Hello there!
Here is the next chapter for this story, I hope you all enjoy the madness that is to come.
Now, this chapter is Jaune centered, so for those of you who don't like this kind of thing, sorry, but this chapter's idea has been rolling around in my head for far too long and I need to get it out, so I apologize. I shall make this a two-part story with both chapters back-to-back so as to get the whole story.
And without further adieu, let the chapter commence.
Chapter Three: Roar of Ragnarok.
The assembled eight teenagers were all eagerly looking on, wondering just what they might see next.
"This is not how it was meant to be." A voice rang out. The voice sounded so much like the leader of Team JNPR, however, something has changed. The voice is deeper, stronger, older, but at the same time, there is so much pain, so much sorrow and so much regret in his voice that it made the Beacon students all wince from his words.
"Is that Jaune?' Ruby asked, really worried for the first friend she made a Beacon.
"It sounds like me, but...he sounds like my grandfather did when Granddad was talking about all the friends he had to bury over the course of his Huntsman career." Jaune said, confused and really unsure how the voice made him feel.
Pyrrha looked over at her leader, wondering just what happened to change the boy on her right into the broken man on the screen.
"It was never meant to go this way. We were supposed to have victory! Instead, all we got was blood and death." Jaune continued on, the screen showing a white forest, the trees all barren and covered in snow. The view of vast mountain of a man walking through the forest is shown next, the back of the man being all that can be seen as the man made with way through the trees, his feet seeping deep into the snow as he continued his trek forwards.
"Who is that?" Ruby asked.
"No idea, never seen him before." Yang replied to her sister, also confused about the man's appearance.
"Ozpin lead us all over Remnant, looking for the Relics and we followed him, always fighting. Never resting. And eventually, we found them all. Creation. Choice. Destruction. Knowledge. The four great objects given to humanity by the gods at the dawn of life. I still remember the awe I felt at the power all four Relics emminated when they were gathered together. It almost drowned out the pain of remembering everyone we had to sacrifice to get those damn things." Jaune continued saying, the unknown giant man still facing away from the screen, his trek continuing onwards despite the massive blizzard now raging against him. The winds lashed out as the snow and cold sought to strike the man down, but he refused to fall. Despite nature raging against him, the man continued onwards.
"Relics? What are those?" Ruby asked, turning towards Strike who was silent up unto now.
"As he said, the Relics are four great objects of power given to humanity by the gods. They embody four key concepts about humanity as a whole. Creation, Destruction, Choice and Knowledge. Each Relic has abilities relating to what they embody. Knowledge can answer three questions about anything if such knowledge exists already. For example, Knowledge can't tell you what will happen three years in the future as that Knowledge doesn't exist yet, but it an tell you the location of all of Atlas's secret facilities or even the access codes to the CCT network." Strike said, showing a few images of the Relics. Knowledge looks like a golden lamp, Creation is shaped as a massive two sided flat hammer, Destruction as a massive sword and Choice is shaped like a golden crown with flowers made into the metal itself.
"So wait, these things exist back home? In our world?" Yang asked, unable to accept such fantastical objects could exist in her world.
"They do indeed. Thy are currently locked within their respective vaults to keep them safe. No one can access them except for several very specific people." Strike answered her.
"It was during this quest that I unlocked my Semblance: The Arcforce. The wisdom, knowledge and power of my forefathers at my command. With this power at my disposal, I grew in strength and size until I rivaled Cinder in strength. One Arc was nothing compared to her. But ten? Or twenty? Or even thirty? Even she was hard pressed to defeat a man with the power of some of humanity's greatest heroes all at his fingertips. I was still slightly below her in terms of skill and raw power, but now I could hold my own and fight her head on. I was called upon to fight her multiple times so that the others might complete the mission's objective. Everytime I lost, but I got better as time went on to the point that Cinder needed much help to take me down quickly." Jaune said as the screen showed a older Jaune glowing with golden energy. His size increased until he was well over seven feet tall as his powers increased."
"Wait, so is that my Semblance?" Jaune asked, hoping he might have just found his out.
"No. Different Jaune's, different lives. You and him are two very different people, even if you share the same face. Your souls are different from one another and so your Semblences are going to be different." Strike said, crushing that hope as he restarted the screen.
