Once everyone is through the gate, I close it behind them and then exit the cave. I find myself along the cliffs to the west of the port, but I don’t see any pillars of light. That should mean that the angels or avatars have already descended, so I take to the air.

  When I fly over the town, I quickly spot a group of angels in the town square, about twenty of them. I quickly check their wings, but only one of them has six wings and all the rest have four. However, only three of the angels have white wings, the rest have either gray or black wings.

  The one with six wings is one of the white winged ones, but they are outnumbered. There are seven with gray wings and ten with black wings and they seem to be arguing. I would guess that they were all sent by different gods and they are probably accusing each other of stealing the souls.

  I could probably stay out of it and they would eventually start fighting amongst themselves. However, that would be boring and wouldn’t get me the experience and angel cores I want. I am really curious to see if the cores from angels with different colored wings are different.

  I fly over to where the angels are gathered, activate my technique, and cover them in fire. Unfortunately, it does absolutely nothing to them, even the angels with black wings are unharmed. I guess that answers one of my questions and it certainly got the attention of the angels.

  Before I can move on to my next action, I feel a mass of divine power surround me and I find myself frozen. It isn’t ice, I just can’t move a muscle and unfortunately that includes my wings. I was not flying that high, so I am not worried about the fall hurting me.

  What has me worried is that I didn’t think anything less than an eight-wing could pose a threat to me. As I start falling, I spread my mana out to try and figure out how the angel was able to freeze me. I quickly figure out that it is something of a trick, I am not being held in place, the air around me is.

  By using the power to hold the air in place, it can avoid any resistance I might have to the magic. Once I realize that, I focus my mind and flex all of my muscles at the same time. The air around me resists for a second and then shatters and I am able to resume flying.

  One of the gray winged angels grabs his head and screams from the backlash of his spell being broken. Not wanting to give him another chance, I make him my first target as I drop down. My landing crushes him and another gray winged angel that was standing next to him.

  The rest of the angels panic and take out their weapons, as they do I end my technique. This time, when I release my breath, a thick bar of lightning comes roaring out and hits the angels. Some manage to dodge, a few block with shields, and several more die under the lightning.

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  As soon as my breath is done, I charge into a group of angels attacking with my teeth and claws. The remaining angels quickly surround me, attacking from all sides, and their weapons actually hurt me. Luckily, I have a lot of health and the small wounds are not a serious threat just yet.

  The wounds I am inflicting with my claws are much more serious, even lethal. The number of angels is dwindling fairly fast, but even in the midst of the battle I notice something odd. The three angels with white wings are not participating, they have grouped up off to the side.

  Even as my fight continues I do my best to keep an eye on them in case they try something. I can’t be sure, but they might just be waiting for me to deal with the other angels and wear myself out. Or they could be getting ready to run if I come out of the fight without being weakened.

  Considering the only six-wing is among them, I would prefer not to let them get away. Since the souls went to Krenocia, giving Seronia some more angel cores would balance things out. Besides, I know she will go ballistic when I send her the cores and that is always entertaining.

  My distraction costs me a few more wounds, but my regen is holding up fairly well. If there were more angels I might have to use a healing spell, but with less than half of them left I will be fine. It is kind of refreshing to be fighting things that can hurt me, even if the threat is only minor.

  With the fight winding down, I notice that the wings of the three white winged angels are glowing. They have their heads down as if they are praying, they are probably calling for help. I quickly finish off the other angels and then stop to see what they will do.

  I could easily kill them before they could finish whatever they are doing, but I’m curious. It looks like they are still not done, so I take the time to gather the cores and equipment of the other seventeen angels. By the time I am done with that, a pillar of light has formed in front of the three angels.

  From the width of the pillar I am guessing that it is either an eight-winged angel or an avatar. Based on how rare the goddesses said eight-wings are, I am guessing that it will be an avatar. Now, the smart thing would be to be gone before it manifests, but I rarely do the smart thing.

  Although, now that the pillar is here, I don’t think I need the three angels anymore. So, I kill them, take their cores and gear, and then simply wait to see what shows up. When the pillar of light fades away, there is a stunningly beautiful woman left standing in front of me.

  ??? looks around and says “It seems that I am too late. At least my enemies suffered more casualties than I did. Are you not going to attack me? Does that mean we can speak? Are you capable of speaking?”

  “I am. You are not a prime avatar, are you?”

  ??? says “No. My prime is already busy dealing with other matters. Does that matter?”

  “It means there is nothing to be gained from me killing you. If you were a prime avatar, then there would be power to steal. I gain nothing from defeating a normal avatar.”

  1 Rank 8 Angel defeated! 90,000 Exp gained!

  19 Rank 6 Angels defeated! 114,000 Exp gained!

  ??? says “You seem to know a lot about avatars, that is not common. How can you be so sure of defeating me when you don’t even know who I am?”

  “Because you are an avatar, your strength is severely limited. I’m sure you could hurt me, but I am confident I would win in the end. Are you wanting to find out if I am right?”