(Seinegald)
The large city of Seinegald had been known for its well-skilled and experience number of knights. Some of the greatest warriors you could ever meet. Unfortunately, those very warriors had met a huge threat that they had never faced before.
The city of Seinegald burned into the flames of conflict as civilians ran away carrying their loved ones trying to get to safety. Dead bodies laid around the ground. Several knights got out their weapons glaring at a large figure squeezing the life out of another knight.
The man was quite muscular with a purple outfit. He had long light blue hair and dark skin with a huge axe in his other hand.
"Barbatos Goetia!" One of the knights demanded. "Unhand our man!"
The large man looked at the others before scoffing. Still choking the knight, he readied his axe.
"If you are THAT confident in your skills, then SHOW ME!" Barbatos swung his swinging his weapon.
This resulted in several fiery eruptions on the ground heading towards the knights. They were knocked off-guard and were all knocked to the ground.
Barbatos scoffed glaring at the choking man. "Some of the strongest knights in the world and THIS is all you can do to oppose me?"
The poor knight had to room to breathe let alone reply. Barbatos glared darkly into his eyes before giving a small smirk.
"Oh well. While I am a bit disappointed, this was more or less a work-out." Barbatos said pulling his axe back. "Now taste the axe of Hades!"
The knight closed his eyes bracing himself for the worse. Barbatos ignored the obvious fear in his eyes getting ready to kill.
That was until he heard a weird noise. Turning around, he saw two balls of light floating in front of him. One white. One black. Barbatos stared in awe.
"What sort of spell is that?" Barbatos asked slowly.
Then, the two balls slowly moved towards each other making a bright light.
Suddenly, the knight Barbatos was choking fell to the ground. Weakly looking up, he noticed that Barbatos had vanished into thin air.
"Was that… The work… Of the heavens?" The man slowly asked before losing consciousness.
(Cult Laboratory)
Barbatos groaned before slowly fluttering his eyes open. He slowly sat up shaking his head to get rid of the dizziness with his trademark axe by this side.
Once he did, he looked around. He was in some kind of dark building. He could feel a blood-thirsty aura from this place.
"Where the devil am I?" Barbatos asked getting up while picking up his weapon. "Obviously those two balls of light brought me here but what WAS those two balls of light and why did they brought me here?"
While normally a berserker, Barbatos DOES stop and think things through when the situation calls for it. Whatever happened was no accident, something teleported him there. Or someone.
"Hello? Is there anybody there?"
Barbatos snapped out of his train of thought turning to the side. Suddenly, his eyes widened.
Walking around a corner was a young man with long blonde hair. He had on white and blue attire while a sword and a spear with a flag.
"No… It can't be…" Barbatos said in disbelief.
"Oh, thank goodness, I found another person!" The young man said in relief. "Listen, do you know where I…"
"Stahn, wait! This man is dangerous!" The sword shouted.
"Dangerous?" The young man asked confused.
"Yes, that is Barbatos Goetia! I am the most ruthless warriors I had ever faced!" The sword warned.
The blue-haired man didn't reply. He merely raised his eyebrow. "You there, boy."
"Um, yeah?" Stahn asked confused.
"How old are you?" Barbatos asked.
"Um, 19." Stahn said tilting his head. "Why did you ask?"
"Indeed. Furthermore, I want to know why you are alive!" The sword demanded.
Barbatos smirked. "Dymlos, long time no see."
"Not long enough!" The sword roared. "Stahn, raise your weapons and don't let your guard down at any moment!"
"Um, I don't know what is going on…" The blonde man said before getting into a stance. "But if you say this guy is bad news, Dymlos then I am taking you down."
Barbatos let out a mirthless laugh. "I killed you once before, boy! I could do it again!"
Stahn's serious look faltered. "Wait… What?"
(Round One: Stahn Aileron)
Barbatos swung his axe downwards. Stahn quickly raised his sword and spear to block the attack. While he succeeded, he found himself before forced backwards.