"With the Relics by our side, we marched into the Grimmlands and fought Salem's forces. With the combined army of humanity and the Faunus united together, we managed to get to the Witch's castle. Once inside, we fought the Witch's lieutenants and ended their lives for their crimes against our world. With her subordinates dead, the Witch herself entered the battlefield." Jaune continued say, the power of the blizzard increasing with each step the man took. However, the man refused to fall and so pushed onwards.
"Who is Salem?" Ruby asked, wondering why she sounded so important.
"Salem is a being who controls all the Grimm. She is their queen and she is the greatest threat to Remnants future. Well, in your world." Strike explained, showing an image of Salem.
Just looking at her caused the eight young adults to feel complete unadulterated fear.
"That's the ruler of the Grimm?" Weiss asked, her voice small and weak. All her courage seemed to fade in the face of such a being.
"Yes. She is very powerful, at least compared to the defenders of your world. Many beings across the multiverse would be able to defeat Salem easily." Strike said as he started the screen again.
"Salem was powerful, even with the Relics we struggled to even do any damage to her. But we persevered and eventually, we struck the Witch dead." Jaune continued, the screen showing an image of older versions of Teams RWBY and JNPR, except Pyrrha was missing. The seven were gathered around a pale figure, her skin deathly white. Her blood was flowing out from the large gash struck across her chest."
"At least she can be killed." Ruby said, hope filling her chest again.
"Yes, Salem can be killed, but it requires the Relics at least. There are some powers that can kill her easily, but no one in your world can use those method. At least, not for right now." Strike said, causing a little confused.
"Not for right now?" Pyrrha repeated, wondering what he ment.
"I told you earlier that some techniques and abilities would be gifted to your for the defense of your world. One or two of them could be used to kill Salem when you return to your world and then you could teach it to others. Do try and remember that you are here to learn not only lessons, but powers as well." Strike aid as he unpaused the screen
"We thought that we had finally earned our peace, but it was not to be. Merely seven days after the death of Salem and the destruction of most of the Grimm, a new enemy appeared. The God of Light and the God of Darkness appeared, proclaiming that they were going to commence judgement upon humanity and Faunus kind. They said due to our actions, we had proven unworthy and so we were to be destroyed. The Gods then unleashed a swarm of Grimm unlike any we faced before. They were stronger, faster, more intelligent and they wielded magic. Humanity was quickly overrun. My friends died one by one." Jaune continued narrating, showing two being. One dark purple with curved rams horns and the other blindingly golden with deer antlers. They stood above humanity and then glowed brightly as the Grimm all around the world changed. Some turned crimson red as fire spewed from their mouths while others became giants as their skin turned snow white with ice forming around them. Next, the sight of the Kingdoms falling one by one as the Grimm overran the walls and the defenses quickly as their increased powers aided them.
The students were horrified by what they saw and heard. This is not the future they wanted to see.
"What? But I thought the Brother Gods were good?" Ruby asked, completely unable to understand what is happening.
"Please. The Brother Gods are anything but good. They were the ones who not only created the Grimm, but the God of Darkness also wiped out a vast majority of humanity and then cracked your moon. And all because people wanted to live their lives outside of their rule. And so like spoiled children, the two 'gods' threw a tantrum and left after making a mess of things. They do not deserve the title of gods." Strike said with venom in his voice.
"I take it you and them have a bit of bad history." Blake said.
"Like you wouldn't believe. Aftering seeing how the Prime versions of the brothers acted, I attacked both of them and nearly killed them and I would have if the boss hadn't stepped in and restrained me. He told me I was not allowed to interfere with their world, even if they acted poorly. He then banished the two of them away to a distant universe devoid of life so that they can never harm another innocent being again. Since then, me and the brothers have been on poor terms." Strike said, his anger for the brothers plainly visible as he turned the screen back on to stop them from asking more questions.
