Maos was walking in the forest,he look around, he suddenly heard several Grim approaching at fast past[seem like they felt my magic...]
15 grim,10 beowolf(no alpha) and 5 ursai
[aren't Ursa usually lonely? shouldn't there be an alpha Beowolf ?, did my magic attack so many of them ?...weird...]
the grims were running at him all of them came from the same direction which made the situation even weird
maos ready his body by enhancing it with magic, level 1 wild magic
[mage armor],he recast the spell in case
a lot of trees were in front of him, the grim were avoiding all the trees but it was really slowing them,in a forest this dense, Maos had the advantage compare to them, because he could move around more easily
there was about 50 meters between Maos and the first grim,Maos advance and start running at great speed,he finally the 36m mark
[magic missile] three glowing blue darts of magical force shoot from Maos's hand, moving like snakes between the tree at the speed of an arrow,the three dart hit the first Grim,2 darts in the chest,one in the head, the grim felt and die right after
"14"
[magic missile can do enough damage to kill one and it can never miss...however while it can kill Beowolf..I doubt a single dart would do much damage, especially to an Ursa...and while I could just spam MAgic missile..the casting time can cause to get hit ]
a firebolt in stronger in terms of damage compared to a single darts
Maos kept running toward the grim,a Beowulf was going to him a straight line,in a corridors shaped by several trees next to each other, Maos jump 4 m in the air toward the tree,he jump from tree to tree till he was above the Beowulf,Maos was too fast the grim to react
[ray of frost],A frigid beam of blue-white light streaks toward the grim and hit straight through the grim's back and even the ground below it,it making some grass frozen
"13"
behind the now dead grim,was another grim and MAos was going straight toward the grim while being in the air and above this new grim,MAos took the staff of Osiris with both hands and pointed toward the lower part of the staff like a spear toward the grim's head,using wild magic to greatly increase the weight of the staff, making the staff immediately penetrating the grim's head and making the staff stick to the ground,Maos was also brought along with the staff
"12"
an Ursa tries to claw Maos,the sorcerer easily dodges,by simply goes around a tree, after going around the tree, the Ursa tried a second attack, showing its belly, after going around the tree,Maos immediately get into physical contact, dodges the claw and being in almost hugging distance,Maos point the head of his staff toward the belly of the beast and actually touch the grim's skin
[firebolt],the projectile of fire left a hole in the Ursa,the fire didn't go through the tough armor on the Ursa's back, but the internal damage was enough to kill it
a Beowulf immediately jumps on Maos after the ursa's body fall and turns to dust
MAos block the jaw of the Beowolf with his staff, they both were almost wrestling,but the Maos was winning the problem was the others grims that were about to attack
the sorcerer suddenly let go of his staff, go under it and punch the Beowolf in the chin with a fist glowing a blue color,the head of the grim suddenly got covered in ice as it was pushed back,Maos then punch a second time with his other fist, this one was glowing a red fiery color straight to the grim's chin making his head explode in ice shard and killing it
"11"
Maos call back his staff his hand
MAos turn around to realize all the grim were coming at him and they were close now,the future student dodge a grim coming behind him by doing a side-step,he simply raise his staff and aim at the beowolf
[fire bolt],the flame instantly kills the grim
"10"
then an Ursa tries to almost literally beard hug him from behind,Maos use a tree in front of him,he jumped on the tree and use it to jump to redirect him backward and land on the grim head head,Maos put both of his hands on the Ursa's head and block its vision
"you mind helping me ?"said Maos as he ride the grim
the ursa stat randomly swings and moves from left to right, right to left and even in a full circle to make Mao's fall off his back,but Maos hold on as he was actually magic to maintain himself attach to the Ursa
in his rage and confusion the Ursa slash several trees and even a few grims
"9"
"8"
"7"
one of the grim jump on the ursa from behind and try to bite Maos,the future student jump again,the two head of the grim were now aligned
Maos raise his staff,let the foot of his staff touch the beowolf' head
the staff was suddenly affected by insanely strong gravity, making the staff go through the 2 grim's head...and literally crush the standing Ursa and make the staff stick in the ground again, however this time the impact by the staff wa radius and 20cm deep
"shit...wasn't planning on using that much gravity..."
"5 left"
[3 ursa and 2 beowolf]thought Maos as he turn to the other grim that at less than 10m,all the grim were on the side and next to each other
one of the Ursa suddenly starts charging, destroying the trees on it's way, not showing any sign of slowing down
[ray of frost],the beam of frozen energy didn't even affect the charging grim
MAos's instinct took over and he suddenly call to a high-level use,of wild magic around the 5th level of wild magic; instead of blocking the grim or dodging, he put his hand next to his each and aim both of his hands toward the grims
a ball the size of a tennis ball appears in front of his hands,the ball seems to be made of pure fire magic
maos's eyes start glowing red
the grim was about to touch Maos,as the ball of fire suddenly became blue and then white...this was not mere fire anymore...this was closer to an actual star
a giant white flame burst from Mao's hands, a flame in the shape of a cone,turn everything into ash in front of Maos,grim and tree
a whole cone of nothing but destruction was now standing in front of Maos,he himself could not believe it
Maos suddenly remember his mother for an unknown reason as he had a small headache...it hut a lotto the point that maos actually passed out
he was five, sitting on a rock, watching the stars, he seem to be able to see patterns in them,he suddenly heard the sound of an howl coming toward him,he look at it
the howl suddenly turns into a human being,a woman...his mother
his mom came to him
"Corvidae ?""
the child turn to see his mom,a woman bearing similar facial features to raven Branwen and yet still different, she had red eyes and black, wearing a robe made of some people could mistake as leaves, her name was Noctua
she goes next to her child and seat next to him
"mom...why are some start going away? why does some stop shining? and sometimes a new one appears ?"
