The window to shadowfell, Master
"What the hell do you mean she escaped!" Juan yelled at the 2 slayers who were guarding the door to class 443,
"She just walked out" Slayer 1
"And you didn't bother to stop her!" Juan
"She had this guy with her" Slayer 2
"Are the both of you stupid! She's a necromancer and it's Halloween! She's someone that could turn this town undead in a single night and yet you let her waltz out of here!" Juan
"Sir..." Slayer 2
"You were given one job! And that was to make sure something like this never happened! But now the association is going to have a field day with our asses if we're not dead by the end of the night because of you 2 idiots!" Juan
"Sir..." Slayer 1
"It's Halloween, the day of the fucking dead, a day where the devils walk the realm and all that bad shit evil comes out at their strongest"
"So I don't need to spread the importance of how fucked you 2 have made us! Because that Necromancer is in her element now! She's at her strongest when the Red moon reflects its light onto the Green and blue moons! You 2 have no idea how bad you fucked up!" Juan
"Sir with all due respect, she's with Paladin Whites son" Slayer 1
"What?!" Juan
"Sir we had already rolled out to the possibility that she could have been controlling him when they left the room. But as they walked out she had left behind her staff" Slayer 2
"And without her staff, she can't call out her powers, it's all according to the magic binding mark the association had branded her with, just like all the others similar to her" Slayer 2
"And even with the binding mark linking her power to her staff, she has an Lv.5 seal mark on her body allowing her the ability to only manifest 1/5th of her original power with the assistance of that staff. So she's practically a normal human without it" Slayer 2
"Even so, she's still a Rank 3 Necromancer! She's dangerous with or without her magic" Juan
"I think Paladin White's son is more menacing, we didn't believe it when he told us but when we asked a high-ranking Slayer about Sir Paladin and his son. He told us not to get in their way, and that surprised us seeing as he was a little beastkid, who didn't even have a Slayer's sword or any weapon him, yet he dared fetch her?" Slayer 1
"He probably was fetching him for his father, I wonder if they're going to try and crack her for info" Slayer 2
"Indeed. And for that even I pity her. Even if she is a Monster. The Divine Wrath Of The Heavens isn't something that I would wish apon anyone" Slayer 1
"hahaha Gadridge your too soft, I keep forgetting why you even wanted to join the slayers. I hope by now she's suffering as Sir paladin is thrusting his heavenly sword through her leg! HAHAHA" Slayer 2
.....
Meanwhile, as those words were being voiced, that very Necromancer which he hoped was being tortured was in a modest alchemy building at the Natsu branch house,
And she was overjoyed and practically having a field day as she was so excited to see all these fine and high-quality herbs and equipment which Hiro had shown here.
"Okay, I found a cauldron"
The traditional door slid open and she looked over to Hiro as he walked in and then back out, and then came back in with an old but sturdy cauldron.
"Why do you need a cauldron? Everything here is already enough, NO it's more than enough~!"
She spun around pointing everywhere and he chucked as she was having a blast already, but it wasn't that surprising, she was already in awe when she first saw the branch house,
But that's to expect, after all, it might not be of wealthy or aristocratic quality, but it's a large modest multi-complex building meant for Natsu Sorcerers to live and train together in,
That's why there were rooms like this, they liked to keep many options available to them for... Research. Especially when someone like Mary's the leader of the branch house.
"The cauldron isn't for making potions"
"Then what is it for?"
She said pressing up on a container that said [
"While you're making the Mana Potions I'm going to be working on... Well think of it like soup, all you need to know it's for my project"
But as he said that and she peeked inside the container to see that beautiful
"And what's this project? I haven't assigned anything so there's no way it could be for me?"
