Helena apears chained up in a dark room, shackels at her feet and arms as she apears to be kneeling and stripped almost completely naked. Outside the room are multiple guards armed with spears and sheathed swords at their hips, they all seem to wear half a white theater mask with a sad look the mask's face.
The guards all step aside as a tall enigmatic figure steps through the door, on his face is a full white mask, half of the mask smiling while the other frowns, the frowning part however seems to have a small crack on the side of it. The man's hair is fully black and in a wolf cut while on his ears are blue water droplet earrings.
"The Judge..." Helena says with an angry tone.
"Why the long face? I thought you'd be happy to finally see me again, sister." The masked man laughs, stepping closer to her while resting his hand on the longsword on his right hip, the long sword has a blue handle with a golden sheath.
"Lucifer is such a coward, couldn't he have killed me himself instead of sending you?"
"He didn't send me, i chose this myself." The man's eyes can be seen narrowing from the mask's eye hole, "i'll be your judge and executioner."
"I see... So do it then, kill me."
"I'm afraid not, there is a man who wants to see you and i won't disobey his command."
Helena only looks down and then uses all her strength to try and break the shackles but the chains only glow golden, not even close to breaking.
"Useless, those chains were embued with a spell of unbreaking. Although the spell wasn't too powerful it will be enough to keep you locked up."
Helena sighs in annoyance, "how boring..." She says to which Astaroth chuckles, "is it really? Why don't i make it a little less boring then?" He unsheathes his sword.
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He quickly slashes and cuts off Helena's pointer finger which immediatelly regenerates, Helena procceeds to laugh, saying that she feels no pain to which Astaroth smiles, "let's change that." And he takes off her earrings, setting them aside on a table.
"I see..." Helena realises what he will do so she changes the topic, "where even am i?"
"Oh, we are still in Archos, the water i summon has the ability of creation, so i created a palace for myself. It took quite a while so i am very proud of my work." He swings again and cuts off the same finger as before, however, this time it doesn't regenerate. Blood gushes out and Helena screams in agony.
"Y- you... I'll murder you once i get out!" Helena said, taking deep breaths to calm the pain down.
"Sure you will, your friends won't save you either, i doubt they'd even want to save a person like you!" He laughs, "and even if they do, i have five hundred guards in this place alone!"
Astaroth pauses for a moment, remembering something, "although... That woman, Yue... I heard she defeated Belial on her own... If she storms this place it will be bloody..."
"Exactly! You can't win! So i say to release me now or you will suffer the consequences later!" Helena's smile dissappears after she feels her middle finger cut off by the sword in Astaroth's hand.
"Silence! How dare you command me, sister? Don't forget your place, you sack of shit!" He shouts, "the weak like you don't deserve a place in this world! This is the 'justice' that you shall be eradicated by!"
Helena keeps quiet, merely staring at her brother with an angry and pained expression, "i will murder every last one of you, Ezra, you and any other weakling in Archos that i see! That is Justice! Only the strong shall live, only then can humanity truly evolve, only then can we truly become a higher, more perfect being we were intended to be!" Helena stares at him, gripping her right hand into a tight fist.
"Oh, and i'll make sure to kill you in front of Azazel! That would truly be an interesting show, wouldn't it?" He laughs, Helena looks down, seemingly reminiscing on past events before moving, trying desperately to destroy the binds as tears fill her eyes. However, Astaroth quickly kicks her in the face and stabs her thigh.
"Shut it! Cry all you want but that won't change fate, i was annointed as a replacement to you but i can never truly replace you if i don't first slaughter you! So keep your mouth shut and wait, alright? I'll make it quick on you."
TO BE CONTINUED...