Hey what's up? I know it hasn't been long since i uploaded a chapter but let's say my first exams have been delayed by one week so I thought why not work on a chapter with my free time. Also you could say that I had a sudden inspiration boost due to a movie that I've watched not so long ago, this will probably be the last chapter before my exams or not.
So yeah, take care and I'll see you in the next one !
Erebus was currently resting on a tree, having his head resting on his knee he kept feeding a blue bird with some seeds he randomly found on the ground as he was contemplating the sound of that came from the bird's mouth. There's a part of him that always found nature to be interesting, the animals were fascinating in some way in his eyes even if he wouldn't dare to say that to anyone. However Erebus suddenly started to feel like someone was following him however he brushed it aside, his deep grey eyes kept staring at the buildings covered in plantes before him. These roads were to quiet for his taste but that didn't stop him from pursuing his mission, after all his mission was to find the twin androids and he wouldn't let anyone get in his way even if it meant that he had to slaughter every living soul who stood in his way. A frown could be seen on Erebus face as he suddenly remembered his fight with these Yorha members or rather self proclaimed 'soldiers' who were beyond pathetic especially that white haired women, Erebus thought that they were way to weak to be called soldiers. After all they barely were a threat but they still managed to make him sweat much to his shame, if he had been taking things seriously from the start they would've been dead.
Erebus will always remember the look upon their faces when he had pinned 2B on the ground with his sword. That petrified expression that he just simply couldn't get enough from them, but he also remembered the determined look she had on her face when she managed to land a blow on him for the first time. Just to be replaced by fear and despair once he decided to start taking things a bit seriously, these Yorha soldiers were delusional to think that they even stood a chance against him.
Erebus shook his head while closing his eyes and took a deep breath before suddenly hearing multiple noises coming from all around him, upon hearing this Erebus quickly opened his eyes and checked his surroundings for any potential threat however he blinked a couple times when he saw two men coming towards the tree where he was currently resting. Erebus never expected to see anyone around here where he currently was, after all it's been days since he hadn't interacted with anyone else that wasn't a machine. Erebus took notice on their apparence while slowly pulling his sword out of its sheath, the first thing Erebus noticed is that they both appeared to around wear the same clothes as him. The first one had black hair with a slim body and visible scars on his left eye, he was welding a straight sword in his hand while having a larger sword on behind his back. The second last one had blonde hair and a slender body but much to his surprise this one seemed to carry a great axe with both of his hands.
The duo kept walking towards the tree until Erebus could hear their conversation.
''Did you see her face when she begged us to not kill her friend?!'' The black haired individual said while laughing.
''Yeah and that she'd do anything fo us to leave them alone, she was apparently just taking supplies from us because her friend was injured and the resistance camp didn't have enough material to help them. Can you believe it?!'' His blonde partner said while laughing on top of his lungs.
''Yeah that bitch had it coming, thinking that she could just help herself because her friend need it more than us and without paying us! I swear the resistance camp is letting anyone in these days'' the scarred men said while raising his voice.
''You're ri-hey! look there's someone with a hood on that branches!'' The blonde haired men said to his partner while pointing at Erebus who was silently observing them. The duo looked at each other's with raised eyebrows before slowly starting to grin towards Erebus. This was perfect for them, it's been a while since they hadn't had a scavenger on their territory, they were going to make him understand who owns this place. The black haired men slowly approached the tree where Erebus was currently resting and staring to shout.
''Hey there pal, sorry to break it to you but you're on our territory and we don't like scavenger that roam around here without paying any fees so get down from your tree or else we'll make you!'' The black haired men shouted while occasionally glancing back to his partner who was grinning at him. Erebus blinked a couple time as he heard them and decided to jump down from the tree and took a couple step until he stopped a couple feet away from the duo. After seeing Erebus walking towards them the black haired men slowly started to approach him while playfully swinging his sword, once he stood in front of Erebus, the man suddenly rested his hand on the hooded man shoulder while pressing it and began to squeeze his hand harder while looking at his partner who responded by nodding. however neither of them caught the fact that Erebus was coldly glaring at them while they were looking at each other's.
''Look, you're kind of lost which means that you must be new around here right?'' The onyx haired man grinned while poking Erebus chest with his sword.
''If I were you, I would get your hand off me and vanish from my sight along with your friend.'' Erebus said dangerous to the man who was holding him however the man in question didn't seemed to get the hint and began laughing loudly along with his partner. Erebus still made no effort to move from the man grasp and slowly reached for his sword while coldly staring at them.