Despite this, the blonde man growled before pushing himself forward trying to match Barbatos' strength. However, this left him open to a hard kick to the stomach from the larger warrior. Stahn fell backwards until he landed back-first into a wall.
Stahn groaned as he weakly looked up. His eyes widened in horror to see Barbatos rushing towards him. With a shout, he ran out of the way holding the arm that held Dymlos.
"Dang it! If only I still had my artes, I would have a better chance of beating this guy." Stahn groaned.
"Normally I would scold you on relying solely on artes but I'm afraid I have to agree." Dymlos frowned. "You will definitely need artes to beat him! Retreat for now!"
Stahn nodded his head before running off.
"Hey! Get back here!" Barbatos shouted. "Face your early grave like a man!"
The axe-wielder charged after the man. However due to his large stature and heavy weapon, he was unable to keep up and Stahn got away.
Barbatos slowly stopped and slammed his axe on the ground in an annoyed fashion. "Hmph. Coward."
Suddenly, he realized what Stahn and Dymlos had said about artes. Raising an eyebrow, he looked down. He then stomped his foot on the ground a couple of times.
"A lightning strike was supposed to accompany the stomps." Barbatos mused. "Wherever I am, it is disabling artes."
He then smirked evilly.
"This could be interesting."
(Barren Battleground)
Seeing Stahn and Dymlos were long gone, Barbatos decided that there was nothing to do but leave. He walked into a barren field were skeletons of soldiers laid everywhere. This hardly fazed him. Mainly because he was preoccupied with something else.
"So Aileron is here. But as a teenager." Barbatos said. "Whatever those two lights were, it had the power over time travel."
For those who are confused, Barbatos had actually Stahn before. But as an adult. Dymlos and Barbatos known each other but not in a friendly way. Dymlos was the one who had killed Barbatos and permanently erased him history for his evil acts.
However, Barbatos was resurrected and he wanted to regain his place in history. By killing the hero that wielded Dymlos. That was why he was so stunned to see Stahn.
"But… Not only had the lights took me when Aileron was still young, it disabled the usage of artes." Barbatos mused.
"That is because this world doesn't function like your world."
Barbatos' eyes widened before whirling around. There, he saw a figure wearing traditional robes. He had glowing blue skin with blank white eyes.
Barbatos looked in awe. "Who… Or what are you?"
"I am the Eternal Champion." The man said sternly crossing his arms.
"The Eternal Champion?" Barbatos asked raising an eyebrow.
"I am the protector of time and space." The bald man said. "It is my duty to make sure the timeline isn't interfered with."
Barbatos paused for a moment. "If THAT'S the case, you didn't do a very good job with me."
The Eternal Champion growled. "Just because I don't go there and fix them myself doesn't mean I can't do anything to help like helping creating Reala."
Barbatos' eyes widened remembering that name. "Reala?"
"Anyway, I am on a bigger mission but as long as I am here, I might as well stop you." The Eternal Champion said. "You are without a doubt one of the most dangerous entities I had ever witnessed."
Barbatos smirked before readying his axe. "I take that as a compliment. Unfortunately, it is not enough to let you live."
The Eternal Champion narrowed his eyes getting out a katana out of nowhere. "Trust me. You couldn't kill me if you tried."
(Round Two: Eternal Champion)
Barbatos and the Eternal Champion ran at each other with the latter now wielding a bo staff. The two swung their weapons with each other causing sparks. Despite stunned at a staff could manage to deflect his axe, Barbatos didn't let up with the attacks.
Barbatos swung his axe at his smaller opponent only for the man to leap over the attack putting his staff over him. However, Barbatos thought quickly and blocked the attack. Making up for his mistake, the Eternal Champion kicked Barbatos in the face knocking him away.
The large man staggered back before stopping him. With a snarl, he swung his axe managing to catch the Eternal Champion in the stomach. Seeing his attack connect, he swung around in circles a few times before slamming the man on the ground hard.
Barbatos laughed evilly before stomping on the Eternal Champion's chest a few times. "Cry! Scream! Die!"
