Re:Cord of Ragnarok

Chapter 4 [The Difference Between Heaven and Earth]

With the sight of the miniature eyes adorning Arthur's armor, Solomon smirked triumphantly, ''You're finally giving it your all Bael, good.'' he whispered to himself.

They darted around, observing frantically before focussing on Lucifer. They followed light, as though they desperately wanted to remove it from their sight, to swallow it up in darkness. The optical orbs were connected to Bael, and through Bael, Arthur could see Lucifer's movements in his mind. Not a perfect method, but it would allow for a counterattack.

'I had been wanting to test this since I partnered with you, m'lady. Unfortunately we never got the chance, but with this new power I am sure it will work.' The king grew back his confident smirk and with a bold step forward, he prepared his next attack, while Bael focused on watching the dancing angel as he soared around the arena.

With a stomp on the arena floor, Arthur cast his earth magic. It channeled across the divine stone straight towards Lucifer, who had just landed. The angel, at that moment, noticed a flame coil around his armored boot. From the very earth, fire erupted and snaked across his legs, clashing with the light he used to defend himself.

The eruption of flame pierced through the arena's floor, narrowly missing the already moving Lucifer. The pillar of lava and flame reclined and the eyes locked on again, targeting the fleeing angel. Another stomp on the ground hailed another column of infernal blaze spearing into the air, twisting its way towards the flying seraphim. The air around those flames burst, embers ominously flickering as the heat licked at Lucifer's boots.

【Royal Hellscape】

"... Did he come up with that name?" Morgan asked, turning to Merlin.

Merlin rubbed his chin. "Well... no... I did, the names he suggested were... not good."

A third, a fourth; Arthur continued his onslaught of fire on Lucifer, giving him no chance for rest. He intended to catch Lucifer with his fifth strike, positioning everything on the field, and sent a final pillar of lava up, much larger than the last. Lucifer, who had not been expecting it to appear behind him, flew straight into the fierce blaze. Yet in Arthur's moment of confidence, heaven's vanguard shot himself out of the plume of smoke, covering himself in his glorious wings of light as a shield.

In a flash of light, Lucifer had managed to resist the blow and streaked through the sky towards Arthur, who was distracted from recovering from excess use of magic, overstraining himself. He brought up Caliburn, clashing with Morningstar, but without proper strength to defend himself, he was sent rushing towards the wall once again.

"I am swapping back to regeneration. We will soon lose sight of him, but you need to heal quickly..." With Bael's agitated words, the eyes ingrained within the armor closed, and humanity's vanguard attempted to heal.

Following up with his earlier attack, Lucifer dashed towards the dust cloud that was created by Arthur's crash. He sliced into the dust, cleaving it in two and breaking the curtain concealing Arthur, who had already casted magic to return blows. Now that he had recovered, he shot forward with wind magic and struck Lucifer down to the ground. The king continued with earth magic,【Divine Downfall】, tremors shaking the earth and halting the archangel, which allowed Arthur to slice into his side.

Caliburn grinded into the armor, chipping into the pure light and separating the energy from the main body. Yet— it fell short, unable to reach the concealed flesh. The armor of Lucifer was too tough for a regular blow, no matter how strong the attacker may have been.

"That damn angel is too chicken to get impaled." Crowley muttered as he leaned over his chariot's side.

Quickly adjusting himself, Arthur spun around and aimed for Lucifer's head. He intended to strike the one part his blade could reach. Lucifer acknowledged the danger, and chose to abandon his sword in exchange for a larger attack to ward off the young king.