''Did you hear that? That guy thinks he's in any position to give us orders, maybe we should kill him and take what we can from him like we've always done hm?'' The blonde android mocked Erebus as he asked his friend about his idea.
''Listen closely I would watch my tone if I were you, there's two of us while you're all alone so if I were you I would just give us whatever you possess.'' The black haired man grinned as he also mocked Erebus by throwing his words back at him while still squeezing his shoulder harder than before.
Erebus was absolutely livid by now, he kept staring at the man who refused to obey him, this would be their biggest and last mistake they would ever make. Slowly Erebus reached for his sword from its sheath and quickly brought his sword up as he sliced the man chest but before the black haired instantly man stumbled back.
The black haired man frowned, he'd tried to give this hooded guy a chance to walk out of this safely and he blew it. Not that it mattered after he's done killing that guy they'll just scavenger his corpse just like they did many times in the past. However before he could open his mouth he saw a red substance dripping down from the hooded man sword, it looked like blood but who's blood was it?
The onyx haired man eyes instantly widened as he instinctively looked towards his chest and saw blood dripping down on his clothes, he couldn't believe it that this hooded guy had managed to cut him deep. Anger slowly crept into his eyes as he draw back his smaller sword and took his other massive sword from his back and slowly pointed it at Erebus. He was going to make him regret not accepting their request, ''You've got some guts I'll give you that but now you're about to severely pay for what you've done, see this sword? I took it after killing a guy who worked as a blacksmith for a nearby resistance camp after he refused to sell it to us for lower price. Apparently this sword belonged to a human king from the ancient world that was considered to be feared by all of his subjects due to the many people that he had slain with this sword...Beastlord that's the name of this sword'' The black haired man said with excitement while smirking at Erebus but to his surprise he got no reaction from him.
Erebus raised a confused eyebrow as he listened to what the man before him just said and began wondering why was he telling him any of this? Having enough of the man useless rant Erebus shook his sword as he disposed of the man blood from it, at this the black eye twitched and began running towards hooded man while bringing his sword to his side. Erebus saw what was coming and lazily parried the man strike however the black haired man gritted his teeth and try to slice him again but Erebus kept parrying and lazily dodging every hit from the man which caused him to keep trying while beginning to feel frustrated. Having enough of this man mediocre swordsmanship Erebus darkly smirked as he finally clashes with the man sword, but before the black haired man could make another move a knee suddenly hit him in the stomach which caused him to hit the floor while loosing grip of his sword, while he was trying to get back up a kick to his face made him stumble back once again on the ground. ''Is that all you've got? Or perhaps talking is your only strength?'' Erebus taunted the man beneath him with a smirk, it's been quite a while since he had last fought someone. They weren't strong by any means however they did manage to entertain him long enough for this encounter to be worth it.
The blonde haired android was agape as he saw his friend getting absolutely beaten down, he gritted his teeth as he started to run towards Erebus to kill him by surprise but was stop by his friend who slowly raised hand which made him stop in his tracks. Blood dripped down on his friend face as he slowly got up while holding himself with his sword. Erebus merely raised a eyebrows at this, apparently he hadn't learned his lesson yet but it didn't matter as long as he can keep having fun with them he wasn't going to complain. ''You must be unique model to be this strong...but it doesn't matter, I'll just kill you like we've done with these other military model units.'' The onyx haired android boasted while barely be able to stand. Erebus looked at him with pity, just who did this heretic think he was talking to?
'time to end this nonsense' Erebus inwardly thought while approaching the android before him.
The bruised man started to run towards Erebus but was stopped by a kick to his abdomen which caused him to clutch his abdomen, but unknown to him Erebus to this opportunity to quickly follow up with a spinning kick to his face resulting him to hit the ground once more but just as he was to push himself from the ground Erebus threw his sword as if it was a spear towards the android on the ground. The blade went through the man throat resulting his neck to be impaled on the ground by Erebus sword, the dying man hands reached for his neck desperately trying to remove the sword from him neck but failed miserably as a huge pool of blood started to form beneath him. This caused the pinned man to suffer a slow and painful death. Erebus couldn't contain his laughter any longer and began laughing loudly. His voice could be heard all over the city ruins as he started to walk towards the dead man corpse, once Erebus was standing above the deceased man corpse he reached for his sword from the man's neck and yanked it out violently from him which caused the dead man head to be separated from its body.
