Gurudza on his way home feels the clash of power that occurred when Genteel and Astaroth went on head-to-head on impact. The prince stops and looks in that direction and sees a spark of power rising into the sky exploding.
"What is this power that feels menacing!?" he asks himself out loud amazed by the feeling.
Coming from behind him Garamba answers his question, "If I am not mistaken, that is your girlfriend's mother's power!" she accumulates air in her cheeks and breathes out heavily, "Genteel, you never cease to amaze me!" she praises her friend.
He looks with a serious face and he deepens his voice annoyed, "What are you doing here?" he asks.
"I am here for you actually!"
"Why, why are you here for me?" he asks impudently.
"I do not appreciate your tone young man!" she is annoyed by his insolence, "I am here because I am your mother!"
"So, after all this time you realise that you are a mother now?"
"I admit that I have done a lot of wrong and that I have never been a mother to you but can we talk about this after we have solved what is coming?"
"What is coming?"
"Gwanhoya is coming for you and Mukura and I am sure she will send the that monster of hers to kill one of you and the other she will deal with on her own and Genteel went after her daughter and I came for you!"
"I have to go and help them!"
He changes his direction to follow where the foreboding power is.
"Where do you think you are going, young man?"
"Where does it look like I am headed to? I am going to join and help them and when the witch demon attacks, we will not be fighting separated!"
She ambles behind him, "I don't see me being able to change your mind. So, I will go with you and also you brought up a pretty good point."
"Suit yourself!"
The mother and the son head toward the region where Mukura and Genteel are.
The Battle Field
"You have great power white witch!" Astaroth acknowledges her, "But still it is not enough to beat me!"
"I do not care for your journey ends today demon!"
"You do not understand, Queen! The odds are staked against you right now and when it comes to power!" he increases his height to ten feet tall and changes his skin to bright red and the diamond starts shining with huge dragon wings on his back, "It is weighing more on my side!"
The power he has truly is much higher than hers but she does not waver but keeps staring at him in the face.
"Now, I am going to make you join your daughter on the ground over there!"
Genteel makes her grip on her stuff preparing for the hard battle ahead. Astaroth draws a red triangle in the air and pushes it gently with his hand.
"Let us see how you will fair out against me at full power Queen." He increases the pressure on the triangle, increasing the speed it is travelling, "All this that you fight for is meaningless. The world you are trying to cling onto is already doomed!"
"I still do not care! You hurt my child and I am going to make you pay demon!" she strikes the ground twice with her stick and an earth barrier rises to protect her. She places her stuff right in front of her face, "Now cleanse the tainted!"
A white light covers the whole area erasing the dark power whilst burning Astaroth. He screams in agonising pain.
"You will pay for this witch!" he leaps off the ground forming a fist and Genteel smiles waiting for him.
"Divine Wrath!" she shouts ousting a direct ray of white light that pierces through Astaroth on the chest.
Down he goes to the ground with his hand on the hole. He smiles looking at the wound inflicted on him by the queen of the white witches. In terms of power, he is a few tiers ahead of her but she seems to be more experienced. He gets up of the ground still smiling and he acknowledges her again
"Queen of the white witches! You have my respect!"
The wound on his chest heals instantly as soon as he set himself straight.
"I do not need your respect!"
They both charge at each other with great pace. At full force they head bud into each other and this time the strength tussle goes in favour of Astaroth and he follows through with a punch on the stomach and she throws up blood.
Kneel down holding her stomach with the left hand.
Astaroth laughs, "That looks like it did some damage!"
"Look at you there grovelling on the feet of your enemy!" Garamba's voice comes from the direction where Mukura is resting taunting Genteel, "Look at you, can you even stand?"
She gets up and acts all tough in Garamba's eyes, "This demon packs a punch my friend but I think I can handle him!" confidence resounds in her voice.
She turns to look at Gurudza, "Take care of her, okay? I have to go and join the fight!" she instructs him.
Going forward to Genteel, "Do you need any help Genteel! It looks like the demon is giving you a hard time!"
"Yes, I would really appreciate it." She accepts her offer with a smile.
Garamba scans her, "I have to say, I have never seen you this messed up in or after any battle in my life. This guy must be the real deal!"
Genteel laughs stretching her body, "Suit yourself, if you want to face him alone but I advise you to wait for me to rest for a while!"
Garamba direct her eyes to Astaroth who is already charging for them and she places her hand on Genteel's shoulder, "I am afraid you will have to rest after. He is coming at us, charging like a bull! I wonder what happened to his horns."
Genteel enhances her body with magic, "Now I am ready!"
"Good!"
