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February 26, 20XX, Day 184/365


It's been a month since my visit at Mountain Glenn, and I still get the chills just thinking about it! Then again, I guess it would give anyone chills, knowing that they just traveled across an entire graveyard. But since then, we had Professor's Port, Oobleck and any other available Huntsman and Huntress to find any more leads on Merlot Industries

And if they find anything, there is a high chance that Ozpin may send me...again. But this time, hopefully paired up with someone else


Grimm Studies

Okay, you all know the drill by now, so let's talk about the creatures of Grimm

First, we have is the Dromedon, a camel-like Grimm that roams the deserts of Vacuo. They have armoured humps and tened to travel in packs. But just like the Blind Worm, the can spit acidic venom from its mouth...seriously...what the hell is with the acid!? Is fire breath overused or something!?

Then, we have is the Jackalope, a huge rabbit-like Grimm that is covered in black fur and branching red antlers which are sharp enough to cut through stone. They have powerful hind legs that allow them to leap great distances in an instant.

Like Beowolves, these Grimm tend to travel in packs and can overwhelm a team of even the most experienced of Huntsman and Huntressess with their powerful legs

And then finally we have is the Meg. The Meg is a giant Shark-Grimm that roams the ocean floors of Remnant. They have armoured plating throughout their body that was made to withstand the pressures of the ocean floor, just like the Leviathan. But what makes them dangerous is their bite force that can go up to 182,200 newtons! That's enough to shatter someones aura in just one bite!


History

But, since we were partially on the topic of Vacuo's Grimm, let's talk about Vacuo's history

Vacuo is located just west of Vale, in the middle of the largest desert on the face of Remnant. Now that may sound bad, but their were large oasis' with large jungle, teeming with various plant life, large amounts of resources, natural barriers and the largest Dust deposit ever discovered and reported in Remnant's history!

These conditions is what allowed the people of Vacuo to flourish in these vast environment, and nomads would normally travel across the harsh desert, walking through dangerous Grimm territory in hopes of reaching true paradise. But unfortunately, these conditions also bred multiple complacencies in Vacuo's people, who had no intentions to develop and adapt to their environments as others did in the other kingdoms. In other words...they became lazy

Because of this, Vacuo was an easy target for exploitation from the other Kingdoms, who wished to steal Vacuo's resources for themselves. But after years and years of warfare, ecological disasters and mining had caused its citizens to almost completely exhaust its resources, transforming the once rich, paradise of a Kingdom into a wasteland of make-shift settlements and heavy industries. Its people had to constantly move from settlement to settlement due to limited resources and the constant attacks from the Grimm

But considering a majority of you already know Vacuo's involvement in the Great War, so I won't go further into that category. It's the aftermath of the Great War is what I want to talk about. After the Great War, the Kingdom of vacuo had decided that it was time to establish a proper form of government.

But unfortunately, Vacuo's citizens weren't exactly thrilled about that, because they prefer their old lifestyle. It's people still wanted Vacuo to stay a free and independent Kingdom. While freedom may sound like a good thing, too much of it will imply so much chaos that it will set a bad example on how the world works

But as much as some of us including myself have to admit, not all people are created equal, most people don't have the luxuries or freedoms that other people had. Some don't have it due to financial problems, while others don't have it just because of what they are, not who they are

One person fianlly had enough and eventually decided to finally establish a proper government. But in order to get the approval of Vacuo's citizens, he proposed that all of the Kingdom's warriors take part in a tournament. And whoever won, would be able to change Vacuo as they saw fit...as long as it didn't involve and exploitation of the kingdom

After getting the approval of the Queen of Vacuo, Quenn Vulcan, the previous wielder of the Blue Dragon's King Gauntlet. The man gathered his men, built the Colosseum, and gathered as many contestants for the tournament. But the thing is, most of the warriors had Sacred Arrays of their own to help them win their battles

But unfortunately, every single warrior was struck down by the very same man that held the tournament. It is said that he won every single fight by striking down his foes with the golden battle axe, Leonidas Nemean. A Sacred Array and an Artifact of Nicodemus that is so powerful, that it can spilt the earth in just one swing!

