Chapter 9: Facing the Giants

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A large man approached them from the blizzard "I have been looking and it is fortunate that I have found you Winter Knight." His deep voice boomed even from a distance. The man was huge, easily over 7 feet tall and his body looked like it was as solidly built, like an Atlasean tank, but on two legs. He looked like he could easily punch just as hard as the prototype Paladin that Atlas had just finished designing. Was it even correct to call him a man? Tank… giant… maybe hulk? These sounded far more accurate.

He wore a thick winter coat that had few shades of dark green, with equally as heavy black pants and boots to match. Weiss could see that it was high quality and definitely custom tailored. There was no doubt that it was dust insulated. However what he was wearing had to be Atlas winter gear, but it seemed to be have a quite a different flare to it, although it was still Altesean.

She was skeptical that this was just a coincidence, him showing up at the same time as them, but she could think of no other rational reason for the coincidence.

The Heiress also noticed that he carried no weapon to defend himself, which was suicidal for being out in the wasteland. It didn't matter how strong an individual was, they could be swarmed and eventually killed by grimm unless they had a semblance like Glace's, which seemed to be born to be out here. But without either of those, it was a doomed endeavor to stay out in the wastelands alone. She was with a team, and the risks were extreme for them.

"Really?! How many more people are going to show up today?" Glace practically yelled, "Is today: Meet with Glace day and I missed the memo?!"

"Maybe a couple more, we kind of called for a pickup from Weiss's older sister Winter, right after we found you." Luna chimed in with a smile.

Glace facepalmed hard, "Oh, for fucks sake. It is."

"Language," Ruby scolded. She gave him a steely eyed look, which was surprising, from adorable puppy to disappointed mother in an instant. He suddenly felt like he was being scolded. Why do I have this sudden feeling of guilt?

The giant, now realizing that the person he was looking for was not alone, started to apologize. "Pardon the interruption Winter Knight. I don't mean to stop you from escorting this group to safety."

"don't worry too much about it, one of them has a functioning scroll, they'll be gone shortly." Glace answered with almost a bored tone.

"You can come with Mr.—" Ruby started to offer. However Glace waved her off.

"Save it Grimm Bait…"

"Hey!"

"He came all this way to talk to me. Alone. He deserves for me to hear him out before we leave."

He could see it in her soul, she was pure. She didn't want to leave anyone behind. Unfortunately, this was not a scenario where they saved everyone. Glacé got a feeling about this man that was, off. Not malicious and manipulative like the scientist he met years ago, but the feeling was that this guy wasn't being honest and that he is dangerous.

"I am glad that they will be leaving this dangerous place. I apologize, as my presence seems to have irritated rather than surprised you."

Glace approached the giant and stopped halfway when the huntresses move to follow, he waved for them to stay back.

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The Winter Knight stood in front of the Giant. "Of course you're looking for me. Everyone who wanders out into these frozen wastelands ALWAYS IS. They need to see the Legend for themselves regardless of the dangers out here." He crosse his arms as he stopped ranting, "So, you going to introduce yourself or keep being ominous, I really don't like dealing with people who try to be secretive. I you can't even give me your name to start, then we are done here." He took a step back to prove his point.

"My benefactor sent me to find you, she was also hoping to find a lost friend of hers as well. She has heard that you had a female companion with you when you began your journey several years ago. She sent me in hopes that she would be traveling with you so we could bring both of you home." The Giant explains.

"Alright. That explains a lot, and nothing. I don't feel like I should answer that question or any other until you at least give me your name." Glace replied. They both stood there in silence for a few moments.

When the Giant saw that the Legend was waiting for him, he relented. "My name is Hazel, now if you wouldn't mind answering my question about my benefactor's friend."

"Thank you Hazel, your not dead now that I know your name. It's good to meet you Hazel." Glace answered sarcastically. "Unfortunately my friend whom you're looking for, she passed away past several years ago, but during the time I was with her, she told me about a few people I could trust if I were to stop wandering." The Legend responded, he gives the giant a curious look. He decided to take a chance with this man, "She said one of the trustworthy people I could receive help if I asked from would be a woman named Salem, and that if I met her, there isn't a chance that I would mistake her for anyone else… Did she send you, because she did then I think it might be better to go with you, over this group." He points back towards the four members of team WRPA behind him.