"Ren and Nora blew themselves up to destroy one thousand Grimm outside of their old home in Kuroyuri the two of them embracing one another in their final moments as I was pulled away screaming for vengeance. Yang died killing a Dragon Grimm near Patch, her mother personally admitting Yang was much stronger then her. Blake met her end a month later against a Sea Serpent Grimm which spewed out poisonous fumes, eventually killing her as Blake defended her home. Qrow and Winter died together, the two fighting to defend the Atlas with their final breaths, unaware their effort were for naught and o Atlas fell. Finally, Ruby died in my arms after she overused her Silver Eyes to save everyone in Vale, the final refuge for humanity and Faunus." Jaune continued to say,
"And here I am. The final member of both Teams JNPR and RNJR, the final member of the seven who killed Salem and the last member of the Arc family. My father fell killing a Alpha Fire Grimm called Sutur while my mother was killed defending my siblings. My sister's all fell-one by-one, either dying defending Vale or one the other Kingdoms before they fell."
No one could say anything. All words failed to express their feelings right now. Anger, sadness, regret, these words fail to describe how the Beacon students truly felt about the horrors of this reality.
"For all my strength, I failed to save my family. I failed my Kingdom, I failed my team and I failed myself. So now I search, for a single speck of hope here in the most barren and forsaken wasteland on Remnant, hoping that Ozpin's claim about Fairy Tale's being true was right." Jaune said as the finally reached the center of the forest. Standing there was a massive tree, easily ten to twenty times the size of the rest of the trees surrounding it, aking this tree easily several hundred feet tall.
"So, it is real. Yggdrasil. The World Tree." The man muttered in awe, revealing that this is Jaune, as he approached the massive roots of the tree. "
"Yggdrasil?" Ruby asked, wondering why older Jaune seemed so happy to see it.
"It's said to be the Tree from which all life is connected." Nora explained, having grown up hearing stories about Yggdrasil from when she was a child. She just never thought it actually existed.
"Indeed. Yggdrasil is a place with more power flowing through it then even the Relics themselves. Yggdrasil is not only connected to Remnant, but to all living things across all worlds and even planets and stars themselves are alive, making Yggdrasil far more powerful then anything else that can be found on Remnant." Strike said.
"So, does Yggdrasil exist on our Remnant?" Ren asked.
"Yes, but you can never reach it. Most Yggdrasils are locked away and placed in areas where mortals like you can never find it. That Yggdrasil on the screen is different for the others. I cannot tell you why as revealing such information to mortals is forbidden, but all I can say is prepare yourselves for what comes next." Strike says, making those around him nervous.
"Jaune stood at the base of Yggdrasil as a new voice was heard near him. "You must seek knowledge, you must seek a deeper understanding!"
Standing near Jaune is a the form of a small child, a boy of only 10 years at most. However, the child is pure white color, from his skin to his clothes, his hair and his eyes, all of it is white.
"How? I saw you die before my very eyes." Jaune said in shock and disbelief.
"You know the answer to your questions already, yet you do not see the answer. With thine eyes, you cannot see at all." The child said back, his voice ancient and powerful despite coming from a youthful figure.
"I..." Jaune started to say before he was cut off by the child.
"Stop thinking Son of Arc! Just tell me who I am. Reach into thine soul and find the truth!" The child commanded.
"Older Jaune closed his eyes and after a second said, "You are not the child. You are the embodiment of my Semblance, the combined knowledge, wisdom and power of the Arc who came before me given form. The Arcforce."
"How? A Semblance is the manifestation of a person's soul? How can it manifest itself out of a person's body?" Weiss asked.
"This Semblene is the combined souls of his ancestors, all of the united into a single pool of power. It has grown so powerful it has become sentient itself. So much soul energy in one spot is bound to cause some unusual effects." Strike responded before restarting the screen.
"Yes! You seek answers, a deeper knowing. You seek the knowledge of a god!" The child roared a golden energy flowed out of him.
"Indeed, but I need to know something. Why did you leave me when I fought in Vale?" Jaune asked.
"Because you proved yourself unworthy by your actions! When you wielded my power, you used it as a 'cure-all' and yet you learned nothing from it's use! You cannot use such power without understanding it! Look at what has become of your world because you didn't understand the power you wield. To find the answers you seek, you walk the same path Odin, your first ancestor did to become a god." The Arcforce said.
"I don't wish to become a god. I just want to know why the Brothers have betrayed us." Jaune said back.