But as she said that he smiled and with a cute innocent smile he put his hands behind his back and said,
"My project? You really want to know huh? Very well. My projects to make a
Saying that it got quiet for a few seconds before uttered "potion of life?" but then she burst into laughter,
"A portion of life? hahaha, that's a really funny joke kid. You know it takes a Master Alchemist a full week to just make a single vile of that stuff" Zoe
"And yet you can't even make a weak healing potion, there's no way in hell that you'll ever succeed, you better off slitting your throat and wishing for an angel to suck you off in the afterlife!" she continued to laugh.
And as she did, he puffed his cheeks and lightly kicked the dust on the ground,
"You don't have to be a dick about it, just do your job and I'll do mine"
Hearing him utter those words she put that piece of purple grass in her mouth letting it hang like a straw of hay and she walked over to him wrapping her arm around his neck and continuing to laugh before saying,
"You know what, I wanna see this, come on, even if it's going to fail, show me, kid, prove me wrong, hahaha"
She didn't believe he would succeed, and she had already thought of an excuse to tell the slayers of how he died in her head,
"Shoot if you succeed on making anything that's not trash, I'll even let you call me your girlfriend or whatever, hahaha but that's only if you're alive after fucking up, hahaahaha"
She was so overly arrogant and annoying to him that his tongue was bleeding from how hard he was biting down on it and trying not to pull a Robert Blake, but instead of a year, this homicide was going to be after the first few hours.
Looking at her he smiled sweetly like the milkman who may or may not be my real dad and he said,
"I guess that sounds like a date then~"
'A date with the Reaper, you skeleton zombie loving f*ckwit'
Retracing her arm from around his neck he left her side and went over to a shelf where he picked up a jar of some orange looking clovers and she was kinda stunned that he reacted like that,
"Strange kid?"
She went over and had started working on the potions as that made sense more than... Him.
.....
In District 6 of Rosa marine, Sebastian was on the roof of the 2nd building at RIU and as he was tracing around everywhere with his eyes, he caught a glimpse of a class still at school and as he saw them all fighting each other in pairs with someone instructing them, His cores glew red he jumped off the building.
.....
Using her hand, she unsteadily blocked a punch and she whirled around, grabbing her opponents arm in a rough motion, but then she was shoved away and fell onto her butt.
"Good job Clair! keep it up! But don't forget to check your footwork!" Peter
Peter yelled out to her as he was teaching the class and helping them all by getting them used to hand-to-hand combat since that was Derek's request before they started training and working out with his pack.
"Thanks..." Claire the fox girl panted,
As she said that, she saw Derek come over to them and as she avoided him by backing up, he went over to her opponent and grabbed her waist, kicking her leg into place and yanking her body forward as she had just gotten up.
"Remi That's not fighting, a child could do better. Don't try to hit their punch with the back of your hand, that's how you get hit twice as hard with that same strike if their stronger, or it could lead to a counter"
Adjusting himself to face the same direction as her, he led her arms and legs into a stance using his own and he educated her while he did it,
"Keep your feet separated like this and try to keep this stance while using both arms to block and or using that flexibly of yours to your advantage to shift their weight and attack them as they come to you. You are very weak and frail, so until we start training more stick to the very basic"
He was still pissed at her, which led to his aggression and aggressive attitude. But she was still his and if she got seriously hurt, he didn't know what he would do.
So as he got her into a stance and educated her a bit, he moved easily, and pushed her hand up a bit more to make it proper,
"Decent. Now fox girl! I'll help you to do the same"
But as he called to the girl Claire that Remi was fighting against. Remi watched as he started doing the same thing to her, and as she was so close to him and he was touching her as he fixed her stance, her eyes turned chaotic as she watched this.
Fixing her stance and giving her little tips since she was a fellow beastman/beastwoman and they had racial advantages. He told her to use them.
Now telling them both to fight, Claire went on the offensive, but as Claire Zagged from side to side in a rush action, she threw a strait punch to Remi's head before she could react.
But As her punch almost landed, Remi twisted and Claire went right past her, causing her to twirl around and go for another strike, but as she did, Remi grabbed her shoulder,
And Remi had the ego of a honey badger because before Claire even saw it coming, Remi proceeded to bury her knee into Claire's stomach and a shockwave of force came out from behind her,
"GAHHH!!!"
