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Chapter Cover: Ruby and Yang seating together as they posed for a picture.
Chapter Forty-Six
The Lumen
Winter Schnee came to a stop and turned her gaze toward the distance behind her. The young woman had a light frown upon her features as she sensed the numerous Aura that had just entered inside the White Dimension. The woman stood there as she stared at the direction she could feel where the Auras were.
They managed to get past Mercury? She thought.
"Something the matter Winter?" Lord Ezekiel asked.
The young woman turned her attention toward the man that was walking in front of her.
"I sense numerous Auras entering the Dimension," she said, "It must be that group that Schneider was leading since I didn't sense his Aura."
"Schneider did?" Lord Ezekiel spoke out, a light hum in his voice, "But it's not like it will matter either way, the ones protecting this Place isn't going to let Intruders interfere with what is going on."
Winter glanced at him.
"I see," she said, "But one of the girls revealed some things to me…something I'm sure that you'll be interested in learning."
Lord Ezekiel glanced at her but didn't say anything.
Yang was staring at the numerous floating islands that were in the sky above them. It was a full blue sky as well but there was no sign of any clouds nor was they a sign of a sun. It seems that it was just a full empty sky…except for the numerous floating islands above them.
"I don't know what I expected when I heard of the White Dimension," Noir said, glancing around himself, "But this sure take the cake."
"It is quite something," Sebastian spoke out staring out in surprise.
Yael was silent as she was staring, but the woman had this frown upon her features.
"The Aura in this place feel…different," she said, "It feels similar to the Light of Remnant protective spell."
"You're right," Sebastian answered, "It does feels like this…maybe it was created using the same type of magic…"
"That's all great and all but how exactly are we going to be able to find Weiss in this entire place?" Yang asked drawing everyone's attention toward her, "We just saw that Winter girl entered inside but she is nowhere to be found here…"
Noir had a light frown upon his face.
"It was Doorway we just stepped through," he said, "It might function on the same as the ordinary ones Huntsman and Huntresses uses all the time. Since it wasn't us who casted it, we won't know the specific location that the Doorway had opened to."
He turned toward the group.
"So it simply dumped us in the same general area but not in the specific location that we needed to go."
"That would mean Weiss have to be close by right?" Ruby said.
Noir had a light frown.
"That isn't necessarily the case," he said, "We have no idea on how big the White Dimension is. As you remember, I was able to create a Dimension during your training and it was larger than the city of Vale, and I did that with the equipment I had. The White Clan have people even more powerful than me and considering how different the Aura who created this place is…it could be five times larger than what I created."
"I doubt it's that big," Yael said.
Noir glanced at her.
"Why is that?"
"This is an Execution Ground," Yael told him, "It's not an area that is made for training. While you may have been right that the Doorway simply dumped us in the general area, I don't think we'll be too far away from where they are going to be doing the Execution."
"But how are we going to be able to find Weiss?" Ruby asked her.
"Tell me, how do Huntress find the Grimm when they have appeared in this world?" Yael asked.
Yang instantly got it.
"By sensing them," she said, "We'll sense Weiss Aura and that way, we'll be able to tell where she is."
Yael smiled and nodded.
"Go ahead," she said.
Yang did so and started to sense the area around her searching for Weiss's Aura. As she was doing that, she became aware of the difference of this place compared to the world from outside. When she is outside, the Aura felt normal and without any restriction if she was going to talk of it like that but in here…the Aura felt like it was stretched out…
"It's harder to sense things in this place," Yang said, "It feels like I'm stretched thin."
"It's the same for me too," Ruby said.
Yael let out a soft sigh.
"Let me gave it a try," she said.
Yang turned her gaze toward her as she approached forward. The woman raised a hand a red glow appeared around it. It was like watching flames growing out of the young woman's hand as she frowned to herself.
"I…I can see why you said it's like you're stretched thin," she said, "The Aura in the air it's less than I expected it to be. It's like something else is drawing on the Aura…almost like it's absorbing it."
Yang had a frown.
"is something like that even possible?" she asked.
Yael frowned.
"I can't say…," she said, "There…I found what is causing the drain of the Aura in the air."
"I thought you were looking for Weiss?" Sebastian said.
"I have a feeling that whatever is causing the Aura drain of the air," Yael said, "It's where Ezekiel is heading. From all I can sense, it's the only place in this Dimension that has a concentrated Aura."
She pointed forward.
"It's coming from that direction," she said.
"Then let's go," Yang said.
She was the first one who ran forward followed by Ruby and Noir and Yael along with Sebastian bringing up the rear. Yael still had that small frown upon her face. She couldn't understand why that place had something that was draining the Aura from the air.
