For a second time in a row the massive army of the Achaemenides was on the run.
Some of them managed to resist by grabbing the guns of fallen soldiers but it was too little too late.
And those who did not flee were killed.
Artašiyāta did not have any solutions and even lost a horse pulling his chariot. In the end he had to run from his own soldiers.
Asterion II was less lucky and got captured and killed by the Achaemenides, leaving his body hanging from a tree, for all to see.
Neo knew that he had to chase his opponent to the end of the world if he had to, and end this war for once and for all. So he ordered his army into the Fiery Lands where Artašiyāta was last sighted, despite the warnings from Pakal.
When they found Artašiyāta he had been killed by his own soldiers and hung out for all to see as the ultimate humiliation.
Neo had his body cut down and wept bitter tears for a king and general to suffer such a cruel fate.