Okay, not going to lie. It feels so weird reacting to Solo Leveling. I don't know why but the two chapters I did for them were draining. I wonder why. But I still did it! So I hope you enjoy the chapter.
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The room was silent before Pyrrha spoke. "And who is your mom?" she asked. The champion crossed her fingers and hoped against all that this was who she thought it was. Ruby and everyone else was curious to hear about it.
"Penny Arc is my mom," Athena replied with a smile. That instantly deflated Pyrrha and Ruby. "But Pyrrha Nikos is my mother."
"Wha?" Pyrrha said surprised.
"The Pyrrha Nikos of my world gave birth to me," Atlanta said. "But she died at childbirth. I respect her for giving birth to me but it was my mom Penny that raised me." That made Pyrrha freeze in her spot and thought about what was said.
"So, Jaune and she did it?" Yang asked.
"Obviously," Blake said rolling her eyes. "But he got married to Penny after Pyrrha's death. That is surprising. If anything I was sure it would have been Ruby."
"Oh, Auntie Ruby lives with us," Athena informed them grinning. "She and mom share dad. They don't think I know but auntie is a bit of a screamer." The grin left her face. "It's a bit too loud sometimes."
Ruby was about to faint upon hearing that. She and Jaune share a bed? With Penny too!? That made her head spin.
"I did not need to know that," Weiss blanched.
"Me neither but it seems that we both can't get what we want," Athena replied.
"Are you angry at me of your world died?" Pyrrha asked. The redhead from the future shrugged.
"I didn't get to know you so it was hard on me for a bit. But everyone from Aunt Nora, Dad, and everyone told me a lot about you. So it feels like I know my mother a little bit." She then shook her head. "We can talk about it later. We do have a world to watch."
"Oh right!" Nora nodded. "Let's go watch it!"
It was two days after Jaune had gotten his new ability as a necromancer. Two days to just get a quick rest, and then hurrying to meet up with his sisters' teachers to speak about their future.
"Wait why is dad the one doing this?" Athena asked.
"Timeline changes," the Curator said as he appeared. "He was born first in this one. And Athena, your father is eating lunch so just enjoy watching for now."
"Got it pops!"
Ruby blinked. "Why did you call him that?"
"This isn't the first world where I met other Jaune's. Dad is dad but all other versions of him are different ways to say the word 'dad.' Like since you are younger than me at the moment, you're Rubes as Auntie Yang says."
That got a snicker from Yang and a few others, while Ruby pouted.
Yes, being the eldest of 8 siblings sucked. But he did it since his father disappeared and his mother fell into the eternal sleep associated with those who have Hunters as a family member. The longer they stayed together the higher the chance the person would fall asleep.
"That is a horrible thing!" Weiss said. "Any person who is a Hunter has a chance to make people fall asleep forever?"
"Yes. The reason why is unknown," the Curator replied. "It's just an odd thing there."
That happened to his mom due to both himself and his father. So when his father disappeared, he took up the job of being a hunter despite being an E-Class. It was very harmful to him but the high amount of risk paid off nicely.
"So that was why he tried so hard earlier," Yang said. She then nodded her head. He could respect that as an elder sibling. Elsewhere, Winter nodded as well as since she completely understood what that Jaune had to do for his family. Even Raven understood, even if Qrow had abandoned their family.
But back to the matter at hand. After getting his new class, he decided to look decent to meet with the teachers. So he got a haircut, new clothes, and fixed his bank account. Which now had a more than fair amount of money. And that was why his younger sisters, all ranging from 14-18 compared to his 22, looked at him in surprise and their friends and teachers looked at him with lust.
"He can't be that good looking can he?" Blake asked. The screen changed to show Jaune with neatly trimmed short hair, in a light blue shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, slacks and dress shoes. He was taller than what normal Jaune would be and had an aura of authority around him.
"Oh my…" Weiss gulped. This version's looks were exactly like her type! And now that he was dressed better compared to what he wore last time!
"Yes," Pyrrha nodded her head. This one looked really good too. Ruby was blushing upon seeing the handsome and more mature version. Glynda, Raven, Summer, and Salem in their respective rooms liked this look too.
Athena just rolled her eyes, she didn't get what most people saw in her father honestly. Sure she loved him but come on! He was a dork!
The real reason he was called to meet up with their teachers was two-fold. The first was asking if he would let any of his sisters become Hunters.
That answer was a resounding no.
"What why!?" Ruby asked. "What was wrong with them becoming Hunters?"