Hazel raised an eyebrow, he was caught off guard with the Legend's claim, but kept his composure almost perfectly, "It certainly, surprises me that you would know my benefactor's name, but yes, you are correct in the assumption that she sent me. I am willing to allow you to wait until they are evacuated before we leave."

"Thank you Haze. Let me break the news to them, and then we need to leave, don't worry about waiting, they have a ride coming."

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"What do you think they are talking about." Ruby asked.

"I haven't the faintest, but isn't it strange that he insisted that he talk the that man alone." Weiss answered

"He may want some privacy because this man is talking about a personal issue." Pyrrha added.

That exchanged a few more theories before the blonde remembered something important. "We probably should call Winter to let her know that we found our Ruby and she is ok." Luna as she hugs the youngest girl's head to her chest.

"I'm glad you like me Luna, but your breastplate is hard… and cold."

The tall blonde lets go of her. Weiss walks back to the BARC and connected her scroll to the booster.

The signal was full of static, but she was able to get a few words to her sister letting her know that they, well Ruby, were alright.

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As The Winter Knight and the Giant walked back to the huntresses, the Legend addressed them, "Hey, I know you found me first, but there are some, complications that have come up. I need to go with this guy for personal reasons."

"You can't go with him! Our Headmaster himself sent us on this mission to find you. We can't just give up and let you walk away!" Luna exclaimed in disbelief.

Glace turned back to say something but Hazel spoke first.

"My apologies, I was not meaning to interfere with a huntress's mission. Did you said that a headmaster sent you on this mission? This is a highly dangerous place and I can see that you are not wearing the required emblem for the Atlas Huntsman Academy. Who sent you?"

"That is a very astute observation Sir Hazel. That is because we are first-year Beacon huntresses, this mission was assigned to us by Headmaster Ozpin himself." Weiss answered proudly.

The man's entire attitude changed. Now, he only seemed mostly calm. his breath grew slightly labored and his hands began to shake, ever so slightly, "It's just like him, to gamble with the lives of others, sending students to do a job that is suicidal." He muttered to himself. However, Glacé was close enough to hear him, and it alarmed him.

"Are you alright sir? You look like you're in pain." Pyrrha asked,

Glace slowly stepped aside, keeping clear line of slight on the Giant and the girls. He slipped his flute into his backpack and slowly dropped his pack onto the snow as he watched the situation unfold.

"He has made another grave mistake and thrown your lives away." The giant growled, his statements did not make much sense to the Heiress.

"What? No! he is the Headmaster, he—" she didn't finish because the ground cracked under him as he leaped forwards towards them. The young huntresses were caught off-guard, and he covered the small distance faster than he should have.

The closest member of the group was Luna, the blonde girl had only managed to half-draw her falcata from her scabbard before he was right in front of her.

Ruby was the fastest; but when she tried to react by activating her semblance, the reaper stepped on a patch of ice, causing her to crash into her team leader.

Time seemed to slow as he towered over her with his right hand back, a moment from striking.

But before his fist connected with the girl, a pillar made completely of ice raised up from under him, launching him into the air. The platform launched him back several dozen feet and saved the huntress. Hazel recovered and landed on his feet. He looked over to where the Living Legend stood and clenched his fists.

"You don't need to get involved, this isn't your business." He snarled.

Fists clenched and face set in fierce determination. "That's where you're wrong Hazel, it has been my business this entire time, especially when 'she' is involved." Glace snapped back. "I was sure that if I played along and pretended that I didn't actually understand who your 'benefactor' is, it would be safer for the girls here…"

"Hey!" Four young, but absolutely mature huntresses shouted back.

"And it would keep someone as dangerous as you civil… but, it turns out I was wrong. You have a bloodlust and a willingness to destroy anything and anyone who has any ties to your hate."

The Giant slowly got to his feet and took careful, measured steps towards the Winter Knight.

"Boy, you need to understand that the moment that I knew that it was Ozpin who sent them, they had to be silenced. It's nothing personal, you were the only one that I was supposed to meet when I took this mission."

The winds started to pick up more as well as the heavier clouds formed above them.

"Here's where you're wrong, it's very personal to you. Your reaction makes that obvious and you should know that since they are with me, they are under my protection." The Winter Knight announced.

Ruby looked at him in awe. He was a protector, just like the powerful knights in fairytales.

"Do you honestly know who Salem is or did you just get lucky with someone with the same name?" Hazel asked. This was not going as planned, but it did matter now, there were more important things to worry take care of.