Following after the tournament is when a proper government was finally established in the Kingdom of Vacuo. But it's actual ability to maintain order in the Kingdom proved ver difficult due to the people's disregard for its new set of laws. Though, the only widely accepted source of order in the Kingdom was its own Huntsman academy, Shade Academy

However, they live by a certain code that anyone who is able to survive the harsh conditions of Vacuo is welcome to live amongst them with open arms. This acceptance is also extend to Faunus, which could explain why there is less racial discrimination in Vacuo compared to the other Kingdoms.


City Of Vale, Downtown Vale (My POV)

Currently, I was walking in the middle of downtown Vale with mercury. Because today happens to be the first day of Remington's Grand Fighting Tournament. Where we'll be allowed to use our weapons, no restrictions, and of course, no interruptions

Of course, I had spent the last five weeks training with Mercury, using my Blast and Buster Enchantments in ways that I never thought possible...well...besides blowing shit up. But when I told him about my Boost Enchantment, he said that I shouldn't waste my Semblance like that

Though before I could continue my thoughts, Mercury cut me off "Well this is it! The first day of Remington's Grand Fighting Tournament!" He said as he turned towards me "You excited?"

"Hmm? Oh, yeah, I'm excited" I said "But, I'm also a little nervous"

"Why? I doubt any of the people we're fighting will put up that much of a fight" Mercury said

"Yeah I know, but I heard that Huntsman and Huntresses were allowed to enter" I clarified "So winning may not be as easy as we thought"

Mercury shrugged "Eh, I'm sure it'll be fine. You just need to have confidence" He said "Besides, we get to use our weapons this time, and with your weapon and semblance, I can guarantee that you will make it to the finals!" He said as he slapped my back

"Yeah, but we still need to get past the preliminaries" I said as I turned towards him "You were listening when I was going over the basics of the preliminaries, right?"

"W-What? O-Oh, yeah, sure I was" Mercury stumbled

"Oh...than it looks like I don't need t-" I tried to say

Mercury cut me off "B-But, just in case, go over it"

I gave him an annoyed look "That's what I thought. Alright, I'll go over it ONE more time! But this time, please listen!"

"Alright, alright" Mercury said, holding his hands up

"Alright, so during the preliminaries, we will have to fight off a horde of Grimm and whoever is left standing after all the Grimm are dead will be able to participate in the actual fighting tournament" I said

"Wait...where did they get all the Grimm?" Mercury asked

"I don't know." I said

"But, what happens to the people who don't make it through the preliminaries?" Mercury asked

"They don't get to participate" I said "I thinks that's kind of obvious"

"No, what I mean is how do they get disqualified?" Mercury asked

I shrugged "All I know is that Remington said that he would give all of us more details as soon as we get there"

"...Doesn't that sound a little suspicious to you?" Mercury asked

"A little" I said "You planning on bailing?"

Mercury chuckled "Heh, keep dreaming pal." He said as he lightly jabbed my arm.

As we walked into the warehouse where the tournament is taking place, there was a guard at the front of the door, greeting people that I assume were just there to watch and won't be participating in the tournament. As we arrived, he asked our names. After we told him our respected names, he nodded and told us to go to the back of the warehouse

As we made our way towards the back of the warehouse, we had the opportunity at our potential opponents. Most of them looked like low-level thugs and criminals. Mercury even pointed out that there were a few Huntsman and Huntress as well, who we assumed are undercover or were hired by people that don'e exactly have a good reputation for less respectable jobs

Yeah...winning is defiantly going to be harder than I thought

We waited at the back of the warehouse for about thirty minutes before the doors that led back into the warehouse opened up, revealing another man in a suit "Will all contestants follow me"

Everyone nodded as they got up or stopped whatever they were doing and followed the man into the warehouse. The man that we were following led us to some sort of hidden elevator. He motioned us to get inside. While I was a bit skeptical of going inside, I eventually got inside of the elevator along with the others

As the elevator door's closed, a monitor just to the left of us turned on. it was Remington "Hello, contestants! Welcome to Remington's Grand Fighting Tournament!" He said through the monitor "Well...the actual tournament hasn't started yet, you still have to go through the preliminaries. This way we can see who is tough enough to participate in the actual tournament!"

Mercury leaned over "Hey, what's the prize for winning this?"

