Chapter 25: The First Devil On Earth (Arc: Drake Hunter Tournament Ends)
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From ancient times, Legend has it that if Lucifer was the First Angel to descend into the mortal world, Astaroth would be the first Devil to ascend to the mortal world from Hell. Astaroth, the eldest brother of the Devil Brothers trio, Agares, Amon and Astaroth. He was one of the most powerful devils ever born, as demonstrated when the Belial-Prince of Hell of Wrath chose him as the only devil general to lead his eighty legions of devils to help Lucifer destroy Heaven in War In Heaven. But Belial sent Astaroth not because he trusted him, but because he was afraid of his power, the power of a Grand Duke, the power that could overthrow him at any moment. Astaroth then lost to the Archangel of Darkness and was thrown into Hell, but the throw missed and directed him to the mortal world. Here he continued to terrorize this world. He sent across the world the Seven Deadly Sins and turned humans, vampires, and werewolves into what they are today. But when he faced the first human civilization, the Mesopotamian civilization, he faced the will and fortitude of mortals for the first time and once again suffered a humiliating defeat. Then he was sealed forever in the desert and slept for thousands of years. But after being unsealed by Lucilith, Astaroth had returned to continue destroying everything. Astaroth was a cold, serious devil and always calm under all circumstances. He even had a penchant for playing with his enemies in every battle and was so arrogant that he never used more than ten percent of his power, which led to his two humiliating defeats. After all, Astaroth was the most terrible threat Langress would face so far. Back to now, Astaroth shot a purple beam at Langress's face but he missed it and grazed his right cheek. Langress realized the wound was so hot that it burned itself and stopped the bleeding. Astaroth said:

"Oh, my apologies. Let me try again."

Astaroth shot again but continued to just graze his forehead. Lancerlord lost patience and said:

"Oh fuck it! Kill him already."

Astaroth replied calmly:

"Be patient, I'm a bit bored of killing a wounded man. I want him to be fully recovered to fight me."

Lancerlord couldn't wait any longer, so he said:

"Then I'll go back to base first, you stay and play your stupid fucking game."

Lancerlord landed and carried Locker over his shoulder, he said:

"You smell like shit, stop taking that drug."

Lancerlord then flew away with Locker back to base, Langress shouted:

"Hey Lancerlord! You Fucking Shithead! We haven't talked yet!"

Langress had recovered all of his right leg, half of his abdomen and half of his right hand. Langress tried to get up and Will helped him, he said:

"I won't leave you behind, Langress."

Langress smiled and replied:

"Thanks, I'll appreciate that."

Astaroth looked at them both and said:

"Oh, how touching. Just like the mortals back then."

Astaroth launched a beam at them but Langress quickly pushed Will away and he dodged quickly. Langress turned into a bat and flew fast around Astaroth to distract him but always avoiding Will. Langress shouted:

"Will! Run!"

Will replied loudly:

"But what about you?"

Langress said confidently:

"I'll live longer. This guy is nothing to me."

Will stood up to try to run away, but Astaroth glanced at him. Suddenly Will went cold down his spine and felt like thousands of swords were stabbing into his legs and they kept pulling themselves out and stabbing into his legs again as if to drag Will down to Hell. Will couldn't run away anymore. Astaroth didn't have to play around with the weak, and Langress was one of them. He simply taps the air and releases a vibration at Langress and Willl. Both were tinnitus and stunned, Will was slightly unconscious and Langress fell to the floor and returned to normal. Langress shook his head and looked carefully at himself lying on his brass knuckles. Astaroth flew close to Langress then grabbed his head and lifted it in mid-air. Astaroth turned Langress and looked at him, he said:

"They woke us up to kill this thing? What a waste of time."

Langress immediately punched Astaroth very hard in the face with brass knuckles. He removed his hand with the broken and melting brass knuckles in his left hand, he said arrogantly:

"Yeah, what a waste of time fighting you too, asshole."

Astaroth's right cheek suffered severe burns from silver and the cross symbol on the brass knuckles, he said:

"Oh, good."

Astaroth raised Langress's head high and he slowly stabbed his claws into his right chest and into his heart. Langress shouted in pain as it felt like Hell was burning inside him. He quickly punched Astaroth with his right hand brass knuckles but it was also melted and broken by Astaroth's power. Langress clung to Astaroth's left arm and dug his claws into him, but he showed no pain or hesitation and continued to slowly kill Langress. Meanwhile, Will had woken up to Langress screaming, he needed to know what to do. Suddenly Will saw Langress's broken silver blade, he rushed over and drew it. Will then rushed to where he was surrounded and dipped it in holy water. Will ran behind Astaroth when he wasn't looking and shouted:

"Langress!"

