I think some people are coming into this fic with too high expectations. It's my first fic and I'm still getting my bearings, just keep that in mind.
I've made my decision, that for the time being, there won't be any lemons. I might rethink this decision later on.
Enjoy the chapter. Review if you enjoyed.
Cain
The hardest part of my plan is waiting, but is necessary. I'd like to begin my massacre now, but I can wait.
I've really come quite far haven't I? If all goes to plan, every country other than Vacuo will be in absolute chaos. Even Salem's forces will be partially crippled.
I need to wait for Cinder to finish that speech of hers and give the signal for the attack to begin.
I've compiled quite a large hit-list containing pretty much all of the main cast and antagonists. With Ozpin and Ironwood at the top. Ozpin simply because the rewards I get from killing him, and Ironwood since he's pretty much the leader of Atlas.
I was distracted from my thoughts when Cinder started her speech.
Alright. It's time.
[Destroyer's Descent]
I felt my power surround me and swallow me up.
I felt myself become larger and much.. much stronger. I also felt like destroying absolutely everything in my immediate surroundings.
I guess these are the effects of the transformation. I can already feel my flaws being increased.
"First, a dismemberment, now this? Huntsmen and Huntresses should carry themselves with honour and mercy, yet I have witnessed neither." Cinder gave her speech through her scroll.
I honestly find her speech funny, she believes in neither honour or mercy after all. Anyway, it's time for Cinder to die, the attack is beginning which means she has lost all use.
[The transformation has completed.]
Her life shall be the first to be extinguished.
"Your words are hollow and worthless." I snarled with feral voice.
She snapped out of her delusions after hearing my voice.
She turned her head and saw me, after seeing my figure, she seemed confused. After a few seconds, she seemed to have realised something.
"YOU! It's you isn't it! This time I can go all out." She lost all her elegance and replaced it with seething hatred. I didn't expect her to hate me this much, but then again she always was quite vengeful wasn't she?.
"I'M GLAD YOU REMEMBER ME."
I dashed towards her on all fours and formed claws from my hakai.
Seeing that, she began flying towards me with fireballs in her hand.
Her mistake.
"So you've decided to become a filthy beast? Fitting for a brute like you." She sneered at me.
"THE ONLY FILTH HERE IS YOU, AND SOON YOU WILL BE JOINED BY THE OTHERS OF YOUR PATHETIC ILK."
She began throwing a barrage of fireballs at me. Some hit me whilst others hit the roof tiles.
By this point the attack had begun and there was mass panic everywhere, I even caught a glimpse of the wyvern Grimm.
She tried to blast me with her half-baked maiden powers and failed like the weakling she was.
"YOU ARE PATHETIC. THE FACT YOU THOUGHT ANYTHING WOULD CHANGE MAKES ME LAUGH. EVEN WITH YOUR STOLEN POWER YOU CANNOT DAMAGE ME IN THE SLIGHTEST" I mocked her and she began to use even more of her maiden powers.
She created and surrounded me with an inferno of flames. Admittedly, the heat of the flames were making me sweat, but my form protected me.
I'd love to mess with her more, but I have more pressing to attend to.
I charged towards her and grabbed onto her waist and prepared to give the killing blow. I saw the horror dawn on her face as she realised that she was about to die.
"L-listen, I can compromise! You can join me and my master. But if you kill me my master will make sure you suffer!" She said desperately trying to weasel out of her inevitable end.
Ironic considering I'll destroy her master as well. Either way, I would never serve anyone.
I stabbed her with my claws and ripped her from the inside out.
She let out a deafening scream as I did so.
Her flesh and blood flew in the air and stained the roof's tiles.
This has to be the most fun I've ever had... and there's more to come.
Her radio was still on. Interesting..
I tried to calm down and use a less beastly voice.
"I do not care whether or not you stand with Salem, all of you will fall the same."
I will kill every last one of them.
I looked down at my form and realised I looked like some sort of lizard-like abomination. I guess it's related to me and my Faunus side.
That's something to think about later, for now, I must find the vault.
Ozpin POV
I knew an attack was bound to happen, but this soon was unexpected.
