Treacherous creatures of fright, hiding in the shadows and striking at night. You may run and even hide. But do be warned, for the creature will always be nearby. In the darkest of corners or even in plain sight, the creature of fright will be sure to take your soul outright.
Oh how I remember said words fondly back when I was but a young kid. If I remember correctly, mother used to tell me said words to scare me of staying up late night. Being the impressionable child that I was, I believed said things and was very scared of staying up late and even by darkness. Just the experience of seeing nothing but pitch-black and the thought of what may be lurking in said darkness frightens the young me.
Tho..
It is ironic, seeing my current circumstance now.
In a lonely street at the middle of the night, a lone cab can be seen parked ominously at the quiet road. With the lights turned on and an engine roaring softly in the street, the appearance of the lone cab doesn't show to be anything suspicious. Thou it may be the case, the only passenger of said cab is anything but normal.
"You sure this is where you want to stop?" The driver of said cab spoke.
"I suppose so.."
Looking out in the street, one can see a lonely place; lighted only by the lamps that are placed all over the street. Closed down buildings and dark alleyways ever so present, showing no signs of any activities. A normal sight to be seen in the times of late evenings.
"That would be twenty reaper coins then."
"T-twenty reaper coins.. You're bleeding my wallet dry here man."
"Well, you were forcing me to drive all over this area for an hour."
"But for 20 reaper coins?"
"Gas prices have been a mess friend. Ever since those witches attacked and took over Pine mountains, gas prices have risen a lot and we have no choice but to adapt in said change."
"Fine~fine here's twenty reaper coins." Fiddling with a black bag, the odd man in the cab then pulled 2 large silver coins and gave it to the driver.
"A pleasure doing business with you."
"Same to you i suppose." The odd man sighs.
Hopping out of the cab, the odd man then observes the place for a second before walking out in one of the alleyways.
Wearing a black suit with a tie, one might question the odd choice of clothes, especially for something to wear at these times. But what makes the man much weirder is the huge thing wrapped in bandages that his carrying in his back.
"Ahhhhh!!!"
"!?"
Hearing a loud scream, the man then quickly dashes to where the scream was while carrying the large thing as if it weighted nothing. Arriving at where he presumed the scream was, the man observed a black humanoid like creature feasting on a bloodied corpse of a woman. With long sharp claws and sharp teeth, the creature easily devours parts of the corpse that its eating. And despite currently crawling in fours, the height of the creature is almost as tall as an average human.
"..."
Feeling somewhat gloomy at the scene he was seeing, the man sighs before unraveling the large thing that was wrapped in bandages. Upon getting rid of the wraps, the large thing is revealed to be a black coffin with an intricate design and with a smiling skull pasted in the middle of it. Opening the coffin, the man then grabs a sword with a black blade which he then points at the busy creature.
Finally noticing the man with the sword, the creatures then pause at what it was doing; acting confused at first before standing and brandishing its large claws. And without warning, the creature then dashes at the man at an incredible rate, raising its long arm and then swiping it directly at where the man was standing.
But instead of a bloody scene what happened instead was nothing. Instead of slicing the man with its sharp claws, the creature instead hit nothing but air. Confused as to where the man could be, the creature quickly observes its surroundings, finding not a trace of the odd man.
"Up here, dumbass."
Upon saying those words, the creature then began looking up and saw the man standing in the side of one of the buildings. Picking up the sword which he struck into the building as well. The man began to fall and gives the creature a firm kick to the head which pushes the creature somewhat far.
Angry at the man for the kick he gave, the creature then began screeching before engaging another attack. Giving the man a barrage of attacks, the man gracefully dodges every single one and even blocking some attacks with his sword.
Seeing an opportunity to strike, the man quickly slashes the creature to the side which damages the creature. With black liquid oozing from the side of where the man slashed the creature, the creature cannot help but howled in pain as black blood continued pouring out if its body. Even more pissed at the man, the creature once again attacked but this time with a noticeably slow speed.
Continuing the same action as before, the man then cuts off one of the creature's hands in their exchange which again made the creature screech in pain. Somewhat understanding the predicament that it's in, the creature then opened it mouth and gush out a large amount of black gas in an instant.
Covering the area with black smoke, the creature begins escaping the place. Running in abnormal speeds which truly shows its desperation in escaping the encounter. But before it can even run far, a black bladed sword suddenly crashed from above, striking the ground near where the creature stands.
Not giving what just happened any matter, the creature continued its escape. But to its surprise, the creature wasn't able to move its legs. Not just its legs for that matter, the creature quickly notices that it can't move its entire body at all despite how much it forces to.
"Don't bother."
The man spoke, revealing himself from the smoke with the large black coffin in hand.
"No matter how much you move, you wouldn't be able to as long as that sword is stuck to your shadow."
Despite the words just spoken, the creature still tried to break free. But no matter how much it struggled, nothing happened in the end.
Stepping closer to the bonded creature, the man prepares the coffin he has in hand. Slowly opening the thing, the man then chucks the coffin to where the creature stands.
"May your soul be at rest."
And as the coffin get near to the creature, a vacuum like air began to sucked the creature inside the coffin. And as the creature gets fully swallowed, the coffin door then closes and the eyes of skull then glowed bright green.
Picking up the sword and the coffin, the man then inspects the area more for anything suspicious. And seeing nothing out of the ordinary, he then walks back to where the corpse of the lady was and prays to it.
"May your soul bear no grudges and be at peace." The man prays.
Grabbing a phone in one of his pockets, he then makes a short call before leaving the scene.
-Flesh Devouring Soul of Lamp Street Complete
Lost souls, Witches and Demons. Creatures of evil and destruction. Bringer of plagues and blight. Wherever they go they left nothing but trails of blood so with such evil present, the world naturally prays for light. A light of hope to save them of such frights.
And from that prayer came Soul reapers.
People of extraordinary abilities. Combatants of evil and savior of humankind. With scythe's that ward off evil, with scythe's that cleanses one's soul.
Since the dawn of time these factions has been at odds of each other. Fighting a never-ending war.