Chapter 41: War For Eostia (3)

Ark One, Part Twenty-One

With the siege of Feoh over, Typhon, Mikasa, Kushina, Page, and Alicia regathered back at the fort.

"You guys look like shit," Typhon commented towards Mikasa, Kushina, and Page, earning him an annoyed glare from the trio.

"Fuck you!" Kushina barked. "Not everyone can have bullshit Lunarian genetics."

"Excuses, excuses, excuses," the Lunarian teased, causing the redhead to jump at him, which he easily evaded.

"Enough," Alicia commanded, annoyed by the group's antics. "Where's Lord King?" She questioned.

"Umm...he went to deal with the remaining five legions alone," Kushina replied hesitantly.

Everyone's eyes widened in shock, and they looked at the redhead.

"What?!" Typhon sneered. "How dare he go without me!! I wanna kill demons, too!" Everyone nodded in agreement with the Lunarian's statement. "Which way is he?!"

"From my clone's memories, he went south of Ur," the redhead recalled.

"Then me, you, and Mikasa will head there. Ain't no way we're letting King have all the fun."

"What about Me and Page?" Alicia asked at Typhon's statement as she and no doubt Page wanted to go with them.

"You guys will stay here in case more demons show up," Typhon frowned. "I also have a feeling that when we reach King, whatever we're about to stumble about will be too much for you guys to handle," he gave the two an apologetic look, knowing his comment would bruise their egos. "And I'd rather not lose any of you."

Both teens looked down at the ground in anger, ashamed of being so weak, but Typhon's last comment made them feel better, even if only by a small margin. With all agreeing with Typhon's suggestion, the Lunarian grabbed Kushina and Mikasa, then took off to the skies, heading toward King's direction.

(Meanwhile)

Location: Geofu

"Any news?" Uta asked the clone of Kushina impatiently for the hundredth time.

Worry and fear were evident on the singer's beautiful features, and she had been pacing back and forth with Ragnarok in her arms, who was attempting to eat the latter's hair. Uta wanted to fight alongside the others, but Typhon told her she needed to stay in Geofu with the kids and be the last line of defense just in case he and the others failed to eliminate the enemy forces.

She initially argued against that but was eventually convinced by him and Olga to stay behind. The singer understood why Typhon wanted her to stay behind, but that didn't mean she was pleased.

Thanks to Celestine's magic, she recovered from pregnancy with the triplets and returned to pristine condition, looking like she never had kids. After that, she brushed up on her combat skills and got into fighting condition as she wanted to kick some demon ass; so much for that, eh?

"Typhon and King won their battles," the clone answered a few seconds later, making the singers sigh in relief, and all of the anxiety instantly vanished. "And now they're heading south of Ur to engage with the remaining five legions," and her anxiety shot back up.

"You shouldn't worry so much," Olga chimed in before cooing and waging her finger at Fenrir, who was in her arms giggling happily and attempting to grab the dark elf's finger. "I'm sure our soon-to-be husband will be just fine. Wouldn't you agree, Celestine?"

The high elf, like Olga, was holding and playing with one of the triplets.

"I do," Celestine agreed. "Besides, he has King with him, so he and the others shouldn't be in that much danger," she reassured the young mother.

If only the blonde knew how wrong she was. A booming sound could be heard from the outside; this caused both elf's faces to pale in horror.

"Oh no..." Celestine whispered.

"What the fuck?" Uta muttered. "What was that?"

"That was the barrier...someone or something shattered it," Olga answered, causing Uta to look similar to the elves.

"H-How?" The singer stammered.

"That would be my doing?" All three turn to the right to see Messorem and Vult with several demons and black dogs at their sides.

"You," Olga sneered when she spotted Vult looking at the man with disgust and hatred.

"Hey there, Olga, it's been a while," the Demon replied cheerfully, looking at the dark with amusement. "Oh, and congrats on the pregnancy," he looked at Uta, then at the three little Lunarians before his gaze landed back on the singer. "They're all adorable; it'll be a shame that we'll have to kill them...well, maybe we could spare the girl if she'll look anything like you when she grows," he stated, causing the demons and his men to laugh before they all look at her with lust and hunger in their eyes.

"No, we'll kill all the Lunarians," Messorem stated firmly, making Vult growl in annoyance.

Vult wanted to argue against that, but one look from the giant demon quickly shut the man up.

"Now, hand over the kids and promise I'll give them a quick death," the demon ordered coldly and slowly approached the trio.

Before he could take another step, Uta let out a scream that created sound blasts that sent Messorem, Vult, and their men flying out of the castle.

"You guys get out of here, evacuate the city, and try to contact the others," Uta ordered the two and gave Ragnarok to Olga. "I'll fight them off."

