Jaune was working, constantly reviving zombies became somewhat tedious but he had to continue to strengthen the Queen's army, however an unexpected guest appeared in his work room "Hello Jaune, do you have time to talk?" Cinder Fall was approaching the Necromancer "of course Lady Cinder, you are one of the queen's generals after all" the boy had several corpses nearby but decided to take a little break.
"I must admit that the power you possess is extraordinary" the Grimm seemed impressed by the boy's work "not a big deal, the power of the Grimm is superior after all" Jaune arranged some things while listening "don't be so modest dear, we Grimms are creatures of the night that feed on negativity, we are extremely strong but we cannot do the same as you"
"Thanks for saying that I guess, in the end the most impressive is the queen" Cinder stood by his side "Queen Salem listens to you and the other Necromancer, that already makes you special, after all she doesn't take any of the generals into account"the proof of that was the fact that Salem entrusted the Necromancers with the preparations of the attack"i wouldn't say that, although it seems that we have some authority we are only servants, we don't have the same freedom as someone like you who reigns over their own territory "
Cinder smiled upon hearing that "technically speaking the territory in Mistral where I live is not totally controlled by me, I have three more companions who have the same authority and we govern as a group" Jaune was surprised to hear that "that's weird, most monsters are not good at sharing" the woman laughed a little as if she had heard a good joke "The difference is that me and my companions are intelligent, Arthur and Sienna are the stereotype of monster you say but there are some like me who don't constantly seek to prove who is superior"
"I can respect that, plus having company is always nice" Jaune wiped the blood from his sword while Cinder walked in circles around him "as I understand the queen herself recruited you right?" the boy seemed happy to remember that moment "yes, I lived in the forest surviving with the help of the zombies, one day the queen appeared in front of me and changed my life, at that time i was just an empty shell that did not find meaning in anything but she taught me that i could do something great with my power"the boy looked like a child talking about his favorite hero.
"Hei Xiong must already be on Patch Island, if Raven Branwen's daughter is working with a survivor of the Rose clan, even our queen could be in danger" Jaune was silent for a brief moment, the situation gave a lot to think about "Yang is strong but as far as I remember she didn't drink blood, she doesn't have the strength to represent a real danger to our queen, the main problem is the silver-eyed warrior."
"With such danger before us I thought it wise to talk to you about something that has been worrying me, the queen plans to destroy Vale to put the humans of the world in their place but do you think that's all?" Jaune didn't seem to understand "What are you talking about?" Cinder stared at him "for many years we have been living peacefully, terrorizing humans from time to time so that they continue to feed us with their negativity but suddenly the queen has made this drastic decision"
"She just wants them to learn their place, everything will return to normal after this" but the general didn't seem to believe that "you are more naive than I thought dear Jaune, do you really think that the rest of humanity will stay calm after the destruction of Vale?" the boy however didn't want to admit that the actions of his queen were rare,Cinder took advantage of his silence to continue "the other kingdoms will respond appropriately, in the worst case they could unite against us and we would have in our hands a great war against humanity"
Jaune had already thought about that possibility but his loyalty to the queen didn't allow him to question that "the fear will be enough to put them in their place" Cinder had to admit that the boy was very loyal "i don't know what the rest of the generals think but i belive that our queen doesn't want to teach a lesson, if she really wants to take control of the world there are more discreet ways to do that, an attack against one of the four great kingdoms doesn't sound reasonable, perhaps our queen wishes to eliminate them entirely"Jaune remembered Yang's words.
"It doesn't make sense, humans are the main source of negativity in the world" although Grimms can feed on the negativity of other monsters, humans are the greatest source of food "that's my point Jaune, her actions don't make sense "the boy seemed somewhat angry at the conversation" what do you want to get with this Cinder?"
