ADAM: The All-Father

It has been quite some time, several years had passed and things were running so smoothly, I had to be atleast 25 by now and let me say that the years have put some quite the nice changes on my body. I now stood at about 10'8 and had quined quite some muscle from all the work I do. My hair had grown longer and now looked more like a mane, matching my beard.

Yeah I had really grown to 10'8 and the reason was that Raphael thought that my height was pathetic at a 5'8 so she gave me the pernament height of the Gigantopithecus blacki, though I like to call it my Escanor glowup.

Lilith was shocked at first but she actually loved the height difference as she was a 5'7 and loved to sit on my shoulders. Though one problem was the cave home that I had to completly remodel to be able to house me, doorway and roof was heightened and the bed and furnature made larger... though Lilith still somehow took the full thing when sleeping leaving me on the very edge, not that I minded.

I extended my hand to pet, Kovu, a beautiful black lion that me and Lilith had raised. Lilith had brought it home with her a year or so back and demanded to raise it saying that it would make a great pet, and let me say that she spoiled the guy rotten.

Kovu had grown to become the largest lions that resided in eden, standing at an impressive 6 feet tall. It did not take long to learn that Kovu was actually the Nemean Lion.

"Spring is nearly upon us, can you sense it too, my friend?" I inquired, casting a warm gaze at Kovu as I continued walking. The lion acknowledged my words with a languid yawn, his massive frame stretching, muscles flexing before softly popping back into place. "Come, we have a few tasks left to complete."

I stood whiping the grass from my clothes as I grabbed my staff, a large branch that had fallen off one of the trees that I liked to carry around with me. What can I say it was a really cool stick.

As I wandered deeper into the garden, my fingers deftly plucked a ripe apple from a low-hanging branch, and I took a bite. Its sweet juices filled my mouth, and I couldn't help but mumble, "Sweet, as always. Almost sickening." With a playful gesture, I offered the apple to a nearby deer. It approached with cautious curiosity, accepting the fruit from my outstretched hand before trotting off into the lush thicket.

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I continued my leisurely stroll, the path guiding me through this earthly paradise, completely unaware that the tranquility of the day would soon be shattered by an unforeseen event.

The scream echoed through the garden, shattering the tranquil beauty that had come to define our days. In an instant, my heart leaped in my chest, and my body tensed, all thoughts erased by that haunting cry. There was only one person that scream could belong to, and my mind raced to one name: Lilith.

My feet pounded against the earth as I rushed in the direction of the agonized cry. Panic coursed through me, my thoughts devolving into a tumult of dread and anger. I pushed myself to the limits of my speed, as I transformformed into a falcon and flew as fast as I could to where Lilith was.

When I found her I landed on a tree to see what the trouble was. Lilith was pinned to a tree by some man. He was dressed in white robes and had two huge bird-like wings, his dark, untamed hair cascaded over his head, and well he looked like Petelgeuse... and not his past appearance.

"Hey, ugly what are you doing with my wife?" I called as the two froze and the man turned around looking for me before landing on my falcon form in the trees.

"A talking bird... look just fly away before I fry you and eat you after having my way with this woman."

"I suggest you step away from her." I warned. Petelgeuse look alike laughed.

"Or what? you'll peak me? Scratch me with your talons? poop on my head?" The angel just laughed as he turned back to Lilith and ripped her clothes off and goes to reah for her breasts.

My vision turned red with rage as I transformed back into my human form as I clenched my staff. Without hesitation, I sprinted toward them. I raised my staff high, determined to strike down the assailant. The stops and holds his arm aloft and extended his clawed hand toward me. In an instant, I found myself suspended in the air, unable to move, my intentions halted in mid-motion.

A malicious smirk played across the angel's face as he reveled in his display of power. "Well, well, well. Look who it is. If it isn't the first human. Adam," he sneered, his voice dripping with contempt. "Kind of rude to interrupt an Angel when he is trying to woo a woman."

My attempts to break free were in vain. I strained against the invisible restraints that held me captive, but they seemed inexorable. "Who the hell are you?" I growled, my voice laced with fury. "What are you doing in my garden!?"

The angel laughed, his amusement dancing in his eyes. "Oh, me? You see, I am Butchex, I am one of the Lord's great and holy Angels." His tone dripped with arrogance. "As for why I am here, you see I was quite bored up at Heaven so when I spotted this exquisite specimen here," he said, inclining his head toward Lilith, who still fought against his grasp. He licked his lips as his eyes were wide staring at her body. "Well, I decided to take her for myself. I hope you understand."

He began to clench his outstretched hands, increasing the pressure that constricted my body, and with each passing second, I could feel the vice-like grip tightening. But then, Kovu sprang into action. The Lion leaped out from the concealment of the trees, his powerful form carrying him through the air, and with force knocked the Angel away from Lillith.

