Timeskip
The next day, Theseus decided to take a bit of a break from work by going through some places in Kuoh city. He wanted to do some training as well, but those plans had to be put on hold till Walter got his shipment over to Japan which was a bit of a bummer, but it wasn't like Theseus had few training options.
Not only that, but if he were honest all the stuff Meredith had been doing and what he had heard through the gossip grape vine throughout the university had made him curious to see the fruits of his groups' leader's labor. The same stuff which would serve as ammo to blast at the Devils with or sticks to beat them upside the head with, preferably sticks made from their fallen family members.
Last he had heard, Vali and the others were doing their own thing thanks to a lack of supernatural-based activity that needed monitoring. Theseus had to pity Vali though since this didn't mean he had all the training time in the world, instead he had to spend it trying to fend off Kuroka's advances. It was getting to a point where Theseus actually decided to try to think of ways to help his bro out with this problem he had, he'd heard of the saying 'bros before hoes' but it seemed that Kuroka had her eyes permanently set on Vali, since she hadn't tried making moves on other men since they had met her… though Theseus had been well aware that she was no virgin, had lost hers way before they'd met apparently.
Kuroh had apparently decided to accompany Arthur to some tea shop to try and sample some remnants of their homeland, the UK, according to what he'd heard. Theseus had to chuckle in amusement at the thought of a Japanese samurai being so addicted to the drink of another Nation. 'Even though Tea's more connected to China, that fact would have been more acknowledged had it not been for the Brits thrashing them in the Opium wars.' Theseus thought to himself.
Furthermore, as devoted to her work as she was, Meredith had opted to remain in her office, as she had various plans to be put in motion to strengthen the City's defences against more human-based criminals. She had suspected that the criminals of the supernatural world no longer saw fit to come to Kuoh as she had intended, but instead chose human proxy's who could slip in without notice due to them being everyday folk one would see on the street. They each had one another's numbers though, just in case something went wrong and they couldn't rely on magic circles for communication.
So yeah, this should have been a peaceful break for Theseus...
Though thanks to a certain succubus-.
"What do you think of this?" an ecstatic Mio asked Theseus, showing him a shirt and a pair of pants she held in front of her, the former in her left hand and the latter in her right.
The girl in question had a more casual ensemble than her uni outfit, one consisting of an off-the-shoulder form fitting navy blue top, a black belt around her waist within the straps of a pair of tight-looking dark blue denim jeans. Her feet were covered by a pair of medium heeled sandals, a white necklace around her neck while a matching bracelet was adorned on her left wrist.
Currently, the two were standing in the middle of what seemed to have been a clothes shop. One which was actually part of a larger supermarket that held an ENTIRE FLOOR for fashion brands alone, one side for women's clothes and the other for men so it was rare for one gender to go to the other unless they were accompanied by a member of said opposite gender. Whether it be for a date, shopping trip etc, anyone could guess though the first option was the general assumption.
Theseus rolled his eyes at her, knowing this to be the 10th outfit choice she'd asked his opinion on today. He wasn't someone who cared about this shit, goddamnit! "Hey I'm not the one to judge so just pick one already, you have a lot of clothes to try out." He remarked, though Mio did sneak a look at his overall outfit as well.
To her, Theseus may say he didn't care about looks but his form said otherwise. His hairstyle remained the same, but he had chosen to wear a dark blue trench coat over a black form-fitting sweater, matched with the dress pants and shoes on his lower body. Essentially, he had the appearance of someone akin to that k-pop boy band known as BTS, something many girls took notice of given the looks directed his way by some customers passing by. Girls gave him interested looks while guys groaned in dismay at the attention he got from the opposite sex.
Nevertheless, the male's words quickly drew her attention with her eyes sparkling with the glee that erupted inside of her. "Really!? Alright then let's go to that aisle!" Mio excitedly exclaimed, eager to continue trying on more clothes.
At that moment, alarm bells rang in his mind as Theseus widened his eyes when he realized what he just said. "Wait what?! I didn't mean by tha-" he tried to say...
"Come on!"
But got cut off when Mio grasped his right hand and dragged the shark king to another area of the shop. Theseus now regretted what he just said, internally wishing he had yesterday's peace once more instead of this nightmare.
Worse still, was that he couldn't do anything about this. It was all thanks to that girl Maria, she had suggested this morning that Mio should spend some time with him today in order to 'deepen their bond' as she had called it. Theseus hadn't been very happy about the idea, though compared to him Meredith had been all for it, especially since it would 'give him something other than training like a bollock to do' with that teasing smirk on her lips. One which could only have been matched by that damn Succubus's scheming gremlin grin.
It didn't help that his guy friends 'conveniently' hadn't been around to offer any support… though Theseus suspected they'd have thrown him to the wolves anyways.
'When I get out of this place alive, your flesh will be used for my piranhas dessert.' He swore in his mind. He recalled the end of the previous day when he'd asked the piranha flock if they wanted to live with him to which they had happily agreed. He'd wound up bringing them home and creating a separate tank to the Shark one so they didn't get prayed on by his loyal pets.
Nevertheless, there wasn't anything he could do at the moment, but to endure this torment until she's finally done so he can just get out of this mall.
However, there was a bright side to this Theseus reluctantly admitted in his mind. He would not deny it but if Mio wore those clothes, then he'll admit she looks a bit good and pretty. He will never understand why those girls are really obsessed with fashion…
He said this, but his current appearance and the looks directed at him by other girls spoke otherwise.
The blond-haired boy shook his head and saw that Mio had a pile of clothes on her arms, but it looked like she was struggling to hold them. The pile literally covered the top half of her body while her legs looked to be trembling.
Immediately, his instincts told him to intervene before something stupid happened, much to his dismay. "Oh for christ sake..." Theseus swore himself before walking towards her and grabbing the pile of clothes with one hand, taking away the weight from her arms.
Now free from the burden, Mio gave a relieved exhale now. "Thanks Theseus but it's alright. You didn't need to help." she tried to say...
Though Theseus gave her a blunt glare in response. "Bullshit, we know that if you even try to walk only a few feets you'll drop all of this. Besides, your arms are weak, you need to train them alot when we get back home." Theseus bluntly said to Mio.
"Mmmmmmmhh." Mio cutely pouted at Theseus for his honest answer. "That was mean, couldn't you have a better way to say something else?"
"No." Theseus instantly answered her. "If I do, then I would be telling a lie without making or saying that you're strong which you're not, put some muscles on your arms." he told her, his tone making it sound more like an order or a demand than a piece of advice.
