Chapter 22: Aftermath


Salem took a look over the giant pillar.

When Watts first told her about how the nations of Remnant had been pooling together their resources for a project, she had no care for it.

It did not matter what these nations did for it would all come to naught against her power.

Her mind soon changed when Watts informed her that it involved the massive crash that happened a while back.

When she first heard about the crash it intrigued her.

What could have possibly fallen that could cause so much panic and could she use it for her plans?

Her interest dampened when Watts told her that the object that fell was just a stone pillar, but she decided to check out the item personally in the hope that perhaps there were more secrets hidden within said pillar.

She was sorely disappointed when she first laid her eyes on the object.

It was just a giant stone pillar.

There was nothing special about it. It was just an ordinary stone pillar!

Yes, it was quite large, and it was abnormal how it got here but…

This was of no use to her plans! The only thing this seemed good for was to measure the sea level!

Just as she was about to fly off in a rage and punish Watts for wasting her time. She took a closer look at it and realized something.

She did not know what it was made of.

Despite it looking like it was just made of stone it was not.

Was it some sort of concentrated dust? No, it wasn't that either.

Its material wasn't anything that existed on Remnant that was for sure.

As she attempted to investigate the item, she attempted to move it with her magic…it did not budge.

"Interesting," she thought to herself.

As she continued to investigate the item, she started to realize something about it.

Its energy was…familiar, something she hadn't experienced in a long, long time.

The last time she had this feeling was when she was just a mere mortal.

When she was young and was foolish enough to depend on others for help when she was desperately in love with …him.

She closed her eyes as she attempted to recall the feeling and where she'd experienced it before.

What was it? Where did this feeling that had brought her back to the past come from? back to when she was weak, back to a time when she truly thought that the one she loved, loved her back as much?

The memories eventually started to come back to her.

…It was a feeling of awe and helplessness. It was her only hope left; she had exhausted all of her options.

This was her at her lowest, she was begging…

What was she begging for again?

She was…begging…begging for?

Begging to bring him back!

Salem's eyes fluttered open as anger filled her heart.

Her heart cursed as she realized the source of this power…

How could she forget? After all, they were the reason why she was like this.

Those Cursed Brother Gods!

They were the ones who destroyed her life.

Cursing her for daring to try to save a loved one and turning her loved one against her.

This energy that this pillar was emanating was of that of the Gods! Salem was sure of it.

She wasn't quite sure which of the Gods it was, it didn't feel like it belonged to the God of Darkness but it also didn't feel like it belonged to the God of Light.

Still, the energy felt similar enough to them.

She was one hundred percent sure it came from one of the Gods.

…Could they have possibly returned?

This started to worry her.

That would throw a massive wrench in her plans if they returned before she was ready.

What could she possibly do?

No, she needed to calm down and think rationally … she remembered the Gods' promise that they would only return if all the four relics had been reunited.

Ozma still held the Relics and he had no incentive to unite them and bring the Gods back right now. After all, if they returned and humanity was still not united, they would destroy it.

Last she checked, humans were still the same, even though they had the threat of Grimm, they still would rather fight against each other.

Therefore, the worst-case scenario of the Brother Gods returning was not likely.

Then what could it be? Why did this object that belonged to a God fall from the sky?

She would have to figure out the meaning of this if her plans were to succeed.

Deciding to go back to her castle to think about it, Salem began to ponder the reasons for the giant pillar falling.

Just as she reached her castle, a voice shouted out to her while she was pondering.

"My Queen!"

It was Watts one of her most useful servants.

"There's no need to be so patronizing, what do you need?"

"That pillar that was in the North Sea," He answered, "There's another one, it appeared in Vale."

He then pulled up images of a pillar that was the exact same as the one she just investigated.

In an instant, it had destroyed a horde of Grimm that was invading the city.

"What is the meaning of this?" She coldly asked.

"I'm not sure yet your Majesty," He responded, "But I will figure it out immediately."

