Heavy rain cascaded down through the darkness, lightning snaking through the sky as thunder resounded throughout the area. The bone chilling wind tied the grim scene together as it swept through the ruined cityscape. Only half an hour previous had Chrome and his companions entered the supposed event area, seeking a one-time only monster said to drop an incredibly powerful weapon. Suffice to say, things had not gone as expected.
Chrome's heavy breathing could barely be heard over the sounds of the weather around him. His whole body felt weak as he tried to move from his kneeling position. It was no good, he just didn't have the strength to move. His eyes moved to his HP bar, it was in the red, barely visible. The long, crystal-like shield on his left arm was cracked and battered. The longsword in his right hand matched.
He glanced to the left, a tall young man was slumped against a ruined column, a one-handed sword rammed into the soft earth beside him. To Chrome's right, a woman was sprawled across the pathway with a battle-axe laying near her. They had been his party members upon entering the area but like him they had been taken down in mere moments when the enemy attacked.
Unlike the rumours though, the enemy hadn't been some monster. This particular enemy stood before Chrome now in a very humanlike form. The figure held a single steel sword, nothing special about it and they were covered entirely by a sapphire blue cloak. The figure's long, blonde hair was blown around violently by the wind as their silver eyes stared into Chrome's. There was no soul behind those eyes, nothing at all. They stared down at Chrome as if he were some sort of insect, an inferior being.
The figure strode over to the unmoving swordsman to Chrome's left and buried that steel sword in the defenceless young man's chest. Chrome's eyes closed and he mouthed the word no as the cloaked swordsman moved over to the woman now. The same merciless execution was performed on her too before the assailant returned to the kneeling sword and shield user.
His friends may have been slain, but Chrome wasn't about to let it end like this. A quarter of his HP had been restored by his battle healing skill and his body was responding once more. He let out a roar as he leapt to his feet and charged at the mysterious swordsman, his shield before him.
Not a single emotion crossed the face of the cloaked figure as his sword swept upwards, sending the crystal shield up and jarring Chrome's arm. Within a second, the sword moved again, two slashed forming an X on Chrome's chest followed by a lightning-fast thrust were the two slashes intersected. The swordsman kicked Chrome off his blade and the sword and shield user watched his HP gauge deplete as he fell backwards, his vision going dark.
"There are things in this world that humanity cannot control. Forces that shall not be shackled and wills that shall not be bent. May you drown in the ocean of your own despair as your mortal life seeps from your body…"
-You are dead-