"Are you sure?" Olga asked, frowning slightly. "I know you're powerful, but will you be able to handle them all by yourself long enough for help to arrive?"

Uta nodded and then smirked. "Yeah, I should be able to handle them for long enough," her body glowed for a moment, and after it disappeared, Uta was covered head to toe in golden armor and had a spear in one hand and a shield in the other. "Now go and get somewhere safe. I'll look for you guys in a bit."

Turning around, Uta made her way toward where she blasted off the demons and Black Dogs. As soon as the singer got outside, she projected a forcefield around herself, avoiding getting hit by several energy blasts and slabs of earth.

"Well damn, and here I was hoping this would've been easy," Vult commented in annoyance.

Messorem and Vult were expecting this order to be simple and easy. Kill the Lunarian's offspring and take the women as hostages/sex slaves. Unfortunately, they weren't expecting the singer to be a powerhouse. And what was even worse for them was that her power was leagues above Typhon's and far more versatile.

[AN: Just clarifying, she's above Typhon in his base and second form power-wise. If they were to fight with pure skill and Haki, Uta would get clapped easily.]

Uta looked at the mercenary in amusement. "Sorry to disappoint," she replied mockingly, making the man growl at her.

"I'm gonna enjoy fucking you over your boyfriend's corpse," Vult sneered.

"That would imply you could beat Typhon, which we both know you can't. You're too weak, not to mention a coward, to face him one-on-one," Uta retorted, making the mercenary fume even more.

"Enough!! The time for talking has passed!" Messorem cut in before Vult could speak.

"Now thats something I can agree with!" Uta grinned and sent several sound blasts towards the duo.

Messorem and Vult evaded the attacks, but the latter was struck by one of her sound blasts and was sent crashing into one of the buildings.

Uta conjured several musical notes, with one of them attempting to wrap around the Messorem, who evaded capture but failed to react to the musical note that appeared behind him. The note struck him, sending him stunning forward into another note wrapped tightly around his legs, causing the demon to trip.

Messorem was then picked up by another note and thrown into the air, where several other notes appeared, and proceeded to play ping pong ball with the right hand of Asmodeus. Seeing a demon tossed around like a ping-pong ball was amusing for the singer, who outright laughed at the scene in front of her.

Hearing the laughter of the adolescent human female enraged the demon greatly, as he had never felt so humiliated in his entire life. He would make make the woman pay! Letting out a deep guttural roar and began to struggle in his bindings. He eventually broke out of the musical note's hold and released a massive amount of demonic energy that destroyed everything within a twenty-meter radius.

Messorem flew straight towards Uta with his Warhammer at the ready, and when he closed the distance, he swung his weapon with all strength. When his attack made contact with the forcefield surrounding the singer, a massive crack appeared, surprising the latter.

At blinding speeds, he repeatedly slammed his Warhammer against the forcefield, causing more cracks to appear, and seeing it was about to shatter, Uta sent a sound wave that sent the demon skidding several meters away.

Uta then conjured a small army of minions armed with spears and sent them toward Messorem. As the minions attacked the right hand of Asmodeus, Vult returned and looked absolutely furious with the singer.

"You know what, fuck it. You're not worth the hassle; I'm just going to fucking kill you instead," Vult snarled, and Uta snorted at his threat.

"If you couldn't even beat my fiance, what makes you think you can beat me?" She amusedly retorted while looking at Vult with a condescending smile. "He told me you ran away when he confronted you, and two of your demon buddies had to fight him for you. Pretty cowardly, don't ya think?"

"Shut the fuck up, you dumb bitch!!" Vult launched himself at the singer but was immediately sent flying again by one of Uta's minions.

"Is that all you got?" Uta looked unimpressed with Vult's performance. "Very disappointing," she let out a yawn. The singer summoned more minions and had them attack the duo. "Keep them busy for me," she propelled herself into the air and began looking for the others.

After a few minutes of searching, she found Celestine, Olga, Chole, her kids, and a bunch of civilians hiding below the castle.

"Uta!" Both elves exclaimed with looks of relief on their faces.

"Thank the gods you're alright," Celestine said, hugging the girl.

"Told you two I'll be alright," she replied cockily before getting serious. "Did you manage to contact the others?"

"Yes, Kushina and Mikasa are on their way now. Typhon would've come himself, but he and King are fighting off the leader of the demons," Olga informed her, causing the singer to worry.

"Shit..." Uta wanted to help the two Lunarians but knew she couldn't leave.

Sensing her worry, Celestine touched the girl's shoulder and smiled reassuringly.