They lost their father, mother, and almost himself to this occupation. He didn't want to lose any of them. That was also the reason why he was getting strong enough. To ensure they wouldn't have to.
"That's rather noble of him but Jaune shouldn't have complete control," Ren said.
"So...if you found out you had a sibling after losing both parents would you let them be a Hunter/Huntress?" Athena asked the younger version of her uncle. Ren shut his mouth. She had a point and he couldn't refute it.
Second was they were asking for help. A friend of Saphron was dropping out of school to become a Hunter and they wanted him to speak to her.
"Why would she do that?" Pyrrha ask. "Isn't learning a good thing?"
"By becoming a Hunter you are considered an adult," the Curator replied. "She wants to be free to do stuff on her own."
"I see, that makes sense," Yang nods. "I would so totally go on my own if I can do that."
Hence why he went to speak with one Ruby Rose, who was part of his party just to fill out numbers. He didn't know that she knew his younger sister!
"Oh! Are we going to see me through this?" Ruby asked giddily.
"Not really. This world tends to focus almost completely on Jaune," the Curator said. "You and a lot of other people are usually used to humanize him. If you and his friends and family didn't exist, Jaune would become a monster."
"I don't see that happening, Dad is too much of a nice guy to ever be evil," Athena huffed.
"You haven't seen any of the dark worlds. Worlds where Jaune's become the bad guy."
Jaune had decided to pull a favor from a guild, White Tiger guild, to show her that dangerous life of a Hunter. They had joined a training mission.
"A Guild?" Nora asked as she munched on a dessert pancake. It was almost time to go to sleep after all! She guessed there was only one more world before it was "night time" here in the theater.
It both worked and didn't work out so well.
"That's never a good sign," Weiss frowned.
They were stranded in a world of snow due to a Red Gate, a portal that transported them to another world before vanishing. It would only open randomly or when the boss was defeated. An hour in the real world was a day in here.
"Okay see where a lot of this can go wrong," Athena frowned. Pyrrha nodded alongside her daughter.
They did not have enough rations and a lot of them were not up to par for this difficult of a gate.
"That is bad," Blake stated. "Are they that weak?"
"No. They had calculated the energy of this Gate wrong. They thought it was a simple C rank, not a B Rank as it is right now. They were way above the needed power for the original gate."
"So fate gave them a big ol' finger," Yang frowned. "Sucks to be them then."
"Are you forgetting a version of me is with them!?" Ruby said worried for her other.
"Nah. Vomit boy is going to take care of her."
"Vomit Boy?" Athena asked confused.
"You're dad. He threw up the first time we met him. Hence Vomit boy." Athena frowned but nodded. Yeah, he still threw up from motion sickness.
And that was why the leader of the White Tiger guild's training group, Cardin Winchester decided to go hunt the boss of the Gate. Dumping all the weaker members onto Jaune's unknowing shoulders.
"WOW!" Nora scoffed. "What an asshole. To just leave people on someone else. That is ab ad leader!"
"So he's a bad person in this world as well? Such a shame. Almost every world we've seen he's been a bad person," Ren shook his head. While a lot of people saw various versions of themselves, Cardin was always a bad person for some reason. As were the villains but still!
Someone who joined them was one mage by the name of Coco Adel, a B-Rank mage since she felt that something was different about Jaune.
"Aww...we get to see Coco, but she's not here to see it!" Ruby pouted.
"Aunt Coco? She gets me nice dresses!" Athena said happily.
"Just how much of us do you know?" Pyrrha asked.
"A lot! Like Aunt Velvet, Uncle Sun, Mr. Clover," Athena started to list names for people RWBY and NPR did not know. Like a Neon Kat, May Zaydong, and a few others.
"That's...a lot of females," Pyrrha frowned.
"I have a lot of aunties," Athena grinned. She did not understand why Ruby, Pyrrha, and surprisingly Weiss frowning at the mention of so many women.
And she was right. He was smart enough to go to a place where weaker monsters were, some ice bears, instead of where the Ice Elves were at. Cardin went there though and Jaune had wished him the best.
"Well, he's dead," Nora said nonchalantly. After all, she didn't like the guy, but that was just stupid!
That was four days ago. Jaune had been training his abilities by grinding against the ice bears, making them part of his army of shadows.
And it was while Jaune was on patrol an unwanted guest made their appearance.
At the edge of the clearing that Jaune, Coco, Ruby, and the other lower-ranked Hunters that had been left behind, stood a nearly frozen Cardin Winchester, an A-Rank fighter. His helmet was missing, as was his shield and mace.
