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"Is it just a rumor?" I asked Iris.
"I'm not sure," she replied. It was just me and her in the dorm. Michal had left (for who-knows-what), and Lyla had followed shortly after.
"Do you know who started it?"
"That I do know, but it is just a rumor."
"Who?" I asked, my curiosity peaked.
"I'm not sure, but the person I asked said that Christian started it."
I gaped at her for a moment, and then I ran over to the door, walked outside, and slammed it.
It was nightfall, and I stood on the cliff near Beacon for the third time since coming to here. I was in my full armor again, and I was standing several feet away from the edge again. I ran forward and flung myself off of the cliff into the darkness below. Again, I found falling from a great height at great speeds exhilarating, and I forgot to come up with a landing strategy, and by the time I remembered I needed one, it was too late to draw my swords. So, instead of using Storm, I pounded my fists together, and the shockwave slowed me down.
I landed in the small crater and unsheathed the Twins, pointing them in front of me, scanning the area for any Grimm. There were none, so I ran off towards where the temple was. I met some opposition on the way, but it was nothing that I couldn't handle. A few Ursas, a Boarbatusk or two, I was fine. I was actually happy to release my anger through the death of others. Those others were demon animals, but still.
I got to the temple, and apparently, the word about a Grimm-slayer traveled pretty fast. There was a King Taijitu and a small pack of Ursas. This was a little more of a challenge, mostly because of the giant snake.
"So, that's how you wanna play," I muttered under my breath, combining the Twins into Storm.
"Come at me!" I yelled, firing a three-round-bursts at the pack of Ursas. I incapacitated three of them, leaving four demon-bears and a huge snake without a soul. The King Taijitu started slithering towards me, both heads rearing fangs. The black head moved closer than the other, and I fired three more explosives into it's mouth. It reared it's ugly head back, and the white head started inching back.
"Smart move," I commented, turning Storm back into Thunder and Lightning. Running forward, I jumped and slashed at the white head, giving it a large cut on the underside of it's head. The head started hissing, and it almost sounded like it was screaming. I turned the Twins back into Storm, and then started firing at the white head, and as it started to hiss again, I shifted Storm's barrel a little so that I was firing into the head's mouth. After only three short blasts, the head was killed, and all I had left was one snake and four bears.
Shifting Storm back into Thunder and Lightning, I ran at the lead Ursa as it charged at me. When I got within five feet of the beast, it stood on it's hind two legs, and before the demon-bear could even roar, I ran up it's front side like a wall, doing a backflip while simultaneously slashing at its chest with the Twins. When I landed, I slashed up at it's head, relieving the Ursa's shoulders of their burden. The other three Ursas came at me, and I quickly dispatched them as well.
There was a sudden hissing from behind, and I quickly swung Lightning behind me to drive off the giant Basilisk. I only cut its nose, but it was enough to drive it away for a little. When I swung at the King Taijitu, I had buried my sword a little deeper than I had intended, and Lightning was wrenched out of my grasp when it pulled back. Gripping Thunder tighter, I jumped up to start randomly slicing at it's head, which proved to be an effective tactic.
I fell back down to the ground and ran over to collect Lightning, and I almost dropped it when a voice called behind me.