"I know you're worried about Typhon, but have faith that he and King will be alright. I may not have known him for long, but I can tell he's not one to give up easily."

Uta gave the older woman a thankful smile. "You're right. Thank you. Do you think you'll be safe here while I'm gone?" She asked, and the blonde nodded.

"Yes, this part of the castle is protected by a nearly indestructible barrier," Uta felt much better hearing that.

"Ok, good," she then looked at her children and leaned down to kiss their heads. "I love you, my little angels," She reluctantly pulled away.

She then left and went to hold off Messorem and Vult until backup arrived.

(With Typhon & King)

Typhon was sent crashing into a tree, then slowly collapsed to the ground and coughed a gulp of blood.

"Shit..." He groaned in pain.

With Mikasa and Kushina gone, the fight against Asmodeus became much more difficult. The five hundred clones Kushina generously left behind couldn't do much as they couldn't get close or react fast enough to the demon. King, while he could damage the Prince of Lust, it simply wasn't enough as the latter was a damage sponge and incredibly nimble on his feet for someone his size.

As for Typhon, he wasn't strong or fast enough to keep up, so he had to wait for the right moment to attack. He was considering exposing some of his hidden abilities as otherwise, they would lose the war. That was something he wasn't going to allow to happen. However, he wasn't looking forward to King's questioning if they managed to kill the ugly bastard.

Getting up, Typhon transformed into the Superior Lunarian State. The Lunarian had been training his secondary transformation ability ever since he got it in secret for a while. Thanks to his hard work, whenever he transformed, all of his physical capabilities, along with his powers, were amplified by ten instead of five.

He still wouldn't be physically strong enough to do much damage to Asmodeus, but it would be sufficient, and he should be able to keep up in the speed department. Unfortunately, Typhon couldn't handle combining both transformation abilities due to the stress it puts on his body. If he could, he was confident he'd be able to damage the Prince of Lust severely. Oh well. It's something to work on after they win this war.

In a burst of speed that would make most speedsters green with envy, Typhon appeared above Asmodeus and landed a devastating Axe kick to the demon's face, stunning him. King was surprised by Typhon's drastic increase in power but mentally shook his head, remembering he was in the middle of a fight, and joined in on the assault.

The older Lunarian closed the distance, impaling the demon into the abdomen; he then twisted it downward and nearly split the Prince of Lust's bottom half in two before having to evade a kick from the incredibly pissed-off demon.

However, he continued his assault and slashed at Asmodeus's throat, causing the hot red liquid to spill all over him and the demon to choke on his life essence. To finish it, Typhon held his sword in a reverse grip and jammed it into the prince's eyes. Asmodeus thrashed around violently to get the younger of the two Lunarians off of him.

"GET OFF ME!!!!!" He screamed out and released a monstrous amount of demonic energy that forced Typhon and King to jump back.

With both Lunarian's assaults at a halt, Asmodeus quickly healed all the damage done to him, but the process was slower than usual due to the effects of the Lunarian's blessed weapons.

"Of course, it wouldn't be easy," Typhon sighed.

"What did you expect? He's the leader of this invasion for a reason," King retorted; he then glanced at the boy. "Also, what's with the look?"

"In simple terms, it's a power amp. I'll explain more after we kill this guy."

Now fully healed, Asmodeus looked at both Lunarians, glaring at them angrily and hatefully. "You must be the second Lunarian; that's been making my goals harder to complete," he seethed.

Typhon gave Asmodeus a cheeky grin. "That would be me."

The demon growled and was about to approach the two but stopped when his nose got a whiff of Typhon's scent, and his eyes visibly widened.

"I-Impossible...it c-cant be," he pointed his finger at Typhon, confusing him and King.

"Um?" King muttered and looked at Typhon. "Any clue what's his deal?"

Typhon shrugged. "I'm about as confused as you. What's your deal, ugly? Why so shaken up?"

"You're a descendant of the first Lunarian King," he responded shakily, unable to believe any remnants of the man's lineage still left after hundreds of years. "Who would've thought I'd be facing one his kin again..." Typhon's and King's eyes widen in surprise at the demon's response, with the former wandering how he discovered that information.

"How'd you know?" The teen couldn't help but ask.

"Wait, did you already know about this?" King looked at Typhon with narrowed eyes.

"Yeah, I found out a while ago," he replied sheepishly and internally gulped at King's look.

Yeah, he was going to get another ass beating after this.

"And when were you gonna tell me about this?"

"I didn't think it was really relevant, so probably never," he answered honestly, shrugging slightly.

It wasn't like he could do much with that status, considering that he, King, his mother, and his kids were the only known Lunarians in the world and were being hunted down like animals by the World Government.