"What happened to him?" Ruby asked in surprise.
"His team got destroyed by Yeti's and Ice Elves," the Curator replied. "It was also due to his leadership problems."
"Sheesh, those people didn't deserve to die for his problems," Yang said shaking her head.
He stood there half-frozen, glaring at the people there. They were safe with food, tents, warm clothing, and fire! "These bastards!"
"They were supposed to be low-ranked hunters! How are they still alive? They have all these goods! If my hands weren't frozen...no if my stomach was full I would have been able to beat off those ice elves!"
"But that was your fault!" Ruby shouted. "Why are you blaming theming them!"
"That is a problem with bad leadership and crazy people Rubes," Yang told her. "It's a bad mix."
"But he's blaming that other group!" Ruby groaned. "He probably does the same in our world."
"They prepared these supplies and kept them to themselves," Cardin angrily glared at everyone. They were all so happy and warm. It made him even angrier. "You fuckers!" Cardin shouted as he menacingly approached the group. Coco and Ruby were the first to see him before the others did.
"Wow, that as a bad word," Athena said. "I mean I don't cuss often but that is a bad thing to call other people."
"Winchester? How'd you get here?" Coco asked since she took the role of second-in-command.
"Huh, surprised that Ruby didn't take that role," Pyrrha replied. Ruby was nodding her head.
"She's only an E-Rank. So she doesn't have that right," the Curator replied.
"What!? I'm an E-rank! That sucks!" Ruby groaned. That got a few laughs from Yang and Nora.
"My group was wiped out because we didn't have food and supplies," he growled. "Yet how do you guys have these!?"
The people shared a look and one of the other hunters tried to speak. "That…"
"Speak up you asshole! Was your mouth sewn shut or something?" The longer they took to answer the angrier Cardin got.
"This guy is still a bully…" Blake frowned. "I thought it was just arrogance but that is just making his situation worse."
"I don't think you're all accomplices. If you give up who did this, I'll let it slide." He said as he looked at the food that was gathered. The nice, warm food. "I'm talking about who hid this food and equipment letting their comrades die."
"And now he wants them to make a mutiny? What is wrong with him?" Pyrrha scowled. This was just showing the very negative aspects of the bully. It makes her hate the fact that in one universe she was dating him even more.
"Ms. Adel," Ruby whimpered. She was only an E-Rank! The girl only survived so far because Jaune was helping her! Coco meanwhile held onto her protectively.
"I'll give you to the count of three. If you don't give me a name, I will consider you all part of this scheme." Cardin stated in his mania. "One...Two…"
No one spoke up and that made him even angrier. His eyes lock onto Coco and started drawing his secondary sword. "So it was this bitch! She must have had some sort of plot. Maybe she wasn't confident that she would survive and wanted to minimize the number of people needed to be fed."
"This is all your fault COCO ADEL!"
"He is crazy!" Athena pointed at the screen. "You just don't try to murder other people because they have food."
"It's because he's crazy and hungry," Blake replied. "However, I can see where he is coming from. But that is an extreme reaction, to try and kill some people."
"THREE!" Cardin fully took out his sword intent on murdering everyone in the camp.
"Four."
A hand came from out of nowhere and proceeded to smack Cardin across the back of his head. Cardin was sent skidding across the ground and smacking against a tree trunk, unconscious.
Some people jumped having not expected the light boom from the sheer force of the attack Jaune did. He just smacked Cardin out of nowhere and it was scary.
Jaune stood there frowning in his new look, but he had a brown parka over it. "Who was it that left their team to die?" Jaune said condescendingly to the manic man. "And you even brought some dead weight with you."
"What is he talking about?" Ruby asked. Nora nodded her head. They didn't see anything on the screen. The two teams were looking a little harder but could not find a thing.
"What does he mean dead weight?" Ruby asked the others. Jaune looked at them before turning to the open space that leads into the trees.
"See they don't see anything either!" Yang pointed. "What is that Vomit Boy talking about?"
"You may as well drop your stealth. Your powerful energy makes hiding pointless." As he said that they heard some soft laughter.
"GHOSTS!" Nora shouted. "There's no people on screen so it must be ghosts!" The orange-haired girl shook in her seat.
"I'm sure there's a good explanation, not ghosts," Ren told his girlfriend.
As if coming into existence nineteen ice elves appeared with another sitting atop a white horse. "Oh my god," one of the random Hunters said.
"See, I told you, there's a reason."