The godly entity cried in pain a few times before losing unconsciousness while still being stomped on. When Barbatos was done, he stopped the attack and raised an eyebrow.
"No blood…" Barbatos noted poking the Eternal Champion's chest with his axe. "And I think he is STILL alive. Perhaps he WAS right about being some kind of protector of time."
Barbatos suddenly smirked.
"It just goes to show how strong my power is." Barbatos smirked before walking off seeing that he can't kill the Eternal Champion. For now, anyway.
(Forest Clearing)
It took Barbatos a while but he had managed to reach an area with actual life. Walking through a forest, he pondered on what the Eternal Champion said.
"So… I am in another world." Barbatos mused. "That may explain why my and Aileron's artes doesn't work. It may somewhat explain why I saw Aileron as a teenager."
Barbatos then stopped in his place pondering about the issue.
"A different world…" Barbatos mused. He then smirked evilly. "I don't know what this world is but I will make these people remember the name, Barbatos Goetia!"
Suddenly, he noticed something. In the distance was a large citadel.
"Well, I know where MY first target is…" Barbatos said walking over.
"Yeah, a holding cell!"
Barbatos' eyes widened before looking behind him. He then saw a man. He was wearing a blue outfit with a big "S" on his chest with a long red cape. The most noticeable thing about him was that he was floating a few feet off the ground.
Barbatos narrowed his eyes. "And YOU are?"
"My name is Superman." The man said sternly with his arms crossed.
"Superman?" Barbatos asked raising an eyebrow. "Are you that confident in your power that you dubbed yourself that name?"
"You can say that." Superman said narrowing his eyes. "But that is not important. What is important is I overheard what you said. I don't know what you are planning but it is obviously up to no-good."
"So you consider yourself a hero, eh?" Barbatos said narrowing his eyes. "I have you know that I killed heroes before."
"Well, I have you know that I am no ordinary hero." Superman said cracking his knuckles.
"I hope so." Barbatos smirked. "I always liked the ones who last longer."
(Round Three: Superman)
Barbatos swung his axe downwards at Superman. Much to his surprise though, the caped man easily caught the handle of the axe stopping it from chopping him in half. Superman then kicked Barbatos in the stomach. The blue-haired man grunted in pain before retaliating with a kick of his own. The two continued to kick at each other.
"How could one unarmed man be so strong?" Barbatos asked in disbelief.
"Just be grateful I am not at my full power." Superman said sternly.
Barbatos growled before finding an opening swinging his head forward. Superman staggered back letting go of the axe. Astaroth smirked before pulling his axe back like he was about to hit a fast ball. Superman looked up too late.
Barbatos swung his axe with all of his might striking Superman in the side. The caped man flew through the air crashing RIGHT THROUGH THREE TREES clearing a loud dust cloud. When the dust settles, Superman's hand was trapped underneath a bunch of knocked down trees signalling. Much to Barbatos' surprise, the hand was moving but in a way as if Superman was struggling to keep his consciousness. However, he stopped.
Barbatos raised an eyebrow. "Heh. Perhaps he wasn't so arrogant to call himself Superman after all."
He then put his axe on his shoulder before walking off.
"Now where was I?"
(Citadel Entrance)
It didn't take Barbatos that long to reach the citadel city. There, two guards were standing on each side of the entrance. Barbatos made his way over the drawbridge on the moat.
However, one of the guards looked to the side. "Hey, you!"
Barbatos raised an eyebrow before looking to the side. "Yes?"
"You are not from around here, are you?" The guard asked.
"Is it that obvious?" Barbatos asked.
"Yeah. Don't worry, you are still one of the more saner than that we saw today." The guard offered. "Recently, we had been getting a lot of strange people coming in."
"Really?" Barbatos said raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah, they all claimed that they are from another world and two balls of light brought them there." The guard said.
"You don't say…" Barbatos said.
Suddenly, the large man grabbed the guard by his neck and lifting him off the ground. Barbatos was giving a big grin.