The involvement of a third party is even more unexpected. And the fact they know about Salem is even more worrying. The only one I could imagine interfering that is also aware of Salem is Raven... but she'd never help me. Perhaps she is here to profit from the chaos..
Thinking won't help anyone, I got up from my seat and grabbed my trusty old cane.
Phyrra must become the fall maiden now, hopefully she's already come to terms with what she must do.
I sprinted outside my office, down the stairs, and outside the academy building.
The situation is worse than I thought...
Grimm are everywhere, nevermores in the air and beowulfs on the ground. Students of various academies fighting for their lives. I can only hope everything will end well, but looking at the situation, that may not be the case.
I heard a huge roar from the sky and looked upwards.
A dragon Grimm? Gods...the situation is far worse than I thought. Perhaps it was a good thing that James brought an entire fleet of ships.
I frowned and thought about what was important for the time being ; finding Phyrra.
...
It seems that luck shines on me. I encountered Phyrra after searching for a few minutes, and she immediately knew what was to be done.
She followed me to my office whilst her leader Jaune tagged along.
We then proceeded to go down the elevator and enter the vault. We sprinted through to end and of the vault, I looked at Amber and then at the computer.
Jaune was confused and tried to ask us both questions but there was no time to waste explaining.
We approached the machine and the pod holding the unconscious Amber.
"What should I do?" She asked hesitantly.
I hesitated for a second and then spoke. "...Step inside in the pod."
She stepped inside of the pod and turned around to face me.
"Are you ready?"
She nodded yet still seemed uncertain.
"...I need to hear you say it."
She steeled her will and said the words.
"I'm ready."
I sighed. Someone with such a bright future shouldn't have to have the target of being a maiden painted on her back.
"Then let us begin."
I took a deep breath and began typing the access codes onto the computer. A few seconds later, the machine started transferring Amber's remaining power.
The wires and tubes lit up with an orange glow.
The process was going as expected, although it pained me to hear the agonising screams Phyrra was letting out.
"W-what the hell did you do to Phyrra? What's happening to her!" Jaune shouted at me.
"I'm sorry Jaune but now is not the time to ask questions. I promise I will answer all of your questions lat-"
I was interrupted by a large explosion came from the elevator, blasting the elevator's doors away.
As the smoke cleared out, I saw a draconic looking grimm.
Another dragon Grimm?
It wasn't like any Grimm I had ever seen...
It had a purple-black coat that looked more like sludge than skin. And it didn't have a mask..
Perhaps it is a yet another new beast Salem had decided to reveal?
Whatever it is, it's clearly not friendly, I need to kill it before it harms Phyrra or Jaune.
The beast let out a deafening roar and started to... speak?
"OZMA, YOUR END DRAWS NEAR, AND YOU WILL DIE YOUR FINAL DEATH."
...
This beast knows who I am.
No.. perhaps Salem is talking through it. A new experimental Grimm she has created?
But this thing doesn't even remotely resemble any Grimm I've seen over the millennia, not even the great slumbering Grimm that lie beneath the earth. But the most telling thing is the fact it doesn't have a mask.
No, this has to be the third party that killed one of Salem's people. If that's the case.. this thing has to be around mine and Salem's age..
Now is not the time to think about this discovery.
The beast charged up a beam in its mouth and prepared to fire.
I formed a shield to protect me, the machine and Jaune.
My shield barely held up, I winced as I saw cracks beginning to form.
The beam stopped and I began my offensive.
I took out my cane and landed a volley of attacks on the beast at high speeds.
I then noticed that none of my strikes were dealing any damage, and that my cane was being... melted?
No.. it was being destroyed.
There is only two people I know who can do that... And one of them is gone.
God dammit, there's no time to think about Cain's betrayal, no.. I suppose he was never with us from the beginning. I just don't understand how this.. thing can be him. I was too lenient... I should have investigated what he did at night other than train in the emerald forest..
I took a step back and Cain created projectiles and began firing them at me.
Once more I tried to use my magic to form a barrier to protect myself and the others, but relentless barrage of attacks were too strong. The cracks got bigger and bigger and the shield finally broke.