"Yeah. Ice elves who are about to massacre the group," Athena frowned. "But I'm sure they'll make it out somehow."
"There's twenty of them!" the other one.
"That doesn't seem to bad," Ruby mumbled.
"They are as strong as fourth-year hunters-in-training," the Curator. "Most of the survivors right there don't have the strength to even fight them being C-Class or lower."
"Oh, that is bad," Pyrrha replied frowning. That wasn't a good sign for any of them.
"There was one useful one among the trash," the ice elf on the horse said with a grin.
"Hey, did you just call us trash?" he glared. The monster blinked this one. He was silent for a moment before speaking.
"How are you speaking to us?" That surprised Jaune too. Did that mean he was speaking the monster language? Now that was a strange thing.
"Is this an effect of the System?"
"Jaune/Dad can speak to monsters!" everyone said in surprise.
"That is a crazy power," Athena mumbled. "I wonder if I can get something like that."
"Huh?" Yang asked. "Why do you say that?"
"Oh, it's almost my birthday and I was looking for something to be a gift. Not sure what I wanted but that seems like a cool thing to get," Athena explained to the group.
"And your dad can do that?" Ren wondered out loud.
"Well no…" Athena pouted. "I would have loved to though…"
"Can you speak the monster language as well?" Coco asked surprised. No one was able to do that! Not even the strongest hunters in all of Vale! Or Remnant.
"Well to be able to converse, that is splendid!" the leader of the Ice Elves laughed. "There is someone I want to introduce." There was another Ice Elf standing there and the figure made him glare. It was the asshole who tried to kill Ruby!
"WHAT!?" Yang shouted. "That skinny asshole tried to kill Ruby!?"
"Yes. Here take a look," the Curator replied. The saw a scene with the elf shooting an ice arrow towards Ruby, only for Jaune to snatch it out of the air.
"I'LL KILL HIM!" Yang shouted.
"He's the one who notified us that there was someone strong in the group of humans. He wants to have a one on one fight with-" The other Ice Elf suddenly lost its head, as Jaune appeared behind them, knife already out.
"...I need to repay this Jaune somehow," Yang said, looking at the screen in surprise.
"I didn't even see him move," Pyrrha said in surprise. "What speed. To think only had these skills for a few months. This system is too strong."
"You should see other universes with the Gamer powers. Those Jaune's are also broken," the Curator informed them.
"The Gamer?" Nora asked, her face excited. "What's that?"
"Any cases in which a person has a power that turns their lives similar to a video game." Nora, Ruby, and Athena's eyes widen.
"That's a thing!?" the trio shouted.
"Anything else you want to say?" Jaune growled. The Ice Elf on the horse looked at him before grinning.
"Well, aren't you interesting," the boss said. Jaune tried to decapitate this one as well, but the Ice Elf brought out its knife to block. The boss got off his horse, and twirled the knife in his hand and walked forward.
"This is going to be a tough fight," Weiss said. "The fact the elf barely had to move to block Arc effortlessly, shows they are rather strong."
"I'm sure Jaune will have a plan for it," Ren told her.
"I have a proposal for you. Don't worry, it's not detrimental to you at all," the Ice Elf grinned. "But I do have a question…"
"What sort of question does he possibly have for Jaune?" Blake asked.
"Despite not being a human, why are you with them?"
"I think I didn't hear them right," Athena said cleaning her ear. "Did she just say dad isn't a human?"
"But he is one!" Ruby replied. "Very much human!"
"What the heck are you talking about?" Jaune asked confused.
"Ah, so you don't notice it yourself?" The boss laughed as Jaune glared. "There's a voice in our head telling us to kill all humans. But I can't hear it when you're around."
"That's a warning bell," Ren frowned. "I wonder what that means?"
"It's revealed...a lot later. I won't spoil the secret though," the Curator replies. "It's a bit of a doozy."
Jaune narrowed his eyes. "Is it like the system? If the voice doesn't apply to me, is it because I'm a Player in the system?"
The Ice Elf grinned. "There's no need for us to fight. No need for unnecessary casualties." He pointed at the people behind Jaune. "Just hand over the humans, and I'll spare your life. How about it?"
"Jaune don't!" Pyrrha shouted.
"Please, dad won't do anything like that mother," Athena replied. "He's too noble to do something as bad as that."
"Yeah!" Ruby and Nora nodded.
"Sorry, I know he won't but in the heat of the moment," Pyrrha blushed in embarrassment.
The glare on Jaune's face intensified. "Let me ask you a question as well. Who are you guys? Where did you come from and why are you trying to kill humans?"