"Enough!!" Asmodeus roared in annoyance. "I will kill you, a descendant of Fonix, and present your corpse to my king!" He declared and got into a combative stance.

Typhon features hardened. "No, you're going to try."

He and King charged towards the demon prince, and their opponent met them halfway. Asmodeus swung the blade at Typhon, but the latter evaded the attack, and his sword made contact with King's.

Both traded blows while Typhon came behind the demon, charging and shooting several highly condensed fire beams. Seeing the projectiles coming, King broke the engagement with Asmodeus and kicked him toward the deadly fire attacks.

The Prince of Lust let out a roar of agony when the fiery attacks made contact with the body. The agony soon turned into a rage as Asmodeus entered a berserker state and began attacking King. Asmodeus's attack speed was greater than before, his attack patterns were harder to predict for the older Lunarian, and each blow that landed made his bones ache.

Letting out another primal roar, Asmodeus struck against King's, and this attack had more force put into it, which caused the former to be sent crashing to the ground. The demon leaped into the air with his sword raised and held in reverse grip, ready to be run through King's body, but before he could descend any lower, a large crystalline pillar burst from the ground and rammed into the demon prince's face.

Asmodeus snapped back from the impact and was stunned.

Typhon didn't allow him to recover as dozens of crystalline pillars crashed into him. When he got too high in the air, more pillars would burst from the previous one and smack down, only to be assaulted again by more pillars. Now getting back to his feet, King fired a barrage of condensed fire beams at the demon. Eventually, Asmodeus recovered and quickly surrounded himself in a forcefield.

However, that didn't deter the Lunarians; it instead caused them to become more relentless in their assault. Seeing his forcefield cracking from the damage it received, Asmodeus retaliated and fired several energy beams at them. Several destroyed Typhon's crystalline pillars or collided with the fire beams. Some managed to hit their target as the youngest of the two Lunarians crashed to the ground.

For King, he could deflect most of them, but the ones that did hit pushed him albeit slightly. The demon released another wave of demonic energy, instantly destroying all the crystalline pillars. Asmodeus then moved towards Typhon, but King immediately intercepted and shoulder-checked the demon. The demon growled and shot several energy beams at the Lunarian, then charged at him.

King deflected them all, quickly evaded being impaled, and gave Asmodeus a vicious backhand. Not one to take such disrespect, Asmodeus returned the favor, but he also grabbed the Lunarian by the head and slammed his face to the ground. Growling King stabbed the demon in the groin area and then twisted it, causing the latter's hold on him to be weaker as he howled in agony. Typhon went to impale the demon through the eyes, but the latter backhanded him away again, sending him back to the ground.

Asmodeus then grabbed King's sword with his right hand and aimed his weapon toward the Lunarian's left eye. He thrust his blade, but before his weapon reached King, Typhon came between them and kicked the sword out of the demon's hand. The demon was getting extremely aggravated from constantly receiving lethal blows and his fatal attacks being interrupted. Asmodeus Spartan kicked Kings away, then, faster than the boy could react, grabbed Typhon by the wings.

Asmodeus looked at King and grinned sadistically before roaring and using his extreme might to rip the teen's wings off, causing blood to splatter everywhere and Typhon to let a haunting blood, blood-curdling scream. King saw his adopted son's wings getting ripped off so cruelly and savagely, causing him to go pale with horror and fear.

"Typhon!!!!" The older Lunarian screamed out and rushed at the demon with hatred and fury in his eyes. "LET HIM GO!!!"

"If that's what you want," Asmodeus smirked and dropped the teen.

He then promptly stomped the boy's head three times before getting tackled. The amount of force was enough to cause everything for the teen to go blurry before it faded into darkness.

"I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU WORTHLESS UGLY PIECE OF SHIT!!!" King roared out as he swung his blade wildly yet precisely at the demon.

He managed to land several lacerations and puncture wounds on Asmodeus before getting the weapon knocked out of his hand. Being weaponless didn't deter King's assault on the demon, as he closed the distance between them and tightly wrapped his arm around his waist.

He slammed the demon onto the ground, sat up, and wailed down at the Prince of Lust with his fists. King then grabbed Asmodeus by the horns and snapped them off. The Lunarian then used the horns to stab the demon in the eyes, causing him to roar in agony and retaliate. Asmodeus's left hand shot out, jamming his thumb into the Lunarian's right eye.

King nearly let out a scream of pain but, with immense willpower, managed to hold it in and ignore the pain. The demon prince attempted to jam out King's other eye, but he caught the demon's wrist before that could happen.

The two stayed in that position for several minutes, but eventually, Asmodeus got out of it, and the battle between the duo continued.

End.