Claire fell to the ground and as snot, saliva, and Blood came out onto the ground as well as the water from her eyes. she was K.O.ed and Remi turned to her and stepped forward,
But as she did and the girl was throwing up onto the ground, she heard a voice call out to her,
"Remiiii!!! Where's Hiro"
As the homicidal energy of a honey badger was coursing through her veins, or could it have been a yandere? Maybe both? She snapped out of it and looked over to the field as some of her fellow students rushed over to Claire barely breathing on the ground.
Looking to that voice it was Sebastian and as he was running over to her "Hiro?..." her eyes broadened as she had completely forgotten about Hiro,
"HIRO!!!"
Grabbing her head she looked around ignoring the worrying students and the stunned Derek, and she didn't see that little guy anywhere, she just saw Emily, Kathie, and a few other smallish beastfolk,
Sebastian got to her and as he was panting, he asked again,
"Hey... Where's Hiro?..." Sebastian
"I don't know?" Remi
"What do you mean you don't know? You texted me you found him?" Sebastian
"I mean, I don't know where he is now" Remi
"Damn it... Okay, come on let's go look for him" Sebastian
As he said that, he felt a hand on his shoulder and he heard a voice from behind him whisper,
"you should be worrying about yourself and not him, because I prevented that bitch from joining this little love triangle you created, and your next to be out" Unknown
Hearing that, Sebastian looked around and he saw Derek, but he didn't really care as he brushed his hand off of his shoulder and said,
"I wouldn't push my luck if I were you, that greed of yours is going to be your downfall" Sebastian
Saying that he walked off, and as she did, "wait up, I'm coming too" Remi ran over to him, joining him.
But Derek wasn't having any of that today, and he grabbed Remi's hand pulling her to him and wrapping his arms around her as this was his and he wasn't letting anything else have it.
"She's staying with me, you can go" Derek
"Derek let go, we need to find Hiro!" Remi
No, No you don't!" Derek
"Yea I do! He's just a little kid and we're trying to help him turn back!" Remi
"Forget about him your mine..." Derek
But as he refused to let her go and he wasn't going to let her go. She elbowed him in the gut sending a strong pressure into his body and as his grasp on her was diminished she twisted in a swift and rythimatic movement and she grabbed his arm and swept his legs, flipping him,
Falling straight to the ground she showed skill in front of everyone, performing a takedown, she clenched her fist and yelled as he was on his back,
"I don't have time for your shit today! I'm not your object and I'll do as I damn please!" Remi
"He's my best friend whether kid him likes it or not and I'm going to help him, with or without you in my way!" she said despite trying to kill him on 2 different occasions
Angry as hell, she looked at Sebastian with the same anger and she huffed as she turned away from them and stormed back to the main building so she can get her bag and search for Hiro.
"Wait Remi I'm coming too, he's still my little bro!" Sebastian
Sebastian said running after her, but she hastened her place as her eyes had completely been enveloped in a Nature Green which she moved even faster.
***2 hours later***
*Slam*
Flinching, Chloe looked behind her and to the door which she saw Hiro with a grim expression and an atmosphere of despair all around him,
"You left? Since when?"
She hadn't realized he left to the room this entire time, and she had thought he was in the room with her this whole time,
But as she asked him that, he looked over to her with dull eyes like he saw a ghost and just gave up on life and said,
"I just went to take a leak"
That was a big fat lie as he had just convinced one of the servants to inform and lie to his mother, saying he got drunk at a Halloween party and or some shit lie to tell her so he didn't have to participate in her check-up and explain all of "THIS!"...
Which one of the servants had done and SHE BELIEVED IT! But the servant said that she'd come tomorrow so he had a whole day to find a way to become normal!
