Re;Kingdom, Starting a Life with Amnesia from Zero

Arc 4 – “Eternal Contract” – Sanctuary Arc

Chapter 44 – “Heroic Reveries”

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The world which surrounded everyone froze for a minute, or two. Witnessing one of their closest friend getting destroyed and demolished, was heartbreaking. Mixed emotions flowed through the souls of the spectators, thus swallowed by anxiety.

Seeing one of his closest friends being overrun by the hate and the beatings of this woman so-called the Damsel of Distress, Otto simply looked at all of it happen.

He was surrounded by emotions, multiple ones. The new arrived onlookers were stunned by what the saw. Yang Xiao Long and Tattletale, the two of them arrived at the scene, and were simply paralyzed.

Seeing Nathan Harmonia in a state like that, was simple said, unforgettable. This was the first time in Otto Suwen’s life that he felt this way. A part of his soul, crushed because of his vision. He looked down at his palm, even though people were talking to him.

Tattletale : “Otto! Otto!”

The voices didn’t stop calling out his name, but they didn’t come through. Otto was defiled by the defeat of his friend. Seeing him in that state, Otto was overflown by emotions, negative ones.

Garfiel : “Oi!”

A punch to the face. A hard, powerful punch is what Otto received to his face for not responding to the voices that Otto wished to ignore. He landed on his back, and the punch resulted into a bleeding nose. He wiped the blood of his nose away with his green cape.

Garfiel : “Are ya givin’ up?! Didn’tcha say you wanna protect those ya love?! Then Stand tha fuck up hm!”

Finally, a voice which pierced through multiple layers of Otto’s despair. He looked up towards the muscular, yet young Garfiel Tinsel, who’s fist was covered in Otto’s blood. The glimmer in his eyes, Otto noticed that Garfiel was prideful and believed that they could make a change in the situation. But Otto thought differently.

In his life, it was all just fine. Soon after he left his hometown, far away from his mother, father and two brothers, he lived in peace. He simply awaited a happy ending in his life. Those days were so bright, Otto once wished that they would last forever.

But now, it’s different. It was common knowledge that every smile is not the same, and that every heart is not filled with love for mankind. Now, he realizes it. Back in the Capital, it was different. The Witch Cult are known to be those who cause chaos, but now that he actually sees someone dear getting hurt, he finally gets it. He understands that enemies are arising and the hate is flowing.

Tattletale : “Yang! Go for the Damsel!”

Yang : “On it!”

As if it was an order, Yang simply followed the wise words of Tattletale, and launched herself forward towards the Damsel of Distress using her gauntlets.

She landed perfectly on her feet and punched as hard as she could towards the Damsel’s direction.

Damsel : “Weak!”

Upon saying this, the Damsel of Distress raised her hand, and grabbed Yang’s arm. But, right when she did, Yang formed a fist out of her hand, and released a gunshot out of her gauntlets. The great shock wave which the gauntlet left caused the Damsel of Distress confused, and released Yang’s arm.

Doing so, Yang punched right in the woman’s stomach, sending her flying through a building. The wooden house collapsed right on her, exactly what happened to Nathan. As their enemy was currently unable to be seen, Tattletale took her opportunity to gain necessary information.

Tattletale : “Melissa! Where the hell is Weiss?!”

Melissa : “W-We separated. I-It was Adam, Adam Taurus who appeared, and clashed with Weiss. She told me to take Otto, Nathan and Garfiel to safety. But then…”

Unable to finish her sentence, she falls on her knees and grabs the solid soil. She tore all the grass out of the ground which remained. However, contrary to her, there was someone else with mixed emotions.

From the distance, Yang heard what Melissa said, and widened her eyes. Both Weiss, Blake and even Yang have history with Adam Taurus. So, this reaction was to be expected. Running towards Otto, Garfiel and Melissa, both Yang and Tattletale stood there paralyzed.

Yang : “Did you say… Adam Taurus!?”

The fists of the gold haired girl were shaking in anger. Her eyes were burning in fury like a sea filled with vengeance. Garfiel and Otto were speechless, as they didn’t remember what happened exactly, but Melissa nodded in confirmation. Upon this confirmation, Yang turned around and ran into a valley, abandoning the group and rushing towards her destination.

Tattletale : “YANG WAIT!”

Even though Tattletale was trying to stop Yang Xiao Long from protecting Weiss from Adam, it was simply too late. She ran, and ran was hard as she could to face Adam Taurus and protect Weiss. It was because, Adam Taurus had a great impact on Team RWBY. She left everyone behind with the Damsel of Distress who was unconscious, probably.

