I AM BACK, did you miss me. Before we begin allow me to get something out of the way.
Ahem, I am so FUCKING SORRY, for not updating this story in a long ass time, I know I should say that I didn't have time but that was because I was busy making new stories that I shouldn't have and because of that I haven't even gotten time to even think of this story, so I apologize for those who were waiting for me to update but here I am with a long chapter as a way of saying I'm sorry. . . . . That and I'm also going to try and update this monthly but no promises
Now before we begin
Disclaimer: All property is owned by their rightful owners, I only own the story
Now without further ado, lets begin
Death and Raphael entered the courtroom as Raphael's team stayed behind to wait for their meeting to finish. The two walked up to the large courtroom with three posh looking bastards, in Death's view, were waiting for them behind a raised bench.
"Welcome gentleman, I have to be blunt when I have heard of a Draco faunus was wishing to become a Hunter. It well seems I have been proven wrong" The man in the middle said with a condescending smile at Death who looked at him dully
'I'm probably going to kill him if he considers me a tool' Death thought to himself if that man kept smiling as he did as if he was law itself
"Yes, chief Brutus" Raphael acknowledged while giving out his name
"Well mister-" The only woman of the group who was in the right side of the standing said
"Death" he said which raised a brow from the woman
"Really, that's what you're going with" The woman said hotly as Death's brow twitched under his mask
"And you're name is better, miss" Death said hotly back
"Abigail Angelica Law the third" Abigail said in a condescending tone
"Well, Abby, your name just screams 'Look at me, I'm so important so you have to drop everything and kiss my shoes because I'm so pompous' blah blah blah" Death spat out dryly as the woman turned red with anger
'Death, I thought I told you to not do something hasty' Raphael said to Death in a hushed voice behind gritted teeth
"I did also said temporarily" Death responded as Raphael face palmed. Death rolled his eyes before locking them on the third member who stayed quiet "Why haven't you said anything?" Death questioned as he ignored the rude gestures from the other two members
"Name's Alistair and I was just thinking, why would someone of your stature ask to become a Hunter. Whenever your predecessors came along he would always be against us humans and yet you decided to come to our side to help bring the peace as a Hunter should. Why?" The man asked sincerely as Death had to smile knowing at least one of these fools was competent enough to know what they are doing
"Two reasons really. The first is that I see how the faunus are treated everyday, most are not even in association with the White Fang, yet they are treated like monsters. By doing this I will put a stand point for other faunus' to follow away from the path of violence and seek a better path along with humans instead of either fearing or hating them" Death explained as the two fools of delegates scoffed at that while the third smiled warmly
"May I ask what was the second" The man asked politely
"I have nothing better to do" Death deadpanned as the entire room went silent as Raphael turned away face palming as he did so "No seriously, it was either this or walk around outside the kingdoms entirely bored and alone. I already done enough of that so why not do something for someone else without having to ask" Death said dully as they looked at him quizzically at that last thing he said "So either make me a Hunter or you probably waste this perfect opportunity to get a great soldier who can do the impossible at many occasions. Also, on the way here I heard about cities you once had outside the kingdom that got overrun, how about I prove myself by retaking one of the cities and providing protection until the people that will soon reside there can fend for themselves?" Death asked as they looked shocked at what he said
"Do you honestly want to go outside the kingdom for what? To take back a piece of our kingdom we tried to expand for us just to prove yourself" Brutus said shocked
"And also to kill everything in that town. . . . What's with those looks you're giving me?" Death asked with a slight tilt of his head
"You're willing to go into a Grimm infested city that could possibly kill you because you feel the need to do so" Alistair said in astonishment with a little worry
"Sounds like a normal day in my life to me" Death responded with a shrug
"Hold it Death, I can't just let you in good will do something-" Raphael didn't finish that sentence as Death grabbed his shoulder and put pressure on it as Raphael fell down unconscious
"I have to admit, that technique is pretty useful" Death said mostly to himself as he remembered the time he went to ancient china to find some man who apparently find enlightenment and his spirit should be passed on. He apparently got sidetracked on the way and found Shaolin monks who taught him some of their techniques out of respect for him. He turned his attention to the shocked council as they stared at Raphael with a hint of worry "Don't worry, he's just unconscious. So are we doing this or should I just leave now" Death said sarcastically as the three members looked at each other before pushing something on their desk. In the middle of the room a small podium arose from the ground
