"wow it's so lively here~"
Ezekiel said but then Shiro's stomach growled, Shiro was the girl traveling with him.
"lets get something to eat~ it's my treat~"
he acted sweet but she leaned in grabbing his cheeks and pinching him.
"with my money?" she gave him a scolding look and he had a sheepish smile "I guess so..." she sighed as he was hopeless.
"well, lets go find some grub then... you owe me tho" ahe agreed and they three of them walked into a cafe.
meanwhile in the other room of that very place.
"sorry to say this dear...but your brother probably dead" Ms.Hakusho said as she already had a paper infront of her with Ashera's name on it.
"there's no way in hell thats possible!" Ameri yelled as she basically had tears coming from her eyes.
"if him and his entire class hadn't returned yet from that cursed place, then it's probably how it sounds" she said but then Ameri shook her head.
"they left a month ago and were supposed to return 2 weeks ago, there might be a chance their carrge broke or they were cought in a storm." she said but then Ms.Hakusho's hand reached over the table and onto hers.
"I'm sorry for your loss-"
"he's not dead!" Ameri ran out of there and as she did she cought the attention of 2 people who listened in on their conversation.
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stealing a horse and ridding out of the kingdom she started heading twards konosuba mountains.
"Ashera, there's no way in hell your dead!"
***3 weeks ago***
dashing through the woods all he saw around him was nothing but darkness and trees, but the bird guided him and it leaf him in a strait path.
running at a even faster pace his eyes were glowing red and everything was slightly more visible.
[ lesser perception ] - what is the flash without his perception or a even a martial artist without his reflexes ‐ this skill enhances ones senses by 5% giving between reaction time and even slowing down time around someone, to adapt is to survive and perception is key.
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without taking a turn in this dim lighted forest, the smell of iron filled the air it looked as if a battle took place a while ago.
earth shifted, dirt scorched, and the rancid smell of and sight if monster blood stained the trees.
it's wasn't long until his his movement came to a halt.
from the distance he saw his classmates lieing on the ground.
and sitting on a stone building sat a young woman with long silver and violet eyes, just playfully kicking her feet.
with his hands gripping the daggers tighter he walked forward and then out of nowhere the moon shined bright reviling her face which was stained in human blood.
she noticed him as well and a vile grin came on her face "oh look what a rather dashing toy for me to play with~"
her eyes turned crimson-red and she shifted into a swarm of red-mana bats.
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It was a day of no rest as she rode that horse to the mountain grounds,
but as she arived she already smelled blood, it wasn't close, but the scent of it was carried down by the winds from the up the mountain.
she trotted the horse and they moved at fast speeds as she went up the dirt road to scale the mountain, she smelled it get even stronger...But then it was as if she stormed into a stong haze, her senses were blocked and it was as if she was in the dark...But she could still smell that strong scent of blood and thats what lead her off couse.
she rode passed a green sludge, a devil corpse dried of blood, shattered and split bolders, scorched earth and patches of cindered trees residing on nothing but the ash of what it once was, and even Milla who was just sitting against a tree and she looked awake, but from the dazed look in her eyes... She wasn't there, she was under compulsion and she even has 3 pairs of bite marks on her neck.
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she rode passed another group of dead devil's who where shredded to pieces and then around 24 meters away from them, where high-school girls who shared the same fate as their teacher.
Ameri didn't care for any of them, she just wanted and needed to find her Ashera, he's all that mattered to her right now.
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but then as she traveled around a hundred meters farther she saw 3 boys laying on the ground and they were extremely injured.
but as she saw them...the horse suddenly started acting up and it wouldn't go any father into this mountain.
she looked forward and all of Mr.beasts hard work went to waste as there was a large dome like area cindered.
all the trees were nothing but ash and the earth was flattened as a crater was formed into the mountain.
caw!. . .caw!. . .caw!
she looked up to see 5 crows circling the area, she got confused as crows didn't live in such a area or mountain region like this.
but then as she looked down to see what they were circling...she saw him.
with feathers of a crow, it was as if a fallen angel's black feathers fell down to his hands from his sholders... this viable tattoo was only able to be seen as he had no shirt on, he was covered in mild cuts and was stained with his own blood.
he also had 5 bite marks on his shoulder, neck, and arm.
he looked as if he was looking into space, as he held one broken and one cracked dagger and his eyes looked empty.
"Ashera!!!"
she called out to him, but he didn't even flinch, it was as if he couldn't hear her.
she dismounted the horse
but then suddenly as she did and walked to the edge of the crater, she heard "I wouldn't do that if I was you"
she looked and if was two people, the guy suddenly threw up.
