Ren fell to the ground in two separate pieces along with a laugh. Mai and Tao came running. "Mai! Take the whores! The branded is mine!" Tao yelled out as she rushed Ace. She pulled out her katana sword and jumped into the air. She swiped down but right as the blade was about to touch Ace's face, a burst of power erupted through the entire swamp. Tao's sword broke into shards and she was greeted by the entire bottom of a shoe to her jaw. She rose up to the air and looked down to see Ace surging with unholy power. She fell back to the ground and flipped backwards to gain distance from Ace. In an instant he was in front of her. He had both pieces of Ren's cut staff. He hit Tao in the face with the thorns on the staff and they stuck. He shoved a knife down through her right knee and she fell to one knee. He did the same thing with the other knee and when she was on her knees he delivered a kick with the entire bottom of his shoe straight to her face.
She was about to fly back but Ace grabbed her legs and pulled her over him and slammed her into the ground in an arc. He jumped up and landed on her spine and neck with all his weight. He planted one foot on her back and grabbed her head. Her screams of agony ringed through the swamp as he pulled and pulled, tearing the flesh. He tore her head from her body and then turned to Mai, who was paralyzed with fear. "Branded I'm sorry. Please spare me!" Mai begged as she dropped down and knelt on the ground. Ace slowly walked towards her and she visible flinched with each fall of his feet. He stood over her and spoke. "You shall never be forgiven." Mai looked up with tears and fear in her eyes. "Branded plea.. HMM." She was cut off by Ace grabbing her face. "I hope you burn." Ace spoke.
Mai's body began twitching then flames burst out of each hole she had. She jumped up and ran in circles as the inferno engulfed her from the inside. She screamed in agony as she ran. She fell to the ground in a mass of charred bone and ash. Ace didn't say another word but instead turned to the North and kept walking. Harley looked at Burberry, who was stunned by the sudden rise in power. They didn't say anything but instead followed Ace, at a safe distance of course. Ace kept walking, his feet making thuds as he continued his journey. He stopped suddenly, making Burberry grab the handle of her sword just in case. He then clasped both of his hands and raised them into the air.
To Harley and Burberry's surprise, war horse bones rose out of the dirt. The bones rose into the air and formed the shape of living horses, flesh them was made to finalize the construct. "Let's go. We should get close to Hildian in a week." Ace said. "Are you alright?" Burberry asked. "Yeah. Why wouldn't I be?" Ace asked. Burberry's eyes widened and she had an annoyed look on her face as she turned around and pointed both arms towards the corpses of the sisters. "That isn't thaaaat bad." Ace said with a smile on his face. He was getting the hand of this power and he knew more was coming his way. They climbed on top of the massive war horses. They all stood a little above seven feet tall and weighed around 3,390 something pounds. They were all shades of brown. They all climbed on and Ace looked at Harley. He stuck out his hand and high fived her and did the same to Burberry. "I'm going to name mine Hazel." Harley said.
The hooves of the war horses rung through the trees they passed by in a blur like thunder. It was a friendly race between the three friends.
*Days later*
"Aw come on. I'm not that lively." Burberry told Ace as they sat around the fire. She was talking about how she acted during the race and making a pun while doing so because she somewhat classified as a zombie. They had made a camp while they rest before they head back on their trip towards Hildian. Ace had tried to call the Kyuubi but it wasn't responding. "Ace I forgot to ask. I heard you had a bike. Where and what is it?" Burberry asked. "Ah the Kyuubi?" Ace asked. "Is that what it's called?" Burberry asked. "Yeah. It's my own custom Archangel, which there are I think around 9 left in the world. If that doesn't make it rare enough. It has the spirit of an actual Kyuubi inside." Ace said. "Bullshit." Harley said sitting forward, same as Burberry. "Swear to god. The skull on the front is the skull of the Kyuubi." Ace said. "How the fuck did you get a Kyuubi to live in a bike?! They're like one of the rarest species left in the world!" Burberry asked.
"It's actually nothing special. I went for a walk outside the city walls to the wilds." Ace started. "Lemme guess that was when you left randomly and I didn't see you for a week." Harley said. "Yeah. Anyway I just kinda walked out in to the woods for some fucking reason, I don't even know myself." Ace began to tell the story.