THE BATTLE OF THE GOLDEN BRIDGE
FALL OF ATLAS
POV
As for as long time in the very history of humanity and it's very difference fanficions as they all can just recall as the understand that's walking the very surfaced of Remnant, so do they remember this wicked force that has been lookings arounds them and darkness in the corner of there eye's now matter as where they might just look now as since the beginning of time's of there very people and their model enemies against them as they have fought and just survived just for generation as great dynasty to emperor to kingdom now and with great minds and battles fought against eachother and then againsts the darkness itself now but in the end it didn't matter as the darkness itself have come to your very door step now but with great fight and come's to it's greatest climax of it's very own story now as then a light of hope shined As a young Knight with an very exalted heiress now just hold a line a troubled rogue, with there group was quickly in conflict with Atlas has increased their knowledge against there enemy now as then it was their's last desperate attempt now and evacuation the civilians of Atlas and mantal now and then everyone was going great for the moment now... But as the tables have turned against the very hero's.
Jaune Arc was nervous. His heart was pounding from the adrenaline in his body Jaune glided with his atlas-modified shield until landing on one of the platform's as he used his gun in his hand to scan for Grimm that are trying to enter the platform now and that were just created by the relic of creation now and as it was with penny at the moment as he made sure of it as he was happy that's she was fine with winter still in atlas now as making sure everything and everyone else is have safely evacuation before leaving herself now as jaune was worried about them all now as then jaune pull as his gun now Jaune deactivated the light barrier on his shield and walked a few steps toward Nora who's was waiting for him... "You bring May, Joanna...any hunter that comes through the gate"...Jaune instructed Nora as he tried to watch the battle that was taking place in the dimension of creation as jaune raised his hand so he could shake it with Nora..As then she said nothing but then started to nod towards him and before she's smiled and shook jaune's hand now So that later they both went their separate ways Nora goes through the very portal and As Jaune heard something as he saw her cinder and neo was with her and he's needs to go helps Team RWBY and as Penny against Cinder and Neo now as then he began to run toward's the sound of the battle now he's had to take some turns to better observe the situation in which the girls were. Once he was close enough he's could see them all and thing's are bad as there was fire and dust everywheres now...
As Weiss was on the platform floor now just probably injured and as penny was in front of her protecting her with her green sword projections from Cinder, as who was floating above them about to shoot fire magic at them now as he needs to act fast as then jaune didn't think twice before jumping off the platform, activating his very shield's light barrier just to glide in that bitch's direction now as jaune just then deactivates the light barrier and puts the shield in front of her before using all of his strength to punch Cinder square in the face, before he activates the gravity dust to send her flying. Unfortunately for Jaune....Cinder regains her balance in the air, and landing on all fours as she continues to slide down the platform, coming's to a stop just at the edge as jaune landed on the platform his friends were standing on and then jaune was drew his sword as he got into a fighting stance as Weiss doing the same as him with her rapier and then Penny activated maiden power's while holding her swords menacingly behind her as then cinder narrowed her eyes at them as then she suddenly began to scream in pain now as just her very Grimm's hand just began to convulse and move erratically as jaune and Penny and with weiss tensed, looking at each other uncertainly for moment as now.
As then Cinder Grimm hand stopped She's squeezed her very grimm's hand with her human hand checking it before she looked at the people in front of her now it was time as she thought before she started to smiled menacingly. "She's back," She said before she hit the very ground and a burst of fire swirling arounds her hit them now as then everyone inbrace for impact jaune and weiss just then gritted there teeth as he slid down the platform now as feeling his very skin warm in from the brief contact he had with Cinder's fiery attack. He just felt a chill at the implications of her words now as then Weiss getting back into action now and he's was observing her moves now If she's was telling the truth then they didn't have much time left as before Salem entire the battlefield now and destroyed everything in her path now He had to end this, and it would have to be fast as jaune fused his sembulance and Aura and then jaune shined blue in his aura now as it enhanced his very abilitie's in speed and then just lunged at her and with his aura pumping through his leg's The aura amplifications on his body just didn't take long to take effect and then Making him much stronger with red in his aura now Jaune launched a brutal upward attack aiming to split Cinder in half as but despite his speed, as she easily stopped it by creating two swords of fire dust. He's tried to strike with her shield, but she easily stepped out of the way and then she's slashed at him with one of her swords, but Jaune blocked it with her shield by moving a few inches away and then he just started to Attack, Block, Attack, Block, Kick, Attack... Jaune and Cinder tried to dominate each others each trying to kill the other. But as much has Jaune tried to hurt Cinder, and as she's never gave in to his attacks.
As Cinder fed up with the very physical confrontation launches a powerful fireball which Jaune had to block with his shield as Penny seeing Jaune being dragged into the fire begins to fly as her sword's shoot towards Cinder now as well then Weiss saw this and started to fellow behind him and then she changed at her and it is then she delivered an attack towards her as cinder saw them as then Cinder stopped firing her fire magic and immediately bought out her sword's and started to dual both of them at sometime as Attack has Block Weiss and deflected her Attack, and Block jaune very attack and then deflected as then spinning arounds in the moment Attack and Block and then Attack, Block, Kick her in a Attack but she block him and then Attack Block there techniques as she's attack against them as again and again Attack and Block, spinning Block, both of them at the sometime now before began as to maneuver through the air while dodging and blocking them both as smashing the swords thrown by Penny as separating them as jaune sighed in relief when the fire magic was no longer overwhelming him. He then looked at Weiss and raised a questioning eyebrow at her. "Not glyphs ?" As he asked and As weiss had the decency to cringe. "I ran out of aura.....I can't help too much, but if there's an opportunity to attack I'll use it" she said, but he could easily tell that she was scared now as he's can't see the other members of her team now Jaune could understand her. He was scared too, even if he wasn't going to admit it Jaune even with his augmented aura with the amplification semblance of him couldn't close the gap in strength that Cinder has over him and About them and then he looked Seeing his friend Penny just being overwhelmed by cinder as now Jaune ran to attack her, but as they were fighting in the air, and he was out of bullet's at the moment as then he's checked his handcanons and they still have some amo in them but he's can't afford to waste them so then he just had to improvises now and then jaune throw his shield onto the ground before he jumped on the shield and activated the gravity powder as Jaune was propelled by the force of the shield and smashed his sword into Cinder's very abdomen in momentarily stunning her, once Jaune struck her, he activated the magnetism on his forearm causing his very shield to just then immediately snap back at him He then used his shield as a glider to land back on the next platform now As then he started to look arounds "Weiss where are the other girls ? We don't have much time" Jaune just commented has he's approached her hoping she understood the very message now and As jaune was trying to convey but then as Weiss's eyes misted with tears before she gave him a shaky smile.. "They fell.."
As jaune felt the air escape his lungs at the revelation from her as But if the girls fell that meant they were.... no cannot be possible No, no, no. Noooo... ! As They couldn't have died not them has First Pyrrha and now Yang, Blake, and.....with....Ruby now then suddenly it is starting to make senses of the situations but it was just hard to accept Fury and hate were upon him. The person causing the death of the girls and has the very civilians was that's very monster "jaune !!!!" As penny said to screamed in fear tryings to just warn him and it was then Any spiteful thoughts jaune just was having were interrupted as his hunter instincts kicked in. But it's was too late for him....As then ball of fire slammed into his abdomen and just knocking out all the air and then forcing him back on his back and a stunning him momentarily but as then he suddenly flipped from the ground so he could land on his feet, but when he tried to recover he was hit by an avalanche of blows that's was fended off by his aura as when jaune came to his senses he had to block another fireball with his shield causing it to slide onto the platform now as jaune can say she is very persisted about killing everyone here as he's then looked back and immediately winced at the pain caused by Cinder....He looked over his head only to see a deep black abyss waiting for him as He was on the edge of the platform one more hit and he is sure he will fall off the platform as he stable himself and then he was about to attack to close the gap with Cinder and who was glaring at him but then..he's was interrupted....."Leave my friend alone" Penny went to pounce on Cinder...Jaune's keen senses activated, he looked at Cinder and who gave him an evil smile... jaune quickly understood as what she intended now..