Mio still pouts at Theseus for a while as he returns the stare with his stoic eyes, not affected by her charms. She saw that Theseues did not back down so she sighed in defeat but put on a mischievous smile. "Come on Theseus, let's try out these clothes to see if they're good or not." she told him, making him pale slightly as she turned on her heeled sandals and strutted off towards a nearby dressing room.
"'God fucking dammit.'" He cursed quietly before he followed her to the dressing room, further making his day more miserable than it is right now.
Just a few feet away from Theseus and Mio, there was a totally not suspicious woman who wore sunglasses and a hat, while kneeling next to her was a familiar silver haired battle maniac dude. Both of them hid behind another aisle watching the duo go about their day, but with differing intentions.
"That's it Mio, just take another step and then finally you'll have him completely under your spell!" the succubus said in a mischievous tone while giggling at the sight of Theseus' annoyed face, enjoying his misery. She held a camera out in front of her chest, recording this moment so she might have something to use against Theseus in the future.
A little blackmail wouldn't hurt would it?
As for that battle-maniac, he looked down at Maria with a 'what the fuck' kind of face. "Woman, what the hell is wrong with you? It's just a small trip for the both of them." he questioned her, wondering why she sounded like a scheming trickster.
Maria looked at Vali. "If it's just a 'small trip', then why are you here, spying on your companion Vali?" she questioned, arching a brow knowingly behind her sunglasses and smirking deviously.
Briefly, he looked like a deer caught in some headlights. "That's…...well….uhhhhhh." His words failing him, Vali struggled to say something on his mind as he tried to come up with an excuse. Trying to counter her reason with a lying expression on his face as he tried to look away from her. "It's….because…..he needs to pay me back for trying to replace my meals with fish!"
"Ssssuuuurrrreeee, like anyone would believe that." Maria rolled her eyes at Vali, given that she didn't believe a word of what he had said.
Several tick marks formed on the silver haired male while he gritted his teeth in annoyance. "Look girl, do you want me to inform Theseus about you spying on him? Because I'm sure he swore that he'll throw you to the sharks, ALIVE." he emphasizes the word alive making Maria pale at the made up threat(Though he was not wrong, he just missed the word Piranha instead of sharks).
"L-let's not get a-ahead of us sh-shall we?" she tried to reason with Vali with a stuttering, fearful tone. Especially since even if it WAS a fake threat Theseus would MAKE it a real one if he ever found out about this.
"I might, it depends on my mood whether I'm in a good mood or not." Vali replied, faking a thinking expression by putting his hand on his chin but hid a small grin on his face.
With nightmarish images of being killed brutally by the male, Maria honestly began thinking of escape routes she can use to escape the terror of Alucard's apprentice. She knew well that Theseus did not know the meaning of the word tact… nor did he know what mercy was, and if he were to figure out her scheme...
Satisfied that his reasoning of wanting to make sure his bro wouldn't be hurt by a girl wasn't going to be discovered, Vali turned around and looked at the duo. That is, he would have done so had the sight before him not made him furrow his brows suddenly. "Hey, where the hell are they?"
That caught Maria's attention as she, after looking to where her companion had, realized they weren't there nor she sensed them in the dressing room. She widened her eyes at the revelation of having lost sight of them. "Uh oh." she whispered in dismay.
Vali waved her off as he walked to a random location in the mall. "Relax, we can find them anywhere at the mall girl we just have to-"
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNGGGGGG!
Suddenly, his words got cut off when a strong pressure instantly layered itself on top of the mall, making everyone faint as they were affected by the strong pressure.
Maria was literally shaking her legs as she tried to withstand it, Vali was not affected by this pressure which seems to be he's used to it. Then all of a sudden the pressure was gone, making Maria breath easily as she shakily stood up and faced Vali with a scared expression.
"W-what was that Vali? What just happened?"
The mildly sweating Vali did not answer her for a while before he finally did, his eyes narrowing intently. "I know that intent." he turned around and faced Maria. "It was Theseus."
"Theseus?! Wait, why would he do that?!"
"Simple, there's only two things that can piss that guy off, one: some dumnb cunt would make him angry about something like messing with his pet sharks or two…" his face shadowed while his eyes glowed in silver, scaring Maria. "He's playing them like toys or maggots…...just like his master the No-Life king."
Just before the strong pressure.
'Finally.' Theseus mentally sighed in relief, holding multiple bags of clothes Mio had bought from the cloth store. It was honestly tiring for him to keep on going off about which outfit set had been good or which one suited the redhead. Cloths were just a pile of threads stitched together in one piece, he never understood the logic of fashion and he never will.
They walked through the mall passing some shoppers while heading outside where there is no one there which is perfect for the both of them. Soon they arrived outside of the mall and walked a couple of streets before arriving at what seems to be something fascinating about here, he realized what Rome suburbs were - the streets were noticeably narrower, the building tall and old, and yet there was a charm in the rustic feeling such things provided. Theseus knew about this place because he visited Rome before, a couple of times before.
As they went, Theseus did occasionally provide Mio tips on good places where to buy stuff and where to eat a quick bite. They continued for a couple of hours, till late evening, showing them really as much as possible of such streets, letting them bask in how everything seemed different from the center of the city - there he could feel people speaking loud, their words in the classical dialect of Rome.
They went to the nearest one and sat on it, Theseus putting all the bags down before he abruptly slumped down to the chair with his head leaning back and his mouth wide open. The dude looked like he was going to keel over at any moment, something that not even a fight with Alucard could invoke out of him.
Mio giggle at this sight while sitting beside him, luckily the bench they'd occupied was big enough for the two of them, as well as offered enough space for Theseus to spread his arms and leg out like he were trying to imitate a starfish. "Hmhmhmhmhmhm, you really don't enjoy shopping do you?" Mio asked the blond-haired boy, hiding her giggle behind her fingertips.
Weaky lowering his head to glare back at her, though his glare lacked sufficient power due to the fatigue he'd gone through, Theseus did his best to scowl at her. "I never will, the only times I will go to a store is the time I need groceries, meat or guns." he declared, all the while he pulled out his bolter pistol to emphasize his point. His bolt pistol had noticeable cracks around his gun which meant it's lifespan was nearing it's limit, meaning he needed to get his new ones from Walter, fast.