Corvidae point at some specific star
"last night this one wasn't there, and another one was there"
"..."his mom stayed silent for a second, she seem really surprised by Corvidae
"I see you can already read the star..at least seeing their movement and the change that comes with it...impressive, especially for your age...you will be a powerful druid,"said Noctua
"Only few people can do it...only people from our druid circle can do it as you do..and for some us, it takes years to merely to being to see that star can disappear and new star always appearing...you're truly are gifted"
"is...is it good ?"asks the child
Noctu starts patting her son's head
"you got that from me, of course, it is"
Noctua gets up from the rock and stands up in front of her son
"look"
Noctua raise her right and suddenly make appear a ball of fire...after a few seconds,it became condensed and blue...and after it became it was a white burning
"It's like a star !" react the child
"exactly,as a druid from the circle of stars,we can channel the power of the star, while we use the magic given by the god of darkness to harness it,this power come from the star"
"The Circle of Stars teaching allows druids to draw on the power of starlight. we have tracked heavenly patterns since time immemorial, discovering secrets hidden amid the constellations. By revealing and understanding these secrets, the Circle of the Stars seeks to harness the powers of the cosmos."
"the power of the cos-...cosmos? ?" react Corvidae
the tiny star disappear from Noctua's hand
"you see,the human body has 4 main types of magic, destruction, creation, choice, and soul"
destruction and creation create choice, and the soul keeps everything together"
"every one of those main types has 2 sub-element
"destruction:fire and water
"creation: water and earth
"choice: necrotic and radiant
" and for the soul: psychic and force
"...what is radiant...necrotic ?psychic...it's about the mind, right? force is about physical or shaping things I guess ?" asks Corvidae
"you're right about psychic and force, radiant is basically healing magic..holy magic if you prefer," said Noctua
"and necrotic ?" asks the child
"well...it's the opposite, it's necromancy...it's basically death magic, it's the kind of element people tend to avoid using, however, it's not like EVIL magic that turns you evil by using it, magic is a tool, even with necromancy you can do some good," said Noctua
"like being able to control the dead or even bringing someone back to life"
"there is what is call wild magic, it basically means using the element itself in its raw form to achieve a certain effect, like creating a gust of wind or making ice, however when you're are too low level and lack control it can problems"
"can we...like... use 2 elements at the same time ?" asks Corvidae
"of course it is..it's just very hard using wild magic and it allows you to achieve the effect you wouldn't be able to get using only elements"explain the mother
"for example, let's say you combine fire and ice...you could make a big cloud of smoke, using earth and fire, you could create lava and control it...or even better-creating object, like a sword by combining death, fire and force, you can still create a sword made of ice of, however by combine earth, fire,and force you could make the actual object that is sword, made of iron, wood and everything, you can also make a gem..."
"combine earth and water, you could control like plants, combine fire and radiant, you get a holy fire that kills Grimm in an instant, some goes with holy water, and it goes on and on"
"that seems awesome !" almost screamed the excited child
"calm down, you haven't even awakened your druid's power yet,you'll have to wait to at be able to turn into a pretty blackbird for me to teach you" said the mother with a smile
"and wait till you hear the rest"
"cosmos magic like some druids call it is not inside your body, you can not generate stars magic, you can only channel it and then redirect it,it more like a special way of using magic"
"this power doesn't come from us nor this world,it come from the star which are exterior to our world,but inside the cosmos"
"this ability can be taught and some people are just born with it..however our druids circle are the only one to be really experienced and train to use as most of our tradition requires its usage"
"like when grandpa Aquila used the star to see the past and the future ?"
"yes, stars have been around way before this world existed..and they will be still around when this world disappears, by looking at the star and reading them using cosmos magic, the stars can show the past that they witness.. and sometimes the future, however, it is uncertain and hard to achieve"
"in your case, mine and your grand father case, it's hereditary, everyone in our family was always able to use channel the energy from the stars"
"are we... special ?" asks Corvidae
"not, really we just happened to have an affinity toward it...even some people outside our circle can have this affinity..but this does make us at least a tiny bit special as our affinity is stronger than most people"
Noctua goes back sitting next to her son and shows him the stars
"Remember, whenever you are, wherever you are, magic is with you, the ability to channel the power of the star is also within you"
Corvidae looks at the star, he actually had a vision of himself...older...a small image that immediately disappear the moment he saw
"whoa... that seems crazy," said Corvidae as he was amazed by the star for the first time, his eyes glow a red color
on her side, Noctua also had a vision given by the stars
there was a silence as the mother and son looked at the star
"Can you promise me something ?" asks Noctua as he gets closer to her son and whispered
Corvidae just moves his head from up to down as a respond
"never forget..even during the day the stars are there, they are watching as much as in the night, the star can help you, they can guide you, they can even help you achieve greatness, and if you come to find your in a world without stars..remember..."
"Remember, you are the son of Noctua,an archdruid and you're the grandson of Aquila, the most powerful druid to ever exist, the only man who manages to fight the great Mage Osiris and push him back,magic is really powerful in our family"
"What about my father ?..was he part of a magic lineage? who's Osiris ?" asks Corvidae
"...Osiris...is one of your grandpa friends"Noctua suddenly went silent as she take a deep breath
" And for your father..."
Noctua looked at the star and the moon, she had a sad look, the man she loved was dead, he didn't even know he had a son...for most people,he was just a random Inn bard..but in truth, he was so much more,the use of magic was really unique not many people could use music to perform magic after all
"that part will have to wait..it's getting late"
"...aw..."Corvidae made a disappointed sound
"don't worry...I will tell you the story of your father one day" said Noctua
"but I want to know now" said Corvidae
"one day...I promise," said Noctua, she grab him in her arms
"come on, your grandpa is going to be angry if he realizes you're not in bed at this hour"
"mom ?"
"yes ?"
