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Chapter Cover: Weiss seating back to back with Winter on the Schnee Crest on the ground.

Chapter Fifty

Resolution

The group stared up toward Mercury unable to understand how he was able to survive the Demon Gale attack. Weiss was staring upward at the man, her blue eyes wide. In the past, when her Father used the Demon Gale attack, it usually completely destroys the enemy that had overtaken them. The man's power was something that was unmatched in the White Clan history…and for Mercury to be able to even survive an attack like that without any type of injuries.

He shouldn't be able to survive it, she thought, Then...this glow in front of him…was it part of his power?

"I see you have more tricks up your sleeves than I realized," Ezekiel spoke out.

Mercury chuckled.

"I wouldn't have done all that I did without having some tricks in mind," he said, "Your Demon Gale had managed to decimate all of my White Knights in a single blow…it is as deadly as ever…but even you in all of your power cannot match a Piece of Light's power."

Weiss stared at him.

"Piece of Light?" she repeated.

"The White Star is a Piece of Light," Mercury said holding up the said object in his hand, "It was said that during the time of the Dark Ages, The White Goddess gifted mankind with them as a way to combat the ancient enemy of Grimm. That thing have more power than any of you combined…and you're about to get the first taste of it."

He aimed down toward them and the crystal he was holding in his hand started to glow brightly.

"Don't let him use it," Ezekiel yelled, "If he does….he might destroy this Dimension and us along with it."

Two white flash zoomed straight up toward Mercury. Weiss and her sister Winter both had jumped straight toward the man but they were blocked by the two girls that were with Mercury. Weiss launched an attack forward but it was blocked by the mint-haired girl who had bulled out a small sword from behind her so that she could block it as the blast of power grew around the two girls.

Weiss narrowed her eyes at her and then spoke out, "Ice Age."

A wave of ice grew from her blade forcing the mint-colored haired girl to jump back from her as the sudden wave of ice completely covering the entire area with it and then Weiss turned her attention toward where Mercury was standing with the glowing Crystal.

She raised her hand forming a Glyph there and it was blue in color, spinning as she powered up her own Aura...thought before she could actually cast it, the mint-colored haired girl was there attacking her from behind forcing Weiss to use Light Step to be able to jump away from the sudden attack and then launched straight at the girl's form as their weapons clashed again.


On her side, Winter had met with the umbrella holding girl. She frowned to herself as the girl appeared right in front of her and had a small smile upon her features as she held the umbrella in front of her. Winter stared at her opponent for a few moments before raising one of her sword forward.

"Sorry, but I don't have time to deal with you," she said, "Blizzard."

The sudden burst of snow and ice surged forward as they completely overcame the small girl in front of her, but then Winter feel her eyes widening lightly as she noticed that the attack she had launched had started to spin almost like it was getting sucked into a whirlpool or something. Then the attack she herself had launched was turned upon her and the girl completely covered her face as the sudden release of her attack.

Winter then used her other blade and sliced through the Blizzard attack which had come for her. She then launched forward aiming straight for the girl in front of her and with her swords she attacked relentlessly but the girl seems to be able to keep up with her just fine. She frowned lightly as her sword glowed again as she launched another wave of attack at her but her enemy had managed to dodge it.

Let's try this again, she thought.

She used Light Step to appear right above her enemy whose mismatched eyes followed her and then she launched her attack down.

"Avalanche," she said.

The sudden wave of snow came down heavy with Aura as the attack completely covered the girl that was beneath her. Winter stared at her as she noticed the attack she had launched toward her enemy had started to spin upon itself, the large amount of snow spinning in the air, almost like it had formed a cloud before launching up straight at her.

Using Light Step again, Winter jumped backward letting the wave of snow that had launched toward her pass her by. The white haired girl had a light frown upon her face as she stared at the attack.