Mio noticed the state of his pistol and decided to ask the question on her mind about them, tilting her head in concern and confusion. "Hey Theseus, don't you think it's time to get a new gun? That one looks…...worn out." Her tone perfectly presented the feelings invoked within her chest at the sorry state his Bolt Pistol was in, she may not know much about guns but she did see a show about pirates searching for this famous guy's treasure, and in one episode a Marine ship's cannons had cracks in it, causing it to blow up when firing a shot.
She did NOT want to see that happen to Theseus's weapon, too.
For a moment, the male held his gaze before he finally broke it, glancing down at his abysma-looking weapon that rested in his hands' grasp. Said hand also rested on his lap, his eyes showing forlorn expressions. "Well, you're not wrong there Mio." he remarked, looking up and down at his Bolt Pistol while adjusting it to different angles. "This baby is just a prototype so it's not a perfect gun. Millions of dollars wasted on this single fucking gun." he explained, although Theseus wasn't aware of the full scope behind Walter's project. Nevertheless, he still remained aware of the fact that making this thing wasn't cheap. Thinking this, Theseus rested the Bolt Pistol back onto his lap once more before he raised his head to look back at Mio. "Which is why I'm still waiting for Walter to send in the ones I funded. It's taken him many months now, I'm expecting a delivery from him this week."
Mio widened her eyes when she heard millions of dollars, all wasted in this single pistol. "Wow! I didn't know you had that much money, Theseus! How did you get that much amount of money?"
"Do you remember where I work?" he simply asked her, prompting Mio to nod her head. Seeing that she had given him her full, undivided attention the male glanced back down at his Bolt Pistol, memories of his past with Hellsing coming to the surface. "I earned this money from both slaughtering vampires in the UK or some places in the world, hard work pays off everytime." He explained, which was technically true as unlike many other factions who just have unlimited money(literally), the Hellsing corporation didn't have that and more accurately they would refuse such a thing if asked. Rather, they were more on the realistic end of things since they were aware of what happened throughout their surroundings, which was also why they didn't have that many magicians in their faction, so they had to be extremely careful on what they do.
This was also one of the reasons why not many(or anyone) wanted to join their corporation. Sir Integra gave payment to her employees whenever they finished the job and only when they did so. Not only that, but she rewarded only the minimum wage because she would rather not give out too much money, an entire bank's worth, to one single person just because they had the wealth to spare. If one were to contribute much greater than others however, they would see their pay rise substantially. It was like how the old saying went: 'you work hard, you'll get somewhere. If you cheat, then where will you go? What path will it even lead you?'
Darklord: a rather studious, realistic faction the UK has, huh Hunter?
Hunter: sounds like it.
For a moment, the two fell into tranquil silence. While this happened a hooded robber did try to steal their goods by approaching them like a normal person would, but he quickly scampered away when he had noticed the massive gun Theseus had been holding with the said male glaring irritably at him. His instincts had wisely told him to retreat to find another victim, which was exactly what he had done.
In any case, Theseus released a sigh from within before glancing up at his companion, his arms now on his lap. "Anyway. I know little of your past, so don't mind me asking?" he questioned, arching a brow inquisitively at her.
The redhead in question briefly tensed in surprise, not having expected someone to ask her directly about her past like this, but in hindsight she probably should have since it was only natural for all life to be curious. Though the saying 'curiosity killed the cat' was real for a reason, she believed. "Sure, go ahead, Theseus." Mio nonetheless said, giving her permission to Theseus for whatever he wanted to ask her.
"How was your childhood?" the Shark King questioned bluntly, without any care at all, making Mio suddenly flinch and grimace at the same time if that should be even possible. Initially he had wondered why she had reacted that way, but then Theseus thought about what he had just said while running it through his brain like a simulation. This allowed him to realize how he had acted without any tact and had just blurted the question out bluntly to which the male cursed himself for just saying it out loud instead of just thinking carefully.
Just as he was about to say something like an apology or decide she didn't need to answer him, Mio spoke while looking down at her lap where her hands were intertwined together. "Well…. honestly I don't know much about my childhood, but." Mio put her hand on her head as she tried to think hard, squinting her eyes. "I remembered I was in a… white place."
Theseus furrowed his brows on what she meant by 'white place', according to what they had known she was the daughter of Satan himself, yet no one was able to sense her until…..now.
His thoughts quickly travelled to the redhead's companion with memories of her behavior coming back to him. This caused Theseus to frown in suspicion. That damn succubus was keeping lots of secrets wasn't she? She likely was hiding them from even Mio herself, judging from her confused expression. What the hell would cause someone like that perverted Succubus Maria to be so protective of Mio? Was it due to her heritage or was there more to it than that?
Nonetheless whatever those secrets were, she must have had a reason which he did not like. Despite not knowing her for long and seeing her as a pain in the ass, there was ample evidence for Theseus to suspect that Maria knew more about things than she let on, and she herself was more than she appeared to be initially.
Unaware of what Theseus had been thinking, Mio continued her story. "I was alone and lost for a while in some kind of a forest, I think. I didn't know where I was until I was found by a couple who found me. I don't remember much about my childhood beyond that, but I did know they adopted me after a few days." she explained, the memories involving her foster family making Mio smile in nostalgia.
She may not remember much about that part of her childhood, but she did recall the feeling of loneliness, emptiness and a lack of identity. She had no clue who she had been or why she had arrived in this forest, that is if she hadn't been born in this forest in the first place.
Regardless, Mio continued her story when prompted by her companion, lifting her head up so her bangs didn't conceal her eyes anymore. This allowed Theseus to see to his surprise a happy gaze shining through the redhead's red eyes. "My parents took great care of me, lived a normal life, nothing to worry about. I even went to school and made a few friends there." she explained, rendering Theseus silent while his breath caught itself in his throat.
He knew exactly why he had that reaction too, and it wasn't something he enjoyed thinking about. What she just said felt…..similar to his case. Normal life, nothing to worry about, few friends…..Jack, Joseph, when was the last time he thought about his past? Better yet, why did it resurface every time he tried to escape it? The past just kept coming back to remind him, torturously taunting him with the life he once had that he could never have again. Nevertheless, Theseus kept his emotions in check, making sure he didn't show it to Mio this sign of weakness.
But also a sign of cowardice.
