bookbashuk Chapter 378 Ancient Man with Hair 1
Chapter 378 Ancient Man with Hair 1
Chapter 378 The Ancient One with Hair
Du Mu burst through the door, his gaze sweeping across the entire room, where a small swimming pool stood prominently in the center.
The Angela they were looking for was floating on her back on the water, her eyes closed, her arms outstretched, her long hair spread across the surface, and she was completely still in the center of the pool.
[Status: Possessed by the Son of Satan]
As expected, Angela became the medium through which the Son of Satan descended.
Du Mu narrowed his eyes, about to step forward, when a white figure suddenly descended from the sky, landing in front of him and blocking his way.
"As a human being, yet you carry the aura of both heaven and hell within you, who exactly are you?"
When Du Mu saw the other person's face clearly, his expression immediately became extremely interesting.
This person has golden hair and eyes, and an androgynous appearance, making it difficult to tell whether he is male or female. He is dressed in white, with a pair of wings spread on his back. He is barefoot on the floor tiles and exudes an aura of noble purity that cannot be profaned.
But none of these are the main points.
The key point is that face, which looks remarkably like an old friend he hasn't seen in a long time.
Du Mu's eyes widened, and he blurted out, "Holy crap, is that you, Ancient One?!"
[NPC: Gabriel Hornblower]
[Favorability:? ? ? 】
[Evaluation: Seraph, Captain of the Heavenly Police, the surgeon who performed C-sections for the Son of Satan, the Ancient One with hair]
This person was not the Ancient One that Du Mu knew, but rather Gabriel, the archangel of Heaven.
Staring at that face, Du Mu couldn't help but have the illusion that he was facing that bald-headed sorcerer.
Do you know me?
Gabriel felt that Du Mu's gaze was strange, as if he were very familiar with him.
Du Mu nodded: "Of course... I don't know him."
The game system had already warned that it was normal to encounter NPCs with similar character models across servers; essentially, they were just using the same template with different character designs.
It is obvious that the Gabriel in front of us is modeled after the Ancient One.
System, record and save this immediately, from every angle!
Du Mu chuckled.
A version of the Ancient One with hair is a rare find and must be treasured.
"Ahem, let me introduce myself. I am the Sorcerer Supreme, the ruler of Kamar-Taj, and the protector of humanity."
Du Mu, caught up in his mischievous nature, directly misappropriated the name of the Ancient One.
He pointed at Gabriel's familiar face and said sternly, "Ancient One... no, Gabriel, you've been caught!"
"I have discovered that you are secretly assisting the Son of Satan in descending to Earth, intending to drag the human world into destruction. I urge you to stop immediately, lay down your weapons, and repent!"
Gabriel had never heard of Kamar-Taj, nor the name of the Sorcerer Supreme, and was unimpressed.
He smiled gently: "You're wrong. What I'm doing isn't destroying humanity; on the contrary, I'm saving you."
Du Mu raised an eyebrow: "Turning the world into hell, you call that salvation?"
"certainly!"
Gabriel nodded, looking completely at ease: "You humans have received a privilege from my Lord that no matter what sins you commit, as long as you repent, you can receive my Lord's forgiveness."
"Throughout history, looking at all things in the world, no other living being besides humankind has ever enjoyed such preferential treatment."
"This is so unfair."
Du Mu felt that Gabriel's words did indeed make some sense.
In the real world, it would be utterly absurd if those who have committed heinous crimes could have all their sins wiped away simply by repenting.
Just like that classic saying.
They didn't know they were wrong; they knew they were going to die.
Whether or not to forgive such people is God's business; the best solution is to send them to meet God.
"If the Lord is merciful and loves you so much, then I will naturally help the Lord to check whether you are worthy of this unconditional love."
Gabriel continued, his tone carrying an air of condescending arrogance.
"I have observed humanity for a long time and discovered a common characteristic: only in the face of extreme fear and despair can humans shed all their pretense and reveal their true selves."
"Therefore, I have brought pain and fear to humankind."
"Only those who have endured the trials of hell and still retain their true nature and noble souls are worthy of our Lord's salvation!"
Du Mu found Gabriel's extreme remarks, coupled with his Ancient One face, utterly incongruous.
He chuckled. "As an angel, to actually want to destroy the human world, Gabriel, you wouldn't happen to be a spy from Hell planted in Heaven, would you?"
Gabriel remained calm: "The Lord has given me the authority to cleanse the world of its filth. I am merely fulfilling my duty to select the souls that are truly worthy of salvation for the Lord. All of this is under the Lord's guidance."
Du Mu rolled his eyes.
If God knew you were using this pretext to carry out this kind of purge, He'd probably rip those chicken wings off your back and turn them into Orleans-style chicken wings.
Just then, Gabriel glanced back at the direction of the pool and a slight smile appeared on his lips.
"The time has come; the path to redemption will now unfold."
