fallen Angel

Lucifer has existed in this world for thousands of years, but he still cannot understand human thoughts.

Obviously unable to resist a force stronger than himself, he still resisted recklessly; even though his body was addicted to lust, his soul was still strong, pure and dazzling.

And at this moment, what he couldn't understand was why he was so angry when he saw his prey being caught by other demons, and even felt a strong heartache.

"Are you asking what will happen to me if I shoot your prey? Of course I know." His old comrade-in-arms grabbed the priest's hair and forced him to stand up as a bargaining chip to restrain himself, "I will take your place, Become the true king of hell."

"What a big tone, do you think you can do it?" Lucifer suppressed the anger that was churning in his chest. God knows how much he wants to cut off Samuel's arm that looks like a dead branch, so as to prevent him from letting Arthur continue to show his uncomfortable expression. expression.

The only demon that can make this human being suffer is himself.

"My ability is not inferior to yours. Of course I can do what you can do!" Perhaps because he absorbed part of the energy of Arthur's soul, Samuel, who was dying not long ago, slightly recovered his scorched face The straightness and strength have also increased.

Demons who were originally fallen angels always show up with their original beauty. It can be seen that in order to strengthen his own strength, Samael chose to eat the lowest level of monsters or lower-level demons, so that he turned into this hideous and ugly appearance , can only maintain its original appearance by absorbing human energy.

On the other hand, Arthur's fair face was even paler, his originally rosy lips were chapped and trembling, and he was panting intermittently. Even though Samuel had stopped absorbing his soul, he was still too weak to stand up, and his bright black eyes became blurred. Staring blankly at him, calling his name in a barely audible voice.

Lucifer suddenly felt a strong regret. He shouldn't have known that the series of disappearances were done by the same kind, but he just watched silently and didn't stop him immediately, let alone get angry with the nosy little priest and let go of him. It was not until he called for himself that he realized the seriousness of the situation.

Although he gave the badge to Arthur to replace himself as a barrier to protect him, and he could also rush to his side in times of crisis, but he did not expect that the instigator of all this was Samuel who is also a fallen angel .It seems that this old comrade-in-arms has held a grudge against him for a long time, and has already started planning to overthrow him.

"Don't look at me like that, I hate your self-righteous face the most!" Samuel no longer concealed his dislike for him, the hand on Arthur's neck tightened, and a trace of bright red dripped from the wound, making Arthur He groaned sadly.

"Why are you always the only one who can get God's favor? Why are you the only one who has the chance to return to heaven? You were the first to betray Him!"

"When I left the heavens, I didn't force you to follow me. If you regret it, you can ask Michael to speak good words to your father for you. It has nothing to do with me." Lucifer replied indifferently.

"I don't care, you just go back! I will take your place and rule hell. When we get enough energy from humans, I will counterattack and make you arrogant angels bow down to me!"

"That's why you came to me that day." Lucifer raised his hand, and an invisible barrier enveloped the children lying on the ground. He knew that an inevitable confrontation was about to begin. If children are involved, they will die without a burial. "You are not interested in my prey, you just want to confirm whether I have decided to return to the heavens."

At that time, he just felt that there was no need to clarify his thoughts to anyone, but he didn't expect the other party to believe that he had such a plan.

"That's right, but you made a mistake. I am indeed very interested in your little priest. He has strong inspiration and is your favorite prey. I decided on the spot that he will be my last pawn."

Samuel licked the blood off his finger, and smacked his lips as if he was tasting delicious food, "Unexpectedly, on the same day, I met this distraught boy again, and he was very sad because the little priest fell in love with you! I just gave him a slight push, and he foolishly made a contract with me, tell me, isn’t this layout so perfect that it’s unbelievable?”

"It is indeed perfect, so perfect that I want to destroy it together with the organizers!"

A raging flame ignited all over Lucifer's body, like a blooming fiery red manjusawa, trying to burn everything up.He didn't want to accidentally injure other humans, but the situation didn't allow him to have so many scruples.