The boss opened his mouth trying to respond only to freeze and glitch out. He then repeated the words he just said.
"Oh no! Are we going to see Another Pyrrha again?" Yang gasped.
"No, do not fret," the Curator told them. "Given the whole world revolves around the concept of video games. Glitches make sense in this world." Everyone who held heir breathes let them go.
"Another Pyrrha?" Athena asked.
"We'll tell you once this is over," Pyrrha told the redhead from the future.
That surprised Jaune and blinked. "Is he avoiding the question or is it something else?"
"So about that proposal?" the Ice Elf smirked.
"I refuse," Jaune stated simply.
"See! He didn't do it!" Nora laughed.
"Do you plan of fighting me and my soldiers all on your own? Do you think you think you can handle our numbers all by yourself?" The entire group of ice elves smirked at him.
"Numbers? What numbers?" Jaune's shadow suddenly shot back and expand as his summons appeared. Shadow knights and shadow bears appeared scaring the humans there.
"Wow…" Athena said with wide eyes. "I'd like to meet this version of dad! This looks so cool!"
"When did he get bears!? I thought it was only knights!" Weiss asked in surprise.
"Wait, don't tell me," Blake gasped. "He can do it with anything he kills?" The Curator nods to answer her.
"What Sun said last time is correct," Ren gulped. "He is OP."
"Heh, what a cheap trick," the boss laughed.
"Is it though?" The two battalions ran forward and began fighting, with Jaune standing back for the moment. The shadows clashed with the ice elves making for scene the Hunters had to get away from yet couldn't stop watching.
"So cool…" Ruby, Nora, Yang, and Athena gasped in wonder.
"You seem to take a lot after Ruby," Pyrrha commented. Athena blinked her blue eyes and looked at Athena.
"I blame her, mom, and Aunt Penny being the biggest influences in my life outside of dad," Athena replied. "I can disassemble and reassemble all their weapons in a few minutes. I know how to make the perfect pancakes. Etc."
"That both makes sense and doesn't at the same time," the redhead of the current era said.
"Growing up with Aunt Nora, most things don't make sense," Athena said. A few seats away Ren was nodding his head.
"Calling it a cheap trick wasn't a bluff. While I have a greater number of people, they won't last long if they keep dying. It will drain my mana."
"So this is all about who can finish of who first," Weiss stated.
"Will he outlast them?" Blake wondered.
"They may have leveled up and keep up with the ice elves, but he is the problem." Jaune kept focus on the boss who walked forward. "Even with Igris, it's going to be tough to fight him. What I need is…" Jaune's eyes land on the unconscious Cardin. "A stronger shadow."
"Why did I feel a lower shiver go down my spine as he looked at Cardin?" Ruby asked looking at everyone else. "Anyone else felt that?" No one said anything. "Okay just me."
The Player stepped on a sword and kept looking at the ice elf boss who kept grinning. "My name is Burka. What is yours?"
"Jaune Arc." After his introduction he dashed forward, the weapon flying backward. The two began to fight with the human mostly going on the attack. All of his swipes with his knives missed just barely as Burka took steps back to evade. The boss did counter though and kneed Jaune in the stomach, forcing him back.
"Damn that boss is faster," Nora frowned.
"At least he's not struggling against him like he did Igris," Pyrrha sighed. "So he has a bigger chance to win this than he did the other one."
"I haven't had this much fun in a while," Burka laughed. The monster then noticed the land becoming orange, he looked up and saw a fireball coming down towards him. It made contact with a resounding boom as Jaune managed to catch his breath.
"WHOO EXPLOSIONS!" the bomber shouted.
"I give it a six out of ten," Yang said, holding up a card.
"I think that deserved an eight," Athena held up her card.
"That earned a boop out of ten!" Nora held up her card that said boop.
"Where did you guys get those?" Ren asked. The three girls blinked and shrugged.
"Thanks to my magician, I bought myself some time." Despite his words, he didn't seem far too worried. Jaune even wiped off some of the snow on his body. "That wasn't enough to kill you. Stop messing around and come out."
A maniacal laugh came from the flames as Burka walked out. "Is that that the limits of your soldiers!?" the ice elf laughed as he charged forward.
"Another crazy person," Ruby frowned. "But then again, he's just being a boss character."
"Bigger stats makes sense," Yang nodded her head.
"Jaune watch out!" Coco shouted. This made the blonde look behind him and saw that Cardin was charging him with the sword that Jaune kicked.