"I don't know" I said "And the pamphlet doesn't help"

"Now, I'm sure you all want to know what the grand price for winning the tournament is..." Remingotn trailed off through the monitor

I leaned in to Mercury "Well there you go"

"The prizes are divided into three categories: First place, Second place, and Third place, respectively. But anyone below that will win nothing" Remington explained through the monitor "The price for third place is Five-thousand Lien. The prove for second place is Ten-thousand Lien. And then finally, the grand prize for winning the tornamnet is...Fifty-thousand Lien, as well as a mystery prize for our winner!"

Multiple murmurs could be heard from every corner of the elevator. Fighters began talking to themselves while others began to talk to what I assume were their friends

"Holy shit! Fifty-thousand!?" Mercury whispered to me

"I know, right!?" I whispered back to him

"Now, I'm sure you're all excited, but as mentioned, you'll have to get past the preliminaries. Allow me to explain the rules to you. The rules are fairly simple, fight off all of the Grimm. The last ones standing will be able to qualify for the tournament. There are only two ways to get disqualified from the preliminaries" Remington explained through the monitors "If you leave the ring, or get knocked out of bounds, then you'll be disqualified from the preliminaries and will be asked to leave. Now the second way is if you get killed by the Grimm, and before anyone asks, no, there will be no one there to help you, if you die, then its your own fault. If you want to leave, then stay in the elevator"

"Roses are red...cacti are prickly...might I just say, that escalated very quickly" I muttered "I mean no pressure at all... "

"No kidding. They're not even going to step in...not that I'm going to need it" Mercury said

"Well, it doesn't matter if you need it or not, I got your back" I said as I put my hand on his shoulder

"Heh, yeah, try not to get yourself killed" He said as he patted my back

"You all have thirty minutes to get ready, use your time wisely" Remington said through the monitor as it turned off

Then as if on cue, the doors to the elevator opened, revealing a very large run-down gym room, with various lockers and other equipment, but on the other end of the room was another elevator. Only half of us walked out of the elevator, while the other half stayed inside, probably too scared of participating. Not that I blame them or anything

Everyone began to prepare for the oncoming battle in their own ways, whether they're sharpening their weapons, punching the various punching bags, loading their guns, or in Mercury's case, doing some slight modifications to his prosthetic legs. Me on the other hand, I summoned the gauntlet out of my arm when no one was looking. I began to think about what kind of strategies we're going to use to take down the Grimm

I mean sure, we have a few team-attacks move, but most of them rely on more than one charge from my gauntlet. But thankfully, I had managed to find a way to use one charge at a time rather than use all of them in one blow. This will come in handy, especially for my Blast Enchantment

As soon as everyone was ready, the elevator's doors opened, revealing two men in suits "Will all contestants please come with us" They both said in unison

Everyone then followed the men into the elevator. As everyone got in, the man on the left pushed a green button on the bottom of the console as the elevator doors closed. A few minutes have passed before the elevator stopped on a random floor as the doors opened again, revealing a dark room

Everyone walked into the dark room, waiting for further instructions. The elevator doors then closed behind us, leaving all of all in the pitch black room

But before anyone could react, we were quickly blinded by a light, forcing every one of us to cover our eyes

"The hell!?" I blurted out

But what took all of us by surprise, was that the ground started to move upwards. I looked up to see that there was a big hatch opening right above us. As we made it to the top, we could see the arena clearly...well, more like environment

The arena took the form of a massive forest with trees, tall grasses and even a series of rocks and boulders, similar to how Amity Colosseum works but on a smaller scale. And right above the arena was the sitting area that was filled to the brim with people cheering from all directions and various types of Grimm could be heard from the doors on the other side of the arena. The locks on the doors began to violently jump up and down from the sheer force the Grimm was putting, trying get out off its cage

"Ladies and Gentlemen! Welcome to Remington's Grand Fighting Tournament!" Remington said through the speakers, causing the crowd to roar in applause "For those of you who are just joining us for today, the tournament will be divided into five categories. The preliminaries, the starting round, the semi-final qualifiers, the semi-finals, and the finals. We will bend the rules based on the number of contestants that make it to the tournament. Now, I'm aure that all of you are waiting for the tournament to starts! Let's begin the countdown!"

