Battle for the Multiverse

by TheUnknownLegion

War... such a fate now threatens countless Earthlands and other worlds, bringing either conquest or destruction for those who seek their prize. A band of unlikely heroes arise to stop the forces bent on domination or annihilation. Alliances will be made, and bonds will be forged and broken as the fate of countless worlds lie at stake. But not all will survive. Crossover elements.

25. Runomith the Hunter

Hello again everyone, it is I once more with a new chapter for you all to either enjoy or despise with all of your hatred. Whatever works for you all.

With the last chapter out of the way(Which I had to go back and rewrite a bit of it near the end due to a mistake on my part), we will now continued with Romeo for this chapter and see what he will be facing against.

Plus, this Earthland he's on is actually a world that was featured in my other story "Seeing Alternate Versions of Earthland", though is now very different due to reasons you'll see why.

Enjoy, or not, I don't care you all have your opinions.

Everything belongs to their respective owners.

Chapter Twenty Five: Runomith the Hunter

'EARTHLAND 666-A'

Utter silence continued to greet Romeo as he slowly walked through the lifeless land around him. The few trees he spotted were just like the ones he saw before, dead and withered into a dried husk with no leaves on them. The dirtied grey colored ground felt like piles of ashes as the All Magic Dragon Slayer left footprints in his wake while he continued making his way through the dead landscape around him. It thundered from a moment, but other than that silence once more ruled supreme. The air felt cold and dirtied due to the ash and dust that was in the air.

"I don't feel anything alive…," Romeo muttered as his eyes drifted from one spot to another while he continued his path. To where he didn't exactly know, but he hoped to find some kind of town… if there were any at all that weren't lifeless and void as the land around him, 'Just what happened here? It… kind of looked like it was once a forest, at least I think?'

Romeo ceased his movement for a moment as he looked up to the blocked out dark sky. Ashes and dust covered the atmosphere like a blanket, blocking natural sunlight from breaching forth and blocking any other astral body like the moon to be seen by any. It was honestly depressing, like he was on a post-apocalyptic world.

But he didn't know why, but Romeo felt as if whatever caused this wasn't supposed to happen naturally.

'Maybe I should take it to the air? I feel like I would able to see much more of my surroundings better and hopefully find out where exactly I ended up.' The dark purple haired teenager thought with a thinking expression planted on his face, figuring that he would be able to cover more ground if he did such a thing.

With that in mind, the All Magic Dragon Slayer summoned forth his draconic wings once more before taking off high into the air. This allowed him to get a far better bird's eye view of his surroundings.

To Romeo's disappointment however, all he could see all the way up in the ash and dust blocked out sky was an expanse of the same lifeless ash covered landscape that seemed to extended for miles with the occasional dead tree and hill he would spot.

'I don't know what happened here, but I will find out one way or another.' Romeo thought to himself before taking off at high speeds that would put a rocket to shame, hoping to find some scenery difference and hopefully a place to lay low for a time being since he hasn't really got much rest in the past twenty four hours ever since he and the others were on that Earth with the Quirks.

Flying through the air, the scene didn't really change much. As he flew over the dead land below the lifeless state the world seemed to be in remained consistent. Not a single living thing was spotted, any rivers that may have been around before were long gone, and more dead trees continued to be seen here and there far below the dust and ash blanket that blocked the sun and other heavenly bodies out. The sight slightly brought Romeo down, his heart going out for whatever life once flourish here only for it all to have been wiped out by some unknown phenomenon.

Eventually after what felt like an hour having passed, he spotted a large hill with a cave present at the base of it from above. Seeing this he stopped flying before he dived down towards the ground and landed in front of the entrance. Walking inside slowly, he noticed the cave was not very spacious and was only the size of a family room thus no further path that continued to lead inward into some cavern or any of the sorts.

"I guess I can rest here for a bit," Romeo figured as he headed to the back of the small cave before turning around and flopped down onto the cold hard cavern floor. It was far from being comfortable, but the dark purple haired young male was used to sleeping on hard things with rough condition since he was six. Letting out a yawn he felt his eyes start to close as his exhaustion finally caught up to him, "Man, guess I am pretty… tired…"

And with that Romeo was out like a light, silently snoring away, this time no nightmares to appear and plague his mind as the land outside continued to remain lifeless as a chill of wind blew more ash and dust.

'EIGHT HOURS LATER'

The faint movement of feet stirred Romeo from his slumber, the dark purple haired slowly opened his eyes while he sat up, yawning slightly while rubbing his eyes also. How long did he sleep for? He felt fully charged though, so maybe he managed to get a few decent hours of rest in?

His ears perked a bit as the sound of movement from a good distance grabbed his attention due to his enhanced hearing. That got him to widen his eyes before jumping to his feet, now fully awake and cautious as he eyed the entrance to the cave he was currently in.

"What was that?" He mumbled to himself as he slowly moved his way towards the entrance, prepared in case something appeared and jumped at him.

Arriving at the entrance that led to the lifeless outside world, he looked out to see if anything was around in his sights ahead of him. Walking out of the cave his eyes narrowed as he tried to sense for anything that was out of the ordinary.

Then, he stopped movement with a serious expression on his face…

…Only to quickly turn around as something from above the cave entrance lunged at him with a demonic screech. Luckily Romeo reacted in time with a strong punch to the unknown attacker's face with enough force to cave in its skull, causing it to fall lifelessly on the ground next to him as shards of its cranium now lie on the dead ground.

Looking towards the now dead attacker, Romeo's eyes widened when he recognized the familiar dark grey skin with black patterns covering most of its upper body the creature had, along with its four arms, sharp bloody and monstrous teeth and four slit-like crimson lifeless eyes.

"A Mindless?" Romeo asked aloud to no one before his gaze hardened. Was that what happened to this world? The Fel Etherious were responsible?

More demonic growls grabbed the Dragon Slayer's attention as he turned and looked back up above the hill where the cave he slept in only to see numerous more of the Mindless slowly crawling their way over the raised area of land, their teeth gritting against each other as the beast-like demons drooled green acid-like spit.

The sight caused Romeo to narrow his gaze towards the monstrous creatures. Of course they were more of them, usually if there was one Mindless then more of them were nearby.

The demonic beasts then leap into the air towards the dark purple haired young teenager, each of them howling aloud their unholy screeches as Romeo pulled his fist back before thrusting it in front of him. In doing so unleashed a large blast of air that utterly dominated and killed the creatures that were not strong enough to withstand against it. Even the cave and the hill were unable to withstand as it blew apart and crumbled into pieces all over the area around the human male, kicking up dust and debris in the process.

"Well, that takes care of you all!" Romeo exclaimed with a grin on his face from the easy win.

A roar grabbed his attention before he felt the ground shake beneath his feet, and his eyes widened once more before dashing over to the side just in time to avoid something smashing itself from the ground and making itself know. Landing not too far away from his old spot, Romeo turned around to see what the new attacker was.

The creature looked to be around fifteen to sixteen feet tall, though it was hunched over with its large muscular arms placed before it in a knuckle walking like manner. However, it's left arm resembled a cuddle fish as the end of it opened wide with the tentacles moving around slightly. Said arm also glowed dark green through the open mouth of the cuddle-fish-like hand and through the cracks and holes that scaled up its arm to its shoulder. The creature was mostly covered in black tough armor-like hide, with the exposed flesh underneath its triceps, on its stomach, neck, the back of its thighs, and the bottom of its long tail with a dagger-like end to the limb showing visible muscle sinew. The flesh around its mouth had pale decaying skin with sharp yellow teeth that were currently splattered in blood. The demonic creature also had no eyes as the rest of its head and parts around the edges of its black hide also showed the pale decaying skin. A few protrusions of spikes were seen sticking out at the top of its hunch back, three from the back and one on each shoulder. The back of the creature also had holes and cracked lines that glowed with vile demonic green energy. The creature had sharp claws on its right hand and sharp lizard-like feet.

'Whoa what are you?!' Romeo thought in surprised from this new variant of the Mindless he never saw before, a bit unsettled by the demon's rather disturbing appearance, mainly the exposed muscle tendons before he gained a determined look and entered a fighting stance.

Along with this large and unusual Mindless demon multiple more of the normal variant emerged from the holes underground as they quickly moved in towards Romeo, who reacted quickly by using his speed to dash to and strike at each Mindless with enough force to kill them, their bodies either sent flying as they splatted onto the ground exposing inner organs from the powerful blow that tore through their flesh and bone or simply knocked into the ground where they stood, their skulls caved and smashed in as dark green blood leaked from these wounds. The larger new variant of Mindless let out a roar before it lifted its left arm out before firing off multiple blasts of Fel Energy towards the dark purple haired teenager.

Romeo however easily deflected or dodged each blast fired at him before he dashed close towards the eyeless and muscle exposed demon, as it stood up slightly so it could slam its right arm into its prey. The Dragon Slayer however was too fast before it could even bring its limp down when Romeo thrust a powerful punch into the demon's stomach, breaking through its hide and muscle as blood poured from the wound. Romeo didn't stop there however as he then dragged his fight up the demon's body as it howled in agony before ripping his hand out as fountain of dark green blood poured onto the male while the creature fell backwards, its internal organs falling out due to the large wound Romeo caused to it.

"AH GROSS!" Romeo shouted as he saw himself now covered in the demon's blood and some of its guts. A very unpleasant sight that would greatly unsettle most people if they have stumbled upon the blood and gore covered teen.