"To get those answers, you must become more than a man. You must cast aside your flesh and your body if you truly desire to get that knowledge." The Arcforce said as it lead Jaune up to a certain branch of Yggdrasil where a old stone well sat.
"How is an old well supposed to give Vomit boy wisdom?" Yang asked, unable to see the logic.
"That shall be answered soon." Strike said, not wanting to let them know what is coming.
"To seek wisdom, it is said that Odin came here, to the well Mimir." The Arcforce said, standing near the well as Jaune looked down.
"The well is dry. Mimir is long dead. I can find no wisdom here." Jaune replied, right before the Arcforce rebuked him.
"Neither did your ancestor." The child-like figure said. "The well did not give him wisdom. That came from the ritual and the sacrifice that allowed Odin to find the wisdom in himself. You must find your own ritual. You must face the fate of yourself and that of humanity."
"Must I pluck out my eye as Odin did?" Jaune asked the small figure.
"Only you can know what must be done." The Arcforce simply replied.
All was quiet as Jaune closed his eyes and stood silently.
"Jaune's not going to tear his eyes out, right?" Ruby asked, really concerned for her friend.
"Of course he won't. Jaune isn't so reckless and stupid as to do something as dumb as that." Weiss replied as Strike stood silent.
"A moment later and Jaune grabbed his head with his left hand and with his right index and middle fingers, he pressed into the soft flesh around his eye, pushing as he grit his teeth in horrible agony. A few seconds later and it was all over, Jaune's right eye now resting safely in his right hand.
All of the Beacon students were horrified and disgusted by what Jaune just did. They couldn't believe he would actually gouge out his right eye.
"Jaune then tossed his eye down the well, saying "It is done." After his eye fell out of view, Jaune waited for something to happen, but the well was still dry.
"Fool! I am a fool! The well is still dry and I've sacrificed an eye to it!" Jaune roared out, unable to believe his stupidity.
"You have sacrificed nothing." The child form of the Arcforce said motionlessly.
"Nothing?! I tore out my eye! My eye!" Jaune shouted back at the spectre.
"One eye is nothing! Odin has already made that sacrifice! You cannot walk the path already taken! Repeating your ancestors deed is an empty gesture! Empty! You know what must be done!" The Arcforce shouted, his voice hard and unwavering.
I must take the path not yet taken." Jaune simply said. Without a moment's hesitation, Jaune's hands reached up for his remaining eye. A second later, and his last eye was now out of his head. With a feeble toss, the sky blue eye went over the well's side and out of view.
"This deed has taken all my will...and I am blind! I am nothing." Jaune said as he leaned weakly against the well's side.
"Jaune tore out both of his eyes." Ruby whispered, horrified at her friends decision.
Weiss had her mouth open, trying to say something, but her voice had left her.
Yang was the same as Weiss. She never expected Jaune to actually tear his eyes out and yet he did.
Blake was shocked, but not as much as the others. Her time as a White Fang agent made her see and do things worse then seeing someone's eyes get torn out of their head.
Ren was just as shocked as the others, but for him it was worse. Jaune is like the brother Ren never had and seeing his blood brother tear his eyes out was hard for Ren to watch and stomach.
Nora was openly crying as she watched her teammate, friend, leader and brother in all but blood mutilate himself. She just couldn't keep her emotions in.
Pyrrha had a hand up to her face, her eyes wide and filled with tears. It was hard for her to see someone she cares so much for mutilate themselves in such a horrible way.
Jaune was shocked as well. He just saw himself tear his eyes out for apparently nothing since the well is still dry.
Strike said nothing as he continued watching on.
The Arcforce looked on, and for the first time since it appeared, the small child had a smile on his face.
"You cannot even imagine what ending waits for you. Drink deep the waters of Mimir's well. Refill the cup of wisdom. With your eyes forever closed, see now with all your being! Now your journey into mystery!" The Arcforce said as water began to overflow from Mimir. Jaune cupped some water with his hands and drank deeply and greedily, the water refreshing him like nothing had before it.
"See now the wisdom of the past, opened by the clarity of Mimir's well." The Arcforce said as Jaune then splashed Mimir's water across his face as he saw a vision.