"NO!" I heard a scream from Jaune.
I've failed.. haven't I?
I turned around and saw them.
Both Phyrra and Amber are dead. I saw their blood covering the machine.
I then felt myself be impaled by what felt like hundreds of tiny needles.
My body felt like it was burning. I felt it begin to erode, I watched as the whole in my chest grew larger and larger.
So, I've reached the end of this life, huh?
Cain POV
He was strong.
Strong, but not strong enough.
I saw his soul beginning to float out of his body...
I grabbed it and crushed it into nothingness.
I turned my head and saw a trembling Jaune with his sword held out.
I almost felt pity for him.
Almost.
I formed a spike and impaled his heart. That's the most mercy he'll get out of me.
Now... I should find team RWBY.
After all, I would quite like to get my hands on a certain pair of silver eyes.
Blake POV
It's him.
Adam.
Don't freeze Blake, you're stronger now, you can take him on.
"Why are you doing this?" I pleaded to him, why couldn't he just stop this madness.
He gave a vicious and began to speak. "You and I were going to change the world, remember? We were destined to light the fires of revolution!"
I didn't respond to him. This was not what I wanted. I wanted to change the world for the better.
I then saw him about to kill an injured man. I was just about to move when I saw Adam be impaled by a spike.
"NO!" I cried out.
Wait. Why.. am I sad?
Shouldn't I be.. happy? I was trying to kill him after all.
Even after all he did, did I still care about him?
My thoughts were cut off when I realised that whatever killed Adam was approaching me.
I got into a stance and prepared to attack.
I felt my Faunus instincts kick into overdrive.
This presence.. It's familiar.. but worse.
Cain..
But when I saw him... he was no human. The only words I could use to describe him were monster.
A vile monster straight from the fairy tails that I read.
"YOU SHOULD HAVE REALISED FROM THE BEGGINING THAT I AM THE PREDATOR AND YOU ARE THE PREY." He roared at me.
I switched Gambol Shroud to it's gun form and fired at Cain.
As the bullets made contact, they disintegrated into a purple mist.
There's no point fighting against him.. all of my attacks get destroyed and do no damage.
My best bet is to find the others, I know that I can't beat him alone.
I used used my semblance and pretended to attack him when in reality I was running away.
But then I realised that despite using my semblance to the max Cain wasn't being fooled at all. His perception is too high to be tricked by my semblance then.
Even after I tired from running, I realised that he was just playing with me. He wasn't even seriously trying to catch me. That bastard.
Finally, a friendly face. I saw Yang and shouted for her.
"Yang!"
I suddenly felt something touch my back, looking down I saw a claw piercing through my chest. I raised my head and made eye contact with Yang.
"NO!" She screamed.
I struggled to get out any words yet somehow managed. "Run.. You.. can't.. beat.. him." I felt my consciousness slipping.
The last thing I saw was Yang's hair glow and her eyes turned red.
This is how I die?
I had.. so many regrets.
Yang POV
That... THING KILLED BLAKE!
I felt my body temperature raise and my semblance activate. I charged towards it with the intention to beat the ever living shit out of it.
Whilst preparing to dish out a hurricane of punches right to its face, I noticed that it was beginning to charge some sort of beam. Without hesitation, I ducked underneath and tried to go for it's neck.
When I my fists made contact with it's skin, my arms went through it and felt like they were being dipped in lava.
I immediately stopped trying to punch but it was far too late, a large portion of my arm had been completely destroyed.
"W-what the hell!?"
In my brief pause, the monster had charged up another beam and released it.
Cain POV
Two down, two to go.
All this chaos is so much fun.
The fire, the death, the Grimm.
I'm enjoying this more than I should.
The others should be in a group, Weiss and Ruby should be trying to find Phyrra and Jaune.
And also Yang and Blake now I suppose, although it's a shame they'll never find them.
Or perhaps they'll find each other in the afterlife.
Either way it isn't my problem, even if I were to somehow die, I'll be going to hell.
