Mobile Legends: The Untold Story

Clint began firing at the Dark Lord with his revolvers as the group begins to scatter, the enemy's swords zooming around and attempting to wound them. Kaja charges to the Dark Lord, but he grabs the Nazar King by the whip. Kaja charges his weapon in order to electrocute the Dark Lord, but he remained unfazed. He yanks the whip, pulling Kaja in the process. The Dark Lord punches Kaja into the air, rendering him barely unconscious. Minotaur runs and rams the Dark Lord on all fours, but a field of dark energy was around him, making Minotaur's charge barely efficient. He grips his hammer and attempts to break the field, but the face was slowly cracking, the field barely even receiving a scratch.

"I thought you dead after the cataclysm," the Dark Lord conversed. "Astounding." He recalls his swords and they pierce Minotaur's side. He roars in pain and retreats, letting Roger take his place. The hunter shoots his shells at the Dark Lord, but he doesn't move, the shells simply bouncing off into the shield like shrapnel. Roger turns into a werewolf, running towards the Dark Lord, but the swords stab through Roger's carpals, pinning him to the ground. The black knight conjures more swords and begins to throw them at Roger, more and more beginning to jut out of his body.

"NO!" Ruby exclaims, running and striking the Dark Lord with her scythe, breaking the powerful aura. He slowly backs, surprised. The Dark Lord removes the swords from Roger, who retreats back to Rafaela in order to heal. He sends them towards Ruby, who blocks most of them with her scythe. One of them pierces through her leg, and she screams from the pain, grabbing onto the scythe for support. The knight sends more swords into Ruby, but Johnson arrives, blocking them with his shield. He lets out a barrage of missiles, but the Dark Lord doesn't move. All of the missiles hit the black knight, all were direct impacts. Freya divebombs from the air and brings her sword down to the smoke. She stops in mid-air, however, as the Dark Lord blocks the attack telepathically, his black swords interlocked around him, forming a new shield. He pushes his arm upward, commanding the swords to separate. Freya jumps off and lands on the ground, immediately deflecting and parrying the swords that travelled straight to her. She perfectly blocks one of them, but it punctures her shield, nearly cutting off her arm. It disappears like a shadow, leaving a hole.

"The Valkyrie… you should've killed the fallen angel," the Dark Lord began, throwing more and more blades at Freya, her wings already serving as her spare shields. "You've made a grave mistake."

"Then you shouldn't have forced him to turn!" she shouts, banging her sword and shield together and making the black swords disappear. "It's your loss, not ours!" Freya charges through, covering herself with her shield. The Dark Lord stretches out his arms, telekinetically pushing Freya back with such force that she flew to the air. She uses her wings to gain control and flies around as the knight throws more and more swords at her. Lolita approaches behind him and brings her hammer down, but another Dark Lord appears from the current one… A clone.

The clone simply blocks the strike and grabs the flat of the hammer. It grabs the hammer on both hands and slams down the ground, bringing Lolita down from the other end. The clone then detaches from the Dark Lord's original body and throws Lolita into the sky. Saber catches Lolita by the arm and pushes her back. The elf raises her hammer and charges the Noumenon energy. She strikes the ground, causing the clone to dematerialize and makes the Dark Lord stumble a little. Lolita uses this opportunity to attack, swinging her hammer to the side. The hammer hits the Dark Lord's aura and remained stuck. Lolita tries to make it budge, but it doesn't move.

"What… how?!"

The Dark Lord says nothing as he grabs Lolita by the neck and pummels her to the ground. Lolita desperately reaches for the hammer, but the black knight keeps choke-slamming her to the ground, trying to kill her. Miya keeps firing arrows at the Dark Lord, but the arrows seemingly disappear as they come in contact with the aura. Layla charges her cannon and lets out a destructive laser, slowly breaking the Dark Lord's aura before shattering it completely. The laser hits the knight, making him drop Lolita, nearly half-dead. Alpha flies down to the ground and carries the elf in his arms, Beta dragging the hammer. The Dark Lord recuperates and sends out swords to trail Alpha, some hitting Beta.

"AGH! GOING DOWN! GOING DOWN!"

Alpha descends, putting Lolita on his shoulder. He uses his free arm to wield his spear and knock the swords away, Beta shooting down the remainder. He jumps off the drone and lands heavily on the ground. "LOLITA!"

"N-Not… Cool…"

"Yeah, yeah, don't try that EVER AGAIN!"

"Holy… what the hell?" Kagura exclaims. "Is she-"

"Still alive, but Estes is still busy handling two new clones!"

Akai stops spinning, growing dizzy. His armor was dented due to some of the ethereal swords lodged onto it. "It's as if the Dark Lord's multiplying!"

"Those are clones, we need to wipe them all off!" Eudora suggests. She channels electricity within her hands and unleashes them, arcing to the nearest clone. The projection disappears as the lightning chains to the other clones preoccupying the other heroes. Hilda backs as lightning hits the clone she was defending against. "Where is Alucard?"

"I can't see him!" Uranus answers, trying to charge up more energy as more and more swords were piercing through his bronze body. "Find him! FIND HIM! NOW!"

Natalia claws down the Dark Lord, and realizes that it was merely another clone that was attacking Uranus. "Damn it! ALUCARD!"

Meanwhile, Chou was sprinting around the field, dodging the Dark Lord's swords. He notices Zhask, Vexana, Alice and Helcurt simply staring at the scene, spectating.

"Oh, you cheeky brats…"

Chou punches the ground, causing boulders of dirt to rise to the air. He kicks one of them towards Vexana, the soil scattering around them. The Necromancer wipes some off of her face and begins floating towards Chou, apparently pissed.

"Good, don't watch over there, you cowards!"

Chou keeps sprinting, trying to find Alucard. "Alu?! Alu! Goddamnit, where are you?!"

He feels something brush close to him, and he kicks behind him, his fiery foot coming in contact with Helcurt. The Shadowbringer lands on his feet, snarling.

"You tempt death, foolish one!" he said. "Stupid decisions, y-y-y-your doing!"

Helcurt leaps, making Chou punch the demon, but the Shadowbringer grasps Chou's arm instead and curling, making his tail hit the kung fu boy by the shoulder. The neurotoxins begins flowing through his blood, making him weaker.

"Argh… no! Not sleeping now!" Chou throws his punch with his free arm, but Helcurt catches it with his claws and clamps his jaws on it, ripping off a chunk off flesh as he rears his head. Chou screams from the pain as he rolls around, grabbing Helcurt by the neck. The Shadowbringer constantly stabs Chou in the back, the poison taking effect.