Thoughts began to run in Salem's head. The option of the Gods returning was highly unlikely, but what if instead of them returning they sent an emissary?

If that was the case, she needed to get rid of whoever they sent.

"That is not necessary," She answered back, "I have my own plans for this."

"…Your own plans Ma'am?"

"My own plans," She reaffirmed.

"Your majesty, you already have Cinder in Vale wouldn't it just be better for her to take care of it?"

"There's no need," Salem responded back.

If this item was truly connected to the Gods then her servants were of no use against such a being, no… instead she needed something else.

"I have another trip to make Watts, I will return soon."

"Where are you going, your majesty?"

"It's just a little errand, nothing for you to concern about."

"…As you wish your majesty."

Once again Salem headed out of her castle, this time to somewhere completely different.

If she was to kill whoever the Gods sent, then she would need a lot more than humans.

She would need a Grimm, and not just any Grimm… no she would need one of her more ancient and powerful ones.

One that was only thought of to exist in legend.

One that countries feared.

One that would destroy whoever the Gods sent.


"What do you mean the pillar is still in the North Sea I clearly saw it in Vale yesterday!" James shouted into his scroll.

"James should you really be on your scroll right now, we are about to start?" Glynda asked in a disapproving voice.

"Yeah Jimmy, show some respect."

"I don't want to hear about showing respect from you, Qrow!" James barked back.

"You wanted this meeting James; you could at least pay attention to it."

"Of course, Glynda! Sorry about that."

"Kiss up,"

"Shut it Qrow!"

Ozpin could only massage his temples at the migraine that was developing.

It really was never a great idea to have these three together

They all had some sort of issue with each other, from Glynda's dislike of James's methods to James's pining for Glynda and Qrow being…Qrow, it was an absolute mess whenever the three gathered.

It was amazing…they were the three greatest allies he had yet put them together in the same room and it was like he was teaching First years all over again.

"As fascinating as this conversation is, we really should begin, after all, we still need to plan for the Vytal Festival." Ozpin interrupted before Qrow and James would start to pull their weapons on each other.

"And that's the thing Oz!" James yelled as his attention turned towards Ozpin, "Should we really be going ahead with the Vytal Festival?"

"James does have a point," Glynda chipped in, "Can we really go on with the festival with how things are currently going?"

"Thank you, Glynda,"

They did have a point, there were a lot of unknown factors right now going into the Vytal festival, however…

"I agree that right now we are in a precarious situation, however, despite the concerns I believe it is best that we continue with the festival as planned."

"Ozpin what are you thinking!" James yelled back, "It is obviously not safe, not only have you been attacked invaded, but there's also that out there!"

"That?" Qrow asked in confusion, "What are you talking about?"

"Qrow, you were here yesterday you saw the giant pillar appear out of nowhere," Glynda explained,

"Wait. That was real? Shit, maybe I should've finished the bottle after all."

Both James and Glynda groaned at their colleague's antics.

"James while you do have a point about us being invaded, the Vytal Festival is one of the most important events that we have," Ozpin said ignoring Qrow.

"It's just a tournament Ozpin!"

"Yes, it is a tournament, but remember James, the Grimm feed off negative emotions, and the Vytal festival is one of the best moments we have to help lift the spirits of the people, it represents the unity between the nations of Remnant if we cancel that it'll cause people to panic and wonder what's going on."

Even though they were in a precarious situation right now the one thing they could not do was give up and show fear. The people of Remnant needed something to hope for and what better way of showing hope than to show the bright future that was their current youths.

"And what about that Giant Pillar that appeared Oz?" James asked, "That thing had more firepower than my Atlesian fleet."

"That fleet is a great use of money that's for sure," Qrow commented while taking a swig of his drink.

To James's credit, he ignored Qrow's comment.

"We still don't know what the first one that crashed is and now there's apparently another!" James continued, "I believe it is unwise to hold the Vytal Festival with so many unknown factors!"

