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As soon as Gabriel stepped inside the Forbidden Hall, a mysterious force pushed him down to his knees. For some reason, he couldn't even offer any resistance to the force that pushed him down. The force was way beyond his limit.

He could even feet as if his bones were being crushed under that pressure which was now trying to force his head to the ground to bow down.

"Enough!" Blood trickled down his lips as he roared at the top of his lungs, using his hands to force his body up, resisting the pressure.

At the same time, he cast [Dark Manifestation]. The spell was one taught to him by Novius which was strong enough to make him invincible for a few seconds. The only flaw was that he couldn't move or attack during that time or the effects weren't going to work.

At the moment, he didn't care about attacking. If anything, he wanted to at least have some time to react.

As soon as he cast the Dark Manifestation, the powerful pressure disappeared immediately. Gabriel couldn't even feel the pressure anymore. However, he was sure that the pressure was still there! It was just that he couldn't feel it because of the Dark Manifestation!

He raised his head, looking into the distance. In the Forbidden Hall, there were many things, including a mysterious pond which was filled with a strange red liquid that was different from blood. The liquid appeared to be boiling. However,his attention went more toward the statue in the distance!

The Statue was the statue of the God of Flames! The one who was in the same hierarchy as Karyk during his time! Both were Human Gods that came into this world due to Chaotic Energy of nature. Karyk was stronger than the God of Flames and he also came before the other gods.

Gabriel didn't know just what kind of relationship this God of Flames had with Karyk, but he had a feeling that the strange pressure that forced him down was coming from the statue itself.

He didn't understand just what kind of statue it was and how could it still affect him, as if it was alive!

Gabriel was still in the middle of thoughts, thinking about what to do next. He couldn't teleport out of this hall as the space was sealed either. He had to find a way to solve this pressure and he only had ten seconds left of the Dark Manifestation.

As he was still thinking, wondering if he needed to destroy the statue to free himself of this pressure, he felt something strange. He felt as if the statue's eyes shone for a brief moment as the pressure on him increased.

Thud~

The pressure this time was so much that it was even able to surpass the limits of the Dark Manifestation, breaking Gabriel's defence before it was the time!

Gabriel's body was pushed down to the group. The cracks had already developed around him previously, but now those cracks changed into a two metre deep crater, in the centre of which Gabriel was lying.

His head was forced down so fiercely that his skull hit the hard floor. Since he didn't expect the Dark Manifestation to break, he was taken by surprise, unable to protect himself. His head started bleeding. The blood trickled down his face. The pressure only kept increasing! It was as if the statue really didn't want to let him leave alive!

Gabriel laid at the center of the crater, feeling his bones shattering under the pressure. Due to blood loss, even his vision started getting affected. The blood droplets trickled down to his eyes, making his eyes blood red.

For a moment, it even looked as if Gabriel had tears of blood coming out of his eyes.

Despite this pressure, he still didn't give up. As long as he could move, he didn't want to surrender to a mere statue!

"I don't care who you are..." He placed his hands on the ground again. Despite his broken bones, he still tried to push his body up.

"I don't care why you want to kill me!"

Blood kept trickling down his lips as he spoke.

"But today... A shall destroy everything!" He opened his bloody eyes, glaring at the mysterious statue in the distance.

The sky outside started getting covered in dark clouds as an aura of death covered the entire city! Everyone who was outside the tower of flames in the city stooped. They felt a chill run down their spines. Even the King of Leviria couldn't ignore this pressure. It was as if the entire city was surrounded by death!

The Statue of God of Flames increased the pressure. The crater around Gabriel became even deeper by a few metres. Despite that, he didn't let his head touch the ground.

If the Statue wanted to kill him, he wanted to destroy it! Even if God himself was here, he wanted to destroy him! Gabriel's heart was filled with anger and hate!

"Wrath of the Dead!" He shouted. A powerful aura gushed out of his body, as if answering to his commands. The sky also answered Gabriel's roar in its own way!

The entire city turned pitch black! Not a single person could see anything, including Raphael!

Raphael was shocked to see this change. He had experienced this same feeling before when Gabriel used his strongest spell in the Tower of Challenges at the Academy of Elements to kill someone in an instant! This spell was so powerful! Seeing this spell, he had a really bad feeling.

"Someone who could force him to use this spell? Just who is it?!" He wanted to rush inside the Church. Unfortunately, his feet froze on their own. He was unable to even move. It was as if his body wasn't in his control anymore!

... Silence... There was only silence in the entire city. No one knew what was happening but they all felt as if they were going to die if they even moved a little! There was no explosion! There was no sound. It didn't even feel as if someone was attacking. However, it felt much worse.

All the citizens closed their eyes, praying their hearts to avoid this calamity!

The darkness only lasted for a few seconds before it started disappearing. The sky was once again clear as the dark clouds disappeared. The citizens were able to see again. Most of them looked in the same direction together. They all looked toward the Church of Flames, feeling as if this had something to do with them.

"What?"

"How is this possible?"

There was not a single person in the citizen who could believe their eyes as they looked toward the Sacred Church of Flames!