"That is your Hunter card, it will allow you to leave the Kingdom under our permission as well give you some status, one of which is being able to travel places without a need for a ticket to get on trains or ships" Alistair explained as Death nodded before the man continued "There is also a Scroll as Raphael informed us that you didn't have one so we took it on our liberty to give you one" Death took the card and the Scroll as he stared at the latter quizzically before putting it in his pocket "I hope to hear of your progress Death" Alistair said kindly
"If he even survives" Abigail muttered bitterly
"Oh I'll survive" Death said stating he heard her "And I'll be sure to reclaim that city to boot" Death said as he turned to leave while grabbing Raphael's unconscious body as he left the court room
As he exited the room he tossed Raphael towards his team who looked shocked and were about to attack him if he didn't answer if he didn't send them a glare to back down or else
Death calmly walked out of the building as he stared at the card in his hand before putting it in his pocket. Death continued to walk as he found a directory to where the nearest train and is before heading that way. He walked for a good half an hour as he aimlessly walked towards the train station until he noticed a faunus woman walking up behind him "What do you want" Death asked dryly as he stopped to stare at the woman who had purple hair and two horns sticking out on her head
"You're the Draco that was assigned to go out and retake that city right?" The girl asked as Death raised a brow
"I didn't even leave the building barely an hour ago and gossip is already in the air. . . Don't you people have better time then to listen into others lives?" Death asked sarcastically as the woman scoff
"Look, most people behind me have lost relatives in that city you're going to but their bodies were never recovered" The woman said pointing behind her as Death saw a small gathering of people a good couple of feet behind her "We would like you too see if-"
"See if I can find any shred of evidence if they are alive, their bodies to bury or if they left you anything to remember them by" Death asked dully already knowing the shtick people ask of him during his travels
"You don't have to be rude about it" The woman said hotly as Death rolled his eyes
"And you don't have to complain that I'm doing this for free" Death replied dryly with his arms crossed
"Well we-. . . . What?" The woman said shocked as she realized that he's actually going to help them
"I don't want anything you have nor your praise that I'm doing this. This is all a job to me and nothing more, I do this because no one else would. So I might as help you put to rest yours and the others over there concerns to rest" Death said with a shrug as he walked past the woman
". . . . . Thank you" The woman called out to him
"I don't care" Death shouted back at her as he went into the crowd as they handed him a list of names he should look for and where to look. After taking the list he left the group of people and made his way towards the nearest transportation station to the outskirts of the kingdom in the direction of the city
'. . . . . Why am I doing this again' Death thought to himself as he rode a train towards the outskirts of Vale 'Sure people have it rough here but is it truly my responsibility to do this. All I know how to do is to kill those who disrupt the balance or get in my way but this isn't my way so why am I doing this' Death thought as the attendant came up to him for his ticket while glaring harshly at him. Death brought out his Hunter's licence and waved it in his face before putting it back in his pocket. The attendant fumed but walked away grumbling
'Racism, no matter where I go it's always present, maybe that's why I wanted to help. There is no order here, it's just one group acting superior to the other while the others are left to die' Death thought as he heard a commotion a few seats down as he looked back to see the attendant threatening to throw out an elderly pair of faunus that was sitting in the back if they didn't hand him their tickets. The old woman had tiny ears on her head while the old man had a bushy tail, both of them were a shade of grey from their old age.
Death clenched his fist as he tried to remind himself that this isn't his problem as he tried to ignore this as best as he can. He heard the attendant yell at the pair before noticing and hearing a small voice as Death turned to see the elderly pair was with a small faunus child who had both their traits. Death clenched his fist tightly enough that his nails pierced his skin as he heard the man continue to yell at the elderly pair and child if they don't give him their ticket that he throw them out of the train or hand them in to the police for suspicion of working with the White Fang
It was at the point the little girl that was with the elderly was crying that something in Death snapped as he abruptly stood up from his seat and stomped over to the group with his wrath flowing around him violently. Death stood behind the attendant as he tapped on the man's shoulder who spun around and took a step back at the closeness Death was
"I suggest apologizing to these people before I throw YOU out the train" Death threatened in a low voice as the man gulped and just ran away. Death shook his head at the man's cowardice, he can just insult people without a care but an actual confrontation he just runs. Death scoffed before looking back at the three faunus "You alright" Death asked in a dry tone