"Five..." The speaker started to countdown

Everyone unsheathed their respected weapons, getting ready for battle

"Four..." The speaker counted down once more

My blade popped out of my gauntlet, the jewel glowing in the process

"Three..." The speaker counted down once more

Mercury placed a magazine of Steam-Dust bullets into his boots

"Two..." The speaker counted down once more

"Try not to die" I said

"Same to you" Mercury said

"One..." The speaker counted down for a final time

The doors on the other side of the arena opened, unleashing a horde of Grimm onto the arena

"BEGIN!" The speaker shouted

Each of the Grimm roared and howled as they began to charge towards us. Everyone soon went into separate directions, charging and slashing at the Grimm. A few Beowolves charged at me, one tries to slash at me, but I was able to roll out of the way and sliced it's arm off, making it howl and reel back in pain

"Well...things got out of hand for you, didn't it" I said as I then stabbed the Beowolf through the chest, killing it

I turned towards the next one, who was charging at me with its claws and fangs out, clearly wanting to avenge it's fallen friend. It tries to pounce, but as before, I managed to roll backwards and swung my blade at its head, making a clear and clean slash in it's bone-like armour. It goes to grab my blade, trying to get it out of my grasp...but considering how the gauntlet its literally fused on my arm...yeah...good luck with that

I smirked as the jewel in the gauntlet glistened with a red colour, using that charge on the Buster Enchantment, cutting it's claws off in the process. The Beowolf howls in pain, as I go and swung my blade at its abdomen, cutting it in half

"Would you look at that folks! It seems that one of our fighters, Christian has a few tricks up his sleeves! But will it be enough?" Remington said through the speakers

"But I don't have any sleeves..." I muttered

I know I don't have to be witty all the time...but the world has given me so much material to work with, I would hate to waste it!

I turned towards Mercury to see how he was doing. A Boarbatusk curled up into a ball and charged towards him, but he manages to jump out of the way and kick the Grimm in the head, firing his weapon and killing it instantly. Three more then began to charge towards him, but he fired blasts of steam from his boots, propelling himself up in the air. firing a few shots from his boots while also propelling him even higher up.

The first tow shots he fired kills the first two Boarbatusks, but the other bounces off the Boarbatusk's bone-like armour. He then flips over, shoots up in the air, propelling himself back to the ground, then slamming his boots onto the Boarbatusks head, crushing its skull and killing it in the process

However as he got back up, an Ursa charged towards him and slammed its massive claws at Mercury. The attack sent him flying across the arena and towards the arenas outer-line. He tried to fire a blast of steam from his boots, only for there to be a slight clicking sounds to come out, implying that he had ran out of bullets

As Mercury flew towards the boarder-line, I quickly jumped onto a nearby tree branch and propelled myself into the air. Using my left arm, I grabbed ahold of Mercury's right arm, slowing his momentum down just before he got knocked out of the ring

"Thanks" Mercury said

"No problem" I said, as an idea sparked into my head "Hey, Merc!" I shouted, catching his attention "How about we try that new move?"

Mercury cracked a smirk as he nodded in approval. I began to use my spare charges in my gauntlet on small blasts from my Blast Enchantment, propelling myself in a spinning-like motion, while still holding onto Mercury.

"Hey buddy I think you lost this!" I shouted as I gained enough momentum in the air and threw Mercury back at his attacker

Merucry smirked as he slammed his foot into the Ursa, sending it flying towards the wall at astounding speeds, creating a small crater upon impact

"Okay...we really need to come up a name for that attack" I muttered as I landed back on the ground

But, I didn't even have that much time to react as a Beowolf pounced on me, pinning my right arm onto the ground. I used my free arm to push it off, but the Beowolf was determined to rip me to shred with it's jaws. But before the Beowolf could snap at me anymore, a loud gunshot could be heard coming from behind it, killing it in the progress

As the Beowolf's body turned into nothing but ash, I could see Mercury standing from where the Beowolf was standing

"Let's just call it even" Mercury said as he held his hand outward

"Yeah, thanks" I said as I grabbed his hand

As he pulled me up, we were suddenly surrounded by a pack of Beowolves, their mouths drooling with hunger and anticipation