At the same time, Samael also let out a threatening roar, and the raptor formed by the black mist behind him swooped towards Lucifer, collided fiercely with the blooming flames in mid-air, entangled each other, and rolled into a strange black and red in a blink of an eye light and shadow.

Lucifer did not expect that Samuel, who was a bit inferior to himself, would use such amazing energy now that he could fight him hard. When he took a closer look, he suddenly found that Samuel's withered hand was pressing tightly on Arthur. The top of the head, continuously absorbing the energy of the soul.

The crystal clear blue light was extremely beautiful in the flames, and together with the other 32 white lights, it gradually entered Samael's body and merged into a huge energy that was difficult to ignore.

The next moment, Arthur took a deep breath, then his body softened, and he fell slowly to the ground.

The pain of losing an important treasure hit his heart hard, Lucifer was always careful to restrain his strength, and faced the verge of losing control under the rage, "Stop!"

The instant eruption of flames knocked away Samael's black hawk, but soon, the black mist gathered into a more ferocious flock of hawks again. Obviously, this blow did not cause much damage to Samael.

"Ah, it's really delicious, my No.30 three souls..." Appreciating the beautiful blue light shining in his body, Samuel's greedy smile became even more arrogant.

The human soul should be complete, and it will leave the body after death. In order to avoid absorbing all the souls and being unable to load the powerful energy gathered, Samael chose to absorb these energies that turned into light bit by bit. Then slowly melt into your own strength.

Human beings who have thus absorbed soul energy can temporarily avoid death, but when all energy is withdrawn, it is no different from death, and even the soul ceases to exist.

So Lucifer knew that he didn't have much time to get Arthur back.

"I'll just say one last time, give him back to me, his soul is mine."

"Forgive my refusal, Lord Lucifer, he has become a part of me."

"Not yet, as long as I kill you immediately, the soul energy absorbed by you will return to the original body."

"Kill me? Don't forget, I live on a human being. If you do something to me, even this human will die."

"It's just a human being, do you think I care?"

"You don't care, but your beloved little priest does."

Samael's words made Lucifer hesitate, and he stared at Samael bitterly without saying a word.

"If he knows that you killed his friend...or his lover, do you think he will forgive you? Maybe he will chase you foolishly, shouting to exorcise you!"

"Shut up!" Lucifer growled angrily, trying to stop the other party from continuing to speak out.

He really hated Arthur being close to other people, caring about others more than himself, especially that stupid Curtis, "Get off this guy now, don't hide!"

"I'm hiding? Lucifer, why didn't you say that you became weak?" Samael sneered mockingly, "Don't say you were a humble human being back then, even if you destroyed an entire country, you wouldn't even blink your eyes , and now you are being played around by a priest. Or is it that the hypocritical love of the angels still remains in your heart?"

"Is this your last words?" The flames surrounding Lucifer roared and burned to the ceiling in an instant, announcing intimidatingly that he was not talking in empty words.

"Really? I want to see who will fall first." Samuel raised his right hand, and the black eagles gathered immediately, staring at Lucifer.

"In order to express my final respect, I will tell you one of my classic works... Do you know who taught Eve to eat the forbidden fruit?"

"It's you..." Lucifer suddenly realized.The culprit who tempted Eve and even Adam to taste the forbidden fruit, which caused the two to be expelled from the paradise, turned out to be by his side all along!

At this time, the light of the soul swallowed by Samael gradually became dim, and I am afraid that it will not be long before it will be completely used by him.

"Samael, you vile bastard!"

Samael laughed wildly triumphantly, ignoring his anger, "You should really look at everyone's expressions, they all look at you for granted, whisper behind your back, and I have to grab my own dick Arms, in order to suppress the urge to laugh out loud, I still can't forget the excitement!

"Lucifer, you heard me clearly, I will take everything you want from you, whether it is your position in the heavens or this little priest, I will make you have nothing!"

"Samael!"

When the black eagles swooped in, Lucifer raised his head and howled loudly, letting his hatred swallow him, letting the dusty power of thousands of years break through the bottom line.