"Die Arc!" Cardin shouted in anger.
"Such an asshole," Pyrrha repeated. "He's going to kill Jaune for failing? That's his fault!"
"Sometimes, a bad person will just always be a bad person," Weiss stated. "It takes a lot to change a person."
"Seems like I'm not the only one after your head!" Burka grinned only to widen his eyes as he saw Jaune grinning as well.
"Igris," the blonde said. From his shadow, the greatsword burst forth and stabbed…Cardin.
"WHAT!?" almost everyone shouted.
"That was the bad feeling I felt!" Ruby stated. "He killed Cardin!"
"He was a bad person but did he deserves it?" Athena asked.
"Yes," Pyrrha, Blake, and Weiss agreed.
The crazed man's eyes widen as he stared at the smirk Jaune had on his face. "Damn you Arc…" he coughed. "You planned this...from the beginning…" And with the last of his breath, Cardin Winchester died.
"Oh god, he did! The moment he kicked the sword, it landed on Cardin, Jaune guessed what was going to happen!" Weiss connected the dots. "He intended to kill Cardin from the beginning."
"Interesting!" Burka laughed as he continued his dash towards Jaune. "But that doesn't change anything!"
Jaune just laughed. He and Igris spun in place, with Jaune now facing the dead Cardin and Igris taking a swing at Burka who spun out of the way of his attack. Meanwhile, Jaune placed his hand on the corpse. "Arise."
"Arise?" Athena asked not knowing what was going to happen.
"Wait, he can use it on people too!?" Blake gaped at the sight.
A loud shout came from Cardin's shadow as a fully armored version of Cardin's shadow appeared. It came complete with shield and mace. "Huh, did you get bigger?" Jaune mumbled. He saw that there was the option to name him something.
"He can…" Pyrrha said.
"And they are forced to become obedient to him," the Curator stated. "They can't ever betray Jaune in their afterlife."
"That...is a dedicated army," Athena hummed. Now she wanted this power for herself.
"Should I keep calling you Cardin Winchester? No. You're not that anymore…" Jaune kept mumbling over and over until a word stuck. "From now on, you are Ardent."
"That is a fitting name," Ren nodded. "All the more now that he's a knight much like the one he should have been."
"I wonder what he will name us if he makes a shadow? Nora asked.
"Please don't put that idea into our heads," Ruby groaned. "That would make me so scared. Being an eternal solider happy to serve someone sounds terrible."
"Did you think this lone shadow can stop me!?" Burka shouted at Jaune as he slashed off Igris's arm.
"Oh dang, that is a strong elf," Yang whistled. "That thing beat up Jaune so easily. It can't keep up with the elf."
"No wonder, Jaune wanted another shadow," Pyrrha hummed. "It would make the fight easier."
"Of course not," Jaune replied smirking. He tapped Ardent on the chest and his newest shadow gave a roar. A red dome expanded from its body engulfing Burka.
[Taunting Cry has been used!]
Burka's eyes turned red and he laughed crazily. "Another interesting guy has shown up! I'll kill you first!"
[The Boss has been taunted.]
Burka slammed his knives onto Ardent, who blocked using his shield. Burka jumped backward and landed as Ardent tried to slam his mace into him.
"Now that is useful! We can do so much if Jaune can do something thing like that!" Nora cheered. "I mean, he can make sure Renny here won't take any hits!"
"That...would be great actually," Ren mumbled.
"Now how do we teach it to our Jaune," Pyrrha giggled.
"That's too slow to stop me!" The elf taunted. However, as he finished talking, both Igris and Jaune jumped from either side of Ardent.
"Teamwork makes the dream work!" Athena shouted.
"Oh? How about all three of us at the same time?" Jaune grinned. The elf's eyes widen as Igris went for a stab, forcing Burka to dodge. Shame that Jaune was already waiting and stabbed him with one of his daggers in his side. "He dodged at such an angle like this? That's impressive."
"That is impressive," Pyrrha had to admit. "The skill to be able to dodge so easily is high."
"Very befitting a boss," Athena agreed.
"You trash are quite persistent," Burka growled at him as his wounds started to bleed.
"You're in no position to say that. Take a look around," Jaune nodded to the battlefield. The boss looked around, getting angry at what he saw. His entire troop had been massacred. "Is that all your soldiers can do?"
"BURN!" Nora shouted. "Eat your own words you asshat!"
