Yet again, they got reports of someone going around getting into fights. A silent force of destruction that moved so fast no one could keep up.
The group of warriors went to investigate once more.
A very pissed-off looking midget approached them. An aura like the grim reaper.
She said nothing.
Fallon decided to speak after a few seconds of silence.
"So, are you the one going around fighting everyone?"
There was no answer. The midget drew her sword.
Fallon got ready to fight back, but before she could react the opponent was already right next to her, about to attack.
She ducked under the slash. The swordsman continued for a few seconds before stopping.
Roy analysed.
"Another warrior, to nobody's surprise. Her ability seems to pull her in the direction of her aura. It looked like teleportation, but that'd be impossible, she's just moving too fast to follow."
"I see." She turned to the attacker "Normally I'd ask you to join us and give you a bunch of explanations, but you don't seem to be the type to listen. Would it be better if we just got to the fighting?"
There was still no response. She scanned her thoughts.
"Deathkilldestroybleedannhilatevaporiseerasered-"
"Ok, that's too scary, so let's stop." Fallon thought.
Once again, Musk was the first to charge forwards.
The swordsman easily dodged around him, slashing at his back. He flinched, but managed to spin around and kick. This was also dodged.
More slashes caused Musk to fall back, unable to injure her.
Corra stepped in next. The attacker swung. Corra countered it perfectly, causing her to take damage. A cut appeared.
Annoyed, she looked down at it. A second later she disappeared. Corra spun around, but was too late to counter the attack.
Gol tried to attack next. The hunter charged forwards. He released a blinding flash of light. The hunter continued charging, swinging wildly, with no concern for the blindness. He was unable to get out of his pose in time to dodge.
The rest of the group stared at their opponent, feeling despair. Their gaze turned. One stood defiant.
Lion stood in place, unmoving. He stared his opponent down with blank eyes.
The attacker was offset by this, hesitating with her attacks for a moment. The rest watched.
"You're right…" Musk said "We can't just back off after a couple of scratches like this! Don't fear her! We'll keep fighting to the end!"
The rest roared in response.
"They seem fired up." Fallon thought "It's probably for the best that I don't mention he passed out standing up from fear."
Musk charged forwards once more, being dodged again.
More slashes.
Corra stepped in to attack, when her opponent did the same thing as before. However, this time was different.
Her movements slowed down. She turned, seeing that Kara had finally woken up.
The slowing wasn't that effective yet, but she was at least slow enough to give Corra time to turn around and counter the attack.
The rest of the hunters went to surround her, but she used her manifestation to escape before they could reach.
Hitoiki began to play, strengthening the others. Gradually, they became able to keep up with her.
The opponent was finally defeated.
"I'm surprised I didn't have to do anything." Fallon thought as she walked over. She spoke "You should get the difference in power between us now. It'd be for the best if you just submitted."
The attacker didn't respond.
"I don't think you're going to answer, but what do you seek revenge on?"
She scanned her thoughts, finding the same wishes for destruction from before.
"I guess that means she wants revenge on everything." She thought, before switching back to speaking. "If you join us, you can destroy all you want, so long as it's what I also want destroyed."
She was silent, but seemed to accept.
By going through records later, they guessed that her name was Morgan Tanashi, though she never confirmed whether it was true or not.
The guild gained its final warrior.
It wasn't as though Fallon never noticed there were others out there, but the ones she picked up were the ones without any connections, living aimlessly. The ones who were going around with their own ambitions were left that way, to see how they would develop on their own.
Some were lost, some disappeared completely. But for all of those, there were some that went exactly according to her hopes.