"So, how about you use that...Buster thing?" Mercury asked

"Hell yeah, let's kick some ass!" I said, as the jewel in the gauntlet glowed red. I then tapped Mercury's boot with the tip of my blade, transferring some of the Buster Enchantment's power into his boots, to give his weapons more of a kick. The Beowolves then charged towards us, but Mercury swung his leg towards all three Beowolves, pushing all of three of them back at once! The sheer pressure from the steam and wind was so strong, it managed to kill all three of the Beowolves as they made impact on the wall

"Damn! This feeling never get's old!" Mercury said, his boots still emitting blue sparks

I rushed forwards at two more Beowolves, the first one tried to slash at me with its claws, but I managed to roll under their attack and push-kicked them into Mercury's direction, making them stumble forwards. Mercury then kicked the Beowolf up in the air, the Buster Enchantment adding extra power to his attacks. The Beowolf slammed into the ceiling, and as it was falling, Mercury roundhouse kicked it in the head, killing it instantly

More Beowolves began to surround us. Mercury smirked and started to fire his wind rocket around us. A Beowolf suddenly lunged, only for Mercury to kick it towards the direction of the wind rockets, as he landed multiple kicks, one wind-rocket made it's way towards the Beowulf. But as it made contact, the Beowolf completely exploded to pieces

Another fairly large Ursa charged at Mercury, who suddenlt shot himself upwards, and then straight down onto the Ursa's head. As his foot made contact with the charging Grimm, the rest of Mercury's wind rockets made their way towards the Ursa, and like the Beowolf, it got shredded to pieces

"Quite an incredible display from another of our fighters, Mercury Black!" Remington said through the speakers

"MERCURY!" "MERCURY!" "MERCURY!" "MERCURY!" "MERCURY!" "MERCURY!" "MERCURY!" "MERCURY!" "MERCURY!" The crowd began to chant Mercury's name

As the crowd began to praise Mercury, more and more Grimm began to gather around us. I was about to charge in, only to be stopped by a sudden scream "HELP!"

I whipped my head to see one of the fighters being completely surrounded by a pack of Beowolves. Taking action, I ran towards the man in an attempt to save him. By doing this, I had deactivated the part of the Buster Enchantment I had given to Mercury, to stand more of a chance.

As I did this, the blue sparks disappeared from Mercury's boots "Huh?" He questioned as he turned towards me to see what I was doing "Christian! What are you doing!?"

"What does it look like!? I'm trying to save a person from becoming Grimm chow!" I shouted

The man shoots his revolver at a rapid pace at one of the Beowolves, but only managed to hit it's abdomen. The Beowolf looked more annoyed than hurt as reeled it's claws back and slashed at the man's abdomen, shattering his aura

Fuck! This guy's gonna die I don't run faster!

As I saw the other Beowolves close in, I started to run even faster than I did before

The Beowolf then slashed at his leg, tearing his leg open as the man yells in pain, But he quickly cut himself off as another Beowolf bit down on the mans torso. A very loud crunch could be heard, causing the man to scream out in agony as of the Beowolf sunk it's teeth deeper into the man's flesh. He tried to reach for his pistol, only for a third Beowolf to snap down on his left arm. The main couldn't even scream as he started to cough out blood. The third Beowolf then suddenly ripped the mans arm off, blood splattering all across the ground, and began to chew it like it was a god damn dog bone!

I cut the Beowolf that was eating the mans arm in half, and then stabbed the one that had its teeth sunk into the mans torso in the head. After I killed the two Beowolves, I rushed over and kneeled down to the man to see what the damage was. My eyes widened at the sight of what the Beowolves did to him...him getting fucked up is a massive understatement! Most of his side body was gone, torn to shreds, his left arm was torn right off, and his torso...was ripped open...I could see his cracked ribcage, it's shards stabbing into what was left of his vital organs

I didn't want to admit...but he wasn't going to make it. Not even aura is capable of repair that amount of damage. I tried to give him some comfort, grabbing onto his hand tightly and tried to say something like "you're going to a better place"...but...his grip suddenly loosened...it was too late, the man was already gone. The man's hand dropped to the ground as every sound around me became muffled and unclear as a ringing noise could be heard.

I-I never s-seen someone d-die right i-in front o-of m-me

I looked down at my hand, which was now covered in the mans blood. My vision started to become hazy, my hands started to shake out of control as I started to wheeze out of control...I was going into shock

I probably would've fainted by now, but I was brought back into reality by Mercury shaking me violently "Christian!" He shouted

I blinked a couple of times before I could say anything "M-Mercury?"