"Yes, thank you lord Draco" The elderly man said with a bow as Death twitched at the respect he was getting. He has been worshipped by some religions on earth but he never was there in person so he was feeling what humans called, awkwardness
"No, honorifics or the bow. I'm just a traveler and nothing more" Death said waving off their respect
"But still, thank you for helping us" The elderly woman said with a kind smile as he noticed the little girl was smiling at him that sent some strange feeling that he couldn't describe at the gratitude he sees in the group of faunus' eyes
"Yea yea" Death muttered before turning back and walking towards his chair as the rest of the ride was quiet. The train soon stopped as Death got out only to find a group of cop and swat cars waiting for him "Oh you got to be shitting me" Death muttered as he noticed the attendant that was harassing the older pair was behind the line of cars looking at him with a smug look
Death shook his head as he took a step forward only for a sniper round to hit near his foot "Take one more step and we'll blow your head off" A rotund man said with a sadistic grin that made Death narrow his eyes
'I can just feel the racism pouring off the man' Death thought to himself as he crossed his arms "Mind if I asked what exactly did I do to warrant this much hatred towards me" Death asked dully as he eyed the five snipers on the buildings behind them
"Well for attacking a attendant of the train you were riding"
"Which I only did because the prick was being a racist and was harassing an old faunus couple and child" Death said interrupting what he guess was the sheriff or police chief or whatever human law ranks are
"You are also in suspicion for being in league with the White Fang" The sheriff continued, undaunted by Death's interruption
Death raised a brow at that accusation "Why the hell would I be associated with the White Fang?" Death said with a slight tilt of his head as he noticed lasers from the snipers were now pointing directly at him
"You think you were so clever with that fake hunters badge, bah. No faunus could become a hunter, especially one likes yourself, you damn monster of humanity" The man said harshly as Death raised a brow behind his mask
"What's that supposed to mean?" Death said entirely confused
"Oh don't kid yourself. You're a Draco of death, throughout every record of your existence you have killed us humans without warning. So now we're returning the favor and making sure you don't come back. MEN-" The man shouted as Death let out a sigh
'So basically I'm being blamed for something I didn't do. I can also tell that they're doing this because they hate faunus kind as well. *Sigh* how do I get into these messes' Death thought dryly
"READY-"
'It makes me wonder, do these humans even know kindness, sure there are some like Raphael but there are too many who have been raised to hate faunus'. Makes me wonder if there is any chance to even restore the balance of equality in this world' Death thought tiredly before looking in the corner of his eye at the sight of many faunus were gathered and were looking at him in shock and hesitation of whether they should do something or not
"AIM-"
'Should I even try to do anything. I never met any of these people yet I'm fighting for them, why?' Death to himself as the man was bring down his arm to signal their attack 'Why is it that I want to help them?' Death thought before noticing the little faunus girl that was on the train running towards him to try and help him in suicidal vain
"FIRE!" The sheriff shouted without hesitation even when the girl ran towards him
"NO!" Death shouted as he quickly ran to girl and grabbed her as he turned his back on the men shooting as he kept the girl safe while he was pelted with dust rounds. Death held onto the girl as he was shot repeatedly until they guns went click as Death just stood up with the girl still in his hold "Is this what counts as justice" Death asked angrily "To just shoot an innocent little girl without second thought, to just deal with something and not think of the consequences" Death said as he picked the girl up and with great aim tossed her to the elderly couple who let out an 'oomph' when they caught their granddaughter "You people make me sick" Death said in a low voice as his Wrath swirled around him violently
"Fire, fire!" The sheriff shouted as the snipers were about to fire, only for Death to bring out Redemption and shoot their rifles out of their hands. Death rushed forward while whipping his gun around to grab the barrel as he closed in the distance with one of the police officers and pistol whipped him. Death spun around and with a back hand he pistol whipped the man next to him. He quickly grabbed the nearest man's shoulder and pulled him in to knee him in the gut so hard the man vomited before collapsing on the ground
Death notice the rest of the police officers got a clear line of sight on and were raising their guns only for Death to adeptly shoot their guns out of their hands. Death shot out several death grips and grabbed the weaponless snipers and threw them down onto ground level with a thud as they laid face first unconscious. Death let out a roar as he jumped in the air with Wrath wrapping around his fist as he slammed down onto the ground with his fist sending a shockwave of Wrath knocking down nearby police officers.