"I know you want the best for the queen but is this what you really want?" the boy hated humans but it never crossed his mind to totally annihilate them, to make them feel a little of what he suffered was enough "i only want the best for the world and for that humans must learn a lesson, she promised me that" Yang had told him the same thing, that the queen was lying to him but he couldn't believe that, he didn't want to"a friend told me the same as you, that the queen plans to destroy all humanity but i didn't believe her either, you will need more to convince me Cinder"
(…)
"Did you live here with our father?" Yang Xiaolong was looking at the ruins of a great mansion, the place had already been taken over by nature, there was grass everywere"yes, I grew up in this place, the Queen of the Grimm attacked two years ago, my mother and father fought her but couldn't defeat her, my father sent me to Vale one day before the queen arrived, somehow he knew that she would attack our home, I swore to kill the queen for what she did, I met Weiss when i was hunting a werewolf on the border with Atlas, she was being attacked by bandits"
Fortunately there weren't many Grimm beasts around, although that seemed strange to Weiss" I imagined that the queen would leave someone to protect this place"
"She must have thought that she had totally wiped out the entire Rose Clan, let's go in" Ruby couldn't help but feel quite sad, walking through the ruins of the place where she grew up "are you okay?" her sister put a hand on her shoulder "Don't worry Yang, I'm not going to cry"
"If you want to cry I don't see the problem, I can understand how much it must affect you" Ruby appreciated the support "you are a better sister than I expected, thank you Yang" the blonde was surprised by a sudden hug but had no problems receiving it.
"Anytime little sister" Weiss was watching with a smile but unfortunately she had to interrupt "It's getting dark so let's look for a room to rest, tomorrow we can calmly investigate the entire mansion" It was the most prudent thing to do and the sisters saw no problem in that.
"We had a fireplace that we can use to warm ourselves" Ruby led the way through the corridors of the mansion, unfortunately most of the furniture was destroyed but luckily there were no holes in the walls, Weiss used her magic to light the fireplace.
"Was your mother a cool monster hunter?" Yang wanted to know a little more about her little sister's family "yes, she was certainly super cool, the Rose clan have hunted monsters for many generations, starting with the founder of the clan, the great hero Ozma" Yang didn't know much about history but luckily Weiss helped her"the legendary hero Ozma was a faithful servant of the King of Vale twelve hundred years ago, achieving great feats that to this day are remembered by the people of the world, one of the first men to be born with silver eyes"
"My mother always told me stories of the great Ozma before I went to sleep"Yang was surprised to learn that someone so old was known to this day" Woah, my little sister is a descendant of someone so exceptional, on the other hand, I am only a descendant of bandits, at least because of my mother, I don't know the story of dad"
Ruby of course gave her the information immediately "dad comes from a normal family of farmers, he was the black sheep of the family that wanted adventure and left home very young, during his adventures he met your mother, that's the only thing he mentioned to me but he never told me much about it, I suppose it made him uncomfortable to talk about his ex with his daughter"
Yang could understand that "Well mother is a bitch but apparently he impressed her and that's why I was born" Weiss wondered what kind of monster Yang's mother was.
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"Lie Ren right?" The queen of the Grimm was at the entrance of an old house, she was staring at the owner of the place, the boy only had on brown pants, he had scars all over his body, there were several zombies doing housework while the Necromancer was eating something at his table.
"Yes, I'm surprised that you know my name" the woman approached and sat in front of him "You are the second Necromancer who terrifies Vale lately, I know your story and what humanity has done to you, you will find near here some corpses of a group of humans who were going to attack you"
"What do you want?" The boy went straight to the point and she could appreciate that "I want your help, let's say I can offer you protection in exchange for your services, I know it must be difficult to be resisting the attacks of the humans, it cannot be very safe to live on the border with Mistral, I can give you what you need if you accept" the proposal was simple and direct, the boy could not find a reason to refuse "if you promise me that you will use my power to punish humanity, I will be more than happy to help you" the Grimm smiled pleased to hear that "I am Salem, Queen of the Grimm, I hope we can get along Ren"
(…)
"The queen recruited me in a simple and direct way, she heard about me through one of her Grimms and came for me, I remember that she killed a group of church executors who thought to attack me, she is not normal, who would have believed that i would be saved by something that is not human"Ren was preparing some sketches of the nearby towns while Nora was hugging his back.
"The queen is that cool Renny, I was a simple mortal who lived on the streets until she gave me the best gift, you, a simple human, understands the beauty and divinity that our queen possesses, not even Jauney understands how special she is, that's why you are my favorite"the boy received a kiss on his cheek.
"I think the same Nora, you are the only Grimm who truly loves our queen, it is obvious that none of the other generals has a real loyalty to her" for Ren they were nothing more than parasites who took advantage of the power and prestige of Salem, if he made the decisions they would already be dead.
