Notice-I dont own Soulcalibur or any of the characters from the game
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Zasalemel stood in the center the Lost Cathedral awaiting the strong aura he was feeling. He had hoped who ever it was, held Soul Edge. He heard foot steeps echoing through the halls nearby. As they got louder he could tell they wore armor. Then the sound stopped. "Come out I know you're here already, no use in having me or you wait!" Zasalemel shouted into the hall. There was no reply. The footsteps began again, he readied his Scythe. Whoever it was began to run in, soon coming into the area where Zasalemel stood, it was indeed the Azure Knight, Nightmare. "HAHAHA! It's gonna be fun taking your soul."
"Well, then, once you hand over your sword, I'll let you live and we can both move on to better things." Zasalemel said.
"You have my blade? Your ridiculous. Anyway, the sword isn't at its full power and I was thinking…why not you volunteer. What do you say, human?"
"I say die!" Zasalemel charged at Nightmare swinging his Scythe at his enemies head, Nightmare was able to duck and counter attack, aiming at Zasalemel's stomach, Zasalemel quickly blocked it and stood a small distance from Nightmare and guarded himself. Nightmare took his sword and tried to stab his opponent in the legs to handicap him, but his missed as Zasalemel took a quick side-steep out of the way. Zasalemel attacked Nightmare from the rear, but only was able to get a small cut on Nightmare's back.
Nightmare retaliated with a burst of energy exploding from his body pushing Zasalemel back into the railing near the edge of the waterfall that was flowing by the sides of the platform the stood on. Nightmare gave out a menacing laugh; he was ready to end the life of the man.
Zasalemel stood up, and was obviously weak from the attack. His enemy charged at him. And with the last of Zasalemel's strength, he let out a power full blow onto Nightmare, Zasalemel fell down and Nightmare's fell back as his chest piece nearly split.
Nightmare got up quickly, and with his monstrous arm, lifted Zasalemel and shoved him up against a pillar. "So it comes to this…" Zasalemel said.
"Ha! Looks like it's over." Nightmare said.
"If you think it'll end here…your wrong."
"Oh it won't end here. I'll kill everyone I come across…and after that, my blade will become more powerful…more deadly…and I, I will be the cause of death for all ages to come!"
"All fall eventually, and I assure you, you will die in this spot sooner or later."
"Shut up, human." And with that Nightmare stabbed Zasalemel in the chest, killing him. He absorbs the soul and left to continue his hellish crusade.
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The air was fresh in the field where Astaroth had slept, and he hated it. Everyday was worse than the last, never even getting an idea where Soul Edge was. Why? Why couldn't he find it? And plus he hadn't even used his axe in two days, and it was starting to get to him. He shivered at the fact that he may not kill for days. He was far from any nearby town or village. The middle of the middle of nowhere. He stood up and picked up his heavy battle-axe and looked into the distance and saw someone walking. "Ahh, finally." He said to himself as he was got in his battle stance.
The person walking soon saw who it was…Astaroth. "There you are!" the man cried out.
"Revenge is overrated you know." Astaroth replied to the man, Maxi.
Maxi got in his stance and was ready to kill Astaroth on the spot he was pumped up. Until Astaroth quickly turned around. 'Soul Edge' Astaroth thought to himself. He ran the direction.
"Hey!" Maxi ran after him.
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After some time Maxi caught up to Astaroth who had found Nightmare. "Oh, crap!" Maxi exclaimed.
Nightmare had been found by two strong souls. Perfect. He knew how he could defeat them. Astaroth, he is extremely powerful but slow, with quickness he could finish him off. But Maxi is very fast so he would have to stay in a defensive stance and wait for a time to get a killer strike on him. 'Easy' he thought.
'I may want revenge, but dealing with Nightmare AND Astaroth, but this may be my last chance!' Maxi had a hard choice.
Astaroth's mind was on one thing, the Soul Edge, and nothing would stop him…nothing.
