The Demon's Bride

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Chapter 675: Loveliest Lady-II

From afar, Esther watched Leviathan as he took the life of Redrick. But not long after, a creature who was covered in black made a sluggish low steps toward them. The creature had his legs covered with his cloak and covered in all black, he didn't appear as if he was gliding across the floor instead of walking. Leviathan stood up as if expecting him and Redrick who was on the ground struggled to pull the sword from his chest even though he had been impaled with it to the ground.

"Was it a difficult journey to here?" Leviathan questioned to the creature who seemed to be frowning as he looked down at Redrick.

"Chaos… in Hell helped me to leave unnoticed by anyone," the creatures replied as he made walk toward Redrick. "You… look pitiful now, Camael."

Redrick glared hatefully at the creature who commented on his current appearance. But the creature looked at him with an indescribable hollow gaze. "Kill me," Redrick shouted at Leviathan. "Isn't that what you want? But you have yet to deal the last attack."

"Yes, because I see that you need a few thing to solve before leaving this world Camael," Leviathan stepped on his shoulder as he walked toward the creature. "Go on introduce yourself. He's running out of time."

The creature walked closer, heaving a deep breathe before he raised the hood covering his face, revealing his frightening features that appeared as if his skin had turned rot. There was mold all around his face while some part of his face had no skin on it, rendering his face into a mere skull. "You might not recognize me anymore but it can't be helped. I too, don't recognize your current appearance. You were so different than what I remembered you to look like, Camael."

"What are you saying?" Redrick angrily snapped as he didn't have time to entertain the ugly creature's talk and would rather to fight Leviathan to death.

"I might look different now, but I am once your friend, an angel who had turned his back against God, doing such abhorrent crime toward the only place that welcomed me with open hands," the creature offered Redrick who had stunned into a stone a simple smile. "It has been a long time, Camael."

"What…" Redrick looked back and forward from Leviathan to the creature. "No way! You are lying to me! You want to trick me again, is that what you are trying to do now?"

"It is sad for you to not recognize your own friend whom had turned into a drive for you to embark in your twisted journey, Camael. He doesn't look like what he did before but he is none other than your only friend, Ophaniel," Leviathan raised his hand and watched how slowly horror came to Redrick who was shocked at the revelation. "Why don't you look pleased? It's the friend that you have been wanting to see. All those murders, those bloods on your hands, wasn't it because of him?"

Redrick heard the piercing sarcasm of Leviathan and looked at Ophaniel with only more fear mixed with a deep guilt.

"I think I know why," whispered Leviathan with a slow smirk, "Maybe because you fear that one day he would come back alive? After all, the one who had ultimately killed Ophaniel is none other than yourself."

"SHUT UP!!" Redrick pushed himself from the ground again but Leviathan had slammed his fist to the handle of the sword, pinning the angel again to the ground for good.

"Stop moving," warned Leviathan with his eyes glaring wide toward the angel. "I won't warn you again. This is your last chance."

"He's dead. He's dead! His soul had been destroyed, his body can never be resurrected with his soul being gone for eternity!" Redrick shouted and fear begin to corrupt him when Ophaniel took step forward. "No, no, no. Please forgive me. I didn't want to kill you but you had… you had come with the demons!"

The creature, who was revealed to be Ophaniel had a world apart expression to Redrick, he looked calm, even detached. "I… didn't remember what happened while I was in abyss but after meeting that girl, I begin to learn few things slowly about myself. I remembered how I told you about my secret mission to attack Heaven.?You supported me, or so was I thought. But on the day, you weren't beside me. Instead you had been the first one to wait for me, to take my life."

Redrick shook his head as if pleading for Ophaniel to not continue his words. "I didn't know if I should truly support you. We were different. I love Heaven for the place it is, but knowing your circumstances, I cannot stop you. I don't know if by stopping you, I will be able to help you or if I stop you, will I only become the same of those who had caused you to despise Heaven? I don't know what to do and if what I have done was wrong or if it's right."

"Yes." The creature doesn't seem surprised as he knew this too; "You… had always been a coward. A person who would rather hide than fight, forgive than revenge. I didn't despise you for killing me, Camael."

Redrick looked shocked before feeling relieved after hearing this but the color of his face darkened when the creature continue to say, "But I have despised you who has used my death as a reason to destroy Heaven and Hell."

Leviathan watching this, didn't speak as he knew it wasn't for him to judge what had occurred with the two angels.

"And I," the creature continued, "Hate myself for driving you this far."

Redrick's hand crawled toward the creature's leg, but he cannot move as the sword impaled his chest. He could only crawl, watching the sky as his blood begin to flow more for his death to slowly greet him. "I'm sorry… I'm sorry… I didn't want… to kill anyo—"

Leviathan looked away as he sensed Redrick's soul disappearing from the place. He looked at the creature who didn't shed a tear.

"Thank… you," expressed the creature. "But why are you doing this?"

"Apollyon came back to life and causes more death because he hadn't end his grudge against the world. I don't want it to happen the second time. I don't want that my descendants would have to suffer a life like my daughter did and I want her, as a father, to live a life peacefully from now on. She deserve a peaceful life." Leviathan uttered when he suddenly narrow his eyes.

"What… is wrong?"

Leviathan who looked at the sky had his brows furrowed tightly, "Elise is calling for me. She's crying," and with the urgent call, Leviathan disappeared without a trace, leaving to his dear daughter.