The Epic of Leviathan (A Mutant's Ascension)

[Zebel] 

Michael started to rub his temples after Azazel disconnected the call, he honestly wanted to ask more to gather more information about this Hela woman but it was pretty clear that Azazel didn't have any intention of revealing anything else. 

For now, Michael decided to prepare for the eventual confrontation with the woman. The woman had already attacked the Vatican without any fear and killed several Exorcists just because she could, so it was pretty obvious that the woman wouldn't shy away from attacking Heaven. 

So Michael decided to summon all the Seraphs including the other three Great Seraphs. He needed to inform everyone about the recent development, he wanted to know their opinion before making a decision… 

Moments later, Uriel burst into the room followed by Raphael. The other Seraphs also arrived one by one, and Gabriel was the last one to arrive. Now that everyone was finally here, Michael decided to start the discussion. 

"According to Azazel, Hela is planning to attack Heaven" Michael revealed in a grave tone. Several gasps were heard throughout the room, everyone in the room who Hela was. She was pretty famous in Heaven and she wasn't famous in a good way. 

"How did Azazel come across this information?" Metatron asked curiously before anyone could say anything. 

"We already knew that Hela was the new leader of Devils, she also took over the Fallen Angels some time ago" Michael said in a grave tone. 

"Um… are you sure we can trust Azazel? He is a Fallen Angel…" Raguel pointed out and a couple of Seraphs hummed in agreement. 

"Even though he is a Fallen Angel, he is still our brother. I don't think he will lie to us" Gabriel defended Azazel and Michael immediately nodded his head. 

"You have to understand by informing us, Azazel practically betrayed their new leader. It means he risked his own life" Michael said and finally, all the Seraphs who thought that they couldn't trust Azazel decided to relent. 

"Enough of that! What does that woman want?" Raphael questioned. 

"Azazel mentioned that she is particularly interested in Heaven's System" Michael said and immediately screams of outrage were heard throughout the room, but all of them were immediately silenced as Michael raised his hand. 

After everyone became silent, Uriel scoffed. "She couldn't even touch the System without Holy Power and from what we know about her, she doesn't possess an ounce of Holy Power" Uriel finished and everyone in the room including Michael nodded their heads in agreement. 

"Even if she forces Michael, she wouldn't get any results as the system is barely functioning with Michael as the administrator" Uriel added and once again everyone agreed. 

"But that doesn't mean we can allow her to gain access to the system" Remiel pointed out. 

"We will fight, but I plan to surrender if she proves to be way stronger than us" Michael said in a serious tone and once again, several screams of outrage were heard throughout the room. 

"You can't be serious, brother! How can you consider surrendering??!" Raphael screamed in outrage but Gabriel placed her hand over Raphael's shoulder to placate him. 

"Raphael, don't fight with your brother, let's hear his reasoning. He must have a reason to say something like that" Gabriel said and Raphael took a deep breath as he nodded his head in understanding. 

"...I can understand your outrage but you have to also understand, I want our Race's continued survival. If she is way out of league then it would be useless to fight her… she would simply kill anyone, we already know she is a remorseless killer" Michael said and Raphael finally lowered his gaze with a contemplating look on his face. 

"I agree with Michael, if she is way beyond our capabilities then we don't have any reason to fight… we already know that she can't access the System" Uriel said and everyone nodded their heads in understanding. 

All of a sudden alarms started to buzz. Michael slowly got up from his seat. "Looks like she is already here" Michael said with a grim look on his face. 

"Where is she?" Sandalphon asked hurriedly. 

"She is in the Third Heaven. Gabriel, I need you to stay here while I take our fighters to confront her" Michael said in a serious tone. 

"But brother, I also want to accompany you" Gabriel protested by Michael simply shook his head.

"But I want to you stay here… I want you to keep the non-combatants safe. Can you do that for me? They also need protection" Michael said softly and Gabriel finally relented as she meekly nodded her head. 