If it's the weapon used for the Execution, she thought, I don't think I have ever heard of a Weapon that can drain Aura from the air around it. Whatever it is, I am starting to feel worried.
Meanwhile
Light Schneider had Mercury stuck within his Dust as the man was pulled through the air and then as he was doing so, Mercury raised his Aura and then his power surged forward, breaking through the Bind that were holding him. The man landed down upon the ground in a crouch away from where Schneider stood as he frowned.
"Well," Mercury said, "You're certainly jumpy."
Schneider stared at him.
"Tell me Mercury," he said, "Why haven't you said anything to the White Lord? After everything I have told you, why did you kept silent about it?"
Mercury smirked.
"Do you really think he would have listened to anything I had to say?" he asked, "That man is not the same man he was before. It would have been pointless to try to change his mind when he was already preparing for everything."
Schneider frowned at him.
"So you would rather live with that guilt on you back rather than tell him about it?" he said, "You'd rather let the White Lord kill his own innocent daughter?"
Mercury stared at him for a few moments.
"I don't think it would have changed anything," he said, "So I simply decided to keep my mouth shut, and because I did that, I still have the White Lord's trust in me…unlike you traitor."
His sword was placed in guard as he stared at him.
"So tell me Schneider," he said, "How would you like to die?"
Schneider placed a hand upon the hilt of his sword, his eyes narrowing at the man across him.
"I never liked you very much," he said, "But I respected you and your decisions as a fellow Huntsman…but now, I see just what type of man you are Mercury Black and if this is the type of man that I will have to become to be trusted."
His sword started to glow as the man's Aura surged through his body.
"Then I'd happily stay a traitor."
Mercury smirked at him and then duo launched straight at each other. Mercury launched his attack straight at him and Schneider blocked it with his own sword. Then Mercury's sword seemingly phases through his own weapon and then the attack came from the side but it was also blocked this time, by the shaft of sword.
"Oh?" Mercury said, "You managed to see through it?"
"We've worked together for many years Mercury," Schneider said, "Don't you think I would have been able to read your Ghost Blade attack?"
Mercury smirked as he jumped backward from him.
"You're quite a scary one Schneider," he said.
Schneider's sword started to crackle with lightning as the young man narrowed his eyes at him and then launched a sword swipe straight toward where Mercury was. The lightning from the blade launched straight at Mercury as the young man was completely covered with the attack that caused cracks to appear all over the ground as the arc of lightning danced everywhere.
Schneider narrowed his eyes as the attack danced around and then when Mercury reappeared he had a few marks upon his armor and then he launched straight after the man. Mercury turned toward him and Schneider simply launched his sword attack at the man again slicing through his armor as blood flew from the wound that appeared.
Mercury jumped backward and landed down upon the ground. Schneider stared down at his form as he raised his sword into the air causing the black clouds to gather above and there was even the sound of thunders growling within them.
"Heaven's Fury," he said, aiming his sword straight toward Mercury.
The lightning strikes launched down from the sky aiming down toward the young man that was on the ground and it caused a large explosion as piece of the ground flew everywhere and the wind caused his robes to dance. Schneider stared at the area as he stood there.
Suddenly Noir came to a stop sliding upon the ground beneath him. The young man had heard something that sounded unlike anything he had ever heard before so he had decided to come to a stop turning his attention toward where he had heard it.
"Noir…is something wrong?" Ruby asked, turning to glance at him.
"I heard something," Noir said, "But it was unlike anything I have heard before."
Yael stared at him.
"Then what did it sound like?"
Noir couldn't answer her. Even he didn't know exactly what he had heard. He had thought that it was a monster, but never before he had heard something sound quite like it before. It wasn't Grimm either for he would have sensed the presence of a Grimm even before it makes an appearance.
If it's not a Grimm, or a monster I am familiar with, he thought, Then what could it have been?
"Um…guys," Yang said, "I don't want to alarm you…but just what the hell is that?"
The blonde girl was pointing up toward the sky above them where the floating Islands were. There was a shape that was approaching toward where the group was. It was small but as it was approaching, the shape was becoming larger and larger causing Noir to widen his eyes at the mere size of it.
"What…What the hell…?" he said.
The large monster was easily bigger than anything that the young man had ever seen before. They were large wings from beside the creature and it was completely covered in feathers which were brighter than any newly fallen snow. The jaw of the creature was filled with teeth as the front paws were also filled with claws.
Then it let out a powerful roar causing the air around the group to tremble at the mere power behind it.
"No…it can't be…," Yael said staring at the large creature that was coming down at them, "It can't be…one of them…"
The creature landed down on the ground in front of them as Yang and Ruby had their weapons out in a flash. The new arrival let out a roar again causing the air to shake around the group.