"You're a fool to begin with… my fellows have b-b-begun their assault!"

"Alucard… c'mon… help…"

"You… will d-d-d-die alone!"

"GET OFF!"

Helcurt turns his head to his right and sees a burning sword spin towards him. It is too late as it pierces Helcurt torso, sending him flying to a nearby boulder, impaling him. Alucard teleports to the blade and slams his feet to the cap, pushing the greatsword deeper before pulling it out, letting the Shadowbringer drop to the ground. Helcurt groans, a large, cauterized wound appearing from his stomach. Heavy scorch marks surrounded the injury. He flees away.

"Chou!" Alucard began, worried. "The neurotoxin-"

"I need some healing, y-yeah… Just so… sleepy…"

"NO! Don't sleep, or you die! Hang on!" Alucard grabs Chou's arm and throws his greatsword high into the air, waiting for it to fall. As it began descending near Estes, he wills both of them towards it and they fall to the ground. "Come on, Chou!"

"Alucard, what happened?!" Estes asks.

"Just heal Chou! I'll deal with him."

"Alucard, you can't!" the king rejects. "They're waiting for YOU!"

"Doesn't matter. I won't let anyone die because of me… NOT EVER!" Alucard throws his greatsword to the Dark Lord, who was previously combatting Zhao. The blade easily breaks the black aura, and the hunter teleports. The Dark Lord suddenly blinks off of the way before Alucard could drive the burning greatsword to the knight's body.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Zhao exclaims, throwing his spear at the Dark Lord. "GET OUT OF HERE!"

Alucard paid no attention as he ran straight to the Dark Lord. The knight deflects Zhao's spear with a black sword in midair as he shot forth even more with his other arm. Alucard frantically blocks them, preventing them from reaching the other heroes. He throws his greatsword again, and as expected, the Dark Lord blinks out. He reappears behind Alucard, but immediately gets fazed by Sun, who threw his cudgel at the right moment. A clone of Sun appeared and proceeded to whack the Dark Lord, but it was ineffective. The black knight conjured more swords, some throwing the clone off, and Alucard recalls his greatsword just in time. He grabs it with his demonic arm and shoots forth a fiery fission wave, cancelling the summoning of the black swords. The Dark Lord, however, took the flaming gale as if it was a gentle breeze, the wave seemingly passing through him, and only his cape moved.

"I sense your strength, and why Alice fears you, out of all the others, chosen one… That, I admire."

And for the first time, the Dark Lord charged.

Alucard was surprised by the sudden advance that it wasn't long before the grim set of obsidian armor was right at his face. He somersaults back, missing the Dark Lord's punch. The hunter notices a silhouette of a blade dematerializing from the hand.

"You killed my parents!"

"A small price to pay."

"NOT ON MY SIDE!" Alucard yells as he slices upward, a wave of flame cutting through the ground and to the Dark Lord. The knight simply sidesteps and dodges the attack. He continued weaving around, making Alucard miss most of his slashes. Alucard finally stabs the Dark Lord, but the body splits into two identical copies before telekentically pushing Alucard back, nearly knocking onto Lapu-Lapu. The chieftain takes his place and throws one of his blades. The weapon gets blocked by the Dark Lord's aura as the spirit stretched out his arm, shooting forth a volley of swords against Lapu. He dodges most of them, ducking around, but one of the swords hits his foot, trapping him. The Dark Lord proceeds to stab Lapu even more, three swords on his c.h.e.s.t.

"GET OFFA HIM!" Franco shouts. He leaps onto the Dark Lord and tries to hit his helmet, but it left him more annoyed rather than hurt. A black projection escapes from the Dark Lord's original body and opens his hand. Franco suddenly gets grabbed by an invisible force. The clone clenches his fist and the Viking's body was being pushed inward. The gravity became intense to the point that Franco's arm broke, the bone slowly protruding, piercing the skin. Gord desperately releases a gush of mystic energy aimed for the clone. The original Dark Lord suddenly disappears, and the clone (now the actual Dark Lord) lets go of Franco, his limbs crushed. The knight takes the full force of the laser, slowly walking towards Gord.

"You… IMPOSSIBLE! YOUR POWER…"

"This is the truth, magician… Fear it." The Dark Lord slowly motions his hands as he walked nearer, somewhat absorbing the blue energy into his own. Gord notices this and stops firing, but it was too late. The Dark Lord contains the new energy and shoots forth black, destructive beams to Gord. The magician covers his eyes for the inevitable, but Estes intervenes, immediately casting a protective bubble to protect him.

"Gord, step out of the way!" Estes commanded. In the corner of his eye, a black sword flies, aimed for his head. Estes swipes it off and lands to the ground, making more runes with his hands. "This needs to stop."

"Your stubbornness is what should cease, elf! You deny the facts! We are your other half, and you have celebrated long enough," the Dark Lord accuses. He opens his arms and gathers up dark energy before focusing them in a beam of death. Estes quickly formulates a circular shield filled with symbols and takes the whole laser, the dark energy being converted into Moonlight. The elf king then redirects the attack back to the Dark Lord. The knight stops channeling the beam and charges towards Estes. Tigreal appears from the side and strikes the Dark Lord square in the face with his shield. The spirit simply flips backwards and lands on his feet.

"Estes, stay behind me, and catch him unawares!"

The Dark Lord rose and began to throw swords one by one towards Tigreal. The gilded warrior blocks them with his shield, so the Dark Lord thought of conjuring axes, slowly curving back behind Tigreal, hoping to pierce his armor. Estes jumps above Tigreal and casts a bright, blinding spell. The Dark Lord covers his eyes, feigning blindness. Estes then charges with blue moonlight swords on his hands. He slices around, slowly tearing apart the Dark Lord's armor. However, the fragments floated around and shot to Estes, seeking to land a hit. The bits and pieces simply deflected from Estes' blades, as if he was blocking as he was attacking. The elf hovers upwards and kicks the Dark Lord back, drawing his blades.

"You're stronger than ever, Estes… A worthy adversary, after all!" The Dark Lord chuckles before releasing dozens of projections of himself. Each of them gestured with their hands as they surrounded Estes. They pulled dark spears from the void and struck Estes simultaneously. The elf king quickly casts a static shield, blocking the stabs. Before the shield breaks, he touched the barrier and slowly muttered a chant. Suddenly, the spears and the barrier transformed into a beautiful swarm of indigo butterflies fluttering into the air.