It was complete bullshit, everyone in the room except Gabriel knew that. Michael simply wanted to keep Gabriel away from the fight and all the Seraphs and Great Seraphs felt the same when Gabriel was involved. 

"Assemble all the fighters! She is still in Third Heaven. We need to stop her as soon as possible" Michael ordered while looking towards the other Seraphs. "Gabriel, I am leaving the non-combatants under your protection" Michael said and Gabriel nodded her head with a determined look on her face. 

"You don't have to worry about them. I will protect all of them!!" Gabriel said in a determined tone and she quickly left the room to gather all the non-combatants in Zebel. 

It only took the Seraphs a couple of minutes to gather all the Seraphs as the fighters were already getting ready due to the alarm. Michael finally decided to address all the gathered soldiers. He thought this was important. 

"Today, we are probably going to face the strongest enemy we have ever faced, so none of you will attack until I say so" Michael said in a serious tone and a chorus of understanding was heard from all the gathered fighters. 

Michael nodded his head in satisfaction and activated the Teleportation Circle. All of them disappeared in a burst of golden light. Moments later, all of them found themselves in Third Heaven. Michael easily sensed Hela's location, he didn't teleport anywhere near Hela as he didn't want her attacking any Angels out of reflex. 

Michael and the other Seraphs quickly led the fighters towards the direction where Hela was. All of a sudden Michael froze, and the other Seraphs got a confused look on their faces. 'This is Holy Power' Michael grimaced. This was simply not possible. Did that woman always possess Holy Power?? 

"Michael, it is Holy Power. How can a remorseless killer like her have Holy Power?" Uriel asked furiously. The soldiers they also brought along with them started to frown. 

"This is blasphemy!! Have we fallen so far? How can a sinner like Hela possess Holy Power?" Raziel questioned loudly. 

"...To be honest, I don't know. But I know her Holy Power is a lot different from ours" Michael said with a thoughtful look on his face as the group of Seraphs and Angels kept flying in the direction where they had sensed Hela. 

"But it is still Holy Power, it means she could control the System on her own" Uriel said with a grim look on his face. Hela finally came into their view, they also recognized Grayfia Lucifuge standing behind Hela. 

They already knew how the woman looked from the description of the Exorcists, but seeing the fearsome woman with their own eyes had a different kind of effect on them. Michael finally understood what Azazel meant. He finally understood why they shouldn't fight the woman.

Even though Hela wasn't releasing any of her powers, Michael could easily sense how strong she was. Even their Father wasn't this strong and it was completely wrong to compare Hela's power with their Father… even their Father would be completely insignificant in front of this woman. 

Not only Michael, but all the other Seraphs were also having similar thoughts along the same lines. It was a huge blow to their pride but they couldn't help but feel despair. The woman also possessed Holy Power, which meant she would be able to access the System. 

"What are we going to do brother?" Uriel asked in a worried tone. He no longer thought that they could win this fight… it won't be a fight, it would be a massacre. Even Raphael felt afraid, previously he wanted to fight but now… he was wondering if he would be able to survive a single blow or not. 

"...I don't know… let's meet her" Michael said in a grim tone while shaking his head. Michael knew that even running away would be useless… the woman was oozing tremendous amounts of bloodlust even though the woman seemed to be suppressing it actively. 

'God! How many beings had she killed?' Michael questioned internally. He simply couldn't comprehend how someone could have bloodlust like this and this woman also possessed Holy Power. It was different but it was still Holy Power… it was completely incomprehensible for him. 

The Seraphs and the Angels finally arrived in front of Hela and Grayfia. The Angels slowly landed in front of the duo. The Seraphs had a look of wariness on their faces, but internally they were quite afraid too. 

Hela easily felt their wariness and fear and slowly the grin on her face widened. She read their emotions like they were open books and Hela was like a shark who could smell fear. 'This is going to be too easy' Hela internally mused. 

"Ah… you must be Michael, right? Do you want to say anything before you surrender?" Hela questioned in a mocking tone as she started to release some of her bloodlust… 

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