Her smile then increased in it's nostalgia, her words flowing out her mouth like water. At this point, it was unlikely that anyone could stop her at this point. "I also met Maria when I was in third grade, of course I did not know she was a succubus back then. I never got into contact with any supernatural beings for a while, life was normal as you can say." Mio then looks forlorn, the redhead girl looking to the ground. "It was until I made a stupid wish. I wish that I sometimes want to take back, I wish…...for my life to change, something that could change my normal life. I lost everything back then, my normal life, my school, my friends, my….parents." she made a sad expression that could make any man feel pity for her an instant, a sad cute hot big breast woman would try to comfort her like any type of person would do.
But not this dude.
"Wipe those tears off woman." Theseus said harshly at her. Making her flinch again on his tone, she looked at her with tears threatening to drop. "I don't want to see any of those drips from your face, it's making you pathetic which pisses me off, because you know why?" Theseus grabbed a napkin and leaned forward to Mio, close to her face. "It makes them weak." he roughly wiped Mio's eyes making her uncomfortable but did not make any movement against him. "Pity, sadness, despair. Its all just the same fucking thing, it holds them back everytime whenever their past is revealed. Their enemies use it against them, making them take their guards down and use it as their advantage. They're cowards in my eyes." He went back to his seat and leaned back. "But you, in my eyes I see that you are a bit of a coward but I know you're not. Someday I don't know when but you'll be a strong woman, that's what I like about you, and besides this trip had its perks. I could say I did enjoy being with you...for a bit."
Now this made Mio blush at Theseus' declaration, the woman turning her face away from him to try and hide her embarrassed face. Mio thought that being with Theseus today was making him annoyed (which was sorta true thanks to what he just said before) to the point he'd ditch her at any time. She had known since the beginning of this date that it wasn't Theseus's idea nor did she have his consent about the whole thing, something which kind of saddened her initially but she'd put it aside to try and have a good time.
She'd thought he'd leave her at some point, but instead, he made no effort to get away from the red-haired girl or even complained about her frantic clothes shopping. He even told her she was enjoyable, so in order words he enjoyed spending time with her which to the girl sounded like one of the sweetest things she'd heard from him before. Considering what he was usually like, those words had way more of an impact on her.
"W-well I-" Just before she was about to make a comment, Theseus put his hand on her lips, quieting her. Mio couldn't help but blink owlishly in confusion about why he did that.
Though, she then got her answer when he put his hand forward, deflecting a wind slash at them by conjuring a wind current before them that went horizontal, deflecting it away from their position.
"Ohhhh, you managed to deflect that. I'm impressed." a deep muscular voice was heard, there was a demon floating up the air casually, showing a smile on its face. "Then again I expected a weak simple mortal like you protecting her."
"A demon!" Mio yelled out, saying what race they already know.
Theseus casually stared at the demon before he put his palm forward, making the demon think he's summoning something.
"Oh what's this? Are you trying to summon something pathetic human? Then I guess I shall humor yo…what?" The demon was about to taunt Theseus further until he realized that he wasn't moving at all, making its eyes widen.
Theseus still had his stoic face while his palm was still forward, before he twisted it making the demons bend unethically, twisting his bones.
CRACK!
"AHHHHHHHH!" it screams in agony and pain. "WHAT THE FUCK IS-AHHHHHH!"
Again Theseus twisted his hand around before he opened his palm and made a grabbing motion. "You're already wasting my time already, demon, so do me a favor." he slowly made his finger close his hand making the demon squish together to make a circle out of it as it screamed in pain. "Make your blood drip down to the ground, fertilize the ground with your tainted red liquid and then." Theseus made a fanged smile. "Die like a pathetic fool you are as the world watches you."
"NO WAIT, PLEAS-"
CRACK! SPLASH!
Theseus closed his hand, squishing the demon into a pile of flesh as its blood splattered around him, staining him with demon blood. Theseus was not fazed by the fact even while being covered in demon's blood. Glancing down at himself through the bottom of his eyes, he clicked his tongue while muttering about how he had just gotten this outfit recently while wiping the blood off with his hands.
If Mio were to understand the emotions she was feeling at this moment, seeing her companion's actions and his reaction to them, then she would say that she felt astoundedly terrified of him right now. After all, she had just wound up witnessing the brutality of the Shark King killing a demon with just a flick of his palm, her mind overlapping the image of the screaming demon of either herself, Maria or even her foster family, adding uncontrollable chills that went down her spine.
Yet, that wasn't all she felt inside. Despite her fears, Mio also felt grateful towards him for protecting her from the demon. The moment that he'd seen it, Theseus had immediately acted by ripping it to pieces with his powers in a way that exerted little action, not only that but he did so in a manner that minimize potential collateral damage, not to mention that there suddenly weren't any people in their vicinity which implied he had done something to push them away from the scene. Any who DID wind up seeing this sight would have their memories erased, Mio bet, so the supernatural world remained hidden.
Thus, one couldn't blame her for admitting to feeling conflicted about all of this. But then, she recalled a lesson from Meredith, one where she had told her that 'the world is never a happy place, it's a cruel and unforgiving place where no one gets a happy ending. If you want to survive, then you need to force the world, showing it that you're in control, even if it means witnessing death everywhere you go. You need to be unforgiving as well for this is the law of the jungle.' Such words had been stated with utter coldness, like they came from a glacier in the north pole.
All this in her mind, Mio put on a determined face but also one with a caring underlayer towards Theseus' back. If her heart didn't beat faster before, right now it felt like it was beating like a hot engine car.
She made to open her mouth again, about to tell him something….
Had something else not interrupted her moment.
"So it's true, you're as brutal as Alucard." three figures appeared in their sight as they surrounded them in a triangle.
Hayase, Kurumi and Shiba looked at the duo with stoic faces, whereas Hayase kept shaking a bit after seeing how brutal Theseus had killed the demon but kept his calm.
Kurumi showed anger on her face as this boy was the one who brutally beat up her older sister and sent her back to the hero tribe and Shiba….lets just say he was good at controlling his emotions.
Mio nervously looked around her, a fist closed in front of her chest as she felt like they were trapped, unable to escape this ambush. Sensing the building bloodlust in the air, she couldn't help but to walk closer to Theseus putting her arms around his own arm like they were some sort of couple. What she did NOT anticipate, as evident by how she widened her eyes when she felt it, was feeling his arm break free before wrapping around her waist to pull her close to him. This made her raise her head to look up at the blond-haired boy who still kept his stoic face, but one brief glance down at her from him made her aware of the hidden message.
He'll protect her from them.
"Well well, looks like those bunch of centered assholes can't just keep their word huh." Theseus taunted the hero clan, making Hayase grip his spear in anger and Kurumi showing veins on her arms. "Haven't we told you 'heroes' to stay out of our boundary? It seems you're eager to start a war."
