[If it's really one of the Archangels, there would be no need for them to hide, would they?]
[But even if they do not, do we need to stop them? The ones that are dying are only the traitors.]
[How are you so sure that the ones dying are only traitors? If they have a magic that alters records at the moment of death....]
[That does not even make sense. If such a powerful being is our enemy, we cannot do anything about them either.]
[So we simply accept death like this?]
[If you are not a traitor, you need not fear death! I am not a traitor, and hence not afraid!]
A quarrel broke out between the traitors and the angels existing in the higher world. This was quite an interesting scene for Yu IlHan since he knew all the traitors.
"Why are there so many traitors...?"
"I want to believe that there are fewer traitors among the 6th class high angels, but I'm not so sure about that either."
Just as Yu IlHan replied to Liera's words of despair with a shrug, one angel finally made a big move.
[So it will be all clear once I die. Look. I am not a traitor! If I die due to a surprise attack, the one that is doing the slaughter right now is an enemy of Heaven!]
White blood scattered in the air. That was proof that he was not a tainted angel! The other angels who watched him all started to harm themselves. White blood scattered here and there. This was worse than a third-rate comedy. Liera's expression brightened.
"That's good. The ones that show their blood should not be enemies...."
"Nah, they're all lying."
It was normal for a traitor's blood to turn grey. However, if that were the case, wouldn't all traitors have already been found? For example, if one got injured during a mission or something. The Army of Brilliant Light and the traitors were no fools. They could all cast magic that disguised their records.
"How dare these guys try to fool me?"
[Look at me. I'm also not a... Kugh!]
The head of a traitor who had proudly shown off his white blood suddenly exploded, and grey blood scattered. Causing all the angels in that world to freeze.
[Are the angels... really being targeted? And their records mutate the moment they die?]
[That doesn't even make sense, but just now....]
Suspicion spread among the angels. Well, the non-traitors would never imagine they were using magic to hide their records, so it was no wonder they panicked. However, Liera's expression wasn't so good to look at.
"IlHan, at this rate...."
"Yeah. I know, so don't worry about it."
Yu IlHan smiled and created a total of eight spears this time – four in each hand – and threw them using the Absolute Accuracy skill. The heads of eight traitors all burst at once. Of course, these were also those that proved their innocence by cutting their wrists.
[R, retreat! This is the scheme of the Army of Brilliant Light that is trying to attack us of the Heaven's Army!]
[Report, has a report been made to the Archangel!?]
[Find the enemy. We need to find and take him down!]
The atmosphere changed into one advantageous for the traitors. This was what the traitors intended, and also what Liera was worried about. However, Yu IlHan still had the same smile.
"Let's see you try."
He activated one skill. Immediately after that, the invisible connection that connected the worlds was snapped. The angels also realized that, albeit a little late.
[....Uh!?]
[I cannot leave. The world is closed!]
[The skill Dimensional Ruler has reached level 78.]
[How can this be! Did a transcender really descend upon this world!]
[Foolish, there are no transcenders other than God! We cannot accept this!]
The angels all fell into a panic. Of course, the traitors were in a worse state, and Yu IlHan raised his kill count as he killed them one by one. Liera was flabbergasted at the scene.
"My god... IlHan, you. How can you kill so many in such a short time....?"
"Please stand on guard with your spear, Liera. I can't prevent the entrance of a 7th class yet."
[I don't think there's any yet, Dad!]
The more his Dimensional Ruler and Record skills grew, the more he could do in the world he was visiting, and the less time it took to use his skills. Now that Yu IlHan had killed many traitors in this higher world, Wirepa, he could now prevent 6th-class angels from leaving or exiting through their power.
[The skill Dimensional Ruler has reached level 79.]
"Hm, practice makes perfect, alright."
[Khaaaaaaaaaaak!]
[I, I am! NOT A TRAI.... Kugh!]
The ones that cried out in innocence all started dying. Their corpses were all stored in Yu IlHan's inventory. The angels could no longer do anything. They could neither run away, nor find Yu IlHan to fight him, nor could they report to their higher-ups, nor could they pick out the traitors by themselves! Absolutely nothing!
[Th, then are we all going to die like this?]
[If, if that's the case.]
[I'd rather!]
Some of the angels started to give off bad vibes, and they gave up and gathered in one place. Of course, the angels watching immediately realized what this implied.
[Don't tell me you guys really are!]
[However, I now know the truth. I no longer have a reason to be loyal to Heaven!]
[We should have moved faster... I will give up on being an angel now!]
[Oh Great Lord of Black Wings. Please colour our wings with truth! Kugh!]
"Don't you dare."
Just as the traitors tried to reveal their true forms and become fallen angels, Yu IlHan overlaid five trajectories of the Great Cosmos-severing Spear, stacking them with the Spear of Untraceable Trajectory, and swept across the area to bisect all the traitors at once.