"Looks like I had come to the right place!" Barbatos smirked.
"H-Hey!" The other guard said rushing over getting out a sword. "Unhand him!"
Barbatos merely swung at the incoming guard slashing him in the chest. The guard collapsed on the ground dead before he hit the bridge. Barbatos then stabbed his axe into the stomach of the other guard. Barbatos let go of the dead man onto the bridge.
"Tsk!" Barbatos smirked stomping on the dead man's corpse. "You call yourself a guard and yet you are out-bested by a stranger!"
The blue-haired man continued stomping on the poor man with a big grin on his face.
"Enough!"
Barbatos immediately stopped what he was doing to see a young Asian woman darting over with a sword.
"How dare you? These men are already dead!" The woman snapped. "Have you no respect for the deceased?"
"And I assume you want to do something about it?" Barbatos asked.
"You bet I do!" The woman said angrily getting into a stance. "I don't know who you are but I cannot forgive what you done to these guards!"
Barbatos merely smirked. "Fine. You'll be next!"
(Round Four: Fa Mulan)
Mulan quickly ducked underneath Barbatos' axe swing and slid underneath his legs. Kicking her leg back, she caught Barbatos in the back. The axe-wielder merely grunted in annoyance. Turning around, he punched his fist out only for Mulan to swerve her head to the side.
Letting out a deep breath, Mulan narrowed her eyes before plunging her sword into the side of Barbatos' mid-section. The axe-wielder yelled in pain.
"Rest in peace, monster!" Mulan roared. Suddenly, something happened that made her froze.
Barbatos grabbed the wrist of her hand and glared down at her looking furious. Mulan stood in pure horror.
"How… How are you still alive?" Mulan asked in disbelief. "I… I stabbed you!"
"Yes, ONCE." Barbatos said.
With that, he struck Mulan in the face sending the Chinese soldier sprawling across the bridge before she fell into the moat with a big splash. Barbatos effortless plucked the sword out of his midsection before threw it to the ground like it was a piece of garbage.
He then looked at the entrance. He then saw a small crowd forming. Upon seeing the giant had noticed them, they screamed before running off. Barbatos smirked.
"Time to have some fun."
(Citadel Fire)
Needless to say, Barbatos didn't take much time to cause chaos. He had slaughtered pretty much everyone who tried to stop him. Those who didn't get killed were brutally injured. Barbatos laughed as the citadel burned just like at Seinegald.
"Is that all you got?" Barbatos roared. "How do you hope to go back to your homeworlds if you can't even save yourself?"
Barbatos smirked before walking forward to see who was left.
Suddenly, he heard heavy footsteps behind him.
Turning around, he blocked a sword with his axe. Using his brute strength, he shoved his attacker back to get a close look at him.
The attacker was a green-clad young man with blonde hair and a strange hat. He was carrying a sword and shield while glaring at his enemy.
"So you are my next victim?" Barbatos asked.
"You! How could you harm all of these innocent people!?" The man demanded.
"I wanted to see how strong these people were but in the end, most of them were all disappointments." Barbatos said shaking his head.
"You wanted to see how strong they are?" The man asked in disbelief. "Is that why you caused so much pain!?"
"Yes." Barbatos said sternly.
The man snarled. "You are just as bad as Ganondorf!"
"I'll take that as a compliment." Barbatos said with a smirk.
The man growled before readying himself. "You! I will DEFEAT you!"
"Good! Let your rage be your strength!" Barbatos smirked. "I had been disappointed far too many times tonight!"
(Destined Battle: Link)
Link leaped back to avoid an axe smash from Barbatos. Link then ran up and slashed the blue-haired man in the stomach followed up a shield smash to the face. Barbatos staggered back a couple of steps before Link kneed him in the stomach.
Barbatos grunted in pain before punching at Link who easily ducked underneath the attack. As much as he hated to admit, Link was evenly matched with him. Barbatos growled before poking his axe forward. Link thought quickly and raised his shield to block it. However, the Hero of Time found himself before forced back.