I took a moment to think and realised a part of my plan had a major problem. Ruby originally had awakened her eyes when Phyrra died. I don't know if I'll be able to awaken the silver eyes on my own since I care about nobody in this world and am pretty much hell bent on destroying it. I know that activating and using the eyes need a desire to protect life or something similar, and I have no desire to protect any life other than my own. Abel, can you explain this to me?
[Basically, if you acquire her eyes, you can use them whenever you want. But they have to be awakened.]
And you didn't think to tell me that important piece of information?
[You never asked... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ]
Screw you. And now I need to awaken her eyes. Well, I'll just kill Weiss before Ruby.
Anyway, they should be running through the entrance.
I'll meet them there.
I'll end them there.
...
Found them.
They're running towards the academy.
There's no time to waste.
I started running towards them and after seeing me, they got ready to launch an offensive against me.
Weiss used her glyphs to summon a large knight and Ruby brought out her scythe and started shooting at me.
The plan is to kill Weiss making Ruby activate her silver eyes. There are Grimm everywhere which will allow the eyes to awaken. Hopefully everything goes to plan.
Weiss's knight tried to strike at me but I shrugged it off and created a spear that impaled the knight destroying it from the inside out.
Weiss once more tried to attack me with her rapier. She used her dust and launched a barrage of elemental attacks onto me.
All of them hit me and did nothing but give me a slight itch.
Whilst this was happening, Ruby was still shooting at me.
I started running towards Weiss on all fours and charged up a ball of destruction in my mouth.
She saw me approaching and tried summoning a knight using her glyphs.
I saw Ruby trying to hit me with Crescent Rose. I ducked underneath and let the ball of destruction escape my mouth and hit Weiss.
She was blasted back and her body was slowly destroyed, at first her screams were clear, and then they became more and more distorted.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
I knew what was about to happen so I closed my eyes and tried to block my vision with as many layers of destruction as I could. I was relatively certain that I wouldn't sustain any major damage, but I might be susceptible to it since the light is directed at me.
Either way, I'm not taking any chances.
Despite the all that, her eyes somehow pierced through my destruction and left me in a slightly dazed state.
That fucking bastard!
After my vision came back and my eyes refocused, I saw her try and strike me once more with her scythe.
I didn't bother blocking as I knew that her weapon would be destroyed.
But seriously what the fuck? I haven't felt REAL pain in a while. I felt a scar on my face that quickly began to heal.
Yeah, fuck her.
I created a javelin with a small amount of mana so as to not destroy her completely and proceeded to throw it at her.
It broke her aura then pierced her chest and I saw her scream in absolute agony.
That's what she fucking gets.
God... Why the fuck are protagonist powers so strong?
I felt the scar on my face finish regenerating and I approached her corpse.
With as much carefulness as I could muster, I plucked out her eyes from her sockets.
I then placed them in my inventory so that they could be dealt with later.
My arrogance is really growing, isn't it. It seems like I underestimated plot armour and deus ex machina, but thankfully I overcame both in the end..
Anywho, now that they have been dealt with, it is time to kill all those trying to evacuate.
This is gonna be a big fight... I tried tried to increase my size and I suceeded.
I looked down at my body and I saw that I was pretty much a colossal lizard. Oh shit, I'm godzilla aren't I?
Alright, whatever, I have work to do.
Qrow POV
I've got a bad feeling.. And my gut is usually correct.
I think it's worth checking up on Ruby and Weiss.
"James, I'm gonna follow them into the academy, I've got a bad feeling."
"Very well then Qrow... be careful."
I started running towards the academy gates, but before I got there, a Kaiju Grimm forced the gates open. It let out a huge roar and sprayed out some sort of purple gas.
Fuck me and my luck, what the fuck is a Kaiju doing this far out from sea anyway?
First that wyvern and now this?
Oh shit... wait.. Ruby and Weiss would have encountered this thing.
Yang also could have encountered it.
My eyes widened in realisation.
OH SHIT.
Calm yourself Qrow... they could have avoided it.. yeah, It's a big slow ass Grimm, and they'd know better than to fight a Kaiju on their own.
I observed the Grimm once more looking for any weak points and then noticed that.. it wasn't a Grimm at all.
No mask.. it's skin is a glowing purple...