He couldn't dwell on it for too long however before a chorus of numerous demonic roars and screeches caused him to turn to his left and out into the opened field aside from the occasional dead tree that stood in its place.

And to his surprise many more Mindless, both the normal kind and multiple more of the larger brutes like the one he just killed were seen in the distance running towards the dark purple haired teenager from who knows where, getting the young teenager to groan from the sight.

"Seriously? Where did they all come from?" Romeo questioned before he cracked his knuckles before turning his body towards the oncoming horde, "FINE! YOU WANT TO BE SLAUGHTERED THEN ALLOW ME TO OBLIDGE!"

Romeo then charged towards the incoming horde of Mindless, the beast-like demons not stopping in their warpath.

'ONE HOUR LATER'

The last Mindless Brute let out a dying wail of agony before Romeo silenced it by stomping his foot down onto the larger creature's skull, smashing it into pieces as dark green blood and the brain of the creature splattered all around and on his foot. Romeo grumbled as he removed his foot from the spot before he looked around the area.

"About f**king time. I thought they would never end." Romeo muttered in an annoyed tone as he observed the battlefield around him.

Countless corpses of Mindless all lied dead around him, most being the normal sized four armed variant ones with the occasional Brute in the massive pile of carcasses that covered the dead land for miles. How many showed up? Romeo wasn't sure, but he knew that it had to be like at least a million of these creatures that now all lied dead.

'Probably would have ended much sooner if I used more of my Magic, but I can't waste it all on a bunch of beasts in case something more powerful shows up,' Romeo thought as he now had a moment to take a breather. Putting a hand on his chin, the All Magic Dragon Slayer became lost in thought for a few moments, 'It doesn't make such sense though. Why were there so many Mindless out in the open like this? And where did they all come from? Did someone send them? If so, then the demons know I'm here then, but who specifically?'

Romeo knew he needed more answers if he was going to have his questions solved. Whoever was in charge of the Mindless here may be aware that he was on the planet, otherwise why would so many Mindless just be out and let loose?

Knowing that he had to explore this lifeless husk of an Earthland to figure everything out, he summoned his draconic wings once more before taking off high into the air before bolting in a random direction at high speeds, leaving the battlefield of over a million dead Mindless behind in his wake.

As he flew over the ash and dust covered barren land down below, his eyes scanned everything around him to make sure he didn't miss anything that may seem out of the ordinary. Eventually it didn't take long before he spotted something in the distance that grabbed his attention.

"Is that… a city?" Romeo questioned before he gained a serious expression, knowing that it was no doubt infested with more demons as he flew to his destination.

When he arrived at the sight of the crumbled civilization, his eyes widened in slight shock and anger while he looked at the city down below, him still remaining up into the air.

The city was littered with corpses of what was once people, their bodies having been torn asunder allowing rotten intestines and other organs to be seen and feasted on by the numerous Mindless that now roamed the city either it be sleeping, feasting on the left over bodies or even getting into fights with one another like wild animals. The buildings were completely wreck as barely anything remained standing, with each now opened up and cleared structures also held flesh looking eggs that ranged from small to large. The nearby sea was completely blood red from all the dead living things that now float on the surface of the sea of blood, ranging from fish to birds and even people, the states of all of their bodies were to the point any sane person would have vomited from the sight ten times over. The air reeked of decay and rotten flesh and organs as well as the smell of blood from the nearby large mass of crimson liquid.

But what stood out the most to him was the destroyed Fairy Tail guild hall in the center of the city, the old sigh that showed the building's name lying in a pile of rubble with dried human blood splattered on the old piece of wood.

"Magnolia…" Romeo muttered in anger and sorrow, realizing that this was the city of Fairy Tail. What… what have those monsters done to this place? To him, there was no doubt that the guild of this world along with everyone else were most likely dead. The mere thought made his blood boil from the suffering the demons no doubt inflicted on the Mages and innocent people of this Earthland.

His eyes drifted over to the Mindless down below, noticing a few of them were walking slowly before they came to a stop. Confused, Romeo leaned over from his spot high in the sky to see if can get a better look at whatever the Mindless were doing. Then without warning they started to cough rather horrendously before the few Mindless doing this threw up around a dozen small eggs before each of them, their blood and spit mixed with one another covering each egg due to throwing them up from their mouths before they stumbled away to recover elsewhere in the city.

Seeing that got Romeo to flinch in sight disgust.

"Ew… so that's why so many Mindless are out. This entire planet being used as some sort of breeding ground for these monsters." Romeo muttered to himself as he realized the connection as to why so many Mindless were present and in the open all over the place. The Fel Etherious were using this world to breed more Mindless, that would explain why so many were out in the open like the hordes he fought earlier.

Knowing he had to investigate more of the dead and conquered planet to see if that's fully true or not, and to find out if there any Fel Etherious that was in charge of watching over this planet and kill them, Romeo took off flying away from the blood and corpse filled ruins that was Magnolia, but not before giving the place once last sorrowful look before he did so.

Flying high over the land below, he could spot numerous hordes of Mindless swarming the dead land of ash below while he continued onward high above them all, thus none of the low intelligent demons noticed him. It felt like he was flying for nearby an hour as he continued through the air as the blanket of dust and ashes covering the atmosphere of the planet up above.

He eventually came to a stop however as he noticed something different down at the land below. Flying high over the ash and dust covered barren landmass beneath his form, he saw what probably was once a beautiful valley filled and flourishing with life. But now like the rest of the world, from what he saw so far at least, was nothing more than barren and lifeless with dead trees and a river that flowed through the valley, crimson as blood with corpses of rotting and decaying fish and other bodies floated in the bloody stream. Many Mindless of the normal variant were also spotted, with many of the eggs of these beast-like demons also littered the place.

What was new to Romeo however were these large bloated sickly yellow colored massive blobs of flesh that littered the place, with some of the Mindless down in the lifeless valley below were swarming around and seemly feasting on the disgusting yellow pus-like giggling meat. It was kind of unsettling to tell the truth as the four armed monsters dig and tore into it like it was a buffet.

Before Romeo could question what that stuff was out loud however, his attention was once more drawn when at the top of some of these bloated building size sacks of disgusting soft tissue a long dark gray colored neck shot out from the main bloated body. The long appendage bulking up a bit before at the end of the long limb a large mouth filled with numerous rows of razor sharp teeth ranging of different sizes, all that seemly were stained with dark green blood before the mouth attached long muscle limb let out a hideous demonic roar before promptly opened wide and slammed down onto a few of the Mindless around it's body, swallowing and chewing numerous of them into it's large bloated mouth and neck. Once the unfortunate Mindless that were targeted were devoured and swallowed, the limb's main bloated yellow body expanded and regenerated the missing yellow pus-like soft tissue that the other Mindless had devoured for more of the four armed variants to feast on.

Seeing this happened as well as seeing more of the same incident throughout the valley with these unusual sentient Mindless Feeders got Romeo to cringe in slight disgust, finding that all to be disturbing to see while he figured out the purpose of these things.

"I see… those things are like some kind of feeders for the other Mindless to eat the fat flesh they produces, and in turn the Mindless serve as food themselves in order to maintain and grow more for the more abundant Mindless. …Gross." Romeo muttered out, figuring out the purpose of these Mindless Feeders.

Shaking his head from witnessing this, he proceeded to continue onward to figure out more of what had happened to this planet and see if there were any other surprises to be seen, leaving the demon infested barren valley behind him.

However, without warning as he kept flying over the land below his draconic wings then were dispelled, getting Romeo to widen his eyes in shock as he looked behind him to see his wings now no longer present.

"HUH?!" Romeo exclaimed loudly before he found himself shouting as he plummeted down to the planet below.

Before he knew it, he found himself crashing face first into the ground, getting him to let out a small groan. Luckily, he managed to quickly recover as he rubbed his face from the sudden greeting it had to the dead land beneath him, rubbing off grime and ashes that stuck to his face. With that out of the way he looked behind him to get a look of his back in confusion.

"What the heck just happened? Why were my wings dispelled?" Romeo questioned before he looked over at his hands. Trying to summon up his Magic, he found himself unable to do so with caused him to raise an eyebrow in puzzlement and slight worry, "Okay… that's not a good sign. I had access to my powers just fine a moment ago, why isn't it working now?"

Looking around he kept his guard up while a few dead trees stood tall a few yards away from where he was at.

'Is there some nullifier nearby or something? If that's the case I need to find it and get rid of it.' Romeo wondered. He knew that it wasn't the planet itself that was for some reason blocking his powers from being accessed since one, they were working just fine a few moments ago, and two that demonic serum E.N.D founded while they were on that one world decimated by Nuclear War nullified the effects of such natural universal laws. So this had to be the doing of some entity or creature.

Not wasting time, he used his great speed on foot to bolt into the direction he was heading, hoping to find whatever was causing the sudden nullification of his Magic being denied accessed too. With his speed he shouldn't have any problem avoiding any Mindless that he may run across, getting by them quick enough so they wouldn't detect his present.

Eventually after a short while later as he dashed through the dead and lifeless landscape, avoiding hordes of Mindless along the way, he eventually arrived close to the base of a jagged mountain as it shot up into the air high above the barren land surrounding it. Not thinking much of it he was about to keep moving ahead…

…Only for a low demonic yet deep growl was picked up by his ears, getting him to grow cautious. That didn't sound like the other Mindless creatures that he had encountered so far. Keeping caution of his surroundings, he closed in on the source as he turned around a corner of a large boulder that was in front of him next to the base of the mountain.

