Hello and welcome to my new story called Protect your life and soul(mate).

I got this idea from watching Ni No Kuni so if you think I'm copying this from someone else's story you're wrong :3. This isn't a crossover since no Ni No Kuni characters will appear in the story. And the world of Ni No Kuni (Don't even know the name) won't be used. I'm only borrowing the soulmate mechanic from it.

Disclaimer: I do not own Elsword, this story is for entertainment only and I don't earn any money from it. The only thing I own are some characters and the plot.

Classes: Grind: Demon Assassin

The rest of the Elgang isn't in the story (maybe in later chapters)

A quick explaining of my writing: "sentence" is what someone says. 'sentence' is what someone thinks. Sentence it what someone does. Italics is what someone writes down.

Let's begin with the first chapter of P.y.l.a.s. Enjoy!


Grind's POV:


Day 1

Hello, my name's Grind and I'm an Assassin. I work for the Elgang to eliminate Ran's demons who have disguised themselves and slipped into society. Because I'm Half-Demon I can sense Dark El and can easily track them down and eliminate them. Sometimes I have to deal with demons trying to murder me but so far none have been successful. Tomorrow I'm on a mission in Elder to find a demon and eliminate him. He has disguised himself as a merchant. I'll be heading out at sunrise.

I finished writing in the diary Ara gave me before I departed. I closed the book and put it in my pocket. I threw some more wood on the campfire and opened up my tent. I don't have to worry about wildlife cause of the fire and bandits don't come in this part of the shadow forest. I closed the tent behind me and changed into my black pajamas which Ara also gave to me. I crawled into my sleeping bag and went to sleep. After a few hours I woke up. I got dressed and went outside. I could faintly see the sunrise through the treetops. I packed up the tent and put it in my backpack. It was about an hour walk to Elder. After said hour I arrived at the gate of Elder.

"Stop! Who are you and what is your business in Elder?" The guard at the gate asked suspicious.

"My name's Grind and I'm working for prince Chung of Hamel. What business exactly I can't tell." I answered and showed him a letter Chung wrote so I could get entry into Elder. Since the recent invasions all cities had their security massively increased including Elder.

"Alright this seems legit you may enter." The guard opened the gate and I went inside.

'Well Elder sure has changed, there are guards everywhere.' I thought as I walked towards the market. The alleys around the market weren't even lit yet but that isn't a problem since I can see in the dark. I arrived at the market and looked around for the demon. I could sense him but I didn't see him anywhere. Then I spotted him running into an alleyway looking behind him almost every five seconds. I ran towards the alley and chased him stealthily. I looked around the corner only to be greeted by a fist. I quickly grabbed the fist and threw the attacker on the ground. I aimed my pistols at the demon. "Any last words before I eliminate you?" I asked at the demon who was laying defenseless on the floor. "Yes there is... Behind you!" Suddenly a fist knocked me in the head from behind. It didn't knock me out but it did daze me a bit. The other demon got back up and throwed a punch at me. I ducked and he hit his friend. "What was that for!" The second demon punched the first one. "It was an accident!" The first one apologized. Meanwhile I slipped away and was at the other end of the alley. "Zittaf kyzslauyl." A black light appeared as I summoned a destroyer. "You two shouldn't have gotten distracted!" I aimed at the two arguing demons and they looked at me. "Oh Shi-" I pulled the trigger and fired a missile at the two demons killing them with ease. "Kyzittaf kyzslauyl." The destroyer was engulfed in the same black light and disappeared again making me a bit exhausted. I walked back to the market and was interrupted by some guards.

"Halt! What was that explosion kid!" The guards pointed their spears at me.

"Whoa calm down! I just saved tons of people by killing two demons!" I answered and the guards started laughing. "Hahaha! You, a kid defeated two demons yea right. What really happened kid." They all stopped laughing and went back to serious mode."Go see for yourself the bodies are still there!" I pointed behind me. "Bruce go check it out." One of the guards commanded as one of them went to check if I was right. After about two minutes the guard came back. "Well?" one of them asked. "Release him he's right." Their jaws dropped from amazement and they lifted their spears. I walked towards the market but a guard poked my shoulder. "Can I ask your name kid?"

"Sure, I'm Grind the Demon Assassin." I started walking towards the market...again. When I arrived the market was filled with people unlike a few minutes ago. I decided to look for a hotel and call it a day. After a bit of searching I found a good one called The Happy Phoru for only 150 ED a night.

I checked in and went to my room on the second floor. My room was B8. It was a pretty standard room with a two person bed, a flat screen and a dining table with 2 chairs. The walls were a light brown color and the floor was made of oak. There was one window with lookout to the statue at the central plaza. I seated myself on the bed and turned on the TV. I looked for something to watch and stopped at the G.E.N. "Welcome to the Global Elrios News this is your host Ariel live in Elder. Today it appears a kid has defeated two demons on his own! I'm here with Guard Bruce at the scene. So Bruce tell us what happened." Ariel asked the guard and held the microphone at his face.