"Well to be fair Roman is quite loyal to her" Ren smiled upon hearing that name "he is not a general although I must admit I envy him, being our queen's personal hunting dog is an honor"
"Well sometimes he has to do tedious tasks, it must have been boring to be living in the border of Mistral although I am glad that he failed in his mission to kill Yang, I would like to finish the fight we had two years ago"she still didn't forget that "we will have to wait to see what Hei Xiong finds "the boy finished with the preparations" this should be enough, let us inform our queen, it is time to start "
(…)
"Queen Salem, I would like an explanation about this sudden attack on the humans" Sienna Khan invaded Salem's private library, the woman in question had to put aside the book she was reading "What kind of explanation? We will exterminate Vale's humans, that's all you need to know" the general wouldn't be satisfied with that "don't be ridiculous, we are risking a war against humanity for a simple whim" Salem looked at her with a firm look "watch your words"
Sienna didn't feel any fear "yes yes, I know you are the queen but this is very important, there is a possibility that we can survive a war against humanity but the rest of the monsters that feed on them will unite against us, they will not let us finish with their food and if we make enemies of most of the creatures of the night, not even you will be able to do anything "Salem got up from her chair and walked until she was in front of her general" Do you doubt my power?"
"I doubt your judgment" Sienna received a blow that sent her flying out of the room until she crashed into the hallway wall "you forget your place Sienna Khan, you are just a simple piece, humans will die and anyone who opposes will join them, this is my first and final warning girl, obey or i will simply replace you with someone else" Sienna was watching her angrily from the ground but she knew she couldn't fight her "tch, whatever you say my queen" Salem went back into her library.
Sienna got up and wiped the dust from her clothes, she decided to go back to her room but as she walked through the dark corridor of the castle she noticed that Cinder was standing by a window watching her with her usual smile "I heard a commotion, I imagine you had a problem with our queen" Sienna clenched her fists to calm her anger "she is crazy, something must have happened in these last years that screwed up her mind, I am surprised that Watts and Hei Xiong don't oppose this, at this rate we are all going to die "
"Maybe one of our Necromancers knows something about it" Cinder gave her the most reasonable suggestion "yes, I suppose I can do that but I don't know if it will help much, I will have to talk to the blonde boy because the other human didn't seem intimidated by our presence.
"However you will have to wait" Cinder pointed to the other side of the hall and Sienna watched as Nora and Ren approached "It seems that it is time to start this circus"
(…)
"Ruby wake up!" Weiss found herself shaking the girl repeatedly "five more minutes please" the mage had no choice but to pinch her "Ouch" the young hero suddenly got up "you are evil Weiss" but it was not the time for nonsense "this is serious Ruby, I left a barrier around the mansion to detect movements as a security measure" the Dhampir Yang was looking out a window with an angry expression "there are several Grimm beasts surrounding the place"
They did not believe they had generated the necessary negativity to attract several Grimm "Someone brought them here" was the most obvious answer, Ruby got up and took her scythe, when she looked out the window she realized that it was still dark "there is still a long way to go before dawn, it would be better to be careful because we don't know what else could be out there" the girls ran towards the exit, Ruby didn't want to fight inside the mansion
(…)
Velvet Scarlatina swept the floor of a bar with a tired expression, she was the slave of the owner of the place, most of the Faunus are not treated well by humans but she was unlucky enough to end up in this position due to a debt from her family, they were forced to sell their own daughter to save themselves and she hated them for that, she wore a miniskirt and a blouse that showed a bit of her chest, unfortunately that was her work uniform.
"Fortunately my owner is not attracted to Faunus but being groped by customers is disgusting, I need a miracle" she finished sweeping while she watched the customers drinking and eating, some were watching her with obscene looks but she was already getting used to it, however, her wish would be fulfilled, a strange man entered through the front door, he was staggering a bit so she assumed it was a drunk, the man had long hair that covered his face a little, another waitress approached with the intention of help him a little but "¡AHHH!" the strange man threw himself on the poor girl and bit her face, ripping her nose off completely, Velvet dropped her broom and was shocked for a brief moment.
The bar fell into chaos, more zombies entered through the main door, she observed how most of the customers fell before the monsters, a zombie managed to knock her down but before he could bite an arrow pierced his head "¡move you idiot!"
The girl reacted to that, a woman helped her up, her savior had short brown hair, tight leather pants and a white blouse, she also had a red scarf around her neck and dark glasses, Velvet recognized that it was a client who she never had seen "thank you" the woman had a crossbow in her hand, she killed a couple more zombies that were approaching, luckily the vast majority were distracted devouring the others "can you fight?"