"...you said the star is always watching even in the day..but what if they never talk to me ? what if they refuse my call"
Noctua kisses her son on the forehead
the mother looks at the stars again for the last time
"Don't worry..there's a saying that every druid of our circle becomes a star when they die and guide the next generation,every member of our circle will always be watching you, I will always be watching you"
"everything will be all right,the stars are alway guiding you"
Maos suddenly appear standing in front of his mother, he could see his mother in front of him, still holding a child version of himself, she smile at him
her eyes were glowing red, she was using the power of the star
"Maos, everything will be alright, but first you should wake up, someone is going to steal your relics"
"huh ?"maos froze
"who's Maos, "asks the child
"don't you worry about it" said Noctua as she pats her son's head and smile and start walking away
Maos suddenly felt like he was falling as his vision faded away
maos suddenly woke up,he was on the ground,he felt peaceful
he opens his eyes and sees a young man around his age bowing down to grab the relic
"hey,"said Maos
"..." the young man stares at maos
"h-hey"
maos get up immediately and punch the enemy with enhanced strength, sending the student on a tree..breaking the tree..and the tree behind it,the boy made a big sound of pain
"shit you're okay ?" asks Maos [i didn't want to punch that hard...I guess this sudden power-up...still was affecting my body...what even was that ?!]
the power that maos use to destroy all those grim was unprecedented for him, he had a bit left and he use it by accident in that punch [5th level wild magic]
"fuck...what was that punch ?! weren't you an unconscious second ago ?" the boy cries in pain
Maos go next to him [it's miracle you are even alive...]
"you need help ?"
"shut up!"
the enemy immediately gets up from such a hit and runs toward Maos,but he was very slow...and clearly was weakened due to the hit
"Impressive...you can still fight after that"
[mage armor]
the boy suddenly went faster and almost did some kind of magical dash
"huh ? "react Maos as the boy draw a small dagger and slashed toward Maos chest and hit
Maos felt his mage armor take the hit
[my mage armor wasn't that much damage..it's fine;.but several of those hits could be troublesome,if he breaks my mage armor and hit me before I can recast it...he could really kill me]
[this aura thing is really powerful, just like those huntsmen in mistral..it can really protect them for big hits]
the enemy turn around and start running at Maos, and dash again in a blue light behind making him almost teleport like before
[that's his semblance]
but the time Maos, catch his wrist, the one holding the dagger as he dodges the slash, stopping the boy's dash
Maos's strength was only enhanced by his regular magic, this mysterious power from power was gone or at least he wasn't able to use it for now
however, with Maos's regular level 1 wild magic,was enough to fully overpower the enemy in physical strength
"let go of you asshole!" said the young man as he struggle to walk away and even activate his dash to feel, however, it didn't do anything,as Maos was holding him with enough strength that even the dash wasn't enough to escape
[Identification]
/semblance; dash, allow him to suddenly multiply his movement speed by 2 for a single second/
maos stare at the boy he was holding and was almost paralyzed by a single hand[is my strength that greater than a regular person ?...or is his strength close to nothing...I guess he mostly uses his speed, so he doesn't need strength]
Maos look at his hand,he move it a bit...
[i feel stronger...my wild magic has become stronger]
"Please let go off...i promise I'll just leave you alone..."said the boy as he gave up
Maos just smile at him
"you try to steal the relic when I was asleep..."
"i mean...you almost kill me with that punch"try to negotiate the boy
"don't worry,i won't kill you"
maos suddenly punch the boy right, in the face while still holding him, breaking his aura,the boy went unconscious
maos just let the young man fall on the ground,he looked around [can i really let him here like that ?..there's could a grim passing by and killing him]
the sorcerer then heard a strange windy noise, it was a small object that was flying,it's look like a small version of an airship
"what that's ?"
the smalls version of the airship are small arm and start grabbing the unconscious student and bringing him in the air...probably to a safe place
"oh I see...there's still some safety at least"
"well...let's get to the relic...but first
Maos call back his staff that he had a drop
"book of magic"
he wanted to check something
"what the..."
level 0 : [shape water], [light] , [ray of frost] , [prestidigitation], [firebolt]
level 1 : [magic missile] , [mage armor], [blackout],[identify],[jump]
wild magic control: level 1 (meaning he can only control the equivalent of a level 1 spell in terms of power)
current spell casting level: 2 (meaning he can only cast spell up to level 2 for now)
wild shape: level 0
Maos then read the page again and he eyes finally stop on "will shape"
"wild...wild shape ?"
maos suddenly start glowing as he immediately went into a magic surge,he raise his left immediately aim toward a random direction,hitting a tree
[bold of chaos]
green energy come out of his hand like a lightning bolt, hitting the tree and seem to not harm it,in fact, several flowers and plants start growing around the tree,however, Maos didn't realize it
"did i finally awaken my druidic power ?!"Maos sound like a child discover a new toy
"i have to try it!"
Maos close his eyes and start thinking off..a wolf...and try to concentrate his magic...after a few second,h e felt no change and open his eyes again
"hmm...nothing changed..."
he then realise he could strange noise all over the place..noise he couldn't hear before,it actually hurt a bit,he touch his head...and felt something weird
Maos make a ball of ice and then uses [shakes water] to make like a mirror to see his face
"wid shape level 0...i can only make small animal parts..."
Maos look at his head,he now had really cute wolf ears
Maos realise he could move that new ear,so he played with it a bit,he could hear a few new things
"okay...no wildshape till I train with it..and actually turn onto a full animal...i don't think being able to turn myself into a Faunus will help here"
Maos made those wolf's ear disappear
Maos start running at high speed toward the temple he saw earlier, he remembered the direction,he runs he was slowly remembering his dream
[did my mom know the future?was that the past or simply a dream ?..I do remember this conversation with her...]
he was confused as he remember the saying, druids of his circle become stars and will always be watching you
he stop and look at the sky
"the stars are always there even during the day..you just can't see it...are you up here mom ? is grandpa Aquila there too ?"
it has been a long time since maos genuinely had deep thoughts about his mother as he was always reading books, learning about magic...and after several years he had moved on from his mother's death
[i will think about such things later...i have an exam to pass]
author's note: by the way I did read "after the fall" in case you wonder
coco, velvet, fox, and Yatsuhashi were all standing in front of the temple, they had already got their relics, and they were getting to fight grim approaching
8 ursa surround the temple
"I'm almost out of bullets," said Coco
"We could attack them in turn," said Yatsuhashi
"Dart out, strike, and return?" said Fox
"That would take all night, and more Grimm will keep coming," said Coco.