He saw the beginning of time. He saw the One-Above-All give life to the cosmic nothingness that was his universe. Stars formed and planets were born from his will, including Remnant. He saw life beginning to form as humans and faunus began to take their first steps. He saw the Brothers come down and find humanity. He sees them forge gifts to humanity in exchange for worship. He sees countless decades pass as humanity grows tired of the Brother's rule. They rise up against the Brothers, only to be wiped out. However, instead of being the end of the story, Jaune sees the Brothers bring all of humanity back to life again! Over and over again, each time humanity wants freedom from the Brothers, they wipe humanity out!
"This has happened many times before! This time of death, of betrayal, this twilight of humanity, this Ragnarok, it has come and gone for eons! Humanity's extinction is never permanent, they bring us right back to start the process all over again! Ragnarok is a cycle, a cycle! But why? Why bring us back if we are just going to rebel once again?" Jaune asks as answers are given, but more need to be answered now.
"Wait, what? Humanity has been destroyed before? Many times?" Weiss asked, not sure if what she is seeing is real.
"Not for your universe, no. But for this one, yes. Humanity has come and gone many times before, but they are always brought back." Strike said, looking disgusted.
"But why? What purpose does this serve?" Pyrrha asks, still shocked by Jaune tearing his eyes out.
"Let's find out together." Strike says as the screen starts.
"For that knowing you must seek the future, you must seek the magic of the runes." The Arcforce says.
"I am blind! Blind! How can I read the runes without my eyes?! How could I be so needful of a thing as to pay such a price!?" Jaune roars out, blood oozing from his empty eye sockets.
"You are your ancestor's descendent, that is how! What are your eyes compared to your life?" The Arcforce says.
"You guys don't think Jaune's going to..." Ruby asks, unable to complete the sentence for fear of the answer.
"We saw him tear out his eyes. I say he is pretty determined and he might just pay that price." Yang says also fearful that she might be right.
"To complete your task, Son of Arc, you must cast your very life aside! You must be reborn! Birth requires the sacrifice of life-be it the planted seed or the blood of the mother's womb! You must cease to be! You must be remade!" The Arcforce declares as it takes Jaune to another location of Yggdrasil.
"You need knowledge beyond this! You need wisdom beyond wisdom, you need the magic of the runes. You must walk the final steps of your ancestor's journey to go beyond them!" The Arcforce continued as it brought Jaune to a specific pair of tree branches.
"This is where your ancestor hung himself for nine days and nights-till he was at the brink of death-a sacrifice of himself to himself-and he gathered the knowledge of the runes! You must go beyond that brink and into the maw of death itself! If you fail, there is no coming back for you." The Arcforce said as it watched Jaune stand near the tree for a few seconds before Jaune spoke.
"I will do it." Jaune said as he took the line of metal chain provided by the Arcforce and wrapped it around the top tree branch above him. After tying tight and then wrapping the chain around himself, Jaune let himself hang.
Ruby turns away, unable to watch any longer as Yang, Blake and Weiss move to comfort the young girl.
Nora buries her head into Ren's shoulder, sobs escaping from her mouth as Ren wraps his arms around her and rubs her back.
Pyrrha cries alone until Jaune moves over to her and wraps her in a hug as well, letting the red haired champion cry into his neck as she holds onto him as if he would disappear instantly if she doesn't.
Strike let's them cry for a bit until they are ready to watch again. And then he restarts the screen.
"Like his ancestor before him, Jaune hangs himself from the tree, seeking hidden knowledge. The knowing of the Runes, the magic called Seid by the early humans of the North, could divine the future and casts spells on the now!" The Arcforce says as days appear to flash by as Jaune continues to hang from his position.
"Jaune hangs - like his ancestor did before him. Bringing them closer in spirit and understanding than ever before. Like a man with his first born, only now can he understand the bond between father and son or a king and his people."
"The magic of the Runes and the wisdom from the well of Mimir give Jaune the power to know the past - to control the present - and guide the future!"
"Now Jaune can see through the veil of time, pas the knowing of men. He sees all things, animals and minerals - he sees beyond quantum structure; beyond cosmic architecture - and into the nothingness of Gun-Gingap. He sees the relationships between man and god, child and father, creator and destroyer! Only after Destruction can there Resurrection."