Death raised his hand and caught a sword with his bare hand as the police officer that attacked him looked horrified when Death made eye contact. Death let go of the blade and grabbed his wrist as he began repeatedly slamming the man onto the ground till he was unconscious from the pain before tossing him behind into a group of charging officers
Death stood up still and turned his head quickly to the remaining officers with a glare. The officers were quickly taking a couple of steps back in fear as Death started towards them as nearly all of them ran away in fear. The few remaining brought out their guns with shaky hands and aimed them at Death. Death simply shot their guns out of their hands as they looked down at their damaged weapons and back to Death's cold glare and ran for it leaving nothing but the sheriff in his wake
The sheriff was taking a few steps back in fear as Death walked up to him before he stood looking down at the rotund man "P-Please have mercy" The sheriff pleaded as Death stared down at him after a moment and gave the man a small gesture to show he was smiling. The sheriff calmed down only for Death to whip his head back and slammed it down onto the man's forehead as he fell down screaming in pain as Death got on top of him and began punching him repeatedly
"Why should I give you mercy when you haven't given others the chance" Death shouted as he punched the man "All I've seen since I got here is racism this racism that. For what! Because this is what you believe is right! NO! This isn't what is right!" Death shouted as he punched the man between shouts as his fists became bloody from the sheriffs now bloody face "How is this right! To just say your race is better than others because your view of normal is different from others! TELL ME WHY!" Death shouted angrily as he had enough, all this negative actions that he has witness is getting to him
"I- I don't know" The sheriff said weakly with a slight list from losing a tooth "That's just how it is"
"And why is that! Why is this common nature, TELL ME!" Death shouted at the crowd of both humans, the cops that fled from him and faunus who were all scared of what was happening "It makes me sick that people like you lot exist. Tell me, has any of these faunus done you wrong in any sort of way!" Death shouted at the human portion of the crowd. After a moment of silence no one spoke "TELL ME!" Death shouted angrily as they all shook their heads "Then why do you treat faunus so wrongly, none of these people have done anything to you and yet you treat them like second class citizens, no, you treat them worst than that. You treat them like they are just objects of your amusement. Tell me, how would you feel if the situation was turned, that faunus were in charged and you were all living in gutters and treated like trash" Death scolded them as all the humans were looking down slightly ashamed while the more prideful of the group left with hateful mutterings
Death watched as the crowd shifted slightly as they all looked ashamed. Death let out a 'tsk' as he gave the sheriff one last hit that knocked the man unconscious and got up "I'm done here. If I hear of anything that involves either side attacking the other they will answer to me, remember that" Death warned lightly as he walked away from the crowd calmly like nothing even happened
'This world, it is a miracle a war hasn't broken out yet' Death thought with a shake of his head as he headed towards the kingdoms exit 'But I'll make sure it doesn't for I'm literally the only being they'll listen to and I'm going to make sure they listen to what I have to say' Death swore to himself as he made a promise to change the way the world thinks to bring back order to this world
Truthfully I was planning on ending it there but the fact I didn't update in such a long time made fell like I should redeem myself. So here's another chapter that turned out way longer than I have guessed should
Death walked out of the kingdom a couple of hours ago after he gave his speech, mildly violent in his perspective but he's sure they got the point "If this world has to change then I need to be at least forceful" Death said to himself as he walked casually straight through a forest towards the abandoned city that he was going to
Death heard the Grimm around him as the continuously circled him in the shadows of the forest. After awhile of this roundabout Death got irritated and pulled out Redemption, firing three shots he heard three thuds and knew he just killed three Grimm
Death heard rustling and saw several Grimm coming out of their hiding spots. What Death saw it wasn't the average Beowolf but a jaguar like Grimm with armor plates covering it's back and face while its legs were covered in thick black hide. Their tails were armored and segmented (I'm going to call them Azteguars, you can tell which culture I used to make the name)
"Well at least I won't be killing the same dang things over again, after awhile the enemies I face get boring and repetitive" Death mused before pointing Redemption up and fired, killing the Azteguar that was trying to pounce on him from the tree top above "So these guys can climb trees" Death mused before sidestepping and grabbed the attacking Azteguar's tail and slammed it down onto its back as Death raised his foot up and brought it down smashing its head in into the ground
"Now, who's next" Death said in a low voice as he aimed Redemption at the remaining Grimm. The Azteguars took a few steps back as another Azteguar came out but was much bigger than the others with spikes poking out it's armored back and it's armored tail was spiked "Seems an Alpha has come to the call. Bring it" Death said firing at the Alpha Azteguar but the shots bounced off it's armor, leaving only dents in the armor as the Alpha charged at Death
Death rolled out of the way as it slashed out and tore the tree that was behind him down. Down brought out both of his scythes as he jumped over the Alpha slashing the top of its armored back leaving cut marks in the dense armor. The Alpha let out a roar as it spun around as it's tail whipped toward Death who leaned back from the tail whip as it passed harmlessly above him
Death quickly stood back up as he swung his scythes down as it scratched the armor of it's face but he wasn't fast enough to pierce it as the Alpha jumped back from the attack "Seems from what I was told about Grimm was true, you do learn from your mistakes" Death said as the Alpha let out a growl "Well, here's a new mistake for your followers to learn. Never mess with me" Death said in a cold voice as he disappeared with a whoosh as he appeared in front of the Alpha with Harvester in it's full form
Before the Alpha could react swung his scythe as it ripped through it's armored shoulder like hot butter. After that wrath appeared at the wound and exploded outward tearing half of the Alpha's body apart. The Alpha struggled to stand but missing a good fraction of it's body caused it to topple over on the ground panting heavily. Death lowered the edge of his scythe next to the Alpha's neck and stared directly at the pack of Azteguars that were watching, and who were now backing away slowly as Death sent them a message. Don't mess with him. He grabbed the scythe with both hands with a tug tore the Alpha's head clean off as it flew into the direction of it's now former pack.