"I have a better idea."
"velvet,you keep us inform,tell us where every grim is at all time"
"got it"said velvet
"yatsu and fox,you take the Ursa one by one,i will cover you,using my weapon"
"got it"said the boys
"let's go then!"ad coco
coco open fire with her gun to clear a path through the ring of Ursa ,by blowing one of them into pieces
Yatsuhashi and Fox could charge through first. Instead of trying to cut or stab the Grimm that lunged for him, Yatsuhashi used his sword to knock it out of the way,
while Fox sliced through the creature in his path with his tonfa blades.
Velvet stayed in the middle while Coco brought up the rear with covering gunfire, preventing the Ursai from closing the gap and attacking them from behind. It was fast, and it was dangerous.
Velvet knew that she had been keeping track of where all the Ursa were for the team. Her voice was still hoarse from shouting warnings and directions to the others while she fired off a hard-light gun to keep any remaining Grimm off their flank.
yatsu and fox could take the ursas one by one thanks finally be safe
after they had eliminated all grims
"well...that's was dangerous..."said fox
"and cool"ad coco
fox suddenly felt a huge aura
"shit..Maos is coming this way"
"Enemy ?i don't see him being hostile"asks yatsu
"i don't know,but he's coming...slowly ?"said fox
fox point where he could sense the aura
the team turn and look at the forest
they see MAos coming out of the forest, walking peacefully
"he seem friendly,"said yatsu
"4 people coming from behind us at high speed !"
suddenly 4 people come behind,a girl with a the tail of a fox and 3 guys,the girl had a sword staff,while the others and generic weapon,all of them had a sword..the exat same actually...
they well run past team CFVY and charge for MAos
"the golden joker is ours!"scream the girl
"huh ?"react the team
with team CFVY
"we should help him"said velvet
"i agree,it's 4 VS1 it's unfair,he might get hurt" said Yatsu
"it's not our enemy,not our ally...we can just leave...we have our relic already,"said Fox
"let's just watch,i don't think he'll need ours help"said coco
Yatsu ready his sword
"if anything goes wrong,'im charging in, I don't care what you all think",velvet nod to Yatsu as she ready her camera to create a new weapon if needed,she 100% agree with Yatsu
the girl accelerate as Maos realise they were enemies
[are they actually teaming up against me ?the 3 boys look slow...but they can probably do damage,the girls seem faster and agile]
Maos ready his staff of osiris
[mage armor],he made sure to cast it again,just in case,he enhance his body with level 2 wild magic
the 3 boys stop, they push a button on their sword,all of the swords turn into rifles and their fire at Maos
Maos got hit by a bullet,but he didn't even flinch,he did felt it...it was kinda like a needle,his mage armor could tank those kinds of hit easily, however, he received more bullets as the other 2 boy fired
[i can tank a few of these things...but taking too much would break my mage armor after a certain amount...I also need to be careful with the girl]
Maos start rushing as the girls,with his enhanced body,he create a bit of wind as he start running,he was faster than the fauns girl
" what the-"the Faunus girl saw Maos coming at her like a train,he readied his staff and strike,she manage to stop the hit using her sword,however she was sent a few meter back,,MAos didn't stop and rush at the boys as the girls lost her balanced
[i need to get rid of the archers first...are they even call archers ?like are those weapon considered a type of bow ?...later]
[magic missle]
three darst of blue energy come out of Maos's staff,one darts goes to one boy and hit, making them stop shooting for a second,the sorcerer then goes toward the first "bowman"
"morgan!watch out" called the girls as she attack Mao's to stop him from reaching the boys,she manage to stop his run this time
she smile at Maos as she blocks his attack
"sorry,you will never get to them"
"are you sur about that ?"react Maos as he attacks again
the time the girl manage to redirect his hit instead of stopping
"lot's of strength,lot of speed...but not a lot of skill,"said the girl
Maos try several trikes, making her back down,but she manages to avoid or redirect the attack [she knows she can't block me,so she just merely makes contact with my staff and redirect it to not have to deal with my physical strength]
the girl then attack and actually hit MAos 2 times in a row (in 10 attacks), there were almost stuck in a loop,Maos could not damage her,she couldn't really damage him, but in time,she would win and that was clear, despite not having Maos's strength nor his speed, her use of her agility and skill would eventually led her to victory.
because of her fast attack,Maos's mage armor was slowly taking damage, plus the boys were shooting at him...and most importantly...he didn't have the time to cast a spell
wild magic would be his only option..however, Maos didn't dare to use it, mostly because while he knows the resistance and weakness of a grim,he doesn't the resistance of this girl and the boys,he could really hurt them
"this guy is impressive, taking this much hit, while getting shot...and he not even flinching...he's aura is crazy...i don't even feel it decreasing...he could probably several hours like that...maybe even days" said fox
"with this much...he should be able to boost his strength and speed even more right..why is he not doing ?" asks velvet
"I'm going in"said Yatsu
"no wait,"said coco as she raise her hand t stop, she seem to have understood the situation[he doesn't dare to use his semblance...he's scared to lose control of it, the same goes for speed and strength...plus he lacks combat skill against humans...he will lose if this keeps going...]
she walks a bit to get closer...at least a bit, then she screams as she waves her left hand at Maos, who from his angle could see her
"hey Maos! how about you stop playing around! you fighting huntsmen in training, they are really resistant, it's not your average town guard!you don't need to hold back, just kick their ass already,you told me your semblance would blow my mind remember ?!, I'm gonna be really mad if you oversold it!"