What he saw got him to widen his eyes in shock.

Standing still and tall around a hundred and fifty feet in height stood a monstrous looking creature as it remained in place. It had a rather muscular form with much of its skin being a pitch black color which the underbelly of the monstrous beast was more dark bluish. It had two large and long arms with the end of the limbs being nothing more than a sharp bladed talon that looked and exposed bone. Two smaller arms were present underneath the first two limbs, having three fingers with sharp claws. The creature had four legs on the longer lower body, each of the four limbs not possessing feet but instead bone-like bladed talons like the upper arms it had. Numerous bone spikes protrusions littered its body from its hunched-like back, on its legs, arms, back and on the large skinny tail it also possessed, with said limb having a sharp jagged bony end. Then there was its face, which resembled a skull with numerous sharp and monstrous teeth. Its eyes seemed empty like there were nothing in the sockets as it remained stationary.

Needless to say, the sight of such a creature nearly caused the dark purple haired young teen to take a double take.

'What is that thing?! Is that some kind of Mindless Fel Etherious?!' Romeo thought in shock, never having seen such a creature before. It looked to be asleep or in some kind of dormant state since it was still and hardly moving. He looked and observed the Mindless Behemoth before he narrowed his eyes once more, 'Wait, is this thing responsible for the sudden nullification of my Magic? But I had to be at least a few miles away before my Magic got blocked! If this thing is behind it, it has such a range?'

Romeo slowly moved from the safety of the boulder before making his way over to the slumbering giant demon. He didn't know if this thing was actually behind the nullification or not, but considering the look and size of this thing, it would be better off to deal with it so it never could be used to be unleased on other worlds.

As he made his way over to its body, he unknowingly proceeded to step onto a small stick that snapped underneath his foot. While to many the sound wouldn't really be heard, but it was enough to wake the slumbering Mindless Behemoth as its pitch black empty-like eyes shot open, causing Romeo to freeze in place.

"…Well sh*t." Was all Romeo managed to say with a straight face as he saw the monstrous demon turn its body towards his location.

And with that the giant beast roared out a monstrous demonic yet twisted roar before its massive body quickly moved towards where the All Magic Dragon Slayer stood while it proceeded to swing one of its larger talon arms down towards him.

Luckily Romeo moved quickly to get out of the way while the ground where he once stood shattered and broke apart like nothing as the creature turned towards where the All Magic Dragon Slayer was now at. Opening its mouth, it unleashed a wave of acid-like spit while Romeo used his speed to easily dodge the acidic spit as it quickly dissolved and consumed the land where he stood at moments prior. To Romeo's surprise the creature despite its size was surprisingly quickly, turning towards where he stood before bringing its talons down upon where he was at, with the young teenager continuing to dodge each blow like nothing. The Mindless Behemoth's tail then tried to swing at the young male only for Romeo to land on the ground from dodging the earlier attacks and managing to catch and grab a hold of the limb.

"GOTCHA!" Romeo shouted with a grin on his face before using his strength to lift the hundred and fifty feet tall Mindless Behemoth and threw it directly up into the nearby jagged mountain, causing it to shatter upon impact and bringing it down upon the demonic monster. Romeo didn't care for when smoke and dust picked up as the dark purple haired teenager took off once more towards the scene.

Not even a few moments later did the monstrous demon emerge from the rubble as it roared aloud, more ticked off than anything. Spotting the approaching human, the Mindless Behemoth roared once again as it brought its two larger arms and talons up before bringing them down upon where Romeo was at. However, Romeo managed to jump up high into the air avoiding such attacks as he was now high above the giant demonic nightmare. Knowing that he needed to end this quick, Romeo dived down towards the creature's head before using his monstrous strength, slammed his fist directly into the Mindless Behemoth's head, causing its head to cave in as it let out one final agonizing roar before it fell over onto its side with a loud thud, shaking the land in the process and kicking up dust and ashes.

Romeo landed not too far from where the now dead behemoth now laid, it's dark green blood pooling from the crushed cranium as it poured onto the dead ground around it.

"That takes care of that then." Romeo muttered before he felt a surge of his power once more, causing him grin as he realized what that meant.

Making sure, he summoned forth his draconic wings once more which came to be, getting him to grin from the sight.

"So I was right, that thing was the cause of the nullification," Romeo stated with a smirk, glad to managed to figure out that unusual giant monster was the cause of it. However his smirk faded as he looked at the corpse of the giant demon that laid dead not too far from where he stood, a look of worry now present on his face, "That thing could nullify my powers even miles away, how do the Fel Etherious manage to create such a monster do such a thing?"

Shaking his head, he knew that he didn't have time to think about that as he needed to find out more about what the Fel Etherious have done to this planet and to see if there was a leader of the Mindless present on this Earthland. Taking off high into the air, he bolted through the sky once again with great speed to find out more about his current situation.

Eventually a short while later once more, his eyes continuing to scan the land below him to see if anything other than the many roaming Mindless and decimation of civilizations and ecosystems would be seen.

But then, he stopped his movement as he noticed something off as he looked down to the land below him.

"Huh?" Romeo questioned for a moment before he flew down towards the dust and ash covered grey colored land once more.

Landing on his feet, the dark purple haired teenager dismissed his wings before taking in the surroundings. It wasn't the land or the trees that was the problem since it was all barren and dead like everywhere else he has seen so far on his desolated Earthland, but the numerous dead Mindless demons that littered the landscape, and from all the fresh dark green blood that weren't dried up this was recent.

"The heck happened here?" Romeo questioned as he walked towards the closest corpse of the Mindless. Taking a closer inspection, the dark purple haired noticed multiple slash marks on its torso as its vile blood poured from the wounds. They looked like claw marks, no, these were too clean to be claws of a beast. Were these from a weapon?

Romeo didn't get a change to think of any idea before his enhance hearing picked up something not to far from where he stood. Listening to it closer, it sounded like… humming?

"Is someone here?" Romeo questioned with confusion. Was it perhaps a survivor or something? If that was the case, he had to go check it out.

Quickly making his way over to where the noise was coming from, Romeo eventually arrived at a clearing where numerous more corpses of the Mindless laid all around the area. However, in the middle of the clearing sitting upon a corpse of one of the demons, a figure was present with their back turn, lowly humming and mumbling who knows what to themselves in a rather unusual and creepy manner.

Despite this, Romeo couldn't help but step forward away from dead trees as he stepped in a pool of demonic blood of a Mindless corpse.

"Hello?" Romeo called out, which seemed to silent the figure while Romeo remained cautious.

The entity stood up, their back still turned towards the All Magic Dragon Slayer. But that would end when the figure turned around towards hid direction… which Romeo then wished he didn't while his eyes widened at the sight.

The figure looked to be six feet tall and was a man, or at least if he could be called that anymore. Dark green blood stained his dirtied yet torn and burnt light brown pants, exposing his knees which looked like a swollen mess of charred bone and bloated flesh. His feet were a mess of melted flesh no longer recognizable as feet. The figure had a lean muscular built with everything aside from his pants exposing his charred and scarred skin as if he had at one point been burnt alive. On his face was an old charred mask shaped to have horns and looked as if it was infused with his face and skin, and holes that allowed his eyes to be seen, if it weren't for the fact said eyes, both which have nails stabbed into them, were dangling from their eye sockets and over the mask where his cheeks would be, unmoving in the slightest. Where his lower arms would be monstrous bloated purple and black flesh was, with each end of them where hands would be were instead large curved bladed fingers that nearly rivaled that of a short sword in length. The bladed fingers covered in blood and gore of the demonic creatures they have struck down.

This man, once a serial killer having been left mutilated and burn, now mutated and reanimated by the Fel Energy that sundered the world, bringing the evil within him to light in his new monstrous form.

'Okay… that's disturbing to look at.' Romeo had to admit as the mutated undead demonic entity tilted his head to the side as he looked over towards where the All Magic Dragon Slayer was located.

However, the monstrous man didn't see Romeo, but a certain black haired Seran woman who had ended his past life, his twisted and broken mind making him see no one but her, causing him to grin even though his melted and infused mask made it pretty hard to tell.

"Well… well… well…," The bloated figure started to speak in a broken and twisted voice while a high pitch demonic tone overlapped his other tone also, "Hello again… my little sheep… it seems like no matter how many times I kill you… you keep coming back…"

"Huh?" Romeo questioned as he remained cautious. What the heck was this… thing, talking about?

"Aw… you don't remember little old me…? It's okay… thanks to you my old life ended… but now I've been reborn… a new life for a new me… hehehehehehe…" The entity responded as he shifted his head once more, his nail pierce eyeballs dangling as he did so, while his bloated flesh jiggled in an unsettling manner in the process.

Romeo remained cautious while his eyes narrowed.

"I'm sorry, but I think you got me confused with someone else." Romeo responded, seeing how this man, if he could be called that anymore, was literally insane.

"Warren Skinner… that was the old me…," The monster started to speak as he tilted his head to the other side while he raised his bloated and deformed arms and bloodied bladed claws, "I decided… to take a new identity… to leave behind the old me… simply call me… Sam… now…," The monstrous man gained a more twisted grin on his face before speaking up once more, this time his voice being more demonic and shattered, "ARE YOU READY TO DANCE MY LITTLE SHEEP?!"