He turned and walked toward Angela.
Suddenly, a ball of lightning, accompanied by a blinding blue-white arc of electricity, roared towards the back of his head.
Gabriel suddenly flapped his wings, slamming the ball of lightning to the ground, where it exploded into a shower of tiny sparks.
He stopped and turned around expressionlessly.
Du Mu held the all-powerful warhammer, its head pointing directly at him: "Sorry, humanity doesn't need redemption, especially not at the cost of destroying the world."
"Human folly never disappoints me."
Gabriel shook his head, raised his hand and made a grasping motion, and a completely transparent lightsaber materialized in his palm.
His eyes gleamed with golden light, his face cold: "If you insist on blocking my way, then I have no choice but to remove the obstacle."
As soon as he finished speaking, Gabriel flapped his wings, his body radiating a dazzling white light, and he appeared in front of Du Mu in the blink of an eye in a swooping motion.
Facing this archangel, Du Mu dared not be careless and decisively switched to his strongest set of equipment.
The Ultron armor instantly covered his body, and a magical white robe draped down from his shoulders, the pig rune on the back of his right hand glowing faintly.
The only part of his body that wasn't covered was his head; only his neck and jaw were covered. He wore a magic mask with strange runes on his face, and with the all-powerful warhammer in his hand, he looked like a futuristic warrior who combined magic and technology.
Looking at Du Mu's inner garment, he was wearing a GANTZ enhanced suit, with a mental amulet around his neck, and a total of six rings on his left and right hands, the gems on them dazzlingly bright.
With the added boosts of skills and magic, Du Mu's overall attributes rapidly increased.
Bang! !
The all-powerful warhammer and the lightsaber clashed violently, and a powerful shockwave exploded from the point of impact.
"How could I bear to lay a hand on you when I see your face?"
Du Mu's tone was conflicted, but his actions showed no hesitation whatsoever.
His eyes suddenly shot out two thick beams of yellow lightning, blasting towards Gabriel's face at full power.
Gabriel:
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Why does this guy seem like he has a grudge against me?
The lightning bolt arrived in an instant, and Gabriel dodged to the side, the beam grazing past his ear.
As Du Mu's gaze swept over again, Gabriel's lightsaber suddenly burst forth with dazzling light, blasting Du Mu away with a single strike.
Du Mu's feet left the ground, and he was thrown backward by the shock. He twisted his waist and flipped over in mid-air. When he landed, the soles of his shoes scraped against the broken bricks, leaving two long marks. He stopped half-squatting.
Before he could even regain his footing, Gabriel's lightsaber transformed into a shower of light and shadow that poured down from the sky.
Under the influence of the light and shadow, the surrounding walls and floors instantly shattered into dust, with debris flying everywhere, turning the entire room into a demolition site in the blink of an eye.
Du Mu immediately activated his protective spell and simultaneously activated the energy shield that came with the Omnipotent Warhammer. The two shields were stacked together, allowing him to withstand Gabriel's attack.
But the two layers of shields only lasted for less than two seconds before they were covered with cracks and on the verge of breaking.
Du Mu grabbed the all-powerful warhammer and slammed it on the ground, causing a shockwave to radiate outwards from him.
Gabriel was hit head-on by the shockwave, and his attack paused for a moment.
Even more strangely, he inexplicably felt multiple negative states coming his way.
For example, life energy depletion, electric shocks, freezing, and even mental attacks.
Taking this opportunity, Du Mu switched his all-purpose warhammer to Sif's blade and assumed a charging stance.
Gabriel was puzzled, but he didn't stop. He raised his lightsaber high and slashed down.
Just as the lightsaber was about to fall, Du Mu suddenly raised his sword and thrust it upwards.
Parry!
The moment the blade collided with the lightsaber, Gabriel's expression changed slightly.
A strange and powerful reaction force flowed back along the lightsaber and acted directly on his body.
His arm was jolted upwards, and he staggered backwards uncontrollably, his body momentarily stiffening.
"What?"
Gabriel was taken aback.
He can perceive the essence of most forces in the world, but this reaction force is outside his comprehension.
It wasn't magic, nor any familiar power; it was as if some kind of rule itself was at work.
How could a human possess such power?
Du Mu did not waste this opportunity. He sheathed his sword, grabbed Gabriel's head with both hands, and his eyes shone with a powerful light.
"Look me in the eye, you little brat!"
Du Mu roared, and two beams of yellow lightning, each a full circle thicker than before, shot from his eyes, instantly slamming into Gabriel's face.
Gabriel was frozen in place, unable to resist, and could only take the full force of this close-range attack.
Just as the stiffness was about to end, Du Mu gathered power in his right elbow and delivered a heavy elbow strike to Gabriel's face.
Muay Thai warning!
Bang! !
Gabriel transformed into a streak of white light, crashed through the outer wall, and flew out of the mental hospital building.