The blonde android dropped his axe as he was petrified to what just unfolded in front of him, this monster just had brutally killed his friend with ease. And he laughed...laughed as he just decapitated his partner head without any mercy, he wanted to shout but he's voice got caught in his throat. Feeling a pair of eye observing him, the blonde android stopped looking at his friend corpse and watched as Erebus looked at him with a impassive expression that made take a couple steps back before tears started to form in his eyes.
Erebus smirked sinisterly as he saw the last one of the duo looking at him with fear which is exactly what he liked to see in his enemies face's, he crouched down on the ground and saw the dead man head on the ground unmoving however as Erebus looked closer he didn't saw flesh underneath the man head but saw the same materials that these android possess. This discovery made Erebus frown as many questions began clouding his mind but he brushed them aside for now before slowly grabbing the man's head and turned to face the blonde android who still was to terrified to move from his spot, Erebus chuckled as he began talking while moving the head mouth to mimic a conversation with it.
''Oh your friend seems scared, he looks like he's about to pass out...don't you agree Erebus hm? But of course I do'' Erebus smirked as he kept talking to himself as he moved head jaw to keep mimicking a conversing with himself, blood kept poring down from the decapitated head while he continued his twisted behaviour. After some more jokes he looked back at the blonde android who was looking at him like a deranged heretic, which in return caused Erebus to laugh loudly.
''Quick, catch your friend while he's still moving!'' Erebus sarcastically said while tossing the decapitated man's head towards the blonde android who caught it instinctively but quickly let it drop to the ground while screaming on top of his lungs, resulting him to fall on his back while Erebus kept laughing his head off through the whole city ruins. After some moments he calmed himself and offered the petrified android a small smile.
''You know...I'm feeling quite merciful today so I'll let you disappear from my sight.'' Erebus said calmly while cleaning with sword with his hand, after what seemed an eternity the scared android legs finally obeyed to him and he slowly got up from the ground while quickly started to run into the opposite direction of the sadistic monster. However before he could make it to far Erebus suddenly reappeared in front of him and slowly put his sword into its sheath before pressed it on the blonde android chest, which he instinctively gripped it.
''W-wait ple-please I will give you anything you want, are y-you here from Yorha because of these scanners we killed a week ago?! I'll hand you over any intel and chips that we took from them and I'll even turn myself to Yorha just don't kill me i don't w-want to die please like this'' The blonde haired android pleaded while having tears formed in his eyes which caused Erebus to frown at the pitiful sight, he hated it when people begged for their lives and especially those that weren't innocent however it was time to silence him once and for all.
''Why are you begging for your life? I just told you I would let you go...didn't I?'' A smile crept into Erebus face as he reassured the weeping android but as the pleading android started to smile Erebus took his sword out from its sheath and thrust it into the blonde android stomach, before quickly thrusting it into the mortified android head killing instantly before scared android could even cry out in pain. The blonde android started to fall on the ground while still holding Erebus sheath which he took the opportunity to position his sword so that it would fell into his blade while the android also fell into the ground. ''But not without paying a little fee...'' Erebus grinned to himself while he run a hand through his white hair as he looked up to the bright sky above him, he would be lying if he said that he didn't have fun today however Erebus frowned at the mention of Yorha that the blonde android told him just a moment ago.
'Just who are they?' The white haired warrior thought as he started to continue his journey but not before passing by the corpse of the black haired android and picked up his great sword. Erebus thought that the sword would be way heavier since he saw how the first android was using it with both hands, but to his surprise it was as light as his current sword well maybe a bit heavier but he could definitely wield it with one hand. Erebus frowned as he tried to remember the name of the sword that the android told him about. 'Beastlord...that was the sword's name' Erebus smirked as he looked at the sword design which was more than enough for him to claim it for himself, he strapped it behind his back while having his smaller sword at his waist and was about to continue his journey until he felt the presence of someone suddenly appearing from behind him. Erebus heavily groaned as he was about face whoever had the audacity to come and bother him once more, it was oblivious that they were gonna keep coming at him after all the mess that he had done but didn't they have something better to do with their lives?
Slowly Erebus turned his head to see whoever was standing behind him but was shocked to see the white haired women that he had fought in the forest...or rather someone that look almost looked like her.