Ozpin took a deep breath before continuing.

"I understand your concern James, but I believe whoever or whatever wielded that pillar is no danger to us. In fact, based on what happened with it only destroying the Grimm the wielder may be an ally."

"How do you know! Yes, I will agree that it helped it saved Vale, but who knows what would happen if whoever wielded decided to aim it at one of the nations."

"You present a great point James, but I may ask you a question?" Ozpin asked as his voice turned serious. "If you are right that whoever wielded that pillar decided to aim it at Vale or any of the other nations of Remnant, what could you do to stop it?"

At that James paled as he started to try to think of an answer.

"Why I would…I would…I wou-"

"Blow it up?" Ozpin asked, "We've already determined to that's impossible based off the current results of Operation Giant Slayer, or would you perhaps try to block it, that would be a good idea…except for the fact that I don't think there's any known material that could block an attack of that caliber."

"…" was all the response that James gave.

"James if whoever wielded that pillar decided to aim it at one of our countries there is nothing that could stop him from wiping us all out, however, based off how long it has been since the pillars have arrived, we can safely assume that right now the wielder has no intention of destroying us, in fact, the only time it has made an appearance was to save us."

At that James seemed to start to finally back down as it looked like Ozpin's reasoning had won him over.

"…I at least want to increase the number of ships I bring for security.," He said after mulling it over for a while.

"Oh great bring more ships," Qrow snarked, "That'll really put the people at ease."

"If what Ozpin said is correct and that whoever uses the pillar isn't our enemy that doesn't mean we are without enemies," James replied turning to Qrow, "Even though we've captured Roman Torchwick, that doesn't mean the Queen doesn't have any more pawns she could use, we need all the firepower we could get to show them we are not afraid and we will fight back."

Ozpin sighed as he looked towards James's eyes. It seemed like this thing James was absolutely resolute on.

"Very well," He said, "You may bring more ships."

"Thank you, Ozpin, I will go to inform my superiors of this decision.

And with that, the General left.

"Is there anything you need me to do Oz?" Qrow asked as he finished drinking his bottle, "Do more surveillance and spying?"

"No Qrow, I believe it would be better if you stayed here for now," Ozpin replied, "James does have a point that we need as much power as possible."

"If you say so," Qrow answered back, "If you need me you know where to find me, now if you don't mind, I need to go interro—get to know a boy that's apparently gotten close with my nieces."

And with that, the Raven-haired man had left.

"Is Qrow referring to Mr. Jin?" Ozpin asked as he turned towards his Deputy, because if he was not he may need to warn Mr. Arc and Mr. Ren.

"I believe he is unless there's another boy that's gotten close to Miss Rose and Miss Xiao-Long." She said with a straight face.

"You should go record it for James I'm sure he would enjoy that show." Ozpin joked.

It seemed like Glynda didn't appreciate that joke as she left with an annoyed face.

Once she left, Ozpin sat back in his chair took a deep breath, and drank another sip of his coffee.

It looked like he had been able to navigate that minefield. James had been pacified and they were going to able to continue the festival without a hitch.

Still, though, James really was worried about that pillar and the circumstances behind it.

Ozpin felt a little guilty that maybe he should have told him the identity of their savior.

But if he knew the truth behind it, Ozpin wasn't quite sure that would help the man that much. It would probably in fact do the opposite and make the man even more erratic and unpredictable.

"Even though I appreciate the help sealing the breach Mr. Jin," Ozpin murmured as he finally was able to relax, "Did you really have to make such a show with Ruyi Jingu Bang?"


"I heard it was a secret Atlesian weapon!"

"Really dude, it was just a giant pillar."

"That's what it makes a secret!"

Ruby was in combat class right now but for the most part, no one was actually talking about combat.

The topic in question?

The item that saved Vale had been basically all that the student body had been talking about.