"Well forgive us, we did not mean any harm at all." Shiba politely said to Theseus, though he knew it was a false declaration. "But we cannot ignore the threat that the power Naruse possesses, her magic is too dangerous to be left out."
Theseus rolled his eyes at this predictable answer, ignoring how Mio had her hands on his shoulder and torso in favor of preparing his initial offensive. "So, just ignore her. It's not like she would slaughter your tribe, but I do know a certain vampire will." he declared, eyes flashing with dangerous killing intent.
Hayase and Kurumu struggled to suppress their shudders, goosebumps rippling across their skin, reminding them of the stories of the No-Life king slaughtering their clan.
As the eldest of the trio, Shiba had excellent control over his emotions and smiled at Theseus. "You make it sound easy and simple. But it's not, all demonic descendants belong to Satan's bloodline, and they bring nothing but destruction and chaos to the entire universe. They are not supposed to even exist in the world."
Mio was struck hard at Shiba's explanation, evident by how her eyes widened and she looked like she had been kicked in the abdomen. It tore her heart apart to hear such a strong declaration, in addition to this she could sense the hate towards her coming from these people, hate seemingly for her very being. It seemed to her that what Meredith said to her was true, the world truly was UNFORGIVING and CRUEL.
Yet despite that she felt Theseus bringing her closer to him, burying her head close to his pec. it seemed to her that he was trying to comfort her in his own way while keeping her safe from enemy attacks, and it's working. She hid her face in his pec, not showing her expression though the male in question could feel water from her tears.
Hayase decided to speak while pointing his lance at Theseus. "Don't make this hard for us No-Life king's apprentice, hand over the girl and we'll let you live despite you being trained by that thing."
Theseus glanced downward towards the ground not showing them his emotions. This wound up making the Hero Clan start thinking that he was just a weak human who only got lucky or survived being in Hellsing's darkness.
Just as they were about to walk closer to them, they heard something quiet from the Shark King, it got louder and louder at each minute. "Hmhmhmhmhmhmhmhmhmhmhmh hehehehehehehe."
They wished they hadn't heard his laugh, they saw him glance up showing his fanged smile as he began to look at the sky, laughing hard.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Now he began to release his killing intent, making the three Hero Clan members step back from the Shark King.
Before his eyes, Hayase paled rapidly when he began to see a silhouette of Alucard mimicking him, adding credit to the phrase 'the apple doesn't fall far from the tree'.
The rumors were very much true, he really WAS the student of the prince of darkness.
The King of Sharks.
He Who Walks As The Second Alucard.
The Upcoming Hellsings Trump Card.
The Student of The Night.
Yet, despite the reactions the Hero Clan members had, Mio remained unaffected by his intent, her eyes shooting open when she sensed it while she gazed downwards. Despite sensing it, she felt Theseus protecting her from his intent, shielding her from his pressure, she knew what was coming for the hero clans and knew what he was going to do, yet she wasn't going to stop him because they choose this path, walked to it, and now they are going to suffer the consequences.
She let go of his arm and took a few steps back from him, a calm gaze being directed at the three Heroes who had threatened her life knowing what would be coming next.
Now that he had his arms free, Theseus whose gaze was the exact OPPOSITE of hers slowly stepped forward, throwing his arm to the side to summon his Trident to his person.
His foes each deployed their weapons too, Hayase readying his Spear whilst magic circles formed in front of Kurumi's hands. As for Shiba, he had his arms raised like some sort of CQC style, implying his specialty in hand-to-hand combat.
As for who made the first move…
BANG-BANG-BANG!
That turned out to be Theseus who quickly pulled out his Bolt Pistol and launched a few rounds towards Kurumi, whose eyes widened as she quickly pulled a blast of wind out from her hands to repel the bullets. She gritted her teeth at the strain she felt when the rounds impacted her wind defence, but she managed to direct them to the ground just fine.
However, this turned out to be a distraction since Theseus quickly closed in on her and dashed past her, stopping behind the girl in a second with his Trident poised to reverse slash up her back. He particularly aimed for her spine to try and cripple her, however Kurumi quickly noticed this and gathered wind under her feet, forming a small tornado which carried her up into the air above them.
'A magic user, huh…? No, wait, that's not right…' Theseus thought while summoning a bunch of Earth Elementals via Zenith Tempest and had them charge at Shiba, keeping him occupied with some Water Elementals as backup.
At the same time, he wound up twirling his Trident and parrying several thrusts from Hayase who had taken the opportunity to strike at him while he hadn't been looking. However, through his SCRIERS GAZE Theseus had managed to deflect each strike using his Trident's staff and blade end. 'It would appear she's a Magician who made a contract with something, likely something spiritual, and has them act as familiars so she can use elemental abilities without using her own Mana…' The male deduced calmly, figuring out Kurumi's tricks just from that one exchange.
All the while, the woman in question roared as she raised her arms to conjure a bunch of long blades made from condensed wind. She then threw her arms down to pepper Theseus's position with them whilst her comrade jumped back seconds before they could make impact… However, with a quick slash from his Trident Theseus had launched a series of water blasts from thin air in front of him, each one colliding with the water blades and negating them in an explosion of wind/water.
'As for the other one…'
Theseus glanced over towards Hayase who pointed his Spear's tip at him, prompting the male to do the same. "Roar, Byakko!" Hayase roared, to which the Spear itself got covered by a pure white aura which the Shark King quickly recognized as a divine one. In the following moment a massive tornado of wind burst forth from the Spear's tip and sailed towards Theseus's position, leaving a deep fissure in its wake.
'Hmmmm, looks like someone here has access to a Godly weapon… ufufufufu, what Alucard would do to have a chance at blasting that thing into pieces. Although I have to think those who let a brat like this guy use such a weapon are a bunch of incompetent pricks.' Theseus thought, promptly twirling his Trident in one hand in front of him. The moment he did this, a bunch of water covered in crackling lightning formed before his rapidly rotating Trident, forming a makeshift wall which the wind tornado crashed into like a rhino slamming into a brick wall. The strike did succeed in making his legs buckle, but after some quick reinforcement via his IRON ARM ability he managed to root himself in place.
By the time the attack got completely dispersed, he returned to normal and looked as good as new, much to Hayase's shock and horror. "WHAT?! How can you survive that?!" he bellowed angrily, only to widen his eyes when he saw his foe vanish in a burst of speed while a faint crackle of lightning covered Theseus's form as he moved.