"Magic tricks? A little too old for you," the spirit sarcastically says. Slowly, the butterflies merged together and glowed, forming a human silhouette. In a bright flash of light, Miya appears, shooting an intense arrow of blue energy into the sky. The projectile splits into sharp light arrows that pierced through the clones, forcing them to disappear. The real Dark Lord was nowhere to be seen.

"You okay?" the archer asked. "Nifty trick."

"We need to find Alucard. They're trying to isolate him."

"I… think they already have." Miya points to the northeast. Alucard is already fighting Alice and Zhask at the same time. Freya, who was nearby, couldn't aid him because she was fighting three clones. Hayabusa was preoccupied as well, being chased by a projection of the Dark Lord.

"We need to get him, now."

Alucard blocks one of Zhask's lightning bolts, trying to avoid succ.u.mbing to Alice's Drinking State.

"Give up, Alucard. The reign of darkness is at hand!"

"Reign, my buttcheeks… I'm sick and tired!" Alucard pushes Alice to Zhask, making them stumble. Vexana arrives, summoning Ghouls to restrain Alucard. He struggles from the weight of the undead pushing him to the ground. Alice recovers and tries to stomp Alucard's c.h.e.s.t, but the greatsword moved freely into the air, slicing down the Ghouls. Alucard gets up and jumps towards Vexana, digging his sword into her c.h.e.s.t. Zhask immediately summons a Dominator and zaps Alucard, making him stop in his struggle. Alice gets near the hunter and begins to sap his energy while Vexana grips her arms and concentrates her dark energy to him. Alucard screams in pain from the focused attack.

"Your friends are half-dead, literally! You cannot hope to survive!" Vexana taunts. "You are a half-breed… Tainted, a nobody!"

"You… can hope… THAT YOU'RE DEAD WRONG!" Alucard's flaming aura bursts and strengthens, wings of flame beginning to protrude from his back. The claws of the wings scratch at Vexana, the fire clearly hurting her. She lets go and Alucard immediately recalls the greatsword, charging towards Alice. Zhask commands the Dominator to shoot at the hunter, but Alucard simply tanks the shots, unfazed. He grabs Alice by the shoulder and digs his clawed hand into her skin, the flames already spreading on her. He chucks Alice into the air and chases her before she could fly off. Alucard slices one of her wings clean off, cauterizing the wound with the burning aura.

Meaning? She won't grow it back.

"AAAAGGGGGHHHHH! YOU LITTLE SWINE! I WILL KILL YOU!"

Alucard then clutches Alice's leg and throws her to the ground. He throws his greatsword to impale her but Zhask uses the Dominator to receive the blow instead, saving the s.u.c.c.u.b.u.s.

"COME ON!" Alucard yells. "IT TAKES ALL OF YOU TO TAKE ME DOWN! COME ON!"

The hunter dives down and flies forward to Zhask. The alien commander then creates three spawns and orders them to fire. The concentrated laser hits Alucard point blank, but the aura was preventing it from reaching further. Zhask blocks Alucard's incoming strike as Miya appears from the side with Estes.

"Alucard! Get out!" Miya says. "Most of us are badly injured, we need to go!"

He didn't listen, knowing that Zhask and the others were already on the brink of defeat. Alucard joins Miya as Zhask began taking more and more blows, making him succ.u.mb to his injuries. Alucard was about to take the final blow before his vision suddenly disappears. He lands to where Zhask is supposed to be, and the commander was gone.

"Miya? Miya!" He calls out, but Alucard receives no reply. His ears are ringing, and he couldn't hear anything. His aura could barely even make light for him. Alucard suddenly hears a faint sound in his mind.

"RUN! ALUCARD JUST RUN!"

"W-What?"

"HE'S COMING! HELCURT!"

Alucard's vision returns and he sees Helcurt on his left side. The hunter pulls his sword out to strike the Shadowbringer, but it grasps to his left arm and sinks his jaws into the upper region, and in one second…

Rips it off clean from the shoulder.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Alucard sinks to his knees, the pain overwhelming his senses. He looks to his left and he doesn't see his arm. Red spots clouded his vision as more and more blood poured out from the amputation. His aura suddenly died out and his wings disappeared. Alucard slowly transformed back into his old self as he grabs for his sword in desperation. In front of him, Helcurt spits out his arm, already melting from the venom inside it.

Alucard won't be recovering his arm back, unless he grows a demonic arm, which will further accelerate the demonization process.

A losing situation.

"Now… you fall!" Helcurt spoke, laughing tremendously. Miya panics as she nocks an arrow, but a clone of the Dark Lord grabs her and punches her in the gut, a blade protruding to her back. The archer falls to her knees, blood pouring out of her.

"Estes… I can't… move…"

"Miya!" He conjures a healing link, but Vexana cuts it down with her ghostly hands and covers Estes with a green cloud of toxins. Estes shields himself within a bubble, but the fumes slowly seeped into it, making him choke from the poison.

"Estes, hold on, we're coming!" Rafaela calls out, Cyclops, Saber and Johnson with her. Johnson rams into Helcurt and transforms, revealing Layla inside. She sticks her cannon into Helcurt's side and pulls the trigger, the malefic energy nearly shredding off one of his legs. Johnson shields Layla from Zhask and advances, releasing a barrage of missiles from his back. Zhask summons a pair of spawns that immediately take the blast, and retaliates with a lightning bolt. It arcs around Johnson and hits Layla instead. The markswoman yelps in pain, dropping her cannon and falls, barely conscious. Cyclops appears from the side and throws cosmic balls at both Zhask and Alice, but Vexana traps the little mage, nearly crushing him. Saber dives and cuts Vexana, but a clone of the Dark Lord attempts to throw swords. The cyborg deflects the swords, but they return back, somewhat trapping Saber. The blades surround him until he was caged, some of them covering the top. Saber tries to wedge out, but two clones appeared from the first clone and they began shooting swords towards Saber, impaling him multiple times.

"J-Johnson! Escort… Alucard… with the o-others… now!"

"Saber! Don't give up!" Rafaela channels the light from her scepter and extinguishes the clones of the Dark Lord. However, the real Dark Lord appeared behind her, stabbing her with a sword. Rafaela falls down, her power suddenly growing weaker. She tries to get up, but Alice plants her foot to the angel's back. Cyclops tries to run, but Helcurt climbs on Cyclops and injects venom on his back, paralyzing the mage instantly.

"NO! NO! Let them… g-go! L-Let them go! You wanted me!" Alucard pleads, trying to stand. Zhask shoots forth a bolt from his staff and sends Alucard back down to the ground to bleed.