Tattletale : “Fuck Fuck Fuck… We need to leave, now! We need to group up with the others as soon as possible. We cannot defeat the Damsel of Distress with our current power level. Garfiel, go take Nathan and follow me.”

Grabbing the arm of Otto and Melissa, Tattletale turned around immediately and run towards the valley she came from. However, Garfiel simply stood there, motionless.

Tattletale : “What the fuck do you think you are doing? We need to go!”

Garfiel : “Are ya fuckin’ kiddin’ meh? I ain’t runnin’. I have ran too much! I have protected this village for so long, I had enough runnin’.”

He turned around, ran towards the unconscious boy and lifted him up. He supported his body by putting Nathan’s arm around his shoulders, and carried him towards Tattletale and the others.

Garfiel : “Take him! I ain’t runnin’ no more! These motherfuckers won’t leave ma village unpunished! They lost their fuckin’ sense of fear… I’ll let them know fear again.”

Tattletale : “For fuck sake! Why aren’t you listening? We need to go! The others need us as well. Frederica-san, Ram-san, Emilia-sama… Why the fuck don’t you care?!”

Trying to convince Garfiel to leave with them, Tattletale released Melissa and Otto, and shook her head, and tried to grab Garfiel’s arm. However, he simply pushed her away. He stomped the ground out of anger and shook his head.

Garfiel : “Are ya kiddin’ me? Do you seriously think that the Amazing Me will leave countless innocent villagers here unprotected? Ar’ ya stupid!?”

Otto : “He’s right.”

Finally, the boy who was speechless spoke out. He raised his body, and walked towards Garfiel. He stood there, shoulder to shoulder with the yellow haired youth. Otto’s cape was wavering in the wind and looked at Tattletale and Melissa in a heroic matter.

Otto : “Take Nathan, and bring him to safety. Me and Garfiel will take care of this lady, the so-called Damsel of Distress.”

Tattletale : “But why? We are needed elsewhere. We can bring Nathan to safety together, and simply fight this woman all together! Why are you making such a reckless decision? Stop acting like a fucking Hero!”

Garfiel chuckled. A chuckle which eventually formed a laugh. His muscular arm embraced the neck of Otto and pushed his fist against the top of Otto’s head.

Otto : “Ouch! What are you doing?!”

Garfiel : “Hahaha! ‘Ya really are reckless, aren’t cha? You barely have power to fight, and ya believe ya can beat this lady? You’re some reckless fucker. I love that.”

Melissa and Tattletale sighed out of annoyance, as the two of them both wanted to leave as soon as possible. Not because they were afraid to fight, simply because they knew that that was the right choice to make. Yet, the two boys who were carrying the unconscious boy simply played around. It wasn’t the right time to do so.

However, out of nowhere, a screeching noise pierced through everyone’s ears. As if a sniper rifle had fired it’s final gunshot. They looked around, but there was nothing to be seen. Yet, the noise remained, and grew stronger and louder.

Suddenly, from a valley which was mostly blocked by brushes, A white haired girl was thrown towards the ground. Her entire dress was dirty and covered in bloodshed. However, she still kept her Rapier in a firm grip. Immediately after she crashed with the ground, she raised her body and came back to her feet. There was no doubt, this girl, was Weiss Schnee.

Tattletale : “Weiss?!”

Melissa : “Oh no…”

Confusion for one, meant conclusion for the other. Tattletale was left confused what in the name of god Weiss was doing here. According to Melissa’s story, she was fighting Adam Taurus.

However, Melissa was fast enough to connect the mysteries, and know that Weiss was still fighting Adam Taurus. Thus, the man who’s face was covered by a cruel mask, made his appearance to everyone. The fact that he was here, was a huge problem. But the bigger problem was that Yang Xiao Long left the scene to search for Weiss, who was here. Now, they simply didn’t have enough power to fight.

Luckily, the Damsel of Distress was still collapsed and covered by a destroyed house. But still, with the people that were currently there, it would remain impossible to defeat an S-Tier threat like Adam Taurus.

Adam : “Oh. It seems we have company.”

His manly physique which was covered by beautiful unscratched black clothes, was enough to pierce the silence.

Weiss, who raised her rapier, created a dome of Ice surrounding Adam Taurus. Upon doing so, he was completely surrounded, and had nowhere to go. Taking advantage of this moment, she simply looked around and noticed the group of spectators. She ran towards them as fast as she could, which wasn’t fast due to her injuries.

