The Awakening

Miles away from the DWMA an even bigger problem was brewing. Vigrid may have been ruining the DWMA at this very moment, but the rest of the world was in an even bigger sinkhole. Aside from Vigrid there were still two other huge forces still moving throughout the world.

Ordinarily most people would've thought that Marburg would've taken more time out. More time to wait and heal his already greatly diminished powers. It was a sad fact for Marburg, but he needed to increase his power and rather than wait for it increase normally, he had a better option. A quicker road to recovery and that was ultimately his goal. To recover his massive energy, he had other plans. It was just simply a matter of absorbing the energy off of regular humans.

However, while Marburg put that as high priority. He still had higher ones. He already had a reunion with two out of his three brothers. A vicious fight with Lord Death's students and a friendly hello to Vigrid. This meant that one of his brothers was still out there. It would take awhile for him to completely heal, so he figured it would be a good idea to say hello first.

It was hard to track this one down though. He was well-hidden, unlike Vigrid who just reeked of Madness and Lord Death who chased him down. This was different. He was hiding. And he was good at it. Marburg and Vigrid would have to show their hand eventually. Lord Death would definitely reveal his position at one point, he built a school in his own spitting image, he insisted on playing 'the hero'. He was a show-off like Marburg and Vigrid both were. This man wasn't as flashy.

He didn't crave the spot light. He didn't care for being famous world-wide. He lacked the morals the others claimed to have. His goal wasn't to cure the planet from the scourge of humans or witches, his interest in both of them have withered over the years. Originally, he had an outlook like Vigrid, just plain disinterest, but over the years Marburg noticed the changes. He gave up. He knew there was evil in the world and in both witches and humans. He decided it wasn't worth the trouble to get involved finishing off one meant the other would obtain free reign. He gave up and went into seclusion. Surely hearing Marburg getting locked away, probably made him redouble his effort to disappear.

It was sheer luck that Marburg caught wind of it. He knew he had a limited window, so he made the effort to come out and meet him. He was coming out to say hello. He wasn't going to talk him into joining him and Vigrid, he wasn't about to join a 'fool-hardy' mission like this. Just let things play out, he'd join if he wanted to no sense in trying to talk him into it.

Marburg was searching through some mountains as it currently stood. He looked up at each and every peaks hoping that another piece of wavelength would leak out. However, Marburg was beginning to doubt that was going to happen. He'd just keep looking around, he was hoping he'd stumble upon him. They had been friends…brothers for several millennia. Marburg knew his favorite places to hide out. He was on the right track. He'd find him eventually.

Suddenly Marburg felt it. The slimy Madness Wavelength creep over him. Marburg instantly noticed that it wasn't an accidental leak, no, it was completely intentional. It was a friendly familiar hello to him. It wasn't that he was trying to scare him off; it was that he sensed Marburg first and was extending a friendly hand to his old brother.

This was different from anyone else's Madness Wavelength. Vigrid's overwhelming Madness Wavelength or Marburg's Wavelength that created a skin-crawling sensation. This was something else. It wasn't like an ordinary one that made somebody feel scared or worried, it was like being drenched in oil with something waiting above you, watching your every move.

Marburg could practically see the imaginary visage before him. The demonic fangs agape in front of him…one hand firmly gripping a knife and the other holding a frying pan. The monster's stomach loudly grumbling in his eardrum. He felt the strong shivers in his body as he tried to steady himself. Marburg may have had the highest magical power and Vigrid had the greatest physical strength, but…in the presence of HIS Madness Wavelength Marburg truly felt small. He felt like his already diminished powers had shrunk even further.

He shook off his uneasiness and moved forward. He wasn't fond of this moment. The moment of highest anticipation. He remembered the old days. Vigrid was always the strongest, but now as he stood in front of this guy after all these millennia's past. He was beginning to doubt whether or not that was true. This was definitely too strong of a soul for any witches or Kishins. This man had changed for the worst...

(-With Vigrid-)

Vigrid strode forward through the mew of weapons that were coming at him. He had absolutely no care for the incoming attacks, why would he care if some pesky flies tried to attack him. Those weapons that were being flung at him barely bothered him, he just kept walking forward. He had his head held high, none of these kids could even bother him. He raised his hand and charged another powerful Madness Wavelength. He slammed it forward at the poor students; the large red mass of energy came at them.

Once more they were forced to scramble away. Vigrid swept his sword through the air as he readied another shot. He flew forward at the group with a renewed desire to defeat them. He was already growing more annoyed at them, he wanted to take them down and prove his power once more. He felt ashamed that he had to take down a couple of poor kids, but in the end he knew that his goal was more important than the ends. They would just grow up to be the dictators, warriors, or murderers of their time just like the rest of their species.

Vigrid sighed. He had grown bored, he separated his two hands and charged up a different blast in each hand. He looked on at the poor students in front of him, he quickly fired off both blast at one of the groups. The only people in the group were Michael and Ash, but regardless the sight of them scrambling away was chilling as the ball flew towards them with incredible speed. Even after Michael landed he still wasn't out of the woods. Vigrid had used two of them and the other was currently flying towards him.