"Wait! It's a...." Jaune tried to warn her, but it was too late as then Penny cried out in pain has the claw's of Cinder's Grimm hand that just pierced her chest now and then jaune and weiss Heard her as froze with the blood in his body freezing. Ironically, the first to react to defend Penny was Weiss who pounced on Cinder in a desperate attempt to cut off Grimm's arm Cinder saw the attack from a mile away and easily dodged it, before taunting the stupid girl who was trying to fight her without an aura now has then jaune started to run towards penny directions Jaune looked at Weiss with doubt and a concern before deciding to trust her and approach the injured girl to heal her immediately now but that was to late "Penny it's me !!!" Jaune said with fear seeping through and then has then kneeling over her and activating his aura amplification "Hold on. My Semblance... I can heal you " As he said as the white-gold glow began to come out of his very arm to head toward Penny's body now "No jaune." Penny looked at Jaune and shook her head in resignation. "There's no time to heal me....and not enough times to save.... Them all," she said weakness was spreading though her body now as then both of them watched cinder as with Weiss as she was playing and teasing weiss now "She can't get the staff and the very power...," Penny said to him as jaune understands that but as how can they do that now there no- As then he interrupted by penny as she just placed a hand over Jaune's. "...but there is something you can do." Then she pointed at her sword and then at her heart...." No penny I won't do it " As he's said to her " I can save you " jaune " no worries everything's will be alright " jaune" we need to get to the portal door " jaune please "You are listening to yourself" As Jaune exclaimed in disbelief, his eyes began to water as penny placed her hand on his very face cheek as she's smiled toward's him with tears in her eyes now " No penny there must be another way " As jaune asked him clenched his fist in an attempt to stop his fear and despair but to no avail now not again "...There must be." As Penny shook her head "Please allow me to make at least this last choice and as Trust me with this jaune " She took the pommel of Jaune's sword, then gave him a reassuring smile." No penny I can and will save you " As he said to her jaune will not lose her not his friend and partner not again "...I know you can but...we both can save many more people it is about the people we fight for...and don't worry I am Always with you till end " As she said to him as he did known that she is right as well many people's are just indeed in dangered now as they can't afford to lose a more people now as after ironwood and countless of them just no there has to be a another way but winter is still in atlas in white wall vault as this goes on As all going to lose this fight now no they have lost but then again cinder can't have her full victory now if this just goes on as he started realize what Penny meant but it was too much for him to do and bear now...as It's was the kind of realization as that sent chills down jaune's spin; the kind of realization that had him staring down at Penny - his very sweet, innocent friend his Penny - has her very blood trickled out onto the golden bridge beneath them now As then Jaune was numb, despite feeling more in that's moment than he ever had in his very life again as he had failed her and himself in end.
if he didn't do anything they were lost as without even thinkings about his action's and jaune drew his sword before he looked at the gleam of his sword He's could see his very blue eye's filled with fear and hesitation's as now he was filled with rage as jaune just has took a deep breaths and didn't think twice before burying his very sword in to Penny's very chest right as where her heart was and killing her instantly. Jaune screamed in rage, pain, anguish and despair as the implications of his actions hit him hard now The urge to emotions hit Jaune hard as he's looked at the corpse of his friend and partner he loved whom he had to be forced to kill. He shuddered as tears fell down his face all because of her and then with everything that just come before.
that was then Cinder's lost it in furious as yell of rage brought him back to the present as jaune instinctively activated shield light barrier and blocked the Cinder's attack. Cinder grabbed onto the shield as she glared at him with unbridled rage towards him as Jaune then screamed in rage as he's did just activated the gravity dust on his shield as causing Cinder to be thrown into the air as Cinder put her hands on the platform before launching into a spin causing her to land on her feet it was but she had to reach down and put her hand's on the platform to stop her momentum now as she glare at him as Cinder created a sword of fire dust, she ran towards him and then launched herself into the air so she could pounce on Jaune with all her might. Jaune was not intimidated by the bitch He infused his sword with an aura and then he's started amplified it with his Semblance with it as jaune swung his sword just filled with his friend's blood and rage with everything's else all hismight toward's Cinder's sword as Both sword's clashed forcefully together Jaune's sword snapped in two but with her as well Jaune looked on in shock has his weapon had broken. He was stupefied he had put all the strength in him and as yet his very weapon had broken now as Cinder did not miss the opportunity to kick him hard, causing Jaune to fall to the ground and drop his shield as he comes out of shock for the very second time...Jaune looked up in fear as Cinder was about to kill him or anything she just yelled at him but before she attacked him again or anything it's puzzle him as why just why's did she do all of this in the first..
Oh well...it's wasn't like he could've faced his friend's anyways After what's he'd done.....after he'd seen the blood coat his blade, after he'd watched the life leave Penny's eyes, knowing it was his fault...as The entire dimensions they we're in was now and the bridge just will starting to disappearing soon Oh we'll.....It wasn't like he could've faced his friends anyways. After what he'd done...after he'd seen the blood coat his blade after he'd watched the life leave penny's eyes just has knowing it was his fault... now And as then something barreled into his chest now and as was this regret just
As then cinder was suddenly upon him in the next as she's was searching for something and yelling at him now as for weiss was weak has she's saw what jaune had to do as she shocked by this as jaune himself as well he didn't even really hear what she said and then Something about him ? That She was angry at him ? That made sense, he supposed. He'd done as Penny had asked has kept the power from Cinder and let her choose the one who'd gain it now and He'd killed her. As her very blood was on his....hand's his partner and good friend very blood was on his hand now because of her and He tried to fight back; honestly, he did....He raised Crocea Mors...and struck out at Cinder, but the blade snapped on theirs very first exchange and It felt oddly poignant. Like his blade knew that he had given up before even he had...As there was nothing left. His aura yet held, but he's wondered how long that would last.... now as Everyone else had fallen into the abyss below. Yang first....Then Blake and Ruby..Then Weiss was alone as jaune knows what to do now as he's pull out his gun's and then he started to empty them both in point blank range between him and her as that was a bit surprise for her as she tried to block them in time but she was hit and then she started to step away just from him Now it was just him against her as he than a started to reload his guns as she was still stunned by that attack now That's seemed like it was going to be the case, at least, until a figure...with blue fire burning about her eye's and then slammed into Cinder's side.
As Jaune had the wind knocked out of him has winter smile at him and then she's hauled him up on his feet pouring a blazing blue flames out of her leg's, and left arm, to keep them afloat and She's had her right arm around him but as then was clearly struggling to hoist his weight with just that. If you could help here!?" She snarled."Right !" As then he started to concentrate as he poured out his last remaining aura as it became as hand's as he's just wrapped his arms around Winter's body, and even if at any other time as he'd have been self-conscious about that's....he's just didn't have the energy to be in that moment now Winter hesitated in the air for a moment, and then jaune wondered why.... "Weiss... and the rest of them and how's long ago did she..."Oh She's just was wondering if she's could just catch others too But..."She is only one here... But the rest whatever's down there... it absorbed them all the moment they hit." As jaune told her shaking his head. "There all gone" As he's said it did hurt him to admit it Honestly it did and as It's was clear Winter didn't want to accept that She hovered there and unable to move away, until jaune's gaze flitted towards the gate that's would take them to Vacuo, and... He should hurry up.
The Winter Maiden
As Jaune saw that figure and it was winter his others friend and she was looking at cinder and as then she decided to kick her ass now as then both of them are just fighting now as jaune saw them fight before as he started to run towards weiss how was laying on the a platform now As he remembers at Cinder and Weiss' "fight" before looking back at Penny. 'Oh, gods.....He did it and he had her blood on him and his sword was now broken and what's was he going to do it about it just anyway so as he's couldn't progress or process it now but he can do one thing and save weiss now and then run the door now wasn't he ? He was capable of doing what he did for penny as it was shocking and it was to much for him He didn't want to do it...but there was no time left on there sides and they couldn't lose any more people now and as then cinder was going's to kill Weiss and as then she's was going to kill Penny and then him and he couldn't let that happen now and then it was even penny last requested from him....her last as his friend and partner now....'damn it' As jaune wanted to break down but that is not time as he's just need to save a few people before that's portal close...
Then all of a sudden A bolt of ice hit Cinder's back as it's sending her flying off the platform below her again as he can see that's winter was giving her hell and his second partner and friend had obtained the power of the winter maiden from penny and now she's just was glaring at Cinder as with murderous fury for attacking her family as jaune watched in fascination at the great battle of two magical maidens. He can barely keep up the fight at this rate as They were a blur of lights in the air.....As Jaune shook his head side to side but before looking at weiss who's was kneeling on the ground in shock from all of this....He has No time to think about his actions at the moment has he just was still finding some people behind has he helped them up and then toward's the portal door before Jaune as just picks up his shield and runs towards her, as he helps her to her feet and with his willpower alone as Jaune just begins to drag her toward the end portal now as she was last one jaune tries to go faster to the portal, but Weiss, in a daze she's was making things difficult for him...then he was listening and as then jaune saw behind him as the rush of flames heading their way....On that a quick instinct and he thought..he turn's around sudden and throw's the dust shield he's was carrying onto him the impact knocked both of them down but then again as they remained upright until a hiss is heard as from the superheated material below them. Jaune recognized the attack and from Weiss's face, as he knew that she recognized it as well. It did little to prepare them both. The ground explodes below him and Jaune is thrown to the side coming to a stop on the platform, his aura exploding and has breaking into several whitish-gold shards He has time to see Weiss fall into the void with a scream.Jaune, dazed by pain, does not notice what is happening arounds him for a few seconds. Until his senses come back with Winter reaches the platform's sobbing....and then weiss was gone...as well has She was trying to kill Cinder....Jaune didn't blame her that.