Weiss : “Guys… Where… is Yang? The Others? What happened?!”

Tattletale : “The problem at the Sanctuary Temple is settled. Jens is still within the Sanctuary, probably taking the Trials by now. Nobody died nor got injured, including Elsa Granhiert. However, it appears that Nathan took a heavy hit here, fighting the Damsel of Distress. But, we dealt with her thanks to Yang, who is now searching for you somewhere in the village. Now that we are all here, facing Adam Taurus, what in the name of god are we going to do next?”

A mouth full with analyses, Tattletale spoke out a brief summary of what was currently going on. Yet, those statements were bounded with mysteries. Like for the current situation, what were they going to do now? They are faced with a greater threat. A threat that nobody can deal with.

Weiss : “That Ice Prison won’t last for long. Once Adam frees himself from that prison, it will be too late.”

Garfiel : “I made ma choice and it seems Lil Brotto as well!”

Looking at the gray haired youth underneath his armpit, Garfiel smiled at him, raised his eyebrows and named him “Lil Brotto”, which one might consider cringy, but it was sweet as well.

Tattletale, Melissa and Weiss simply looked at the two males, with confusion in their minds. Noticing this, Otto ducked and freed himself from the muscular arms of Garfiel, and looked at him right in the eyes.

Garfiel Tinsel. A powerful man with a muscular physique. Muscles were able to be seen, and they gave off the impression of power. His jade colored eyes were those that would fight for honor and glory. His burning yellow hair was wavering in the wind, just like his clothes. He simply stood there, like a hero who was ready to fight.

Noticing all these features, Otto felt anxious about himself. He himself was a nobody. A simple Merchant who ran away from his hometown, and now traded and sold goods to stay alive. Compared to the one who stand next to his shoulder, a boy who would keep fighting until the bitter end because he desired a peaceful life for those who he kept dear, Otto was simply a single leaf in a forest.

Tattletale : “For fuck sake! Weiss, are you still able to fight.”

Biting her teeth in annoyance, she asked Weiss’ current circumstances. Despite being a Thinker 7, Tattletale wasn’t able to read everyone’s Aura. It was common knowledge that only combatants who are skilled in Magic are able to read the Aura surrounding them.

Weiss : “Yes. There is no way a heinous fiend like Adam will leave today unpunished. Not simply what he did to me, but because of what he did to my friends and my family!”

Entering her Battle posture, she turned around towards the Frozen Prison where Adam Taurus was. Otto and Garfiel followed her, and stood shoulder to shoulder with her. They were ready for combat, because they would fight for what they believe in.

Tattletale : “Melissa! Take Nathan and bring him back to the Sanctuary Temple.”

Melissa : “Understood!”

Running with an injury on her leg, she put the arm of the unconscious Nathan around her neck, and carried him away.

Despite Nathan being at the brink of death, Melissa felt somewhat nostalgic right now. The good old days where Nathan would get beaten up by thugs, it was Melissa who would find him exhausted and beaten up on the ground. She was always there to carry him back “home”. This time, it wasn’t different. Thus, her heart felt at ease somewhat. Yet, knowing the fact that Nathan was very injured, with his Aura beyond low, kept Melissa from feeling happy.

Tattletale : “Melissa wait!”

Hearing a voice calling out for her, she turned around and looked at Tattletale. Her facial expression was something she wasn’t acquainted with, yet. A cheesy smile, worried eyes, Tattletale looked at Melissa.

Tattletale : “Bring him to safety, please. I don’t want Jens to hurt anymore.”

Hearing this, Melissa nodded in confirmation, and turned around again with a faint smile on her face. Eyes watery, she kept moving forward in the dark alley until she disappeared from everyone’s vision.

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The ice of the magical sphere started to crack. All over the ice prison, cracks started to appear. Noticing this, Tattletale quickly dashed towards the three, and stood right next to them.

All together, even though they barely know each other, stand together shoulder to shoulder with their futures aligned. The four of them, would do everything for a brighter tomorrow. Their reasons to believe that they could win deviate from each other, but that does not stop them from working together.

ーOtto Suwen, who is a simple merchant that ran away from his hometown. He fought, because he wanted a peaceful tomorrow. He wants a future where everyone can live together, peacefully. Despite being weak, small, a nobody, that doesn’t stop his dream. He has abandoned to much and too many people to die like a nobody. Despite being embraced by unluckiness and voices he didn’t want to hear, he kept moving forward.