Butchex's control over me broke, and I fell to the ground. My first instinct was to regain my staff, which had been sent flying from my hand. I scrambled toward it, my fingers wrapping around the shaft as Butchex tried to blast Kovu off him but the wind was to weak.

"Get off me, you dumb beast!" Butchex roared as he tried to punch Kovu only for his hand to get bitten when it got to close to Kovu's mouth. Butchex screamed in pain as golden blood dripped from Kovu's maw.

With my staff firmly in my grip, I surged to my feet and lunged toward the still-engaged combatants. I brandished the staff like a weapon, there was only one single thought in my head. And that was to protect what was mine.

Butchex had managed crawl from under Kovu as he stood clutching his bleeding hand. Kovu went to tackle him but Butchex blasted him away with a large gust of wind sending Kovu flying threw the trees.

"Stupid beast, better stay down." He grunted in annoyance. Taking the chance of his distraction, I ran up to him swinging me staff as it connected with his face, shattering the wooden stick into two pieces. But I had no intention of retreating. Going as fast as I could I dropped the staff and punched him and adding the power of the mantis shrimp behind it and... it did nothing to him.

"Nice try, we Angels are alot more durable then you humans. And unlike you humans, we are the servants of the Lord!" Butchex laughed as light covered his fists and he punched my in the gut hard causing me to wease.

Blow after blow landed with a sickening thud, his knuckles slamming into my face and body. I felt the cracking of my bone, the warm stickiness of my blood coating his hands. The pain was intense and I struggled to protect my body.

"Did you really think that you could defeat and Angel that has been fighting all his life! You havent even killed once! How did you expect to defeat a divine being like me!" Butchex laughed as the same golden light covered his foot and he kicked me hard between the legs and my vision almost went dark.

When I was about to give up I saw something fall from his robe, a dagger! I reach out and quickly grab it, holding it tightly in my hand.

A gust of wind blew past me as something ramed into Butchex. I managed to get up to see a heavily wounded Kovu in the process of ripping out Butchex's wings causing him to screem in pain. He was kneeling facing away from me looking at Kovu as he looked at his wings in Kovu's mouth.

Kovu proceeded to spit the wings and the golden blood out of his mouth. Giving Butchex a... was that a smug look?

"How dare you! How dare you rip off my wing! I'm going to kill you for good you dumb bea-" Butchex coughed blood as he looked at the blade sticking out of his chest. I ripped out the knife before stabbing him again, and again as I got over him and took his moment of weakness to start beating him just like he did to me.

In that moment, all the pent-up rage I never knew I had found its release. I do not know where the anger came from but it was enough to finnish off the job.

As I relentlessly battered Butchex's once-beautiful face into an unrecognizable pulp, I was oblivious to the gruesome spectacle I was creating. Golden blood soaked the earth around me, as his blood splattered everywhere getting all over me, and my breathing came in ragged gasps. It was a relentless onslaught, a storm of violence that I couldn't seem to stop.

But then, as suddenly as it had begun, the frenzy ceased. A hand on my shoulder brought me back to reality. I turned to see Lilith, her expression a mixture of disgust and a silent plea for me to stop. I followed her gaze downward to the lifeless body of the angel, his head a mangled, grotesque ruin.

"That's enough, Adam," she whispered, "He's dead."

She helped me up, and I looked at the body of Butchex and muttered. "Predator."

My shadow moved and wrapped around his body before swallowing him whole.

"Skill: Angel Mimicry, Aquired."

"Skill: Divine Wind, Aquired."

"Skill: Healing, Aquired."

"Skill: Light manipulation, Aquired."

I barely heard Raphael as Lilith dragged me back to the cave, Kovu following us as he limped, i just noticed his front left leg was bent at a weird angle. I sat on one of the chairs and simply zoned out. Lilith took to cleaning my body from the golden blood.... why was it so golden, why was he so much stronger than me? I thought that I would stand a greater chance and yet I only got lucky. My blood such a dark red, no sign of divinity in me. What will happen once God learns what I did?

"Stop worrying about it, you had to do it," Lilith spoke after a while. "Don't blame yourself for protecting me. I am thankful for what you did, btw."

"I am not worried about the fact I killed him," I said after a while. "I am worried about the fact that I killed an angel. Who knows how God would react. We will be kicked out of the Garden."

"Well whatever happens, I will always stick by you." Lilith answered kissing my forehead as she went to start a fire to cook. I took that time to use my new healing ability to heal Kovu and I.

"Thank you, but we will need a plan, and I will have to work on something." I mutter. "I will... take a nap, please call me when dinner is ready."