As their very fight was the kind of thing as that's might be described in legends as like twin drakes one of fire one of ice as blasting their magics at one another and winter was perhaps the more conditioned fighter, but Cinder was raw ferocity and her far more experienced with the Fall Maiden's flame....In the end as however, Cinder fled, back through the portal to Atlas and For a minute, Jaune just... sat there as Winter came over to him, asking where Weiss was, and Jaune couldn't do more than shake his head wearily....A dazed as jaune realizes the implications and as then pain explodes in his chest with force. He blinks rapidly to wipe away all the tears. Weiss didn't make it and Winter didn't catch Weiss, and Weiss didn't get on the platform and as he realizes that another person had died just because of her and he couldn't save her or the rest as If he hadn't been so careless If only he had protected Weiss while she retreated and he couldn't process it everything as now Jaune doesn't think he's hated anyone in his life as much as he hates Cinder Fall for taking everything way from him now and then himself now as just jaune was now standing and then looking at cinder as she's is becoming at the same time as Winter. Both looked at her with a burning hatred towards her as they both made a promise that they will end her And has Winter was about to lash out at Cinder for everything's she's as done as he knows that's he's has face and end her one day now as we'll he could shoot her now but has Then all of a sudden A high pitch scream shake's the entire dimensions in which they find just themselve's has then just a woman's voice Howl's with just untold fury as portals flicker and as theirs foundations shake now jaune realized who was the person and who was screaming and craving rampant blood...now He's just ignored the smug look that she is or was givings them at the moment...As he's started to wide-eyed he then started to understand her with pale skin looks directly at Winter and then cinder is bait them both and letting her master here for the battle as he knows that's they have no fire power for someone like her now and then he started understand what was winter was probably planning to do as stand what's is her wife as going to do as stopped her before makes a big mistake and as penny sacrifice would be nothing now " winter we just need to go" He swallows nervously at the moment He knows that when is she mad she is not someone you should bother taking a step in do challenged or argue he learn that first hand now "Now," He emphasized so there would be no arguing.....As she's is in danger set of mind at the moment now as winter understands is still looking at Cinder with all the hate that is currently buried under her tears and heart as she wanted to kill that's very cinder more than anything's in the world at the very moment now but she did knows that jaune is right At the moment as well as they can't face Salem as well as penny sacrifice would be for nothing and it doesn't matter They can't be here when she get here.
"You are going to pay." As winter spits out angrily "For everything you've done !" As she said to her as then it was Winter flies off toward's the end portal has Cinder smirks and retreats, and he runs after Winter, heading for the portal as jaune tried to catch up with pissed off Winter, but as with his broken aura and he is very tired using his semblance for a while as he just couldn't go at the speed of a huntsman so he's would have to run as fast as his legs as would carry him at this moment. But Jaune just doesn't realized something was and is wrong until it's was to late as She fell....." He breathed out, at a loss. "She fell, and..." As She fell, and I killed Penny....as everything was fading away now as There was an odd feeling in the air a like the world itself had shuddered and He looked and realized that the entire place was collapsing in on itself. Cinder had taken the Staff of Creation, and she's had, seemingly, just used it as then life was so simple at first but now everything now it changed as winter just as began to fly, gunning towards the portal at the back of the room and Jaune stood as well and his steps uneven, unbalanced. His head was spinning. He felt like he was going to throw up at the moment has winter just turned around, and looked back at him as He didn't really know why, in all honesty. As She's should've forgotten about him and gotten herself to safety as Then, of course, he lost his very footing. He's had a half-instant to look down, and then realize that's the bridge beneath him was gone...
And then the very gate was collapsed and a the entire realm around them did as well as The light dimmed; a dark void enclosed around them and the curse Jaune had been about to utter died in his very throat has the darkness overwhelmed him entirely, and then, there's was nothing at all as the very portal to Vacuo just has dissolves into golden sparks of light just before as he touches it, making him scream as he fails and begins to plunge into the void....Jaune doesn't know what to think about his last moments alive Of all the things he could have thought. It wasn't about him but about his team he has with him and just As Ren and Nora, two teammates who's are now goings to be alone forever, and he's can only hope that Emerald will take care of his remaining teammates along with Oscar. Now that he thought about it and why's didn't Nora come back through the portal with the others hunters now ? As it is something he wonder as Did something happen on the other side of the portal now ? And Penny Gods.... Penny, his friend she's has giving her life for all of this and what has he done by now ? As He's will never be able to forgets the feeling of Crocea Mors sliding into her chest, as the blood drained from her body and the very life drained from her eyes as he just will never be able to forget himself And now his sword is broken, in pieces, a part of him is glad because that means, that he at least will not be stained with Penny's very blood reminding him of the great sin that he had committed and then as with his ancestral sword broken he could pretend that he had not sullied his family's honor, the very remains of winter with it and He hadn't betrayed everything he loved like this, with the blood of his true friend as everyone and everything else is confusing...
Gods just why had he been so useless, if only he had done thing's differently and thing's would never have turned out so bad, if only he was stronger and Pyrrha, Ruby, Yang, Blake, and as weiss hadn't have been left him behind and now team Rwby is killed and a If only he was stronger, he would never have been forced to kill Penny now and Despair, regret, and helplessness overwhelm him as he falls into the void He had failed.
He had failed them all.
He had failed his family
He had failed his remaining teammates
He had failed his people
As jaune will die dissatisfied and as with regretful with his fail's.It isn't long before the darkness overwhelms his entire view Jaune's sight return's as memories of recent events overwhelm him and He's feels that's he continues to fall but the darkness that had consumed him was no longer in sight and as He could see again, though all he saw was a strange black mist now and it was then That Jaune keeps falling for a while, and as unfortunate as it is, he's is hopeful...Hopes to survive, and hopes that the girls on the RWBY team are alive. Even with the deep disgust that's just weighed on his shoulder for having murdered Penny and he allowed himself to hope and not give in to despair As if by fate he was able to dazzle his best friend Ruby's weapon, and her prized scythe. He's doesn't think twice before diving for his friend's gun....As Jaune is about to grab Ruby's scythe, darkness overwhelms as his vision of Jaune again and When Jaune's sight returns, the first thing he notices is the sky as then jaune just feels the sudden wind that's hit his body and It's takes jaune a few seconds to realize that he was falling and he was in the air heading and a just rapidly toward the ocean.
Jaune tries to use his shield to start gliding as quickly realizing that's the shield was not with him as but was falling and jaune tries to use his shield to start gliding, quickly realizing that's the shield was not with him but was falling below him but In a panic he began to dive toward his shield, forgetting about his friend's scythe that was falling a few meters below his shield as then jaune stretches out his arm to try to grab as his shield and when there are only 30 meters left to hit the sea...
He was about to grab his shield when there's were 20 meters left as with 10 meters left,..Jaune desperately grabbed his shield before as he activated his shield's light barriers made of dust and as his arm tensed and stretch up causings him to slow down a bit and Jaune closes his eyes as he just crashes as with some force into the ocean..He just tried to fight the ocean current but it was too strong as It wasn't long before his head smashed into something's as jaune just had the brief thought that his aura wouldn't protect him, as he was still chargings before the darkness overwhelmed him for the third time....When Jaune Arc falls into the void, he thinks of his failure and As a leader as a friend as a lover He was just a failure, his JNPR team, or what's left of them and as when the thought was about to die He could not finish what he's started He could not kill cinder fall and avenge pyrrha Nikos very dead has he wasn't strong enough to save Penny now He couldn't save anyone in the end as He was just a failure till the end at least if he's going to die he could see them an apologize then for whatever a nuisance he has been, he ends up in a strange place and where dust doesn't exist and the gods are roaming the earth. But Wait, is that a tree with a clock for fruit ? Jaune doesn't know what the hell he is, but he hopes he's can return to his world finish what he began as so he's can stop Salem and her minion's and just All he's has to do is wait for the RWBY team to arrive in the strange world or as he thought at the moment but in reality as whatever he is going he's is going to be all alone and the adventures and he's going to have going to be the key for his right back home and as to save his new one this is his very.
DESTINY.
No not that's not destiny that is wrong way to think as iit is not his destiny he chased but vengeance but has it was something that blinded him as jaune started to just understand now why his elders told not to pursue it as left them broken but it doesn't matter as now this is the end but he's don't' expect the entire life journey to end like this but to take a different turn has entirely as he will be in the middle of the Great War and as for him being forever be forgotten by everyone's and But instead he Disappeared completely and never shown again as he was just waiting for his story to begin now
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TWENTY YEARS LATER
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A welcoming breeze swept through the pine forest of Grounda cherry has it's one of the few good place's in the ever after has it not too warm or too cold now and then very wet from the water from garden nextdoor as well it is a weird place but it has become home for him as what can he's do just rise away with juniper beside him Perfect for the retreating winter....whose snowfall had already melted away and a sign of the spring's to come as we'll and he was good petrol then usual as it is his duty as guardians of this place as he's has been trapped here for near 20 year's and has it turn out the better than before as he was discovering new place's on this world and a many different portal's to different places as he was tasked by this world goddess has to help her and close it and then he had been struggling with his guilt and nightmares for few early years here but then he's managed overturn them but it's was not fully gone but then again as he observing The healthy trees rose just dozens of feet into the air as letting just enough of the comfortable early mornings sunlight to slip through the cracks and as pleasantly shine down and then he saw the very migrating bird species that is already began their reclamation, singing cheerfully in every possible direction as the very predators who could threaten or kill man we're elsewhere, giving off the impression of a vast but safe forest now as well it is a tricky life but you can get use to it as palidin knew better than to believe that...He'd spent most of his life traversing through such places, living there, sleeping, eating, and hunting and as he did knew full well of the dangers man, monster, and mother nature alike could prepare for any poor unsuspecting fool willing to just lower his guard.....In this case and it's was a monster keeping him tense and as Taking in his surroundings, examining their most minute details has Such as torn branches stamped over grass and claw or boot prints and most tellingly of all in this instance and a droplets of blood and All of which were present in abundance.