The woman offered her a silver knife and she took it without hesitation "I have aura, I can defend myself, my name is Velvet" the other woman smiled as she continued shooting arrows "I am Coco, a monster hunter" they both ran to the exit using those who were still alive as a distraction "I'm surprised you didn't try to save them" Velvet knew that most monster hunters were heroes, that's why she found Coco's decision strange "they were trash, I saw how they treated you and the other waitresses, I'm not going to bother saving people who aren't worth it "
They could see that the whole village was under attack and in addition to zombies, some Grimm beasts were also attacking people "it seems that all of Ritchen is in danger, this is going to be a long night"
(…)
"The generals have left for Ritchen, the village will be destroyed before the sun rises my queen" Ren poured some wine to Salem who was sitting in front of a fireplace with a bored expression, it was a large room with several furniture and a couple of old paintings on the walls "good, all humans must die" she quickly drank the glass of wine while thinking about something, a few minutes passed in silence until she spoke" Ren, what do you think of the current situation? My generals seem to doubt me and I am worried about Jaune"
"Jaune is a good friend but he is too kind, although humanity has made him suffer so much he is not able to kill them all, he thinks that taking control of the world will allow him to stop all the suffering and misery, he has the mentality of a naive hero" Ren smiled when talking about his friend, Salem closed her eyes and took a deep breath "he is a very sweet boy, he is like a son to me, just like you Ren"
"You honor me with your words, my queen" Ren as always was very respectful "humanity does not deserve to live in this world, they are a plague that I have ignored for too long, I just hope Jaune doesn't hate me too much when he discovers the truth" surprisingly she valued the opinion of the only humans nearby "he will get angry but after a while he will forgive you, he is too kind to remain angry forever"
"My queen you have given us a purpose, I am sure that he will be able to forgive you in time, you are the Queen of the Grimm, a being above the rest and you are not obliged to explain anything to anyone, the simple fact that you allow us serve you is enough" Salem admired the young Necromancer's loyalty "you, Roman and Pyrrha are the only ones who know the truth, I haven't even told little Nora"
"Nora is a simple soul, I suppose that being born in the streets allows you to see life from a different perspective, she has suffered almost as much as Jaune and I, the fact that she met you was a miracle for her, you are her idol and she will never question your decisions, I'm sure she will accept your words without any problem" Nora was a strange monster, Ren had never met someone like her and had to admit that he liked that "Heheh, I see she and you have become quite close, I'm glad" Salem seemed happy that two of her faithful servants had a strong connection.
(…)
Sienna and the rest of the generals were leading the attack on Ritchen's village "make this more fun, humans!" Sienna took two poor villagers and smashed their heads against the ground, without aura there was little possibility that a human could defeat a monster, the zombies were everywhere, the screams of terror were heard throughout the whole village, it was hell, although she disagreed with Salem's plan, she had to admit this was fun.
Watts was riding on a Grimm horse enjoying the show "what a delight, it has been a long time since I could taste so much negativity" some tentacles sprouted from his right arm, they were similar to those of a Grimm Seer, he used these tentacles to pierce someone villagers trying to escape "don't worry, I avoided your vital organs, it would be a shame to kill all of you so quickly "
Cinder was fighting with a group of knights, the armor was silver, the loyal servants of the King of Vale "it's a shame, they sent you to this village to die" normally the royal capital of Vale always sends a group of knights to each one of its towns and villages to protect its inhabitants, Cinder had two scimitars in both hands, the amount of negativity in the environment was incredible.
Although they had aura they were not very strong, Cinder blocked with her Scimitars two attacks from both sides, she kicked the knight on her left and pierced the stomach of the one on the right, a knight tried to take her by surprise but she moved the human skewered on her weapon to block that attack "Oh dear, you shouldn't kill one of your teammates"
Cinder removed her scimitar from the body of her victim and moved slightly to the right to avoid a sword blow, she raised her right hand firmly, cutting the arm of her attacker without problems "the aura you have is quite weak" some zombies took the poor man by surprise and she threw the scimitar in her left hand to the head of the last standing knight.
She observed the chaos of the town impressed by the number of zombies that Jaune had created "oh my, this power has to be mine" she wanted to have her own army of undead and if she played her cards right there was a chance of getting it.
Nora smashed with her hammer some poor villagers who tried to defend themselves, the blood and entrails of her victims were scattered all over the place "Heheh, humans are so fragile" a scared boy with old and torn clothes tried to attack her by surprise with a knife but she reacted quickly and kicked him hard, the boy ended up on the ground breathing heavily, before smashing him with her hammer she noticed that he looked like a tramp, it brought back memories of her past.
