At the Brink of Insanity

Chapter 26: Fire and Ice

In one of those special Arabian nights, sparks of blue and orange flames could have been seen if you looked closely enough and sound of metal against metal could have been heard if you listened. Fire and ice were continuing their eternal battle and David was the lucky guy to witness it.

The sin of wrath, Abbadon, got the task to kill David while Leviathan tried to protect him.

Their blades collided time after time, emitting the cold blue and the burning orange flames, slashing the palace and each other, giving the two princes painful wounds. Punching and kicking were added to their brawl, while David could only watch and hide himself behind a pillar. 

He could barely follow what was happening with his eyes, when out of nowhere, Abbadon appeared in front of the boy, his blade ready to take his life. In the same second David thought he was about to die, another, even more powerful swing of a blade sent the sin of wrath flying, turning everything to ice in the process. 

"I think I've had enough of you, Adon..." 

David's throat was dry and he was cold, very cold. He noticed that the blue flames which were burning on Leviathan, disappeared, but the air definitely changed. Leviathan was emitting powerful demonic energy which made him feel as if he was on North pole. His aura, his posture, his killing intent, everything changed. He realised that the real prince of Hell was in front of him.

His mesmerized state of thought was shattered once Abbadon's behavior changed as well. His orange flames were gone and a powerful energy like Leviathan's made its presence known, melting Leviathan's ice. The real fight was about to begin. 

Demon princes launched towards one another, colliding their blades once more. One's gigantic fire wave trying to swallow everything in its path and the other's ice trying to freeze the Hell over. And once again, the sound of metal against metal clicking, slashing, punching and kicking continued with two demon souls burning with passion to win. They both made many cuts on each other and were quite equal in power, until Abbadon shifted more of his power into his feet, boosting his speed with which he launched at Leviathan and made a deep wound across other demon's chest, which sent him flying backwards and spitting blood. 

"You're getting rusty, Levi!" yelled Abbadon in the midst of fight smirking. "Seems like we'll have to change the hierarchy!"

David rushed towards Leviathan to help him, just to find him grinning from ear to ear. He removed his grin and slowly got up, patting David on the head as he passed him by. "Watch this." Leviathan whispered.

David's head snapped towards the demon, his eyes glued to demon's back. Unlike Abbadon, who reminded the boy of Mammon, Leviathan was the calm type who didn't act on adrenaline or his emotions. While he switched from defense to offense, even though his attacks were flashy, there was something lacking, something which put Abbadon in the lead, but David felt something big was going to happen. 

Before Abbadon could launch his final attack and win, in the mare glimpse of a second, David was able to catch that Leviathan suddenly held two swords in his hands. Creating an ice clone of himself, with a speed David has never seen, Leviathan's attack of double ice slashes except defeating Abbadon, also destroyed the whole palace and anything in the two kilometer radius.

Standing tall and proud, Leviathan's eyes turned to his left, where another silhouette of a man could be seen. "My, my, and here I was hoping I wouldn't have to fight. I honestly thought you'd wouldn't make a fuss about it, Leviathan."

"And I think the two of you forgot who's the second below Lucifer, Asmodeus." Leviathan fired back. 

"Don't be like that," cooed Asmodeus, "you can't be number two forever. All of us would like to get that ranking, you know? It's selfish to keep it all for yourself."