gabriel keeps up with galaxia

At the same time, Galaxia and Gabriel warred in the heavens beneath them, and while at first glance they seemed evenly matched, a closer look revealed the truth—Galaxia didn’t have a scratch on her. Day and night seemed to ebb and flow as she and Gabriel fought, striking at one another and withdrawing, yet while Gabriel seemed more skilled, Galaxia always seemed to get the better of the exchanges. Blasts of holy light seemed to slide off her skin like rain, rains of angelic feathers bounced off her skin without leaving a scratch, and even when reality around her collapsed, she remained like a pillar of stability amidst the chaos. What’s more, she’d already drawn the Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi, and the dominion that Amaterasu’s Heavenly Sword of Gathering Clouds gave her over the skies was already a huge advantage in an aerial battle—but she also held the Amenonuhoko, the Heavenly Jeweled Sword that the Queen had gifted her, along with the Mikuratana-no-Kami. With all that and the Shard of the True Sun overhead, she held the advantage even without summoning the other two treasures Amaterasu had left her or the many miracles the Queen had girded her in, so long as whatever protection she was using didn’t falter.

Imterlude:Rising Part 2