Ancient God in the Modern World

Sensing that Allen coughed blood, Stripes' intelligent eyes gleamed in anger and stared at the puppets clashing with each other. This is just for a few seconds because, after a while, he diverted his attention as he decided to bring Allen first to safety.

Stripes loyalty is beyond what others could imagine. For some reason, he was willing to sacrifice himself for Allen. As for the reason, Allen, too, did not know.

But of course, the things that Allen did not know now, he will know in the future. Well, on the premise that Allen is strong enough and won't die before he returns to his peak.

*Boom*

Explosions could be heard as the clash of the two puppets continued.

Meanwhile, Misael looked at Elian and Michael. He was unsure whether coming here was a good decision or not. The threads of fate that he could see using his ability are rather chaotic. He could not understand it.

There are many interlinking threads that confused him. One moment, a line connects then on another moment, another line would interlink, which would disrupt his interpretation.

Of course, Misael could cut the threads but he would only do that if necessary and if he was fighting because cutting the threads of fate would mean he would disrupt the weaved future.

As he stared at the pitiful Michael, he lifted both of his hands and turned them as he created a series of hand seals. Then all of a sudden, the air, along with the divine energies on the surroundings, fluctuated.

After which, threads materialized from the thin air and interlinked towards Michael.

As the threads touched Michael's body, Michael could feel that his injuries what healing at a rapid pace.

And after a while, his injuries were no more.

…

Meanwhile, Allen regrouped with the Divine Judo and sneakily ran towards the center. But unfortunately, they met a puppet.

Moreover, the puppet is not a regular one.

It has a dark metallic luster that seemed rather evil.

The dark puppet has a stronger aura than the former puppet.

Allen and the others could feel a sense of danger just from their stare.

The Divine Judo, along with Allen, is nervously staring at the puppet. They are waiting for a signal to attack the puppet.

Although individually their attack was futile what if they attack in a group. They might not be confident to defeat the puppet but the odds of defeating it is close to thirty percent.

Whoosh!

After a few seconds, the old man, Darwin, no longer hesitated. With a burst of his spiritual energy, he leaped into the puppet and gave it a kick.

Thud!

But his action is akin to an ant shaking a tree. True, he is strong but his strength is not enough to shake the puppet off.

Whoosh!

As if the puppet was enraged, it swung his hand to hit Darwin.

The seemingly simple action of the puppet made Darwin's eyes widen.

But on the next second, he felt a pulling force that pulled him off course the trajectory of the puppet's hand. But unfortunately, the pulling force was not strong enough to pull him to safety.

Clang!

Taking this opportunity Madman Leonard swung his hammer and hit the puppet with two 'clangs,' which made the puppet stagger half a step.

Surprisingly, he was able to make the puppet feel a 'pinch.'

This made everyone heave a sigh of relief.

Madman Leonard is a figure from the Divine Judo and his weapon is a pair of hammers. He has a straightforward personality and a domineering attitude.

"So, it seems that you are not indestructible as we thought."

Madman Leonard said out loud as he, again, intended to give the puppet another hit from his hammer.

Also, this time, the others did not stay idle.

One by one, they began attacking the puppet.

Of course, Allen, too, did not stay idle. With a little care towards his consumption of divine energy, he attacked.

He formed a sword made of divine energy and joined the fray.

But despite all of the attacks, the puppet did not seem to be at a total disadvantage. It could still make up for their joint attacks.

Allen, secretly observing the members of the Divine Judo, was astounded by their seamless teamwork.

It seems as if they have one mind. Or rather, they have a great tacit understanding.

Allen, using his advantage as a divine, fights alongside them with their seamless teamwork.

…

The battle went on, finally, there are visible cracks on the puppet's body. But what Allen noticed was that the cracks are not from the members of the Divine Judo. Rather, it was from his and Stripes' attacks infused with divine energy.

The others also noticed this but they did not mind it too much and focused on attacking. After all, they could not afford to lose concentration in the battle or it might be fatal.

Crack!

The cracks on the body of the puppet became bigger, then seemingly black energy leaked out from it.

But the energy did not last too long after it leaked. The divine energy scattered in the surrounding began negating it.

"Demonic energy," Madman Leonard exclaimed.

Although it was only him who reacted out loud, all of them were not ignorant of it.

As the humans were battling the demons, they knew of it. Besides, it could be said that they bathed in this kind of energy along with blood in order to gain their current strength.

In fact, not just them, all the other generals were also bathed in demonic energy and blood. They grow alongside it.

They might not be fighting a real entity entirely made of demonic energy as said in the rumors but they were battling creatures that were altered by demonic energy, which is the demonic beasts.

But what confused them was that the demonic energy did not last in the outside world.

It was negated as it leaked.

Although they were baffled for a while, the puppet is unable to take advantage of it as it was losing its strength as if it was losing its energy supply.

After a moment…