"This ends tonight, Reaper." Reiji waved.
To him, this is no ambush, but aion. Men behind him had enough guns to win wars. Spread across 2 balies; and throughout the courtyard outskirts were 'Bck Legs' armed with rifles and submae guns; Reiji hoped it would be enough but deep down he knew better. Numbers did not matter when dealing with the reaper.
"Any final words?" Reiji called. Eyes peered to his foe down on the crimson court.
Reaper’s finger pointing towards the floodlights.
"Lights." He muttered quietly, much to the bemusement of Reiji.
*Crack* *Crack* *Crack*
One by ohe floodlights were destroyed. Pitch bck arrows raining down from invisible archers.
*RATATATATATATATAT*
Gunfire bzed, fshes and bangs rang throughout the court, bullets streamed in droves to the reaper's spot. Bullet rain illuminating the yard. Not a sight of the Reaper.
*FWOOOOSH*
Reiji aimed hands high above himself. Crimson bzes billowed out; pilrs of fmes wiping the moonlight sky. Crimson its new hue. Hiro and Panic watched; faces washed in burning inferno.
"Up there!" Pointed Hiro, Crimson highlighted his shadow form. Bck legs ran at full pelt; Running up vertical on crete walls. Their agility remi of reptilian lizards.
"Sir? Are you all?" Hiro asked, shaken at his master's teique.
"Huff- Huff- Yes. Haven't used that spell in years..." A bead of sweat at Reiji's brow. Fatigue g the Crimson Guild's master. Chugging a fsk from his breast pocket, revitalizing, warming, and stoking his fmes.
"Let’s go!" He ordered the remaining forces "You have your positions!" In a flurry, guilds dispersed out of the courtyard, spreading across the guild's HQ. ons loaded and waiting with keen anticipation.
'He took out the shadows.'
Reaper watched the crimson sky above. Without the dark he couldn't summon more soldiers; only 5 archers already at his disposal. Reiji had well prepared for this night. Or just got blind lucky.
*Swish* *Swish* *Swish*
Behind Reaper, bck legs mantled onto the roof, twin daggers, and twin axes. Split down both paths as they maneuverer towards the reaper with nimble footwork. ons twirled through air; an art dispy like dancers.
*Dash*
At breakneck speed, the first bck leg pouwin daggers with sharp stabs, time slowed as bone cshed with steel. Both his gau's batted away eaing blow. tinuing a flurry of stabs and kicks. Not letting up for a moment, relentless attacks from a group of 20.
*Fling* *Fling* *Fling*
Archers unloaded bck bolts with precision, pierg through unarmoured napes. Reaper; using his whip, sshed off hands and legs. Not stopping for a moment.
*Dash* *Dash* *Dash*
Agile feet finally broke through the lines of archers and whip sshes. Grappling ao the Reapers back, whilst a pair drove daggers at his front. A pair of daggers to the face.
*G*
Gripping an arm, Reaper flung the bck leg down into the rooftop with a hard sm. Taking his dagger; using it to parry the sed. Spinning at the grappled foe. Cutting deep into his nape. Sending both crumpled to the ground.
*Ssh*
Oried to jump over him, but ahrow put the bck leg out of its misery.
Bones ched as reaper cut them down. One by one. Lasted till all y scattered around him, dagger coated in blood. His archers’ casualties no longer by his side, ying uhe crimson sky.
*k* *k*
One final Bck leg emerged over the rooftop. Uhe others. This one carried itself with an air of ferocity. Bulky built like an armoured titan. Aioner with an axe as long as his arm.
A pure white skull mask adorheir head. Bone horns curved from the back of its skull. Giving its otherwise pure form a more demonitention. In fact, the mask had an uny familiarity, it erfect mirror to his own. Azure eyes pierced through white bohe only distin.
The ring was excited by the prey. Vibrating on Eren's hand; it had never been as excited as it was now.
*Fling* *Fling* *Fling*
Three smaller daggers caught The Reaper off guard. One pinned his right foot, one his lower abdomen and the st his right shoulder. His mask kept the pain to a minimum yet it still stung.
*Dash*
The executioner bolted. Moving to slice down on Eren, Axe head gleaming crimson.
Tearing his foot free, just as the bde hits the rooftop. crete cracked chips into the air. Rolling across the rooftop. Just enough to see a crumbled trail left by the axe.