Now's not the time Qrow, you gotta protect all the people evacuating.
Cain POV
Perhaps I should have been a bit more careful approaching this fight.
I'm up against a fleet of the Atlesian military and multiple veteran huntsmen.
My mana regen has been doing work for me, but defeating all of these people will be hard and draining.
First thing to do is attack the ships carrying people and the ships that will attack me.
I made sure to spot all the ships and launched numerous balls of destruction from my mouth.
Most of them hit and completely decimated the ships, the ships started falling on people and crushed them.
I launched more balls that hit the rest of the ships, they fell down and crushed even more people, a few even exploded.
I heard them scream and cry in terror. Whatever, it was either die to me or Salem anyway.
The top target right now is James Ironwood, he's the head of Atlas academy and a general in the Atlesian military. In reality, he's basically the dictator of Atlas, and without him, they're pretty fucked.
It's really god damn hard searching when I'm this huge.
The ships have been dealt with anyway, I can shrink down and deal with the rest.
But not before dealing with all the worthless civilians and unimportant students, a few had already died simply because of the pressure I gave off.
I began to charge up a huge ball, and put huge amounts of mana into it.
People realised what was going to happen and they began running in all directions.
I threw the ball down to the ground and a huge explosion followed suit.
Jesus Christ... that's a big crater.
Alright..
I shrunk down into a slightly more human shape.
I felt someone glaring at me and then Qrow Branwen tried to attack me. He ran towards me, jumped and tried to slash me in the face with his scythe.
I stopped his scythe with my hand and decided to annoy him.
"You know, I killed Ruby and Yang, I even made the effort to collect Ruby's eyes." I mockingly said to him.
"No...YOU BASTARD!" he shouted at me.
I noticed that something was falling from behind me.
The doors to Beacon Academy?
Qrow's semblance at work I guess. I ran forward to avoid the falling doors.
I heard the titanic doors crash from behind me yet paid no attention, after all, there was something more important to deal with.
I saw multiple people trying to attack me, students from other academies, Atlesian personnel, teachers, Qrow, Ironwood and more.
Good, they're all gathered up in one place.
I felt a huge barrage of attacks land on me, my mana reserves are dwindling from destroying all these attacks.
The best course of action is to make a huge explosion and kill everyone. It's not as if I'll get harmed, after all my class makes naturally extremely resistant to hakai.
I need to make a decision soon, I've got hundreds of attacks landing on me every second I waste.
Okay then.
I felt my mana coursing through my veins and into the core of my body. My chest felt as if it were burning.
After almost all of my mana was inside of my chest, I let it out in one huge burst.
BOOM
A huge purple explosion ensued, hundreds of soldiers, robots, and hunters were swallowed up in the blast.
I saw blood, guts, and wiring flying around me. I heard screams and smelt fresh blood.
I should probably savour the moment whilst I can, it's not every day I get to do something like this.
Man, I'm almost completely drained of mana. I'm exhausted, I tried taking a deep breath but only ended up coughing blood.
Holy shit.. that took more out of me then I thought it would.
"Ugh..."
I groaned and felt my regeneration kick in and heal my insides. That's better now.
I stood up and looked around to see the chaos I had caused. I saw bodies slowly eroding away into nothingness. After a minute or two, it was eerily silent there were no humans and even the Grimm seemed to be avoiding the area.
There were barely any bodies left from my slaughter. I was the last man standing.
"Fuck... I guess it's over now..."
I believe it is time for my exp isn't it now?
[Indeed it is]
[World objective complete! - kill Ozpin
200,000 exp, +30 luck, False God's robes, Legendary Gacha Token]
[Quest Completed!
The Fall of Beacon
You destroyed a huge amount of Beacon and killed hundreds of people including but not limited to:
Team RWBY
Team JNPR
Team CEM
Roman Torchwick
Neo Politan
Adam Taurus
Ozpin
James Ironwood
Qrow Branwen
Reward: 1,100,000 exp, Mythical Gacha Token, Relic of Choice, +75 luck
Bonus Reward: Epic Gacha Token]
Holy shit, my luck's finally increased now as well.
Abel, show my status.