The next moment, Gabriel's flying figure suddenly stopped in mid-air.
His wings suddenly spread out, flapping in mid-air, and he floated steadily in the night sky.
Gabriel looked quite disheveled at that moment, his face charred black.
Especially his once dazzling golden hair, which had turned into charred clumps in large sections, and even bald in several places, revealing a smooth scalp, transforming him from a holy angel into a bald monk in the blink of an eye.
"So alike, so incredibly alike!"
Du Mu flew through the hole in the wall into the air and saw Gabriel's face; he was ecstatic.
Gabriel didn't know what Du Mu was saying, but he could clearly feel the overwhelming malice coming at him.
The next instant, Gabriel was enveloped in a dense holy light, his entire body surrounded by a white sphere of light.
After the light faded, his injuries disappeared, and even his blond hair grew back, longer and smoother than before, making it look even more out of place on his face.
Behind Gabriel, the pair of wings had multiplied into two, with four wings spread out behind him, exuding a sacred yet powerful sense of oppression.
Du Mu was immediately astonished: "It can even transform into a beautiful girl? Shouldn't that be a special effect exclusive to the main character?"
As an archangel, Gabriel, backed by the friendly forces of Heaven, does indeed resemble a protagonist in some ways.
Then what is he?
Won't the villain interrupt the protagonist's transformation?
You can't blame Du Mu for that; Gabriel's transformation didn't involve any pre-transformation animation.
"Ignorant humans, you will pay the price for your blasphemy."
Gabriel's eyes gleamed with golden light, and his body erupted with blinding holy light, instantly dispelling the surrounding darkness.
Two pairs of pure white wings flapped slowly, and his figure rose higher and higher, looking down at Du Mu with the indifference of a god looking down on an ant.
"You?"
Du Mu was never inferior to anyone, so he immediately unleashed energy from his feet, leaping upwards to look down at Gabriel.
Du Mu: (。—。)
Gabriel: (°—°)
Is this person crazy?
Gabriel's lips twitched; he was too lazy to waste time with Du Mu.
The four wings flapped violently at the same time, bringing up a gust of wind. In the blink of an eye, they had closed in on him, and the lightsaber slashed horizontally, creating a blinding sword curtain.
Gabriel's speed far exceeded expectations.
Du Mu had no time to dodge and could only raise his all-powerful warhammer in front of his chest to parry the attack.
boom!
The deafening clang of metal clashing sent Du Mu plummeting from the sky, crashing into the mental hospital building.
Smoke and dust filled the air, and broken bricks and tiles were piled up all over the ground.
Du Mu pushed aside the rubble on his body, ignoring the few unlucky demons who were being used as stepping stones at his feet. He looked down at the all-purpose warhammer in his hand, where a clear sword mark appeared on the handle.
This is the technological pinnacle of the Kree Empire, yet it was breached with a single sword strike. The damage output is ridiculously high.
"This guy actually opened it, didn't he? Wasn't it supposed to be that the angels' power on Earth would be weakened?"
Du Mu remembered that the legendary Gabriel was a six-winged angel.
In other words, Gabriel is indeed currently in a weakened state.
Unfortunately, it's not daytime now, so the Sin of Pride can't activate its effect, and I can't turn into Kryptonian form.
Unless Gabriel is willing to chase him halfway around the Earth, run to the other side of the Earth, or rush out into outer space to fight, he can't get to bask in the sun.
The problem is that Gabriel isn't stupid; how could he possibly move his position with him?
Du Mu shouted at Gabriel, "I'm not in good shape today. If you've got the guts, let's settle this again tomorrow at noon. Whoever doesn't come is a coward."
Gabriel paid no attention to this.
With a gentle flap of his four wings, his figure instantly transformed into a streak of white light, rushing straight towards Du Mu.
Du Mu's eyes suddenly lit up, and two beams of yellow lightning shot out, heading straight for the oncoming Gabriel.
Sizzle—!
The lightsaber forcefully cleaved the two yellow bolts of lightning in two. Gabriel's speed did not decrease, and he charged towards Du Mu with unstoppable momentum, slashing at him with his sword.
Upon seeing this, Du Mu immediately unleashed his invincible roll, barely dodging Gabriel's lightsaber, and the ground was instantly cleaved in two.
Before Gabriel could sheathe his sword, Du Mu simultaneously unleashed three energy beams from his chest and palms, blasting Gabriel away.
Du Mu did not take the opportunity to pursue, but turned around and ran wildly towards the swimming pool in the center of the room.
Gabriel stood up from the ruins, dusted himself off, and, finding himself unharmed, began to search for Du Mu's figure.
But the next second, he froze.
Two figures emerged from the smoke. Du Mu grabbed Angela and raised the sword in his hand to her neck.
"Don't move! I have the hostage. If you move even a little, I'll kill her!"
Gabriel:
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