"You are alive because your sword keeps you that way," the Dark Lord says. "Though, I must admit, I'm having fun toying with you." He kicks Alucard forward, making him roll. Helcurt snarls humorously at Alucard, injecting another batch of neurotoxins at his c.h.e.s.t. Alucard struggles to breath, black and red shapes dancing over his eyes. He clenches tightly to the greatsword with his only arm, trying to live. He slowly turns his head to look up at the sky, and notices something odd.

"The clouds… they're growing dark…"

"I expected much more from you, chosen one," the spirit adds. "But you're just a mere boy, blinded by his own ambitions."

"Why are they… so dark? The sun…"

"Bah… all of you are mere puppets… Masters of your own demise."

"The rising sun… the rising sun! A-Argus…"

"End of the line, Alucard!" The Dark Lord summons three swords and proceeds to bring them down, but an object falls from the sky, piercing through the armor.

"DO NOT TOUCH HIM!"

Argus descends from the skies, green lightning scattering through the clouds. He lands with tremendous force, knocking everyone back through the impact. Alucard weakly looks towards him.

"A-Argus…"

"Alucard? By the Lords… your arm…"

"B-Behind y-you…"

Argus turns around and sees the Dark Lord easily phasing out from the sword. "Ah… you. My failure."

The fallen angel recalls his sword and slashes the armor, but it was already a mere clone. "SHOW YOURSELF, COWARD!"

"Coward? COWARD?!" the Dark Lord retorts. He appears above Argus, sending black swords to stab the angel. "You are the true coward, resisting me, the truth! You think you will receive forgiveness from the sins you've committed, but you are deeply mistaken!"

The Dark Lord descends and throws balls of dark energy at Argus. The angel decides to take one of the projectiles square to the body, but the force was greater than calculated. It throws Argus backwards, and Alucard was just a few meters away from him.

"Argus… go… get… out of h-h-here…"

"I'm not leaving you, kid!" Argus replies. He turns back and the Dark Lord unleashes a beam of black chaos energy, concentrating it towards Argus. The fallen angel covers his body with his arms and takes the full blast. The spirit was unrelenting with his assault, further focusing the laser. Argus tries to stand and makes an attempt to recall his sword, but it doesn't return. He sees Vexana encase the sword within swirling green fumes, restricting its movement.

"Stop this! You need not harm the boy!" Argus bargains. "You also wanted me, kill me instead!"

"That willing to sacrifice your power for that miserable ant?! He is nothing more than a false hope, a filthy ruse! His friends, blinded by their 'just' cause… It's a trick!"

"SHUT UP!" Argus threatens, but Vexana begins releasing her own volatile energy at Argus. Alice stood next to her and held out her hands, tempted to sap Argus' power so that it will transfer to her instead. Zhask emerges from the other side, shooting his lightning bolt towards Argus. The angel sinks into his knees, the concentrated offense slowly deteriorating his strength.

"Alucard… R-Run… R-Run… Save y-y-yourself…"

"No… N-no… Argus… remember… you can't give up on us!"

"You've grown weak, Argus. Your hatred is diminishing, but mine is stronger!"

"Your hate is not your power… Argus. You're not weak… Remember… who you are…"

Alucard telepathically tries to delve deep within Argus' memories, trying to find a concurrent thought. "You're not a monster… I will show you!"

"Argus?"

"No… I don't want to go!"

Rafaela smiles at her little brother. Argus was a few dozen years younger than Rafaela, who was at the top of her class.

"Why?"

"I hate the academies… they hate me there!"

"Don't say that, you were doing great! Why do they… 'hate' you there?"

Argus throws a fit. "They called me small! They called me tiny! I'm trying so hard to show what I can do, but they step on me like I'm some sort of ground they can just step on!"

Rafaela laughs softly. "Argus… if there's one thing you are, it's that you're good, okay? Don't listen to them! You're my little brother, and I know that your heart is stronger than most."

"You tried so hard to save the boy, Argus, but it all ends here, one way or another!" Vexana yells. "Succ.u.mb to the Abyss, and become the master's servant once more!"

"Rafaela?"

"Argus! Oh, thank the Lords!" Rafaela kisses Argus by the cheek. "Hey, look at you! My little brother, the leader of the Seraphim!"

"Yes, well, I did manage to beat Alice on the final test. She's hard to overcome. She was rather quick, but I exploited the weaknesses in her movements."

"Glad that you did!"

"Hey… aren't you supposed to be with Kaja?" Argus asks, scratching his head. "The Celestial Palace is still under renovation, from what I have heard."

"He is with Uranus, so do not worry. I'm here for you! You should be glad!" Rafaela cheerfully said. "Why? Did something bad occur?"

"No, no, I'm fine. The people love me! I'm just… concerned. Things feel… different."

"You will get used to it. Come on, your fellow cousins are waiting for you!"

"The shards shall be mine, traitor!" Zhask assures. "When we are done with you, there will be no stopping us! We will kill the boy soon afterwards, and we will thrive in your place!"

"Argus."

"Don't follow me, Rafaela," Argus says, walking around the landscape. "Go away!"

"I can't do that, not that Estes has told me-"

"You needn't listen to what he has to say about me! I need no one."

"You're wrong! You always needed a companion, someone by your side! Stop rejecting me!"

"Why are you like this?! You know what I've done! I've killed so many… directly or indirectly, doesn't matter! I'm a disgrace to the heavens."

"You're never like this. You're my brother. I know you. You aren't a monster. The Lords don't see it, but I do! I know about Alucard."

Argus suddenly turns his head towards Rafaela. "You… knew?"

"Kaja told me before I descended. Argus… the prophecy, you're fulfilling it!"

"Fat chance… I may have doomed us all! He is either the greatest asset or the worst liability, Rafaela!"

"Don't think I know the risks, Argus. Alucard is the one and only Child of the Fall. He needs us. You've been protecting him when he was still a toddler. That may prove one thing…"

Rafaela taps Argus' c.h.e.s.t with her scepter, and reveals Argus' internal anatomy. Green veins were all around his body. However, the angel's heart wasn't green. It was a dandelion organ, pumping ichor. Rafaela was shocked to see a scar on the golden heart.

"Now… I know, Argus. Tell me the truth."

"It was long ago."

But I now know… you've never changed. You're… you're always the angel I know. Always."

"Rafaela-"

"Admit it. After all of this time?"

Argus sighs. "Always."

"Argus… you need to remember," Alucard says, almost losing consciousness. "One more…"

"Argus."

The angel turns around to see Alucard. "Alu… it's late at night-"

"I know… you're going to the Reservoir tomorrow, yes?"