Rumors were thrown out willy nilly with speculation on what it was, who used it, why did it appear?

Ruby would've like to say she was above it all and was paying attention to her class.

…But she wasn't.

It was just so, so cool!

Like the rest of the student body, Ruby had become completely enamored with the object.

From the way, it appeared of nowhere to destroy all the Grimm to the way it suddenly disappeared.

She hadn't seen any weapon like it before!

Even though it didn't look like any conventional weapon Ruby could tell it was one hundred percent a weapon.

She wanted to know all about it.

How do you use it, where did it go when it disappeared, what was it made of?

All Ruby could think of was getting her hands on it and dissecting every little secret the thing had.

"Ruby, Ruby!"

"Wha- what?" Ruby's replied as her thoughts on the giant pillar were interrupted by her sister.

"You're drooling right now, it's kind of gross," Blake said with a dull tone.

"You really are a child," Weiss snarked.

Embarrassed Ruby quickly wiped the drool off.

"It's been so long since you've had a reaction like that, I forgot you were complete weapons nut." Yang teased.

"Aren't you guys a little curious about what that was?" Ruby asked.

"Oh yeah I am," Her sister replied quickly, "I want to figure out why that stupid pillar keeps on appearing out of nowhere and haunting me like a ghost."

"I want to figure out what its connection is to the one in the North Sea," Weiss answered

"I want to figure why Mori got hit by a pillar" Blake commented.

Blake's comment was similar to another reason why Ruby was so interested in that pillar. She had seen similar pillars before, like the one that Blake just mentioned that hit Mori and also like the giant one that Weiss had found out about.

Even though all these pillars were different sizes Ruby couldn't help but feel like they were all connected.

It wasn't just because they all looked the same even though that was a reason, but also because those pillars crashed on the same day…the day she found Mori.

Ruby couldn't help but feel that these pillars held the secret to Mori's memories and his past.

Even though he regained some of his memories like all his martial arts and losing his grandfather, anytime she asked about what he did before she met him, he responded with he didn't know.

Ruby had a hunch that the pillar landing on him wasn't an accident, he was most likely in a fight with someone else…

It would make sense based on the state she found in him, he was covered in cuts and bruises, the type of wounds to be found from combat, not accident.

She probably came across the aftermath of the fight and was able to just barely get Mori out of there.

"…Wait that doesn't make sense." Ruby thought to herself as she realized a flaw in her logic, "I remember seeing that pillar thinking it was a shooting star, wouldn't that mean that Mori was fighting someone in space?, wait if that was the case, does…does that mean Mori's from Space!? …NAAAHH."

Even that was way too outlandish for Ruby.

"Miss Rose!"

"Aliens don't exist!" Ruby shouted before realizing who called her.

It was an unhappy Professor Goodwitch.

"Yes Miss Rose, the existence of extraterrestrial life is considered dubious by many scientific experts," She then crossed her arms and gave Ruby a displeased glare

"That is not what this class is about though, I have been calling you for the past several seconds to inform you that it is your turn to spar, and I'd like to ask if there's anyone you would like to fight."

She then gestured to the audience to show people waiting.

"if you want to continue to work on your thesis of extraterrestrial life you will have to wait until class is over."

At that Ruby could hear her classmates snicker at her plight.

"Sorry about that professor," Ruby apologized, "And yes there is someone I'd like to face."

Last night when Ruby went to bed, she had a hard time sleeping, there was so much that she needed to think about especially with all the events that just happened.

At the end of all her thinking, there was one thing she knew she needed to do no matter what. Who she was about to fight was the first step to her solution to the problem she was presented with.

"I want to fight Mori!" She said in a confident voice.

Shock immediately rippled throughout her friends and teammates.

"You dolt, he said he didn't want to fight any of us yet!" Her partner yelled.

"Didn't he say he wanted to regain his fighting sense?" Blake asked as she tilted her head.

