the situation of the angels and Archangels "You are Mana and to Mana you shall return"

Most likely such principle of concept can also be applied towards Asagi, but that is still unbeknownst to everyone till now since Asagi had never been injured before, in the end they are just physical manifestation of mana itself