ーGarfiel Tinsel, who is the Guardian of Sanctuary. He kept fighting, because he wanted to protect those in need. Not to be a hero or improve his reputation, but because he has seen way too many people die in his life time.

ーWeiss Schnee, who is the Head of the Schnee Family, heiress of the Schnee Dust Company, a former member of Team RWBY, and the representative of Gusteko in the Royal Election. She, who was entangled in so many problems and sorrows, wanted everyone to know that she is more than a name. She is a person who would fight for her own sake, but also for those who are close to her.

ーTattletale, a former member of the Wardens and a “close friend” of the former Jens. She didn’t fight at all. She can’t fight in the slightest. Of course, in the days that she was a Warden, she did try swordsmanship, or try to open up her Gate to use magic, but none of those suited her. She is a one of a kind, who would assist her allies to achieve their goals. Jens was one of her allies, and his goal, was to make Emilia the Queen of Lugnica, and protect his friends.

Tattletale : “Alright. I guess this is it. My first battle.”

Even though she was a little bit nervous, she was still there, standing. She was afraid, but that wasn’t a reason to run away.

Garfiel : “Oi! Don’tcha worry. The Amazing Myself is here. I ain’t gonna make him hurt cha!”

Standing in a fighting posture, Garfiel kept his feet on the ground. His right foot forward, and his left foot backward. His fists were ready to fight, and his Aura burning out of lust for battle.

Weiss : “With you guys here, I’m sure we’ll do this.”

Otto : “Let’s do this!”

Right after the merchant spoke out those words, the whole Ice Prison collapsed, and the beast was able to be seen.

His red hair was flaming, as if Aura or perhaps Mana was surrounding his body like a shield. His mask gleamed like a blade, and his physique was harder than iron. His blade, like his hair, were also shining brightly red.

Adam : “It seems the Heiress brought company.”

Saying so, he chuckled. He turned his face towards them, and shrugged. Then, he spoke out a few more words, before they all would clash.

Adam : “Please, introduce yourself. I need to know your names before I’ll send you all to the same pitiful demise like that of the Heiress.”

As Adam said out those words, Weiss affirmed her grip on her Rapier and pointed it towards him to taunt him. Then, Otto Suwen stepped forward first, but an extending arm stopped him. Instead, Garfiel Tinsel stepped forward first.

Garfiel : “I ain’t got no name worth givin’! My Amazing Self goes by many names! Call me [The Golden Tiger] will ya?”

Hearing this, Adam Taurus puts his blade back into it’s sheet, as if that introduction changed his intentions to fight.

Adam : “You are a Demi-Human. Why are you standing next to humans? We have the same goals and wishes. It’s to destroy those in control.”

Garfiel : “Are ya stupid? I don’t care ’bout damn humans. All I want is to beat the fuck out of ya for hurting ma friends, Got’cha!?”

After saying that, Garfiel grabbed something from his back. He placed two purple and red shields on his arms, and formed fists out of his hands. As Tattletale witnessed him grabbing those shields, she was left confused. Her Semblance didn’t tell her that he uses Shields in combat. However, she shrugged off that confusion with a simple shake of her head.

Adam : “Is that so? Then I guess there is nothing left for you to be redeemed.”

He pressed his feet as hard as possible against the hard surface of the soil he was standing on, and launched himself forward towards the group. Using an unknown ability which he used against Melissa and Weiss, he created shadow clones of himself towards Garfiel who all swung their blades.

Thanks to his hot footwork, Garfiel moved quickly, thus protected his body from all those sword strikes with his arm shields. After doing so, Garfiel leaped forward the Arm Shields to push Adam off balance. With his left fist, he punched as hard as possible to his chin and pushed his entire body using the Arm Shield of his right.

Adam : “Ugh?!”

Upon losing the balance of his entire body, Adam fell down on his back. Like a flashing light, Weiss dashed forward towards Adam, and pointed his rapier right towards his chest. However, as he was a skilled Swords Man, he quickly recovered and stood up. He used his blade to block her rapier, and kicked her right in the stomach, launching her a few meters back.

Weiss : “Tsk!”

Otto : “Al Dona!”

As he saw Weiss getting send back, luckily unharmed, Otto immediately activated Earth Magic. A massive boulder had risen from the ground, and he fired it right towards Adam Taurus.

Seeing a massive, at least two meter tall boulder getting fired towards his direction, Adam pointed his blade towards where the boulder would fall upon him. As soon as the boulder clashed with the steel edge of his red blade, the boulder scattered into a thousand pebbles.