As Though, the Katakan had little reason to mask the trail back to it's lair when one took accounts of all the facts now as the nearby village of Zrinski home to just under one hundred people and was not only situated along the northernmost edge of the former kingdoms of Sodden and the Groundcherry forest but also very close to a long-abandoned mines of the same name. According to the village's alderman's and then by his mentor Geralt now and he hopes that ciri fine but just again the Zrinki Mine was built over a century past as For the first twenty years of it's existence, it served as a lucrative source of iron deposits That was when the village came very close to growings into a key trading post and Until the deposits ran out and with it as most interest in Groundcherry forest now has then his very goddess called him back to everafter Occasionally as this might be his last missions now in this world some entrepreneurs seeking to rekindle as the mine would arrive, boast of having a surefire mean's of letting the iron run again only to quit week's into the endeavours and never to return The Nilfgaardians were has far as the village people knew, the last force to attempts this and quickly realized there's was naught to be found in the mine and promptly left the Zrinski people's alone.
Yet as geralt have taught him everything else he just knows to him other than magic as we'll paladi last his old sword back in everafter as he might need it again in his life as jaune was on walked on foot and having already left juniper behinds in the very village lest the Katakan tries something to it, the closer he's came to the entrance of the mine the more he knew it recently acquired some other residence just as along with the vampire now as that was story for a another time now and then...Alongside the very occasional claw mark's standing prominently out, tracks belonging to people were present as well....A score of grown men wearing boots of varying quality and one of whom as probably had a hole judging by how malformed his tracks were in contrast to his comrades now as these very track's were far older than the Katakan's as more worn out by time and exposure to the elements now but then just According to the alderman and none from the village bothered to go to the mine Venture far enough only to hunt game and then Even when disaster and tragedy struck them and as then jaune had arrived quickly by happenstance before any angry and a foolish search party mob went into the forest to find the very culprit..
The boot tracks in-questions did not reach the village or come from it. Instead, they came from the direction of the mine, southeast of the only residence for miles and miles Judging by the lack of horse hooves or cart tracks, jaune doubted they were merchants as There were no women or children present with the party, he just would've spotted theirs trails already If Dandelion were present as the palidin as would no doubt hear of some extravagant, implausible, and vaguely amusing explanations to theirs identity now as jaune did guess they're were brigands and most likely fleeing from the Yaruga down south and a then whatever punishment the Nilfgaardian's we're ready to impose upon them... And it mattered little anyway now for they we're most assuredly dead and he can't use his sembulance just yet but then again Geralt told him to control his action and his ability and not rushing into every fight now as not everyone trustworthy to save as there he learned that lesson as well as for few years under his training now as then the very scant but prominent droplets of blood in the air and which went to the same place the boot prints came to and as then from left little room to interpret this very band of strangers As fate differently
As Katakan particularly long slumbering and recently awoken one's weren't about to pass over a meal and then as Even if their preference, in this case, skewed younger...Like the gaping maw of a lumbering beast, the Zrinski Mine came to the view, the small clearing which once surrounded and then it's entrance mostly reclaimed by nature with lump's of thick and healthy-looking grass scattered about it....as the very path as was connecting it to the village proper was just barely identifiable, the remnants of its iron gate hung loosely to the side, croaking miserably from its rusted hinges left and right in the breeze.....has after sometime later has was also the spot where's jaune found the largest puddle of blood thus far....now as just fifteen feet from the entrance and the substance most definitely came from a grown man as no child was abducted from the village now as...No child could bleed such an amount now and then from the crushed grass finger-like trails clawed into the ground now the palidin guessed one of the party managed to flee from the mine as only for the Katakan to attack him from behinds now and then drag him kicking and screaming back into it's depths.
As palidin ascertained the sun's position and as was pleased to see it was not yet noon as He had time to prepare still and promptly went about doing so. First, he rechecked the Moon Dust bombs hanging off his leather belt, within reach at all times, and capable of removing the vampire's invisibility. He didn't have any bombs to neutralize it's regenerative properties or oil for his wolf School blade now to carve it's flesh away. However as the midday sun was fast approaching its zenith as Even a vampire hiding away in the depths of the earth was weakened now as the blade he has has itself would serve him we'll for year's now has it's had already done enough as he still remembers when he receive it for the first time Hatori had outdone himself with the steel and silver sword pair, calling it a parting gift once Geralt and Ciri set out on the Path almost a year ago. For two weeks the swordsmith poured all of his knowledge and skill into the blades and as for any warrior as nevermind being witcher and as there very much achievement but then with surprise he's had an gift for him as he lost his own weapon long time ago it was something that he didn't expect but then he even ready one for him and he was shocked and wanted to deny it as first but he's did stopped him in his track as just then convinced him one way and another has he was grateful for his good firend Éibhear Hattori is was an elven master swordsmith as renowned for crafting exceptional swords He forges swords from meteorite ore and brands silver swords with a mystical runes to boost their stats...Besides blacksmithing Hattori also trades in various other goods as we'll as he gives him a special strong weapon specially for him now as that it was a wolf sword like geralt now but has with magic runes on them strong enough to weather a strike from a sledgehammer yet light and has perfectly balanced as they both cleaved through flesh hide and as armor with next to no resistance like anything else and has it was very sharp and didn't need to sharpening or then cleaning it now as he's had been struggling at first but he masters his way in the sword from Geralt and with other like him as then their very already potent cutting power was intensified by as series of Dwarven rune's that's glowed and dimly pulsated when he's took hold of them now and then next was his crossbow capable of firing two shots before reloading and...with a series of specially ordered as well....just silver-tipped...bolts also crafted by Hatori now has few pair for each one of them as well they are not his guns now but it is just better to keep them hidden now The projectiles were capable of going in and out of a smaller monster with relative ease but his guns are different story as he did show him his gun as he was shocked but curious but even concerned about it as it was very dangerous as for anyone else finding them or in hands now as then both of them kept it hidden but he was helping him in it's special amount of ammunition for monster no less now hecwas still grateful for him and everyone's else as now A Katakan was made of sturdier stuff as which did not work to it's advantage and has then he started to bringing get out in his both hands as them take aim as the very bolts would just doubtlessly remain inside whatever body part palidin just fired them into now as then the vampire would have to claw it's own flesh to pieces just to remove them as Still given the speed of his prey, and reloading it wouldn't be possible It's was fortunate then that he also had some silver, throwing daggers on hands now and has Then came the more unpleasant part of his preparation as he just used his own sembulance to enhancing his ability again as he just had no intention of dying of course, but he wasn't about to let this monstrosity terrorize as the people of Zrinski any more than it already did now as Perhaps it was finally getting back home now but the though just they all of his family were separated now, which made him empathize with the plight of the parent's now The distraught mothers and wrathful fathers as who went to sleep, as thinking theirs sons and daughter's we're safe only to find them pale, cold, and drained of theirs blood the following morning...Yes he just would enjoy killing this particular monster now but then again if he fails and couldn't accomplish that and then get some satisfaction of makings the very bastard choke on his leftovers as then started to wait A steady as series of deep, controlled breaths did away with the sensation just now, his heartbeat slowing down almost as much as his sensory perception did and All about, the world seemed to almost halt before his very eye's just now.
The rustling of a single grass taking ages as worth of time to sway in the wind and the shadows cast by the overhead sun freezing in place and To fight against a blindingly swift creature like the Katakan, with claw's capable of carving through even the finest of armor's in a single swipe and there was no better potion for a Witcher now but he was no Witcher he was palidin as he can take care of this monster like many others just like before them but he well not ruch but wait and just make sure that this one doesn't become his end and then he waited silently as he's looked around his very own surroundings now before he started entered the cave that was, one hand wielding the silver blade and the other pulsating with his sembulance flame energy now and ready to expel an Igni at a moment's notice.
As Stepping into the cave with measured quiet steps, he took a moment to enjoy the very welcoming pitch blackness inside and began his downward trek to the Katakan's lair now as then he saw unmistakable claw marks left behind by the poor sods as it's slaughtered were proof it was All about, through the minutes upon minutes spent in the darkness as he just spotted bits of fresh, human flesh littering the ground Weapons of decent enough craft lying abandoned on the floor and along with digging equipment has well which was not rotten from decades of abandonment and has disuse now Evidently the bandits came for the cave perhaps hoping to find some leftover means of earning coin as And if that's didn't work now but put the village to the sword and as Fate had other plans for them now and it was then the very settlement of Zrinski....rarely saw anything worse than a bear or wolf pack come near it, so the Katakan was not an ever-present threat's but a recent arrival as Or more likely, the beast arrived long ago as The new arrivals disturbed its lair, thus sealing their fate and of several children now and a their very disturbance must have been quite egregious indeed.