"Correct, but-"

"Listen. I know that all of this… you're in a pressure-cooker situation. It's immense, it's dreadful, but… I just want to say…"

Suddenly, Alucard embraces Argus tightly, locking his arms.

"Alucard?"

"Thank you… for everything. For saving my life, numerous times… For being there for me when I was young, when I couldn't walk. For saving my friends when we needed you the most."

"Alucard-"

"They call you a traitor, but I call you a guardian. They may call you a demon, but we will call you a savior. They may turn you down, cast you out, but to our eyes… we are family. We're something entirely different. And I don't expect you to bring Lancelot and Odette back from the dead… At least bring the Reservoir down along with them. You're one of the best to ever be in the Land of Dawn, Argus… and I cannot express further, for there is no equal to what you've given us: a second chance."

More and more calming voices suddenly arose. Most of the heroes were downed and terribly wounded, looking at Argus. Karrie prayed in her mind that he would stand.

"C'mon, dummy… Get up!"

"Argus… they're calling for you!"

Freya, pinned down by clones of the Dark Lord, looked up and saw what was unfolding. "Get up, Argus! COME ON! DON'T DIE OUT ON US!"

Balmond struggles to stand, bowing his head. "The fallen angel… may you soar the skies free!"

More voices began speaking in Argus' head as the angel stopped blocking the dark energy with his arms, growing weak.

"Come on, Argus!"

"You're the best out there, come on! Give them hell!"

"We're not going to see you die out, GET UP!"

"Come on, show the edgelord who's the real deal!"

"Argus!"

"Little brother… please…"

"Take us to the stars, promise me!"

"Now or never, my friend!"

"COME ON ARGUS!"

"ARGUS!"

"STAND UP AND GET THE SWORD!"

"You're no warmonger…" Alucard thinks, before vocally saying it. "You're not the reaper… you're the leader of the angels of war, the Light of Dawn… AND YOU… WILL SHINE… ONCE MORE!"

Suddenly, Argus slightly jerks his head upward. He struggles to lift his arms, but he was doing it.

"Y-you… will…"

"Get up!"

"Vexana… something's wrong," Alice began, growing nervous. "I'm being shut out, I don't understand… I can't leech his energy!"

"COME ON!"

"Y-You… t-threaten my company…"

Three pairs of black wings slowly unfurled from Argus' back, fully extending. An orange aura began to emanate from the angel, the green wisps within his helmet slowly turning into tongues of fire.

"He… is resisting!" Helcurt warns. "Zhask!"

"I know, but… how is this… possible?!"

"GET UP! GET UP! GET UP!"

"You t-try… to kill them… murder them… mercilessly…"

Argus lifted one of his legs, and he was only kneeling on one knee. His arms were raised, trying to push the dark energy away from him.

"Stand down, Argus!" the Dark Lord commands. "As your master-"

"Master? You… will never reign Gaius… AND YOU THINK… YOU CAN GET AWAY… FROM ALL OF YOUR INFAMY?!"

"YOU ARE THE LIGHT OF DAWN!"

"YOU… WILL ALL PAY… FOR WHAT YOU DID TO THEM!"

Argus yells in rage and defiance, a strong aura of light bursting from within him. The winds knock Alice, Helcurt, Zhask and Vexana back, setting the Blade of Despair free. It travels back to Argus' hand, and the green blade slowly turns into orange, coated in dark flames.

"You do not give in so easily… SHAME ON YOU!" the Dark Lord exclaims before throwing three swords at Argus. The angel slashes into the air, blocking all of them in one swing. Argus then skyrockets upward, throwing waves of fire to the Dark Lord.

"THEY WILL NOT DIE IN VAIN!" Argus yelled, divebombing and striking the ground with his sword, knocking the malevolent spirit back. The Dark Lord releases a clone, but Argus dashes with unmatched speed, slashing through the clone and the Dark Lord, appearing twenty meters away after the dash. The clone disintegrates, and the Dark Lord's obsidian armor suffers a moderate gash on its left side, a gold light enveloping it. Argus dashes again, raising his blade. The Dark Lord covers himself with rows of swords and retreats. The angel cuts through the swords, forcing them to dematerialize as he sped up once more, slashing at the spirit from the other side. Argus halts himself, digging the sword to the ground to stop him from skidding. He looks up and sees Helcurt charge towards him. Argus lets go of his sword and catches the Shadowbringer by the neck and throws him back to the Dark Lord. He leaps, recalling his greatsword back to him and slashes downward, casting waves of flame towards Helcurt before attempting to stab him then and there. Helcurt blinks out, as well as the Dark Lord, but the intensity of the heat surprised them.

"How… is h-h-h-he…. Fighting b-back?!" Helcurt growls.

"You hurt Alucard," Argus mutters, shaking due to his rage. "You hurt them… YOU ANSWER TO ME!" He throws his claw, the hand reaching the Dark Lord's current location. He pulls himself towards the target and cuts sideward, but the Dark Lord backs away. Alice appears overhead and releases a blood orb, descending towards the angel. Argus jumps up and flips as Alice teleports, his feet coming in contact with her jaw. Alice gets knocked, and as Argus unfurls his wings and flies in the air, he throws his long claw to Alice and it clutches her leg, burning it. She shrieks in pain and struggles to break free as Argus swings her around like a yo-yo before throwing her far away into the other side of the battlefield.

Argus flies down and picks up the greatsword as he slides, nearly slicing Helcurt. The Shadowbringer then teleports behind Argus and crawls on his back, using his tail to inject poison. This proved to be worthless as Argus doesn't feel the toxins acting against him, and it may most likely mean it wasn't hurting him at all. Argus' aura burns even stronger, forcing Helcurt to detach as his claws and limbs were suffering first-degree burns, bits of fabric of his cloak already turning into ash.

The Dark Lord concentrates dark energy within him and unleashes it. Argus quickly uses his sword and blocks it with the flat of the blade.

"You… how are you… doing this?!"

Argus doesn't respond as he turns his blade and uses the sharp edge, splitting the black beam of energy into two. He advances, forcing the Dark Lord to stop firing. Argus looks behind him and notices some of the heroes already fleeing the scene to recover, but a few were being tracked down. The angel backs away from the fight, dodging a few of the Dark Lord's black swords, and cuts down one of Zhask's spawns. He dashes around the battlefield in supersonic speed, saving Nana from an untimely death as he slices Zhask's side, the wound burning the alien up.