"oh how nostalgic, it was on a day like this that the queen gave me her blessing, maybe I should do the same" the girl bit the palm of her hand with force, dark blood began to flow from the wound" listen to me boy, you live in the streets right? "
The boy was terrified but nodded his head in affirmation "good, you are similar to my old self, it takes courage to attack someone like me, I remember I did the same when I met the queen and like her I will give you the opportunity to have a better life, do you want to live? The only thing you have to do is drink my blood "
(…)
Velvet used her knife to pierce the head of a zombie, Coco had a sword in her right hand that she used to cut a Beowolf in half and at the same time shot a couple of zombies with her crossbow "this has no end, they will probably send reinforcements from the capital but I don't think they will arrive in time, we must leave the village "
Velvet saw a couple of men with dark armor nearby, she thought they were possible allies but was surprised to see how they killed a couple of villagers, she realized they had red eyes and white skin "oh no" Coco knew what they were "human Grimm, this is not a simple attack"
"Hey monsters!" One of the Grimm knights ended up with a knife in his face, the other knight tried to cut Coco but she blocked the attack with her right arm "idiot, I have light armor under my clothes "she kicked him to knock him down and pierced his skull with her sword "the queen's soldiers are quite disappointing, my soldiers in Menagerie are better than this "another Grimm appeared in front of the girls.
"Shit, this one looks strong" Sienna Khan was dragging a poor girl by the hair "well I was getting bored, it seems that you two can fight a little better than others" she released the girl and smashed her head with her foot, Velvet almost threw up when she saw that, Coco was furious, she took her sword firmly and prepared "you better be ready, you damn monster"
Senna ran towards the girls, the hunter fired with her crossbow but the monster dodged easily, Velvet was scared but if they wanted to survive they had to fight, Coco blocked a punch with the sword but received a strong kick that pushed her back, the rabbit girl tried to stab her knife in Sienna's face but she simply tilted her head to the left and grabbed her arm "there's no way you're going to do anything to me with this toy"Sienna kicked the girl's leg to force her to kneel and snatched the knife from her hand, squeezing it to pieces.
A couple of arrows were going towards Sienna but she didn't bother "normal arrows will not work on a monster with aura" monsters are not born with aura, however those that were originally human can have it"so you were human in the past, why did you decide to become a monster?"
"Because I wanted power, I wanted to be able to do whatever I want without being afraid of anything, that's a privilege that the Faunus don't have, I imagine the rabbit girl understands" Velvet could not deny that, the Faunus are mistreated all over the world and although there is some progress on that issue, she ended up as a mistreated slave "now humans are insignificant to me, I can crush and humiliate them just like they did with me and it feels very good, I can give you this power if you want bunny, what do you say? "
Coco was scared when she heard that, she saw that Velvet seemed to have an internal conflict "I admit that in the past I would have accepted the offer, but I have met kind humans, Coco for example is a good person and saved my life even though I am different, I am also sure that many Faunus have died in this attack" some of the other waitresses at the bar were Faunus and they ended up eaten by zombies "I don't want to become a horrible monster like you"
"And I was trying to be nice for a change, very well" Sienna hit Velvet with force sending her flying against the wall of a nearby house, the Grimm blocked with her hand Coco's sword that almost pierced her stomach, she was holding the weapon tightly "although this is damaging my aura it doesn't represent any danger, you two are very weak "Coco received a strong punch in her face that shattered her glasses and knocked her down, unfortunately the Grimm still had the sword and with both hands she split it in half "simple toys for simple creatures"
Coco shot her arrows from the ground but Sienna was unaffected "you're a rookie hunter right? I guess I am the first monster with aura that you fight, you were unlucky "Velvet landed a kick against the monster's neck but it had no effect" It can't be helped, after all I am not a simple Grimm "Sienna took the leg of Velvet and picked her up off the ground throwing her at Coco.
"I am one of the generals of the Queen of the Grimm, I do not compare to the kind of trash that you usually have to face" Coco had already killed many monsters and did not consider herself a rookie but for the first time she felt the opponent was too much.
"It's a shame, I hoped you were a bigger challenge" both girls got up from the ground, Coco was devising a plan to get them out of this situation but luckily they would receive unexpected help "Maybe I can give you a better challenge monster" Sienna did not react in time and her left arm was cut off completely "Fuck!"