[The skill Great Cosmos-severing Spear has reached level 93.]
There was no way he would allow words to be wasted on 5th-class mob angels falling to a fallen angel! This was Yu IlHan's faith.
[The traitors were all....]
[This overwhelming power must belong to a 7th class. I'm sure of it!]
[But with this, the traitors, kugh.]
However, a few more traitors that were mixed around with the angels all spurted out thick grey blood from their necks and fell down. These guys were bad guys that tried to stay with the angels while others were revealing themselves to be traitors, so he killed them more painfully with two spears.
[Critical Hit!]
[Khak, how...!]
[I cannot die here...]
"If you want to fool me, dye your wings red next time, not black!"
"I don't even get this joke, IlHan!"
The moment Yu IlHan stopped throwing his spears was the moment all traitors had died. 40% of the residing angels in the higher world Wirepa had died, and the surviving ones also had to shiver in fear.
However, once there were no spears left, they could regain their calm.
[It has stopped. That was a horrifying assault....]
[Are the ones that died really traitors? What if non-traitors were mixed among them? ... Oooh, how horrifying is this?]
[A spear of fire. Perhaps it was his doing?]
[Don't tell me... Lord Michael?]
The angels erased the blood of traitors scattered around the world with their magic and exchanged conversations in trembling voices. Hearing them, Yu IlHan tilted his head and asked Liera.
"Is this Michael the same Michael I know of?"
"Yeah. The Archangel of fire, and the representative of God, he's the official 2nd-in-command of the Heaven's Army. He is in a completely different league from the other Archangels of the 7th class and can even fight the ruler of the Army of Brilliant Light. So we can say that he's almost 8th class."
Fighting an 8th-class with a 7th-class body. Although to Yu IlHan, who could fight 7th classes while being a 4th class, he thought 'so what?', considering that 8th class was near divinity, it wasn't quite like that either. Liera was worried that Yu IlHan may be thinking of something outrageous and grabbed his hand to speak.
"Even IlHan, you won't be able to win against him now. So if you see him, you have to run immediately. Okay? Even if you are the creator of miracles, the impossible is still impossible for now. Just not yet. Okay?"
"Don't worry about that, Liera."
Yu IlHan may find him first, but there was no way the other would find him. Yu IlHan grabbed Liera's hand back and stroked Yumir's back with the other.
"Thanks for being on the watch, Mir. Let's go to the next world now."
[Yeah!]
The more traitors Yu IlHan slays, the more information he acquires about the worlds they inhabit. As long as the Record and Warp skills were with him, the traitors scheming within the Heaven's Army had no way to run away. Right now, Yu IlHan was like a spider dancing on a path of threads.
[The skill Warp has reached level 69.]
"Oh, there aren't that many here."
"Really?"
"Yeah, there's only 138 out of 397 angels."
"...."
[You have earned experience.]
[You have....]
[Khaaaaaaak!]
[L, Lord Satan!]
[Satan!? You, you are a traitor?!]
"You're one too!"
[You have earned experience.]
Time passed, and it passed mercilessly. Yu IlHan wiped out traitors across more than 20 higher worlds under the jurisdiction of the Heaven's Army.
Of course, over 80% of the traitors were 5th class, but quite a considerable number of them were 6th class as well. Yu IlHan still lacked enough power to kill them with a single spear throw, so he sometimes had no choice but to show himself and fight.
[You, were a lower existence?]
"So what? Falling Down!"
[The skill Falling Down has reached level 68.]
[My god. These flames are!]
"If you are done being shocked, then come at me!"
[Kuoooooooooh!]
Clad in the Flamesoul Dragon Body, Yu IlHan's figure, fighting on Yumir's back, was completely that of a dragon knight, and nobody thought of the human Yu IlHan of before while facing him. Of course, some realized after seeing Liera behind him, but nothing would change either way.
More time had passed. This was around the 68th world the three were visiting, and this time the world was vaster than any higher world they had visited up to that point, and its name was 'Feira'.
[The skill Warp has reached level 84.]
Liera shouted in shock after realizing which world she was in.
"Feira...! This is a world that's just before its 7th Great Cataclysm! IlHan, this, this, this place is!"
"Yes, this place is a huge jackpot. There are over a thousand traitors here! Wow, there's even a 7th class one too!"
"Are you going to fight? Are you reall- Kyaaaaaak!"
[You have earned experience.]
[You have earned experience.]
[You have....]
[Just what is!?]
[Mm!?]
At that time, something big happened. Just as Yu IlHan was slaughtering the traitors in order to provoke the 7th-class traitor, another 7th-class Archangel had suddenly entered the world.
[... Is this place in the same chaos?]
[L-Lord Raphael!?]
One of the four Great Archangels of the Heaven's Army – Raphael of Healing – had finally encountered this angel.