Disclaimer: Does this really need to be put on every chapter? You get the idea.
"Speech"
'Thoughts'
"Crimson Lord Speaking"
'Crimson Lord Thoughts'
Chapter 2 - A new day must come to an end
It was midday by the time the man appeared in Misaki city. stopping on top of a random building, overlooking the streets below.
"You know what? This doesn't look like a bad place. Good, breathable air, little noise pollution. Know what I'm saying?"
"I do. I can definitely see why many stay here, but the presence of so many Denizens is actually disturbing"
"Yeah, just like a Maelstrom of Warfare, eh?"
"Indeed. The amount of Existence in this place would also confirm that"
"Well, enough speculation. Lets find a local news source to 'get with the times' as the kids would say"
As the man was about to jump off the building to find the aforementioned 'news source', both him and the voice felt a presence behind them and set up a Fūzetsu while dodging out the way of a ribbon, which caused a small crack to appear.
The man laughed a bit before turn to the one who attacked him "Well I'll be, I didn't know i was getting a welcoming committee" he smiled a murderous grin "So what did I do to get you to show up, beautiful?"
The woman in question had pink hair with a white mask over her face and wore a simple looking, purple and white French maid outfit. The woman glared at the man while getting into a battle stance "your crimes against countless Flame Hazes can answer that, de arimasu". With this, she charged the man shooting multiple ribbons to try and restrict him, yet he simply jumped to the side
He sighed sorrowfully while scratching the back of his head as he kept dodging "Again with this shit? Seriously? I thought you guys were over this. I mean, I didn't kill too many of ya, did I?". He kept up the game for a bit longer before he ripped the ribbons to shreds with the swords that had just appeared in his hands. He then charged at the woman with vicious slashes and a few feints.
They broke away, after a while, to catch their breaths, "Why are you here, de arimasu"
"Your reason" a deep, feminine voice requested
the man chuckled lightly "Surely you felt the existence that blossomed here a few days ago, right?"
"I was sure many beings felt that presence"
the woman's eyes opened wide as she realised what, or better yet who, these two were talking about. "The mystes" she whispered
"So you know what we're talking about then?" he grinned a little smile before jumping back to assault her.
He let his grin linger as the two of them were once again locked in a deadly dance, trying to get the better of the other until he backed away for a second, causing the woman to stumble after going for a lunge, only for the mans foot to be implanted into her face, sending her flying into the siding of the roof they were on.
"Come now Wilhelmina, I thought you were better than this" he gloated after the smoke cleared to see, the now known, Wilhelmina, with the mask disappearing and blood trickling down her forehead. She groaned as she looked through the haze that was her eyesight. He slowly walked up to her and slammed his foot into her stomach, sending her saliva flying. He did this three more times before backing off.
"Hmm, I expected better from your vassal, Tiamat, but I suppose a boot to the head can disorient even a Flame Haze"
"You would be correct" Tiamat admitted
"Come on, Buddy, we can ridicule them later. For now though..." he carried off before crouching down chopping Wilhelmina's neck, putting her to sleep, after which he got up and stared at the headband on he head "now where are you living currently, Tiamat, I'll drop your vassal off before being on our way"
Tiamat, knowing that the man would do as he said, told him the location of the house she accommodating, in which the man did not know where that was; so he got Tiamat to give directions. After repairing the roof area and taking down the Fūzetsu of course.
As soon as they landed in the lawn; he dropped her by the front door before saying goodbye to Tiamat and jumping away.
it was a ways into the night-time when the man started to speak "So, Where are we heading, Buddy?" he asked the air as he landed on a random house's roof, looking around.
"I can't seem to find the signature that we felt. it's possible that we can sense it at midnight"
The man took out a phone with a bored look before lighting up into a grin "Well, well, well. It looks like there's only 5 minutes to midnight, so we should be sensing it soon. If your theory is correct that is"
"Its the best I can come up with at this time, so I wish you wouldn't insult my intelligence so casually. After all, I don't see you coming up with any ideas"
the man put his hands up in defeat "Alright, alright I get it. Your proud of your intelligence, geez. it wasn't really much of an insult anyway, if anything, it's scepticism" he said, matter-of-factly
"That may be so, but don't take my words light-" the voice started before an alarm went of from somewhere around them "what was that?" the man was about to answer when that same feeling came back, but ten times stronger than before. "It's around here!" it exclaimed surprisingly, as if it didn't expect the existence to be right next to them.
"Where abouts" the man asked, a serious and focused expression on his face
"About twenty miles east of here"
The man grinned once more and chuckled as he leaped from building to building, heading east to see who this existence was.
And BOOM! a second chapter out, a big achievement for me as of late. And with a story out of nowhere no less.
Now keep in mind that I'm being vague as hell to build up, what I hope is, suspension and not annoyance. I mean, if I just came out with a full, in-depth description of my character, then it would completely remove one of the core aspects of this story. Besides, you'll get to know his name in the next chapter, and that's all I'm saying...
If you are wondering about an update schedule, then it's the same as all my other stories.
Anyways...
Have a great day (or whatever's left of it)