The girls observed a beautiful woman with a golden armor and a sword that emanated a white light, blonde with blue eyes and a look full of determination, that woman had managed to hurt the monster in front of them "Who the hell are you?!" Sienna's black blood had been spilled, her aura was trying to close her wound but her left arm was missing.
"I am a paladin, one of the high level warriors of the church and luckily I was returning from a mission when I saw the village under attack, it seems that I arrived just in time"the mysterious heroine smiled when she saw the two girls she had saved, Sienna looked angrily at her attacker's weapon "I see, that sword is blessed by holy magic" that kind of magic was particularly strong against the creatures of the night and in fact, Ruby's silver eyes were considered holy magic.
"I would love to kill you but the show is over" Sienna noticed that there was not much noise in the surroundings and most likely it was the same case where the other generals were "Maybe you saved these two but Ritchen is finished, you failed paladin girl" a couple of Beowolf suddenly appeared and threw themselves at the warrior but she cut them without problems, however Sienna took advantage of the distraction to escape.
(…)
Ruby used her red scythe to cut off the heads of two Ursas in front of her, Weiss summoned several ice stakes that she threw at most of the beasts in sight and Yang stayed behind watching her back, she took two Beowolfs and smashed their heads to destroy them, they were killing most of the attackers fast "You better show yourself!"
Ruby screamed loudly, they knew that someone brought these Grimms, three figures came out from among the forest trees, Yang threw the last beowolf in sight towards Ruby and she sliced it in half, the heroines observed their new guests with caution.
"Ruby Rose, it seems you are alive after all" an imposing human Grimm appeared before them, he wears a black vest over a white dress shirt, black gloves and black dress pants "do you know this guy little sister?"
Yang didn't understand the situation very well but Ruby didn't have the answer "I have no idea, I have never seen this Grimm in my life" next to Hei there were two girls with identical appearance, Weiss knew that they were twins, one with a a red dress and the other in a white one, both with crystal slippers the same color as their dresses.
Yang quickly realized what monsters they were "Vampires huh, it's weird that they are with a Grimm" it is not very common to see two different species of monsters working together "silver eyes, I must admit it makes my skin crawl" one of the vampires spoke with a disgusted tone, for the monsters the mere presence of silver eyes brought some discomfort, Hei took a few steps forward until he was a few meters close to the heroines "I'll do this very simple, fight with me Rose girl" apparently the monster wanted a one-on-one duel against the young hunter.
"I don't think so, if you want a fight I can give it to you" Yang walked in front of her sister, her protective instinct came to light but he would not allow that "keep in mind that this is only a formality, the two vampires behind me are capable of distracting you and your mage friend but there is no need for that " Ruby knew there was no point in arguing "Okay, don't worry Yang, you know I'm pretty strong" her older sister stepped back and stood next to Weiss.
"Come" the Grimm extended his arms and invited Ruby to start, she didn't hesitate and moved quickly, Hei blocked the first attack by holding the girl's scythe but she activated her power, the silver eyes shone for a few seconds and this weakened him for a moment, the Grimm let go of the weapon and received a large cut on his chest that made his blood spill but that was not enough, he moved with force and rammed the girl, she ended up on the ground, Hei jumped and tried to fall on her but she moved with her semblance and the ground ended up quite damaged "you're fast"
She made full use of her semblance dodging attacks from the imposing Grimm and slicing him all over his body but Hei didn't seem worried, Ruby tried to cut off his head but he managed to catch the scythe in his left hand, she of course was going to use her silver eyes again but before she could do it he acted quickly, with his right hand he grabbed Ruby's face and pushed her with a brutal force towards the ground knocking her down and damaging the ground a little, the aura of the girl took a lot of damage.
"Why don't you use your silver eyes continuously? Using them in short intervals does not seem very practical" the Grimm stepped back and allowed the girl to get up, she was surprised by that" if you keep that power active you will constantly weaken your opponent "she couldn't understand how he knew those things
"Who are you exactly?" also the girl noticed that this Grimm had no intention of killing her, she realized that with the previous attack, she was careless and he could have done more damage.
"I'm sorry about all this, I just wanted to see how strong you are" Weiss and Yang didn't understand anything either but the Grimm decided to clarify things "I'm Hei Xiong, your father Taiyang was a good friend of mine"
(…)
"Do you enjoy being around these undead?" Sienna Khan invaded Jaune's workroom with her presence, even though she was missing an arm she didn't seem too upset about it "they are not completely dead, I give them one more chance to live as something better, just look at Pyrrha" she was an example that zombies could go back to being something great.
