The familiar heat returned to his body as Asmodeus finally stepped back into Hell. He emerged from the swirling, burning red portal, his feet landing on the cracked, scorching ground of his domain.
The new power within him felt strange. It was something he had long desired, yet now that he truly possessed it, it felt different—especially because it had come from someone he never expected.
A human.
A mere human who had once rejected his offer to join his army, who had even vowed to kill him. And yet, that same human had now appeared before him, wielding a power beyond comprehension.
Not only that, but Clyde possessed both Angelic and Demonic power within himself—two forces that should have annihilated each other. It was something impossible. And yet, it was real.
And that kind of power was what had ultimately defeated him.