Otto : “What?! H-He destroyed my strongest attack… with just his blade?”

His legs started to tremble, and his body started to shake. Now, he finally understood what the other merchants meant when they said “You are out of place”. They were all right, Otto was not cut out for this world. Just that attack was enough to prove that. With such doubts engraved on his mind, his lower body collapsed till it’s knees, and he started to hyper ventilate.

Otto : “But why? Why am I actually here? If I can’t be here, where am I desired? In the name of god, what am I even doing? If I wasn’t needed here, nor in my hometown, then where? Do I even have a place here? What should I do? Should I simply… dieーー”

The merchant received a powerful punch to his face, which send him flying a few meters back. The boy with jaded eyes and yellow hair that shined in the sunlight, punched him to the face. Both Tattletale and Weiss were shocked upon seeing this happen. The merchant landed on his back, and looked at what punched him. Again, he stood there. With a strong physique, he pointed a finger towards him.

Garfiel : “Don’t cha fuckin’ cry! I have cried rivers, but I’m still standing! The Amazin’ myself died nearly a thousand times, but I’m still standing! The Golden Tiger myself gut punches to ma face over a million times, but I’m still standing! The Gorgeous Tiger myself lost his own father, but I’m still fuckin’ standing! And now one of yer attacks got blocked and y’are whining? Get tha fuck out of ma face! ‘re ya sum kind of crybaby?! Stand tha fuck up! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight for that reason which makes you belief in ya idiotic self! Ya fuckin’ dumbass!”

The mean, depressing yet meaningful words had blazed Otto’s vision bright. Despite his face still hurting a lot from that punch, Garfiel was completely right. There was no need to cry about one attack getting blocked. It didn’t matter what attack would get deflected, as long the threat would go down.

The merchant raised his body, again. He stood up, and walked towards Garfiel. He didn’t punch him, but instead pointed the palm of his hand towards Adam Taurus, again.

Otto : “I-I am sorry. Y-You are right Garfiel… I cry too much, I whine too much, and I give up too fast…”

Garfiel : “I don’t fuckin’ care! Don’tcha just stand there! To be, is to stand! To live, is to fight!”

He swung his arms to make his point even more clear. With every word Garfiel said, one more light ignited in Otto’s world. Spectators wouldn’t understand what was going on, but Otto completely understood what was going on right now. It was all right, Otto was weak, but that’s not a reason to stay weak. He is small, but that’s not a reason to stop growing.

Otto : “Don’t fucking mess with me! GAIA!”

The merchant punched the soil as hard as he could, thus a straight line of ground erupted into Lava between him and Adam Taurus. It looked like the ground was separating from each and other, and Lava replaced the hole between.

Immediately, Adam Taurus jumped to the rear to avoid getting burned to ash. The man who’s eyes were covered by a cruel mask then launched himself forward, only to be blocked by Weiss’ rapier and kicked back by Otto’s powerful kick.

As he landed on the ground, Adam again quickly came back to his feet and growled out of anger. The more he growled, the brighter his hair, blade and body started to shine red.

Adam : “You… Merchant, Tiger, Tattletale… Are you all seriously going to walk this path down to Trickery?”

A cold shiver ran down everyone’s spine as soon as he said those words loud and clearly out. Was something wrong with following their current path? They are doing that which is needed in their world. Fighting for what they believe in, and fighting to stay alive.

Adam : “Why are we even fighting? Better question would be, why are you all even following this so-called Half Elf and a boy named Jens? Did he even gave you all a reason to fight?”

Tattletale : “Don’t listen to him! His words are able to deceit everyー”

Adam : “You, who followed Jens’ orders for over a hundred years. Haven’t you found a better reason to fight? Your motives are very, but you all fight for Jens as if he’s the hero who you should be fighting for.”

His masterful words kept carving doubts into everyone’s souls. Even the one who had such a heroic posture, started to hesitate. The one with a perfect fighting spirit, Garfiel, started to shake.

Otto : “Jens has never given us a reason to doubt him! You are simply…. Simply a terrorist!”

Adam : “It’s because Jens is the one who holds a great, and terrible secret. A secret which would make you join my side. In fact, do you even know who Jensーー?”

Tattletale : “Tell me! What is that secret!”

As soon as more reasons were given to doubt Jens, Tattletale confronted Adam with his own words. That was exactly, when Adam didn’t know what to say. He just stood there with a mouth full of teeth.