"I admit that it is a very useful power, which is why Salem has you so close despite being one of the humans she hates so much" she made the poor boy feel quite uncomfortable "what do you need General Khan?" the Grimm walked a bit until she was close to the corpses that Jaune planned to revive "just wanted to speak with one of the most important individuals in this matter, Salem gathered us here to destroy Vale on her behalf but she gave the highest authority to the only humans in the castle, you must understand how we generals feel "
Jaune wasn't stupid and understood why Sienna wasn't happy "I guess I can understand your point but it's not my fault" she smiled a little "of course and I apologize if I sounded like a bitch during the first meeting" He didn't expect that "I guess everything is fine"
"However, I wanted to ask you something, do you think the queen has been acting different lately? I feel that she is being more aggressive than normal, she was never so direct "the boy pondered the question for a brief moment "I admit that I have noticed some things but it is nothing to worry about, in the end she still has the idea of enslaving humanity" she looked at him skeptically "Do you really think that John?" He could already see the path the conversation was taking.
"It's Jaune and I suppose you must think the same as Cinder" he didn't want to keep hearing the same thing, Sienna noticed the boy's negativity and decided not to be so direct "I have a question, what do you think of the current situation?" the boy took some water from a glass that was on a table in front of him and answered.
"The attack on Ritchen was a success" after drinking the water he took a rag and wiped some blood from his sword "of course it was a success Jaune, we generals were there but this all feels too chaotic" Jaune raised an eyebrow in response "the grimm feed on negativity, I don't see how that's a problem"
"I admit that the massacre we participated in was fun and pleasant but it doesn't seem to make sense, how are we going to control the world like this? I heard that you want to teach humans a lesson but there are more practical ways to do that, we are just causing destruction without purpose" Jaune sighed tiredly, these conversations were already bothering him "destruction is the goal, humans will have to give in to the threat we represent"
"Even I think we should have more order, just look at me, a paladin cut my damn arm, I'm sure we can finish off the church forces but the attack on Ritchen will keep them on high alert, the other towns and villages that we have as objectives will be better protected, I have seen the plan that the other Necromancer prepared and it is quite direct, there is nothing of order and control" Jaune knew that there was something strange but he did not want to admit it "things are not going the way I would like, I hate humanity but I don't enjoy unnecessary massacres"
Pyrrha entered with a wheelbarrow full of bodies "Ritchen's corpses?" Sienna got out of the way and stood next to Jaune "Salem ordered the Grimm beasts to recover as many corpses as possible,there was a paladin there, it is likely that they will send reinforcements to clean the village, most likely we will not recover all the bodies "Pyrrha looked at the general for a moment but decided not to say anything "I'll go get more Jaune" the loyal zombie left the work room.
Jaune took his sword and approached the center, he pointed his weapon at the mountain of corpses, the dark light characteristic of his magic began to shine with intensity "interesting, for a human you are quite skilled" the boy accepted the compliment but said something else "I suggest you don't talk more about the queen, you never know who is listening in this castle, I have no problem listening to the opinion of others even if I don't agree but you better watch out" Sienna couldn't find out anything useful about Salem but she knew there was something odd if the boy had noticed it too.
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"Who is this young boy?"Salem was in her private room sitting in front of the fireplace and his favorite general was standing next to her with someone else "my dear queen let me introduce you to our new recruit, come on introduce yourself silly" the boy was a little scared but decided it was better to show respect.
"Umm, my name is Oscar and Lady Nora saved my life during the attack on Ritchen" the boy had been turned into a Grimm, Salem just smiled "I see, can you fight boy?" He was honest and admitted that he wasn't a warrior but Nora didn't see the problem "just leave that to me and Ren, this boy will become a powerful Grimm just like me, he has guts"
"If you decided he was worthy of becoming one of us, I don't see the problem in accepting him, are you sure of your decision boy? I can offer you a quick death if you don't want to live as a Grimm" the boy, however, finally had a calmer expression "I have lived years in the streets, it is a miracle that I survived so much despite how badly they treated me, I don't like the idea of killing but you are offering me a better life" the boy's answer was clear.
Salem laughed slightly with some joy "You and Jaune will get along pretty well, I'm sure of that"