Forever Fall, a mountainous region where the trees bears leaves and sap the colour of blood. While it is in high demand, acquisition of the sap is quite dangerous, the smell of it attracts Rapier Wasps and Ursi; as well as the forest being filled with Grimm.
Stopping at the edge of a cliff, I took off my glove as I watched my fingers form into claws, the black of my skin changing to a pure white. I gouged a hole near the base of the tree, wedging the jar under it as the viscous red sap began to flow.
Feeling a tingle running down my neck, I spun around, seeing a small pack of Ursi slowly climbing up the hill, the sunlight glinting off their white armour plates.
I shook off my cloak and glove, tossing them into a pile as I slid down the hill, digging furrows in the red ground. Leaping up, I landed on the lead Ursa's face, driving it into the ground. Reaching out with my arm, I clung onto the nearest tree trunk, using my momentum to swing me into another Ursa.
My vision jolted as the Ursa swatted me out of the air, I gasp as the air was driven from my body, crashing through a tree trunk to land amongst a pile of splinters. Rolling back to my feet, I dashed towards the Ursa, its next swipe just glancing off my left shoulder. I punched my hand forward, my arm sinking up to the elbow as my hand closed around a beating organ, closing my jaws around its neck. I braced my legs against its chest, surging backwards; I ripped out its throat and heart, showering the area with blood.
Spitting out the flesh, I stared as the heart in my hand, admiring it slow beats, the warmth of the blood flowing along my skin. I shuddered slightly, adrenaline and the sight of blood triggering a deeply-buried impulse. I closed my fist, crushing the heart, shuddering as the warm blood splashed against me. Discarding the empty vessel, I turned towards the two remaining Ursi.
Sprinting towards them, I leapt at the lead Ursa, a pair of dark wings materialising to assist me. Digging my claws into its eyes, I heaved upwards, the Ursa roaring as it flailed backwards. With a sickening sound of grinding bone, the upper portion of the skull separated with the rest of its body, still jetting blood as I crushed it between my hands, spraying blood on the immediate vicinity.
Snapping off a bone spike, I vaulted over the corpse, ramming the spike through the remaining Ursa's arm, pinning it to the ground. Spinning around, I smashed my elbow into its face, hearing bones crack as its head snapped to the side. Blocking a swipe from its free arm, I flipped onto its back, breaking a spike to drive it through the shoulder. As I ripped its arm from the shoulder socket, I lost consciousness amid the rain of blood.
Returning to my senses, I saw myself looking at the mutilated corpses of the Ursi, the vast amounts of blood and chunks of flesh littering the area made it difficult to determine the exact number of Ursi present.
Walking back to the summit of the cliff, I packed up my belongings and headed back to the town, the ground sucking at my boots as I walked through the carnage.
My name is Kuroi, and I am a monster.