Tattletale : “That’s right! Garfiel, Otto, Weiss, don’t listen to his words filled with Trickery. A deceiver like him deserves nothing but a kick to the ass!”

Hearing the clear words of Tattletale, Garfiel shook of all his reasons to doubt Jens, and dashed forward Adam Taurus. Right then, the boy who’s arms were embraced by two shields, tried to punch him right in the stomach. However, the steel, red edge of Adam’s blade collided with the iron edge of Garfiel’s shields. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Adam kicked him to the face, and launched him a few meters back. However, Adam did not stop there.

Adam : “YOU HEINOUS FIENDS!”

Adam threw his blade like a spinning wheel towards Garfiel, who punched the steel edge of the red blade right into the soil. However, Adam used the hilt of his Blade to jump into the air. Then, Adam formed a fist out of his right hand, and the Blade which was stuck in the hard surface of the ground magically flew right towards his hand. Grabbing his signature weapon at it’s hilt, Adam immediately swung it towards the ground, and released a flaming shock wave of stored up Aura, which fired Garfiel into a building.

Otto : “Garfiel!”

Weiss : “Stay here!”

The girl covered in a white dress which was stained by the crimson red paint known as Blood, swung her Rapier, and released a Fire Ball towards Adam Taurus. However, the core of the Magic collided with the steel edge of his blade, and thus was swallowed by the blade.

Adam : “You are all weak.”

He swung the sword back, and a massive wave of fire was send back. Immediately, Otto placed the palm of his hand against the soil, and raised a wall to protect him and his allies against the fire. However, that resulted into the building being set on fire. Garfiel, who was within a building, immediately dashed out of it and ran towards Adam Taurus.

Tattletale was left confused on how he was able to fight for so long. To shrink her own curiosity, Tattletale activated her Semblance, purely to analyze both Garfiel Tinsel, who she knew little to nothing about. In addition to this, she also used it to analyze Adam Taurus.

{Garfiel Tinsel. Sixteen year old. Breaker. Brute 3. Demi-Human. Divine Protected. No Semblance. Magic User. Flowing Battle; Garfiel’s wild combat-style which relies on instinct and his superior physique rather than finesse to perform maneuvers only he can do. Healing Ability. Skilled with weaponary}

{Adam Taurus. Twenty Two year old. Brute 9. Blaster 7. Demi-Human; Bull Human. S-Tier Threat. Weapon is named Wilt and Blush, based on a fairy tale. Red Aura. Semblance; Moonslice.}

Gaining all that new information like Garfiel’s fighting style, his healing ability, and Adam’s classification, Tattletale sighed in relief, as she was sure that they had a chance.

Garfiel : “I ain’t fuckin’ done with ya! Ya hear me!?”

While everyone was surrounded by burning buildings, Garfiel finally came close enough to Adam Taurus. Thus, the real battle against the Taurus began.

Adam swung out his blade recklessly towards Garfiel, but he used his right arm which was covered by a shield to catch the strike. Then, he kicked Adam right in the stomach, grabbed his hair, and stomped his head right into the ground. Then, Garfiel gave him a few punches on his back, even one elbow attack which was capable of breaking his spine, as it was covered by the Iron shield. Witnessing the fighting power of Garfiel from afar, both Tattletale and Otto were simply amazed by this.

Then, the Taurus Human who was stomped down the ground grabbed his blade and swung it towards Garfiel’s direction, but the so called “Golden Tiger” dodged it by leaping back.

Adam raised his body, again. He was completely covered with wounds and scratches, only because of this kid. Who in the name of god was this kid? Fighting for nearly no reason, moving forward without any dedication, why were his motives so clear? How can a sixteen year old kid compete with this adult man? It doesn’t make sense to Tattletale what so ever.

Adam : “SIDING WITH HUMANS, AND FIGHTING AGAINST THE ONE WHO PROVES JUSTICE FOR YOUR KIND? AHAHA! YOU REALLY LOST YOUR SENSES, DIDN’T YOU?!”

Screaming out those words as loud as he could, he ran towards the yellow haired youth who’s eyes were burning as fire. The Bull Human threw is red blade towards Garfiel as hard as he could. The blade, which was spinning like a chainsaw, or perhaps a wheel, collided with the Iron of Garfiel’s shields. However, the power which contained within the blade made Garfiel lose balance of his feet, thus fell backwards.