"That's quite a surprise, Miss Rose," Professor Goodwitch replied after a moment of silence, "Mr. Jin will you accept Miss Rose's challenge."

Mori recovered from his initial shock of Ruby's challenge before nodding.

"Wait you're fighting us now!" Yang cried out, "That's not fair Ruby you cut me! I called first dibs!"

Ruby stuck her tongue out in response as she went to get ready.

"You can't do this Ruby I called dibs!"

She knew her sister had just been itching to go against Mori when he revealed his strength, however, Ruby needed to fight him.

It wasn't because she was trying to figure out from their fight if he had any alien traits no, it was for another reason.

Ever since Mt. Glenn Ruby had just been bothered, Torchwick's words to her about how much of a monster Mori was had been constantly in her head and the Mori she saw fighting Adam only seemed to confirm them.

She had been trying to reconcile the kind, happy go lucky Mori she knew to the brutal and cold one she saw, and she realized…they were the same.

As she thought about the events in Mt Glenn, she realized one of the first things Mori did when he found her was to give her one of the strongest hugs she had ever received, it was one where he didn't want to let go like if he did, he would lose her.

Of course, he would act like that! He had lost his Grandfather by failing to protect him and he didn't want to lose someone he was close to again.

He even told her himself that the reason he trained so hard was so that he wouldn't lose anyone ever again.

That brutal side of Mori came from his deep desire to protect those he cared about.

Now that Ruby was able to reconcile the differences, she now needed to solve her next problem.

What could she do so that he would never have to show that side again?

Ruby wasn't scared of him turning on her or any of his friends, she was more worried about the fact that if he was ever that angry again, he'd cross a line he couldn't come back from.

The conclusion to that was fairly simple.

She had to grow up and become strong. Not just any kind of strong but she had to become strong enough so that Mori would never have to worry about her or any of their friends ever again.

She had already made the choice earlier in her life that she had wanted to become strong so that she could help and save everyone she came across.

This time her choice to become strong was so that she could help her friend and make sure he never had to experience the pain of losing a loved one again.

…It was a simple answer but that didn't mean it was easy.

"Are you ready Mr. Jin?" Goodwitch said as Ruby got ready.

Mori nodded.

Ruby could feel the air around her start to get heavy.

"So, this is what it's like to face Mori," Ruby thought to herself.

Ruby was glad she didn't have to be in this position often.

"Just so you know I'm not going to go easy on you," He murmured.

"I wouldn't expect anything less." She replied.

"And you remember the rules of fighting him correct Miss Rose?"

Ruby nodded as she steadied herself.

One clean hit was all it took to win.

Ruby's goal in this fight was against Mori was to see how far she needed to go.

She needed to know just how far above Mori was above her.

That didn't mean she wasn't going to try to win.

"Then Begin!

In a flash, the fight began.

Ruby instantly used her semblance to jump back, as Mori appeared before in an instant.

Most people's reaction to Mori's first move was to block it however after watching so many fights and from his own teaching, she knew trying to block was just a bad move, there were too many options with Renewal Taekwondo that allowed him to easily break someone's guard. And that wasn't even counting his brute strength where he could just break through people's guard on his own.

If she wanted to beat Mori she needed to come up with a plan.

And there were a couple she had in mind.

Gaining distance was the first step of one of them. While gaining that distance, she fired Crescent Rose in Mori's general direction.

Mori dodged them with ease. That was fine Ruby wasn't expecting them to hit anyways, they were really only meant to slow him down so he couldn't come straight at her.

"Come on," Ruby thought to herself, "Just a bit more."

Bit by bit Mori was starting to close the distance between them.

Only a couple of seconds since the fight began before he had closed the distance between them.

Once he had gotten close enough, she could see him begin the windup to throw a punch aimed at her face.

"Now!"

This was the moment Ruby had been looking for.

Planting down Crescent Rose, Ruby responded by using her weapon to anchor herself while she counter-attacked with a kick at his face.