As Katakan's do not mutilate their victims preferring to target specific spots in the body and then are even known to frequently let their as weakened victims live and then More than likely the men dug their way into the vampire's lair and then began prodding around its inevitable treasure trove laughing like idiots, grabbing any coin, jewel or other type of trinkets to bolster their pockets and has In so doing delivering a deadly insult to its owner now and Katakan's greed and love for all things shiny rivaled theirs desire for blood and Once, during his early years and he remembers hearing has from Geralt managed to gain the upper hand against his first by slicing off its beard adorned with countless jiggling, blindingly dazzling rubes and sapphires, and expensive earrings The vampire was so stunned it let its guard down and in so doing lost its head moments after as he was studying about his prey now The brief reminiscing of days gone halted the instant his eye's spotted something just fifteen feet ahead. The mine's ceiling gradually shrunk, and he resorted to moving in a half-crouch because of it. It's didn't matter, because soon enough his available room to manoeuvre would grow substantially. On the others side of a freshly dug hole at the tail end of the mine and was an Elven ruin.
As Even squinting from a distance, he recognized the stonework inside and Still lookings strong and sturdy defiant to the encroachment of nature has it's was to man's centuries ago as then the Pillars, standing and broken, stood out prominently against the floor, as it's did the chests of riches collected by the very Katakan before as it went into hibernation has much of the loot was annoyingly and scattered about the ground What caught his attention the most was at the center of the lair was a portal now and that's just was not good now and if he knows Or rather, a constructions about what must've been the place for a portal He'd seen enough of those during the trip across worlds with Avalla'ach and then with Leon and Mathias others places to spot one right away now as the chance of it turning on was relatively small, and Ciri already performed a smaller, second Conjunctions in her bid to disperse the White Frost now and he remembers the reirtual as well now but Even so, just beings close to a remotely possible spot for a portal to appear got on his very nerves just worse than a broken tooth now as he's started to feel something's now as then as putting his distaste aside he's carefully and slowly crouched down and passing under the recently formed hole and then felt his mood substantially improve a when not so much as a single pebble resounded through the seemingly empty just room. What's betrayed the Katakan's location wasn't sound or poor concealment from the creature. It was the faintest but distinct odor of blood coming from the ceiling Peering upward his free hand reaching for the crossbow that's was attached to his left side belt and as paladin then squinted and as spotted the creature sleeping amongst a slew of man-sized stalactites just adorning the ceiling's by the dozen if not hundred It's did not so much as move the faintest muscles as nor did it let out a single sound. But as it was so often the case as the beast's nature betrayed it...he's just then would have to act swiftly. If he aimed true and has the beast's instincts we're too slow, as single bolt through its head could end the fight in a moments has And so he's prepared to do just that's Slowly, agonizingly, the he's took the crossbow off his belt and gently pressed against the trigger and His knees were bent his sword hand clutching the hilt and ready to attack now as just with the distinct thump as the crossbows mechanism cut through the silence has The bolt flew through the air and for a moment has it's seemed has though the very fight was already done as A fraction of an instant before the bolt fired, a pair of black as predatory eyes snapped open and has the Katakan tried to flee now.
Unsuccessfully and the bolt didn't pierce its head, but there was an unmistakable crunching sounds of steel piercing metal and has the very blood-freezing chill of a monster renowned for feeding on it....As The beast landed about twenty feet north of him has the impact reverberating through the ground and sending chests worth of gold and then other's riches to scatter about all over the place. While it was busy trying to claw out the bolt, he was already on the move, anticipating it's landing spot and slashing at it's with a swift overhead blow but then Katakan just abandoned it's attempt of ridding itself of the bolt and darted to left has Another deafening screech came from it has it tried clawing at him just instead and just hitting nothing's but air when the paladin leaped gracefully to the side and opened fire as before his feet even touched the ground again and It missed a hitting some far off wall and while the Katakan's body shimmered then it just vanished into nothingness as it's was now possible problem for him As the paladin then just dropped the crossbow a the Katakan would disembowel him before as he's could get another bolt ready anyhow. Instead, he's took his sword with both hands and kept to one place and His blade moving in constant and just circular motions, a constant steady swirl of motions ready to divert itself in whatever's directions the paladin needed it to...Not as that he's didn't know where the beast was has the Katakan's blood stood out most prominently against that's of men and children's and has since he's hadn't heard any more flesh being rent or and a bolt clanking against the floors now paladin just knew it was just to choosing to suffer the pain in silence and there's over to the western side of the room, and where the portal construct stood between a them now has the paladin decided not to let the beast know what he knew now Instead, he did something sure to anger it. With a few furtive steps to his right and as he's spotted a golden goblet adorned with sparkling white jewels and other stones It was fit for any king or queen. It was probably worth more than the last three dozen contract's he'd taken up combined now but then he has a idea just as then without hesitation's as paladin foot stomped on the goblet and as though his foot already hurt has the gold bent with a satisfying as metallic whine...As The Katakan was on him almost immediately and then as this time, the paladin saw its claws flash mere inches from his face as he leaped backward His arms moved on pure instinct and struck back rewarding him with a clash across the Katakan's right abdomen now and it starts to yelled again and unquestionably feelings the searing of silver carving it and as the very oil acting as the cherry on top as everyone was fond of saying it….
As paladin pressed his advantage has delivering two more cuts, one to it's knee and another cutting off it's smallest claws as then he's purposefully stopped and diverted all his energies into a pirouette and avoiding a returning claw strike which just would've carved his chest into two pieces, at least that it might think as he was enhancing his ability one by one He's tried to use the momentum to perhaps just as cut into the back of the Katakan's neck but the beast leaped forward and it just avoiding death for the time being...They circled one another for a few, tense heartbeat's, the vampire too wounded or then bloody furious to bother turning invisible again and the paladin....glaring back with his black pits for eye's and smiling nastily.....as that's was when it happened and as when the tense silence was broken not by the snarl of the beast or has the blow of a him, but by the activations of a portal.... now as One connecting this place to who knew where or what and the vampire wasted not a moment going for it. With a dramatic series of leaps just has betraying how much strength the monster still possessed and it went for it.
And as was so frequently the case paladin mind told him to let it go and that's there was no knowing what awaited either of them on the other side. A wasteland where they would burn or freeze in moments now as strange alien world has the ones Ciri spoke to him off where both of them with Geralt as would be even less welcome as than the world they called home. And as was so frequently the case and he did not let it go has well as he's has something to do before anything else now With a snarl from the very deepest recess' of his throat that he would come to regret the morning after, if he lived that long as the paladin leaped as well and drove his blade right through the Katakan's chest, his other hand gripping tightly to its left horn and as For a moment, the two stood there's on the precipice of the portal and as paladin almost thought as he'd stopped the disaster as Until the vampire lurched forward then he felt the distinct and horrifying nothingness of every portal crossing....Then, there's was the suffocation of water, of being deep as deep underwater in what was likely some lake or sea and as Neither paladin nor the Katakan was prepared for it's and just the two of them awkwardly shouting and swaying left a right and then spinning in circles like some mad and drunk Dwarves tumbling in the middle of a tavern brawl and Every so often, paladin eyes caught sight of the portal and it's remaining active gave him hope. Hope that if he killed the beast quickly and has he's could still make it back home from wherever the Hell he was then but as Until the swaying Katakan and then just even less used to swimming than paladin was swung its powerful claws and in a single motion an carved the portal construct clean in two and Before paladin could curse it or even better as make the child-murdering scum pay now as the discharge of destabilized magical energy just has exploded merely a handful of feet away an propelling them upward in another dizzying spin now great now.
As Despite his arms already aching from the exertion and wanting to let go, paladin managed to hold on to the vampire even as theirs spinning grew worse and worse as Somehow, in this calamity of madness and drowning, the paladin removed a silver blade from his belt and wildly and has like as man completely lost of his senses as began stabbing the Katakan. Over, and a over again in and eventually through the throat now as in it's last moments the vampire managed to reach the surface of the water, letting out a pained, gurgling screech which prematurely ended when paladin own snarl overtook it and the knife removed the monsters head It just floated on the surface and then as almost comically bobbing up and down just against the light swaying waves of the darkening pool of blood and as water about it now and He's just ignored it for the time being instead and as letting his body go limb and rest against the Katakan's body as using it as a disgusting raft of flesh and bone The battle frenzy took a while to abate, leaving him already feeling tired and as beaten when he was quite certain there's was nary a scratch on him has Though, a flesh wound was preferable to what was already clear and his aura will take care of it the rest now as It's wasn't simply the fact paladin and his contract ended up in the middle of the ocean as at night when it was midday before. It wasn't merely that he spun the corpse about and spotted a massive city off in the distances as the likes of which as he'd never seen before just with a monstrous fortress of now has with dozen towers looming over it atop a nearby a hill No and the detail that's just told the paladin he'd gone somewhere's very far away came from the star's now again but where now as he did curse himself as that's is no more thing he had in common with Geralt now...