"NOW!" Barbatos shouted as a red light surrounded his hand. He then grabbed Link and threw him onto the ground. The axe-wielder then smashed his axe into Link's back creating a burst of fire.
"May these be the last words you ever hear!" Barbatos shouted twisting his axe around spinning Link around in the progress.
"KNOW WHAT TRUE FEAR IS!" Barbatos said sending Link straight into a building where he laid unmoving.
Barbatos breathed in and out heavily before slowly realizing what he had just done. He looked at his free hand.
"What was that?" Barbatos asked. "I don't think that was any arte like I done before."
He then smirked.
"But I like it!" Barbatos said.
Suddenly, he was taken out of his train of thought when he heard a familiar noise. Turning around, he saw the same balls of light from earlier floating in front of him. Suddenly, they both turned into swords. The white ball turned into a sword of beautiful crystal while the black ball turned into a sword made out of flesh.
Barbatos looked stunned. "What the?"
"Ah, yes, yes, yes!" The flesh sword said. "The strength! The bloodlust! This is EXACTLY what I had been waiting for!"
"I… Can't believe someone… Like him had advanced so far!" The crystal sword said in disbelief.
"Believe it, Soul Calibur!" The flesh sword taunted.
"What the? What are you?" Barbatos asked.
"I am Soul Edge! The sword of chaos! I had been watching you fight and I must say that I am quite impressed!" Soul Edge said.
"Soul Edge?" Barbatos asked confused.
"Yes, you see, I had to make a truce with my arch-enemy, the sword of order to find a host for one of us!" Soul Edge explained. "We had summoned fifty people here to see how they would fight each other and you came up on top!"
Barbatos smirked crossing his arms. "Well, I am flattered."
"And as your Reward, you now have to chance to wield me!" Soul Edge said. "Be my host and I will give you all the power you want!"
Barbatos paused for a moment in thought. "No."
"WHAT!?" Soul Edge asked in disbelief.
"I already got all of the power I need." Barbatos said coolly.
"How dare you!? Do you know who you are speaking too?" Soul Edge demanded.
"What? You said it yourself! I am the strongest of the fifty potential hosts." Barbatos said. "I don't know any power."
Soul Edge growled while Soul Calibur sighed in relief.
"However…"
The two swords shot to attention.
"I do want to rewritten back into history. After Dymlos killed, he erased my rightful spot in the history books." Barbatos said. "That is why I attacked the citadel. To be written in THIS history. But…"
"But?" Soul Calibur asked not letting where this was going.
"If my guess is correct, there are many different worlds outside my own universe. Which means each one has their own history." Barbatos said. "I could be the one to be known across the universe."
"Sooo…" Soul Edge said.
"Soul Edge, give me the power to travel to different worlds and I will be your master!" Barbatos said.
Soul Edge gave a dark chuckle. "I don't usually break for your hard bargains but for you, I will be more than happy to make an exception!"
Barbatos smirked. "Perfect."
"No, I can't just stay here and watch this!" Soul Calibur said flying up to Barbatos' face.
"Then, look away!" The giant said swatting Soul Calibur away like a fly.
Barbatos stampeded over to Soul Edge and grabbed the handle with his free hand. Suddenly, a dark spiral surrounded Barbatos as Soul Edge merged with his axe.
"Yes, yes, yes! This is it! I haven't been since satisfied with a host since Nightmare!" Soul Edge said finally finishing merging with Barbatos' axe.
Barbatos looked at his new weapon and smirked. "Ha. This could be the start of a beautiful friendship."
With that, he let out an evil laugh that echoed throughout the flaming and wounded city.
…Through the many starry skies, every history book told the terrifying tale of Barbatos Goetia…
NOTE: Barbatos' story was the easiest to write for so far. Then again, unlike Mulan, Antoine and arguably Talbain, Barbatos doesn't need a reason to fight a random stranger. Either fight him or get killed and/or watch someone else get killed.