"I enough about her. I have heard about some of her more gruesome and terrifying deeds," he quickly glances back at the huntresses standing behind him before continuing, "and they have always involved controlling Grimm, so yeah, that is more than enough for me. You know, I planned on getting you away from them, so then I could have ditched you."

Weiss stepped forward brandishing Myrtenaster. "You may have caught us off guard, but that won't again. You are outnumbered, surrender before you are seriously injured."

"Outnumbered? Hardly." The hulk answered, he pointed at the group of huntresses and ordered in a commanding tone, "Kill them." Moments later a was an ear-shattering trumpet from the blizzard and a Megoliath Grimm came charging out.

"No!" The Winter Knight looked horrified, "SCATTER!" He screamed at the huntresses.

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The Mammoth charged the huntress, who quickly scattered and open fired on it. Despite the fact that they were facing one of the toughest grimm alive, it was sheer luck that there was only one of these behemoths.

Glade suddenly found himself separated from the huntresses.

Glace started to run after the Grimm, but heard a voice beside him. "You took your eyes off the threat."

That was his only warning, as he turned to face the voice, a fist connected with Glace's chest. He felt bones in chest crack. Before he was launched easily over 30 yards away. Instincts screamed at him, forcing him to back to his feet, he gasped for breath, the power behind that punch had hurt him through the protection of his Aura. His body ached and he wanted to scream from the constant sharp pains in his chest as he breathed. By the time he got to his feet, the Giant was in front of him again.

The Giant had been in no hurry in approaching his quarry. He had seen that that he had hurt the boy with his first punch so he didn't need to rush over. Granted he hadn't tried to hold back, but the fact that the boy could get back up again was a testimony to how strong his aura is or his willpower. The difference was that one was usually easier to break than the other.

As Hazel approached the Winter Knight had gotten to his feet and decided to talk with him down.

"So that's how it is, huntresses fight the Grimm while the true monsters fight each other." The Hazel shook his head almost, sorrowfully. "No… True monster send others who aren't ready to fight and die pointlessly for them."

"Or they hire killers after those who are innocent in the war. Hypocrisy, thy name is Hazel. You know that you are making a case for me joining Ozpin." Glace heard the sound of bones cracking as the giant clenched his fists, but Hazel did not flinch even as blood dripped from his hands as his fingernails dug into his palm, he continued. "It is not up for you to decide who is ready or not, it is up to the person who is going struggling, and if they aren't, then tough luck. It- ."

The Legend would have continued if the larger man hadn't roared and charged. He smiled. The ice covered the living myth and pulled him back right before the punch connected.

Ice lances shot out from all around him to hit strike the berserk. The berserk was not pushed back, he tanked the hit and pushed through it. The Winter Knight rolled out of the way and launched himself away with an ice column. The giant did not rush after him.

"You are playing me boy, I'm impressed. But I am curious, who are you really since you white is not your natural color."

The Legend ran a hand through his long hair. Yup. He had been hit so hard, it had knocked the frost out of his hair. Now that the ice no longer matted his hair down, it flowed down to his shoulders. He was also surprised to be getting complimented by his enemy, who was dangerous beyond any Grimm he ever faced. This man almost seemed to be bipolar, he could be civilized and reasonable in one moment and then be a nearly unstoppable force of rage in the next.

He sighed, "Really? After making me your punching bag, all you can focus on is my hair?"

"I am curious about your identity, especially since you took such an effort to conceal it for so long."

"Whatever. Guess I should, thank you? And I will say; you're fucking strong. You hit like a damn Manticore." An eyebrow raised.

"Yes, I have been hit by one before and you are not talking to a ghost." The Winter Knight complemented said with a smirk. Glace had realized that if this man wanted to act civil, even if it was just for few moments it was better to let him have these moments than attack him and be disrespectful.

"However, I have a task to complete and time is running short so I can no longer afford to use restraint on you." The Giant reached into the pouches on his waist and pulled out two large red crystals.

The smirk fell from the Knight's face and became one of dread at the realization that the man before him had been holding back. While his aura had almost healed his cracked ribs, it didn't matter. If the man could become even more powerful, then he only needed to land one solid blow to end the fight.

He launched more lances at the giant.

Normally, if someone who fought only at range fought an opponent who had no range capability, it would be easy for the range fighter to crush the melee fighter. The one with range would outmaneuver their opponent, keeping them at a distant so they could wear them down without worrying about taking hits. This was how many fights would go unless they were crippled the start of the fight or their opponent could keep up.