In the following moment, Hayase gulped when he sensed his opponent appear at his right flank, and what was worse he made a quick deduction mentally and cursed in his mind. 'Shit, he's attacking from the west!' he thought, making to leap away from his enemy instead of taking whatever attack he had in store for him.
Unfortunately…
SQUELCH-SQUELCH-SQUELCH-SQUELCH-SQUELCH-SQUELCH-SQUELCH-SQUELCH-!
"Gaah!" a fierce scream ripped from his throat when multiple gashes appeared over his form, blood dripping from Theseus's Trident identifying his weapon as the culprit. These gashes primarily covered his back and shoulders, ripping through flesh and bone alike whilst leaving terrible wounds in their wake. To further add insult to injury, Theseus held his Bolt Pistol up and shot into those wounds a couple times to amplify his opponent's pain till he slammed into the ground like a rucksack tossed aside by it's owner.
"HAYASE!"
A shrill cry escaped Kurumi's lips when she saw her comrade fall to the ground, to which she let out a loud roar as she promptly began launching wind blasts one after the other in rapid succession at Theseus from her perch on the wind tornado. Her eyes soon widened however when Theseus simply vanished into thin air, and she then sensed his presence behind her the following second. Eyes glancing behind her, Kurumi saw Theseus looming over her like a dark shadow, only seeing his glowing green eyes that bore down on her frame with IMMENSE bloodlust.
"You like looking down on others so much… So why not take a visit to the depths of the ocean? I'll give you a five star plane straight there!"
"Gyaaaaaaa!"
Another shrill cry escaped her when Theseus bombarded her with a combination of his various abilities: FROM THE DEPTHS, TERRIFY and HALLUCINATION. This resulted in her seeing a vision of herself… trapped in the ocean depths with the full amount of water pressure that would accompany being in such a place. Worse, she could see a visage of her sister's remains floating in the ocean, having been devoured by the same carnivorous sharks that now circled around her.
Seeing his opponent fall to the ground after losing her mental stability, which also had the effect of cutting her link to whatever was helping her maintain that tornado platform of hers, Theseus launched an axe kick that slammed the back of his right heel into Kurumi's forehead dead on the centre, sending her crashing into the ground below. He had reinforced that strike with his IRON ARM ability alongside covering the limb with the Earth element via his Zenith Tempest.
Thus, one can see why Kurumi's impact created a large crater with her at the centre, her form bouncing back into the air a bit as she spat out blood from her mouth upon colliding with the hard ground below. Theseus wasn't done there though, as he promptly shot down towards her using a burst of wind behind him to propel him faster, slamming both knees into her abdomen with enough force to enlarge the crater ten times over.
It became a testament to her endurance that Kurumi survived that attack, even as she tried to form a blast of wind in her hands to try and blast him off her seconds later…
BANG-BANG!
Only to have two holes be made in her hands thanks to Theseus's Bolt Pistol, it's barrel smoking while she screamed in pure unadulterated agony.
"Hmph, get over yourself, worthless bitch." The male spat while scoffing, kicking her arms away from her before planting both boots on her biceps, pinning them to the ground as he held his Trident's tip over her right breast. "The worst is yet to come." he declared, glowering at her while hissing at both Kurumi and the beast in the back of his mind which wanted out. Not like he'd let it, this wench and her posse weren't anywhere NEAR worthy enough for that.
Nope, instead he opted to punish this bitch…
Just when he was about to stab his Trident directly into her right breast, intentionally avoiding her vital organs, Theseus sensed killing intent which made him throw a bunch of Lightning out to the side using the hand holding his Bolt Pistol. That allowed him to defend against a Spear thrown at him like a Javelin, an utterly furious Hayase leaping at him while catching his weapon in mid air.
"Die, you damn monster!"
With that loud war cry, Hayase slammed his Spear down on Theseus using an overhead arc, only for the male to roll his eyes as they began glowing a bright green. In that one moment, both the weapon AND Hayase froze in mid air, unable to move a single muscle much to his building shock and horror. Such words seemed to be rather connected to this guy, weren't they?
"Monster? Hmph, well you're not wrong…" The male remarked, before flicking his gaze at Hayase's abdomen as he suddenly lit up in flames. If he could scream in pain, he would have and they would have soared across the heavens when Theseus added lightning to the mix. "Thing is, you barged into this monster's territory and attempted to harm those in it's custody… don't think you'll escape punishment, fucker."
That said, Theseus telekinetically launched his opponent away from him into a bunch of earthen Spikes which he had conjured moments prior, impaling the bastard several times over. "GAAAAAAH!" he screamed in agony while his Spear began to glow a bright white once again. Theseus noticed this, and sensed that something within the weapon which he assumed to be something related to the divine beast connected to it somehow, so he promptly disposed the threat by throwing up the hand holding his Bolt Pistol and telekinetically tossed it away from it's master, forming an earthen hand to grasp onto it while infusing that hand with his twisted divinity.
Sure enough, the male sensed the two forces converge on one another to create an equilibrium between the two, as well as negate one another.
Seeing this, Kurumi's eyes became filled with dread while she struggled to break free. She did try kicking him with her flexible legs honed through years of training, but Theseus had stabbed her thighs with a bunch of earthen spikes, rendering them useless. "But… but how?! Byakko's supposed to protect it's master automatically when they're in danger!" she proclaimed, but Theseus silenced her by smacking her upside the head via his Trident's rear end.
"Tough luck, bitch." he spat, before realigning his Trident's tip towards her breast… and promptly stabbing into it. He ignored the girl's screams while mentally controlling a bunch of water to form a circle at the breast's base, sharpening it's inner edges… until finally the water circle collapsed inwards, cutting right through the flesh and fat. This allowed Theseus to pretty much sever one of Kurumi's breasts from her body, leaving a gaping hole behind.
"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
If her pain from before had been nightmarish, then this would be like a raging inferno. Kurumi's screams filled the air space around them while tears streamed down her face like two waterfalls, snot gathering at her nostrils at the pain she felt at having one of her boobs ripped off.
Worse, more screams left her when Theseus repeated his actions on the other breast without mercy, ripping it off her as well.
Those screams got cut short however when, out of annoyance, the male rolled his eyes before smacking her upside the temple with his Trident's rear end, knocking the girl into the land of unconsciousness… though for good measure he intended to feed nightmarish hallucinations into her while in this state so she would wake up further tormented by this encounter.