"Why… you! I am so close to killing them!" Zhask exclaims, casting a lightning bolt. Argus easily swipes it off with his arm and slaps Zhask with so much force that it send him flying to the air. Argus follows and slashes at Zhask even more, causing more and more flaming gashes to appear at his body. He stops his assault, noticing the demons slowly pouring in as a result of the Gem's energy fluctuating.

The Genesys Gem is ready.

Argus sees Alucard being chased by a group of Wretches, the hunter limping. The angel zooms downward and crushes one of the Wretch's head on impact. He slashes into the air, large wh.i.p.s of fire pushing the demons back. A few Spitfires were descending to attack Argus, but he slashes towards them, the flames catching them unawares and disintegrating them into ash. Argus dashes quickly side-to-side, clearing out lines of demons with his sword as his movement leaves a trail of flames behind him, slowly growing into pillars of fire.

"I am no monster…" he whispered to himself as he slaughtered more and more. "I am no traitor… nor a demon…"

Zhask, Alice and Vexana appeared behind the last row of demons, holding Argus back with their concentrated fire. Argus easily stands up, but the Dark Lord appears with dozens of his clones, some of them letting out beams of void energy towards Argus while the others conjured bladed weapons to pierce through the angel. The flaming aura nullified the attacks.

"I am… a brother…"

"KILL THE BASTARD, NOW!" the Dark Lord screams overhead. "KILL HIM NOW!"

"I am a friend…"

"He's too strong! His aura!" Vexana grunts. "I… can't… go further!"

"I am family… A savior… a sliver of hope for mankind…"

Alucard notices the unfolding events. A bright pillar of light envelopes Argus, and it seemed as if it originated from the clouds above. The sky grew less bleak, and the pillars of fire separating the two sides of the field didn't seem to burn the ground at all.

It was healing it.

"Argus! Go!"

"KILL! THE! TRAITOR!"

More and more demons began to pour out from the hills, racing towards Argus with intent to end him then and there. The pillar of light showering down on him glowed even brighter as the destructive lasers pinning Argus down was being reflected and scattered around, harming some of the demons closing in on him.

"I am… THE LIGHT OF DAWN!"

Argus yells and lifts his blade before striking the ground with tremendous force, a seismic wave sending the Dark Lord and the other demons back. A curtain of light seemed to blanket the whole landscape in front of the angel, the barren ground of the battlefield slowly being turned into rich loam. Green leaves of grass began to flourish at a rapid pace as Argus clutches his sword with both hands, a metamorphosis slowly taking effect.

The sword's orange blade slowly became gold, as bright as the sun. Black and sanguine tongues of fire turned into pale yellow prominences, arcing towards the sky. The black skull crossguard slowly 'peeled' away from the sword, as if a curtain of illusion was incinerated away from Argus. The crossguard transformed into a white eagle, the energy slowly being transferred from the blade to Argus.

The claws of his hands turned yellow, and his grim armor was slowly turning into bright, silver plates with gold accents and layers. His left shoulderguard slowly morphed into an eagle's head, its eyes glowing with ferocity. Yellow and gold lines trace Argus' muscles, replacing the vile, green accents. His body armor, from the claws on his feet transforming into winged shoes, up to his sharp collar turning into one of flowing, curved patterns resembling plumes, all of it materializing as the heroes watched in awe from the walls. The cross on his c.h.e.s.t radiated with heat as his power grew, the energy reaching to his head.

"Argus…" Rafaela began, weakly smiling. "You've come home."

Behind her, most of the heroes were whooping with intensity. Chou was almost ready to bring the whole wall down with him.

"YEEEEEESSSSS! THAT'S WHAT YOU GET! YOU'RE SO SCREWED NOW! I REPEAT, ALL OF YOU ARE SO SCREWED NOW!"

Estes was in awe from what he was seeing. "The Light of Dawn… has returned."

Argus' helmet lost its four, wide slits, and the wisps for his eyes disappeared. Instead, the lower helmet, that looked like a visor, grew three, small slits on each side and nestled on his chin. A gold, triangular plate replaces the top portion of Argus' helmet. On his temples, his black, solid horns turned into white, gold filings within them. They curved much more elegantly and sharply. Argus' wings unfurled at maximum length, the black feathers somewhat being shed and burned as they fell to the ground. White plumes grew from the scapulars and up to the primaries, flowing gracefully in the winds as bits of silver and gold armor adorned them beautifully. The pillar of light slowly disappeared and died out as Argus stood triumphantly, his new form outshining anything else in the field. Small flowers, namely marigolds and daisies, grew on the rich soil, slowly spreading.

Argus pulls out his sword and traces its golden blade with his free hand, golden sparks ricocheting. "And I… will fight… until death!"

He draws the blade with a resounding SHWING! echoing around the landscape. Argus turns around and sees Alucard with his jaw dropped.

"Alucard!"

"T-That's… badass…" Alucard suddenly drops to the ground, clutching his shoulder. "O-Ow… hurts…"

Argus runs towards him through the pillar of fire and cradles his body. "Breathe, okay? Hold on to your sword!"

"B-But… I w-will-"

"It doesn't matter! The Genesys Gem has fully coalesced! All it needs is you, so hold on, okay? I am already seeing Johnson coming towards you." Argus uses his sword and cuts his palm, letting his blood drip onto Alucard's wound. The hunter screams in pain, tears flowing from his eyes as he shakes uncontrollably. The angel holds on to him tightly.

"I know it hurts, but it's the only way to save you." Argus looks up and sees Johnson as a car stopping next to them. Ruby, Zhao and Yinsen were inside.

Yinsen looks out from the window. "Argus, how's Alu- OH MY GOD WHERE'S HIS ARM?!"

"Alucard?!" Ruby exclaims. "Oh God… is… is he alright?"

"He needs the Gem, pronto!" Johnson vocalizes, opening the shotgun seat. "Argus, how about you?"

Argus turned around as soon as he made Alucard sit down. It won't be long before the demons start pouring in. Sure, the wall of fire will push them back, but not Alice, nor Zhask, much less the Dark Lord. If left unattended, the Dark Lord would reach the citadel within the hour.

They need to hold them back.

"I'm staying here, Johnson. Tell the others to form in groups and block the fastest route the Dark Lord may take. We have to fight him, all of us… one by one, or group by group. The more we distract him, the better. As long as Alucard is safe!"

The hunter was terrified of the idea. "Argus, no! You can't… You can't take them all alone!"

"Alu is right, Argus," Zhao supports. "That's the freaking Dark Lord and he is recovering back there! You can't stay here, you'll die!"