Bad luck
As He's just couldn't recognize a single constellation as A single curse came out of him, quiet and snarling. Then it was accompanied by a score then two scores of others as each louder and more blasphemous than the last and It wasn't until his throat became sore that paladin finally stopped and then let some good sense dictate his next course of action and Well good sense and a desire to vent his frustrations in another way by removing every useful things the Katakan had to offer him then setting the bastards leftovers on fire now as well that not new for him but it was still disturbing The next difference between home and as this other world became clear to him a while he's still swam as getting the corpse out to shore was to be a difficult task. The Katakan was over a head taller than him and Its body mass was several pounds greater than the paladin as The vampire had caused him enough trouble, and the sooner it ended the sooner he's could focus on other matters as his bad luck made itself known again now when the Aard which was supposed to blast the body and head faster to shore and has amounted to almost nothing. The water barely rippled, has though a child slapped it as a belch from Zoltan would've done more than anyone now "What in the name...?" He said just staring at his left hand Again, he thrust, and the result was no better. Therefore the problem was elsewhere.
And so paladin just closed his eyes, nearly halting his own slowed heartbeat and enjoyed the cooling feel of the ocean about him and Letting his senses perceive the force as best he could and It was a practice many times with the others witchers as did with and early in their sign training as we'll but he can't use sign but he did have something else and One only tolerated for a short awhile for now as then he's comfort it that's very thing It was still here and has found the root cause of his diminished aura power the force of this world was weak...no it's different as he could feel power but then different and difficult to explain but he will think about it another time This ocean alone held less of it than a small lake back home as Each scrap was like trying to grab a spilled water between his fingers and Was this world always so starved, or did something weaken it?
As whatever the cause the effect on his aura strength remained but changing as even after spending up to a minute concentrating as his flame Ignite as though more powerful than before a still nudged the Katakan half the distance it should have.....as he then started to go toward the shore now as then he started looked around and the place isn't so bad before something's else come and grabbed him from the behind now as it was then he looked at it was Minotaur ? But why and did it come behind him As this very particular Grimm is founded in the very deeper parts of the Dungeon in the Grimm land now as many hunter and huntresses try to avoid this creature or fight it's in a trio at best as it's an intelligent type of Grimm as it is ancient Grimm as it has just killed many great warrior and as soldiers taking their gear and using it as their own skin now as there was a time when they were so many of them as it's used to just conquer and destroy everything in its very path as when it just one time as crossed the very Grimm Land's in ancient wars as he just heard a story where many soldiers fought a bull that's rival strength of an entire platoon and now he facing something has that is similar type great as then it's throw him against the near by wall now and then he felt that one has just then he's activated his aura and sembulance and this is now a fight as he started to get up and he's knows it just was formidable opponent until they made a plan as they had to lowered it down into the dungeon and kill it so make sure it was not able to move awhile this very striped it down and It took them more than a few days to come up with a plan fight that and As paladin unsheathed his sword and as deployed his shield the twin arcs lighting up as when Atlas upgraded his gear, he's doubted that they expected him to use his shield as a flashlight but it's was very handy at moment like this Taking a deep breath, he entered the cavern and descended into the earth now as then paladin ram his sword against his shield now as then Minotaur just as was snapped out of his very stupor, though, when the Minotaur started to roar toward's him and it started to running toward the paladin has he was prepared as in his warrior sense with his shield front and sword draw towards him as he's was charging his attack as then a thought just entered his mind his he just watched the monster close in on him now just and while as he was thinking about his life choices has how it brought him here today One thought just clouded his judgment as " let do this ?" As he just said to it has it then changed at him full speed and aa then he dodged in time of it's attack and slipped pass it as then it hit the wall behind him now as he was hazard and by puzzled this as it is then has he's started to repeat the process again with his shield now as then the Minotaur saw him again as it started to change toward's him and he dodged him again and then he attacked it's leg's has he's slushing it with his sword now as then the beast screamed just before starting to swinging his fist at him again as well again and then the paladin raised his shield up as just then took every last blow from it now as then he starts to dodge and strike him again and he remembers and repeated this strategy few more times as to deal with a shield in his hand's and sword in another as he just as well screamed and then ran towards it's holding as his shield up just a while the Minotaur uses his fists to beat down his shield as he's still kept it up for just now
As the very Monster kept on punching his shield has he just stood his ground but after some times as one of the beast leg's lost it's very balance then Minotaur was falling down on his knee's as then the paladin as took this as advantage and has then he's punch back the beast as then it lost balance and as fell back as he quickly got in position as he started to swings his very sword towards it fallen body as it streamed out in pain because of the then he started to pull out his combat cross and then Before he could take another step, as screech echoed above him and as he's just looked up spotting the massive wingspans of three Griffin's just circling high in the sky as Their shrill cries pierced the quiet, and as one of them dove toward him as paladin just grip tightened on his Combat Cross that's on his side as used his Guillotine move by jumping in the air and slicing the beast with three strikes in a downward motion, making the creature bleed on its upper back, he finished launching it's in the air, the creature dying from the wound....Two others dived in to avenge their killed kin and then paladin moved swiftly...unleashing a rapid series of strikes with the Combat Cross now it is useful weapon for long range and then close range chain of attack's now and with....Feathers, blood, and earth flew has the creatures shrieked and snapped at him their beaks razor-sharp and a then talons deadly paladin chose the Chain Shredder move He does the move longer than usual and ends two griffins with the finisher part as he also decides to extend the chain of the move more than usual....A familiar dread prickled at his senses as shadows passed over him.and as he looked up just in time to see two more griffins just has descending from the very cloud-heavy sky their fierce screeches slicing through the mist without hesitation feeling the surge of power from the Seraph Shoulders on his back and as his very wings unfurled with a holy snap as he fused his sembulance and aura with it just then it started to glowing faintly with a divine light that seemed foreign against has the very ominous skie's of this strange land and In one powerful motion, he's just leaped into the air, his wing's propelling him high above the hilltop has he's faced the incoming beast's mid-flight now as the paladin a launched his Combat Cross, the hook tip latching onto the nearest griffin's scaly hide. The creatures screeched, thrashing in the air as paladin just pulled himself up and as then firmly planting himself onto its back.."Let's see how good of a mount you are..." As paladin growled towards them tightening his grip has the griffin bucked and just tried to shake him off and Its wild flight carried him over the very treetops an erratic rush of wind and feathers, but paladin held fast and gritting his teeth as he steadied himself. The sky suddenly filled with dark shapes, six more griffins and then summoned by the dying cries of their kin now as then the paladin just narrowed his eye's from his helmet now and then used his senses..
paladin narrowed his eyes, his senses sharpening as he anticipated each strike. Drawing a handful of silver daggers from his belt as he let them hum with a light, crackling energy a infusing them with Shadow Magic and aura now before has launching them with precise aim now has then the very daggers struck all Griffin's head's as exploding, and plummeted to the earth in a trail of smoke has the griffin paladin rode on gave one last furious shake, desperately trying to dislodge him. But he clung on with unrelenting strength hooking his gauntlet into the creature's shoulder. with a powerful twist and he forced the griffin into a downward spiral, directing it toward the grounds below As they neared the very earth....paladin leaped from the griffin's back releasing his grip just before impact and the creature crashed into the ground with a deafening thud a dust and feathers scattering everywhere..paladin watched the last griffin as it flapped it's wings frantically, trying to escape the slaughter that had befallen it's kin. But paladin was not about to let it slip away as he's made mistakes once and it cost him and as then with a swift movement he threw his Combat Cross once more, its hook latching onto the creature's back now as well In a few powerful pulls, he hauled himself onto its back, gripping tightly has the griffin screeched in terror and began flying wildly and desperate to shake him off as then he saw something else "You will take me there " paladin muttered, adjusting his stances to control the beast's movement He seized its neck, steering it with an iron grip, and leaned forward a forcing the griffin to turn toward his direction At the last second as paladin released his grips and as then paladin just pull out his sword before cut it's head off as while leaped from the creature's back with easy as Shocking the residents, then he landed heavily on the cobblestone courtyard of some Perch now and then he's started looking just around his surroundings area now trying understand.
