Chapter 66 - Search and Destroy (5)

Shallot had stopped laughing with Yang looking at him seeing if he was alright in the head.

Yang: "You didn't go crazy out here did you?"

Shallot: "I just thought about a way for me to increase my training speed immensely. Within a year I should be capable of standing against everyone in the world even if they came at me altogether. I will finally be able to deal with a nuisance that I couldn't figure out how to deal with."

Yang's interest peeked at that hearing there is someone that Shallot couldn't deal with himself since he seems to be capable of doing almost everything.

While they were still walking searching for a place to take shelter for the night it seemed that Dr. Oobleck seemed to be finished asking questions until hew walked by Ruby who had a Turkey on Crescent Rose flipping it in front of Zwei. Ruby seeing Dr. Oobleck turns towards him.

Ruby: "Sorry! Uh... Are we ready to keep going?"

Oobleck: "Nope! I believe that will have to do for today. It's going to be dark soon. I think that the building over there will be good for our temporary shelter.

Oobleck throws his bag over to Yang, who makes a sound when she catches it.

Oobleck: "You three, set up camp in that building. Oh, and please do make sure there are no more of those... creatures. Your leader, Shallot and I are going to secure the perimeter. Come, Ruby."

They start walking away from the rest of RWBYS, who each look at their leader and Shallot, knowing what she'll be asked. What they didn't understand was why Shallot was also asked to come with.

As Oobleck, Shallot, Ruby round the corner of a building, she sees something in the distance that makes her say.

Ruby: "Whaaaa..."

There is a wide forest stretching below the ruin, and in the midst of it, a line of giant elephants with the black and white features of animals of darkness marching through the trees.

Ruby: "What is that? It looks awesome!"

Oobleck: "That, my dear girl, is a Grimm."

Shallot: "Megoliath Grimm to be specific. They do most of their damage by charging and stomping its large legs onto its enemy."

Ruby stares at the lumbering mass of monsters in amazement and awe before pulling out her gun, saying

Ruby: "Let's kill it."

Shallot laughs at that thinking that he is proud of his girlfriend.

Oobleck: "I'm afraid your sniper rifle will do nothing more than agitating a Grimm of that size."

Shallot: "I can kill it for you if you want Ruby?"

Ruby: "But... What if it attacks us? I know that Shallot can probably deal with it but what should others do if they come across the Megoliath."

Oobleck: "Fret not, Ruby; those Goliaths are not concerned with us. Ruby, not every Grimm is mindless, or rather not every Grimm is still mindless. You see, the Grimm you see before you are so powerful, so superior to the Grimm you fought, that they've undoubtedly lived hundreds of years, and in that time between killing humans and attacking our borders, they have done one important thing: They've learned. They've learned that when they attack our borders, they're likely to die, and what we lack in strength, we make up for in will and that killing one human will only bring more."

Shallot: "That's why it is pretty important to kill a Grimm before it evolves too far. There is a Grimm known as the Wyvern that is a pain to deal with. They are capable of spawning more Grimm. There is an ancient Wvyern Grimm in the dead plains of Anima."

As he says this, one Goliath swivels its thick neck to look at the figures watching their procession, eyes glowing as fiery red as any other Grimm. Shallot stares back at it deadlocking his eyes with it when his eye flashes silver for a second and the Grimm seemed to be thinking of something.

Ruby: "Then why are they still so close to the city? What are they doing?"

Oobleck: "Waiting."

As he says this, the Goliath turns its head forward again and moves on with its kin seeming to remember something and hurries its pace.

Shallot: 'Truly, anything with the capability of learning so quickly and have a knack for destruction is interesting. I guess Saiyans are pretty similar to Grimm since we are widely known for Grimm and only pursue higher strength just we can continue fighting. I really need to find something that can fight me now after training so much.'

Oobleck turns around and walks away as well, and Ruby puts away her weapon, not moving.

Ruby: "Doctor Oobleck?"

Oobleck: "Hmm?"

Ruby: "I was wondering..."

Oobleck: "Wondering why I've been interrogating your teammates all day?"

Shallot: "Knowing Ruby that's probably not it."

Ruby: "Yeah, I just wanted to know why you became a Hunter?"

While they were having their conversation Shallot had reached in his duffle bag and was tinkering around with a metal ball that was the same size as a basketball.

Oobleck: "Look around and tell me what you see."

Ruby takes a look around.

Ruby: "Lots of old buildings, uh, empty streets..."

Oobleck: "I see lives that could have been saved."

Dr. Oobleck continues walking with Ruby beside him and Zwei at their heels while Shallot is now tinkering with his gadget while some times switching between screwdrivers and wrenches.

Oobleck: "As a Huntsman, it is my job to protect the people, and although I am capable of doing it with traditional weaponry, I believe I can make a much larger impact if I do it with my mind. As a teacher, I'm able to take knowledge, the most powerful weapon of them all, and place it in the hands of every student that passes through my classroom.

I look at this wasteland, and I see lives that could have been saved, but I also see an opportunity; an opportunity to study these ruins and learn from this tragedy and therefore become stronger.

Dr. Oobleck stops for his final answer.

Oobleck: "I am a Huntsman, Ruby because there is nothing else in this world I would rather be.

Dr. Oobleck continues walking before seeing Shallot with the device in his hand.

Oobleck: "And what is that Shallot."

Shallot: "Something that I have been working on for a couple of years. It will help me in gaining strength but could also become a trump card of mine."

As he says that the device has a bolt turned and a loud click sounds and the gears and parts inside start whirling and create a small humming sound. Shallot smiles at this thinking that it is finally complete.

Shallot: 'A portable blutz wave generator has finally been complete. Now it just has to be placed outdoors in the open where moonlight can get to it so it can absorb it. The hardest thing about this was making my ki a power source for it. After I master the Oozaru form I won't have to restrain myself in training.'

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