Romeo barely had the time to react as his eyes widened when without warning the now self named Sam bolted towards the dark purple haired male, unleashing a small shockwave that blew some of the Mindless corpses away as he closed in with claws out.

Romeo managed to duck to avoid the first swing before kicking his legs up directly into the monstrous man's stomach, launching him up into the air. However, the melted infused mask man landed onto his feet before he charged towards the dark purple haired young teen once more. Romeo was able to avoid a swipe of his right claws before he once more ducked and slammed an All Magic Dragon's Fist into Sam's stomach, launching the mutated corpse flying through the air and through multiple dead trees, bringing them all down as the man landed elsewhere away from the clearing where he once stood. Knowing that this entity would be a problem if left alone, Romeo charged towards where he launched Sam flying to take him down for good.

Sam skipped over the land before he landed onto his feet, pulling the ash covered dirt in the progress as he looked up to see the incoming Dragon Slayer. Raising his hands up once more he was about to swipe his claws once more towards the incoming young teenager before Romeo managed to dash by fast enough before he could land a hit. As Romeo did that, he delivered a powerful All Magic Dragon's Fist once more directly into Sam's right shoulder, causing enough force to completely explode it, causing the right arm to fall into the ground with a thud while Romeo landed a good distance behind the now one armed man while he turned to face his monstrous foe.

"AAAAAHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Sam shouted in agony before it turned into what sounded like agonizing laugher, his shattered and twisted mind feeding on the pain he felt.

And to Romeo's surprise, the stump where his right arm once stood started to grow and become bloated, becoming more of a black and purple twisted deformed flesh allowing a more monstrous arm to take form.

'He can regenerate?! And why the heck did his arm become more disgusting?!' Romeo thought to himself as he saw the bigger and more mutated and deformed mass of black and purple flesh with claws sticking out where the hand would be.

Romeo didn't have time to think about this further before Sam charged directly at him once more, bringing his claws down while the Dragon Slayer managed to jump out of the way in time to avoid the attack while the ground he once stood on shattered from the impact. Not done with his assault, Sam kept up the attack dashing towards where the dark purple haired young male was at and swiping his claws at him once more. Romeo managed to keep dodging each attack before he acted, jumping over the larger deformed walking corpse before delivering a powerful kick into the back of the monster's head, knocking him down to the ground. Not wasting time, Romeo grabbed the knocked down figure by his melted stubs he called feet before chucking the man with enough force to send him flying through the air at intense speeds. This caused Sam to crash through multiple dead trees and even a few nearby hills before he crashed into the ground once more.

Getting back up, the melted infused mask wearing maniac looked at his surroundings, seeing how he was now at what used to be a beach, now nothing more than ash and dust to cover the sand that led out into the ocean of blood that could be seen going outward into the distance with no end. Numerous bloated and torn bodies of animals and even people could be seen floating over the crimson surface, like a scene from a living nightmare becoming reality.

He took his mind off of that for a moment before he sensed Romeo quickly approaching where he was now before he quickly dived out of the way to avoid another punch by the dark purple haired teenager, who landed onto his feet as Sam now stood a few yards from where they were at.

Now in the setting of what was once a beautiful beach with the ocean nearby now nothing more than a shore of ash and dust along with the nearby ocean of blood and corpses, Sam once more charged towards where Romeo was at to tear him apart with his large claws. Romeo managed to duck once more before jumping up and delivering a knee to the chin of the monstrous walking corpse, getting Sam to stumble a bit before he recovered and tried to slam his bloated deformed arm into the younger male. Romeo managed to react in time and block the incoming attack, before taking hold of the monstrous limb before lifting Sam up off the ground before slamming him down behind him into the dust and ash covered shore, causing a small shockwave to be emitted from the collision. Romeo would have done it once more if it weren't for Sam recovering and using his other arm to swipe his claws at the younger male's arms in an attempt to cut them off. Luckily the All Magic Dragon Slayer was able to see this coming, let go and jumped back to avoid being it. Unfortunately for Romeo, this allowed Sam to quickly jump on his feet before dashing over towards where Romeo was, swinging his left arm down towards Romeo. While Romeo managed to jump up and over the monstrous man to avoid this, Sam quickly turned around and slashed his claws directly into Romeo's face. While most of them didn't make contact or make too deep of a cut, Romeo found himself receiving a slash to the face by one of the claws.

"GAH!" Romeo shouted as he on instant clutched where his left eye was, feeling a large cut going over it. Thankfully though his eye itself managed to escape being damaged miraculously before an angered look appeared on his face, "Oh that's it! No more wasting time with you!"

Ignore the pain and blood pouring from his left side of his face for the time being as he quickly moved in towards the bloated monster before him who was about to strike at him once more. Ducking and dodging more claw swipes at him by the bigger entity, Romeo rushed toward Sam's stomach before delivering a barrage of Magic empowered punches towards the monstrous entity, causing Sam to let out what sounded like agonizing laughter before Romeo delivered a powerful uppercut to the chin once more that launched the deformed maniac up into the air. Jumping up towards the now airborne enemy Romeo started to channel more of his Magical power into his right hand as he was now in front of Sam, who let out another demonic agonizing laugh that echoed before he tried to attack Romeo once more.

"WE'RE NO WHERE NEAR DONE MY LITTLE SHEEP! LET'S KEEP HAVING FUN!" Sam shouted in his demonic, twisted and broken voice as he laughed in a maniacal manner while sounding like he was in pain.

'Not a chance!' Romeo thought before he pulled his right fist back while empowering more of his Magic into it, "TAKE THIS! ALL MAGIC DRAGON KING'S FIST!"

And before Sam could even properly defend himself, Romeo deliver the powerful attack that unleashed a large explosion and shockwave that utterly decimated the land below while blowing away a good portion of the blood ocean nearby while Sam was launched far away from where he once was, screaming in agony yet also in laughter as the Magical power unleashed from the attack proceeded to seemly consumed the monstrous vile entity as he disappear far from sight, seemly having been reduce to mere ashes.

With that, the threat was seemly no more while Romeo landed back onto the ash and dust covered sandy ground, as a wave of bloodied crimson water washed up over his feet. Not bothered by that for the time being, Romeo took a deep breath as he clutched where his left eye was at, still finding it a bit sore from the attack.

"Ow… this is going to sting for a while isn't it?" Romeo muttered to himself with slight annoyance. And knowing his luck he probably just got a new scar also in the process. At his eye was still alright thankfully.

Knowing that he had to let time do its job to heal the wound as best as it could, he looked out towards the ocean of blood, his face faltered slightly from the horrific sight before he gained a more focus expression.

"Well… better keep going." Romeo figured before he once more summoned his draconic wings once more.

Looking out to the ocean of blood and corpses, Romeo took off high into the air once more before bolting towards the open mass of blood, figuring that he would fly over the landmass and see if lands beyond Fiore and Ishgar also suffered the same fate.

Eventually, after some time has passed, he was still over the ocean of blood which seemed to expand endless in all directions, land no where in sight any longer before Romeo spotted something up in the distance.

"Huh? What's is that?" Romeo muttered to himself in confusion as he spotted something large in the distance. As he closed in however, his eyes widened as he recognized what it was.

It was a massive demonic warship currently stationed vertically upwards, the sheer size of it dwarf the size of Fiore alone as its black metallic surface could be seen stretching up, left and right with no end in sight. The very bottom of the warship hovering over the ocean of blood alone as its vile humming got into earshot when Romeo closed in. It reminded Romeo of the nation sized demonic vessel that blocked out the sky that appeared on that one world ravaged by Nuclear war.

Romeo gained a serous expression and a look of anger as he sped up towards the monstrous vessel that hovered over the planet.

"So that's where they are…" Romeo stated in a low tone as he prepared himself. The demons responsible for ruining this world were no doubt residing inside of that massive warship, and he would be damned if he was going to let them get away with this.

Closing his eyes for a moment before opening them, the All Magic Dragon Slayer gained a determined expression as he prepared himself for a fight. Going up higher into the air, Romeo planned to break into the ship at one of the higher levels of the demonic cruiser in order to not waste time. No matter how many demons resided in this ship, he will ensure not a single one escapes alive.

'INSIDE OF THE WARSHIP'

A large dark and black metallic hallway was present, not a single living creature spotted or residing in this section of the war vessel as a nearby enforced wall exploded, showing Romeo as he landed onto the metallic flooring with his Magic readied around his fists, prepared for a fight while he dismissed his draconic wings for the time being.

However, Romeo gained a puzzled expression as he looked around at both ends of the hallway he was in… and not seeing any alarm going off or any Fel Etherious nearby to come to defend against the intruder.

Needless to say, Romeo was confused.

"The heck? Where are the demons?" Romeo questioned, finding that a little bit odd. With a ship this massive, surely there would be hordes of monstrous creatures, right?

Keeping his guard up, the dark purple haired male quickly bolted towards one of the random directions of the hallway he was in, making sure to keep an eye and ear out in case of any demon that may pop out of nowhere and attack.

Time went on by however as Romeo continued to move around freely in the interior of the massive nation size war vessel, yet so far he has yet to run into or sense any other presence so far. Romeo was confused, something isn't right here. Where are the demons at? There's no way a ship this size would not have a large presence of Fel Etherious would it?

Eventually, Romeo came to a stop as he looked to his left to see a large metallic closed door right before him. It looked bigger and styled different compared to the other doors he has seen, so maybe this led to somewhere important?