He placed a hand on my shoulder "You can come to terms with what happened later! For now, we need to stay focused or we're going to end up like him!" Mercury said, pointing at the mans corpse

"Y-Yeah...o-okay" I stumbled in a low tone

"Good, now pick up your weapon and fight!" Mercury said

I looked down towards my guantlet, I shook my head and picked myself off of the ground. But as I got up, I noticed that the tip of my blade has some sort of black aura around it

Well...that's new

But before I could see what it did, it suddenly disappeared...is is some sort of new Enchantment?

I shook my head and ran towards Mercury...whatever happened can wait

Right now, we need to make it through the preliminaries. Two Beowolves then charged at me, the jewel in the gauntlet glowed as I activated the Buster Enchantment. I swung at the first Beowulf, cutting it's arm in half, but before it could even howl in pain, I slashed at its torso, cutting it it half

I turned towards the second Beowolf and slashed at it. However, it managed to dodge just in time and slashes me with its claws, sending my flying several feet. I drove my blade into the ground, preventing me from skidding any further. I charged at the Beowolf, doing a slicing motion as I run, killing it when I sliced its head clean off

"Would you look at that folks! Our contestants are making clean work of the Grimm! Unfortunately, there was one casualty, and as sad as that is, he knew what he was getting into when he entered the Grand Fighting Tournament" Remington said through the speakers "How about it everyone? Should we spice things up a bit?" He asked through the speakers, earning a yell in agreement from the crowd "Well, then I do aim to please!"

All of a sudden, the ground began to shake as a massive, underground door opened. As it opened, we could hear a loud growl coming from within. First came two pairs of four legs, then a pair of pincers...than finally, a giant stinger

I immediately knew what it was "Oh, you have got to be fucking kidding me!?"

The Deathstalker roared loudly and charged at a few of the contestants at astounding speeds despite its size. They all began to run in different directions, but one of them was suddenly grabbed by the Deathstalker's pincers. He yelled out in pain as he was thrown against the arenas wall, shattering his aura in an instant. He didn't even have enough time to get up as the Deathstalker reeled it's stinger back and plunged it in the man's stomach, blood splattering around him and killing the main instantly

My eyes widened as the Deathstalker turned towards it's next target, and began to charge in the direction of Mercury, who was busy dealing with another pack of Beowolves

"Mercury! Look out!" I shouted as loud as I could, but to no avail

The constant, mixed sound of gushots and the Grimm roaring made it difficult for him to hear me. I started to run as fast as I could towards Mercury's direction, hoping that I could at least reach him before the Deathstalker could and push him out of the way

No! No! No! No! No!

I tired to run faster than I did before, but it was no use, the Deathstalker was faster and reeled it's massive stinger back, getting ready for the killing blow

"MERCURY!" I shouted at him, as the Deathstalker lunged it's stinger at Mercury, with the intent to kill him

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But...it was stopped when an orange barrier appeared around Mercury. As the stinger struck, orange sparks could be seen coming off of the barrier as the Deathstalker tried to put in more force into it's stinger, but to no avail

"W-What just...?" I trailed off before looking at my gauntlet and its blade. The blade was now surrounded by an orange aura, the same aura that surrounded the barrier that saved Mercury...it was another new enchantment

But I was brought out of my thoughts when Mercury landed right beside me "Holy shit! That was a close one! I owe you one, man"

"Y-Yeah" I said, shocked at what just occurred, only for the Deathstalker to roar and charge at us "Oh give us a fucking break already..."

"So, how do you want o handle this?" Mercury asked

"Try to find a way to pin the Dethstalkers stinger into the ground, after that, I'll use Buster to power up your weapon. Use your wind-rockets, then see if you can kill it" I said "I would use the Blast Enchantment...but I don't feel like bringing a building down today...maybe next week"

Mercury chuckled "Alright, let's do this!" He said, as the jewel in my gauntlet glowed red.