Adam’s red blade was launched towards the sky. However, as soon as Adam noticed this, he took advantage of this momentum, and thanks to his flaming and masterful footwork, leaped towards the sky. He used the heel of his right foot to kick the blade towards the surface of the ground. Doing so, the blade was send flying downwards. Garfiel, who lost balance due to the powerful blade, received a blade that pierced right through his muscular right arm.

Garfiel : “Urraaaghhh!”

Adam Taurus landed back on his feet, and looked down upon the youth who fought against him. He chuckled, seeing a kid like Garfiel Tinsel nearly winning against him made him simply laugh.

However, as soon as Adam opened up his mouth, he received a boulder to his face. He got launched back, and crashed with a stone wall. Immediately, his Aura started to shatter, and his mask partly cracked, but remained one.

Adam : “Ggghhh! You!”

The merchant’s gray hair wavered in the wind. With his palm pointing towards the bull human, a gentle smile appeared on his face. His eyes widened, he ran towards Adam Taurus recklessly.

Tattletale : “Otto! No!”

He lifted up his arms, and then swung them behind himself. Upon doing this motion, the ground beneath him started to rise. As fast as an Earth Dragon, Otto moved towards the man who hurt Garfiel. Then, upon coming close enough, he jumped off the rising ground which formed a massive wall of earth, and kicked him to the jaw. The kick to Adam’s Jaw was so powerful, that even Weiss and Tattletale heard a cracking noise piercing through their consciousness. Because of this, Adam was launched a few meters back to his back. Immediately, Otto rushed towards Garfiel.

Otto : “This will hurt a bit mate!”

He grabbed the hilt of the red blade that belonged to Adam Taurus, and raised it, removing it out of Garfiel’s flesh.

Garfiel : “UWAAGHHHH!”

He screamed in pain, but he was finally released from the blade which kept his body from standing up. Then, Garfiel pressed his thumb on one of his finger, and upon doing so, a flashing green light surrounded his body.

Despite being unable to read Aura from different people, Tattletale realized that this was the Healing Ability which her semblance told her.

The bleeding hole in his arm, near his shoulder, closed. The bleeding disappeared, and most of his scratches from the battle diminished as well.

Garfiel threw the blade of Adam Taurus to the rear, away from both his group, and Adam Taurus. The Bull Human looked towards his blade getting thrown away, and made a frowning face. Biting his teeth, Adam left off an annoyed impression for everyone. However, Garfiel did not care.

Before they would clash again, Garfiel looked at Otto Suwen, and punched his shoulder. The merchant’s body was moved back a little, and released an “Ouch” noise as soon as his fist hit him.

Garfiel : “Lil Brotto! The Golden Tiger myself… yer fuckin’ amazing as well! Didcha see what yer just freakin’ did?! You’re just as amazin’ as the Incredible Me!”

Hearing those words, a bright and genuine smile appeared on Otto’s face. The weight which was on his shoulders a few minutes ago regarding him being useless, vanished. But then, from the corner of their eye vision, they see the red haired bull human punch the ground as hard as possible, and screaming in agony.

Adam : “How can this be?! This wasn’t supposed to happen if you all just behaved! I am the one who is supposed to be lionized! You all… You all will see… I’m their hero! I am their savior! The Hero and Savior of all Demi-Humans! I am the one who will be Lionized. Did you hear me you filthy humans and traitors? I WILL BE LIONIZED!”

Spatting out all those words, they were all filled with the same meaning. “To Be Lionized” is what Adam said. That’s what he wanted. To be someone famous, or to be treated as if he was famous. A King, no… A Leader of the Demi-Humans is what Adam Taurus desired. He wanted to be Lionized.

Weiss : “Weren’t you supposed to be the savior of all Demi-Humans? The one and only Adam Taurus, the Savior we all desired. May I be completely honest with you Adam, we all here, we all challenge your weak manifesto. The goal of a savior is not to be lionized.”

Her words were covered by facts. Words that Adam could not escape from, and as soon as he realized it, he punched the hard surface of the soil once more.

Garfiel : “Oi! Ya fuckin’ Taurus! Are ya ready for yer end?”

Adam : “Tsk!”

He used the hole he punched in the ground to support his feet, and launched himself forward towards his blade like lightning. As soon as he grabbed the hilt of his blade, Otto, Garfiel and Weiss all entered their fighting posture again.

Adam’s body started to shine more and even more like a flame. His flaming hair, his flaming blade, all of it, were surrounded by energy. As soon as Tattletale saw this, she was able to connect the mysteries.