"They will all vanish if I kill you!" Burka roared as he rushed forward. If he could kill this one bastard, then he can kill all the others. Jaune meanwhile threw his dagger. "Throwing your weapon won't-"
The blonde Hunter held his hand out and a magical aura encased it. Using his ability, Ruler's Touch, he used telekinesis to accelerate the blade. So when it collided with the boss's knife, it shattered into pieces.
"YES!" Ruby cheered. "Show them who's boss!"
In his distraction, Ardent ran and gave Burka a bear hug. The surrounding area once more turned orange as several magicians began to chant and a fireball that was three times as large was cast.
"WOW!" Nora said mesmerized. "So pretty…"
It collided with both Burka and Ardent consuming them both. However, it was only Ardent who vanished and Burka was still standing, although heavily injured.
"I can't believe he tanked that," Yang gasped.
"That was a large fire after all," Weiss said. "But that is one resilient Ice Elf."
"YOU BASTARDS!" the elf shouted angrily, now that he had no more shirt. "I'LL KILL YOU ALL!" Magical energy burst from his body as he glared.
Only to spit out blood as an invisible Jaune appeared, having stabbed him in the side once more. "Looks like this is the end," Jaune grinned.
"Dad! It's too early to go in!" Athena shouted at the screen.
Burka grabbed his wrist. "WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU-"
The boss never got to finish what he saw going to say as Ardent appeared from behind him and slammed the mace down onto the unsuspecting elf.
"WOO!" the teams cheered happily as Jaune had beat another boss.
"I told you, this is the end," Jaune grinned.
[The Dungeon Boss Has Been Slain.]
[Level up! X2]
Jaune let out a sigh of relief. The fact that he beat them with no death in his group. He didn't consider the people in the other group that died part of his party. They chose to leave them and paid the price. He will pray for their souls but that's not his fault.
"At least he'll do that much for them," Blake sighed. Jaune was a little heartless but he was right. It was their fault.
As he was relaxing, he and the group heard a roar as Ardent had proceeded to slam the mace into Burka's dead body over and over again. "Hey, hey, hey!" Jaune shouted. "Stop that."
He pointed at Ardent and frowned. "God he became a shadow, but he's still a dumbass…"
That got snickers from the group watching. "It's like he's working with a child," Weiss giggled.
"I guess once a dumbass always a dumbass," Yang grinned.
"You take it easy." Jaune shook his head to go speak to the group. "I worry about the future…"
Ardent looked confused before turning to Igris. The older knight looked at the newest recruit and shook his head before walking away. A feeling of disappointment was palpable from the older knight.
"Like a disappointed dad," Athena snorted.
"I know right?" Ruby laughed with the girl. Pyrrha looked and saw how close the two were. That made her feel a little jealous.
That left Ardent to look at the weaker knights before giving a victory cry. The weaker knights followed and gave a cry and raised their arms.
"At least they are having fun," Nora grinned.
Jaune meanwhile turned to the Hunters and smiled kindly at them. "Shall we get going?"
"Huh going?" Coco asked. "Where?"
"Home." As he said that the Gate opened back to Remnant, getting people to cheer. Their nightmare was over.
"Yes! The adventure is over!" Ruby cheered.
"Well, not yet," the Curator replied. "Jaune had failed to summon Burka's shadow since he was still too low leveled for that."
"Sucks," Yang frowned. "He would have been a good addition."
"Right?" Weiss nodded. "Think of all that he could have done with that sort of being in his group."
"And this is just the epilogue of the arc, enjoy!" the Curator told them.
-A few hours later-
Neptune Vasillias grinned as he stood outside of the van they used to travel, decked in new armor. He was here to pick up his bro! So when he saw Jaune standing there giving him a strange look, Neptune couldn't help but smile.
"Why is he there?" Weiss asked, she was still mad at him for his womanizing.
"Neptune here is Jaune's best friend and owes his life to him. That is why Neptune respects Jaune so much that he's being subservient to him," the Curator replied. 'Jaune meanwhile sees him as a little brother."
"Aw...that's cute," Nora smiled. Ruby nodded her head as well.
"Ugh," Athena frowned. "I can't believe he's still alive in this universe."
"Uh...why do you speak like you hate Neptune?" Weiss asked the girl.
"I'll tell you later."
"Bro! I came to drive," Neptune cheered. Jaune just chuckled. He was currently dressed in jeans and his iconic Pumpkin Pete's hoodied.
"He still has that!?" Pyrrha asked in surprise.
"Yeah. In this universe, his sisters got it for him via contest. It's one of his most prized treasures," the Curator informed them. That had the people smiling happily.