"Zhao, you don't know what's at stake. I have the greatest chance of making their success rate dwindle," Argus adds. "If you let me go first, the Dark Lord will expend his energy just so I will fall, and he will be weaker as he nears. Think about it! Alu is losing blood fast, and we need him with the Gem!"

Alucard wasn't letting it happen. "But Argus-"

"Alucard… listen to me, just this once!" the angel interrupts. "All my dread long life… All those millennia being something I never chose to be, it broke me. I almost thought I was unforgivable, unacceptable, a lost cause! But you… you and your friends and your family, they taught me better. They proved me wrong and let me in the Land of Dawn! I felt… I felt whole again, and it's a feeling I've longed for ever since my recollection! My boy… this is my chance to do the right thing, to do what must be done, to save you, all of us, and redeem myself for all of this chaos! Please, Alucard, let me take this chance. For once in my life… let me do this for you."

Alucard tried to stop his tears as he sat, looking outside. He could get out of the shotgun seat, as Johnson still held the door open. He can stay with Argus, the person that gave him a second life. He can die with him, the only father figure he knows that is still alive up to this day.

But it is fate for them to separate.

The hunter drops down the seat and stands up, beating his left b.r.e.a.s.t with his demonic arm, still clutching his sword.

"And may the Light of Dawn… shine through the darkness… once more!"

Zhao, Yinsen and Ruby did the same gesture and yelled as well. "AND MAY THE LIGHT OF DAWN SHINE THROUGH THE DARKNESS ONCE MORE!"

Estes and Rafaela heard their voices and farewells from the walls as they spectated. They know what must be done. All of them, fighting against the Dark Lord, one way or another. And they too, did the same.

"AND MAY THE LIGHT OF DAWN SHINE THROUGH THE DARKNESS ONCE MORE!"

"And may the Light of Dawn, shine through the darkness once more!" Uranus chanted, banging his armor. More and more voices shouted and cried out in a loud voice, beating their b.r.e.a.s.ts and regaining their morale.

"AND MAY THE LIGHT OF DAWN SHINE THROUGH THE DARKNESS ONCE MORE!"

Alucard smiles weakly as he struggles to climb back up to Johnson's shotgun seat. The cyborg closes the door and revs to the opposite direction, straight to the walls. Alucard slumps on his seat, growing dizzy from the loss of blood.

"Alucard, hold on," Yinsen assures. "We're going to be alright."

Argus turns around and recalls his golden sword, heavenly fire enveloping him.

"I grant you a new name," the angel whispered. "Caelesti Igni… Holy Fire!"

He struck the ground and gripped both of his hands on the handle, bowing down for his last stand. Demons charged through the wall of flame, but they turned to cinders upon contact. Argus closed his eyes, the long fabric of his armor flowing with the gentle breeze.

"Farewell… Child of the Fall."

Meanwhile…

"I want all of you to split into groups!" Hylos commands, beckoning the heroes to split. "Arrange yourselves according to your maximum possible contribution so that our hindering of the Dark Lord's progress are stretched to full capability!"

Apparently, Chou, Lolita, Bruno and Layla raced to the citadel, where the Gem was located. Balmond, Hilda and their people grouped around in the center of the route while Irithel and Karrie were behind them. Estes already teleports to the gates of the citadel, readying his Royal Guard. Some of the remaining stayed outside in order to line, while Johnson sped up towards the entrance on the walls.

"COMING THROUGH! MAKE WAY, MAKE WAY!"

Saber and Alpha followed him by flying around, inspecting Alucard.

"He lost more than 80% of his blood, but he is alright," Saber evaluates. "He'll live, we're nearing the shard."

"Johnson, after you escort them, come with us, alright?" Alpha suggests. "Estes and Hylos is grouping us up."

"Noted!"

Johnson revs faster as he reached a speed of 119 km/h, breaking through the debris that covered the route towards the citadel. He drifts out and mashed the brakes as the car slowly stopped next to the steps of the building. Yinsen, Ruby and Zhao gets out of the passenger seats and prepares to catch Alucard.

"Opening door… Now!"

Alucard's body drops, but the trio catches him easily. He lets go of the greatsword, but Saber lands in time and makes him grip it.

"Alucard, are you there? Stay awake!" the cyborg said. "We're nearing the gem. There's an outline of your body on it, we'll put you there, okay?"

Estes floats towards them, multiple runes revolving around him. Some of them drift off to Alucard, reinvigorating him. "My spells will buy him some time. Hurry!"

The Royal Guard opens the gates from the inside and lets them in. The Genesys Gem was hovering a few feet above, angled slightly forward. Saber was right. A large cutout was on the crystal, resembling a human of Alucard's build and size. The Gem radiated with brilliant light, that of the Sun and Moon.

"Woah… I can feel its warmth from here," Zhao remarks. "Come on."

Estes stops them in their tracks. "Hold. I have a better idea." He creates a healing link from him to Alucard, and the hunter's body freely levitates off the ground. Estes drags him slowly with the link like a balloon. Wisps of energy emanated from the Genesys Gem, somewhat wrapping around Alucard's body. Estes cancels the link as the tendrils of energy slowly blanketed Alucard as he laid to rest on the cutout.

"Now, Alucard, hold still. Don't be afraid," Estes says. Small crystals began covering Alucard's feet, slowly growing up to his legs. "The Gem is covering you with a protective layer. Don't worry, you will simply be put in a trance-like state."

"R-Ruby…"

"Alu, I'm right here," she said, standing next to the Gem. She kisses Alucard's forehead. "I'm right here."

"I… c-c-can't… move my h-head…"

"Stay still, you will be alright."

"I… I'm sorry…"

"No, no, don't say that! You're doing a good job, okay?"

Alucard's irises moved towards her. "Ruby… if needed… let… go…"

"Alu-"

"Promise me… That you will… let go and let… it take you…"

"Alu, what do you mean?"

"I w-w-will… s-see… you…"

The crystal slowly envelops Alucard and his greatsword, and it reaches his head. Alucard stops looking at Ruby and stares straight ahead as the layer of crystals freezes him, making him one with the Genesys Gem.

"And now… we wait," Estes finalizes. "Ruby, stay with Roger just by the walls. Saber, stick with Fanny to the skies. If one of you goes down, regroup with Alpha and Johnson. All of our remaining forces are setting up their last barricades and spells in case the demons choose to crowd around us."

"Estes, how about you?" Zhao asks.

"I will stay outside the citadel with the Royal Guard while some of Alucard's friends will be holed up here. The underground chamber is no longer a safe zone. You need to be with Miya, Freya, Akai, Kagura and Hayabusa on the outside."