He pulled ice off the ground and formed it into a wall of spikes to launched at the supercharged berserker.

The giant reached down and ripped a large rock from the ground right in front of him, using it as a shield against the projectiles. The earth held and the man used the moment to stab one of the fire dust crystals into the upper biceps of each of his arms.

"Salem was right about you," the Giant's voice had gained an almost demonic echo to it, "She said not to underestimate you. That you had killed some of her more impressive species of Grimm like the Manticore and Megoliath, and despite that, I still made that mistake and underestimated you."

Ice regrew itself over Glace's body. This Hazel scared him. The man had ungodly strength and was more than willing to use it with prejudice.

"I am pretty sure that I didn't kill the Megoliath, I know that I injured one, but I was desperate to get away."

Glace conjures up wind and snow, creating a small snowstorm while keeping up the barrage at Haze. Once he is obscured. He moves so that he is not standing in the same spot.

Hazel waits until the impacts against the earthy shield stops before he lets go of the boulder. With the storm in front of him, and the huntress still to the side of him, he knows that the Legend hasn't run away. Without a visual and not wanting to have to tank hits to figure out where his target is, he pulls a small, relatively flat stone from his pocket. The black stone had a design that glowed red engraved in it, a compass needle points with an eye in the center.

From the distance away that Glace was, it looked like the man was talking into a scroll. That was fine, they were both buying, time before their next move.

A few moments later, the Legend hears howling in the distance, Shit, we attracted grimm. Well at least he will have to deal with them first.

Except he didn't… The Gigawolves bound passed the right by the Giant, head right for HIM!

Not being able to conceal himself because of the Grimm were pinpointed on his emotions, he created a 30 foot tower underneath his feet into the air, and released his hold on the storm. With the new vantage point he surveyed the battlefield.

It wasn't the largest pack of grimm wolves he'd fought, this one was maybe 20 or so, but their presence already changed things drastically. He was going to have to deal with the grimm quickly. The huntresses were playing a deadly game 'of don't get caught by the mammoth grimm and they were doing fairly well. But one mistake could change in an instant.

With the Legend revealing himself, the giant picks the boulder up and hurls it at the tower he is standing on. The boulder smashes near the bottom of the tower causing it to crumble.

As he falls, he slabs his hands into a large chunk of ice. It breaks apart, turning into pointed shards, he fires them at the grimm like ice ballista bolts.

He killed a number of the Grimm, giving him a spot to land. Sure he could do something other than spikes, but they were the easiest to make and usually the most effective.

The rest of the gigas leaped at him. Instinctually the ice shot up from around him and created a dome.

The grimm clawed and beat against the ice. Glace expanded the dome, pushing them back and opened a number of holes in the walls of the dome. Immediately the grimm stuck their heads through, snarling and snapping, trying to reach him.

He smiled and closes his fists. The ice around the whole, snapped shut, like an improvised guillotine. The heads of the gigas rolled on the floor before they started to disintegrate.

The wall to the dome exploded inwards as a Hazel broke through dome, Glace felt like he was being hit by a canon as he was launched through the back wall of the dome.

Why couldn't he be a stupid and predictable berserk? His chest felt broken again, only it felt much worse this time.

He needed something that would set this guy off again, making him emotional and predictable. Unfortunately the Legend was sure that dropping Ozpin's name again wouldn't work in setting off the giant again. Hopefully the other thing he thought of might work. "Did you ever work with a woman named Cassius?"

Hazel stopped, Glacé continues hurl ice lances at the grimm, he smirks, knowing he is guessed right again. "She is the mind controlling bitch, dresses and acts like an Atleasan nobleman even though her thick Vacuoan accent and skin tone would say otherwise.

There was a slight tremble in his hands. Getting closer. Glace coughed and wiped his mouth, "Hello Hypocrisy, I would like to talk to you about the using another for their own purposes. Cassius also had an underling with her, a young girl who was being groomed to a life service to your dark queen, honestly it's—"

The Legend stopped as he was forced to put up an ice barrier to stop the boulder that came flying at him.

He dove to the side and threw up an ice barrier.

He tried to launch himself away, but a Saber latched onto his leg and pulled him down.

He threw his arms in front of his face to shield himself from the Grimm cat. It bit down on them, causing him to cry out in pain. The grimm might not be able to penetrate his aura, yet, but the bones in his arm broke under the bite force of the grimm snow tiger. It bit again, but this time its teeth broke as it bit into metal.