"she's right you know!you better fight at a 100%!,i feel almost insulted by your lack of skill" said the girl as she attack
[...she asks for it...i hope they can take it...i hope I can control my wild magic enough..with my staff...i could go to level 3 wild magic]
Maos suddenly stop the sword staff with one hand
stopping the whole battle, as everyone looks at him
"are you sure can take it ?"said Maos as the girl struggle to back down because he was holding her weapon
since there is a small pose,Maos took advantage of it
[mage armor],he fully recast the spell, completed refreshing his armor
"I want you to know, that i can't fully control my strength and speed yet...so I may hurt you..."
"Are you seriously warning like that ?! we are in the middle of a fi-t !"said the girl
"guard down" suddenly said Maos
Maos hit the girl with his staff, right in the face,a shockwave could be heard and actually seen on the hit, the girl was sent away almost 15m away and crash into a boy
team Cfvy felt the power of the hit
"shit, I can't see anything,but I'm sure that one hurt,"said fox, Yatsu was surprised by this sudden hit, and Maos took full control of the fight in a 2 second
Coco just grin "that's what I'm talking about"
Maos rush again at the boys and the girl, he was way faster than before
"How the fu-" said a boy before he took a hit from Maos in the stomach, this hit felt weaker than the lost one, but did push the boy in the ground,he then dash to the other boys and punch them equally
velvet suddenly screams "grim in coming !"
"huh ?" everyone react as the fight stop
they all turn to velvet as she points at a flying nevermore some kind of giant crow,it was definitely aiming at Maos
"Our fight must have attracted it"said Maos
the nevermore was straight at him
team Cfvy and the girl/3 boys get up and aim their weapon at the grim, Yatsu and fox start charging at it
"I'm out of ammo, I used everything
"me too"
"same here"
the 3 boys were out of ammo
"i'm almost out too""said velvet "still out of ammo here"said coco
no one had a type of range attack
they were all ready to receive the nevermore
"Everyone back down, you're all tired,"said Maos
"he's right...only him and coco have enough aura to really fight,"said fox
"i can still fight,"said Yatsu
"yeah,but take a single from that thing and you're down,, same for bunny girl,the wolfy girl and the three brothers, I can't do much either,"said fox
"the fight weakened them"
"I guess that's Ozpin's first lesson.."said coco
"hey,it's a nevermore,you can't fight him by yourself,"said the girl who fought him earlier,she watched maos walking ahead toward the bird who was now diving toward him
Maos look at coco
"i don't need to hold back against a grim"said Maos
"you can kill that thing ?"asks coco,she wasn't that confident about this,while she had a bit of aura left..she was out of ammo,which she was basically useless as attacking the nevermore in close combat is a terrible idea
"we'll see"said Maos
the nevermore finally reach Maos as the group had back down a bit
[jump] maos jump on the side to dodge the nevermore,and then he starts running,the nevermore really seem to target Maos,the sorcerer starts running at high speed, using his wild magic,to make himself faster,he was still using level 3 wild magic,he was surrounded by a red energy aura as he went faster and faster (kinda like Ozpin and cinder fought in volume 3),he was actually increasing the distance from the flying grim
the others were watching
"is that his semblance ?"asks one of the boys
"no...that's just his aura becoming visible...that's just how much he has,"said fox
"he's really fast ?!he could have done that from the beginning ?!""said the girl
"probably,he was just being nice...I'm still waiting for his semblance though"said coco
let's follow them!"said Yatsu
"we may not have much aura left,but we can still reach the hill and escape with him if needed
"agreed,"said velvet
the group follow the sorcerer and grim from a distance as they were slow and couldn't waste the aura they had left
they see Maos reaching ruins,what looks like an ancient temple, several pillar at least 200m high was holding a ring made of stone on top
";why is there such a big structure here ?...let's see what I can do"said Maos
[jump],Maos jump on one of the pillars and use his momentum and wild magic to stick to the pillar as he runs upward on the pillar to go higher, nevermore follow Maos'smovement, and change its direction to go up,it was flying next to the pillar and catching up to Maos
"what is he doing ?!" react coco
Maos finally reach the top, instead of using the ring of stone as a platform,he immediately up and went even higher in the air,using [jump] and adding a strong wring to propose him even more with wild magic
"can he fly ?"asks velvet
"I don't maybe, either way, that was impressive,"said coco
Maos was now 100m higher than the nevermore
the sorcerer felt like he was falling again
"well...let's test that,we no restriction this time"said MAos, he start stabilizing himself in his fall,a strong wind engulfed his empty hand as he form a fist,Maos start falling and even accelerator his speed as he start spinning a bit during his fall,a glow similar to a star appear in his hands again for single,he felt this great power again
"here's come the stars!"
with ozpin and glynda on the cliff not that far away
"call the infirmary...he's using too much,he's going to lose control after that"said Ozpin
the nevermore was about to reach him
Maos did one last spin to adjust himself,and punch the nevermore with this powerful fist and wind, which created a small tornado,the shock wave even reach Coco and the others as they saw the nevermore getting punched so hard,it crash on the temple and destroy the ring of stone on top, going through it,the wind want thought the whole forest,it even reach glynda and Ozpin
"this is insane...being to leat out that much power ?!"react Glynda,she actually lost her composure
"impressive really...but reckless,"said Ozpin
the whole group stare at the falling temple in shock
"that's was awesome,"said Yatsu
"what happened...don't tell he did something cool ?"said fox
everyone froze,in shock and confusion, how can a regular human cause this much strength and power,with a mere punch ?