*Wham*

A loud noise echoed throughout the arena as Ruby made contact.

Did she get him?

"…You are doing well." Mori responded as he made his block just in time.

"Drat, that plan didn't work," Ruby thought to herself as she once again used her semblance to gain some distance.

She was hoping that in his eagerness to attack he would overextend and leave himself open to a counterattack.

"On to the next one."

This time she made the initiative as when Mori attempted to close the distance between Ruby only obliged.

Her sudden change of direction startled Mori as Ruby took advantage of him being caught off guard by swinging Crescent Rose at his side. As he dodged it by going to the side Ruby fired Crescent Rose to change its momentum to strike again quickly.

This strike he dodged while ducking under the weapon, as he did that Ruby planted Crescent Rose again and once again attempted another kick this time hoping she can get him with his balance ruined.

*Wham*

Another smack filled the room.

He had met her kick with his own.

"Jeez, how much of a monster are you?"

The angle he had kicked from wasn't an easy one but to him it was like he was throwing one while standing up.""You've got more don't you?" Mori said with a smile.

"I've got plans for days," Ruby responded with her smile.

That was actually a lie there was only one more strategy that she had thought of.

Pushing herself to her limits Ruby began bouncing around the arena with her speed.

Mori responded by putting up a guard and follow her with his eyes.

She needed to move fast enough where he couldn't catch up to her.

"You can't keep on following me forever…right?"

This was going to be a battle of her endurance vs his ability to follow her.

It was her last chance.

A couple of seconds of her circling around passed and nothing seemed to happen.

"Come on," Ruby thought to herself, "I don't have much time left."

It looked like Mori was going to win this battle of attrition, however just as the last of her strength was starting to run out Ruby noticed a slight gap in Mori's defense.

Taking this chance Ruby dashed towards him in hope that she could exploit this weakness.

"I've got you now!"

All of a sudden Ruby's vision was filled blue as she realized that Mori reacted in time and was delivering a knee strike.

In a panic, Ruby put her arms up to block it and hoped that she could take the hit.

The impact didn't come …wait…she tried to block his attack!

In an instant, Ruby could feel her arms come down.

"You did well, I really mean it," Mori said as he passed her.

All of a sudden Ruby felt one hit to the right side of her head, then to her left, and then finally a hit to the back as she crumpled on the ground.

"Miss Rose's aura has dropped to fifteen percent!" Miss Goodwitch declared, "Mori Jin is the winner!"

Cheers soon erupted from the crowd.

"That was completely awesome."

"That fight didn't end within five seconds!"

"I call next!"

It seemed like their fight had the audience completely enamored as they were no longer focused on the pillar.

"That was good," Mori said as he reached his hand out to hers, "Those lessons I've been giving have been starting to come together."

"It's still not enough though," Ruby mumbled as she took it, "I knew you were strong I just never experienced it myself."

"Don't worry you're getting better!" he replied with a laugh, "I'd tell you what to work on but I think you know, right?"

Ruby nodded as she went back to the stands, that opening she thought he had wasn't an opening at all, it was a trap and she walked right into it!

It was ironic, she had been the one making traps all throughout the fight, and then she fell for one.

"Another you should watch out for is you shouldn't be too predictable," Mori commented as they reached the stands, "Even if I didn't have great reflexes, I still would've been able to pull that off based on how you moved.

Ruby nodded as she agreed with him, what were ways she could become more predictable?

She was used to overwhelming people with her speed but now that Mori had mentioned her predictability, she noticed that for a lot of her wins they had come quickly, long-drawn fights usually ended in her loss.

That probably meant in those long fights opponents were getting used to her speed.

"I wonder how I could overcome my predictability," Ruby muttered as she put a finger on her chin

What were ways, she could get people not to get used to her speed?

"Ruby!" Yang's voice called out as she interrupted Ruby's thoughts.