What Death saw was proof that Grimm had a significant amount of intelligence as they were backing away with fear in their eyes as Death looked at them with a glare as they all ran away with their tails between their legs "That should send a message to whatever Grimm is around not to mess with me" Death mumbled to himself as he stared at the now decomposing Grimm corpse and walked over it as he continued on his way towards the abandoned city
Death kept walking as he saw in the corner of his eye the Grimm watching his movements but made no action to attack him in fear of his blade. Death let out a scoff as he was at least pleased that these Grimm knew not to mess with him instead of attacking him blindly as if they even have a chance at killing him. Death kept walking until he stopped as he noticed in the distance was the abandoned ruins of the city that got overrun by Grim. Death took a moment to look at the decay the city was in and saw how nature was taking back the place as the city buildings were covered in moss and grass poking out of the sidewalk
Death continued walking down towards the city as he finally made it to the cracked pavement road and cracked his knuckles as he felt the eyes of many Grimm "Well, time to get to work" Death said to himself
For the next two days Death went to work in clearing out the city, building by building, street by street and even sewer system by sewer system. With all the work he did during the two days he was barely halfway done in cleaning out the city of Grimm that ranged from Beowolves, Azteguars, even some of those crows or Nevermores that hide inside the buildings, he even fought what he heard were Ursa on occasion but other than that it was a pretty easy job. Which meant for him it was boring
"Ugh" Death groaned as he lazily shot a Beowolf that tried to charge at him from above.
True the Grimm were learning to try and take him down but Death isn't one who can be easily overcome like the Hunters that occasionally come when they past by the place. During the two days he dealt with the Grimm he fought in one on one attacks, sneak attacks, group attacks, group sneak attacks, attacks from above, even attacks from below. Apparently the Grimm found a way to destroy the support system below to cave in the street he was walking on so he would fall into the sewer but it didn't work as Death used his death grip to grab a lamppost and pulled himself up.
Death let out another sigh as he just finished another building as the Grimm inside didn't put up much of a fight even though they were getting smarter. Hell he noticed most of the Grimm that he crossed paths with actually ran away from him with their tails between their legs that it just bored him even more "If I knew that this would be this boring I would've just asked for a different way to prove myself" Death said dully to himself as he fired Redemption behind, not even looking as he killed an Ursa that actually tried to creep on him by shooting the roof of its mouth through its skull "This is just getting sad now" Death muttered as he continued walking down the street until he stopped at the sound of something he hasn't heard in a long time
A whinny from a horse
Death quickly looked in the direction of the sound as he heard several more whinnies as he came to what he guess was a park and saw where the noise came from. In the center of the park was herd of black horses with bone armor covering the front of their faces, the back of their neck that segmented onto each other, there also armor on it's chest area and on its rear. The horses mane was a shadowy mist that reminded him of his and his siblings horses (I'll be calling them Arion, if you know Greek mythology then you know where I got the name from)
He noticed they were Grimm but noticed that they were also being attacked by other Grimm. From what Death knows is that Grimm don't usually attack each other, only for territory or dominance. Death guess that from him cleaning out the city it forced the Grimm to try and take a new territory for itself, incidentally the territory of these horse Grimm
Death watched as one Horse stood out. This horse was much larger than the others and had a crest of spikes around its neck pointing outward. It also had armor on it's legs unlike the others as Death speculated that this horse was either the herds defender Alpha. Either way Death watched as several Beowolves attacked the Alpha by getting on its back and trying to rip it to shreds. But it didn't work, the Alpha tossed them off it's back and the ones directly behind him got and kicked the Beowolf's head hard enough to cave it in
Death watched with a slight grin at the Alpha's power before hearing a roar and turned his head as he watched as a group of Ursa's along with it's Alpha coming out around the corner to join the fray. The younger Grimm horses who probably never been in a fight ran as the older horses stayed with the Alpha as they kicked the intruders out of their territory. But sadly the two types of carnivorous Grimm overpowered the horses as only seven remained, a few bleeding heavily which included the Alpha who was fighting to the best it can until the Alpha Beowolf jumped out of nowhere and got on its back ready to grab the horse's neck with its claws and it's life
But it didn't happened as the Alpha's head splattered across the ground as the sound of a gunshot rang through the air. Soon several more rang through the air as several more of the carnivorous Grimm fell. The horses looked in the Direction of the gunshots and saw Death killing all the other Grimm yet never once aiming at the Arions. The two Grimm species ran from the losing fight as the Arions stayed with their eyes meeting Death as he holstered Redemption and made his way towards them
The younger Grimm were backing away while the Alpha stayed its ground as it watched Death's every movement towards until he stood a few feet from it "I heard some Grimm are intelligent enough to know what people are saying so here's this. I won't attack your kind as long as you won't attack me. Deal" Death asked as the Alpha stared at him for a good minute before it let out a snort and shook it's head up and down before letting out a loud whinny