It's just like earlier with my Blizzard, she thought, She managed to redirect it somehow…

Then the wave of snow suddenly changed direction in midair causing Winter to widen her eyes lightly noticing that they were now heading straight for her. The young woman jumped back again letting it pass her when a small portion detached itself from the wave of snow, launching straight for her. Winter raised her sword and blocked the attack as it pushed her back lightly but then a shadow covered her from behind drawing the girls' attention.

A large wave of snow was there rising behind her as it was completely covered any type of area that she might escape in.

I see, she thought, She used a piece of the snow to draw my attention away from what she was really planning.

The wave of snow came down upon Winter's form.

"White Dust, Iron Maiden," she said.

A large Iron shaped form appeared behind her as it protected her from the sudden wave of snow that had came down upon her back protecting her for the attack that had came down upon her. Then the snow dissipated from sight leaving Winter standing there as the Iron Maiden spell disappeared as well. She was staring down toward her enemy who was still holding the umbrella in her hand, a light smile upon her features.

She managed to control my attacks and turn them against me, she thought, and not only could she manipulate them at will, she also has enough Aura to match anyone here…She doesn't even seem to have released her Soul Weapon either…not that I can see any type of weapon upon her.

Then Winter's attention was drawn toward a sudden light that was coming from where Mercury was standing.

"No…," she said.

Damn it, he is going to unleash it.


Saturn raised a hand toward where Mercury was and hundred of blades shoot up straight toward where the man was but before his weapons could even reach the man, they all shattered in midair. It caused him to be surprised at how sudden it was.

My swords shattered? He thought surprised.

Ezekiel Schnee had also launched his Demon Gale attack again toward where Mercury stood but the attack only vaporized as it barely touched where Mercury stood. The White Lord stared at the man in front of him.

To his surprise, Mercury didn't aim the attack toward where they stood but toward the sky above them and the sudden beam of white light surged straight toward sky causing it to twist upon itself as if the attack was tearing through the sky causing it to change.

What is this? Saturn thought shocked.

Ezekiel had a frown upon his face as well as he stared at the event that was happening in front of him.

He was able to control the White Star on such a level, he thought, and he did so without the Bonding ceremony. For him to be able to do something like this…just are you really Mercury Black?


It was around that time that Yael, Sebastian, Noir, Yang and Ruby reached that area. The group all looked up toward the beam of light that was heading straight toward the sky above them, unable to understand what really was happening. Ruby Rose had her silver eyes wide as she stared at the light in front of them. It was very similarly colored to the one she had seen before when she had fallen to her knees earlier.

"Just what is that?" Yang said shocked.

"The amount of Aura I can feel coming from it," Noir said with wide eyes, "It's completely insane."

Ruby stayed silent as she simply continued to stare forward.

"Yael," Sebastian said as he stared up toward the beam of light in front of him.

"I know," the young woman said, "There is no mistaking it now…It's a Piece of Light."

Noir glanced at the woman beside him.

"A Piece of Light?" he said, "What the hell is that suppose to be?"

Yael narrowed her eyes as she stared at the beam of light in front of them.

"In the Dark Ages, the White Goddess gifted mankind with these powerful Artifacts called Pieces of Light," she said, "Using her own power she fashioned them into the world, so that with their Light mankind can have a breathing space compared to the endless wave of Grimms that were driving us into extinction. It was with their power that we have managed to turn the Tide of the War against the Grimms. It was because of that the White Goddess became known as what she is today to all of us."

"You're saying…that this thing," Yang said staring at the light in front of them, "Is one of those Artifacts?"

Suddenly the sky in the air above them sudden tear itself apart causing a massive wave of darkness to burst into the area as if a damn had been opened. The wave of darkness was something that Ruby herself can feel.

Grimm, she thought.

"It opened a Portal into the Shadow World," Noir said shocked.

"They're drawing the Grimm here," Yang said.

In the distance across them, Ruby took notice of a white cloaked figure standing there with his sword out and then two girls appeared right beside that figure, both of them armed with swords and Ruby can feel her eyes widening as she recognize the Aura she was feeling now…That image…she knew who it was.