"I'm mad that you cut me but that was an awesome fight, so I'll forgive you."

"Sorry, Yang,"

"You did well, especially against that guy," Weiss commented with approval, "It seems like people are finally getting used to fighting that guy."

"I'm going to be honest, I was shocked he didn't end that fight within seconds," Blake said as she looked at Mori.

At that Yang's face turned serious.

"You guys really didn't notice did you?" she said in a serious tone.

"What are you talking about?" Weiss asked.

Ruby knew what her sister was talking about, after all, she was the one who was just finished fighting.

She had wanted to know the distance between her and Mori so she could figure out where she needed to be.

She had estimated the distance between them before the fight but that estimate was wrong…The chasm between the two was a lot bigger than she had originally thought.

She hadn't noticed it before but facing him in the ring there was one that was apparent, Mori's form ever since he had come back from his mission with Team CFVY had become a lot cleaner.

He didn't hit her with any more strength than he needed to and he was fighting with complete control of his body.

There was very little wasted movement or energy coming from him.

He was fighting at her physical level and showing her the difference in skill they had.

There was a mass difference between how she fought and how he fought.

Especially that last sequence, now that had Ruby had time to think about it his last attack on her was completely amazing!

He started with a Baekdu to get her to raise her guard, and then in an instant switched to a Sickle Kick to destroy it and finished her off with a Triple Kick.

That sequence was completely awesome!

It seemed like every attack he had was connected.

He really did have it all, from a good strategic mind, to an amazing body, to perfect skills.

There was something about his strength that just seemed endless.

Ruby looked towards Mori.

Noting her stare Mori smiled at her while she smiled back.

On the outside she was happy, after all, she fared the best against one of the strongest people in the class.

On the inside though?

"I've got a long way to go don't I?


He had a long way to go before he could get out.

It was a miracle Adam survived not only the cave collapsing on him but also his fight with that…that Freak!

Hate filled Adam's heart as he remembered his loss against Mori Jin.

He had never been so humiliated in his life.

It wasn't even the fact that he lost that made Adam so angry.

He had lost fights before, granted it had been a long time since he had lost one but when he was younger he had his fair share of careless moments that led to a loss.

This wasn't like any loss he had before, he was dominated and completely outclassed from start to finish and the only reason Adam got a hit in was because that bastard got careless and underestimated him.

Adam's heart started to rage more, the look in Mori Jin's eyes as he beat down Adam was seared in Adam's mind.

It was the eyes of someone who was looking at a nobody, like a bug that one can just squash.

How dare he look down on him!

How dare he underestimate him!

How dare he treat him like he was a nobody!

Nobody treated him like that!

He didn't care, that would not stop him, he couldn't die here, not until he paid his opponent back ten-fold for humiliating him like that.

The pain where his horn used to be burned, more painfully than his left eye ever did.

"Mori Jin!" Adam swore, "You will pay!"

Rocks started to fall on him, threatening to end his life but Adam didn't care, he still had something he needed to do, not unless he achieved his vengeance on the one who had not only defeated him but humiliated him as well!.

Until he accomplished his vengeance he would not die.

HE WOULD NOT DIE.

In an instant, the debris covering Adam was blown off and the White Fang Lieutenant was suddenly freed.

In confusion, Adam looked searching for the one who saved him.

When he found his savior there was only one thought that crossed his head.

"What the FUCK is that?!"


TMT here with another chapter, I hope you guys like it, I'm surprised I was able to get it done within the week, so that shouldn't be too expected. Thank you for all the words on encouragement when I came back it means a lot it really did. One question asked me to clarify what I meant by chapters coming as they go and basically it means I won't try to do a set schedule and instead will post them when I finish writing them. Usually that takes me a week, but that's because I feel under pressure to finish them within that period. Since I'm updating as I go I can take more time to write out and finish these chapters without worrying about hitting a deadline. Other than that I hoped you guys enjoyed this chapter and I will see you next time!