Quick aside about the potential of there being a pairing or not, I can't really comment on it, as I'm sort of just… tapping at my keyboard for an hour or so every now and again for a bit of fun.

I haven't really planned out much but the fact that people want to see it makes me want to keep making it, which is pretty much why my page is littered with dead stories, people weren't super interested.

It's a little odd for me to think about a pairing, considering most of the cast are either children or barely adults, Megumin and Yunyun are 14 and 13 at the beginning - according to the wiki - and Darkness is 18.

I'm 23.

So if there is a pairing, it won't be from the main cast. Just figured I'd put that out there.

Hope you enjoy this chapter.

[Zachary A. Waller Lv. 33

Hunter 21/ Rogue 7/Warlock 5

Strength: 150 Dexterity: 200

Constitution: 140 Intelligence: 45

Wisdom: 47 Luck: 80]

Species Change Bonus -

Str + Dex + Con +

+Darkvision

+Resistance to Necrotic and Curse

+Vulnerability to Radiant and Bless

Command - Allows user to issue a short command when making eye contact.

Enthrall - Feed a normal creature your blood to take control of their minds.

The mountain's overlooking Axel were pretty far, but Eileen was a strong lass and could gallop for a while, all he had to do with give a cheeky Mend Pet here and there and her energy would restore quickly.

The ride was fast, but only because of how he managed to once again break a system in the world with his class features, the moon still creeping up into the sky but the cloud cover was minimal.

The heavy beat of wings shot overhead as a massive brown and white creature flew past him, ducking for a moment Zachary looked up to see a Gryphon swoop in and lift a deer into the air, Eileen would have freak were she a normal horse, but with her mind reprogrammed by his control she was completely calm.

His Devil Sight along with his now natural Darkvision he could track the creature easily enough but with a thought he Hunter's Mark'd it to keep a trail, he snapped Eileen's reigns again and chased down the beast, passing through the moonlit fields and planes of the outer Axel area.

Very quickly though it became apparent that the only option would be on foot, as the Gryphon had nested on top of the short, jagged mountain range.

Dismissing Eileen Zachary loosened himself up before jumping up, his body turning in a fine black mist before re materialising on an outcropped set of rocks, he kept jumping until he appeared near the nook the Gryphon had claimed.

It was a female, if the chicks were anything to judge by. He knelt down, immediately fading into the shadows and flicked open his bow, Thori'dal shimmered as it's arrow formed.

Counting down in his head he aimed at the mother, going for a clean, quick kill.

"Aimed Shot." He whispered as the massive blue energy-spear formed, to an outsider it looked like a few blue lights had gathered randomly in the night, not worth the notice.

His upgraded shot formed three prongs, like a trident, and flew with a sonic boom as it left his bow, the ground quaked as the blue streak shot through the darkness, the Gryphon screamed bloody murder as the 'arrow' buried into it's skull.

"Multi-Shot." A wave of energy shot out from Thori'dal as the chicks were caught in it and all but erased as it washed over them, leaving naught but an empty nest with smoking bones, the mother tried to screech and summon her strength but with half of her brain being impaled she found it hard.

Zachary drew back a final shot and fired off an Arcane Shot into his Aimed Shot this time creating a localised explosion instead of a mini-nuke, possible due to the amount of Arcane energy used to trigger it.

The gryphon was missing the left side of its head but otherwise resisted most of the superficial damage, Zachary approached and pulled out his card.

Gryphon Slain x1

Gryphon Hatchlings x8

Good to know, he stashed the card and looked over the dead beast, it was remarkably easy, truth be told, as a Gryphon had no natural way to see through invisibility, and with his undead status Track Life spells wouldn't work on him.

He smiled to himself and went to work skinning the beast, leaving only a meaty skeleton, it would be the perfect bait for the Manticore and/or Hyppogrif it was warring with.

Gryphon Hide x1

Gryphon Pinion x241

Gryphon Claws x 6

Zachary looked around the nest and found nothing of real interest, though a glint in the nest did pique his curiosity, rifling through the debris of the nest he was treated to what could only be a prince's crown, a slim circlet with a ruby set in the centre, the circlet looked to be formed of golden vines, and a lion head housed the ruby.

Somewhat ironic that it would end up with a gryphon, so he pocketed it and figured it'd either be worth something, or was enchanted.

He set down four Explosive Traps under the meaty carcass of the gryphon and jumped up above the nesting nook and hunkered down, his eyes flashed red as his senses expanded, Track Beast may not work perfectly against things of such nature, but it would help somewhat.

Hours ticked by and the moon slowly began to rise into the air, the crisp air barely an issue as his eyes constantly tracked back and forth.

It became apparent that he'd not be able to really make progress just sitting in the nest so he drew power from Thori'dal and cast Fly upon his person, with another great jump he took off into the air, magical wings forming behind him as he took to the air, his eyes taking in all around him.

His sharp ears managed to catch the noise of something to his south so he quickly soared off in that direction, though just as he did he was struck from the side by several long spines, agony flashed through him as he dipped and nearly crashed onto the ground.