Stepping off her now motionless form, Theseus stepped on towards Hayase who struggled to break free from his makeshift restraints. Restraints which from just a simple command from Theseus got accompanied by a bunch of lightning that decimated his already charcoal-colored body. Even the most miniscule of movements would be enough to cause searing agony for the Hero, something he felt down to his very bones with tears building in his eyes.
Yet, despite this he still managed to push through the pain and glare at the approaching Hellsing member. "You… bastard…" he spat, grimacing when he noticed what had befallen Kurumi's body. "You fucking monster!"
"Hm?" Pretending to be confused, Theseus 'innocently' tilted his head to the side at seeing his furious expression, before glancing back at the purple haired girl and 'perking up' at the sight. "Oh don't worry, I just freed up the room for some cannons. Haven't you heard of the sensation going around right now?" he questioned with a placating fake smile… one which turned downright nasty when he made the following statement. "Bitches love cannons."
Truly was Alucard's student, if he was here he wouldn't have been more proud of his student, his influence was just that contagious after all.
At this point, a loud thunking sound alerted Theseus to the arrival of Shiba who had just finished dispersing the rest of the elementals distracting him, finally allowing him to get back to the battlefield. Just when he stood up tall to survey the situation and see where he could offer assistance, he saw the state of his comrades.
Now this cracked his emotionless shell, the man's mouth falling open at shock while he witnessed the brutality the male had inflicted on his comrades. This… he couldn't even fathom the situation they were in now.
Theseus knew one of them was coming, his elemental power needs some more training to deal with the hero clans. He turned to Shiba as his eyes were still glued at his comrades. "Seems you're all that is left." he declared, fully turning to face him whilst holding his Trident at the ready, a ring of water surrounding his feet.
Shiba did not respond to him for a while before he finally spoke. "You…...you really are the vampire king's heir." he whispered in a barely audible manner. He quickly grabbed Kurumi's flesh(her chest area), and a bottle which Theseus identified as phoenix tears. It restored her body parts to their original forms, but likely not her mental state.
"Heir? Oh dear hero, I'm not his heir." Theseus made a fanged grin, leaning on one foot with his Trident stabbing its rear end into the ground beside him. "I'm not interested in becoming a vampire, you could also say I'm not interested in his throne. Instead, I only aim…...to surpass him." he declared, grinning savagely whilst looking up to the skies above and imagining Alucard's face. He imagined driving his Trident through his chest after a long, hard fought battle and couldn't keep the grin from splitting his face in two.
Shiba turned around and faced the blond hair boy."You know you didn't need to be that brutal among your fellow human beings. What would happen if the world would lose its heroes, protecting the human race from the dangers of monsters that threaten their existence?"
Theseus furrowed his brow at Shiba, he was about to rebuke him, that is until he said this question to him. "Didn't you want to be a hero when you were a small child?"
"..."
Theseus did not answer Shiba, lowering his head to allow his hair to shadow his eyes in darkness as the area around them became as silent as the wind. Shiba thought he got through his thick head when he asked that question, hoping to see if he still had some humanity in him. After all, it would have been a shame to let such a promising figure be lost to the dark side.
That soon turned out to not be the case however, instead it made Theseus start shaking a bit, his hands gripping his Bolt Pistol and Trident hard enough for his hand to bleed. Veins had bulged into existence on his arms, his expression shifting from annoyance, to anger, and then swelled to pure fury as his teeth became fanged again. He ended up gnashing them so hard that any normal teeth would've been broken to pieces.
"Hero? HERO?!" he shouted in anger while releasing a large amount of energy and aura into the atmosphere. The effects were immediate, with the first being how the sky had darkened, lightning booming across the rapidly gathering storm clouds. Their immediate vicinity became surrounded by the occasional tornadoes that formed a circle around their battlefield, rage-filled roaring winds whipping through the air like a rampaging woman trying to hack her unfaithful husband's face off.
At this point, Shiba probably would have preferred that compared to the sight before him.
In an instant, Theseus closed the distance between them after blurring out of sight, the man gasping at the hand already gripping his neck like a serpent squeezing the life out of its prey. After a couple seconds of struggling to break free in which Shiba flailed his arms about, grasping Theseus's arm, the said male raised him up into the air in one hand before…
WHAM!
Slamming him head first into the ground.
"Gah!"
A sharp cry accompanied Shiba's heard meeting with the earth beneath him, spitting out a bunch of blood from his mouth from the blunt force trauma applied to his skull. Below him, a small crater formed from the impact with several bits of debris being thrown back by the shockwave. Any normal man would have had his head turned to a splattered mess of blood and brain matter with how much strength Theseus had put into the slam, so it was rather weird that Shiba still remained alive let alone conscious.
Not something the furious male pondered any though, taking the chance provided by the other man's temporary stunned state to lift his head up again before slamming it back down with the same amount of force, repeating said actions over and over again. Each time this happened, his impact would deepen the crater and allow cracks to spread out from his head's impact point throughout the surrounding area.
SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM-SLAM!
By the 10th slam, Shiba had lost most of his cognitive functionality, his brain struggling to reboot itself with black spots dancing across his vision. This didn't mean he couldn't feel the pain of each blow though, his skull screaming in pure agony in place of his mouth thanks to Theseus having covered it in a bunch of water. Shiba could hardly fight back either due to this state preventing him from using his magic, and what few times he DID find openings to retaliate with Theseus would simply summon a water shark which would then chomp onto his arms or legs, cutting off those attempts at their sources.
Finally, Theseus let go of the man's neck which had a bunch of blackened bruises from how hard he'd been gripping it. Vicious coughing fits assaulted the downed man whose consciousness struggled to remain active, the man holding his aching throat with one hand while trying to soothe his windpipe. His eyes, drenched with sweat and tears from the painful experience he had gone through, remained wider than saucers now, exposing the black irises and slitted pupils he sported.
However, he would be DEAD wrong if he thought Theseus was done. Oh no, he wasn't finished not by a LONG shot.
This became a harsh reality when the said male stepped up and summoned his BOE Form's Tail, the limb protruding out from the back of his waist. He then had it wrap itself around one of Shiba's legs, lifting him off the ground to let him hang like a used ragdoll…
WHAM!
Before smacking him into the ground once more.
"GAH!"
This time however, a much louder scream erupted forth from his lips. Although this one was cut shot much quicker than before thanks to what Theseus did next…
WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM!
