Judas couldn't stand up, and with one eye he stared at Astaroth pointing the finger of Death towards him!
But suddenly, Astaroth shifts his gaze towards his right...Someone was coming at full speed towards his direction!!!
Judas sensed him as well, and smiled ironically, as if he was ashamed that one of his companions is coming for his rescue!
Astaroth forgets about Judas and confronts the new comer, he decided to meet him before he meets him. With his incredible speed and force he covered the whole distance in a second, his snakes were the first to attack!!
But something uncomprehensible happened!!
The two snakes got twisted and sqeezed as soon as they got very near to their target!!!
Astaroth realizes the danger of the situation and tries to create a safe distance between the two, but within the time of actually realizing and moving away.
He got close enough to feel those weird powers on his body.
His left arm, GOT ALL BROKEN AND TWISTED!!!
Astaroth retreats far away back, and the general lands in front of the heavily injured and exhausted Judas...
"I knew it would be you of all others..."
Judas takes a good look at the body of his comarade...and realizes that he himself was in a very tough battle.
'...Given his powers, he has better defense than me which will buy us some time against Astaroth.
But he's already as much beaten down as I am.
Maybe if we combo attacked him...'
Meccabeus struggles to get back on his feet.
"I...don't have much to tell you...as you can see yourself.
This fucker is beyond what we were waiting for...We'll have to fight together."
A shocking detail in this scene is that, Judas is a huge man. Both in height and weight. Yet the one standing next to him is even taller than he is. Slightly but still!
But he was very well built with as much low body fat as possible.
"I was going to get you up and help me anyways...
I am barely standing on my feet if you haven't realized."
Astaroth finished healing his arm and snakes, and took some time to introduce the new comer.
"Heof Twohorns, former King of east and west...
One of the ultimate annoyances to our demonkind!
It seems that Borkan has failed in his mission to serve our Lord's will and order, Thus! He deserves being killed.
I have no pity for him.
However, as the sole leader of his majesty's army...."
Astaroth stopped talking for a second, and bit on his teeth so hard he cut his own lips with his long sharp teeth!!!
The ground started crumbling and trembling once again!!
And he started burning and flowing with Black matter...
Judas still had his ironic smile on his face.
"Oh my Oh my, is there no end to this fucker's powers.
I am getting bored of it..."
Heof Twohorns, grabbing his polearm like a spear, gets into his fighting stance.
"Have you lost what made you who you are, Judas?
If so...I am afraid we're no more comarades."
Judas laughs hysterically.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!"
And then right away, like he has two personalities...He got mad as hell!!!
"MORON, DONT EVER TALK TO ME THAT WAY!!!!"
Judas covers his whole body in steel and grabs his hammer tightly.
Astaroth keeps on powering up, and the two cannot attack first for various reasons...Heof Twohorns' body is fully exposed, filled with burning scars! He lost all of his armor in his previous battle with Borkan, except one part! His unique looking helmet which has two long bull horns on each side.
if it wasnt for that covering his head, his face wouldn't be recognisable anymore!!
Borkan's last attack was something beyond reality, he was able to make earth swallow Heof and drag him to the deepest point of the Earth's Nucleus!!!
The hottest place in the entire planet.
As he thought he had finally won the fight...Borkan lets down his guard and turns his back. Giving the general the chance to kill him at last!!
How did he survive such thing, is yet to be known...
As for Judas, there isn't much to explain there...He has used all of what he has in the bag and still it wasn't enough to best the ridiculiously powerful Astaroth!!
The duke of Hell gets ready to attack, his eyes generated immense killing intent it would freeze anyone who looks at it, but as he powered up he had let his senses down for a moment.
Which another new comer used to his advantage!!
Guiado appears right on top of him, already prepared the seal he was going to use.
Astaroth was taken off guard, and the seal was applied to him successfully!!
Immediatly, his black matter aura and the force circulating arround him got significantly reduced!!
Astaroth calmly looks at his body as it was painted by the lightning seal Guiado put on him.
The messenger quickly touches both of Judas and Heof, to heal them as much as he can as fast as possible! But Astaroth rushes towards them immediatly to prevent that.
The three dodge and get seperated, but Guiado was his main target at the moment!!
"That bastard teached you a very valuable thing, yet you're not able to master it completely.
Such a disappointment you are for him.
But I can not let you live past today."
Astaroth outspeeds everybody and throws a punch right at Guiado's head that would've blew it off like a bomb. But milemeters away, Judas' hammer saves the day as it pushed Astaroth just enough to miss the target!!
Astaroth gets even more furious and chases after Guiado, the latter summons lightning spears from the heavens right down on the demon, it didn't go through the skin but it was enough to stop his movement and make him struggle to deflect them all at once.
Judas notices something.
'...He reached 4 lines when i was fighting him head to head...But now there is only 2...
NO!! ONLY ONE AND HALF!!
How come...'
After asking Guiado, he got his thoughts confirmed.
"Yes, Master Bartholomew have told me about that aspect of his powers.
The seal i just used now, was made by Master himself...As he was the only rival capable of handling Astaroth for hundreds of years.
It is called: The seal of Astaroth!
However, I haven't mastered it to its full potential yet..."
Judas. "...That explains why my hammer was able to move him, and his movements are obviously slower than before. His powers are greatly reduced."
As Judas was about to praise the creation and powers of Bartholomew, he thought about how Guiado still believes that his Master is alive somewhere...
'...Should I let him know now?
No! That will only make him go out of control the way it made me do so...
I hope that damn demon does not open his mouth about it again."
Guiado stops the healing process.
"This is as far as I can drain of my life force, I have to keep enough to contribute in the fight as well."
Heof Twohorns. "Bless you! I feel good enough...
This is our chance then, listen to this plan I ha...ve..."
As Heof was talking, he stops as he sensed a very uncomfortable presence coming towards them.
The three looked towards the main battle direction...
*RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR*
"WWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!"
Screams of death, terror and fear followed.
*AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!*
THE DRAGON OF ASTAROTH HAS RETURNED, RAMPAGING EVERYONE ON HIS WAY!!!!!