A2 had arrived at the scene after hearing weird laughing echoing through the whole city ruins, she decided to see what was the source of those laughter but was shocked to see a hooded figure that had just killed a resistance member with blonde hair. A2 squinted her eyes trying to take a good look at his appearance and saw that he had 2 swords on him, one at his waist while the other one who was oblivious larger strapped on his back but what surprised her the most aside from his white hair was his impassive grey eyes. But strangely there was some sinister about his eyes but she couldn't tell what exactly, A2 looked at her surroundings and saw blood everywhere however her eyes landed a dead man on the ground who was missing his head. She deduced that he's certainly must've done this especially since he was covered in blood. It didn't make sense to her to why would he have slaughtered these two resistance members, after all that person was also wearing the same emblem on his cape just like them didn't he?
However she needed to be sure
''...Who are you exactly?'' A2 slowly asked as she started to walk closer him while her hips kept swinging from side to side, she gripped her sword harder awaiting for him to respond, he certainly heard her but decided not answer to her question. She squinted her eyes at him while seeing him go for his bigger sword from his back and wield it with one hand, she didn't know what game that guy was playing at but if he soon didn't answer her question she'd make him answer by force. A2 was in no mood for games which he didn't seemed to have taken notice.
The sound of the wind could be heard as it was blowing through both the two white haired warrior ears, They slowly started circling each other's, both of them waiting for the other one to make the first move but A2 decided to try asking him again. ''This is your last chance to tell me wh-'' A2 question was cut short by barely reacting in time to block Erebus sword who was coming down at her, she managed to repel him by using both of her hands. Erebus jumped back and readied his sword once again but A2 glared at him while slightly panting, she had never expected that much force behind a single hit. He certainly was strong and what was more even more unbelievable was the fact that he was swinging a sword of that size as if it was a wooden stick.
The white haired women took her stance and taunted Erebus with her sword which seemed to work as he gritted his teeth while charging at her with an incredible speed, he tried slice her body in half by bringing his sword to her waist however A2 saw what was coming and evaded his strike by backflipping. As her feet touched the ground she wasted no time in dashing towards Erebus while bringing her sword up to slice his chest however he quickly dodged by moving aside and quickly grabbed her arm where she held her sword and savagely threw her towards a tree behind him, A2 eyes narrowed as she noted the warm sensation radiating from his hand which was oddly weird, she caught herself before landing on the tree and immediately bounced from it and charged at him once again. Erebus frowned as he was starting to get annoyed at the white haired women movement and decided to catch her of guard by slicing her horizontally but was stupefied to see her landing on his sword before quickly jumping from it and positioned herself behind him, Erebus growled as he instantly swinged his sword behind him hoping to slice her off but A2 avoided his strike by ducking beneath his sword which instead caused him instead to cut down a rotten tree. Before Erebus could even react A2 wasted no time while she was still beneath him and delivered a uppercut to his jaw with her free hand, this caused him to be staggered for a second which was enough time for her to deliver powerful kick into his stomach causing him to be thrown off his feet and hit the ground violently.
A2 pushed some her hair out from her face and crossed her arms while awaiting for him to get up, however something wasn't right about that punch. It shouldn't have landed on him so easily, he was a experienced fighter due to the swordsmanship he had displayed. A2 remembered years ago when she was still serving under Yorha, there were only a handful of soldiers who swordsmanship were considered to be absolutely flawless. A2 began thinking he wasn't taking her seriously however maybe she was just overthinking all of this, maybe A2 had indeed just been lucky after all. Her thoughts were interrupted by laughter echoing through the streets which made her jump slightly, A2 frowned at Erebus who was spitting some blood on the ground while slowly getting up. For some reasons his laughter perturbed her.'did he finally lost it?' A2 thought to herself while looking at him with pity.
Erebus laughter slowly died down as he slowly pushed himself from the ground, ''Not bad women, it's been quite a while since I've been caught of guard like this...my name is Erebus'' he introduced himself, it wasn't in his habits to reveal his name so easily but she surprisingly proved herself to be worth knowing his name. A2 blinked a couple time before frowning, ''...I'm A2'' the white haired women briefly introduced herself with a bored tone. Erebus chuckled at himself as he heard her name and decided to make this fight last, he saw the headless corpse of the man he had decapitated earlier on the ground. He grabbed the corpse by its leg before throwing it in a swift motion towards A2 with one arm, she quickly dodged it by moving aside. The corpse went flying threw a building window as it shattered into pieces, her eyes widened as she saw that display of force. That guy wasn't a resistance member that's for sure but as much as A2 didn't want to admit it the level of strength between them was unreal but that didn't mean she would simply just give up, as she turned her head back to face him A2 gritted her teeth as his sword suddenly came in contact with hers.