"the hell!?"
she grabbed her wand and a green light came out as she was going to [blast connon] him,
he suddenly spoke.
"this place is crawling with monsters, but right now...the gratest threat is my bother Ashera"
his words came to a shock to Ameri and she raised her wand ready to attack as she didn't belive a single word coming from his mouth, but then suddenly they all heard a noise come from down in the crater
they both looked to see a man with short black hair and golden eyes, good quality studded leather armor, an iornfang war-pick, and a cheeky smile on his face as he slid down the crater.
"what are you three tring to do to him" Ameri pointed her wand at the boy but then
he replied with "just shut up and watch, the battle is about to start"
In a black haze her wand disapeared and he held it, he threw it behind him and then he walked up to the edge of the crater and sat down along with his cloaked friend.
"if I we're you miss, I'd be voting for the Witcher and not Ashera"
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sliding down, Fodel finally for to the flat surface and he aproched Ashera.
his amulet suddenly vibrated.
"monster, what did you do with all those missing people?" Fodel said but he got no response.
"how strange?"
he took another step but as he did he looked and saw all the bite marks and he grabbed his weapon readying himself.
"you're Vampire servent I presume?"
but as he said, Ashera's eyes flickered and his eye balls became pitch black while the center/eyes glew orange.
"another lamb has come to feed master"
his words came as a yes to the witchers answer, this was going to make it easy now, just defeat the servent and force answers out of it.
he readyed his weapon and then like always he waited for his enemy to attack first before slaying.
and to his surprise, Ashera did just that.
but he was way to fast.
with an aggressive dash and horizontal slash, a mere scratch came onto his padded leather armor.
"you call that an attack-" but then he watched as Ashera's cracked dagger suddenly broke.
with 2 broken daggers now, he just threw them aside and his nails sharpened into small claws.
"how fun, but do you really think those small things can hurt me" he arrogantly said as he put his hand put and suddenly a stream of fire shot out at Ashera.
"sorry I got bored, lets end this vampire"
as the burning man burned so did Ashera as he was being engulfed in flames.
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"first form of the death God...destruction"
poping out of his raging flames a claw slashed down on him, his flames were disoriented as he tried evading and was successful...but as a cost, 5 cuts diagonally on his face.
as his face was hit and he gritted his teeth as he saw the blood but then he grunted as he looked down to see a armored tail stabbed into his side.
he swung his war pick and with the flat side he hit Ashera and sent him flying off to the side.
"damn"
he groaned as bloody rained down from his side.
"you gonna have to pay me for this you damn mutt" he jested as he turned his weapon to the spike part and he started mindless walking in the direction of Ashera.
"vampires don't have tails now do that? oh what the hell it dosent matter, a monster is a monster and as long as they exist so dose coin"
she smiled as he pulled out a vile and broke the top before poring the yellow liquid in his mouth, as he fully ingested it, it was as if his vains blackened and evem his eye balls turned pitch black.
he looked up as he felt the power inside his body multiply and he grinned as he felt he could take on a army of ghouls.
"monsters like you have no place in this world-"
but his words came to a hold as he saw blood rush out of his mouth and througjt the air from below him.
"quit talking, human"
Ashera was behind him and the Witcher turned around to see his hand covered in blood and then he looked down to see his side was torn to shreds.
he fell to his knees and he was dead.
sucks to be a newly built Witcher, should of payed attention to his enemy a bit more.
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as Fodel fell, Ashera walked upto his the man and kneeled dowm tearing a hole in his side and then ripping his heart out.
"master will love this as trophy~♡"
he said in a sweetend tone as he smiled, but then a sliver of drool came down his mouth as he looked to the man.
"master won't mind"
he grabbed the man's arm, tearing his sudden arm armor off and then biting down into his arm sinking his canines into his flesh and them tearing a large chunk, about the size of a chicken beast out from him.
it was bloody and pretty tough, but it didn't taste human, it tasted more monster if anything, he detoured than chunk, coving his mouth in blood and then he took the witcher heart and then grabbed his arm and started dragging it.
the others in the side watched as he brung it over to the side where a young woman sat and it was as if she was asleep.
he smiled as he placed the body and heart infront of her and then he said something waking her up and even she jolted at the sight of him.
well it wasn't more him...but his pitch black and orange eyes, they we're pretty terrifying to say the least.
she accepted his gift and she patted his head making his tail sway around joyously.
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"damn it Ashera, how dare you side with a filthy vampire, do you have no shame"
without a second to think he leaped into the creater and his wings spread out letting him glide.
"I'll kill you myself, Ashera!"