The badge that fell to the ground broke into pieces. This is the true meaning of the "seal". The ancient divine power that has not been used since falling into the sky is no longer restricted by the seal.

The lasers made the room bright as day, and the ensuing storm shook the ground.He watched the flying dragon flying out of his body with its fangs and claws, devouring everything with dazzling golden light——

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When Arthur opened his eyes, he found that he was lying in a pair of arms, and his emerald green eyes were staring at him anxiously.

"Lucifer..."

The demon who heard his call was stunned for a moment, and then hugged him forcefully, the strength made his whole body ache.

"It's great...it's great..." Lucifer held him tightly in his arms, repeating the words of reassurance, as if recapturing some lost and recovered treasure.

Never thought that the devil, who has always been cold and calm, would hug him so cherishingly. Arthur felt a heat in his heart, and he wanted to say something but couldn't say it.

He tried to turn his dull aching head, and it took him a while to remember what had happened.

He was attacked by Curtis who was possessed by a demon, and then Lucifer appeared to prevent the demon named Samael from absorbing his soul, but he lost consciousness halfway...

But now, there are no wild flames around, no roaring of demons, and there is silence, only the soft flickering of candles, and all the noise and fear are returned to silence.This should represent that Lucifer has successfully repelled the opponent.

But at the same time, he also remembered that there was another person in a rather dangerous situation.

"Curtis..." Arthur grabbed Lucifer's shoulder and anxiously asked his friend's whereabouts, "How is Curtis?"

Unexpectedly, Lucifer's face darkened, and he pursed his lips tightly without saying a word. Arthur immediately knew that something terrible had happened.

Sure enough, in the corner of his line of sight, he saw Curtis lying on the ground, his body was almost eerily silent, and he couldn't even feel the ups and downs of his breathing.

"Curtis!" He broke free from Lucifer's arms and jumped to his friend's side, but Curtis, who was covered in bruises, was already out of breath, and even his heart had stopped beating.

"How...how could this be..."

"He is possessed by Samael." Lucifer's face was cold, as if nothing to do with his indifferent expression, "If you want to destroy Samael, he will not be spared."

"It's me...it's all my fault..." Arthur squeezed Curtis's hand tightly, the hands that used to happily hold the apple for him to taste, are now motionless.

It was him, it was he who didn't realize that his friend loved him wholeheartedly, even to the point of losing his life because of him.

"It's all me...if it wasn't for me...you wouldn't be like this..."

"It is he himself who chooses to cooperate with the devil. He will be possessed only when he has evil thoughts. It has nothing to do with you."

Lucifer's still indifferent tone angered Arthur who was mourning, and he shouted angrily.

"You don't understand anything at all! Maybe in your eyes, nothing has anything to do with you, but human stupidity, delusion and greed, but have you ever thought that all of this is caused by you!"

"What did you say?!" Lucifer's chest was filled with astonished anger, and his hands were clenched in rage.

"If you hadn't used me as a tool to get revenge on your grandfather and sneaked into the school on a whim, that demon would not have found Curtis..." Even though he knew that all of this was not necessarily related, Arthur couldn't control his emotions. mouth, "If it wasn't like this, he wouldn't be possessed, let alone take his life..."

"Shut up!" Lucifer grabbed him by the shoulders and pulled him towards him, his green eyes burning with anger, "Why do you always have to bear the mistakes you humans make? You know my only mistake Where is it? I shouldn’t have saved you at all!”

Facing Lucifer's accusation, Arthur's chest was choked, followed by heartbreaking pain.

"In order to save your dear Curtis, I should let Samuel devour your souls, destroy me along the way, and then lead the demons to turn the world and heaven upside down, so that everyone will be happy?"

"That's not what I meant! There should be a better solution...not this kind of waste of human life..." He wanted to argue, but his words were interrupted by Lucifer.

"Disregard human life? Then what do you think I can do? What about your God? You say He sees everything, but when you are facing life and death, where is He? Where is Michael, whom your grandfather trusted? He Why didn't they come to rescue you?"

