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Gabriel went on to say, "I regret we must receive you with caution, not the adoration that is due the Holy Ones, but you come against these people girded for war. Elyon has placed them under B'nei Elohim protection."

"I am not come against this rabble," Belphegor said, "only the relic they carry about with them."

"If you mean the Ark, Lord, and the tablet contained within, these are the artifacts bound up with a covenant between Elyon and Keter, and they have nothing to do with you."

"Nevertheless," replied Belphegor, "I will take the tablet, and whether these people live depends entirely on how difficult they make it for me."

"My Lord, as I said, Elyon has placed this group under the protection of his Extraordinary Force. I beg you to reconsider."

Belphegor replied with a furious shout and the pikes he and his len bore, each twice the height of even the tallest lan, went from the vertical to the horizontal and were braced against fittings on their saddles to distribute the impact. They charged the Tent of Meeting.

Elam, Gabriel, and Remiel dove out of the way as four of the pikes caught the coverings of the tent and lifted them away to reveal that nothing was inside.

Gabriel sounded hez horn in the call for the men of the Remnant to emerge from their own tents and answer the assault. Eisheth from Zuben Well tried to ram the sharpened point of his pike into Elam's midsection but Remiel made the tip to bend until it snapped off into a blunt splintered end.

Elam was only knocked to the ground, and Eisheth was left holding a long cane of little heft or use. Then Eisheth cast away the ruined pike and drew his blade to engage Gabriel, striking from horseback.

Belphegor and Malphas rode forward and used their pikes to uncover another tent by casting away the skins, but the Ark was still not seen.

Zethan, Rimon, and Asher fired their arrows simultaneously. With his talent as a B'nei Elohim, and standing well away from them, Remiel took one of the arrows, it didn't matter which, and accelerated it into the face of Morax. He was unhorsed.