"Now he knows what he must do - and he refuses!"
"NO! No, I cannot!" Jaune growls as he reaches for the chain around his neck.
"The Runes show him the future of all things - of every man and beast - every leaf on every tree! He sees every deed, seen and unseen - every battle, lost and won!"
"He now knows what he is. He is the great seed of the Arc clan, the result of many lifetime's worth of planning and preparation, the great Arc plan to bring about an end to the cycle!"
"He sees the end of all thing - and the part he must play in it!" The Arcforce finishes as Jaune falls from the branch and rolls to the ground.
"No, I refuse!" Jaune cries out one last time before his body goes still and cold.
"And so you die. Death comes for us all - and gives us wings."
"What...what just happened?" Weiss asked.
"Your friend went into the maw of death itself and by doing so gained the knowledge and wisdom of how to use the Runes. Using the Runes has allowed Jaune to see through time itself and into the universe itself. He has gone beyond anything a mortal can become." Strike responded to the shocked Beacon students.
"So, Jaune-Jaune is a god now?" Nora asks.
"Not quite yet, but he is getting there." Strike says as the screen starts playing again.
"In hel. The land of the sick, weak and doomed, the last hope of humanity fights against the powers who wish to see him theirs." The Arcforce says as a thin and pale Jaune crawls along the snow covered landscape. All around him are the souls of the dead, some frozen in crystals, others wailing in misery.
From across the plains, a figure approaches Jaune. A fair-skinned woman, wearing dark green clothing an a spiked helmet, All she says is "Mine."
Jaune, not willing to be hers, draws a Rune on the ground and weakly says, "Father, ancestors, come to me."
A blinding light fills the air as dozens of figures appear, one of whom picks up Jaune.
The figure reveals itself to be Jaune's father who bellows, "This soul is not yours Hela! Keeper of the dead, heed my words and listen well! This is my son and you will never lay claim to him or his soul!"
The light increases as all the Arcs that have ever come before Jaune join their powers together and force Hela away in a blinding flash of power.
"Wow! Ruby cries out, same as the others as they try to shield their eyes from the flash of power.
"When the light dies down, Jaune can be seen lying down in an area devoid of light, an eternal shadow. He gets up as he say, "Father? Where...?"
He looks before him where two beings stand above him. Easily dozens of times his size, they are instantly known to Jaune as the one on the right says, "We have seen your deeds Jaune of Arc, Lord of Huntsman and King of the Arcs. You who have traveled traveled beyond death, you are worthy of our notice and our blessing."
"The Brother Gods. Once you were a mystery to me, but now know you, I see through you! Reveal your true forms, fork-tongued deceivers of men! You who have feasted on the soul of countless trillions of me and my kin! Show yourselves!" Jaune bellows out.
The two brothers look to one another and they then change. Gone is the dark purple and the bright golden, all that remains are two humanoid bodies that are black as the night sky with white outlines.
"Is this better, Lord of Arcs?" The former God of Light says, now in his true form.
"Indeed it is, liar. I know what you are, I know of your actions across the eons. I know that you are not true gods, you are just parasites. You never created humanity and the Faunus, nor the other countless species across the universe that you Lord over. You visited young planets full of young inhabitants and presented yourselves as gods. You made them worship you and you fed off their prayers and faith in you. You grew fat and glutinous off of the lives of men. Off of the memories of sorrow, rage, joy and happiness, you fed off all of it, all while pretending to be gods. But, when humanity grew tired of you and sought to forge our own destinies, you slaughtered them all and remade the human race, only to start pretending to be gods to those new humans as well! You have done this across a billion worlds over a million lifetimes! You who call yourselves gods when all you are is worthless parasites!" Jaune roared out.
"Watch your tongue, Arc. We are still beyond you just as a child is beyond..." The former God of Darkness said before he was interrupted.
"A toy? If you truly think that then you are blind as well as monsters. I have become something you have never thought possible and could never dream of becoming." Jaune said as he stood his ground.
"There is nothing to fear. We know all past present and future possibilities." Was the response Jaune got.