Michael's legs were currently outstretched from his last jump, he tried to propel himself forward once more, but he couldn't do it quick enough. His jump wasn't far enough, he leapt forward once more trying to get away, but he couldn't. The blast was too fast, too powerful and too close for him to avoid it in time. It came crashing forth for him. Michael had leapt out of the way, it hit him, barely, but with the force and power behind the Madness Wavelength it still took away whatever it hit and it hit his leg. It took off everything below his knee on one leg. Michael was sent sprawling to the floor.

Michael looked down at his newly decimated left leg and felt a cold shudder run through him. It was gone. He didn't know how to react. He didn't feel it get ripped off and he was thankful for that, but it was gone. It was completely blown away, incinerated by a vicious blast. He scrambled back for a second as he tried to ready his bow for a shot, but he couldn't. His hands were shaking. He couldn't focus…his hand was shaking. Even the simple act of grabbing his bowstring was difficult. His hand would reach and try to tighten around it, but he just couldn't. If he could still sweat, he would be sweating buckets.

Even without his human senses alerting him to the pain he should be in, he still felt it. There was a strong mental surge in his brain reminding him about all the previous injuries he had ever occurred. Just his memories were starting to burn his leg. Without his leg he was a sitting duck, he couldn't avoid any of Vigrid's next shots.

Vigrid obviously realized this. He wasn't some newbie to fighting, he knew when he found a weakness to take advantage of it without stopping. He would just keep pressing the weakness until he won and too bad for Michael, but he was the weakness. Vigrid charged. His heavy muscles forming a bullet-like casing as he flew forward for the poor archer. Michael admitted it, he would rather be anybody else than himself right now. Watching the monster charge forward for you and you are helpless to stop it. One leg destroyed, his hands shaking and useless, he was out of luck.

Ash stepped in at the last moment, swinging wildly sending a punch with his sharp blade on the top careening for Vigrid's face. Vigrid's eyes went wide as he saw it coming at him, he was still moving forward, his own monstrous momentum was about to be the end of him. He was in a way blinded by his own victory, he didn't have an option. He was moving forward at an incredible pace, he couldn't just stop on a dime. He was moving forward straight for Ash's own punch. If he kept going he would meet with a heavy handed punch with all of his own strength thrown back at him.

Vigrid struck out with his own sword and used it as a pivot to send him, twisting in a different direction. He felt Ash's sharp metal gauntlet nick his leg, but nothing more than that. Vigrid steadied himself once he got away from them and looked at the groups around him. He didn't want to say they outmaneuvered him; more like just simply outnumbered him. Since he focused on Michael, they had moved into good places to surround him after he dodged Ash's punch. Saul had taken up the rear with Semper back there as well, Ash was almost on his left, and both Melody and Mischa to his right, with Mischa closer to his front than Melody was.

Vigrid chuckled at the premise of him being surrounded. It didn't matter how they arranged themselves, it was still a bunch of cockroaches trying to take down a lion. He stood in front of them all and looked around himself. Cockroaches as far as the eye could see. He brandished his sword once more as he prepared to finish them all off.

Vigrid charged forward, his own speed supplying him the additional momentum. He quickly got in front of Saul, arguably the physically strongest and at the current time the weakest of the group. He would finish him off than move onto the rest. A heavy swing from Vigrid's blade came crashing for Saul's neck. Saul dodged back, his million fights worth of experience came flooding into him at that moment. He swayed backwards, causing the heavy blade to cut into the air in front of him. Saul stepped in once more, ducking beneath the heavy blade as it swished by.

Saul sprung up using his legs as if they were springs to bounce up with a renewed force behind his punch. He landed a heavy punch to Vigrid's liver. His power transferred into Vigrid's sore body, forcing him into a slight curve. Another swing from Saul forced Vigrid back as he tried to recover from the reeling liver blow.

Vigrid stepped back and immediately both Semper's and Mischa's weapon wrapped themselves around Vigrid's legs, holding him still. Melody's yo-yo quickly lashed out, wrapping Shi around Vigrid's wrists holding both of his arms steady and in the same position. The restrictions on his legs prevented Vigrid from putting any sort of motion into his waist or he would fall over, without his waist behind his swings his power was sufficiently cut in half.

Ash charged in to take advantage of the tied-up Vigrid. He got as close as he could to the monster. He squatted down, similar to what Saul just did. Ash rose up, sending a powerful upwards stab with his gauntlet. Vigrid fired a quick Madness Wavelength blast propelling him in one direction to avoid the incoming attack. Doing so he also dragged Mischa, Semper, and Melody all into the ground.

This loosened their grips and Vigrid swung his sword breaking free of Melody's yo-yo and then he used his sword to break free from the remaining bonds on his legs. Vigrid smiled as he was now free from the weapon's hold and able to destroy the remaining kids. Vigrid lifted his sword up and was about to bring it back down, when he felt something extremely solid and fast slam into his side forcing him back and through the air.

Wanted to touch base on the fourth horseman before this arc ended. The Four Horsemen storyline will be taking a break during the next arc to let the kids recoup and recover by fighting someone of lesser repute. Nonetheless I promise exciting twists and turns and one exciting piece of character development that no one has seen coming!