The Deathstalker tried to stab one of us with its tail, but we managed to roll out of the way just in time in order to throw it off. I go in and slice one of its small legs off of it's body. It shrieks in pain as it slammed one of its pincers onto the ground and then starts to swing it's tail in a circular motion, knocking both me and Mercury onto the ground. It then goes in to stab me with it's massive stingers, only to be stopped when I used my charge on the Barrier Enchantment, creating an orange barrier that sparked with orange sparks as the tail made contact

I rolled sideways and grabbed onto it's tail as it slammed it into the ground. It roars in anger as it tries to pull it out, while trying to shake me off, but to no avail. The jewel in my gauntlet glowed once more. as I used that charge on the Buster Enchantment

"Mercury! Now!" I yelled

Mercury nods as he jumps on top of the Deathstalkers back. I suddenly let go of it's stinger as I tapped the tip of my blade onto Mercury's boots, giving him a part of my Buster Enchantment. I suddenly got out of the way when Mercury began to fire various wind rockets in all directions, making it look like it was now inside a dome made out of pure wind. Mercury then jumped and slammed his foot onto the Deathstalker. The different wind rockets that surrounded us then came towards the scorpion Grimm at astounding speeds

The Deathstalker could only roar out in pain as the wind rockets made ontact with its body, it's bone-like armour began to crack as explosions were going off all over its body

'Well...I guess that takes care of that" Mercury said as he dusted himself off

"Yeah...so what do we do-" I tired to say. But I was suddenly cut off by the spund of the Deathstalker roaring, blowing all the wind away in an instant "...shit"

"Are you kidding me!?" Mercury yelled "That's every single wind-rocket I had! How is this thing not dead yet!?

But to our surprise, the Deathstalker stumbles forwards, trying to close the gap between us. It looked like our combined assault defiantly did some major damage to it. Not only that, it was considerably much slower than it was before

"Well, it looks like its almost dead! Let's finish it off!" I shouted

Mercury nodded and we both charged at the weakened Deathstalker. It tries to swing one of its massive pincers at us, but because it was already weakened, the attack was much slower and predictable. I rolled backwards and grabbed onto the Deathstalker's pincer. As I ran up the Deathstalkers back, the jewel in my gauntlet glowed as I used that charge on the Buster Enchantment and sliced the Deathstalker's stinger off. The Deathstalker roars out in pain as its stinger fell onto its back, piercing through its armour and sank into its flesh

"Mercury! Now!" I yelled as I jumped off of the Deathstalker

Mercury nods as he fires Steam-Dust from his boots, propelling himself up in the air, and then slams his foot onto the stinger, creating a shockwave upon impact as it drove the stinger further into the Deathstalker's back, killing it

"And there you have it folks! The preliminaries are over!" Remington shouted through the mic

Mercury and I looked around the arena to see that every single Grimm that we fought was now dead. Considering all we see now are just ashes

"Eight people will be moving on to the actual tournament" Remington said through the microphone, as he pulled a lever on the wall

A door suddenly opened to the left of us, revealing a group of people consisting of a lobby and a medical team. A fw of the codocts came out with two body bags, one for the guy that got killed by the Deathstalker, and the other onw who got killed by the...Beowolves.

All of a sudden...my heart felt heavy once more as I started to hyperventilate. My vision started to get hazy as my legs shook at realization...I just saw two people die right in-front of me...and I couldn't do anything

"Christian" Mercury said, bit the only thing I could hear was a muffled version of someone's voice "Christian!" He yelled once more

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"CHRISTIAN!" Mercury yelled, shaking me violently, shaking me out of my trance "Look, I get it why you're upset, you just saw someone die in front of you! But that's a part of life. People will die for the stupidest reasons, for the stupidest of causes! The sooner you accept that, the sooner you'll be able to move on with your life"

It took me a few moments to process what he said before I nodded "Y-Yeah...thanks Merc...I guess I'm just a little out of it...I just saw someone die...maybe...I could've saved him..."

"Yeah, and maybe you could have gotten killed in the process. But don't think about it too hard, it will only make the pain worse" he said

Yeah...I know what you mean. I've been doing that a lot recently, with me dying and being ripped away from my world and all...

