Rolen gazes at the figures being dragged behind Ruby and Emerald, the group appearing to be bundled up in vines. But the most shocking part is that they are not normal beast men.
One appears to be a scaled person with scaled wolf ears and tail, another is a fur lined vampire, and the last appears to be a regular person, but with vampire fangs, white skin, and red scales on his neck. And it wasn't just 3, it was a full group of them. Although they all look nearly burnt to a crisp, as if barely clinging to the string of life.
Rolen swoops down and lands in front of the group as he gets a closer look, even though he could clearly see them from thousands of yards away. This is thanks to his beyond rank A ability. Most beyond A ranks will gain extremely tuned senses at some point unless there is something restraining them such as a curse.
He glances at Ruby and Emerald as the duo both look away, as if already knowing what their husband would say. He shakes his head in disappointment, "You said keep them alive for interrogation. How can they be interrogated like this?"
Ruby looks at me with her fiery gaze, "They are alive enough for saving, Amethyst?" She turns her head towards Amethyst who sighs, as she slowly walks towards the large group of bloody bodies which were barely breathing.
As she looks over one of the injured, Emerald explains in a simple manor, "I made sure Ruby didn't kill any of them."
Amethyst slowly nods after a moment, although her face has a look of shock on it, a rare moment of something other than seriousness on her face. But her facial features quickly change back and she begins to murmur in an old language.
Rays of glowing light begin to grow in her hands before condensing into beams of gold, drawing yellow patterns in the air. The light show causes Amber to smile, "I am still upset that I got such an unflashy affinity…but I wouldn't trade it for light, darkness maybe."
Amethyst glances at Amber as her face relaxes, the patterns building within the skies, her chanting having finished. Complex circles, squares, and writing appear in the sky, covering the area around the group in a hue of golden light. Many things were lost to the war, including the old magic spells which very few know.
Suddenly, a flake of light peels off of the crisp skin of an injured man, revealing perfectly clean skin underneath. The flakes become a flurried storm as everyone's wounds slowly disappear, being replaced by their skin from hours ago. Singed hair regrows rapidly as noses and limbs snap back in place with a gentle crack.
Eyes slowly rebuild as destroyed organs are replaced, reminding Amethyst of what else they had found out during their explorations.
'This era's magic is much weaker than the older era's, meaning that most of history's spells were lost in the war-'
She fiercely turns away as she senses a larger group of individuals, a flurry of footsteps barely hearable in the distance. All five girls sense it as Rolen's eyes construct even more, "We're these people part of a pack of a new species?"
Ruby shrugs, "I have no idea, but their technology had made me go all out. This group had used new weapons that I have never seen before, although weak, some seemed to be deadly to C rank's and below."
Rolen nods as the other girls listen, except Emerald that is as she had encountered it herself. But what shocks Rolen is the next phrase she said, "But the oddest thing is they didn't cast any magic-"
"I can explain why." Amethyst butts in, "While examining one of them, I had checked to see what class he was and found out, he has no mana core."
Rolen and the rest of his wives glance at Amethyst with shock on their face, "But even animals can form mana cores, how could these people reach this age and not yet even have E-rank mana cores?"
Amethyst shrugs as looks at the others, "Let's ask them after this, by the way, can I fight them alone?"
The rest of the girls glance at eachother for a moment before nodding, all except Amber. Amethyst notices this as she says, "Next time, alright?"
After a moment, Amber sighs as she puts down her Amber covered fists, a disappointed look on her face, "Fine."
Amethyst nods, "Thank you." And then leaps towards the army of people, stopping just in front of them. Amethyst wants to fight alone for no reason though, she has been stuck at the A grade exit for so long, she feels as if she can almost touch the gate of S rank, but it's just outside her reach, like an itch that can't be scratched, it nags at her everyday.
Unlike other ranks, the S rank gate has 2 ways to be entered. Either by mana core refinery, or combat, and sometimes it must be reached through combat, such as her situation.
The group in front of her suddenly raise their weapons, varying in size and shape. From knives and swords, to pistols and rifles, the group in front of her are in armored suits which cover their entire being, glowing with power. Amethyst frowns as she sees them and their sudden ferocity when suddenly, one of them barks at her in an unknown language. She is about to ask what he said when the same voice speaks a second later.
"Please get on your knees and place your hands in your mouth and we will walk past you with no trouble."
Suddenly, Amethyst giggles crazily as if he said a funny joke and slowly, a creepy smile appears on her face. "You have no room to give me orders, now you get down on your knees and surrender before I lose control."
The group looks between eachother as they collectively take a step back, as he mutters in his language something. Moments later, bullets fly from barrels as Amethyst giggles again, a bloodthirsty aura surrounding her, "Why thank you, you shouldn't have!"