"Wait!" Addel called out weakly, but sure enough, Julio had already rode away form the group and entered into the forest a second time. The knight coughed up a small amount of blood before shaking his head. "Always in a hurry," he muttered.

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"Ehe....is this your way of intimidating me? Because frankly, it's not working. Just saying." The demon calmly brushed off Justin's attacks as if they were nothing. Which in hindsight, they really weren't. A nature spirit held no comparable power to the demon. Or whatever he was. But the angel, ah, now that was interesting. Not a problem, but certainly interesting.

Before he could comment on the new arrival, Samael felt thorns penetrate his eye sockets. He sighed in annoyance. The demon's entire body began to fall apart. Literally. Limbs rotted away, and his flesh disintegrated into small piles of black ash. Mary resisted the urge to vomit as the man's entire being seemed to liquidfy externally.

After a few moments, the blackish substance took shape and once more formed Samael. His crimson eyes were healed, and he casually dusted himself off. "You don't seem to be in the talking mood," he mused. "That's too bad."

He stopped when he noticed another arrival. A sick grin began to spread over his mouth. "Hey Mike," he said casually, addressing the archangel. "Long time no see!"

Micheal raised his blade threateningly at the man. "Stay back," the angel warned. But Samael only grinned more as he saw it. A flash of fear in the archangel's eyes. Micheal knew this was no ordinary creature. No....no, this monster was something else. Something incomprehensible. And this eldrich abomination still craved his prey: Mary.