"Oh For Fuck's Sake, Ulric!" Vivian screamed at her partner as the driveway tunnel system began to shake she could feel her blonde hair stand on its ends from the sheer amount of Mana that saturated the air, struggling to even follow the two combatants with her far-away blue eyes, and nearly stumbling around and about.

Vivian was Cursing left and right due to her dumbass, adrenaline junkie, Amethyst colored Eyed, Charcoal black-haired, six-foot- and tall, No regards to fucking safety partner did battle with an Iron Hide Dragon that matched his height.

Meanwhile, Ulric was having the time of his life with adrenaline being pumped into his bloodstream exchanging blows with the Silver beast blocking the jab with his Shield Gauntlets then clenching one of his fists breathing life to his Gear as the cogs and machinery in it mecha-shifting into a Pata[Gauntlet-Blade] slashing the creature's eyes inciting a pained, violent, and thunderous roar with a thrashing Tail sweep that flung him to the concrete wall.

The Charcoal black-haired Man grinned as he launched himself to the creature shattering its iron plate-like chest sinking his fist to grab the heart feeling the rhythm of life until ultimately crushing it with glee watching the creature lose the light in its eyes before pulling out the cardiac muscle to allow the corpse to hit the road with a wet thud that reverberated within the empty tunnel.

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"Sheesh, I can never get used to that Eurgh." Vivian nearly hurled as her partner kept squishing the bloody bag of muscle after taking the picture with her phone for the Slayers Commission to confirm their payment getting an affirmative Ping on her device she smiled.

"Well, Looks like we'll be well off for a few months." The Blonde whistled as she passed a towel to Ulric to clean himself up removing his shirt giving his partner a show of his musculature. If Vivian didn't know any better she would have said and/or commented out loud that her fellow slayer was carved from stone deciding another subject would save her ass from being labeled as 'thirsty'. "So, How goes your Little Sister? Been a while since I've seen Ursa minor."

"She's doing alright with classes, and Don't let Ursula hear you call her that." Ulric chuckled as he took the silver shirt that Vivian passed him and wore it. "A Tight fit but it'll do. Since we're talking about Family, How's 'Mom'?"

"You know I had to make an excuse why you had clothes in my closet!" The Blonde stuttered making her Charcoal-Haired laugh out loud. "It's not Funny Ulric! She even began knitting baby clothes, Clothes I tell you!"

Her rants were met only with bellowing cackling from her partner making her pout and mutter curses under her breath as she tapped her foot.

"You're lucky this Bounty was worth it." She added as she began to look through her bag for the Pod to contain the corpse for physical proof when they reach a branch of the Commission which was made to secure humanity's future in the world. To make Credits or Money in the Commission, one has to embark on a hunt or a bounty.

To differentiate the two, A Hunt is sanctioned by the Commission as a mission made per request whilst Bounties are Hunts for either Named Beasts or Monsters that have Human-like intelligence like the one Ulric had to put down that are actively causing chaos and unneeded death.

To return to the root of the problem one has to look back, nearly a hundred years after the 2030 surfacing of Monsters.

It all started when the governments in the world decided to create an artificial ozone layer, which was a huge success considering the world was slowly healing itself but no one would have predicted that intervening and making the protective layer resulted in the world opening some of its crust revealing that all the world's mythical creatures and random cryptids were actual living beings.

The first decade resulted in twenty-five percent of the world's population being lost, Smaller countries like the Philippines, Yemen, and Guam to name a few that were first to fall as they were underdeveloped compared to most of their neighbors.

In the second decade, the world's remaining population was already half of the last decade with some reports of Men and Women who were capable of fighting the monsters on par whilst others reported of Monster Tamers.

Finally, in 2060, The Slayer Commission was founded as they had people all around the world who were capable of Abilities that were found in Roleplaying Games along with their Class systems which were both an asset and a cruel joke that fate took interest in the old class of games. In 2068, They had now made humanity live in one banner and one goal, to survive with that said there were some complications as there were beings who called them Ancients appeared before the Leaders of the World and Gifted them all a Large Boulder sized obsidian Stone that could look into people's souls and determine if they are eligible to be inducted to the Commission.