"NO! This time is different! Odin saw through your lies and deception and found a way to hide what he did from your sight. He gained wisdom beyond yours and so ensured there was a way to defeat you. Generation after generation added to Odin's dream, bringing it ever closer to reality. And now with these new powers running through my veins, I shall finish what my ancestor started so many years ago and I shall bring an end to the age of false gods. I am my father's son and I shall not fail my mission!" Jaune proudly declared.
"Really? This shall be entertaining." The former God of Darkness said.
"I have had enough of you. Farewell!" Jaune declared as his eyelids opened. But instead of an empty eye socket, what was seen is a pool of blue energy roaring within Jaune.
"Holy shit." Yang says, unable to look away from the two pools of blue staring at her.
The other students are the same way. The sheer power held within those twin spheres is immense and unbelievable.
A second later and Jaune reappeared in a flash of blue energy near the base of Yggdrasil once more.
"Welcome back, Jaune Arc. How do you feel?" The child avatar of the Arcforce asked.
"I feel refreshed." Jaune simply replied as he looked out towards the horizon.
"And your visit from your father?" The Arcforce asks.
"It felt good to be held in the arms of my father again. And through my sacrifice and my knowing, I am embraced by the Arcforce once more!" Jaune says happily as the familiar feeling of power courses through his veins once more.
"What now, for the Lord of Arcs reborn? What shall you do with the fate you have been dealt?" The Arcforce asks with a smile.
"I shall spit in the face in the face of those that sit above. Those who mock us and feed on us because we are men. Treating us no better then cattle and killing us all for their sake. No more! There shall be an end! The cycle shall be broken! And I shall end it." Jaune declared as his power roared around him.
"Yes...I am excited!" The Arcforce says with a large smile on his face.
The two then vanished in a flash, off on their journey to break the cycle of Ragnarok.
"What do you think about that universe?" Strike asks as the book closes.
"Very dark and disturbing, but still really interesting to see how strong Jaune has become and how he shall break ragnarok." Weiss replies.
"Yeah, although Jaune-Jaune is very cool smack talking those two useless fake gods, I really didn't like seeing hang himself and tear his eyes out." Nora says, getting nods from all the other students.
"Well, we shall return to this story very soon. I will let you guys go about and stretch your legs for a bit and then we'll return to watch the end to that Jaune's story." Strike says as he prepares to fly away. But before he can, jaune says, "Wait."
Strike turns to Jaune who then says, "What is that Jaune called?"
Strike is silent before he says, "Rune King Jaune."
Strike then flies away, leaving the Beacon students behind as Jaune tastes the sound of that name on his tongue.
"Rune King Jaune. I like it." Jaune says as he turns back to talk with Pyrrha.
Strike heads into the training arena and sees the arena has been completed. But it was the statues of the eight Beacon students that draws his attention. The one for Jaune specifically. Around the base is a ring of Runes, each one glowing with power.
"Well, looks like Jaune lucked out. Won't be as powerful as RUne King Jaune, but he shall be very powerful with these Runes at his command." Strike commented before he flew off again to go check on a few other things before he went back to watching room.
Once there, he saw the students all coming back into the room as well and they all sat down as they prepared themselves for the conclusion of Rune King Jaune.
The book opened up as the screen flashed to life, the numbers counting down until the story continued.
And that is that! I hope you all enjoyed that.
I recently have been watching a few youtube videos about Rune King Thor. Specifically, the videos titled, "Thor Becomes Rune King Thor", "Rune King Thor: Finale" and "Rune King Thor: A god to gods." Watching all three of those videos back to back made me fall in love with the Ragnarok storyline for Thor. He was an absolute beast when he evolved into Rune King. The absolute level of power Thor wielded as Rune King Thor was astonishing. He ripped Loki's head off and made him still live, carved a sea in half and killed multiple beings which according to Loki were Low-level Beyonders. I am 100% sure that the "One's Who Sit Above in Shadow" are not the same Beyonders that Thor fought in Secret Wars, but still, very impressive. I really hope a writer comes back to Rune King Thor because it was a blast seeing Thor that powerful and wise.
I wanted to combine the story and plotline of Rune King Thor with RWBY and choose Jaune to become Rune King Thor. I did switch a bit of Remnants lore, but considering how the God of Light and Darkness acted, I really can't help but see them as monsters and not gods.
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