As Zeruel awaits a response or action from this mysterious girl, both characters would look up to see a daunting sight, one that is seen throughout the entire battlefield. Several golden star-like objects began falling from the sky at a tremendous speed, crashing into the ground and lakes of Arcadia. For Zeruel, it was a rather unusual sight and he doesn't know what to make of it. Regardless he holds his ground motionlessly as several of these stars crashed close to his position, with one of them being unusually bigger than the others. As the Laguna Angel examines the star, it was blatantly clear that something wasn't right. These were definitely not the cosmic comets coming from a meteor shower. No, they didn't seem natural. But who created them? He considered the astrologer Ciel as the candidate, but she wasn't in this battle. She even confirmed it herself. But if its not her...
Then what did?
His answer would come as soon as the dust settled around the clearing. The candidate? It was another mysterious female character, one that seemed to also be radiating an incredibly strong dark aura. She wasn't impressively tall, but had a golden-black outfit, topped off by a cape and large horns that resembled those of a bull's... as well as a Hellish succubus. Like the vampire-female, the Bull was someone he did not recognize. Zeruel did not attack however, rather keeping still and silent, as to find out an answer from these two mysterious units.
They spoke of some preparations, but revealed barely anything about what it is. They mentioned someone, or something, named Drasil and his complaints about what happened at...
The Alchemist's Laboratory.
The first laboratory that came to mind was Hohenheim's, the same one that Heaven and the other two factions participated in. Of course, Zeruel didn't participate the event, and neither did his retainer Kushiel, but the announcement from the Imperator did mention these specific details. Plus, he had some knowledge about the place as well. Whoever these characters are, they must have had something to do with the competition that took place in that lab castle. The question is what they were doing there. Of course, once they looked at him did they stop with their little chat, the Bull one teasing the Vampire with a suspicious glance and how she 'wasn't the type to make friends'. Zeruel had to chime in at that point.
"IDENTIFY YOURSELVES." Zeruel thunders over them imposingly.
But of course, they didn't see him as anything important, at least not in his mangled form. After a few insults thrown at his pride, the female characters entered a portal and left the battlefield, leaving the Laguna Angel alone in the burning forest that surrounded him. But by then, his regeneration had healed him to about 62%, just over the half way mark. He was blatantly still injured, but he was healthy enough to haul himself out of here. He had both little care or energy to continue fighting in this battle. The most important thing was simply...
What the hell did he just witness?
These characters didn't seem to be simply demons. Actually he can't quite confirm if they were demons at all. However, the only thing he was left with... was this scroll. Normally Zeruel would discard these papers of nonsense, but for once was he actually curious. What is this scroll? What does it contain? Why was it given to him? He had many questions that had to be answered. Yet one thing remained sure. Imperator Deva must be informed about this... event.
Transforming into his flying mode, Zeruel observes the chaos of Arcadia one last time, looking at the carnage that was brought upon this place. He glanced at the battles in the distance, the place were he fell, and back again. He was bested today... and he will be judged by the rest of the Laguna Council, but his dominance over them will still remain. He must simply learn from this event and be more cautious. After a long silence, the Laguna Angel turns around and leaves the burning battlefield and everyone still in it.
As Ghelgath tries to buy time within his little "Fortress of Solitude", he witnesses the defeats of two other Hell warriors. The first was Victoires', who was blasted right from the sky due to Hildr's attack to his left. To his right, both his and Silske's armies were getting obliterated by that Bastion, with the Ice Sargent attempting to strike back, just barely staying alive. And to his far right, Ghelgath sees Ira, the new "Queen" of Hell, having her throat sliced and left for dead. Yup. This new Queen died, having only been on the throne for just a few hours. He knew she wasn't worthy, the others should've listened to him. He may be considered more as an outsider, he still had been around for a pretty long time himself. Regardless, whether the Nexus will revive her or not, her rule will be challenged. Most likely someone is going to reclaim the throne. The Lich King wouldn't mind the throne, but figures that someone much stronger will indeed capture it for itself. Hopefully this new ruler, if one comes up, will be much more promising than this "false" Queen.
As he prepares to retreat, he suddenly sees cracks in the wall as he sees Bastion taking pot-shots at the wall. Ghelgath hisses in anger as he then looks back to where his Blizzard Hunters are chasing Tartys, with each one slowly getting shot down by him. This whole operation was a complete disaster. It was every man for himself. Yet as he observes the flier attempting to get rid of the last figure, he suddenly hears a shot, followed by seeing him stagger and begin falling towards the ground. But before he could do anything, he hears another shot followed by a bright red light pierce his mind and a sharp pain at his left knee.
"FUUUUUUUUUUCK!" he screams agonizingly as he looks down at his knee, revealing a bloody hole in his knee-socket.
This is a problem. Despite Tartys having been taken out, the sniper Marqueis and the Bastion unit were already on his tail. It seems as if he's going to die here...
But hope could save him...
The Ice Sargent had just recovered from almost being knocked out by one of Bastion's blast and gets slowly back onto his feet. He instantly notices that the fire being thrown at him was false, with his remaining units having been mostly destroyed or otherwise dissolving into the ground due to the lack of coordination. He looks up to see Bastion and Marqueis fire down on an ice barrier, where Ghelgath was undoubtedly trying to hide himself and take cover. That barrier wasn't going to hold, yet the Sargent can probably distract or take down one of them to help his general escape. They weren't concentrated on him anyways. One quick decision later, he picks his target. Using his staff he points it in the direction of Marqueis and fires a spell that would freeze the robot sniper upon contact. Whether it would hit or not, it will still provide half a distraction to allow his master to escape.
Meanwhile, the remaining Blizzard Hunter changes course once Tartys began falling to the ground below. Like the Sargent, he was behind both offending characters, who were both shooting down the barrier his creator erected. With a ghostly growl, he unit picks the flying Bastion and attacks her from behind, firing a frozen precision shot at the flying human. If it hit, it would slowly begin freezing her and the unit would attack the distracted unit, biting into her armor and taking her down with her, even if it meant its own destruction by self-destructing itself right in her face.
If both distractions worked, Ghelgath could escape into the woods, where the portal was just beyond that line of trees... but is such luck on his side today?
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