Not wasting time, Romeo walked up over towards the closed entrance before seeing a keypad to his right. Going over towards it, the All Magic Dragon Slayer hummed to himself as he did the next best thing to make something work… which was slamming his fist into the screen surface keypad, crushing it as the door opened from the malfunction it suffered. Seeing this got Romeo to grin before he walked into the opened entrance.

When he did, Romeo's eyes widened in both surprise yet confusion. Looking all around, he found himself on a bridge that only led to a small center platform that held a control panel. The chamber he found himself in looked to be a massive cylinder shaped room that seemed to stretched up as high as it can go with no end in sight. Looking over the bridge, he saw no ground as the darkness and the large chamber room seemed to extend downward to no end also. The internal walls were mostly pitched black aside from the faint green glowing lines that covered the walls giving the design of the walls to look like numerous unending windows.

"Whoa… what is this place for?" Romeo wondered before his eyes landed onto the control panel in the center of the room. Figuring that it was best to go check it out in case it might be important, he walked across the bridge towards the main platform in the center of the large opened up chamber.

Arriving at his spot, Romeo looked down at the device before him. It had mostly a screen covering the surface of it along with numerous green glowing touch screen buttons. Near the bottom a small number one was shown with an arrow to the side of it, showing more was available to see. To the right on the screen was a glowing button that stated 'RECENT' as it also faintly glowed. To the left of the screen it looked to be a screen touch keyboard with a search bar over the glowing letters.

"Huh… I wonder what this does?" Romeo muttered, as he had a feeling this wasn't a weapon so he didn't have to worry about accidently activating something he shouldn't.

Pressing the number one button at the bottom, he was caught off guard as the internal walls all around him opened, showing off tens of thousands glass display cases that went all the way up and down the massive cylinder chamber. But what was the most surprising and horrifying thing however were what was inside of the tens of thousands of display cases, showing either the heads, intestines, eyeballs, a limb, a heart, a liver, a random item, or something of the sorts that once belonged to a person taken as a trophy to be seen here.

"What the… is this some kind of trophy room?" Romeo wondered, observing the countless displays of who knows how many victims that fallen to whoever owned and ran this massive nation size war vessel. Needing to know more, he hit the arrow next to the glowing number one, which changed to a number two as the displays closed for a moment before reopening, showing off even more different trophies that some vile demon collected from the countless victims they came across.

Romeo looked over at the screen keyboard and the search bar that was waiting for someone to type it in, as a sinking feeling appeared in the All Magic Dragon Slayer's stomach. If this massive chambers of tens of thousands was some kind of trophy room of those whoever ran this ship killed… would it include the different versions of those he knew back home?

Raising his hands up, he slowing type into the screen keyboard to see if he was correct on his assumption, muttering the first name he decided to try.

"Natsu Dragneel…" Romeo muttered out as he type the name of his old role model in before hitting what he thinks is the search button.

Once he did, the countless displays that covered the interior walls of the closed for a moment before reopening, showing off unending trophies that were taken from every different version of Natsu that was unfortunate to have fallen to whoever was in charge of the nation size demonic cruiser. The things that were taken for display ranged from full decaying looking heads hanging from the display cases, a simple femur bone, a heart, a scalp of a Natsu's head, Natsu's scarf with a few versions of it looking torn and blood stained, a full arm, and countless other examples of organs, personal items or full body parts that he could spot from the center platform in the middle of the massive cylinder shaped chamber with no roof or floor visible. It made him feel both sick and furious, that the Fel Etherious would go around killing all these other versions of Natsu and taking trophies of him to be stored here.

Pushing that to the side, he wanted to check more to see if anyone else also suffered the same fate, as he started to type in another name to see if any remains of them would show up.

"Romeo Conbolt…" The All Magic Dragon Slayer typed his own name in, and just like before the display cases closed for a moment before reopening, this time showing off the trophies of all the Romeos that were hunted and murdered by whatever demon was behind this slaughter, having similar remains like all the deceased Natsus that fell.

And with that, he started to put in numerous names to see if any remains of them would be shown in this large display room of kills. He typed in Acnologia's name, and countless trophies from all the alternate dead Dragon King were displayed. And from there he put in any name of those he knew that came to mind. And all of them, from Erza, Lucy, Gray, Makarov, Gildarts, Kinana, Kagura, Milliana, Gajeel, Levy, Happy, Jellal, Meredy, Cana, Elfman, Mira, Lisanna, Cobra, Sorano, Brandish, Irene, Zeref, Mavis, Cosmos, Kamika, Yukino, Rogue, Sting, and many others he put in that made him more horrified and enraged with seeing each remains of all of these alternate versions of those he knew and other versions of himself having met such an end for a part of them to be taken and put in displays like trophies.

'ELSEWHERE IN THE DEMONIC VESSEL'

In a massive command center located up on a higher level of the vessel compared to where Romeo was, the room was quiet. Not a single soul was present in the large chamber. A large control panel in the back along with what seems to be a large throne-like chair could be spotted next to numerous floating screens of raw Fel Energy that acted to view the outside of the ship or used to get into contact with others elsewhere in creation. But other than that, the command center was pretty wide open and barren of equipment and technology.

The silence would end however when a dark green portal opened up in the center of the chamber. Two monstrous demonic hounds emerged first, both being rather large in height, around ten feet tall as they had fresh blood staining their monstrous jaws. But then shortly afterwards another figure appeared, albeit more humanoid compared to the hound-like monsters that emerged first.

This entity was tall, being around five meters in height. The being had pitch black armor that covered his body, the armor resembling old samurai armor, with numerous spikes emerging from the shoulderpads and larger ones emerging from the helmet. The helmet exposed the demon's face, showing red glowing eyes and a mouth that possessed sharp slightly large teeth and a long blood red forked tongue that was currently out. A large cutlass blade covered in stained blood from all the unfortunate victims it has struck down over the many years and strapped to his back looked like a kind of black metallic rifle with lines of Fel Energy running all over it. Also apart of the man's armor covering it were numerous bones such as skulls and femur bones littering his waist on his belt, and a few entire set of skeletons were strapped to his chest plate. Loose chains were wrapped around his forearms and metallic gloved hands. Also currently hanging on his waist along with the bones looked to be fresh heads of recent victims, this included a head that belonged to an alternate version of Natsu which had a frozen look of terror on it, and also the horrified frozen look on the other couple of heads such as a head that belonged to a different Sayla, a head that belonged to an alternate Zeref, and a head from an alternate Ignia.

This large Fel Etherious was known as Runomith, a bounty hunter of the Fel Etherious who took pride and sadistic joy in hunting any mortal and immortal prey that he goes to hunt.

"More trophies to add to my collection… yes, they will do nicely." Runomith stated as he looked over at the heads of those he decided to keep and add to his ever growing collection of trophies. He would have kept more, but his hounds were hungry for mortal flesh, so he only kept a few for himself. It's a shame he couldn't collect more for his trophy room, but it didn't matter too much. He knew more prey would be hunted down, and he would find more worlds to rid of life for the Fel Etherious to take.

Before he could continue down memory lane about the recent hunts and kills he had committed, both of his Hell hounds started to sniff the air while growling in a low tone, catching the vile demon's attention.

"What's the matter Reaper? Ripper?" Runomith asked his pets, wondering what got their attention.

But then he too sensed it. Taking a sniff of the air, the Fel Etherious gained a wide predatorial grin as his tongue stretched out from his mouth in a menacing manner.

"Yes… I smell it too Reaper, Ripper. It seems we have a mortal intruder in our home. Let's not waste time, find their trail, find them for me, and bring me back their carcass." Runomith told his pets with a menacing smirk on his face, finding this development to be more interesting and fun than annoying.

With the command, the two giant hound-like monstrous demons roared aloud before bolting towards the exit of the large command center which led to a large elevator to take them to all the flooring of the nation-size warship. The beasts bent on hunting more prey to kill and devour while Runomith walked towards the main and only control panel in the massive chamber to check to see who the intruder was.

But no matter who they were, they will die like all the others he has hunted. For he never fails a hunt.

'BACK WITH ROMEO'

Romeo continued to feel more shock and furious as he kept checking on the numerous names that showed so many remains of alternate versions of those he knew. Gulping down as he decided to check another name, a name he dearly but naively hoped that would not be among the rest of these trophies.

"Chelia Blendy…" Romeo muttered her name aloud as he type it into the keyboard before him, as the numerous displays once more closed for a moment before reopening, showing off all the remains or items collected by countless versions of Chelia Blendy that fell to the demon behind the collection.

That got Romeo to widen his eyes before he gritted his teeth in rage, holding himself back from smashing the panel in front of him as he saw the sights of what remained of the pink haired Sky God Slayer from countless alternate realities. Keeping a hold of himself, he gulped once more as he proceeded to type in another name of someone he hoped that by some miracle wasn't among the endless collected trophies of kills.

"Wendy Marvell…" He once more muttered, saying her name aloud. Like many times beforehand, the displays closed before reopening, showing off the countless displays of what remained or belonged to so many alternate versions of the blue haired Sky Dragon Slayer.

Once more he had to hold himself back from shouting in fury and rage, as well from smashing the machinery in front of him from seeing this. Sure the sight of all the remains of the fallen versions of those he knew were terrible, but for him it was most sorrowful and rage inducing when seeing versions of Wendy and Chelia having succumb to a horrific end by whoever was behind this.