Soon the rest of the horses that ran came back ever so. Some stared at Death while others ignored him and grazed peacefully on the parks overgrown grass. Death let the group of Arions alone as he felt the gaze of the Alpha still on him as he made his way to another part of the city to deal with the Grimm. After an hour of killing Grimm he heard something ring, Death looked around wondering where it was coming from until he remembered that he had a Scroll he got before he left the Council about three days ago since the beginning of his job. Death hasn't used it once for two reasons, he has no need for the thing other than telling the Council he finished his job
And the second reason "How the hell do you answer this" Death muttered angrily as he shook the damn thing. He has no idea how the device works
After a few moments of the Scrolls constant ringing Death finally turned the ringing off as well as accept the call as the Scroll expanded with a image of Raphael in the corner of the screen
"I was trying to call you several times already. I was fearing you died because you didn't pick up" Raphael said with a hint of worry as Death rolled his eyes at him
"I was just busy that is all. Speaking of which" Death pulled out Redemption and shot the trashcan size Nevermore through it's eye as it landed with a thud right next to him "Alright, what is it" Death asked as if he didn't just kill a Grimm
Raphael stared at him with a blank look before shaking his head at him "I was calling to see how you are doing over there, after you knocked me unconscious for no reason by the way" Raphael said hotly as Death waved it off
"I do remember, I was there" Death said sarcastically as Raphael let out a huff of exasperation "I'm about. . . . . three fifths done with this place" Death said taking a moment to think how many buildings he has clear out as well as the remaining sewer system
"Wait, seriously!" Raphael exclaimed incredulously
"Of course, not much to do here but kill everything. Speaking of Killing" Death tossed the Scroll in the air as he spun around as he wrapped his arms around the Beowolf's neck that tried to attack him from behind and snapped it. Death quickly pulled out Redemption and fired two shots that went through the remaining wolves mouths and through the back of their necks causing them to stumble back with loud choking as they crumpled on the ground dead
Death put Redemption back in its holster and caught the Scroll without looking as he calmly turned back to the Screen with Raphael's incredulous expression on his face
"Alright I'm back. So I'll be done in about a day or two, so if you could send some soldiers and Hunters to watch over this place after I'm done that would be great" Death asked casually as Raphael stared at him with the same incredulous look before he shook it off his face
"H-How did you do that so efficiently" Raphael stuttered as Death guessed the man must've saw what he did through the Scroll when he tossed it up in the air
"Skill, and that's about it. Now is there anything else you wanted before you tell the Council that I'm nearly done or would you rather continue wasting my time" Death asked dryly as he was half-lying. Truthfully the man was getting in the way of his job but he was so bored out here as nothing has entertained him for ages. Is this what would've happened if he just left everything behind to wander the world then it would've been entirely dull
"Actually there is one thing. Apparently there are reports in a town near the edge of the kingdom that a faunus caused a police riot that ended with most of the police in bandages and the humans apologizing to the faunus. And what's more is that it was completely sincere. . . . . THE HELL DID YOU DO!" Raphael shouted at the man as he emphasized his point that humans would never apologize to a faunus, especially while being completely sincere
"I'll tell you later but now I have others to entertain because it seems you can tell those guards to come now because it seems every Grimm here has made a pact to kill me right now at this moment" Death said as he looked around see an army of Grimm surrounded him about approximately 500 to 1. Each one of them were either on streets, hanging on the sides of the buildings or flying up above "Thankfully no one has to clean their corpses or the place would stink decay. I'll be in touch" Death said casually
"Wait, hold o-" Raphael shouted only for Death to silence him by shutting the Scroll off and turned to the army of Grimm that was around him
"500 to 1 eh" Death mused as he stared at the growling Grimm who were foaming at the mouth to kill the man who has hunted them since he got here "I say this isn't entirely fair" Death said as the Grimm howled as one with vengeance in their eyes "You should've brought more" Death said darkly as his wrath whipped around him violently
Death pulled out Redemption and fired at the oncoming Grimm killing as many as he can before ducking from an oncoming attack. He pulled out his scythes and began to cut the Grimm around him one by one, two by two as they just kept coming. Death grinned behind his mask, this is what he likes. A fight that can push him to his limit, he hasn't experienced that since that supposed legendary Grimm he killed when he first came here
Death continued to cut down Grimm as he noticed something 'I haven't fought an Alpha since the fight began' Death thought to himself as he threw his scythe around him in a sawing motion and grabbed it as he took a stop forward as he swung the scythe as his true form appeared as the giant scythe slashed the area in front of him taking down a good amount of Grimm. Death took a quick glance around the entire armada and saw that the Alpha's were watching patiently 'They're trying to tire me out before striking. These Grimm are really intelligent' Death thought as he struck down another Beowolf and tore the head off and Ursa while stomping an Azteguar's head into mush
