It was almost night time, well the time was 5:30 PM so it wasn't that late, since all decided to meet up a bit early then leave once everyone was there. Of course the first one to be waiting at their spot was Cyrus. Since he didn't have anything to do other than prepare.
"I might as well still use the old gear Arc gave me, this one fits and says me." He said while nodding, adjusting the green cloak he has before sighing, leaning his shoulder against the wall, waiting patiently.
Then Yun was the second one to arrive and he had a.. questionable outfit, having long adventure like pants, but his shirt was.. a crop top, it exists here? Though it does have an armor in front of it so who's to complain.
Yun would sense Cyrus's magical energy nearby, thanks to his passive and despite being blind, it's a pretty helpful ability. "Oh Cyrus! I thought I'd be the first one to arrive!" He giggled before standing beside Cyrus.
"...yeah, I'm not even gonna bother to know." Cyrus said to himself questioning Yun's choice of clothing. "Hm?" Yun looked at Cyrus with a confused yet innocent look, which made Cyrus just laugh it off. "Haha yeah! But glad I was here already."
Both just nodded in agreement. Mary was the third one to arrive, wearing a knight-like armor which somehow suit her. "Geez, you guys are early.. So he of all people is late? Kind of expected it." She said while clicking her tongue, her hand resting on the handle of her sword.
"Hey give the guy a break, maybe he has a busy life in his household." Cyrus sighed while folding his arms, Yun nodded. "Yeah! Being the representative of the class too.. He could be stressed."
"Whatever, he has us so there's nothing to worry about." Mary stated, sounding a bit genuine, which made Cyrus and Yun glad that she felt that way to Tool.
Meanwhile..
Tool was currently in a rough situation outside of town, he was the first one to wait but he felt that he had been followed, now looking injured yet there was no blood coming out of his skin. "Is that all you got?" He got his fists ready, putting it up as he took a stance. Looking at the person responsible for his injuries.
"My my! What a strong young lad you are.. No wonder your family wants you dead." The man shows the paper, a contract which had the Tool Family's signature. Making Tool grunt. "I expected it."
"Oh where are my manners! You may call me Grim. Grim Sin.. I'll make sure your death is as Grim as it can be. Get it?" Tool wasted no time, rushing towards them at full speed, his right hand about to land a heavy punch.. but.
"I'm so hilarious!" Grim would snap his fingers in front of Tool before he could even receive a punch.
Tool suddenly got blown away through several trees, his body receiving a painful blow from each tree he had passed through. "Maybe I should ease up a bit.. Eh, money is money." Grim said, as a few trees got broken due to the powerful pressure of the force he made.
Tool stayed silent sitting on the ground, before pulling himself up as his aura, Raging Bloodlust, began to manifest, suddenly overflowing his whole body, then around the forest.
"Wowie, isn't that just delightful?" Grim whistled afterwards, feeling the pressure get heavier. Trying to stand straight yet was overpowered by the overwhelming aura. "Well I'll be.." He smirked while snickering.
Tool slowly calmed down, inhaling and exhaling as the aura got absorbed back into his body, Grim now stood up, looking at him confused. "Woah, you're actually not using it? I kinda feel bad since it was your winning play!" He said with a provoking tone.
"I never said I wasn't using it." Tool then concentrated, closing his eyes, breathing in and out before lowering his fists into a meditating stance. The black gloves he uses disappeared, as he spoke.
"Raging Bloodlust Transmutation. Mode: Ecstasy."
From afar.
Cyrus, Mary, and Yun were now waiting outside the gates of the town, Mary was getting impatient, tapping her foot on the ground non stop, whilst Yun was just eating some bread that he had brought for the mission. While Cyrus was just scratching his head trying to know what is taking him so long. "Man, is he REALLY that busy?"
He said while sighing deeply, sitting down on the grassy ground, Yun then spoke. "I'm not sure either.. Should we just-"
A heavy sound came from the forests, making Cyrus jump, standing straight as he looked at the forest. Birds were flying away, while a huge smoke came almost from the center of the forest. "..he wouldn't." Mary said before sighing, having an angry look while Cyrus and Yun made sure to stay away from her.
"He wouldn't, but it's Tool, it's a 90/10 possibility that it's him." Yun and Mary looked at Cyrus with an expression that already made him know the answer. "Alright fine! It's him! Let's just go!"
"Wait! What about the knights?!" Mary pointed at the knights standing guard at the gates, which made Yun gave a valid counter. "They're there to protect the town! So let's just leave them be!" Yun and Cyrus ran through the forest quickly, Mary just groaned annoyed before sighing as she followed the two right behind them.