"Weiss," she whispered.

The girl then launched herself forward aiming straight toward where the group was.

"Ruby," Noir called out to her, "Wait it's dangerous."


Weiss stared up toward the opening that had appeared in the sky above them with her eyes wide and then the sudden wave of blackness spilled from it like a black water. The girl frowned to herself as she raised her sword toward it.

"Ice Crystal," she said.

The black wave was completely covered in ice in seconds as they froze into a large crystal wave that was above them. Weiss was now huffing lightly at the amount of power she had just used, glaring up toward where Mercury stood and was now completely covered with a yellow light. He wasn't the only one to be like that as the two girls that were with him were also covered in the same light.

"Not bad," he said, "Not bad at all Weiss. It seems you really did get better in the five years you were away."

Weiss raised her hand toward him.

"Dust level 89, Heavenly Thunder," she said.

The blast of Dust magic aimed straight toward him but when it made contact with the yellow glow around Mercury, the attack didn't even had any effect upon the glow around him at all.

"What kind of protective spell is that?" Saturn said, "For a Dust level of 89 to have no effect?"

Lord Ezekiel narrowed his eyes at the man above them.

"You've taken a Piece of Light," he said narrowing his eyes, "Why would you want to do that?"

Mercury stared down at him.

"As I have said before," he said, "It was what I was ordered to do. As the White Lord, you should know the true purpose of the existence of the Pieces of Light. That purpose that the entire Human history had been built upon and without them, the houses of cards that you have built will come crumbling down…just as great civilizations are born, they will come crashing down."

Lord Ezekiel stared at the man as the three figures in the golden light disappeared from sight.

"They're gone," Winter said shocked, "I can't even sense their Aura anymore."

"It must have been some sort of teleporting technique," Saturn added.

"But even a teleportation technique wouldn't have been able to withstand a Level 89 Dust magic attack," Weiss told him as she glanced at the man, her sword returning back to it's normal state.

Lord Ezekiel sheathed his blade as his white cloak danced with his movements.

"We will have time to ponder everything later," he said drawing the group's attention toward him, "But it seems that we have company."

Weiss turned her attention toward the direction she could sense the Aura as well as the other few peoples that where with her. The white haired girl's eyes widened as she took notice of the familiar red cloak and the gothic Lolita dress that the person was wearing. She couldn't believe that it was really her she was seeing.

"R…Ruby?"

The girl was staring at her and then the silver eyes were suddenly filled with tears as the shorter girl tackled her into a hug.

"Ruby…what are you doing here?" Weiss said, "How did you even get here?"

"Do you have any idea how worried I was for you?" Ruby said as she cried against the white haired girl, "You just went away without any explanation and then two days later I heard you were going to be executed…"

Weiss stared down at the girl that was crying against her and let out a small smile as she hugged her back. She looked up toward the group that had arrived noticing Yang and Noir there as well as Sebastian. To her shock, she saw Aunt Yael there with them.


Undisclosed Location

Mercury appeared in the middle of the large hall along with the two girls. The young man was holding on the White Star in his hand as he stared down at the object. The mint-colored haired girl approached him.

"You're cutting it too close there," she said.

Mercury chuckled, "Why does it matter? We have what we came for."

He stared down at the Crystal in his hand.

"Wait…what took you so long getting there anyway?" the girl asked him, "You should have been there sooner."

Mercury gave a dark smile.

"I was just preparing…a going away present," he said.


Lord Ezekiel stood there as he stared up toward where the Huntsman had guided him. When they had stepped out of the Doorway of the White Clan there was something going on as the people there instantly approached him about a situation.

The man had followed the Huntsman toward it and his eyes widened in shock at what he were staring at the area. A figure was placed upon one of the largest flag of the White Clan completely covered the flag in red as well as the Clan's symbol.

Light Schneider was dead and his body was hanging on the flag of the White Clan, his blood forming lines upon the white flag he was placed on.

Well that happened...

Next Time: Under the Skin

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