Fortunately for Glace, the grimm had bitten his bracelets and the metal was much stronger than grimm's teeth, especially went it was in its compacted form.

The ice formed back over his arms, and other parts of his body, like armor. Although his left arm was encased much thicker, forming a cast.

As it screeched from breaking its teeth, a dozen frozen spikes sprang from the ground around him, impaling the Saber and lifting it off of him.

As he got to his feet, Hazel broke through the ice and punched Glace again, and sent him flying, again.

The Winter Knight could feel his semblance fluctuating. He reached out to the storm and felt that it had formed beyond his semblance. He may have started the storm, but now it was no longer influenced by him. Years ago, he had figured out that whenever he created a blizzard, he would essentially create a 'power loop'. The storm would essentially feed his semblance, and considering they were in the Artic of Remnant… it made it nearly effortless for him to continuously reuse this technique. But being the punching bag of Hazel was really taking its toll on his body and aura. He knew that he was injured, lucky it seemed that Hazel didn't notice, or at least wasn't capitalizing on it.

Just his aura trying to heal himself was pushing him to the brink. He just needed a little more time and to not get punched again and he could turn the tables on him.

Hazel noticed that the terrain around them had changed, there were large chunks of ice all around their battlefield that weren't there before.

Glace created a kite shield, increased its density, and coated it with his aura.

Instead of punching it, Hazel grabbed and yanked on the shield attempting to rip it away from him, however the Legend was pulled with that since the shield was attached to his arm. He roared in Hazel's face, breathing out a stream of ice into his face. He detached himself from the shield a moment later, slinging himself away and creating much needed distance.

The Legend reached out and the ice boulders around him came loose from the ground. They were about as large as him, and he started hurling them at the giant.

As Hazel pulled the ice off his face, he looked back to see an ice boulder fly at him, he crossed his arms and blocked the first one, it shattered against his aura.

After that, he did not want to block any more of them. As another one came at him, he started punching the air, using his aura to activate the fire dust crystals embedded into his arms and launched fireballs to intercept the boulders.

The several fireballs and ice boulders exploded, creating a cloud that obscured both of them.

Hazel appeared through the cloud and punches at Glace. The Winter Knight barely dodges as he felt the ice in the cloud shift around the large figure right before the strike.

The fist glanced off his shoulder and sent the Legend sprawling. He scrambled back, throwing snow into the Giant's face and hardening it to blind him.

He creates a shield to block a blindly punched fireball. It exploded and the legend used the explosion to pull himself away and make distance between them.

Hazel was not far behind

The man was unrelenting and appeared to have a very scary stamina, not to mention he was way faster than a man of his size should be. On the bright side, the dust the giant injected into himself didn't increase his strength, it just added the ability to add elemental powers to different kind of damage along with blunt force trauma. On the downside, as the dust crystals crackled, its power merging with his aura, seemingly supercharging it.

He had met someone who had done extensive studies on dust before, it was informative, but the meeting didn't end well…

Anyways, what he had been able to learn was that injecting raw dust into one's body gives them the ability to wield individual elements, depending on the dust, like a semblance, there were also a few other benefits as well. Mostly elemental temporary resistance, however, the negative side effects are too extreme for extended use. 98% of those who used dust like that were hunters and because of their line of work, no user survived long enough for anyone to know the effects to the body with long term usage. Another side effect was that when dust was injected into the body, the pain became unbearable after a few minutes to all but those with the strongest will. But even then, it became debilitating.

But the fact that Hazel was dealing with the pain of dust running through his body was absurd. He wasn't even flinching, that would be impossible unless he… He can't feel it, can he?

Most people could hardly handle channeling the energy of one crystal, but he had stabbed two in his arms without hesitation and was using them for a record amount of time.

Son of a bitch. "You've got a pain nullification semblance don't you." Glace stated dryly.

"Perceptive," the demonic voice responded. "How do you figure?"

"No one can deal with injecting dust into their body for as long as you have unless they're a masochist. And you are lacking the crazed smile one would have."

The Hazel's hands lit on fire. "Quite an education you have, but unfortunately knowing that does not help you, however you can still come with me and it can be over. This is your last chance."

"I always alone. I'm also not an idiot Hazel. I know you won't let this end peacefully for them even if I did."

"I tried to be peaceful, but you refused to listen." He growled as he approached the Legend.

"Yes, you did, and so did I."