"let's check, the nevermore is definitely dead after that... let's see if Maos is not"said coco
"he is alive,i can still feel his aura,"said fox
coco and the other reach the temple
they see the ruins all around them "be careful,a few thing can still go down"said coco
they see a tone of rubbles
"he's under that"said fox
fox try to contact Maos with his telepathic semblance
/you're okay in there ?/asks fox
/huh ?don't approach me! I'm serious!I'm losing control,go away, I'm gonna need to release it to avoid killing myself so please go away/scream Maos back
the group goes to try to take off the rubbles
"wait!"said fox
"i can telepathy talk to people,he said we must get away...like he will explode or something !"said fox
suddenly they all see smoke coming from the rubbles and heat
Yatsu immediately grab velvet ,Coco,fox and the other team back down too and go out of the ruins, right before they reach the outside a big explosion happens, sending them flying a bit and outside, breaking everyone's aura, except coco
they all end up outside on the ground and see a few last debris from the rings of stone on top of the pillar falling toward them,coco was the only who could still move normally
she take her minigun and aim at the debris to protect the others...no ammo
"dammit!"
then see all the debris stopping right before they crash on the candidates,all of the stone had a purple aura them as they seem to float in the air
coco look around
"professor goodwith ?!"she called,only goodwitch could do something like that
"no...it's me"said Maos as he suddenly appear from the remainder of the temples...
everyone else, slowly regain their consciousness
the wolf Faunus girl open her and see the debris,she immediately got scared and put her hand in front of her,as if to stop the stone from crushing
everyone look at Maos having one arm raised above them,his eyes were glowing purple,he seem exhausted
"can you please move ?" asks Maos between 2 breath
every move as fast as they could and avoid the debris falling zone after that Maos join them on the safe zone
they are stare at him,in shock,fox immediately went next to him
"see...tha's wasn't that hard"said Maos as he almost fall on his knee,but fox help him stand,Coco join to help too
"never thought i would run out of energy today..."said Maos
everyone was shocked,they were looking at the temples at least the rest of it,it's really wasn't pillar and a ring of stone anymore,they were pretty sure..the explosion was related to fire...however
they could clearly see part of the debris of the temple,still floating in the air...and staying there, despite Maos running out of aura..part of the debris were almost magma,some other were frozen...,then they watched on last side of the temple,a side connect to the forest
a lot of plants and tree, suddenly had grown among the debris
it was pure chaos, literally,at some point, Yatsu throw a rock as the place where the rubbles were floating...the rock start floating and went up
coco help Maos getting and straight,fox help too
"you were right...it does blow my mind"said coco,as she even took off her glasses,to make what she was seeing was real
"see ?...did i win something ?"said a tired Maos
"...i don't remember betting anything...I can tell that you did look awesome doing it"Coco responds
"aww..i should ask for something at that time...can you at least help to get up that cliff ?at least for like...5 minute the time for me to regenerate a bit of energy,"said Maos
"sure" simply respond coco
suddenly the faunus run at a now weakened Maos ,she was out of aura too,Fox too,only Coco could fight
"at least i'll get the relic"said the girls,she probably intend to take the relics for the privileges
coco immediately let go of Maos and punch her with her last bit of strength, right in the face and knock her out
"Seriously...after all that,she still...so greedy..."react coco as helps Maos up again
she look at the 3 boys,they were still in shock
"you're gonna attack too?"
the three brothers look at each other "yeah..no"
"great decision,"said coco
Yatsu look around
"Maos...can you like stop of those...the ice...Lava,fire...plants ?"
"i which i could...this will probably last for several hours,i would need to regain my energy to stop it"
"what can you do...what is your semblance asks velvet,the question everyone want to asks
"you mind if i answer after we get to the cliff and i get a good rest ?like all of you need ?"said maos
there a small silence as everyone look at each other
"i 100% agree with him,we should leave this leave to finish the exam..we aren't safe here,"said fox
"seem like the logical choice then...let's go"said Coco,the rest seem to agree
later,on the cliff
a few people from the infirmary were here and immediately attend to the candidates
Maos was actually fine,he manage to recover,however, he was still lacking a lot of energy
"seem like 5 people fails, this year"said Ozpin
the boy who had attacked MAos in the forest failed the exam,the wolf faunus girl and the 3 boys failed the exam as they were saw interest in the golden joker,they didn't even bother to take a regular relics,and as they didn't enough aura to keep going.
Ozpin watch the young people who succeed the exam enter bullhead (airship),after that he had a small moment with only Maos as the other were busy resting and sleeping or simply being checked by the nurses
he went to Maos
"we need to work on your fighting skill, I can't let you just randomly unleash your energy like that,while it was impressive,it was dangerous and reckless"
"you're disappointed ?"asks Maos
"no...just surprise...druids circle of the star huh ?"said Ozpin
"how did you guess ?" asks Mao
"I could watch thanks to the camera and drones all over the forest,you used to much energy at that time..5th level wild magic is no joke..especially when you can barely control 3th level and don't even know 2th level spell,you were so absorbed in the fight, you didn't even realize you were burning through your mana reserve did you ?"
"drones? camera ?" asks Maos
"surveillance devices,"said Ozpin
"if you hadn't done this...star energy blast...you probably would be able to keep going for days"
"how did you know about the circle of the star ?"asks Maos
"I've seen this energy before, I've met a druid from this circles in my first life as Ozma...his name was Aquila if I remember correctly,, probably the first man who manage to fight Osiris in a one-on-one battle and survive,"said Ozpin
".."Maos stay silent and in shock
"you knew this druid?...like how did you knew him ?"asks Maos,cleary was curious
"well,there was a small territory war between the academy and the forest of your circles...which led Osiris and Aquila to fight; their battle was legendary, it's end in both of them stopping because they realise they were destroying the territory they want by fighting like that...so they made actually became friends after a while"
"some druids began to go the city and some people began to go to the forest from time to time"
"I see...you really enjoy telling stories about your first life "said Maos
"this was my most important life after all"said Ozpin
"did you happen to know Aquila ?"