The ladies light up their eyes and run towards separate directions, Genteel to the left and Garamba to the right. Astaroth stops his charge and watches the two ladies as they charge at him from both sides.
Genteel throws her stuff like a spear while Garamba creates a rising dark whirlwind around him to block him from seeing the stuff and blocking it. Gurudza watches as the two launch their first attack on Astaroth.
The stuff pierce through the diamond on the head and he screams from the pain. Holds the stuff and it burns his hand.
The battle has changed in the favour of Genteel with the coming of Garamba. Astaroth escapes the dark whirlwind and is met by Genteel who has a sneer on her face.
She grabs her stuff on his head and twists it in his forehead slowly.
"You witch!" he screams but she does not let up.
"I wonder what will happen if I inject the sanctifying magic directly into you!"
Astaroth begins breathing loudly and fast, "I will not let you do that!" he burst in anger sending her flying back taking her stuff with her.
"Well, well I guess we are going to have to fight some more! Today is my lucky day." Garamba is excited with the thought of a prolonged fight.
Genteel laughs fixing her dislocated shoulder, "At least we know he is not impregnable!" Genteel gets up and expresses relief.
They both charge again and Astaroth charges also headed Garamba's direction. Garamba hurls her Stuff to him again and he easily dodges continuing his charge on Garamba who is smiling at him malevolently.
She jumps and he stops and look at her in the air with Genteel getting closer to him also. Slowly he vanishes into thin air and reappears behind Genteel, hits her with his arm and she falls back. Vanishes again and appears in front of Garamba. Punches her in the stomach, holds her head and thrust it on his knee, throw her down and she lands on her stomach. He descends quickly crushing her on the back and she screams.
Genteel relaunches her attack but this time a long-range white light wall headed for Astaroth. Feeling the intense magical power gives his attention to it. Amble toward it and after reducing distance puts out his arm to try and stop but the light burns him removing the amplified body slowly and he begins screaming in pain and starts pulling back but the wall is sucking him in slowly.
She turns to look at Gurudza, "I am weak at the moment, do you have any ability that will disrupt him and make it easy for him to be sucked into the wall?" she shouts out asking him.
Trouble for Astaroth, if he losses his concentration he will get sucked in and another threat is rising in the form of Gurudza.
Gurudza rises from beside Mukura and conjures up lightning hit Astaroth with it and Astaroth losses his stand and gets sucked into the wall and it is still advancing towards Garamba.
"Gurudza, get your mother out of the way!" she warns him.
Instinctively he moves and rushes to carry her out of the way and Genteel perceiving that she is out of the way she faints on the spot. After setting Garamba he turns his attention back to Genteel who is on the ground and he makes haste to carry her back so she can lie beside Mukura and Garamba.
And he watches as the light devours Astaroth cleansing him of the power given to him by Mozaad. Seeing the sight of the event is even terrifying for Gurudza watching the skin of Astaroth peel off like an onion. Breaking the diamond placed on his forehead.
The light disperses with the demon left to drop on his knees, humble d and robbed off the power granted to him by Mozaad.
In The Void
Perceiving the failure of Astaroth while sitting on his throne he calls over one of his servants to him, "The pawn I send to earth has failed to earth has failed to do my will and make the girl open the portal! When he returns destroy him for, he has proved to be useless even with all that power granted to him!"
Zora Azo bows down before Mozaad, "Yes, lord!" and he departs at once.
Disappointed of the failure he scratches in front of him creating a crack opening a channel into the Universe and Devoid appears, "Brother!" he calls him.
Devoid responds to him, "I hear you brother, what do you desire?" he answers.
"Brother, open the portal to the Universe for me so I can enter and fulfil my destiny and restore my honour!"
Devoid laughs, "Funny, you are asking me the black sheep of the family for help. The one you always belittled and said I am not your brother, now you ask for my assistance into this universe!"
Infuriated by Devoid's answer hurtles off his throne, "You dare disobey me brother! Have you forgot what happens to those that disobey me!?"
"I do brother but I am no longer willing to obey you and your craziness!" he replies closing the communication.
Enraged by Devoid's refusal he calls on Mushakadzi and he appears in front of him and bows.
"I do not care even if you put your lives on the line make sure that girl re-opens the portal so that I can enter!" he commands him.
"Yes, my lord! Your will be done." Closes the channel and returns back to his sit.
Gurudza watches a terrified and depowered Astaroth escape from the scene and does nothing to stop him. He attends to the three ladies lying down on the ground waiting for them to wake up. The power that the demon had is not normal and for a demon that is not even high ranking he was way above his normal.