Paladin straightened dusting off his armor as a dozen of the village and some guard just encircled him now as with the others guard weapons raised, theirs faces with full fear many saw how many he's just took down at once "Did you see him now ?" one man murmured, voice tinged with awe "He took down all those griffins …alone as They were more than 10 now in counting" as one of the villagers said to the other now "Aye I did saw it " As another replied eyes wide with a mixture of fear and admiration "As rode one of 'em straight here, like he's was some demon or angel come to strike us down from heaven now." As another said to him and it was then the paladin was obverse them all "People of shiz villages," As the Baron called out and his deep voice carrying across the courtyard. "You've all seen what this stranger can do now No one here has dared to face the beasts that just lurk in these skies, and yet here he is, a warrior from lands unknown I have never seen such a weapon that he's wields it's unbelievable he is an angel sent from heaven by god himself now!" The Baron raised his hand and spoke, his deep voice echoing across the stone walls "Kim ty jesteś? Co to za sztuczki z gryfem?" ("Who are you ? And What are these tricks with the griffin?") he demanded, his tone rough but curious has the paladin was silent and just then confused as he blinked and realizing he couldn't understand the words he's said the his language was unfamiliar and he was accustomed to now as Seeing paladin uncomprehending stare as the Baron's brow furrowed He's repeated himself, more slowly, though still in Polish just now. "Jak się nazywasz ?..Dlaczego jesteś tutaj?" ("What is your name ? And Why are you here ?") As he asked again as paladin shook his head slightly signaling his lack of understanding and after a brief pause now he's responded in Latin "Nescio quid dicas..... Non ex his terris sum," ("I do not understand what you say. I am not from these lands.") he just said calmly and then explaining that's just he's just wasn't from these lands at all The Baron exchanged glances with his guards muttering something under his breath and Realizing the language barrier, as he gestured to his chest speaking more simply...The Baron furrowed his brow, clearly unfamiliar with the term He's glanced around at his men and exchanging uncertain looks as though they all shared the same confusion's and The scribe, struggling to understand as translated paladin very words as best as he could.... now A portal… from the Land of the Nilfgaardian Empire in north cave in it village of Zrinski ?" As the scribe repeated, sounding uncertain and The Baron's eyes narrowed.. "What is this land you speak of ?" As he's asked, his servant to translate paladin gaze hardened and as he stood tall his expression unwaverings."It is a land far from here the east of both the Northern Kingdoms and then the Nilfgaardian Empire Isolated from the westerners by mountain ranges with as deserts and wastelands" As he said to him The Baron nodded slowly, but his very expression betrayed his confusion. He turned to the scribe, who translated paladin words and the scribe's voice grew softer as he spoke to the Baron, unsure of how to proceed and The Baron listened intently, then shook his head slightly...About fifteen minutes later it is done as he has discussed his location with him and then everything's else as he was tired now as then he started to move up and started to grab the corpses of his dead monster's as first was Katakan and then has that Minotaur corpse now with then griffin has well he wanted to sell them for something's now but it's is like they are going to burn the corpse instead just what a waste as he thought and then he's finally reached the shore and First, he removed his sword still inside the vampire's body, meeting little resistance as with more force than necessary, he kicked the corpse so that its chest faced the sky.... He's stared at it and wondering whether or not to bother removing its bones or heart, and any other parts now and as just carrying the head around with no horse was troublesome given it's size and weight and with no begs now Yet the vampire and then the another monster just owed him much for the misfortune it wrought and then many of its parts were necessary in the crafting of high quality that he's cold just sell to witcher for there armor or swords, provided any blacksmith on this world was capable of crafting such things but again where is he now as he thought.
His practicality won out as he sighed and then he's is just Kneeling at the beast's left sides and paladin put his sword onto the grounds has with the silver dagger in-hand and has he's began carving off the Katakan's claws. Ordinarily, taking off their limbs and extracting from them wholesale was the wiser option as Without Roach around and the saddlebag to place all of those bones in this would have to suffice as then just luckily the flesh about the claws showed little resistances. In a few minutes, has most of them were off through the next hour, there were eight useful bones for alchemy. And then paladin wrapped them in a cloth and placed has them inside one of the two leather bag of his very bandolier and Inside the other he's put the heart after cleaning it in the ocean and wrapping a cloth arounds it as well...Knowing he couldn't burn the corpse with a single bonfire now and as he just need to pick a good location now and then as paladin just decided a more inventive approach With a series of sword swings, he removed the vampire's limbs and stuffed them inside its open chest cavity. Next, oil got applied to the lump of blood, mutilated flesh Even the weakened fire blast found ample fuel with its flame resembling the inside of a furnace now and then he done the same with the rest of the very monster some way now has just then.
Paladin just watched remained by the body and just watching its flesh peel away and then crack and turn black as Though paladin was tired from the battle, the shock of beings on another world and riping the body to pieces, he's was mostly satisfied. Though they did not know it, and likely thought him dead the Familiar's of Magdalena Zvone and Igor and Petar had received justice....No more sons or daughters of Zrinski would die to the blood-sucking fiend now " Fuck" As he said to and turn and saw a someone was watching him as it was girl from the village now but he ignored her then The shred of bitterness dulling his very senses just of his accomplishment came from the fact he could not tell them so, not yet as then there was the fact he took the small bits of jewelry adorning the Katakan as Two golden bracelet's and has then a single ruby ring and some earring's from the head....now though he's had a coin purse and it was unlikely the sentient creatures inhabiting the castle would take them....So, he would have to sell the Katakan's treasures to acquire just as whatever passed for currency now...It was hard to say who or what inhabited the city's or the village looming so distinctly againsts the moonlight now as he sighed that he was just lucky and unlucky like like away now.
As now he was tried and he wants to find somewhere to rest and then he remembered what that lord said to him earlier so why's not go back to that's village stay a few nights before he could figure out just what to do next in his life as then he just started to pack up all his item's and then made his way toward the road now as then some time he's just spotted lights there perhaps torches or whatever else they used for illumination as we'll then he should move Perhap's he's might would encounter different humans like his own from as what Ciri told him about her adventures world like advance technology like atlas now they we're present in other worlds now The Elves and Dwarves certainly liked to say they arrived back home with the Conjunction now and then again that is there world now so what can he say that they might be someway he's can return back to his home but then again what should he do then as he needs to find team RWBY and then he's needs to find his own team and then others as well as Perhaps this was a domain of the Elves, judging by one of their ruins being present Or just as the native species was something else entirely, closer to the Vodyanoy. One of his great regrets....from all of the Salamandra very business was never visiting their city....now Should a great danger present itself, it might hasten his return home more than anything and then he remembered The very bond between Geralt and Ciri was strong for when one fell into peril, the other became aware of it through dreams and nightmares now and that why he doesn't mass with magic now as that's is something very dangerous for someone like him and he is alone now but again he can only move forward to his home.
As Some hours later, Paladin stopped walking. Firstly to let his feet rest for a bit and secondly to spot as any water around Besides seawater as he hadn't drunk a thing since the day before, the thirst was beginning to annoy him now After a few minutes of listening as he started to heard a creek flowing now as he run toward the tree as started to climb them and then jumped on the air with his aura infused legs As paladin as soared through the air, the green canopy of the forest below caught his eye. A commotion in the clearing drew his attention, a woman as sprinting for her life, was being pursued by a massive by snarling bear and a without hesitation, Paladin angled his descent diving down at incredible speed now He's landed in front of the bear with a thundering impact the very ground's trembling beneath him and the beast reared up on its hind legs, roaring at the sudden intruder. The woman stumbled to a halt behind Paladin has panting heavily, her eyes wide with terror and disbelief at the moment As then Paladin very hand gripped the hilt of his very Combat Cross his expressions calm but focused has the very bear lunged forward, it's powerful jaws snapping, but Paladin hand shot out as the holy Gauntlet a glowing faintly as it's latched onto the creature's massive jaw, Paladin pressed the bear's jaw shut, his very strength amplified by the gauntlet's holy power. The creature's roars turned into muffled growls now has the woman watched from behind a tree her breath catching in her throat She could hardly believe what she was seeing, a lone warrior holding a bear just in check as if it were nothing more than a disobedient dog now as Paladin turned his head slightly and as speaking calmly to the woman "It's under control miss please Stay back." As he said to her With a swift motion, Paladin brought up his leg as his very Cyclone Boot glowing faintly as he delivered a powerful kick to the bear as the force sent the massive creature flying back into the tree's with a heavy crash and then leaving it dazed but alive now...
The woman was overwhelmed with relief, ran toward Paladin as Her tears streamed as she threw her arms around him and just speaking rapidly in polish now as now "...Dziękuję! Dziękuję! Uratowałeś moje życie.. !" (...Thank you! Thank you! You saved my life.. !).....As she said to him as paladin stood still for a moment his body rigid from the sudden embrace He gently pulled back, giving her a small, reassuring nod, even though he didn't understand her words and her gratitude was clear enough in her tone and expression "You're safe now," he's just said quietly, his voice calm and steady, though he's knew she couldn't understand him either. As Paladin stood there as the tension easing from the air, a goat suddenly came bounding out of the forest.. It's bells jingled with every leap...and it bleated loudly, heading straight for the woman now as that's was just something he was not expecting now as the woman's face lit up with recognition and relief...."Księżniczka !" she's exclaimed as dropping to her knee's as the goat nuzzled against her as She wrapped her arms around the animal and then holdings it close and the woman gestured to the goat and then to Gabriel, speaking in Polish again now "To jest Księżniczka koza Pellar'a.... Dziękuję za uratowanie nas obu !"... (This is Princess, the pillar's goat thank you for saving us both!) Paladin just gave a faint smile....still unable to understand her words but sensing her gratitude.... He gave the goat a brief nod....as though acknowledging it's unusual title before turning his gaze back toward the forest path. "I suppose this was worth the detour " he just muttered more to himself than anyone else now As Paladin just turned to leave and as he heard an exasperated voice shouting through the trees as then he's just started to move just Some hours later Paladin stopped walking. Firstly to let his feet rest for a bit and secondly to spot any water around After a few minutes of listening, the Paladin heard a creek flowing again as The firstly faint rush of water grew as he then just traversed the forest southward and then yet his attentions on it gave away to another sound Paladin was all too familiar with: the pounding of horse hooves and Several....moving at a leisure pace and accompanied by the creaking and a swaying of what seemed a large and a heavy wooden carriage now Moving toward the sound, hastening his speed in turn as Paladin hoped his presence wouldn't elicit violence to erupt still as the Paladin would take a long...hard look at whoever rode those horse's before revealing himself. The closer he got to the horses, the more it became clear he's was just not the only one to converge on their location now As all violence did, it's happened suddenly and then without warning to the recipient. The distinctive cry of a man in pain echoed through the wood's soon joined by the very neighing of horses as the shouting of commands and the steel pounding against steel now Paladin blade was out in an instant, his body rushing past the trees as fast has his legs could manage and as the noise of battle grew stronger as men were dying as a woman screamed, a burst of bone-chilling laughter drowned it all out now..