Will took a closer look and threw the blade at Astaroth. The blade pierced his back causing him to remove the claw from Langress's chest. Langress took advantage of the opportunity and pulled his blade out and stabbed Astaroth repeatedly in the back. Astaroth shouted in pain and threw Langress hard to the ground, breaking his ribs and spine. Langress spat out blood but still managed to throw the blade at Astaroth's chest. Astaroth was wounded by silver and holy water, but the fire within him burned the blade to save him. Astaroth looked over at Will and shouted angrily:

"Die!"

Astaroth launched purple orbs at Will and he rushed to dodge them all. Suddenly a rocket from the top of the hole hit Astaroth's back. Astaroth looked up and saw more than a dozen AVF soldiers swinging down to him led by Burt. Astaroth was bothered even more, he said:

"Damn mortals!"

The AVF soldiers opened fire on Astaroth but their bullets could not penetrate his skin, only disturbing him. Burt said over the radio:

"Give him another rocket and all units change to silver bullets, over!"

The AVF soldiers changed to silver magazines and another rocket hit Astaroth. Several soldiers landed and immediately surrounded Astaroth then opened fire on him. Astaroth was hit by silver bullets and wounded a lot and this time they had pissed him off too much. Astaroth created an energy saw blade and slashed in a quick loop killing all the surrounding AVF minions. Will slid down in time and dodged death. Astaroth launched beams upwards at the soldiers and Burt. Many people were hit and fell while Burt dodged. Burt continued to dodge over the radio:

"Fire RPG now!"

Another rocket was fired at Astaroth but he blocked it in mid-air and blew it up among the soldiers. Burt fell and landed on the ground, he showed no pain at all. Burt went on to say over the radio:

"Throw an RPG at me, use the holy rocket, NOW!"

Burt then pulled out a Glock 19 pistol and fired at Astaroth. Astaroth used his left wing as a shield and launched a beam at Burt. Burt quickly dodged and continued to shoot towards Astaroth's flank. Astaroth spread his wings and spun, creating a gust of wind that pushed Burt against the wall. Burt was slightly stunned and said:

"Oh you motherfucker, back to Hell!"

Burt pulled his Remington 870 shotgun from his back and fired at Astaroth. He was hit in the shoulder and stepped back a bit. Burt continued to shoot and said:

"Hey boy who follows Langress, drag him to safety, I'm going to shoot an RPG."

Will hurried over to Langress and pulled him away, Langress grunted:

"What the heck is an RPG?"

Will replied:

"Just imagine it's a cannon."

Burt's soldiers threw him an RPG. Burt fired all the shotgun ammo and threw it away. Astaroth was slightly stunned, but he created a fireball to kill Burt. Burt grabbed the RPG and activated the energy shield in his left hand. Burt knelt down then took up his shield and raised the RPG at Astaroth. Burt shouted:

"Say Hello To My Little Friend! Fucking Devil!"

Burt fired a missile at Astaroth, he was hit and hit the wall hard. Astaroth was badly burned, he calmed himself for a moment, his gaze met Burt's. Burt became scared and threw up, he couldn't believe what he saw, only knowing it was like being in Hell. Astaroth shouted angrily:

"You all die!"

Astaroth flew in to kill Langress, Will, and Burt, but AVF soldiers landed and opened fire on Astaroth to stop him. They fired two more rockets and injured Astaroth even more so he had to fly away to retreat. Everyone immediately brought first aid to the three of them. Burt was being examined when he pushed the medic and went to Langress and Will being examined, he said:

"Why the hell are you two here? We're going to attack this place today and you two destroyed it all!"

Langress stood up and replied:

"First come, first served. Let's go Will, remember to get the money too."

Will took their two suitcases of money and they left. Burt blocked their way and said:

"And where are you two going next?"

Langress replied:

"None of your business, your job is to clean up this mess. And sorry but this is my favorite tournament."

Langress took out a cigarette then laughed and left with Will. Burt quickly threw a tracking chip at Will's back. Then as they left, Burt took out his phone and called someone:

"Langress is gone, but we have a sample of his blood."

The other side replied:

"Good, that's enough. Make sure everything is cleaned up and erase the memory of passersby."

Burt says:

"Yes Doctor."

Burt hangs up the phone and shows that he has some intentions with Langress. Returning to Langress and Will, they were picked up by Boss Luca's helicopter and taken to his mansion. Burt turned on the hologram map and accompanied a small group of soldiers to follow them.

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