The Insurrection of the Inept Hero
Chapter 136: Omen IV

"Katrina?"

"It wasn't just me who was brought up to heaven to receive training. It was me and Katrina. With the help from her mother, she went to train with some angels in her mother's division while I got put into another. To be honest, it was pretty intense. The training took almost more than a year until I could actually finish it."

"More than a year? It's only been a month though."

Ravyn turned and looked at me dumbfounded.

"A month?"

So time flows differently in heaven. It was only a month ago that I sent the girls to get stronger. One month on earth equals a year in heaven. So that's how she managed to obtain such power in a short amount of time.

Because she's a fast learner, she's hardwired to be able to master any technique thrown at her and any form of power as well.

One year… I wonder what strength the other girls have obtained.

"So? What is this proposal of yours?" Omen interrupted, getting Ravyn's attention again.

"I will use one attack and if that attack can deal enough damage to you, you will leave us alone for now."

"And what if you don't?"

"Then you can kill us. Promise?"

Omen tilted his head and thought about it. I stared at Ravyn as if she was out of her mind, but she had this very confident look in her eyes so I decided to trust her.

"Fine. If you can at least take out 66 percent of my body, I'll let you live. Actually, to make it easier, let's do 50 percent. If you do less than that, then I'll kill you. Capeesh?"

Ravyn smirked in response and Omen nodded his head.

"I will stay right here. You have all the time you need to charge up your attack. You'll be needing it. I want to feel the full brunt of your attack's force."

After that, Ravyn turned to me and held her hand out.

"I'm gonna be needing some of your help later. Once I give the signal, can you activate your Great Thunder Temple?"

Great Thunder Temple? Is her skill going to be lightning-related? If so, I guess I can do it. I have enough mana to do more too.

"Sure."

"Good. Now then."

Ravyn turned, facing Omen and taking off the bands that held her twintails, freeing her long hair which seemed to have grown longer since I last saw her.

"Let's see how you deal with my technique. It took a while to develop but when I managed to get the hang of it, not even an angel could withstand it."

Ravyn jumped into the air and hovered. She then extended her arms. In both her hands she wielded dark energy and divine energy. She then began to concentrate them into a singular point.

Her aura burst into many particles which would be absorbed into the concentrated tiny ball of energy. Then, as she focused her energy towards that tiny sphere, millions of lightning bolts began to surround her. The clouds started to darken and soon thunder began to strike her, creating more electricity that flew all over the place. She even activated Divine Adjudicator.

"Hmm? What the-?"

I turned my attention to Omen and he was staring at his arms. His skin was burning and turning into ashes which flew straight towards Ravyn's concentrated orb of energy.

"NOW, NERO!!" Ravyn yelled and I complied.

I brought out Raiden and executed the Great Thunder Temple. The structure formed behind me and thunder began to course through the structure. I started to notice that the lightning was coursing straight towards Ravyn and soon enough, the color of the lightning turned to black. The condensed ball of energy in her hand was now a sphere of deep black energy with another white sphere inside it which was black in the center. The lightning circulating around Ravyn would be sucked into the center of that sphere and I noticed that her veins were bulging.

"Hehe, get ready," Ravyn said to Omen.

I felt an overwhelming wave of divine energy which made me drop to the ground. It was so heavy, and the atmosphere was so tense.

"This energy… it's not divine energy. It's something more, right?" Omen asked.

"Correct. This is not divine energy. This is in fact, heavenly energy. It's the more powerful version of divine energy, just like how to strongest form of dark energy is satanic, right?"

Omen crossed his arms and chuckled.

"With that, you might be able to kill me. Not once have I fought anyone that possessed heavenly energy."

He had an amused look on his face, smiling though he knew he was in the face of danger. Just what trick does he have up his sleeve?

After a few seconds, Ravyn had finished charging up her attack. The orb in between her palms was now completely surrounded by lightning.

Crackle~!

"Now take this! Heavenly Blackness Thunderclap Hammer!"

"Aw, how cute, she named it- OH SHIT!"

BOOOOOOOM!!

A massive stream of heavenly, dark, and lightning energy discharged from the tiny orb Ravyn held in her hand. That stream of energy shot straight towards Omen and engulfed him entirely. The blast was so gigantic, it seemed to grow more in size as it continued forward, eventually reaching the atmosphere.