Ozpin look around and realise the other student were slowly waking up adn had done with their medical check up
"we'll talk after the ceremony, congratulation you pass",Ozpin look at the relics that Maos gave him as he reached the cliff
"don't forget to rest,you have a long day tomorrow"
Ozpin left right after
after everyone resting,the ceremony to announce the team accurs
most student had seen the recording of the exam
Coco Adel, Fox Alistair, Velvet Scarlatina, Yatsuhashi Daichi," Professor Ozpin droned.
Each of them looked up as their faces and names appeared on the screens and rearranged themselves.
"The four of you retrieved the suit of hearts. From this day forward, you will work together as Team CFVY, led by Coco Adel."
"What?" Coco and Velvet said together.
The new team considered one another thoughtfully. Yatsuhashi looked up at their pictures.
"Team CFVY," he said. "I'm a tea drinker, but I like the sound of that." Velvet did, too.
"This is going to be fun," Fox sent to his new teammates for the first time.
after they all went on the side to finally see one last person on stage
"can Maos Corvidae come on stage please ?" asks Ozpin out loud
Maos advance on the stage
he felt uneasy [a stage really ?!...couldn't you just like put a paper sheet on a wall saying I passed ?]
"you have shown great ability in terms of speed and strength and mostly you have shown a great power and show no greed for the privilege you could have earned by stealing someone else's relics despite having the ability to"
Ozpin turn to the crowd of student
"as you all know,Maos here has clearly earned his place at Beacon, however, given the nature of his power, I've decided that he would be put on a one-man team,the first one of beacon"
team CFVY wasn't surprised,in fact, not many people in the room were surprised,they saw the recording,Maos is probably the most powerful student in the first years,however, he was a walking bomb
"you shall take your place next to others new students"
Maos hurry there,it was a small platform for the new student to sit,he sit next to Team CFVY,they all greet him
"so ?feel good right, finally being in Beacon" asks coco,the whole team CFVY
"the exam is done..I wonder come next..."said Maos
"already impatient for the next fight ?me too,i can't wait"asks Coco
[tha'ts not what I meant...I mean classes...]thought Maos
after the ceremony each team were guided to their room,by a staff member,it was a room which was surely designed for 4 people as he saw 4 bed,the staff member said they would take those beds out tomorrow
Maos look in the corridor,and see team CFVY getting to their room,their room was on left on his room
"hey seem like we're neighbors,"said Coco
"just great...now even when i see sleep, I'll be blind, I'm taking the bed the farthest away from him.i hope I get use to it eventually"said fox
he just entered the room and ignore Maos
"don't worry...you didn't do anything wrong...he just that he can sense aura..and yours kinda disturb his senses,"said velvet,she was bit embarrassed by this situation
"oh...I hope i will be able to work on that with him...i don't want to bother him"said Maos
all team were bringing their own stuff inside the room
"you don't have any luggage ?"asks Yatsu
"hmm ?no i don't"said Maos
"please tell me you have at least other outfits than that ?"asks Coco
Maos look at his clothes
"i guess i do have the school uniform now...just didn't have the occasion to test it yet"
"you really don't have anything ?"react Coco as she walk toward Maos
"what are you doing ?"asks Maos
Velvet follow Coco to try to stop her
coco entered and look in Maos's room
"you really have nothing ?"said Yatsu as he follow the girls
Maos entered his room,Coco,Velvet en Yatsu were looking around
Velvet see Maos's staff just put near the bed,she look one of the staff,the wooden one
"can i take a look at it ?"asks velvet
"sure...just don't play it too much"said MAos
"wow...it's so light!"react velvet as she start swinging around a bit,meanwhile Yatsu just grab the other staff
Maos raise his hand and the staffsof Osirsi suddenly goes to his hands
"nope...this one is still charge of my aura...is a bad idea for you touch it..I'm serious"said maos
"..." Yatsu didn't say anything,but he did seem disappointed
"just wait for velvet to let go of the other staff"
after a few second,velvet let go of the staff and let yatsu touch
"wow,so light...how is that possible,it feel like holding paper..."said Yatsu
"how did you make it ?
"I didn't make it,my mom did,how ? i don't know"said Maos
meanwhile, Coco was looking the closet, desperately trying to look for clothes,but she find none
"..i don't want to be mean...but don't you guys have a room already...I really want to sleep"said Maos
"oh...sorry."said both Yatsu and velvet,they both felt embarrassed,Coco didn't care,she was busy
"by the what's your name ?"asks Maos to the bunny girl
"oh..."there a silent [did i just burst into his room, blindly follow my team, play around with his weapon, despite him,not knowing who am i ?]
velvet was suddenly blushing of embarrassment,she felt so disrespectful
"I...I'm velvet",she suddenly bow down a bit
"I m sorry..i should have a at least introduced myself, before getting comfortable"
"I'm Maos,don't worry it's fine,you didn't break anything,i have no reason to be mad at you"
velvelt was happy he wasn't mad
suddenly they all turn to coco after they heard the door of the closet slam
Coco goes to Maos
"you...you..."start Coco,she seem almost angry
"how can someone have no outfit other than that..."
"you're homeless or something ?"
"yes ?Beacon is my only home ,if a huntsman hadn't took interest in me,I would be sleeping in a street of mistral right now"sad Maos
"..."Coco Immediately calm down
she raise a finger and points it toward the closet
"ok i get...but this closet,can you see it ?"