Death lurched forward when he felt sharp claws slash his backside. Death quickly spun around swinging his as the Beowolf that attacked him had it's guts spilled onto the ground. An Azteguar then suddenly jumped onto his back while diggings its claws into his chest as it tried to bite his neck. Death smashed the back of his head into the Grimm's head, disorienting it as he grabbed the creature and threw onto the ground where he stomped it's skull in
Two more Azteguars came and bit into his sides as a Nevermore the size of a dog flew down and tried to claw his eyes out through his mask. Death thrusted his two scythes into the Azteguars as the Nevermore flew away to get away from him but Death shot a Death grip on the Nevermore that sent it towards him as he slashed the bird in half
Death jumped back as an Ursa smashed the ground where he was. Death quickly ducked and moved away from another Ursa trying to slash him from behind. Death jumped above the Ursa as he impaled his scythes into it's back as Death landed as he hefted the Ursa up into the air before throwing the Ursa into the other Ursa and into the crowd of Grimm
Death calmly let out a huff as he backhand a Beowolf and quickly dispatched it as this was getting a little too difficult as they were getting clean hits now, what they lacked in power they literally made up in numbers. He got bit by another Beowolf and was about to grab the Grimm before an Azteguar bit his arm as two more came and started biting his legs as soon as more and more came as they piled onto top of him with their claws digging into his flesh
The pile of Grimm continued to shred his flesh while the Alpha's stood back and watched, pleased as what they saw. They all began to walk away from the pile of Grimm ripping the mask Hunter to shreds before they all stopped. They felt something in the air as it was getting harder to breath all of a sudden as they slowly turned back to the pile of Grimm as purple energy flowed through the small openings in the pile
Suddenly in a burst of Wrath the entire pile was blasted off Death as he stood up with his cloak that was hanging off him completely gone as he chest and back was covered in claw and bite marks. Death glared at the Alphas fiercely as he began hacking and slashing many Grimm that were standing in his as he landed in front of fifty or so Alphas who instantly took a couple feet back from the man
"I know for a fact you Grimm understand what I say, so hear this. Pray to whatever god or being that I make your deaths quick because right now" Death said as Wrath began to swirl around him "You pissed me off" Death said maliciously as one of the Alpha's howled and he soon heard something as he turned to see several giant scorpions (Deathstalkers) heading his way and heard cawing as three giant Alpha Nevermores flew up above
Death disappeared and reappeared in front of the group of Alphas and slashed forward cutting several in half while wounding the ones that nearly were killed but soon joined the dead as the Wrath exploded from the wounds killing them and severally injuring the Alphas that were close by. Death blocked a strike from a Deathstalker's stinger and pushed it back before jamming his scythe into it's eye
Death was knocked away from the screaming Deathstalker as another targeted him which he responded by throwing his scythe vertically in a horizontal sawing motion as it chipped away it's face armor. Death then grabbed the scythe as he spun around swinging the scythe downward the back up as it impaled the Deathstalker from below as Death pulled the scythe out causing its face to split in half.
Another Deathstalker came as Death moved back from its stinger before cutting it off as it reeled back in pain. Death then jumped up and slashed the entire tail off as he then sent a giant Wrath manifested fist into its side forcing it onto its back as Death jumped and driven his scythe through it's unarmored underbelly. Death then pulled on the scythe through its body until he pulled it completely out as the Deathstalker now laid in two pieces along with its severed tail and stinger
Death then sent a Wrath fist to clench the head of the stalker he damaged awhile ago and squeezed it until it crushed it with violent crunch before dropping its corpse on the ground. Death stared at the Deathstalker's corpse before turning around to stare at the remaining Grimm and their Alphas who were backing away with fear at him. Death took a few steps forwards before turning to the right as he was picked up by the Alpha Nevermore by its beak
Death forced the beak from closing on his as he used one hand strike the side of the Nevermore's mouth only to find its feathers are strong as steel as he only made it a few inches deep as he only used one hand in that swing. So he decided to up the ante as he tossed his scythe in the air as it burst outward with Wrath as it turned into its true form as two wrath hands grabbed the handle and swung down onto the Nevermore as it cut off its wing. This caused the Nevermore to loosen its force on its beak as Death used to get on its head as he grabbed his now returned smaller form of his scythe and impaled it into the back of its neck, killing it in an instant
Death looked down and noticed the two other Nevermores as he unbedded the scythe from the Nevermore's neck he was standing on and jumped off its falling corpse. Death free fall as he held his scythe in two hands as he approached the closest Nevermore who had its beak wide open to eat Death who smirked under his mask. Death moved out of the way with his scythe still in the Nevermore's path as it went clean through it. Death continue to fall with the scythe slicing through the Nevermore's beak and its side as his scythe got tugged on it's wing but with a quick pull Death was free of it's corpse as he severed the wing and fell down towards the remaining Nevermore that was flapping it's wings to try and get away from him as Death smiled evilly under his mask at it's fearfulness. Death sent a death grip onto the Nevermore as it pulled him in faster like a rocket as he landed onto the Nevermore's chest with an audible thud. Death used the momentum to swing his scythe it cut through its entire belly as it spewed its evaporating guts everywhere. Death wasn't finished as he ran up its body where it's neck is as he summoned his true scythe with the wrath hands to grab it as they swung the scythe and decapitated the Nevermore