Looking over to the 'RECENT' button that was still present, Romeo took a few deep breathes before pressing it to see what this would do.

All the displays closed but this time only a few hundred of them reopened all over the interior walls of the large cylinder shaped massive room. Showing the recent added new additions to the ever unending and growing collections of kills. From his spot Romeo could see all kinds of trophies of murders such as what looked like a scalp of some version of Natsu, a torn blood stained cloaked that belonged to some version of Zeref, and a pair of eyeballs with one of the eyes having been grown by a certain blue haired scientist for it to shoot a laser… only for it to be proven futile in the end. Recognizing the color of the eyes showed that it belonged to some version of Wendy, which only enraged Romeo further.

"…I'll make them pay…" Romeo muttered as he clenched his fist. Whatever vile demon was behind this countless slaughter and use what remains of their corpses as trophies for this horrific collection, Romeo vowed to put an end to them for all the countless lives lost.

A low demonic growl grabbed Romeo's attention causing him to widen his eyes before swiftly turning around in a defensive position.

When he did, he was caught off guard by the sight of two large monstrous demonic hounds as they growled at the entrance of the trophy room. Their monstrous jaws drooling with fresh blood as he prepared to pounce on their new target.

"What the-? Where did you two come from?" Romeo questioned as he readied to fight as the demonic hound-like monsters analyzed their new prey.

It didn't take long before a demonic voice was heard projected throughout the warship, grabbing Romeo's attention as the new voice went on to speak.

"Well… what do we have here? To think that it would be one of the pitiful four who have been a thorn in our people's side. You're the one known as Romeo Conbolt are you not?" Runomith's voice could be heard projected through unseen speakers and communicators all over the nation size warship, getting Romeo to narrow his eyes as he heard this.

"Who are you? Are you the one in charge of this place?" Romeo questioned through gritted teeth, his eyes remaining on the two large Hellhounds before him, as what sounded like a chuckle was heard in response to his words.

"You mean my humble abode, yes… this is my vessel to contain all my trophies I've collected over the many long years of service. And look at you, putting your filth where it doesn't belong. No matter, I was not expecting someone like you to be here, but you will be a fine addiction to my collection. Reaper, Ripper, tear him apart!"

With that stated, the two monsters hound-like demons roared aloud before one of them dash onto the bridge towards where the dark purple haired All Magic Dragon Slayer was located.

Seeing this caused Romeo to widen his eyes once more as the larger creature tried to jump on him with its large jaw wide opened, exposing the rows of monstrous sharp teeth it possessed as well as all the teeth that was covering the interior skin of its throat. Nevertheless, Romeo gained a determined expression before he dashed towards the incoming enemy before ducking underneath the much larger beast, sliding underneath it before lifting his legs up and delivering a strong kick into the stomach of the monster. This caused it to roar as it found himself launched up into the air while Romeo launched himself up towards it before delivering a powerful punch to the Hellhound's skull, caving it in as he slammed into one of the distance interior walls of the trophy room as it lifeless fell into the darkness down below, vanishing from sight.

Romeo landed onto his feet as he jumped up once more in time to avoid the second Hellhound from taking a bite and making a meal out of him before landing right behind the large demonic beast on the long bridge. The voice of Runomith was heard as he did this action, who sounded shocked from what he seemly witnessed from elsewhere in the warship.

"Oh… you murderer… why… WHY WOULD YOU KILL SUCH A NOBLE ANIMAL?!" Runomith's voice sounded in genuine distress from the loss of one of his pets, which to Romeo was like music to his ears. However, he couldn't dwell too much on it as he focused on the other large Hellhound.

The remaining hound-like demonic monster roared as it charged across the bridge towards where Romeo was standing. The All Magic Dragon Slayer narrowed his eyes at the approaching horror before he too charged towards it. The hound lifted its own tail up before it extended it towards Romeo in an attempt to skewer him alive. Romeo however dodged the limb with each before grabbing a hold of the long extended tail of the monster. Not wasting anytime for the demonic hound to react to this Romeo used his strength to lift the Hellhound up into the air before slamming it down upon the bridge once more. As it was down with its stomach exposed, Romeo let go of the tail before jumping up high into the air before coming back down with powerful punch enough to pierce through the Hellhounds stomach, dark green blood and gore of the monster spilled out as the force of the punch also destroyed the bridge, causing them all to begin falling towards the unending abyss down below. Luckily Romeo used the now dying and roaring Hellhound as a launchpad to launch himself up into the air before landing onto the nearby small center platform once more as the demonic hound-like creature let out one last roar as it plummeted down into the dark unknown dying in the process due to its wounds.

Romeo looked down towards the pitch black darkness, silently wondering how deep this massive chamber went down and up before the voice of a now furious Runomith was projected through the entire warship once more.

"RIPPER! NOOOOOO! OH… YOU TERRIBLE LITTLE BEAST! HOW COULD YOU?!" His voice filled with rage and distraught over the lost of his pets.

Romeo didn't care however as he looked up, knowing that wherever this demon was he was no doubt in one of the higher levels of the demonic nation size vessel. Gaining a determined look, Romeo summoned his draconic wings once more and prepared to fight.

"I'll make you pay demon. For all the lives you have slain and all the worlds you have wiped clean, I'll end you!" Romeo shouted aloud for the demon to hear.

And with that, Romeo took off into the air at high speeds diving upwards, wasting no time as he planned to smash his way through the large demonic war cruiser until he found the floor where Runomith was hiding. He will not waste time with him, he will ensure he dies quickly.

'IN THE COMMAND CENTER'

Runomith usually never lost patience or lost his cool, yet right now he felt pain and fury over the lost of his two pets. The large Fel Etherious standing near the control panel as he gripped the handle of his large bladed weapon once more. The fact that the mortal boy managed to kill his pets so quickly enraged him. Reaper and Ripper had managed to go against even the Gods of these pitiful planets yet that single human managed to dispatch them so quickly?!

"I'll kill him… I'll make him beg for death…" Runomith mumbled as he prepared himself, knowing that the enemy would no doubt find him here in the massive wide open command center. Like all his prey before him, he will ensure Romeo died screaming and painfully as possible.

As he was too busy mumbling to himself and cursing the human Dragon Slayer, he was unaware when a hologram projector in the main control panel activated on its own, signaling that someone else was contacting him until the large hologram finished forming.

"Runomith."

Hearing that voice got the hunting demon to freeze for a moment, before slowly turning around only to see the large hologram of Brolgoth himself present right behind him. The hologram making the powerful Fel Etherious Lord much bigger than he normally us. Seeing how one of the Lords of the Fel Etherious contacted him shocked the demon as his eyes widened before bowing to the serious expression demon.

"Lord Brolgoth! What a surprise, I was not expecting contact my Lord." Runomith bowed to the hologram version of the black haired demon, who remained having a frown and serious look on the powerful demon's face before he spoke up.

"I have a job for you hunter," The holographic form of Brolgoth went on to speak, not wasting time on the matter as he continued onward, "The four meddlesome band of mortals led by that inferior form of Lord E.N.D, I'm sure you heard of them before correct?"

"Of course my Lord. In fact, one of them is here intruding upon my vessel, so I'm afraid I have to cut this short my Lord." Runomith told the superior demon, who raised an eyebrow from hearing this.

"Oh? One of them is there? You know what to do then don't you?" Brolgoth asked, his tone holding no amusement or joking around as Runomith flinched from the serious tone, finding it recognizable as the kind that did not accept failure.

"You have nothing to fear Lord Brolgoth, I'll dispatch the brat then I will focus on hunting down the rest of the pitiful band of his allies. I never failed a hunt before, and I will certainly not fail now my Lord." Runomith responded to the holographic form of the powerful demonic entity before him.

Neither side could say anything else before a large explosion grabbed both of their attention, causing Runomith to swiftly turn around with his sword in one hand and grabbing his rifle with the other. The holographic image of Brolgoth merely raised his head looking towards the sight as they both spotted a certain dark purple haired Dragon Slayer arriving onto the scene, making flown and smashed his way through many levels of the warship to arrive here.

Landing onto his feet, Romeo dismissed his draconic wings as he observed his surroundings. He grew a bit surprise to see how large and empty this chamber was, looking around the soon to be battlefield.

"Wow, you could fit a whole city here." Romeo muttered, not seeing how a single demon would need such a massive ship and such large chambers if it was only him.

He didn't have time to focus on this however before his eyes landed onto where Runomith was located far ahead of him, causing Romeo to be surprise before a looked of determination appeared on his face. However, the hologram of someone he didn't recognize was also present emitting from the main control panel behind the skeleton and bone adorned Fel Etherious. Was that a superior or something?

"Do not fail me Runomith, I expect you to succeed." Brolgoth's voice was heard once more by both Runomith and Romeo, with the former being surprised as he looked back at the holographic form of one of the Lords of the Fel Etherious.

'He's planning on watching my fight?' The Bounty Hunter thought before shaking his head from that thought. If his master was going to view him slaughtering this mortal then he will not disappoint, "I will ensure you master, this will end quickly. No matter the prey I always collect my bounty."

'Master?' Romeo thought as he looked over towards the hologram of that unknown Fel Etherious he didn't recognize, who was observing him and the other demon with narrow eyes. For some reason the sight of this other Fel Etherious made Romeo unsettled, 'Is… is that one of the leaders of the Fel Etherious?'

He would be snapped out of his thoughts on this for the time being when he heard the vile demon before him speaking up once again with a wicked smile on his face while extending his long forked tongue, which honestly disturbed Romeo out a bit if he was allowed to admit.