Sticking to the subject of Ancients they looked no different from Humanity effectively allowing them to blend in with the population with no fear of being discovered.

"Hello~ Ulric, Ya there?" Snapping Ulric back to reality as Vivian was checking on him. "Looks like everything's in order. Let's head back home. In for a quiet drive back?"

Ulric nodded as the carcass was successfully contained in a pod shrinking itself to the size of a small phone. He heard his partner speak about how much of a pain it would have been to explain to the officers a hundred years back had they just tied the corpse on top of their vehicle. Chuckling with her as she started the Car.

They drove to the City of Records, some of the elderly generations would have called it the City of Angels, It Was expected their drive would not have been a quiet one, to begin with.

"It's the press, Again," Vivian said with much venom in her words. The Paparazzi was never behind a news story especially considering who they were going to swarm to. "Fuck me,"

"Is that an Order or a request?" Ulric cheekily asked earning a glare from his blonde companion as she swerved carefully past the swarms of reporters trying to get even a smudge of a reaction from the two.

"I understand why they want to know about You since your class is the 'in the nutshell' of the whole commission." She scowled at a Lady reporter who blatantly slammed her full body on the windshield to get swatted multiple times by the wipers. "Sheesh Being the 'Slayer' Class must be a pain in the ass, huh? Thirsty fuckers they are."

"As thirsty as You?" Chuckling yet again at his partner's expense as she rambled about a few moments until she smacked him on the arm. Ulric didn't minded since Vivian WAS his long-time partner in the commission for almost seven years, seven years of her taking his crap and him taking hers. If they had lived a time before the Great Surfacing they'd probably be living under one home. The thought alone made the Charcoal head chuckle. "Hey, can we pass by your house first?"

"And Have you throwing me to the wolves as you share our 'dates' with her? Giving her some Fuel to finish the zero to the twelve-year-old boy and Girl collection by my twenty-ninth birthday?" The Blonde had spoken with her freckled cheeks flaring a bit of red on her creme skin before scoffing at her partner. "Yeah, no thanks, Johnny Bravo."

"I'm not THAT bad, Am I? My little sister is staying with our 'mom' today." The Slayer feigning hurt as his Partner parked by her home glaring at him. Ulric simply smiled and shrugged as he got out of the car to open her side of the vehicle as he guided her hand in his to the walkway. "Come on, Mom's waiting~ and I'm about to propose."

With a couple of knocks they were received by Vivian's mother Gladyss, A lot of people had mistaken the Daughter-Mother pair as Siblings even Ulric which got him 'mom points' to 'date her little lady of the lake' after commenting ut with a smile.

"Well, you two took your time, huh? Another date, I pressume?" The Teasing was almost palpable as the Mother moved her eyebrows up and down suggesting they were—ahem doing the deed. much to the embarrassment of Ulric's partner. "Come in, Come in!"

The older woman led them to the living room where Ulric's little sister Ursula was watching a documentary about sea monsters the sibling was around fifteen still wearing her school uniform fumbling about her brown hair as she led her silver eyes at her elder brother with a grin.

"So did you Fuck?" Ursula asked causing Vivian to stutter and half-yell at the teen whilst the Mother was cackling about the topic.

Ah yes, this was the Family Ulric had made. Ever since his mother went into a cursed like comatose state and his father had died he was the one supporting his family. It was by sheer chance that his Partner, The Sweet Blonde was willing to help him if in turn she received help from the Slayer. This was the agreement for the past few years of their partnership utilizing the half lie that they were dating to help ease both of their Families' worries as they were always out at work or 'dating'.

"So, when are you two going to tie the knot?" Gladyss spoke as she readied the table with Ulric's sister awaiting for a definitive answer as usual. They have been asking this for the duration of their time 'Dating' and working together whenever Vivian took her ritual showers upstairs. "Well?"

Ulric simply reached into his pocket for a pod which contained the ring he got for Vivian to then show to the eager pair. The ring had small diamonds along its edges and a ruby as its center piece.

"Three years worth of income. Nothing less for my Sweet Lady of the Lake." This alone made the two grin widely as the Slayer simply walked over to them to help with preparing the table. "Please keep it quiet? I want to surprise her."