The Eighty Second War

The Eighty Second War is where Ba'al was defeated by Malphas Goetia and Archangel Michael at the cost of most of Heaven's Army. The event was so sudden and was over just as quickly, it gained the name of the Eighty Second War.

Origin
Ba'al was intercepted somewhere in eastern Switzerland when he arrived on Earth by his ex-general Malphas, as the latter had grown disillusioned with Ba'al's view on life.

Heaven's Army
Malphas convinced the Archangel Michael to join his cause in stopping Ba'al. Michael begrudgingly accepted and brought his army, leaving enough behind to keep a watch over Heaven for any Demon or Angelis invasion. Gabriel specifically stayed behind to catch up on paperwork. Among the angels were the Archangels Zadkiel, Uriel, Haniel, and Raphael.

Ba'al's Army
Ba'al fought on his own, being intercepted on a solitary rampage. Even without the might of his army, he was able to take down thirty-three angels on his own and killed Zadkiel and Haniel before being defeated.

Timeline
Malphas and Michael intercepted Ba'al as he summoned himself on Earth to destroy it. Malphas tried to convince him that he should stand down and that life had meaning, but he denied it, refusing to restate his goals of the destruction of all life. Knowing they would never be able to convince him, Malphas and Michael prepared for war. Ba'al recognized their strength and said he would honor it by giving them the first blow.

For five seconds, Heaven's army attacked, no one being able to land a serious blow. Ba'al waited for the five seconds to end, and then swung an arm out, obliterating the three angels nearest to him and grabbing Malphas' neck. He praised Malphas for his courage in the eyes of certain death and promised to keep him in his memories. With that, he crushed Malphas' neck and left his corpse on the grass.

Seconds later, Malphas' corpse contorted and grew into a monstrous abomination, leaping forward and crushing Ba'al in its jaws. Ba'al did not die, but was injured enough to be practically comatose. Malphas soon snapped back to reality and returned to normal, signifying the end of the war after eighty seconds total.

Results
Though Heaven's army had won, the consequences were devastating. Malphas' eldritch form consumed every angel around him and killed the surrounding grass, leaving the soil so depleted of nutrients that the black stain remains more than two hundred years later. Michael survived the transformation but only barely, being left with black, ropey scars across his body.

Devastated by the murder of his army and friends, Michael blamed the aftermath on Malphas, stating that the latter knew what he was doing and claiming this to be a way to take out Ba'al and Heaven in one attack. Refusing to listen to Malphas' pleas, Michael went back to Heaven, taking a stricter stance on Demons and beginning plans on the total annihilation of Demonkind.

Malphas vanished from the public after the war, only being seen when summoned or occasionally in the halls of The Infinite Library. However, it is believed he had an influence on the creation of a nearby academy known as Borstal Academy, a school for magic.