 He is later found by some villagers who help nurse him back to health using fragments of Soul Edge.He eventually pursues Soul Edge in order to use it to kill Astaroth so he will die, planning to himself die shortly afterward.In "Soulcalibur IV", Maxi managed to kill Astaroth, though he had decided not to kill himself and instead went to train with Edge Master to control the shards of Soul Edge in his body, which had stopped his body from aging.