"That's because..." Because the name he shouted was not Michael, let alone the God he had worshiped all his life, but Lucifer, a fallen angel!Realizing this fact, Arthur was too shocked to speak.

"Could it be possible, are you going to say this is a 'trial' again?" Slowing down his overly agitated tone, Lucifer's self-deprecating expression was extremely bitter, "I would like to ask, is this a trial for you, or Give me torture."

"Lucifer..." Arthur didn't understand why his voice was so painful, and even he felt uncomfortable.

"Why do they not have to do anything to make you die? Why are you still heartbroken because of that stupid human being who committed a felony? And why... I gave up all my lives to save you, but I still have to suffer Are you scolding?"

"Give up everything..." Hearing the unexpected words, Arthur opened his eyes in disbelief, and asked, "What did you give up? Lucifer, tell me, what did you do?!"

"It doesn't matter what I did, because I am a demon, an untrustworthy demon who only knows to lie and deceive." Without answering the question, Lucifer only left a cruel wry smile, and then disappeared into his calling.

Arthur wanted to catch up, but he didn't know where to look for it, so he could only circle around like a helpless animal, "What on earth did you give up...why did you do it for me..."

He didn't know how much Lucifer had paid to save himself. Maybe his actions were debatable, but he was definitely not the one qualified to blame him or judge him.

Strong remorse spread in his chest, followed by deep guilt.

At this time, a timid call came from behind him. He turned his head and saw the children who had fallen into a deep sleep woke up one by one, either confused why he was lying here, or shouting "what happened".

After asking, I realized that the children had no memory of being bewitched by the demon at all, let alone the scuffle just now.

Arthur thought for a while, and decided to tell them that he was kidnapped by the bad guys for several days and hid in this basement. The children showed surprise on their faces, perhaps thinking of the scene of being kidnapped, they all still had lingering fear .

"Huh? What happened to Mr. Curtis?" Sam found Curtis lying on the side, and was anxious to step forward to check on his condition.

Arthur quickly embraced Curtis in his arms, "He temporarily fell into a coma to save you, don't worry, I'll be here with him for a while, it's fine...he'll be fine..."

This is the only lie he has told in his life.

Arthur endured the heartache, and when the children asked to wait with him, he advised them to go back to the dormitory to report to the teachers and parents that they were safe.Under his painstaking persuasion, the children finally held up the candles and returned to the ground along the dark stairs.

Hearing the sound of their footsteps going away, Arthur heaved a long sigh, knelt down piously on the ground, and prayed for his friend lying in his arms.

"...Please guide him into your kingdom...keep him free from temptation, and not be burned by the fire of purgatory..." He prayed to the Lord to have mercy on Curtis, and prevent him from falling into hell, who committed a felony for love, suffer from never-ending torture.

He didn't remember how long the endless prayer lasted, even if his feet were numb, he didn't want to get up, he just hoped that the God he believed in would listen to his heart.

Suddenly, the sound of "pasha, pasha" sounded in the room reverberating with prayers, as if a big bird was flapping its wings, slowly approaching itself.

Arthur raised his head, and saw a holy white figure descending from the sky, gracefully dancing the pure white wings on his back.

Even though the angel appears in a handsome and masculine posture, he has a delicate face comparable to pearls and jade, which is both holy and noble, like a pure white lily blooming in the snow, giving people a pure beauty that is not stained by mortal dust and detached from gender, so he might as well not I feel lost.

"As expected, you can see me, Joshua Lewitt's grandson." The sound quality is a bit transparent, as if a clear mountain spring flows through my heart, bringing a clear coolness.

Arthur remembered that he had seen the posture of this angel on the mural, and it was Gabriel, another archangel who welcomed his grandfather into heaven together with Michael.

He bowed in reverence and reverence, expressing his respect to the archangel.Gabriel, who is also the Angel of Resurrection and the Angel of Death, is responsible for examining whether human beings are qualified to go to heaven.If it is him, he must have the ability to resurrect Curtis, or welcome him into heaven.

"I am indeed Arthur Lewitt, are you here to take Curtis away?"

