Isamu just simply stared at Belial, who calmly stared back. He showed no signs of worry. He is unaware of the weapon; all he knows is that Isamu is the one who poses the greatest threat. As Belial took a breath, he let out a piercing cry, shattering the windows and shaking the entire world as the King was driven back. Belial, who was fiddling with his food, would just fire an energy beam, which the King was able to slice through before he drew a deep breath while concentrating as he charged toward Belial, who would stand motionless, staring at the King. Belial simply smirked and waited for Isamu to assault. Isamu slashed Belial, who was about to take the attack head-on, before evading, sensing danger from the weapon. The King wasn't surprised by the speed; rather, he adapted and sliced upwards, sending an energy slash at Belial, who smacked the attack away using his right arm but suffered heavy damage as his right arm was split open like meat in a butcher shop. Belial was shocked by the scene that had just occurred in front of him, as he thought
"This mortal cut through my arm like it was nothing. There's something going on, but it shouldn't matter. I'm stronger than him. I'll just have to get more serious."
Belial immediately released a large amount of his energy, but then thought of something as he growled in anger and lowered his power further as he roared in anger.
"I REFUSE TO USE MY FULL STRENGTH AGAINST A MERE HUMAN. WE DESERVED THE PRAISE THAT YOU DAMN HUMANS TOOK FROM US BY JUST EXISTING. I WILL FUCKING SHOW YOU ALL WHAT IT MEANS TO SUFFER."
Belial roared out as he released a giant red beam from his mouth as Isamu sliced through the attack. He just smiled, knowing it hurt Belial right in his pride as he thought to himself.
"Belial isn't as proud as Lucifer, but he still has a massive ego. If I keep attacking him, it'll force him to lower his power even further so I can seal him away for Kingdom Come. I can't tell Ezekiel about this; he will call upon the forces of God, but I'm sure that God will not be sparing us this time, so I'll just have to end this battle alone without any aid. I should be able to do it with the khopesh of Anubis."
Isamu smirked as Belial stared at him before releasing a massive beam from his eyes, which Isamu barely dodged as a part of his hair was burnt to a crisp. As Belial moved his head upward, cutting through the ceiling like butter, and then put his head back down, Isamu released a slash that didn't even cut through Belial's body. He just scoffed before falling on his knees and coughing blood as he touched his chest and saw that his soul had been cut rather than his physical body. Belial held his chest in pain before regenerating and looking at Isamu in confusion as he thought to himself.
"How did this fucking mortal hurt my soul? What nonsense is this? It shouldn't be happening. I shouldn't get damaged, but here I am bleeding. How is this fucking happening, dammit?"
He would growl in anger as he thought for a moment, then realize the real reason behind the damage. He couldn't help but laugh as he just smirked and decided to play a little game with Isamu while he was still alive and breathing because what's going to happen next will not be pretty for Isamu; it'll be the worst for him.
Belial just smiled as he began to release more power, and Isamu was shocked.
"I thought I had damaged his ego enough with those attacks to not make him use more power but lessen it. Then why is he releasing more power? What's going on? Did he figure out these weapons are from a god?"
Isamu would ponder about this as Belial just smirked and laughed maniacally before releasing a giant red beam from the tip of his finger. Isamu would barely dodge the attack, and as his eyes widened in horror, he began to speak to himself.
"What the hell was that attack?" I have never seen such an attack. If my physical abilities weren't enhanced by these blades, I would've been as good as dead."
He thought as he gritted his teeth and clenched the blades before releasing several energy slashes at Belial, who would just blow them away by just exhaling as the slashes went flying everywhere, destroying chunks from the pillars in the throne room. Belial just kept laughing, and Isamu was just confused about how Belial figured out the secrets of the Khopesh as he spoke to himself.
"Has he already faced a mortal who used the powers of Anubis to fight their battle against Belial? or has he just faced off against Anubis himself before we even clashed blades?"
He shivered in fear, as he could only expect the worst from this outcome. He then stomped the ground and just growled in anger as he spoke out loudly to Belial.
"Listen up closely, Belial. I am the King of these lands, and as the King, I will have you executed personally by me, and even if you manage to kill me, the next generation will do the job for me! You are no longer safe in this kingdom, as you will now be labeled as the treacherous king. If you take my throne, mark my words, Belial. The Garcia clan will be your end!!!"
He yelled out to the heavens and earth as he charged at Belial, slicing him on the chest and cutting it open. Belial just stood there watching him, as Isamu didn't stop there. He kept up the flurry of attacks, slicing and dicing Belial faster and with more power with each swing. With every cut, Isamu's prowess grows stronger, but there was something going on. Belial just stood there, taking the hits, before grabbing the khopesh with his bare hands and counting as he would sigh and speak.
"Zero"
As soon as Belial uttered the number, Isamu's blood would explode out of his shoulders and knees as he fell down on his knees, gasping for air as he looked at the floor covered in his blood. He then spoke silently.
"What happened? Why did this happen?" What went wrong? the sacrifice was done and the blood was shed, then why did this happen? Why did it not kill him? Why did it not seal him? It should've sealed his powers, at least, but none of the words that Anubis had told him happened. Did I really just kill an innocent man? My best friend for no fucking reason!?!"
Belial just kept staring at Isamu and had a sinister smirk on his face as Isamu looked back at Belial, confused on the reason why he's smirking even though he was getting mad just a few moments ago. As Belial looked at Isamu's confused expression, he couldn't help but cackle as he looked down at Isamu and placed his foot under Isamu's chin, and just smirked before speaking.
"Do you want to know the reason why you are bleeding all over the place and the reason why the Khopesh doesn't work on me?"
Isamu just looked at Belial with confusion as his eyes burned brightly with the flames of hatred. Belial couldn't help but burst into laughter as he slapped his knee several times, finding his expression funny as hell, before stopping and wiping away a black tear coming from his eye.
"It's simple, really, you foolish king. You kept growing stronger with each slash to the point you even began to rival the power of a newly born angel who doesn't even know what powers it has, but then you started to grow beyond it, and your body couldn't handle even a percentage of the true power of a normal angel, and it collapsed like an overworked machine, so tell me, Isamu. How did that power feel? Did you feel like you could do everything? Did it feel like you were on top of the whole cosmos? because You're not you're nothing to me, nothing to the God of the Dead, Anubis, so it's really funny to me how you thought a borrowed power could lead to my defeat, and with all honesty, Isamu, you took the short cut for gaining the powers of a god."
He then kicked Isamu on the lower jaw sending him flying through the wall as he went far into the stratosphere before falling back down to earth due to gravity pulling him back down as Belial just laughed at Isamu who went into despair his final chance of getting revenge taken away by his own body