Chapter 5: Archangel's Descent and the Awakening of the Origin Core
The dawn of Veridion burned pale gold over the city, but the streets beneath the walls trembled as a presence unlike any mortal force descended.
A vast figure, radiant as the sun yet edged with terrifying cold, tore through the sky. Wings of molten white and silver spanned the horizon, each feather a shard of divine light.
"I am Seraphiel, Archangel General of the Celestial Host!" the being thundered. "Ablate the Abyssal Slime King! Purge his corruption!"
Velren, standing atop the cathedral spire, felt Velnara stir in his core. Her icy aura swirled against the brilliance of the angel's descent.
"This is no ordinary enemy," she warned. "His power… it rivals even the gods."
The First Clash
The angel's strike shattered clouds, plunging the city into blinding light.
Velren's humanoid form pulsed as his body expanded, his slime core stretching and condensing into an impossible, liquid-perfect shape.
"Very well, Seraphiel," Velren said, voice calm but resonating like an earthquake. "Let's see whose power defines the world."
He extended a hand. Shadows poured out, freezing the marble beneath his feet. Ice and darkness coiled around him, forming blades and tendrils of pure energy.
The angel's sword, forged from pure celestial flame, met Velren's shadow in a clash so loud the air itself screamed.
BOOM.
The cathedral trembled. Windows shattered. Light and darkness collided in arcs of frost and fire.
The first wave of attacks was a blur: Velren dissolved into a liquid form, dodging hundreds of flaming strikes, reforming behind Seraphiel to swipe with tendrils infused with Velnara's dragon energy.
The archangel's wings tore the ground as they spun, their feathers leaving trails of divine fire. Velren countered, [Shadow Construct Abyssal Blades], spears erupting from the street to pin the wings mid-motion.
"Impressive," the archangel said. "Your form… you defy even the laws of Creation!"
> "I am not bound by your laws," Velren replied, his core glowing faint gold through his translucent body. "I answer only to myself and my kingdom."
The Awakening of the Origin Core
Seraphiel unleashed a beam of celestial light, capable of incinerating mountains. Velren's core pulsed, and for the first time, he allowed it to resonate with Origin the fundamental energy of creation itself.
A sphere of gold, black, and frost erupted from his form, expanding outward. Reality trembled. Time slowed. Every creature in the city felt it humans, demons, monsters alike.
[Origin Core Awakened Stage 2]
New Abilities: Reality Assimilation, Multiversal Awareness, Divine-Demonic Hybrid Form
Velren's body transformed. His humanoid shape became towering yet fluid, eyes like galaxies swirling within his translucent form. Frost and shadow coalesced with divine light, forming wings of darkness streaked with gold. From his back, Velnara's icy silhouette shimmered as if she were part of his soul.
"Behold… the Abyssal Slime King in his true form," Velren said, voice resonating across every mind and heart.
Seraphiel's face betrayed shock. "Impossible… this being… it is god and terror incarnate!"
The Battle Escalates
Velren struck first. A wave of multiversal energy rippled across the city, bending light, freezing air, and pulling shadows into nothingness. Seraphiel countered with a storm of divine fire, each swing of his blade creating pillars of celestial flame that turned streets to ash.
The two forces collided repeatedly:
Buildings shattered and reformed as Velren used [Reality Assimilation] to reshape matter mid-strike.
Angels screamed as their wings burned or froze depending on Velren's adaptive aura.
Monsters from the forest surged forward, drawn to his power, but Velren halted them mid-air, [Absolute Null Zone] neutralizing their chaotic energy until he needed them.
From above, the sun seemed to bend around him, light fracturing into auroras of shadow and frost. Mortals watching from the distance fell to their knees in awe and terror.
The Turning Point
Seraphiel unleashed his ultimate strike: a lance of concentrated divine light capable of annihilating cities.
Velren's Origin Core pulsed violently. Velnara's roar echoed within him.
"I am not a mere creature of this world!" Velren shouted. "I am its king, its evolution, its inevitable future!"
He absorbed the lance into his core. Time froze around the impact. The city held its breath.
When reality resumed, Seraphiel was staggered back, wings shredded but still standing awe and fear in his eyes.
Velren hovered above the ruins, energy streaming from every pore. He had transcended the balance between human, demon, and divine.
[Stage 2 Complete Multiversal Entity Ascension]
New Title: Abyssal Slime God-King
New Aura: God-like, Majestic, Terrifying
Seraphiel fell to one knee. "I… I see now… you are no ordinary being."
Velren descended slowly, his shadow wings folding behind him. He spoke softly but with authority that shook the heavens.
"I do not seek war… but I will protect my kingdom, my monsters, my people, and the balance of this world. Anyone who stands against me, god, angel, or demon… will fall."
Velnara coiled around him, her eyes glowing like twin ice stars.
"We've crossed the threshold, my king," she whispered.
"Now… the gods themselves will notice."
Above the city, a storm of light and shadow gathered, signaling the world's next great upheaval.
The Abyssal Slime God-King had awakened.
And nothing mortal, divine, or infernal would ever be the same again.