...This time Theseus had started smacking him around even harder than before, and for longer. Almost like he were trying to paint the ground as his canvas, and Shiba was to be his unwilling paintbrush. Sometimes he'd alternate between dragging him across it by digging him into the dirt, other times he'd conjure a bunch of earth pillars to smack Shiba into like he were a caveman smacking a club into something.
After what felt like the 100th time of playing whack-a-mole, Shiba edition, Theseus conjured a bush made from earthen spikes, holding out his hand which glowed brightly with fiery magic. As a result, the tips of each spike turned more molten in appearance, which suited his next action just fine. Thus, he finally finished Shiba off by flinging him towards those spikes with immense force, leaving the Hero Clan member unable to react in time.
PIERCE!
"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
Nearly instantly he got impaled by the spikes through the back and out the chest, their molten tips burning through his insides all the while as Shiba howled in sheer agony. Not seconds later, did Theseus clench his fists and summon a pair of larger ones from thin air, made from water. These water fists were clenched just like his real arms, of which he raised them up and reared back for a right hook. He then commenced throwing a barrage of punches while still being a good few feet away from Shiba's pinned form, the reasoning being the water fists which shot straight towards him. Each punch made them collide with Shiba's fast, and as time passed the male's punches increased in intensity.
POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW-POW!
Pausing briefly to survey his handiwork, Thesus raised his arms upwards while clasping his hands together, the water fists mimicking his actions… before he brought them down on Shiba's head, wrenching him off the spikes and breaking off their tips, leaving them within his chest.
Shiba's body, bruised and battered beyond belief from the relentless blows that landed themselves upon him, lay there motionless. His mouth opened and closed, but nothing but silent cries escaped into the atmosphere while trails of blood ran down both corners of his mouth. He was still alive though, albeit barely since the male could sense his life force still.
Not if he had anything to say about it, the male thought while scowling like the demons that he hated. Theseus stomped on over towards the downed hero, his Trident in hand while his Tail swayed back and forth behind him. Stopping over Shiba's form, Theseus raised his Trident in his right hand for an overhead stabbing that would soon follow, his foe being unable to defend himself.
Not like Theseus cared or gave a shit though, he was about to make sure he would've finished the job. These…..'heroes' had the gall to first ignore the warnings they had sent them in strict confidence, but worse they even had the guts to say that he wanted to be a hero? A hero!?
That's just a fucking fake title, to him there's no real heroes in the world, only the monsters that people had inside of them. Any who believed differently were just living in a fantasy world, a fantasy which could only exist above an underlying reality, a reality that was quite the dark contrast to what people WISHED was true. If one wants to fight these monsters, then one has to have the strength of one or become one themselves, continuing the endless cycle that plagued the world for thousands of years.
Just as he was about to end this hero's life...
"WOAH! WOAH! WOAH!"
BAM!
"GAH!?" Theseus gasped in surprise when all of a sudden someone sucker punched him in the face, sending him stumbling away from the now unconscious Shiba, although he recovered and turned to the perpetrator with an angry expression, about to lash out like the beast he was. That is, before it melted away when he saw who it was that had attacked him. "Vali? What are you doing he-"
"What am I doing here?" Vali scandalously said to Theseus. "The better question is are you fucking out of your mind!? You could've made things worse now!" he yelled at Theseus' face, not in his usual battle maniac but a scolding brother.
Maria quickly went to Mio's side and saw she was taking cover at a table that was being used as a cover behind her. The silver haired succubus squatted down and checked on her. "Mio! Are you alright?"
The redhead girl looked at the side and saw Maria was there. She didn't question why she was here or how she got here. "I'm…..I'm fine Maria, the hero did not lay a scratch on me." she assured the succubus that made her sigh in relief. But that didn't matter for her, all that matters is how Theseus was currently.
Just as she was about to ask about the blond hair boy. "What do you mean by-"
"?! Are….are you fucking serious right now?" she heard Theseus just about to question, Vali interrupted him. Mio slowly stood up and glanced at the duo while Maria also followed her posture.
Vali spread his arms, gesturing at the sight around him. "Look at this fucking place and look at the sky!" he pointed to the sky, still signifying that the storm was still there.
Glancing up at the natural disaster in humanity's eyes looming over the skies above their heads. Theseus scoffed at this notion the silver haired male proclaimed about and waved his hand, making the storm go away like he were wiping a plate clean. Also, he began to exert his telekinetic powers into the surroundings as evident by how his body sparked with electrical energy that didn't come from his Sacred Gear. As a result, the various damaged and destroyed buildings began to repair themselves. "So what? I can ju-"
"That's not the point here!" Vali continued to yell at him, cutting the blonde male off. He pointed his index finger to Theseus and poked him on the chest. "Your bloodlust made everyone in the mile radius faint, combined all this disaster you almost ALMOST, exposed yourself to the humans and enemies." Vali backed away and looked at the dying hero clan members, the two of them, the male and the girl, were still alive. "I knew that the Hero Clan would eventually come back and finish the job, but look at them." Vali turned around and hardened his gaze at Theseus. "I know that I am a battle maniac but at least I keep myself under control most of the time. You on the other hand….I don't know what the fuck happened over here, but Theseus…...you almost forced the mission to be aborted."
The blond-haired boy widened his eyes at the realization of what Vali was trying to say to him. He didn't think of the surroundings and the consequences of his actions when he allowed his powers to be unleashed in the middle of a human populated area. "I…." he attempted to speak, to try and say something in his defence.
However, Vali put his hand up, stopping him from speaking further. "Save it." He put his hand down, turning on his heels before walking towards the Hero Clan members, the ones which Theseus had thrashed so brutally beforehand. Lifting them like a sack of potatoes, Vali glanced behind him at the blonde male. "Lets head back home and discuss it with Meredith, got it?"
"...got it." Theseus responded to Vali before walking to the defeated Shiba, wrapping his Tail around his waist before lifting him into the air. With all the destruction that went down here, he bet that there wouldn't be any humans around to see this plus they likely would be going out erasing memories of this incident once everything was finished… alongside whatever punishment he would be receiving for his conduct.
Mio and Maria remained silent during their discussion before following the Hellsing agents, Theseus dismissing his Trident to pocket his hands in his trouser pockets. Try as she might Mio couldn't suppress the bad feeling she had about what awaited them when they got back to the base, if what she knew about Hellsing was any indication then there was definitely a severe punishment in store for Theseus. But that also begged another question she had in mind, why did Theseus have to be punished because of her? Why was the world just cruel for not only her but for the boy who she held deeply to her heart?