"Well you see, I was guarding the market when I heard an explosion. So I got some reinforcements and went to check it out. On our way there we met this kid who claimed to have defeated two demons and that he caused the explosion. We didn't believe him and he told us to check it out cause the bodies were still there. So I walked a bit further and found the bodies." Bruce told the host.

"Do you know who this kid was?" Ariel asked and handed him the microphone.

"Yes, before he left to who-knows-where he told us his name was Grind the Demon Assassin."

"Well that's interesting thanks for your time Bruce. In other news-" I turned off the TV.

'Well great... everyone in Elder knows now.' I stood back up and walked out of my room.

'I still have to get some stuff done for tomorrow better do that now.' I walked past the reception when the receptionist called out to me. "Excuse me kid I didn't catch your name earlier." He asked friendly. "It's Grind." I smiled at the receptionist who gazed at me in astonishment.

"You mean as in Grind the Demon Assassin?" He asked curious.

"Yep the one and only." I answered and his jaw dropped.

"So this means you saved Elder and I gave you one of the cheap rooms. I'm sorry if I knew that I would've given you a better room." He apologized for nothing.

"No problem I would rather be treated as a normal customer anyway." I smiled at him and went on my way towards the COBO service. I arrived at the central plaza and was greeted by Ariel.

"Well if it isn't the savior of Elder." She greeted playfully.

"Oh quit it it was a piece of cake. I'm here to report to the Elgang about the demons." I handed her a piece of paper with information on it for the elgang.

The demon or rather demons are eliminated before they could harm anyone, there is no property damage at all and nobody except some guards know who has slain the demons. With the current security rules I don't think the guards will pass on the information about my identity. I will depart for Bethma tomorrow.

-Grind

"I'll make sure the elgang gets this message. Anything else you need?" Ariel asked while putting away the note.

"Yes, what exactly am I dealing with in Bethma?" I asked the COBO employee.

"Well your dealing with a demon called Brutus. He's disguised as a butcher and goes around killing people at night. There have been 3 deaths so far. Stop him at all cost but don't kill him. We speculate he has valuable information about Ran's plans." Ariel handed me the intel she just read.

"Thanks, I'll be going now I need some sleep." I started walking back to the hotel.

I arrived at the hotel and went to my room. I locked the door behind me and turned on the light.

I seated myself at the table and took my diary out of my pocket and started writing.

Day 2

Today I killed not one but two targets. Tomorrow I'll be traveling to Bethma for my next demon.

I don't really know what else to write for today. This whole diary thing is new to me. Ara insisted I started keeping track of my events so our future children would be able to read them when they are old enough to understand it. I guess I'll end it here for today.

I closed the diary and left it on the table. I changed into my pajamas and called it a day.

The next day I woke up because of screaming outside. I looked outside the window only to see more than half of Elder in flames. Demons were everywhere and the guards had trouble fighting them. At the central plaza I saw a familiar dark elf... Chloe. I quickly got dressed and looked back outside. The guards were losing numbers fast. Then Chloe started speaking through a megaphone.

"Grind! We know you're in Elder, surrender and we won't burn the rest of the village!" She put away the megaphone and lit a torch. She held the torch next to a fuse.

'Darn I have to do something, I won't surrender.' "Zittaf kyzslauyl." I summoned a destroyer and put it next to the window. I opened the window and grabbed my sniper. I shot at the torch causing it to douse. "I know you're out there Grind show yourself!" Chloe grabbed her bow.

'Well nows my time to strike.' I grabbed the destroyer and jumped out of the window. I landed a few feet from Chloe and aimed my destroyer at her. "Give me one good reason why I should surrender instead of killing you!" The dark elf started laughing.

"Hahaha, you really don't get it do you Grind. You see, It's a hundred to one. No matter how good you are you can't defeat hundreds at once." She snapped her fingers and about twenty demons appeared behind her.

"Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you Chloe but no matter how many demons there are, I will protect Elrios with my life. Zhdes kyzslauyl!" The destroyer split into multiple barrels, I pulled the trigger and multiple blasts were fired at Cloe and her demons. The smoke from the attack faded and I could see the demons... dead, But what I didn't see was any sign of Chloe.

"Missed me Grind?" Chloe appeared behind me and slashed her dagger down. I dodged in time and turned around facing her. "You know you can't sneak up on me Chloe." I punched her in the stomach, she ducked in pain and I hit her in the head. She stood back up and slashed her dagger at me. She slashed at me arm, Crimson blood flowed out of the slash and stained my black clothes. I ignored the pain and grabbed the destroyer. "Tylry kyzslauyl!" The barrels merged back into one as I aimed the destroyer at Chloe. I pulled the trigger and shot a blast at her. She somersaulted out of the way and shot an arrow. I hit the arrow out of the air with my destroyer and shot another blast at the elf. She clenched her side as she was hurt badly. "This isn't over Grind!" She threw a smoke bomb on the ground and disappeared from sight. I rushed towards some guards and helped them defeat the demons. "Go help put out the fire I'll fight of the demons!" I commanded.