"Nep, did you take a cab here?" Jaune asked. "I was going to pick you up."
"Bro, you're the only helping me out," Neptune shook his head. "So I should be the one driving." Jaune scratched his cheek. Okay, how can he be bad at this guy? He's a little sheltered but that's fine.
"Brothers he's more of a dork than Jaune is," Yang chuckled. Weiss did too since that was not what they were expecting.
"Let's go then," Jaune said as he entered the van. "But let's go pick someone up on the way."
"Oh?" Neptune asked wondering who he meant. "Who?" He saw Jaune already dialing someone on his Scroll.
"Ruby come out. We'll give you a ride," the blonde said kindly.
"Oh yeah! I was part of his raid party!" Ruby grinned.
"Ruby? As in Ruby Rose? The little girl in our group?" Neptune asked.
"Yeah her." The camera shows Neptune with a thoughtful look on his face.
"He knows her number and speaks to her so casually...does Ruby and Bro have that kind of relationship?" Neptune wondered. A seventeen-year-old and a twenty-four-year-old?
That made Ruby blush, thinking about stuff like that. "I can see it," Athena nodded. "In my world, Aunt Ruby loves dad a lot. That's why mom doesn't mind sharing with her best friend."
The red reaper blushed even more, and Athena smiled at her. Again, seeing that made Pyrrha frown.
"We're here bro," Neptune said. He took a moment before looking at Jaune. "Bro...do I have to start calling Ruby sister-in-law from now on?"
"No!" Yang shouted. "There's a seven-year age difference! They can't date in that world!"
The blonde gave him a look. "What? Nep don't be like that. She's my sister's friend."
The blue-haired boy let out a breath he didn't know he was holding. Nothing illegal was happening.
"Oh thank goodness," the blonde sighed.
"Yanggg…you're overreacting," Ruby told her older sister.
He turned to see Ruby all dressed up nicely. While still conservative, it showed off her budding curves. "Good morning Jaune!" she said as she climbed into the van, sitting next to the blonde. "Morning raid leader!"
"She dressed nicely," Weiss said looking at Ruby who was getting more flustered.
"Hey, Ruby!" Neptune greeted her. As he started to drive, he overheard Jaune and Ruby speaking in hushed whispers.
"Hey did you get some sleep last night?" Jaune asked. W-Was that a husky tone!?
"E-Excuse me?" Pyrrha stutters. Everyone's eyes widen.
"I wasn't unable to sleep at all!" What did she mean by that!?
"WHY WEREN'T YOU ABLE TO SLEEP!?" Yang shouts.
"You must be tired, take a nap in the car. Just lean against me." Whoa, what!? Bro! What are you saying!?
"How scandalous!" Weiss gasped. And what was this...spark she was feeling in her chest?
"How about you Jaune?" Ruby asked as she did lean against Jaune. Neptune saw this from the rearview window. Buh! WHA!?
"Please tell me what happened," Blake said wiping some blood off of her nose. This was so romantic and juicy!
"I didn't get home until four in the morning," his bro responded.
"Night? Unable to sleep? Tired? He got home at four in the morning!? Bro just said Ruby was just his sister's friend!"
"W-What?" Ruby blushed even harder, hiding her face in her cloak.
"Bro…" Neptune gulped.
"Yeah Nep?" Jaune asked with a smile.
"Ruby Rose is a minor," Neptune said firmly.
"And...?"
"N-Nevermind…" Neptune replied. "He's not normal. I can't judge him by my normal standards."
"I...don't think even I can approve of that relationship dad!" Athena said covering her face.
The screen turns black.
"Do not worry," the Curator said. "They didn't do anything explicit. He was just taking her home after the incident and were both tired." A lot of them were relieved to hear that. Except for Blake who thought something sexy happened, and Ruby who thought that one got together with her Jaune!
"Athena why don't you go to your father, I'm keeping these people in their chairs for the next viewing." The younger girl smiled and nodded before rushing out.
"As for you seven, this next world will be the last one to be shown today. Then you may go to sleep. However…"
"However?" Ruby asked.
"It's not from our theatre." Now that was surprising.
"If not from your theatre, where is it from?" Pyrrha asked.
"In a different quadrant of the multiverse." The man held up his hand and the screen showed a blazing phoenix on the screen before the video began to play.
So yes. The next world is a fanfic from someone else. I'm going to do fanfics now too since I'm confident enough in my abilities. I'm treating them as if they are videos from other places in the multiverse. And the first one is going to be from LordHellPhoenix.