"You will not escape here alive mortal filth. I am one of the best hunters of my kind, and I never failed a hunt. And I'll be damned if I'll let you break that streak." Runomith spoke with a tone that promise death, grabbing a hold of his rifle with his other hand while still gripping his large bloodied cutlass with his right hand still.

"Sorry to disappoint you, but I'll ensure that you won't ever harm anyone again. Not when I have a say about it." Romeo responded as he prepared to fight.

The hologram of Brolgoth didn't say anything as he remained silent with his arms cross, his eyes remaining narrow and glaring towards the sight before him as Runomith chuckled darkly that would unsettle even the sturdiest of soldiers.

"We'll see about that human… you will make a worthy addition to my collection." Was all Runomith let out before he quickly pointed his rifle towards the All Magic Dragon Slayer before firing off a Fel imbued laser from it, shocking Romeo as the dark purple haired teenager quickly dashed over towards the side, narrowly avoiding the demonic laser as it hit the wall far behind him leaving a hole and scorch marks around it.

However the hunter wasn't done yet as he continued firing his range weapon at an alarming speed at many miles per second, yet despite this the All Magic Dragon Slayer was quickly able to run around the large opened up chamber and dodge every single one of them as they flew on by him. Romeo looked ahead only to see Runomith ceasing his rapid fire before charging directly towards the Dragon Slayer with great speed, shocking the young male before the larger entity appeared in front of him. Letting out a demonic chuckle, Runomith brought his blade down upon the All Magic Dragon Slayer only for the latter to raise his arms up and stop the blade with his hands to the side of the sharp bloodied weapon. Romeo struggled to hold it back as Runomith tried to put more pressure behind the sword to cut the human down. However, Romeo opened his mouth before unleashing a point blank All Magic Dragon's Roar which crashed into Runomith and launching him backwards a good distance, but overall receiving only minimal damage as the demon pulled out his rifle once more before charging a good shot before firing it, this time being much more powerful and focus compared to the rapid fire from before. Romeo managed to see this incoming and react in time to kick the Fel Energy blast up into the air, causing it to crash into the roof of the massive opened up command center.

However, that would leave him wide open for a split second, and that was all the demon needed as he rushed over before delivering a powerful kick into Romeo, launching him up into the air and causing him to shout from the pain. Not done yet, Runomith jumped up into the air and appeared right next to Romeo who managed to lift his arms up in time to block an incoming punch from the larger demonic being, which launched Romeo back into the metallic hard flooring, landing on his back. Rolling over to avoid the demon trying to stomp on him, the All Magic Dragon Slayer continued on doing so as the larger entity tried to crush his feet down upon Romeo in an attempt to squash him like an insect. This wouldn't last however as Romeo then dashed forward away from Runomith before turning around and dashing over towards the larger demon who swung his blade only for Romeo to jump over the demon to avoid such an attack. Quickly turning around Runomith was met with Romeo getting in close before unleashing an All Magic Dragon's Grip Blitz directly upon the hunter demon, causing a large explosion to form and causing him to roar in fury as he was launched back a good distance. The larger demon managed to recover, before his eye shifted over towards where the ever watching holographic form of Brolgoth was, causing the demon to gain anger over the human trying to humiliate him in front of one of the Lords of the Fel Etherious. He will not allow a mortal to humiliate him any longer!

Roaring aloud once more in defiance towards his attacker, Runomith grabbed his rifle once more before unleashing a barrage of blasts towards the All Magic Dragon Slayer who once more either dodged them all or even deflected a few away from him. However as he kept firing, Runomith launched himself like a rocket away from his previous spot towards Romeo with increased speed, surprising Romeo who was unable to react in time to avoid what would happen next. Runomith grabbed Romeo before facing towards the ground and chucking him towards it with enough force a shockwave emitted as Romeo crashed harshly into the ground, causing him to shout in pain. Runomith wasn't done yet however as he quickly appeared once more and grabbed Romeo before dashing all around the large wide opened commander center, slamming Romeo's face into the metallic flooring below, breaking it while causing more damage to the already injured dark purple haired young male before lifting him up and chucking him directly into a wall, the throw alone was enough to emit a shockwave while Romeo crashed into the interior enclosure, creating a large dent into it while he shouted aloud in agony once more while throwing up blood. Romeo was unable to recover to act in time as Runomith once more pulled out his rifle before unleashing a barrage of blasts towards the young teenager, each attack landing direct hits as Romeo could feel more pain coursing through his body from the action. To finish the combo off, Runomith then charged the range weapon before firing it towards Romeo once more, making a direct hit which unleashed a large detonation with smoke filling the air for a few moments.

This action caused the entire command center to shake from the chaos unleashed inside of it, while a few moments later Romeo was seen landing on his feet, bleeding and bruised all over once more from this battle and from what happened earlier with the Mindless and that Sam freak. But nevertheless he continued to stand nothing but the pants and sandals he wore on him that were left from all the recent action in the pass day or two in his perspective.

"You're pretty resilient I will admit, most of my prey tend to die much sooner than this. But I will ensure to make you scream and beg for the sweet release of death." Runomith spoke up with a confident and arrogant grin appearing on his face, while Romeo only glared in response.

"Runomith, enough fooling around. Finish him already." The voice of Brolgoth grabbed the demon's attentions, with the fellow Fel Etherious looking over towards his superior once more with the same smirk.

"Have no worry my Lord, I will make sure he bleeds before my feet as I take his head. Hmm… or maybe I'll just take his face for my collection." The Bounty Hunter Fel Etherious responded while he hummed for a moment in thought, wondering what would be a good trophy to take from the boy once he lied dead before his feet.

Romeo only glared towards the larger demon once more before he powered up, gaining an aura around his body while a shockwave emitted from him, surprising Runomith while Brolgoth didn't react in anyway towards the sudden powered up Dragon Slayer. To him, it was nothing.

"I'm nowhere near done yet demon. I'll ensure the one who dies this day will be you. I'll avenge all those you have slain for your sick amusement!" Romeo announced once more ready to fight onward once more, still having plenty of power and strength left at his disposal.

"HAH! You're not the first to say such words and you won't certainly be the last!" Runomith stated before he eyed the mortal a good distance away from him once more, humming once more to himself. He has encounter plenty of versions of this brat through his many years of work, all who have fallen and are now apart of his collection. Knowing how the young boy tended to be, he wanted to see if he could get underneath his skin before finishing him off. The anger mortals have always amused him after all since it always led to their downfall one way or another, "Romeo… you know the Sky Dragon and God Slayers do you not?"

That got Romeo's attention as both puzzlement and alarm filled his body. He was referring to Wendy and Chelia right? Why was this monster bringing them up?

"…Huh?" Romeo questioned as the demon flicked his long forked tongue out once more.

"Yes… most versions of you I've run into tend to be pretty… close to those two out of many others. It should be the same for you doesn't it? You must care more about them than any other. And yet… so many have died by my hand alone, it was like music to my ears at how they suffered like cattle, screaming and begging for mercy." Runomith stated with his twisted grin plastered on his face.

The temperature dropped as Romeo froze from hearing that as his hair shadowed over his eyes from being seen. Seeing this got the demon to continue onward, making sure to take in the sweet look of the young teenager before him.

"Yes… this world's Sky God Slayer's attempt to resist was amusing. As the Mindless slaughtered and devoured everything around her while the Fel Energy unleashed sundered this world and the life it held, she tried to go up against me, being put down like a disease animal. She cried and beg for mercy, wanting the pain to stop as I tore her lungs out to add to my collection, keeping her alive as the Mindless torn and feasted on her flesh," Runomith went on with a twisted amused grin and tone while Romeo remain frozen, his expression unseen due to his hair casting a shadow over his eyes, "And that blue haired Sky Dragon Slayer of this planet… oh how she screamed for me to stop as my pets made meals of her friends and family, as I skinned this world's pathetic excuse of a version of Lord E.N.D alive in front of her very eyes. How she resisted and screamed like cattle as I tore her little laser shooting eyes out of her skull before crushing it with my own hands. A lot of blood can be filled in a little mortal girl don't you know? And then… once I'm done with you, eventually we will find your own Earthland once more, and I'll personally make sure those two b*tches die screaming!"

That… that did it.

Without warning much more power emitted from Romeo, shocking Runomith from the sudden massive increase of raw Magical power radiating from the All Magic Dragon Slayer as the entire nation size warship was shaking now from the raw power. Brolgoth meanwhile only widened his eyes a little bit as he witnessed this, more interested now about this new development.

Romeo finally looked up towards where Runomith was standing, his eyes filled with nothing but hate and rage as he stared down the larger Fel Etherious who unconsciously took a step back from seeing this. Where did this come from? He wasn't expecting something like this to happen!

"…I won't let you…," Romeo muttered in a calm manner which only frightened the Fel Etherious Bounty Hunter more, as the All Magic Dragon Slayer took a few steps forwards towards the now slightly frightened demon, his eyes holding resolve as he prepared to continue fighting, "Wendy… Chelia… everyone back at home… you'll die regretting threatening those I love."