"No…," Sebastian said shocked.
The creature's eyes which were a bright green turned down toward them and launched a clawed paw at them, one that was filled with claws and was glowing with power. It crashed down upon the ground in front of them causing it to explode outward as the group was send flying backward from the sudden attack that had launched at them. Noir had flown backward and landed down on the ground in a crouched position, his black eyes staring up toward the large creature in front of them.
That attack…Did that thing just use Aura? He thought.
Ruby let out a soft groan as she pulled herself upon her feet. She hadn't expected that to happen when that monster had appeared, but it somehow had managed to attack them using that strange glowing attack around it's claws.
"Ruby, are you okay?"
The girl turned her attention toward Sebastian. The man was also on the ground in front of her as he was standing up. He had a few bruises upon his form but other than that, he was okay.
"I'm fine," she said, "Just what was that attack just now?"
"It was Aura," Sebastian told her as he stared at where the newly arrived creature stood.
Ruby gave him a stare completely shocked.
"A…Aura?" she repeated, "But…how can it use Aura?"
Sebastian had a serious look upon his face as he stared at the creature which had once again risen into the air above them. The large wings upon it's back were pushing against the air around it as it rose into the air.
"I never expected to see one of them," Sebastian told her, "They have disappeared from existence since before the birth of the Clans. For one of them to be here…"
Ruby turned her gaze toward the flying creature above them.
"Just what type of creature is it?" Yang asked, "For it to be able to use Aura like this?"
"It is known as a Lumen," Yael told her as she stared up at the flying creature, "From what I have learned from my stay at the Order, The Lumens are the Watcher of this World. When the White Goddess was last seen in the Dark Ages, the Lumens fought with mankind against the Grimm but when the Huntsman took over the war, they simply disappeared, but for one of them to be here…"
But the texts said that Lumens protect Area that has something of the White Goddess's power. Something that directly connect to Her…
Yael's eyes widened lightly.
No way...could it be…that whatever was causing the Aura in the air to be stretched thin…
"It's going to attack again," Yang yelled.
Yael stared up toward the creature as it was opening it's jaws and light was starting to gather there. The amount of Aura that the Lumen had was impressive and Yael stared at the creature that was in the air in front of them, her eyes narrowing lightly.
Flames grew around her body causing Yang to glance at her. The yellow haired girl's eyes widened noticing the strange markings that had appeared upon Yael's clothing as she moved forward and the power that she had was quite something as well.
The Lumen launched an attack down straight toward the ground and Yael with both of her palm, launched a blast forward.
The two attacks met midway causing a large boom of power as the two clashed violently against each other. Yael was yelling as she pushed the attack back with her own but she was still amazed at how heavy it felt against her own attack. Never before she had felt a power as strong as this one before and it was causing the air around them to shake as well as the small islands that were floating in the air above them were also shaking…
Damn…it's so powerful…can I even do anything against it?
Suddenly lines of light surged straight toward the Lumen as they spun around the creature's form, completely tying up it's body. The blast that it had launched toward Yael had disappeared and Yael's own attack just suddenly burst forward and it hit the Lumen straight forward causing a large explosion to completely fill the empty sky above them as the wind blew through the area they were in.
Yael fell down upon her knee as she huffed lightly and Yang was at her side in an instant.
"Are you okay?" she asked.
"It was more powerful than I thought," Yael said, "I might have used all my power just to be able to held it backward and I was barely able to."
"it's a Lumen," Sebastian said as he walked toward her, "What did you expect?"
Ruby was there as well and the young girl had her Scythe in hand as she stared up toward the sky above them, her silver eyes narrowing lightly at them.
"I don't think I have ever seen someone used Aura like this before," Yang said giving her a glance.
Yael clothes which had the symbols when she was using her Aura had the same symbols fading as her power lowered itself down. The young woman smiled lightly.
"That's because no one in this day and age do it anymore," she said.
"Um…Guys," Ruby said, "That thing…is still alive."
The group looked up toward the sky and noticed the smoke from the attack that Yael had launched had dissipated and that the Lumen was once again flying through the sky. Yang let out a soft gasp at seeing it still alive even after what had just happen.
"Impossible…," Yang said shocked, "Just how powerful is that thing?"
"There isn't even a scratch upon him?" Ruby said.
Sebastian narrowed his eyes as Yael stared up at the Lumen above them.
I guess…their power…is just as it was said in those texts, Yael thought, He took the full brunt of my power and yet he is still there...completely unscathed.
The Lumen's glowing eyes turned down toward them as it let out another powerful roar.
An imposing enemy block their way...
Next Time: The White Star
Jacques0 out.
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