[Cain
Destroyer
Title - Gamer
No effect
Level - 87
Class Level - 87/100
Exp - 1000/44000
STR - 358
VIT - 358
DEX - 368
INT - 716
WIS - 716
CHA - 82 (-30%)
LCK - 33
Mana - 143200/143200
Stat points – 110]
[Perk received for achieving 250 STR
Hero's might
You have the strength comparable to legendary heroes of old.
You can lift the heaviest of objects and your punches will leave shockwaves]
[Perk received for achieving 250 VIT
Poison Proof
Nearly all poisons are rendered ineffective against you, only the strongest magical poisons can harm you]
[Skill received for achieving 250 DEX
Bullet Time
Once per day, you can multiply your speed of thought by 100x for 3 seconds (300 seconds within bullet time)]
[Perk received for achieving 500 INT
Sentient Magic
Your magic has a degree of sentience and can automatically protect you and home in on enemies]
[Perk received for achieving 500 WIS
Magic Sight
Your eyes can see the magic contained within items and the magic strength of beings.]
Nice.. Homing destroyer missiles sounds awesome, the same goes for bullet time.
Since my luck is finally above negative.. Sentinel, put all my stat points into luck.
[Perk received for achieving 100 LCK
Lucky Gacha
Your Gacha token have a significantly better chance to give good items.]
Well then, let's open my Gachas.
Open them in order of their rarity from best to worst.
[Mythical Gacha Token opened!
Lesser Divine Item - Fierce Deity's Mask
When worn, transforms the user into the fierce deity.
10x Stats
Fierce Deity's Armour
Fierce Deity's Sword
A mask containing the soul of a fierce deity, although it's power has been dulled over the eons due to it not being used.
If worn for too long at a time, you will lose yourself and eventually your body shall be taken over by the fierce deity residing within the mask.]
[Legendary Gacha Token opened!
Epic Item - Adam's Knuckleduster
Triples STR when equipped.
Incredibly durable
A great weapon provided by the valkyrie Reginleif for the first human, Adam, during his battle against Zeus.]
[Epic Gacha Token opened!
Uncommon Item - Book of Norse myths
A book detailing many Norse myths]
HOLLYYYYYY SHIT.
THE FIERCE DEITY'S MASK?
All I can say is wow..
The knuckledusters are nice but I'm not gonna wear them all the time, and I'm not really a close quarters fighter.
Also, what's with the mask being lesser divine?
[It has the lesser divine rarity as the divine rarity has a huge scope. Hakai is a higher divine skill and the Fierce Deity's Mask is a lesser item in the divine category.]
Okay. Nice.
That's very cool.
As for the book? I'd be angry but I've already gotten a crazy item so I'm not gonna complain.
[It's useful to you, I recommend reading it. -( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)- ]
Alright, I'll trust you on this one.
I'll make sure to read it later.
Let's see the robes then.
[Item
False God's Robes
2x Magic Damage
High defence against magic attacks
The robes that once belonged to a man masquerading as a god]
Well, let's wear them shall we.
The difference between me and Ozma is that I'll become a real god.
And eventually I'll become THE god.
[Oh yeah, you also unlocked several abilities, would you like to view them?]
Nah, I'll check them later, I wanna get out of this warzone first.
I should probably go kill Salem, although she's gonna be tougher than Ozpin.
I tried to polish this chapter more.
If you enjoyed, review.
I might do a Q/A next chapter, so if you've got any questions, feel free to pm me or ask in reviews.
Cain's stats:
Cain Obsidian
Destroyer
Title - Gamer
No effect
Level - 87
Class Level - 87/100
Exp - 12000/44000
STR - 358
VIT - 358
DEX - 368
INT - 716
WIS - 716
CHA - 82 (-30%)
LCK - 143
Mana - 143200/143200
This is here to give a decent idea of Cain's strength using DxD terms.
Ozpin was in the lower areas of a high class devil.
Salem is in the higher tiers of a high class devil.
Cain is in the lower area of an ultimate class devil, using the fierce deity's mask, he steps into low-satan territory, and using destroyer's descent he steps into high Satan territory.