As their sword collided, sparkling erupted from their blades. Erebus took this opportunity while they were locked into each other's to kneel into her guts, this caused A2 to groan as her body went rolling on the ground before instantly getting up however she soon started evading a series of red blast coming right at her. Surprise and confusion could be seen all over A2 face as she saw him firing them from his palm which made her question if he was even an android, not even Yorha models could even do such things but she suddenly started to process everything and slowly concluded that he must be a machine. That would explain why he killed these two androids and that abnormal strength he seemed to possess, having enough of evading A2 made her way towards Erebus. Once the white haired android was in front of him she started to pressure him by going for a multitude of strikes while both of her hands gripped her sword which caused him to go on the defensive.
Erebus grunted as he blocked and parried each of her strike, while he wasn't fighting seriously he had to admit that the amount of pressure she was currently displaying was impressive. She even managed to push him back, that women was strong...even stronger than the white haired Yorha soldier that he fought in the forest. Having enough her assaults Erebus saw a opening between her strike and went for a swift strike but to his surprise A2 smirked as she seemed to have predicted his movement and deflected his strike by bringing her sword up, while he was vulnerable for a split second A2 thrust her sword into his chest. Time seemed to stop as Erebus just realised what just happened.
she had managed to injure him
This revelation caused him to widened his eyes, wasting no time A2 used both of her hands and brought her sword out from his chest by force. Erebus grunted as he jumped back, a noticeable amount blood poured out from chest while her blade was covered in fresh blood. A2 panted heavily as she readied herself once more, that strike wasn't meant to kill him but instead to injure him severely. After all A2 still needed answers from that machine and she was going to get them eventually by any means necessary.
The wind was blowing harder than ever as Erebus watched A2 intensely before slowly looking down at his chest and saw blood covering his upper body, he didn't know why he hadn't disposed of her already but something inside him wanted to prolong this fight. At first Erebus thought that she wouldn't be able to put up a fight and much less injuring him but had been proven wrong, Erebus could've easily finish her off however he knew that it would take quite a while until he'll be able to find another person who could fight him like she did. After some reflection decided he was going to entertain her for some time until he get bored of her. Erebus darkly chuckled while closing his eyes and lifted his head towards the sky, after some moments he inhaled deeply before opening his eyes and glared at A2 which made her squeeze her sword slightly.
A2 was having a hard time trying to analyse him, his existence didn't make any sense to her. Why would the aliens go out of their way to build a machine like him? Sure that meant he could easily pass an android but that still didn't explain his nature, he acted like a frenzied beast with no self control but the more she thinks about it the more it became clear to her. He was just like his creators...a filthy emotionless monsters who had taken countless lives both humans and androids, sudden flashbacks of her deceased friends started to cloud her mind. Those painful memories kept coming back more these days, shaking her head A2 gripped her sword with determination and glared back at Erebus. ''I'm going to slaughter every machines on my way for all of the pain you've caused us through the years, you machine's will never be equals to us androids and your creators will never be superior to humans...I'll never forgive your lowly kind!'' She spats as Erebus while narrowing her eyes towards him, after hearing this Erebus couldn't help but raised a eyebrows at her statement.
''I don't know what you're talking about...i'm not a machine but it doesn't matter, you'll die here anyway.'' Erebus said with a monotone voice while motioning her come and fight him, A2 gritted her teeth after hearing this.'And now he's acting as if he doesn't know what i'm talking about after killing two resistance members.' she thought while losing her her temper, both warriors charged at each other's while shouting before their sword collided once again.
However unknown to them two figures watched them trade blows on top of a building, ''Aww...why can't we just kill the both of them and be done with with?'' A white haired humanoid machine said while whining towards his brother as he sat at the edge of the roof. Soon a long white haired man emerged from behind the humanoid machines and pushed up his glasses up towards his eyes, ''Patience eve...he could prove himself to be a great help in the future, besides more Yorha units are coming along the way.'' the man known as Adam calmly said while looking towards the horizon, eve complained a bit before reluctantly getting up and both teleported away leaving no traces of their presence behind.