He surrounded Hazel on all sides with walls, boxing him in. he then attempted to close the walls in order to crush him.

As the walls closed in, they exploded and the giant walked out. He only seemed to be more irritated as he stabbed another two red dust crystals into his arms to replenish the shrunken, used crystals. It was almost ready, but it wasn't sure he would last long enough. But he had no other options than to keep fighting and buy more time.

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Glace attempted to deal with the grimm as quickly as he could, he did not want them to give the giant any more opportunities to close the distance between them. However the constant appearance of Grimm was enough to distract him and lose track of the berserk a few times. And each time, he was punished by the dust injector.

He was not sure where so many grimm were coming from, but it wasn't good.

After a being sent flying again after blocking a brutal backhand from the Giant even though it was blocked with an ice shield, he felt something clicked in his mind. As he lay on the ground, he stared into the sky and smiled. 'About time.' He touched the snow and channeled his semblance and let the power flow.

A long ice wall sprang up to the side of Hazel, separating him from the grimm.

The Legend coughed violently as he got up and spit blood into the snow. He voice was a little hoarse, "Hey big guy, I don't think that I can go on for much longer. I know it's cliché, but can be finish this in one final strike? I'm willing to bet that you are probably pretty good at that."

"That is more than acceptable for me. But doing this is a foolish move, you should never give your enemy the advantage that they want." Hazel lectured, "And just know that you will be in a lot of pain when you wake up." The giant strode forward. Glace honestly could not get a read on him, he was unpredictable which was terrifying. One moment he was speaking calm and civilized, then the damn switch flipped and he was a hulk, filled with unbridled rage. And unfortunately, Glace had to 'fight' him one on one.

Although, Fight, was a strong word in his case, more accurately, it was a one-sided beatdown, with the Legend trying to dodge the fists and survive the punched that that hit him.

"You should know that I have killed very dangerous grimm in a single blow. And even though I have not hit you with that same force, I may not hold back in this next attack.

"You want a medal?" The Legend retorted, "You are not the first strong guy to try to find me and bring me in, but I will give it to you that you are…" He coughed violently into his sleeve before continuing. "…By a landslide, the most powerful."

Hazel strode forwards at a quick pace, the Winter Knight was visibly injured, and he seemed barely to be able to keep on his feet. The Winter Knight swayed, injured arm holding his chest, Hazel walked forwards to the newly revealed blonde. "That's where you are wrong. Never give your enemy anything, unless you are prepared to counter.

The boy raised his good arm toward Hazel and shouted, "ICE BURIAL!"

The Giant didn't see any danger, and wasn't immediately hit. That told him that the threat was coming from the only direction he had never looked. He looked up and what he saw shocked him. This boy, he realized, was not a fighter, he was a strategist, the Legend had out planned him from the beginning, even while taking the punishment Hazel had been dishing out.

The air glinted with ice. Chunks of Ice of all sizes was streaking down towards him. He attempted to move, but he felt something grab his left leg and arm. He looked and saw the figure of a woman covered in ice gripping his arm and at the same time creating a cast of ice around both of his legs securing him to the ground. He easily wrenched away from the woman's grasp pulling her arms off, and freeing himself from her accursed ice, but her distraction had done its job, it was too late to dodge. He felt himself be grabbed by her again. He couldn't

He flared his aura, which was still merged with fire dust, trying to burn her off so he could move.

He barely kept the ice from reforming on his body as he was bombarded by the ice. Hazel roared Glace buried him under all the ice that he had filled the air with.

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Glace grinned at the success of his trap. His bombardment created a very large pile of ice at least 20 feet high. He was relieved that he had finally dealt with the Giant, after bombarding and burying him under a few tons of ice. He turned and fell to his knees. He coughed and wiped his mouth with his sleeve again, then limped as fast as his body allow him to, towards the huntresses. The team leader… Weiss was it? She had mentioned that the four of them were students of Beacon, which meant that they weren't licensed hunters yet. The trainee huntresses were too young to be out here, especially without a huntsman to bail them out in these life or death situations.

He was positive that they did not have enough experience or equipment to be able to deal one of the toughest Grimm that walked the face of Remnant.

He had saved her once, he was not going to let her die out here now that she finally found him.

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AN:

I actually had to divide the fight scenes and save it for the next chapter so I could post this. Hope that this was good enough for now. I will try and get the next chapter out soon, but I can make no promises as the college semester has started back up again.