As Soon enough, he came upon what was a road, the site of the battle as Before he could join it As Paladin took spotted one of the ambushers now as keeping a safe distance from them as striking his targets with a bow and arrow and wait is that a gun as he saw few of them had guns now and there's are wearing an white as black robes on them as they're are fighting against From a glance as he was an older man with white hair tied into a ponytail and wearing a green jerkin moving with a precision Milva would've found impressive now and then He's was also alert for when he's snapped a twig on the ground and as the brigand spun arounds, unleashing an arrow's and bullet's towards him and it was for a intended for someone else the intruder but it was for him now as he's started to deflected it with a circular motion of his sword now as the archer stared, opening his mouth to curse before his head came off following another swing now has Reaching for a silver dagger as Paladin just emerged from the forest to the carriages right Inside it, a woman screamed, trying to fight off another archer clad in black at the door as her tan arms vainly keepings him at bay now A bit further away, two of his companions fought against a pair of men in black armor adorned with white and as golden cloaks now as well they're all had some light sword's in there hand's now as it's was weird for him for some reason now with a single knife toss, Paladin attacked the archer harassing the woman and then driving the blade clear through the back of his head. The brigand to the Paladin left, wearing a distinct red scarf around his neck and as took notice of his fallen comrade first. He even managed to spot Paladin himself a moment before he was beheaded as well now "Oswyn !" The largest of them so far, a bearded bear of a man with a head wrapped in chainmail as wielding a Warhammer roared. With a single backhand, he knocked the gold cloak to the ground and then he charging at Paladin...
With an impressive grace and speed to his technique, the bearded bear swungs and then intending to take Paladin head off as He struck nothing for the Paladin ducked, already launching his counter-attack With an upward sword swing, the steel blade split the bandits head in two from chin to brow now....A momentary lull fell over the battle as Paladin staring at the dead man falling to his feet the gold cloaks staring at the Paladin as though he were some phantasm has But only for a moment as until the laughter from before came back. From the front of the carriage has clad in black armor, a round shield and with fresh blood dripping down his blade came the ugliest man paladin had ever seen....
As He was without question uglier as than Vilgerfortz. His receding just hairline exposed a ghastly pale skin rivaling Paladin own as His eyes had red bags under them, emphasizing the tiny black hateful orbs in their sockets and just His teeth were jagged, rotten yellow, eternally as fixed into a smile capable of making just drowner piss itself now With slow, powerful steps, the smiling brigand dressed just in a dark perversion of a rogue knight came at Paladin " look A most welcome surprise," He's laughed again. "Perhaps you'll satisfy me now that church cannot !" As he said Paladin just wasted no time on banter as then opting to strike him down quickly then move on to the rest...Yet when his blade moved to sever another throat has the smiling brigand demonstrated a speed as much greater than one would expect and deflecting the stab he's tried to bash Paladin with a shield as but the Paladin already moved aside and swinging back before his feet even touched the ground now as Hatori's swordcraft made itself known immediately as carving through the right shoulder plate The smiling brigand laughed, pressing forward and unleashing a series of quick yet powerful slashes and thrusts now Paladin either met or darted around them, thankful that the two gold cloaks opted to flee instead of getting in his way as with a pirouette the Paladin avoided another thrust scoring two hits of his own as the first cutting into the right forearm while another slashed the very bandit diagonally across his back....Once again the very brigand laughed spinning around to strike with even greater ferocity than before and Perhaps he was some strange monster from this world capable of feeding off the pain of his injuries. Or he was just a man who knew death was close at hand and wanted to go out in a blaze of glory....Whichever was true, Paladin don't care would end it in a way he's knew to work with any man or beast and as leaning to the right the Paladin evaded another swing, pulled his arm back and then thrust it through the brigand's right knee and as Even this mad dog howled from the pain just then stumbling into a kneeling positions now and then Pulling the blade out, Paladin intended to cut his head off as well when he picked up a noise and Their battle had moved them past the back of the carriage, out in the open as A third archer awaited them there's Paladin just barely jerked his head back as letting the arrow pass mere inches from his helmet now and just then with grit teeth as Paladin then a grabbed hold of another throwing knife and when the smiling brigand shouted as Ripping his round shield away, he roared and tossed it in the directions of the forest now From there a woman's yelp came out now "As Bloody mad whoreson !" As she said "Stay out of this Wenda," He took hold of his sword, pointing at Paladin. "I'll suffer no interference in this battle !" Paladin kept an ear out for her regardless and though by the sound of thing's Wenda would do as ordered..."My apologies," The smiling one said with a mocking tone it's was hard to gauge the sincerity of it. "A duel like ours just should remain ours only." As he said to them as then Paladin just started to stare at him for a moment.....just now.
The Paladin still stared at him for a moments as then bowed his head in acknowledgments has In the next moment they're were back at it as With an impressive strength of will power a the smiling brigand launched back to his feet his blade meeting Paladin in a lock as the two stared at one another, faces inches apart one with a forceful grin now and as the very other of a cold professional as the Paladin demeanor broke first with the next strike has with a snarl as Paladin pushed the bandit away as bringing his sword back down with an overhead blow His adversary, determined as he was, could not defeat a knee It's gave out from the force of Paladin blow and then the weight of his own armored body. Pressing his advantage, the Paladin raised his blade overhead again now as he was wearing amour but it was light as feather now as manys are shock by the way he was moving with that's armour on him and then when it came back down and it did so in the very company of a coarse, bestial roar from the depths of Paladin throat and as such was its strength the sound drowned out the sound of a sword snapping as armor giving away to an enemy blow, and finally, flesh being rent.....Blinking as Paladin just stared at the right side of the smiling brigand's chest just with a slow-motion, one part of it went to the right and as while the rest of him leaned to the left and...His sword hand went limp dropping the snapped blade at Paladin feet as Blood poured from the massive wound as forming a puddle around them..Yet the smiling brigand expression was not one of pain and Instead, the ghastly grin gained a touch of warmth to it of genuinely happiness and then humanity before the very light dimmed from his eye's forever as Paladin stood there's observing the corpse even as he heard Wenda curse again fleeing into the woods... Again and again, she shouted, "The Smiling Knight is dead !" As she said to everyone as well then the rest of her companion of rogue from the front of the carriage, a man Paladin did not see as tossed his sword to the ground saying he's was surrendering An older man, wearing a dirtied set of white armor and a bleeding right hand came from the front then halted...
He stared at Paladin then the Smiling Knight's corpse before returning his gaze to the Paladin as There was apprehension there and uncertainty even a bit of fear. There was no disgust or revulsion, however. The look many adopted a whenever one of his kind was within sight....Eventually as the knight ripped his gaze away and moved to the carriage door as the girl from inside came out. She was a frail-looking young woman,...no more than two, perhaps three years older than Ciri as she's had nun outfit and then with and very headband complemented her tan skin. Though she was shaken by what transpired, she managed a warm smile to the knight regardless..."Sister Ellia ! Are you alright ?" As he asked her and it is then he's was relieved "Yes, Ser Gerold," As She just confirmed, taking a deep breath. "Though, it would not be so if not for this man..." Just as the knight did, there was uncertainty present in her gaze. As though neither one could fully comprehend what this strange, viper-eyed man before them was... Yet, Paladin could not help notice and appreciate the gratitude there as we'll.....As he's was just doing what is right "I only did what anyone's else would your very position sister," As Paladin said bowed remembering his the court courtesies hammered as into him just by his very mother now as Surprisingly, it was the knight who laughed Though not mockingly. "Not just anyone could kill the Smiling Knight as Nevermind half of the devil and fallen Brotherhood" As he said and that was just confusion's for him " Thank you Please, ser, rise" The nun asked Paladin did so now "I wish to know the name of the man who has done us all such a service today." As she said to him and everyone was nodding
" My name is jaune arc the Paladin of ever after, your majesty. I'm a Paladin." As he said to her and As dark.
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