I was brought out of my thoughts when Mercury place a hand on my shoulder "Come on, let's go and get dink, on me"

"Y-Yeah...thanks" I said as I followed Mercury into the room


(Timeskip) Doctor's Room (My POV)

Shortly after the preliminaries, we were all lead to a small doctors room. They began to patch-up the various contestants that got more than just a small cut, and that includes us. But after the fight...I couldn't help but think about what happened. I mean sure, I didn't know who those people were...but still...I can't stop thinking about how I could've prevented that. I mean sure, I kill Grimm all the time...but these are actual people I'm talking about, they could've had families! They probably entered the tournament because they were just trying to find a way to support them!

...I know that I have to get used to this...considering I'm training physically and mentally to become a Huntsman...but how in the hell are you supposed to move forward after seeing something like that!? But...that brings up other things as well...when the time comes when I have to face Cinder...do I have what it takes to actually kill her?

Ugh! Mercury's right! It'll hurt even more, the more I think about it!

But I was suddenly brought out of my thoughts when I felt a sharp sting on one of my cuts "Ow, ow, ow!" I slightly shouted, as I whipped my head towards the cut, only to see one of the doctors pressing a cotton stub covered in alcohol on my cut

"Just hold still" The doctor said "It's just a small cut"

"Easy for you to say!" I shot back "Besides, so is a grenade!"

But suddenly the doors to the Doctor's office opened, causing everyone to whip their heads towards the doors "Hey! They posted next week's match-ups on the leaderboard!" One of the fighters said

Everyone got up, walked out of the doctors room and into the main area, where we saw the leaderboard in front of us/ It appeared to be made out of hard-light Dust, being surrounded by a semi-black/white frame.

I started to scan the leaderboard, my eyes shifting left and right, trying to find out who I was going to be facing against. I eventually found out who I was facing against. It read: Christian vs. Alexa.

And ironically, it was right next to Mercury's as well, it read: Mercury vs. Jack

"Looks like I'm fighting someone named Alexa" I said

"And I'm fighting some guy named Jack" Mercury said

"Oh, there they are!" A voice said

Me and mercury turned around to see two people right behind us, consisting of one boy and one girl respectively

The girl was smaller than me...about 5'4to be exact. She had long, black hair that was tied into a ponytail. She wore a red shirt with black pants, along with black wrist bands on her wrist.

The boy was taller than her, he had white hair and blue eyes. He wore a dark, black hoodie with armoured plating on his shoulder pads and arms, as well as a white shirt underneath. He also wore black pants with knee pads and black boots with white lacing.

Greeting, my name is Jack" The newly named Jack greeted, as he extended his arm towards Mercury "It's nice to meet our future opponents"

"Uh, yeah, nice to meet you too..." Mercury said, but with slight hesitation, but shook his hand anyway

"So, than you must be Alexa? It's nice to meet you as well" I said as I extended my arm outwards

Alexa looks slight hesitant, just like Mercury, before she slowly shook my hand

"Well, may the odds forever be in your favour!" Jack said as he walked away and towards the door

But I then turned towards Alexa...or rather, the spot where she was "Well...that could've gone better" I said as I turned towards Mercury and to my surprise...he was very tense. This is not normal for him! "Hey...are you alright?"

"Did Jack...seem kinda odd to you?" Mercury asked

"Hmm...he seemed alright to me" I said

"I don't know. there's just something about the guy that turns me the wrong way" Mercury said

"What do you mean?" I asked

"Let's just say...that there's a lot of blood on his hands...enough to fill a bucket" Mercury said in a tense tone

"Well...like what you said to me, don't think about it too much. After all, you still owe me a drink, remember?" I asked

"Alright, let's get out of here, I'm starving." Mercury said as we walked out of the warehouse.


Bio Card

Name: Mercury Black

Age: 16

Height: 5'10

Weight: 140 lbs

Affiliations: Cinder's Faction

Weapon: Talaria

A set of boots with a MADR firing mechanism built into his prosthetic legs. It houses a total of six cartridges in the revolving chamber near it's hilt. The chambers are activated by a trigger on the underside of one of the prongs. The mechanism can be opened on a hinge, allowing its user to replace empty vials of Dust. The Dust then travels up the blade, allowing its user to use various elemental attacks.

However, Mercury is known to carry mainly Steam and Air Dust into the bullet's chambers. He can use the force of his kicks and accelerate his movements. The force is powerful enough to launch him into the air, and the recoil reloads and prepares the boots next shot

Semblance: Unknown


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