Chapter 18: You Should Not Exist…
Chapter 18 – You Should Not Exist...
The angels tensed again, glowing white helms tilting like wolves catching the scent of guilt. One of them stepped forward, spear raised again, divine circuits glowing along its haft.
"There should be no alliance," it said flatly. "No compromise between light and dark."
Lux’s jaw twitched. That wasn’t just the usual blind obedience. That was conviction.
Another angel added sharply, "We cannot allow this false peace to take root. If you are destroyed, the agreement is nullified. The contract dies with you."
Lux didn’t answer right away.
Because that wasn’t just bad news.
That was a revelation.
They knew about the deal with the Heaven Neutral Bank—an inter-realm agreement years in the making. He’d spent months drafting clauses with their High Clerks, arguing finer points of divine interest rates, soul-value preservation standards, and celestial inflation control.
It was the biggest bridge ever signed between Hell’s financial system and Heaven’s.
And now?