"yeah,i can see it"said Maos
"it's scream for help,it wants to be full of clothes, outfit, underwear,dress..maybe not dress,but you get the gist of it"said Coco
"please..just at have one more outfit...the sigh ff this empty closet make me want to cry"
"that much ?...then just don't look at it ?"said Maos
velvet giggle a bit hearing that,Coco stare at her after that "sorry.."said velvet
"it's not like you're my roommate,you room is the others one,you have no reason to randomly come into my room and just look at the empty closet,"said Maos
"I mean he's right"said Yatsu,velvet agree,but she didn't dare to say it
"and what if do want to just randomly come into your room ?you know like if i need to see you for something ?or that i just have a sudden urge to come here ? "asks Coco
"this is getting weird...and i still a few things to unpack"said yatsu as he start to leave,follow by velvet
velvelt made a sign with her hand to Maos that meant /good luck/,but maos didn't know this sing so he was just confused by it
he goes to look at Coco
"i would find that really weird that you would just do that,i really don't know what i would do..."said Maos
"what if you outfit get destroyed during a mission or training?you gonna need another one ?right ?"said coco
"this argument make senses..at least"said Maos
"you don't plan on simply walking around naked in your room do you ?"asks Coco
"i could..but if i know there's a good chance of your randomly come into my room,yeah,that would bother me"said Maos
"you do realise your argument are getting weirder and weirder ?"
"oh and so ?what do you get from that ?"asks coco with a grin
there a small silent as they stare at each other,maos think a bit
"i think,you were going to scold me for having no stuff,but when you learn i was homeless before,you felt bad and embarrassed,so you tried to hide your embarrassment,by using any idea coming up in your mind to avoid to the shame of admitting that you felt bad and that you were about to be mean for no good reason,as you want people of your team to believe in your skills as a leader with your confidence,you just lost control over your own argument which is why you make less and less senses"
"I'm think i hide my game pretty well,why would believe that ?,how can you be so sure of that,come on,prove your point"asks coco as she smug as him
"if by hiding your game you mean those glasses,then know it's not enough,body language can tell a lot too,so unless you were perfectly still,i can still guess at a bit your emotion"
coco cross her arm as she stop herself from pouting
"see,you just cross your arm "
"what ? does it mean I'm closing in on myself ?"said coco with a fake confidence
"no,but after i told about body language and what I guessed,you immediately changes you position,meaning i got my previous guess right because you think that by changing position,one that lead to less movement of your arms, you could stop me from guessing what you think"
"..."coco stare at Maos
"you'e creepy,you do that on everybody ?"asks Coco,she was actually curious and not that almost angry anymore
"no,just you,you have glasses covering your eyes,I can't look you in the eyes when i talk to you,so I just look somewhere,to try to see your reaction and expression,it's only natural for a regular human to want to see if the person they are talking too is actually listening to them"
"and I'm the creepy one ? I do that only for you because of your glasses...you're the one wearing sunglass to hide your intention and analyzing everyone around you without being noticed,don't get me wrong you do look cool with those glasses,I'm just saying wearing it all the time is suspicious and weird"
coco take of off her sunglass
"..."Coco just stare at Maos again in silence,almost trying to intimidate him
Maos stare back at hey in silent, standing his ground,they gaze duel last a few second,he wasn't affected by her at all
after a few second,Coco just look away and start walking toward the door
"okay that's fair, you're a creep and I'm weird for my glasses"
"so I won ?"asks Maos
Coco turns back a Maos
"this is not a competition,"said Coco as she leave,she was a tiny bit frustrated,but not angry...Moas's logic actually got to her
Maos just just smile as she leaves
[I totally won]
"so how did he turn out 'asks Yatsu as he sees coco coming in their room
"a tie"said Coco
"did you do the eyes staring things ?like you used to do in pharos academy ?you're adel sight ?"asks velvet
"my/he what ?"react Coco and the boys
"you know that intimidating thing where you take off your glasses and then stare at the person in front of you, scaring them to death or making their heart sway away ?said velvet
"it's true i do that sometime,to people who really annoys me...and you guys gave a name to that ?,I mean i don't mind and i think it's pretty cool"asks coco as she was a tiny confused
"..well,most people were either scare of you or admiring you"said vevelt
"yeah,i know that"said coco
"so you tried that on Maos ?"asks Yatsu
"nah",he's not worth it,I don't want to scare him away"said Coco
"can you guys please stop making noise ?"asks Fox,he was on his bed,he seem to be an efficient person in general,he had already put of his stuff in the room where he wanted and went to bed
the group turn to Fox
"seriously?'i'm blind already,I'm seriously considering becoming deaf just so i could get some sleep"
"sorry"said Vevelt and Yatsu
"yeah...sorry"said Coco
[this gonna be complicated..at least Yatsu and velvet seem like they don't mind each other]
on his side,Maos was just laying on the bed,he had closed the door and changed to his pajamas thanks to his ring of clothing
"aaaa...peace..."
[finally...sleep]
Ozpin was in his tower, thinking,he was digging in his own memory
"Maos...Corvidea...now silver- eyes, previously had red eyes, black hair, born in the druid's circle of the stars"
"Aquila...red eyes,black hair...from the druid's circle of the stars..."
Ozpin then remembers a conversation between Osiris and Aquila,he was still young Ozma at the time,Ozpin decide to actually use magic to remember clearly,his cane shine a green glow as a green aura form around Ozpin body
[emergent memory]
a level 1 spell that Ozpin create after several lifetimes,to make sure he would never forget who he was and was able to remember important details
"huh ?"react Ozpin [i can't access this precise memory?
Ozpin realizes a spell has been put on him...a spell that affects this one specific memory
[did Osiris put a spell on me at that time ?why ?]
Ozpin manage to break the spell and free his memory,after so many incarnations,the spell blocking this memory was heavily weakened
Ozpin then fully accesses the memory
the next morning,Glynda arrives in Ozpin's office,she found him on his desk drinking hot chocolate, she saw several pieces of a mug in the bin as she walked by,Ozpin had broken it during the night and clean up this mess
"did something happen ?is there something troubling you ?"asks Glynda
"Someone actually,but it should be fine...if i handle the situation correctly.."said Ozpin
"and what if you don't handle the situation correctly ?asks Glynda
Ozpin take a sip of his hot chocolate
"it's better to not consider failure as an option at least for this..."said Ozpin