"Souls that voluntarily make a contract with the devil must be brought to hell by the devil, and cannot enter heaven." Gabriel's cold voice shattered Arthur's expectations.

"I'm just here on Raphael's request. He's reporting this series of events to Michael, so he can't come to visit you in person."

"Raphael..." It turns out that the doctor who always reassures me is indeed the incarnation of an archangel, "I am very grateful for your concern. However, Curtis did not voluntarily make a contract with the devil. Samael's devil is deceiving and making mistakes to save me, please don't give up on him."

"It's not that I gave up on him, but he chose to exchange terms with the devil in order to satisfy his own desires, so that the devil would take advantage of it and lead to such an end." Gabriel shook his head, his beautiful face without any ups and downs.

"Curtis was originally a kind person. If I hadn't discovered his intentions and made him suffer so much, his heart wouldn't be so twisted."

"The emotion that needs to hurt others' achievements is not true love, but greed." Although he is an angel like Raphael, Gabriel sternly stated the fact that Arthur has been unwilling to face.

Arthur bowed his head and said nothing, he knew all this, but he didn't want to see his friend go to hell anyway.

"However, there are not all ways to save him."

Gabriel's words sparked a glimmer of hope in him, and he looked up at the aloof archangel, expecting him to tell the solution.

"As long as the demon that signed the contract is destroyed first, the contract will also be considered invalid, and the soul will naturally not be taken to hell."

"But they were almost at the same time..." No, maybe Curtis, who was a human, died before Samael who possessed him.

"Therefore, even if Samael who made a contract with him disappears, Curtis's soul is still bound by the contract and cannot be free. He has neither life nor death, and he cannot return to the world. He cannot go to heaven or go to hell. Wandering in nothingness. In this situation, only the Demon King can solve it.”

"Lucifer..." Just whispering the name, Arthur felt a piercing pain in his spine, "No, he can't agree..."

"Even if he doesn't agree, he is the only one who can do it. If the contracted demon dies, only the demon king can declare the contract invalid, so that Curtis' soul can be free." Gabriel's tone was relaxed as if teaching him How to grow flowers and plants, talking about things that Arthur couldn't do at all.

"This time, it was originally a struggle between their demons, but it accidentally affected humans. Since Lucifer, as the king of hell, did not discipline his subordinates properly, he should be responsible. Besides, this is also his last chance."

Unexpectedly, there was a little dissatisfaction in Gabriel's voice when he said these words, but Arthur, who was focused on the other meaning of his words, didn't notice it.

"Last chance?"

"That's right, the last chance for him to return to heaven." Gabriel said the extremely cruel truth with elegant and charming lips, "otherwise he will be trapped in hell and never return to heaven."

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The so-called sacrifice should be a sacrifice that is unknown and does not expect anything in return.

Gabriel's words lingered in Arthur's heart and lingered for a long time.He had been thinking for a long time and could only make this decision.

"...Please don't let me encounter unbearable temptations, please guide me the way to endure temptations..." He clutched the cross on his chest and prayed repeatedly, walking towards the road leading to the back mountain.

His father originally planned to give him the last chance without him knowing, as long as he was willing to dedicate himself to mankind, he would be allowed to return to the heavens and continue to serve as the Seraph.But now, although he saved you, he hurt another human being because of it, and even caused him to wander between life and death, with nowhere to go.

This last chance was almost destroyed in his own hands.

He knows that God has his own arrangements for everything, and he should believe that this is a crisis that he can overcome, because the God he worships will not give them an unbearable test.

But since that Christmas Eve, he has experienced many unprecedented feelings, including joy, pain, shame, and throbbing. Such changeable emotions made him at a loss what to do.

He knew that he shouldn't have this kind of emotion, and his partiality was no longer under his control.It was his sin, and all he could do was stop it.

The aroma of exotic flowers and herbs drifted into the nostrils with the breeze. Arthur stood in front of the greenhouse, took another deep breath, and pushed open the wooden carved door.

A stronger fragrance of flowers and herbs came to his nostrils, and almost at the same time, he also heard a familiar voice.

"What are you doing here?"