That was all Romeo stated before he seemly vanish before reappearing directly in front of Runomith delivering a powerful All Magic Dragon's Shattering Kick that caused a shockwave and launched the larger entity flying up into the air before said demon crashed into the roof of the large empty command center, causing a large explosion to take place in the process. Runomith threw up dark green blood before Romeo jumped up towards where he was at, slamming his elbow directly into the much larger demon's stomach with enough force to shatter the armor around his chest and abdomen before grabbing the larger demon before chucking him with enough force to create another shockwave while Runomith came crashing down into the metallic flooring down below like a rocket, causing another explosion as the demon managed to get back up. Gritting his teeth in rage Runomith saw Romeo approaching him while the Fel Etherious roared out before swinging his cutlass blade towards the incoming enemy. Romeo however avoided it before kicking the blade out of the demon's hand, shocking Runomith while Romeo reached out and took a hold of it before bringing it down upon the Fel Etherious's left arm, slicing it off by the elbow. This of course caused Runomith to roar in agony as he stumbled back, clutching his now stubbed arm. Romeo wasn't done yet however as he still held onto the larger weapon before dashing forward and thrusting the blade directly into the demon's stomach, causing Runomith to widen his eyes as he stumbled back once more.

Romeo landed onto his feet a good distance away as he watched the demon stumbling back, yet still standing despite the loss of an arm and the blade now embedded into and through his stomach, visible from the other side of his body. The Fel Etherious looked up towards the mortal human before him, he didn't understand. There was no way a mortal human, a human of all things, should be this strong! Where did this sudden power increase come from?!

"NO!" He roared out as he took a step forward, ignoring the pain he felt all over and from the loss of blood and punctured organs he had, "I WILL NOT… I WILL NOT DIE TO SOME MERE MORTAL! NOT IN FRONT OF LORD BROLGOTH! I'LL KILL YOU HEAR ME?! I'LL KILL Y-!"

That was all he could get out before Romeo rushed and jumped forward before delivering a powerful uppercut with an empowered All Magic Dragon King's Fist, causing a shockwave in the process and tearing the head off of the vile demonic entity as said head went flying up into the air. Romeo landed right behind the larger entity as Runomith's vile corrupted blood squirted out like a fountain from where his head should be before the body fell to its knees and then falling over onto the ground with a loud thud.

With that, the battle was over as Romeo powered down, the aura around him fading away as he took heavy breathing to see the now dead demonic Bounty Hunter. All of those the demon had personally killed were now avenged. Romeo's body ached all over as well as covered in blood, both his own and from others, and also bruised up slightly from the fighting since he got to this planet.

"Impressive," The voice of Brolgoth grabbed Romeo's attention as he turned around towards the large hologram showing the powerful Lord of the Fel Etherious, his eyes staring down towards the dark purple haired teen who merely stared back at the much more powerful entity, "Runomith was no easy opponent. He had served the Fel Etherious without fail for over a millennium, yet you managed to kill him."

'Over a millennium?' Romeo thought in surprised as his eyes widened from hearing that. Did… did the Fel Etherious exist for that long? They've been ravaging countless worlds for so many years? He was snapped out his thoughts as he heard the demonic Lord speak once again.

"I've heard about you and your little band, traveling across the infinite alternate multiverses in hopes of defeating us. Like my current body, you possess great potential that thrives on emotion. But it matters little. No matter how many of us you kill, a billion more will merely take their place. Tell me mortal… what hope do you have to defeat us? To defeat me?" Brolgoth questioned, his narrow glare staring directly into Romeo's very being which unsettled the teen greatly.

But regardless, the dark purple haired held his resolve as he glared back towards the Fel Etherious Lord, not backing down as he spoke up for the demon to hear.

"I don't care how long it takes, I'll will ensure your kind is wiped out from existence. All the pain and suffering you caused, the genocide of so many worlds and life, I will bring it to an end," Romeo clutched his fists as he raised one of them in a defiant manner towards Brolgoth, "I'll kill you and bring everything your vile kind stand for down. No matter how long it takes, you will die by my own hands."

Silence followed for a few moments, neither entity backing down from their stare down, unmoving. This would end when Brolgoth broke the silence.

"How naïve you are, to think you of all life are a threat to me. But if you have any bite behind that bark, the ship you're in has the coordinates to my location. If you want death, then come mortal. I'll be waiting for you." Brolgoth stated to the human before him, willing to put this threat down himself.

Romeo's eyes widened from hearing that before the hologram ended, leaving Romeo alone in the large mostly empty command center of the nation size demonic. He remained silence as he replayed the declaration, or more accurately invited to face him.

"…It's a trap." Romeo quietly stated, knowing that Brolgoth will no doubt have an army to protect himself and do his bidding. He was baiting him to come. But… could he really do that now? If the likes of Runomith and Murran for example were that powerful, then how strong could one of the Lords of the Fel Etherious be?

However… he could not let this slide. If he were to die, then he will die. But he would rather die fighting to the bitter end than die a coward. He didn't know if he would win, he didn't know if he would stand a chance. It would be him against an army and one of the Lords of the Fel Etherious himself, all alone.

Romeo raised his head as he gained a look of resolve, this was a chance he could not miss. If Brolgoth wanted a fight, then he will give him one.

'ELSEWHERE ON THE PLANET'

In an ocean of blood, rotten corpses of all aquatic life and others floated on the surface as the shore of a nearby landmass, waves of the crimson liquid splashing onto the land before retreating back into the body of tainted ocean once more.

And not even a moment later, the silence was broken when one deform serial killer, fully regenerated and even more bloated and twisted than before, emerged from the surface of the bloodied sea, slowly making his way onto shore in an menacing and twisting manner, having able to regenerate from mere ashes alone, including his mask that was still infused to his flesh covering most of his head.

Sam merely mumbled to himself in a creepy manner as he once more continued to walk the dead lifeless world, as his desire for vengeance for the woman who ended him in the past driving him and his broken mind forward once more.

There we go, chapter done finally! New Mindless were introduced and finally, the confrontation with Brolgoth is ever so closer. However I will be doing something else before this, as there are a couple of things I want to get done before the battle with Brolgoth begins.

And now, I'll be doing something interesting here in these author notes. I've decided to give a run down on all the current Mindless that were seen so far in the story as there are some information about them I just want to share. Think of it like a kind of files if that makes any sense.

Anyway, here we go.

The Mindless:

Four arms: These are the most common variant of the Mindless. While a single one is easy to kill, their true strength lies in numbers, swarming and overwhelming their foes in order to tear and feast upon them. They make up the bulk of the Mindless.

Feeders: These blobs of yellow pus-like flesh Mindless act as feeders to the other Mindless, producing the fat yellow flesh for their kind to feast upon. In turn, these feeders devour their fellow Mindless in order to sustain themselves and produce more fat and flesh for the more numerous of their kind to eat. They are mostly known for being presence on Mindless breeding worlds.

Brutes: These larger variants act like living siege weapons, capable of breaking through the toughest of walls and shrug off the toughest of weaponry fired against their strong hide. Their left arms are shaped to be capable of unleashing blasts of Fel Energy like a canon, and can suck something into it and launch said object flying towards any threat and structure.

Behemoths: These massive creatures are one of the rarest yet most dangerous of the Mindless. Not only due to their sheer size, but these creatures are capable of numerous abilities and possess great endurance. The Mindless Behemoths can spew out acid to melt practically anything, and their talons are tough enough to pierce through the strongest stone and metal. They possess an always active nullifier ability with a range of five miles around their bodies that nullfies Magic, Curses, energy, aura and etc., are capable of unleashing EMP waves to affect an entire city, and even capable of opening portals to other worlds and timelines. Their skin and hide are on another level, capable of withstanding against a nuclear bomb, satellite weaponry and even weapons capable of wiping out the surface of an entire planet and merely shrug all of these off and act like as if they weren't even there. A single Behemoth alone can bring the downfall of an entire world. However, it should be noted that their insides are much more vulnerable compared to that of their outer skin.

The Brain Exposed:

These sub-variant of Mindless are on a different level compared to the other members of their race. Known for their characteristics of having their brains exposed and possessing regenerative abilities, these Mindless are known to ravage entire civilizations and worlds single handily. They seem to have similar appearance to those of the Nomu from the Earth of Quirks. So far, only two variants are known.

Beaked variant: These one are muscular humanoid in shape and possessing a type of beak for a mouth. They're strength and endurance is capable of going toe to toe to those who are capable of destroying planets despite they themselves unable to do so. Not only are they capable of regeneration, but a full new Beaked Brain Exposed can grow from a single piece of skin tissue. Every time the Beaked regenerate they also grow stronger from doing so. The only known way of fully killing one is to fully vaporize it until nothing of it remains. One appeared on Earthland 2716-U, and another appeared during the battle on the Earth of Quirks.

Hood variant: So far only one has appeared on Earthland 33127-6A. Unlike the rest of the Mindless, the Hooded variant are capable of speaking in a broken manner and even possess low intelligent compared to the beast-like behavior the rest of the Mindless are known for. Capable of regeneration, it does have a flaw as it needs its head intact to stay alive and to regenerate, if the head's destroyed or damaged it will kill it.

And there we have it, figure it would be cool to share some information about the known kinds of Mindless so far. And fun fact, the appearance of the Behemoth and the Brute are actually based off this art I found and decided to use them since I'm unoriginal. If you want to check out what they are and look like in a better manner, look up "Monster Concepts" by Natasha Nanook on Artstation, a lot of cool art on there.

So anyway, next time we will be seeing what E.N.D is doing and whatever else I am able to fit into it. So what did you all think? Good? Bad? Let me know.

See you all next time, whenever that will be.