Tattletale : “HIS SEMBLANCE! I GOT IT!”

She screamed out in excitement. However, upon making this fatal mistake, Adam Taurus changed his focus on Tattletale, who had figured out how his Semblance worked. He used all the stored up energy within him, and dashed forward like light. There was nothing to stop him, he would have even pierced a wall with that speed.

Upon arriving right next to Tattletale, he swung his blade behind his back and said,

Adam : “Smart girl. Now sleep, you filthy humaーー”

Right that moment, a golden flash appeared right in front of him. Upon noticing, he hesitated, and wasn’t able to chop Tattletale’s head off. Instead, all that he ended up with, was a punch to the face from the beauty which shined like gold.

He was launched back, again. He stuck his blade into the ground, and kept his hand around the hilt firmly, so he wouldn’t crash with a wall or a burning building.

Looking up, he saw her… The one who was there that day.

Adam : “You…”

Her burning gold hair, her normally lilac colored eyes that were now red, her beautiful feminine physique. There was no doubt, it was Yang.

Yang : “Yes. It’s me.”

From behind her, another individual appeared. With her hair as black as the abyss of shadows, her eyes as yellow as gold, and her cat ears that represented who she was, Blake Belladonna stood right next to her. Along with Yang, there was no doubt that this woman… was someone he knew. It was, Blake Belladonna.

Adam : “BLAKE?! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING!?”

Blake : “I thought that justice was your goal, but… It was in the darkness where you lost your mind. But… I will no longer fall for your weak words, I will not be controlled by you!”

Hearing Blake scream against Adam Taurus, an honest smile appeared on Yang’s face. She was so happy that she was reunited with another member. After the talk with Jens, where he finally woke her up from that nightmare, Yang realized that all that was left to do, was to reunite with Team RWBY, and simply forget the past.

Adam : “You… Weiss, Blake… Yang…!”

Garfiel : “Oi! Watch yer fuckin’ mouth, got me? Or else the Amazing Tiger myself will break it’s jaw myself, got’cha?!”

Adam : “RRRRAAAAAGH!”

The firm hold around the hilt of his blade, started to become ever more firm. But now, his mask started to shine red as well.

Tattletale : “His Semblance…. Moonslice… It allows him to store up energy through his blade and Aura. Then, he’s able to dish it all at once. All this power, it originated all from Otto’s Boulder Magic! Now that he used all of it with that dash against me, we can finally teach him a lesson.”

Weiss : “Sounds like a plan to me!”

Otto, Garfiel, Weiss, Blake and Yang, all with their shoulders aligned walked towards Adam, who was standing in a fighting posture, ready to strike them down.

Adam : “ASH! DO SOMETHING!”

Suddenly, the building where the Damsel of Distress was collapsed in, suddenly exploded. Thousands of wooden planks were fired towards the group, but were not hurt thanks to Otto Suwen raising a wall.

The Damsel of Distress, Ash started to fly in the air. With her eyes being completely white, her hair being longer than normal, her nails nearly as long as her legs. The woman screamed out as loud as she could.

Ash : “KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!”

That scream pierced through everyone’s ear bumps. A headache rose in everyone’s skull, and the urge for it to stop grew stronger. The woman looked like a demon, or perhaps a devil.

Then, she teleported herself towards Adam Taurus, and placed her hand on his shoulder. As soon as she did that, all his scratches, wounds and injuries disappeared.

Adam : “To be treated like garbage by the amazing Schnee, to be betrayed by a woman who I fell in love with, and now to be punched by the sister of who I swore to kill? Ash, let’s fucking kill them.”

Grabbing the hilt of his blade, Adam Taurus entered his fighting posture immediately after saying those words. Red electricity started to surround his body, hair, blade and mask. Tattletale was right, this was the meaning of Moonslice Semblance. Adam is able to store up energy when someone attacks him through his sword, and send it back when he’s ready.

The Damsel of Distress, who know looked like some kind of demon, who’s hair was about ground length, nails longer than her legs, and eyes as white as snow, as ready to pierce their hearts with her power. She, who was able to create maelstroms with her semblance, showed her true strength.

Garfiel : “Ugh… Guys… it’s time for mother fuckin’ Round two, got’cha?!”

The boy with heroic reveries, jaded eyes, golden hair, and a strong, muscular physique stood on his feet before anyone noticed. He formed fists out of hands, and placed his right foot backwards. Then, he breathed air in, and yelled.

Garfiel : “Let’s fuckin’ do it!”