After Ravyn seemed to have exhausted all her energy, she dropped to the ground and fell in front of me. Her arms had many scorch marks and steam was emitting from the burned flesh.

"Ravyn, are you alright?"

"Y-yeah. It's just a little scratch. D-did I get him?"

I looked over in Omen's direction. There was a cloud of smoke and I waited till it cleared up. Once it did, Omen was in a devastated state.

His body was covered in scorch marks, the right side of his chest and his arms were gone, and he only had half of his head remaining.

"Y-you…"

He stuttered as he fell onto his knees. Blood spurted out from the open wound as he attempted to muster any strength left in him to get on his feet.

"Hehehe, can't stand up straight now can yah?" Ravyn taunted as she threw her head back and laughed.

"You can't heal so easily since I used lightning from a god. Lightning that has been generated from a god can easily destroy you. Even touching it could cause you to lose your life. You see, I almost lost my life trying to handle such power but eventually, I managed to get the hang of it."

Ravyn proceeded to keep laughing at the sight of Omen's current state. He glared at us with full intent to kill.

"Ho-how dare you..."

Ravyn carried on with her laughter as Omen's tone became grim. I felt a chill run through my spine as he finally stood up on his feet.

"H-how could you... how could you forget?"

Suddenly he wore a smile on his half-obliterated face. This caused Ravyn to stop laughing as Omen chuckled.

Not even a second later, his body had fully regenerated. His face was in pristine condition and his body looked like it didn't even have a single scratch!

"Did you forget I am the same as Nero? If I'm the same as him, that means I too have the ability to regenerate. Though mine has grown to a level beyond. I can instantly heal any part of my body now, no matter how much of me is left."

Ravyn and I were left stunned as Omen acted as if he wasn't just blasted with a fully charged attack.

"Word of advice. Next time, try and take out the whole body. I know you were trying your best but that was some poor effort. Are you sure you fully developed the technique? Because it seems like you've only just learned how to use it. Is this maybe... your fourth time using it?"

I turned to Ravyn and she had a face full of guilt.

"I... I was confident it would do it. B-but I got at least 50 percent, right?"

Omen shook his head.

"You only took half of my face and my torso off. The scorch marks did something but maybe if you got at least one of my legs off, you could've won. Next time, why don't you continue to master the technique? Well, not that that really matters anymore since I'm just gonna kill you now. Any objections?"

Ravyn and I didn't make a move. Ravyn had expended all of her energy to use that and if I even tried to fight back, I would just lose. He's too powerful for me to handle and that's final.

...but that doesn't mean I can't try now, can I?

I shifted into my Altima form and pointed my fingers at Omen, activating Infinite Slash Dimension.

As the air distorted, slashing Omen into countless pieces, I felt my energy quickly seep away and by the time I had finished performing Infinite Slash Dimension, I was forced out of my Altima and fell on my back.

That should've done something...

"It's useless, Nero. You and I know that," Omen said as he approached me unscathed.

"No matter the effort, you cannot defeat me. There is no more hope for you."

He held his hand up in the air and forming in his hand was a strange weapon. It was a sword made of flesh, bones, and gears that would be used for a clock to function. Its aura was so mystical, that I couldn't even move my body though I had the stamina too.

"Now then..."

Omen looked at me as I began to despair. The gears on his sword began to move as he brought his sword down.

"Ashes to ashes, DUST TO DUST!!"

His sword neared my head but somehow it didn't make contact. That was because a bright flash had knocked Omen's sword out of his hand and blasted him away.

"Tch, what is it now?"

I looked up at the figure standing in front of me and felt a sense of relief.

"Katrina."

Katrina turned and looked at me, displaying an emotionless expression. Her presence was so calming yet it felt as if she wasn't in front of me at all. Almost like she was fading away from existence.

My relief then shifted to concern but Ravyn placed a hand on my shoulder.

"It's alright. Let's just fall back... now. This... this is the result of her training. Just let her... do her thing...," Ravyn said before fainting next to me.

I turned back to Katrina and she had her attention focused on Omen now. I lifted Ravyn up and started to move us away from the two.

As I looked over my shoulder, Omen stared back at her and smirked.

"Now you stand in my way."

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