"I need not answer a dead man."
The leader of these reviving soldiers spoke darkly, with a sureness that was making even Xavier doubt himself. Maybe he should have kept running. The tall man in armor seemed unphased by his soldiers getting cut down over and over again.
"That's it, you smug *******! Kill the puppeteer, you kill the puppets!" Xavier surged forward, swinging his sword and slicing the leader's head clean off. It toppled, helm still covering it, to the ground, rolling a few feet before coming to a rest. The leader's armored body fell backwards and landed with a thud. Xavier spat on the downed leader, before turning around and walking away without a word.
After a moment, however, the body began to stir. It got back to its feet, before walking over to its head, retrieving it, and placing it back on his shoulders. A sickening series of pops and cracks was heard as he adjusted it, before he finished and turned toward the group once more.
"I am tired of these games. I must terminate you immediately, as you are a threat to the good of our cause."
The same purple aura that revived the soldiers surrounded completely the leader. The downed soldiers were then surrounded with it, but instead of coming back to life, they dissipated in an almost melting fashion back into the earth. Moments later, it seemed like an earthquake was shaking the entire forest. Behind the leader, the ground shook violently, fissures appearing as the earth began to buckle upwards. Emerging from the ground, shrouded in a fiery purple aura, was a tremendous suit of armor. When fully emerged, it stood almost as tall as the trees in the forest, well over thirty feet. The ground ceased shaking, and the summoned armor let out a terrible roar that blew the leaves like a tempest.
"For your sinful transgressions, your punishment will be a swift delivery into the realms of Hades."
As the leader again spoke, Xavier looked at the giant armor beast with an awestruck, unbelieving expression. Was he dreaming? He had to be, there was no way this was actually happening. His mind couldn't comprehend it.
"A TRUE MAN NEVER DIES, EVEN WHEN HE'S KILLED!"