Once the three arrived, they saw a large crater in front of them, now being concerned for their safety, yet inside the crater, they saw.
"Tool!" Mary shouted down towards him, making Tool's eyes widen, turning around to see Cyrus, Mary and Yun at the top. "What are you.."
Until Grim snapped his fingers. Suddenly creating a circular hole in Tool's stomach, the three got caught off guard, Tool suddenly fell down on the ground slowly. Cyrus suddenly changing expressions as he dropped down, landing in front of Tool to protect him. "You two! Get down here and cover him!" Mary and Yun followed, arriving to Tool's need, there was no blood coming out of his stomach, yet there was black goo.
"Oh? And who might you be?" Grim asked while having a cocky smirk, looking slightly injured as he was clearly bluffing.
"A friend of his.. And also." Cyrus summoned a 9 sided dice, flipping it up to the air as it kept spinning, making Grim confused about what it was. "What the?.."
As the 9 sided dice landed into a..
( Lucky number 7! )
Cyrus snickered, as the dice disappeared into thin air. Grim looked down to see Cyrus folding and playing with a pair of cards that was glowing yellow. "Light magic.. Well shit." He grinned nervously.
"A bad matchup I assume?" Cyrus snickered, before covering the area around them with cards. "Indebted Jail." A barrier then formed due to the cards surrounding Cyrus and Grim. Both of them now trapped inside.
Grim sighed, now being unable to escape due to the barrier, and his magic opposing to Cyrus's being Dark. "Doesn't mean I'm going down!" Grim said before snapping his fingers towards Cyrus.
Cyrus would block it with a huge King of Ace card, completely blocking the attack, as he looked to the side and stuck his tongue out. "That's just sad-" Yet his expression changed once he saw many floating semi transparent energy balls behind Grim, as he spoke. "Dark magic.. Is beauty itself."
As the energy balls then began flying at Cyrus, making him block all of it with the huge card in front of him, yet it was getting penetrated by each hit slowly. "Shit.. Might as well risk it!"
Huge cards surrounded only Grim, there was 13 of them, each containing from the deck of cards. 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10, Jester, Queen, King and lastly Ace. The cards spun around Grim. Cyrus's voice echoed.
"So where do you think am I hiding?"
His voice echoed around the barrier surrounding them. As Grim kept his cocky smirk before summoning 13 dark magic energy balls for each of the cards surrounding him. "I don't even have to test my luck for this!"
Grim then began storing even more magical energy in the balls, growing more stronger and powerful, before flying it towards the cards surrounding him, a huge explosion would happen once every card disappeared. Grim couldn't help but laugh on how stupid Cyrus's plan was, not hearing his voice anymore while looking around. "What now kid?! You thought you had me!" Grim laughed, although there was no sight of Cyrus.
The ground shook underneath Grim, before he could even react and snap his fingers on whatever it was. Cyrus would appear in front of him after jumping out of the ground, holding a card that had the name ' Joker '. "Wrong card."
The Joker card suddenly turned big as Cyrus immediately jumped away, the clown inside the card suddenly held Grim's arms while it laughed like a maniac. "W.. What the fuck?!-" Grim said as he tried to escape but to no avail. The clown kept laughing while it kept hold of his arms before glowing brightly, as it caused a massive explosion, enough to create a slight shockwave around them.
The barrier of cards disappeared as Cyrus sighed in relief, feeling a bit tired using that much magic energy, panting softly while wiping some sweat on his forehead. "Guess luck was not on your side." He said chuckling before remembering about Tool.
"Shit- Tool!" He turned around and ran to where Mary and Yun was, to his surprise, once he got there. He saw Tool healed already, it was as if his injuries didn't exist. Yun and Mary were quite surprised as well.
"I-.. I don't know what happened- Me and Yun were trying to take care of him but his body.." Mary spoke, her voice being shaky, Tool then gave her a pat on the shoulder before nodding.
"I don't think I will be able to hide it anymore. I'm sure Yun already knows." Tool looked over at Yun, as Yun felt quite disappointed in himself, looking down on the ground.
"What do you mean?" Cyrus kneeled down, since Tool was still laying down, he got closer as the three would listen to what he says.
"I'm.. Not what you think I am. I'm not a human being. I'm not a monster. I'm not a demon. And I'm not a beast. I'm made out of magic from my family. A weapon for war and battle.. A tool."
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To be continued.