Arthur looked along the source of the voice, and Lucifer was standing by the pergola full of gorgeous flowers, staring at him with extremely cold eyes.

Just hearing his voice and seeing his figure, Arthur felt the urge to cry.

He resisted the wavering in his heart and walked towards Lucifer. "I want to ask for your help."

"My assistance? Did you get the wrong person?"

"I'm sure, it's you I'm looking for." Ignoring Lucifer's sarcasm, Arthur bit his lower lip tightly, "If you want to save Curtis, you must rely on your strength."

He calmly repeated what Gabriel said, but skipped the part about returning to heaven, and didn't mention Gabriel's name.

After finishing speaking, Lucifer snorted coldly, quite disapprovingly, "Who told you this ridiculous method?"

"It's not important." Arthur paused, clenched his fists secretly, and said the most difficult decision word by word, "If you promise to save him, I am willing to make a contract with you."

"Contract?" Lucifer thought he heard it wrong, and was silent for a while, until Arthur once again emphasized that he really wanted to make a contract with him, then slightly raised his handsome eyebrows, and then burst out laughing.

It's just that arrogant laughter that makes people feel chills from the bottom of their hearts.

"It's the so-called treasure only when you lose it. This is the case!" Stopping the laughter, Lucifer's expression was as fierce as a wild animal, and he grabbed Arthur's wrist.

"Did you not realize that you loved him deeply until after that guy died? You were even willing to bow your head to a despicable devil like me for him? Do you know that after signing a contract with me, you will never be able to go up again?" Heaven, forever and ever will have to suffer in hell!"

"I know." Arthur didn't want to justify his feelings for Curtis. It was friendship and guilt, but the ultimate reason for his doing so was not just for Curtis.

He had to make Lucifer agree to dedicate himself to mankind without knowing the truth.

And he couldn't think of a second solution, and he didn't know what else he could give Lucifer in exchange for his contribution besides the contract.

As for myself who signed a contract with the devil, I may be able to stay with Lucifer for a short time, but soon after, Lucifer will be able to return to the heavens, and I can only fall into hell, and I will never see him again.

"Please, please make a contract with me." Without breaking free from Lucifer's grip, Arthur stared at him with clear black eyes, "Please save Curtis, even if you want me to serve you all my life, I will Also willing."

"Serve me? Do you think making a contract with me is such a simple matter? You have to know, the person you are discussing with is a devil!"

The face that was perfect as a masterpiece of sculpture was enveloped in a layer of terrifying anger, Lucifer held his face roughly and ordered him, "Open your mouth!"

"Varied……"

"I tell you to open your mouth!" He increased the force on his hands, and the pain caused Arthur to let go, and a violent kiss followed.

Unexpectedly, the other party would suddenly kiss him, Arthur turned his head to avoid it in panic, but under the control of his big palm, the wet and hot tongue forced his way into his mouth, and his lips were squeezed so that they were red, swollen and painful. There is no way to escape, but to bear this painful kiss.

"This is just the beginning. If you can't even bear this humiliation, how can you become my servant?" Lucifer grabbed the hair on the back of his head, pulled him away, and laughed at his reaction that was too green.

"I'll give you one last moment to think about it. Next, I will ask you to do something hundreds of times more humiliating than this. As long as you can survive, I will make a contract with you. If you can't do it, you will immediately get rid of me. Disappear in front of your eyes!"

Arthur closed his eyes, refusing to imagine the fate that would befall him next.He can't think, he can't hesitate, he has to do everything that needs to be done, because he has to achieve the only purpose.

So, he opened his eyes again, raised his head, and stamped his lips on Lucifer's tremblingly.

And the lips he kissed, although they had a scorching temperature, were so indifferent that they would frostbite him.

"...What a moving love! I'm so moved that I'm on the verge of tears." Lucifer pushed him away, wiped his lips in disgust, as if he had got some disgusting stains, and then grabbed his neckline hard With a pull, he fell to the ground.

"Then let's get started! Show me your determination, and let me see how far a clergyman can sacrifice for the one he loves..."