His body once more turned to mist and he reappeared on the ground, beneath the tree-line, the spikes falling to the ground with no body to nestle in anymore.

Zachary had to roll quickly to avoid a pair of trees crashing on top of him, as he did he was immediatelly swatted by something massive into another rush of vertigo, flipping to right himself he snapped his gaze up and there was not one, but three manticores lurking around him.

One remained in the air, looking down at him with a sneer on its man-face, it's lionel body looking unnaturally comfortable with massive bat wings, and a scropion tale.

Each of them had different fur colour, perhaps they were of different batches?

The airborne one was a rust colour, the tree-crashed was a dull grey, and the swatter was golden blond.

Each of them were covered in spikes and their mouths had more teeth than was reasonable, three sets behind one another, burning red eyes filled with malevolence and acidic venom dripping visibly from their tails.

"A tricky little vampire, seeking to flit about the sky, how quaint." The Grey spoke with a sneer, it's voice was like sandpaper to Zachary's ears.

"Oh marvelous, I don't often get to eat moving dead flesh." The Blond purred, snickering sickly.

The Rust's only response was to whip it's tail and send another needle-spray down unto the vampire, Zachary cast a quicky Misty Step and shot directly up into the air, as his body reformed, Thori'dal flared to life.

Too many options shot through his head and his minor hesitation at being taken three to one cost him, the Rust shot forth and spat a ball of fire directly towards the aloft vampire.

Cursing Zachary disappeared into the mist once more, appearing higher still and shot down with an Arcane Shot directly into the creatures back, with another gesture three copies of himself appeared randomly about the impromptu arena, each holding their bows drawn, with a simple utterance of Silent Image.

Rust fell to the ground and groaned, though lashed out and banished a copy, "A tricky creature, indeed."

Zachary shot down like a bomb and landed directly atop the creatures back, being careful to land feet first and with a mighty heave he slashed the wings to ribbons with his clawed arm-brace, the creature screeched and it's kin immediately moved to aid.

Grey summoned several skeletons from the void itself, whilst Blond seemingly vanished into a wisp of sand.

Zachary followed it's action into a Misty Step and used the Fly spell to reorient himself and fire off an Arcane Shot directly into the face of the Grey, making it howl, the Skeletons were quick to chase but he leapt into the air and spun into a corkscrew back down, landing with a might blow into the skull of the Rust with Thori'dal in it's folded state.

The heavy bludgeoning blow dazed Rust as it teetered for a moment, though before Zachary could capitalise Blond appeared and snapped at his arm, the vampire flinched and lashed out with his foot, kicking it square in the nose, it hissed loudly and shot a blast of fire directly into the vampire's face.

Zachary felt it blister at his skin but the enchantments on his armour held firm and instead of retreating he pushed forward, punching forward with the folded Thori'dal he fired off an Eldritch Blast directly into the monstrosities mouth, it was thrown back by the white rays of force energy and when it landed it began to violently vomit on the ground.

Rust lashed out with its claws and managed to scrape the Hunter's back before he turned into black smoke and appeared behind the Manticore, Zachary's dagger flashed off his belt and into his hand.

"I'm not sorry about this." With a sharp whistle Zachary summoned up a Wrathful Smite on his dagger, and activated Backstab though instead of aiming at a back he aimed squarely for the creatures genitals.

Rust was struck with a potent psychic attack as fear flooded it's being, it did not notice the fountain of blood pouring from it's now void sack, Rust began to run around like a mad beast, attempting to get as far away from the vampire as it could.

Zachary turned into Mist to avoid the Skeletons and landed into a crouch, turning into nothingness and flashed out his bow, firing off an Aimed Shot directly at Blond, who was still retching, the shot struck true and slid right through the creatures skull, into its intestines, it's body twitching wildly as it's brain tried to register it's death.

Zachary was struck with a massive bolt of black energy, sending him tumbling and rolling, though in doing so he managed to kick out and flip into the air, Thori'dal flaring to life as he drew the shot.

Grey's eyes widened as another Arcane Shot flew towards him with the speed of a jet, followed quickly but a wave of energy from the Multi-Shot disintegrating his minions.

Grey saw naught but blue as it's life ended.

Zachary landed from what the possibly the coolest slow-mo-bullet-time shot he'd ever get and took a quick moment to look around.

Grey was dead as a doornail, Rust was bleeding out against a tree and Blond was soggy meat.

The Skeletons fell to nothingness as their creator died, and so he took a moment to throw his arms up and cheer loudly.

"I'm FUCKING AWESOME!" He laughed like a madman, he felt no strain, but his dead heart felt like it was surging with adrenaline, it was beyond a rush.

As his smile softened and the heady concoction of joy and bloodlust began to subside, he heard a faint noise in the distance that sounded like a dull thud.

Pulling out his card on a whim he laughed again, slapping his forehead and he howled with joy.

Hippogriff Slain x1

End

Hope you enjoyed it.

Lemme know what you thought, big love from papa Zacco.

Raxychaz!