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When the blow failed to fall, Deker shifted his eyes upward and saw why. The two-headed man was wrapped in the Beast's arms. Blood streamed from the Beast's throat from a wound the two-headed man's sword had put there. Deker heard the crunching sounds as the Beast smashed the two heads one after the other. The Beast then fell sprawling over the body of the two-headed man, its tail twitching even after it was dead.
Deker managed to gain his feet. Five Beasts still remained to battle the gods. The others -- how many Deker didn't know -- had sped off in pursuit of the fleeing Utopes. The hunchback and the albino stood on either side of Deker, swords ready. Two Beasts lay motionless on the ground.