"Yes sir!" They all ran towards the rest and helped them put out the fire. Meanwhile I took care of the rest of the demons. "Zittaf xdopn lapn zwaasylz!" A black light engulfed my arm and when it cleared away a black cannon was attached to my arm. A second later the black light engulfed my other arm and a cannon was also attached to my other arm. I aimed at a group of about fifty demons and started shooting. As the blue projectiles hit the demons they dissolved instantly. They had been dealt with in seconds. Meanwhile the citizens managed to put out the fire made by Chloe. I killed the final demon and the cannons disappeared in another black light. This caused me to collapse on the floor from exhaustion. Some guards and medics came rushing to me as I fainted.

"Do you think he's going to be ok?" An unknown male voice asked worried.

"Yes the wound on his arm isn't lethal he probably collapsed from exhaustion." A female voice answered. Then I slowly regained consciousness and opened my eyes. "See told you."

"Where am I?" I sat up and was greeted by a nurse and a doctor. The walls were a light green color and the floor was a reflective white. 'It seems I'm in a hospital but why?'

"You're at the Forest Fairy Clinic. You were fighting demons when you suddenly collapsed." The nurse answered with gentle smile. "I have to go right away or people will get killed!" I quickly stood up and ran towards the door. But it was locked. "Open it now!" I shouted at the duo.

"Relax dude." The doctor walked towards the door and opened it up. As soon as the door was open I ran towards The Happy Phoru to collect my stuff. As I entered I was greeted by the receptionist.

"You're back! And you even saved us a second time! Here take this." He handed me a blue square crystal. "What is it?" I asked confused as I took the crystal.

"It's a teleport crystal. It's a very basic one so it will shatter after one use." He explained.

"Well thanks." I went upstairs and went to my room. I turned on the light and grabbed my diary. I seated myself on the bed and started writing in it.

Day 3

Today was a bad day for Elder. Almost half of the village was burned down. I managed to stop the complete destruction of the city, but if I was more careful this all would've never happened. The assassination attempt from Chloe was unsuccessful but I know she and Ran will try again. Because of the attack on Elder I will be heading to Bethma tomorrow. Starting now I will try to be more silent in my mission. I don't want to draw to much attention from the world and cause problems.

I closed the diary, changed into my pajamas and went to sleep. The next day I woke up because someone poked my cheek."Aah! Ariel, don't you know about privacy!" I pulled the blankets over my head. "I'll wait outside then, you get dressed." She walked outside of the room and leaned against a wall. Meanwhile I quickly got up and put on my outfit. "Alright I'm done!" Ariel walked back into the room and I offered her a seat. "Grind I'll make this short. There's been another murder in Bethma. If you don't hurry Brutus will kill even more innocent people!" Ariel showed me a picture of the 4th death. "Well I'll get going right now then." I grabbed the teleport crystal and spoke the location. "Bethma!" A blue light surrounded me as I was being teleported to Bethma. The light faded as I arrived in the city. In my hand was blue dust from the shattered crystal. I pulled out a black hooded cloak from my backpack, put it on and went to look for Brutus. I asked if anyone knew where he was and they all said he was at the market selling meat. When I arrived at the market he just sold his last piece and was packing up. 'Perfect' I went to another stall and blended into the crowd. He started leaving and I followed him. He arrived at his house and locked the door.

I walked towards the door and took out a lock pick. I unlocked the door with ease and entered the house. "Zittaf holoducy hezsad." I whispered and summoned a pistol with paralyzing bullets.

I sensed he was upstairs and slowly walked up the stairs. I was met with a door and slowly opened it. The walls were covered in maps and pictures of people, four pictures being crossed out.

'Those must be his victims.' I looked around the room and spotted Brutus in his regular form. I shot a bullet at him hitting him in the arm. I walked up to him and waved my hand in front of his face.

"You're coming with me for questioning." I grabbed him and pulled him over my shoulder. I walked towards the central teleport and teleported to Ruben where the rest of the gang was. I knocked at the door of Anne's inn and Anne opened up. "Hey Anne, long time no see, I have a delivery for the elgang." I put the demon down and shot him with another paralyzing shot, just to make sure it wouldn't wear of. "Well, they're all away right now, do you want to stay here until they return?" Anne asked polite. "No sorry, I still have business to take care of." I refused her over politely.

"Alright, take care Grind, Ara won't forgive you if you die on a mission!" she laughed softly.

"I know, I won't get into trouble." I walked toward the teleporter and waved goodbye.


Chloe's POV


"Damn it Grind, I will get my revenge!" I cursed as I walked toward Ran's quarters. I knocked on the massive door and entered the room. "I'm sorry Lord Ran but we weren't able to kill Grind." I kneeled in shame.

"Oh, Well that isn't a problem. You see I have a marvelous plan." Ran chuckled madly.

"And that is my lord?" I asked confused about this marvelous plan.

"If we can't kill Grind himself, we'll just have to kill his soulmate and they will both die!"

"That's indeed a marvelous plan my lord, but how are we gonna find his soulmate."

"That's the difficult part you see we'll need a special item for it."

"And what item exactly?" I asked still confused.

"A dimension stone."


And stop!

Well what did you think?

There are two anime references of animes I've been watching.

Here's a hint: Blue.

Well see you in the next chapter of P.y.l.a.s :3