"On it. Good luck out here, all of you! Yinsen, how about you?"

The fellow hunter raises his eyebrows. "Oh, me? I'm staying here. I know Alucard the most, I will make sure the Gem is doing right. You need to go, Zhao. Argus may be fighting the Dark Lord as we speak!"

Meanwhile…

"Argus."

The angel looks up and sees Lunox, standing in front of him. "You've changed."

"For the better, Lunox."

The Twilight Goddess smiles. "The prophecy is being fulfilled, but… it's a shame you have to stay here."

"What matters is that they live, and nothing else."

Lunox approaches Argus and cups his face, kissing his helmet. "After all of this… you remained as such… a light for those behind you, a flame against the everlasting Abyss. And I am forever proud of you, my harbinger of Light."

"Thank you… Lunox, for being with me today," Argus replies. "It has been an absolute honor."

Lunox nods lightly. She pulls away, looking behind her. The Dark Lord was about to walk through the wall of fire.

"Go forth, and make your last stand. You will be rewarded in kind as you join me amongst the stars." She disappears, as if a cloak enveloped around her. And then, Argus began to recite in an impromptu fashion.

I was once the weakest of the winged

Sworn to protect multitudes of kings,

Along with their kingdoms, their beloved and kin.

I have persevered to lead my friends,

who are no longer with me today,

their lives I have ended, what more can I say?

In the corner of his eyes, Zhask stood alongside the black spirit, hefting his staff.

For power and temptation fueled my greed,

The same greed that made me wield corruption,

Imposed by darkness, so that I may impose destruction...

My body betrayed, but my heart never faltered,

The curse I once bore would still be altered

Evil is no match against those with ardor.

I now stand as one, alone and brave,

My friends' lives, I could no longer save,

Their souls remain as stars that shall never fade!

Alice appeared, walking alongside Vexana, as she only possessed one wing. Argus didn't mind and kept speaking to himself.

I, now pure of heart, make my final stand

On marigolds growing from once barren sand

Flourishing on the green I tread to make my last demands…

Never let our sacrifices be for naught

May time be merciful that our final wishes be sought,

Lest you want us to fail and leave us to rot.

The Dark Lord slowly begins to conjure swords.

The final hour is at hand, and I never fear.

Sadness shall not ravage me to make me shed tears,

Men are of faith when judgment draws near.

As I mark my last words, I say, so long!

I am here… to help fulfill the prophecy foretold,

Praying to make known a story untold!

As soon as he stops, a black sword zooms through the flame, aimed towards Argus. The angel doesn't budge as the sword stops a few inches away from him, slowly disintegrating due to his aura.

The Dark Lord passes through the flames, alongside Vexana, Alice, Helcurt and Zhask, the other demons behind them, waiting for their time to strike. As they stepped on the grass, the flowers slowly wilted and died out, turning back into barren soil.

"So… here we are," the spirit began. "Nostalgic, isn't it?"

Argus said no words as he looked at the Dark Lord. Alice was looking at him angrily, her wing extended. Zhask tightly gripped his staff, charged with purple bolts of lightning. Helcurt had his tail raised, snarling at Argus while Vexana held green energy on her hands, growing nervous.

"It has been long since we have seen you in such a disappointing state," the Dark Lord adds. "I can't believe you. After all of my perseverance in turning you into my greatest ally… you defect!"

Again, Argus said nothing, a thought ringing in his mind.

"That voice… it's familiar…"

"You know, Alice once told me… you were a runt."

"One out of seventy-two… who are you?"

"And I am ridiculed… A small little boy, belittled further by those around him, chosen to be the leader of the angels that sought to stop me in my tracks? Oh, how delightful. Your sister, she was a key part for your being undone, Argus… without her, we wouldn't be standing here, and you don't know how my servants are more than willing to rip your heart out!"

"You."

The Dark Lord suddenly stops his bickering. "Excuse me?"

"You… sound so familiar…" Argus began, relaxing in his stance. "You once bragged, but there were dozens of you… But now, I hear only one barking under that suit of armor."

Helcurt snarls, scratching the ground. "Y-You dare… make fun of the master?!"

"Silence, Argus! You hold no chance against them!" Zhask threatens, banging the ground with his staff. "I only sought the shards, the life of this world, and nothing more!"

"And yet… history repeats itself," Argus interrupts. "Darkness is the right hand of the Light. We set the balance of Gaius, but you… you always put it at risk, and you blame our interventions for all of this chaos. She is ashamed of what you've done!"

"WHAT I'VE DONE?!" the Dark Lord shouts. "All I've done is do my part!"

"You went too far, just like she said… all for your thirst, there's a reason why you are shunned by the Land of Dawn!"

Argus pulls out his greatsword, slashing the air. His aura illuminated the battlefield as heavenly fire lashed out. His white wings slowly moved to and fro, the gold and silver armor shimmering in the sun.

"I will never forget who you are… and I have never forgotten my true self!" Argus proclaims. "I am, and always will be, the harbinger of her light… the Light of Dawn!"

He points his flaming sword towards the Dark Lord. "You speak of fairness, but your hypocrisy stands out! Your collective wisdom and strength, and yet I know who among the 72 brothers speaks before me! And you will never EVER REACH THE LIFEBLOOD OF THIS WORLD, FOR YOU AND YOUR PITIFUL SERVANTS WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH ME FIRST, ANDRAS!"

Argus steps back and slashes in a semicircle, sending a huge wave of fire and wind around and blowing the Dark Lord and his companions back. The angel notices the demons slowly pouring out as the Gem's force field begins to fluctuate, often disappearing and letting more pass through. It will not be long before they snuff out the wall of fire.

Andras regains his footing, the obsidian armor clacking. "You've doomed yourself, Argus… You and your worthless kingdom will not live to see tomorrow!"

Argus looked around and saw Zhask preparing to summon a Dominator spawn. Vexana lifts her hands, and Ghouls rose from the ground, some of them wearing rusty bits of armor.

"You've beaten me twice, Argus," Alice growls, pools of blood flowing and coursing around her as Helcurt's tail raises, toxin dripping from it. "Once in the heavens, and once more in this earth, 15,000 years ago! And now, I will make sure I get my revenge… AS YOU FIGHT THROUGH HELL ITSELF!"

Hundreds of thousands of demons began pouring down the hills, trying to breach through pillars of flame. Argus grips his greatsword tightly on one hand.

"Caelesti Igni!" he shouts, and the sword ignites, bathed in holy fire. "As long as one stands, you will lose… Fine then… COME AND GIVE IT A TRY!"