Death stood on the falling Nevermore's chest as he looked down as several lesser Grimm were running away in fear while the rest stared in shock and fear as they slowly backed away. Death let out a chuckle as took a step and pushed himself of the Nevermore's body and fell towards the densest part of the Grimm group. Death landed with a giant shock wave knocking several back while the ones he landed on splattered greatly against his feet. Death as soon as soon as he hit the ground spun around with his scythe as his true form and scythe appeared slashing everything in a 360 degree range of him
Death slowly put his scythe on his shoulder as he tilted his head at the Alphas as they were moving back in fear. Death began walking towards the Alphas as he walked on top of the dissolving corpses, crushing them as he made his way to them. Death kept walking towards the Alphas who were now alone as all their lesser subordinates ran away in fear. Death soon stood a few feet from the Alphas as he just stared at them quietly ". . . I'll give you a count of three to leave" Death said with malicious intent
"One" Death said holding his scythe up high Alphas took a step back but stopped and growled at him
"Two" Death said slowly moving the scythe back with both hands as it was held out horizontally to his body as the Alphas took one last attempt to kill him
"Three" Death said grinning behind his mask as he moved towards them as he exploded with Wrath bursting outward
"Are you sure this guy is even alive" The pilot of the Bullhead transport plane asked the Hunter that was sitting next to him as the entire plane was filled with soldiers and some hunters, behind the plane was two more Bullhead transporting the same amount "I mean, it's just plain suicidal to go into a city by yourself and try and kill every Grimm there. That's just plain stupid" The pilot said shaking his head slightly
"That may stupid but this man could probably do it. And from what I heard from our last communication is that he was dealing with a large amounts of Grimm at the moment" Raphael said as the Pilot gave him a glance
"So this is a search and rescue mission. . Who is this guy" The pilot asked and before Raphael could answer the Bullhead rocked back and forth "The hell is going on!" The pilot shouted as the two noticed an explosion of purple energy was coming from the edge on the other side of the city they were flying over
". . . . . No this isn't a search and rescue mission. This is retaking our territory" Raphael said in amazement as the Bullhead was near the point of the blast and quickly lowered down on the desolate street with the other Bullheads. The Bullheads opened up from the side as soldiers quickly jumped out with their guns drawn to make sure it was safe as the Hunters, Raphael included, went towards the explosion.
After a good minute they went to the street where it came from and was slack-jawed at the scene before them. The entire street was covered in corpses, some of which nearly dissolved to nothing while the more. . . Bigger of the Grimm remained as that was evident with the giant corpses of Nevermores lied lifelessly on the side of the buildings they probably fell on. That was when they noticed someone in the middle, in the middle of the carnage with blood pouring out of the nearly healed wounds, with a scythe nestled neatly against his shoulder while he stared out into the distance
The man shuffled from his spot as he noticed their presence as he turned around to stare at them with his cold red-orange eyes "Took your damn time you know that right"
Death watched as they all stared at him in shock and disbelief that one man could do this much carnage. Death scoffed at that, if they wanted to see carnage they should have seen the genocide of his race, that was much more brutal
"Would you stop gawking, and make sure the buildings are clear of any remaining stragglers, because-" Death said aimlessly kicking a nearby corpse "I'm pretty sure I finished my job right now" Death said casually as he walked on top of the dissolving corpses towards the Hunters as the rest of the military came and saw the carnage
"Holy mother of- How the hell did you do this" A young soldier asked as Death let out a chuckle
"Kid, my name is Death, it's what I do" Death said matter-of-factly as he began whistling a tune as he past by them while they stared at him in disbelief and shock
"What now" Raphael asked as he ran up to Death still looking back at the dissolving carnage
"You call the Council tell them I did the impossible that I recaptured a city and drove out the Grimm. Then tell them to send men to repair the city to working order" Death explained as Raphael nodded with that logic "Also ask them to requisite a demolition team to tear down a portion of the city near the outskirt, then requisite some builders to help me build something" Death asked nonchalantly as Raphael stopped walking as he looked at Death slightly confused
"Build what?" Raphael asked clearly confused
"A stable" Death answered cryptically with a knowing grin on his face
"Alright?" Raphael said with an awkward shrug before scrunching his face and quickly returned to following Death and asking what he had on his mind "A stable for what exactly?"
Well I hope you all enjoyed that chapter and if you didn't. . . . . Go die in a ditch :D
I'm joking but seriously keep your opinions to yourself. As I said before I'll try and update this monthly or as soon as possible so expect that update next month. Now if you please leave a comment, review, or PM and I'll see you all later. Have a great day