*k* *k* *Dash*
The executioner charged at full speed. Axe poised overhead; his great tool of execution. Swinging down, Reaper took out the daggers in his gut and shoulder. Using them to ter. Bdes met his ankles; hobbling the Bck leg. Who in turn fell on top of Reaper, pinning him down on the roof.
*Punch* *Punch* *Punch* *Punch*
Laser focused oask. Hitting hard enough to end its oppo. Eren did his best to dodge with the beast on his chest. Clocked shots of axe handle smashed across his temple. With only his hands to guard. Blog oning punches was futile. Reaper wouldn't win with a toe-to-toe brawl.
'I'll let gravity end this.'
With each strike, a dodge. Weakening the crete ever so slowly. Finally, the rooftop crumbled.
Both fell through plummeting several stories down. The Reaper's whip flung, spiralling up along aerior railing.
*Crack* *Pop*
The whip slowed his fall allowing him to roll and onto the ground safely. Yet his shoulders didn't take it, his left shoulder popping out.
The executioook all the impact. Groans of pain behind that bone mask. Axe embedded into the crete, head cracked along with shattered shoulder and an ankle.
*Pop*
Effortlessly, the Reapers shoulder went ba. Still with a limp he approached. Taking the rge axe from the ground, lifting overhead.
Now before final tact, it raised an arm to block. Fingers spyed out like an open palm i defiance.
*Ssh* *Thud*
Its head rolling. Azurite eyes gzed, until it was met with Reaper's mask. It glowed through azure before returning to its grey husk.
'Fuck' Eren's shoulder and foot are killing him. Sitting on the executioner's carcass as a respite, resting his injured foot and iing the wound with the edge of the bone bde.
'Not as bad as I thought.' Eren saw that the wound had already begun to close. A fortunate blessing for his reaper blood. Even so, Eren winced. Shit, it still hurt.
Looking around; A stadium of sort, rows of seats surrounded an octagonal fenced ring. It took him back to his days in the nd of the dead. Memories of fighting monsters pyed out before him. Those rows of seats would always be packed, reapers hungering for a bloodbath, like pack wolves starved for the fight.
They would have loved to watch the siege.
Now though, he is out of the light. Shadows drew all around him. Finally, he had the perfect ditions to summon reinforts.
*k* *k* *Foom* *Foom* *Foom*
Ereied his coffers, no solider will sit out this fight.
End chapter 37
***
*FWOOOOSH*
Jun woke with a start. Gazing up from underh his bed. Crimson washed the moonlight sky. Clearly seeing fmes lig their wards like a bea of death.
"Eren..." He rushed up, barely any time to dress. Grabbing Seraph and his clothes. He kly what was happening; his master is finally taking them down.
In a flurry of movements, he attempted dressing himself. To little success.
"Jun...? What's going on?" Through tired eyes, Mei emerged from her room.
"The bandits are being taken down; the reaper is out there by himself. Tonight, I’m going to help." He looked so determihis is something he had waited a long time for.
"Stay safe then. Don't do anything Stupid."
"Trust me I won't." A toothy smile of reassurance, Mei loved Jun's boyish charms. Lifting any spirits of those around him.
Throwing on a light jacket and jeans, he was out. Ready for a fight.
By now many others were peering out of their homes. Watg the sky above. It was beautiful to behold, their whole lives fear, extortion, abuse, and corruption; then came the reaper. Putting those fears to rest, all whilst with the colours of their guild burhroughout the sky.
***
*Bzzt* *Bzzt* *Bzzt*
"Mmmmm"
*Bzzt* *Bzzt* *Bzzt*
Akiko's phone was going off. Relutly she picked up, even ich dark; her aim ot on for the button. An unpleasant tone answered back. "Akiko!" It was Kenji. Why the hell was he calling this te at night?
"Mmmmm. What?"
"Look at your window." She staggered towards the window. In the far distance she could see. Lit in a bright crimson hue, as though hellfire routing from the ground. A cires c half the ward. "Shit. What is doing?"
"I don't knotain Shimada is gathering everyht now; we o evacuate the area. Do you need a ride?"
"No... I'll meet you there." Looking back at the bed.
"Bring year." *Click*
A deep breath from the bloective was followed by a shout. "Mai, get up." Pulling on the cover to reveal her barley clothed co-worker beh. Only panties as her PJs.
"What time is it?" She groaned like a cat disturbed from its midday nap. If Akiko had any time to spare, she would have ughed.
"Emergency. Evacuation. The reaper is attag the crimson bandits." She tossed Mai a bundle of clothes.
“We o move. NOW!"
End chapter 37 Epilogue