'I'm just so glad that I took the time to build a relationship with the servants here a long time ago unlike Mari. Because there's no way in hell any of them were willing to lie to her... I'm just so surprised that I got one of them to convince her for me... That was sooooo stressful'
Swallowing the remains of his life, he looked to Chloe and asked,
"How are the potions coming along?"
As he said that she turned and pointed over to the table where there were dozens of blue round bottles,
"40 Lesser Mana Potions, done," proud of her work she grinned and presented them as they could have been the finest potions she had ever made that didn't involve poison or her necrotic arts.
Hearing her say that she had made 40 lesser mana potions he was astonished and generally speechless as she had been working since the afternoon and it was now the whining, so with just a mere 5-6 hours she produced so many...
"Wow your so talented, I was expecting about 10-15 at max, but you've really outdone yourself..."
"hehehe yeah, I know, I'm practically a genius"
But he wasn't lying, she was genuinely talented in alchemy because he wasn't paying attention to her during this entire time, and to see this now, he could tell her creation proficiency in crafting them was great.
But there was still an issue because even if she was skilled at speed crafting them, there was the matter of quality, she said they were lesser, and that's Mid-Grade, but if she rushed to make this many, there was the possibility they were flawed potions and that meant it was useless or they could have even been poor quality potions which were less than lesser quality potions.
But if they were actual lesser potions... Maybe she did have some uses.
But as he was stuck in his own thought, she grabbed a lesser mana potion and presented it to him,
"Usually Common Mana Potions are sold for 25-50CP, CP stands for Copper Pieces if you didn't know, and Since these are downgrades of a Common Mana Potion, they can and should be sold for 10CP or a single silver piece, in your marketplace"
She said spreading her knowledge once more,
But as she was and she had closed her eyes and grinned pridefully because of her creations... She closed her eyes... And a second after she did she heard splashing... And then she opened her eyes... And they opened wide,
"WHY ARE YOU EMPTYING MY POTIONS INTO THAT CAULDRON! ! !"
He had a handful of her potions in hand as she yelled that, he proceeded to pour her potion onto the cauldron.
"Because they're meant for my project? Why, did you think I was going to sell them?"
Having emptied 2 already, he looked over to the rest and she ran in front of them, putting her arms out and yelling furiously,
"YOU'RE NOT USING MY POTIONS!"
But as she said that he laughed,
"Your potions? You mean mine"
Hearing his words she pointed at him and yelled,
"NO THERE MINE! I MADE THEM! I'M THE ALCHEMIST! SO THEY'RE MINE AND I WON'T LET YOU THROW AWAY MY POTIONS FOR YOUR STUPID SUICIDAL PROJECT!!!"
Hearing her say that, his human form shifted beastly, and as he looked at her with scarlet slit cores and he had gained claws, he said with pure seriousness,
"Then I guess I'll just have to kill you"
Running at her he swiped his claws going in for the kill and as they came fast, she barely had time to react as she could only lean back onto the table.
His claws connected with her cheek and she tried kicking him to only have her ankle grabbed, and then herself thrown across the room.
As she rolled on the ground her back hit the wall and as she plopped there, she picked herself back up as that hurt like a bitch but it wasn't enough to seriously hurt her. But she could feel the pain on her ankle from when he grabbed her and they were dug into her skin cutting her, and she also felt a warm pain on her cheek as she could feel 3 lines of blood drip from that cut.
Having been attacked and nearly getting her throat ripped out if she didn't react fast enough, she shouted
"What the hell's your problem!"
Not having any magic to use, she could only run but at the cost of getting hunted down and killed by slayers, or trying to talk her way out of this,
But he didn't seem to care as he ran at her to tear her throat out and see her laid dead on the ground.
But then with only one option left, and that wasn't run over to the cauldron and kick it as it would be too late for her, she put her hands out and screamed,
"Their yours! The potions are all yours!"
In exchange for her life which she had valued more than anything or anyone, she just gave them to him in hopes he spared her, and the fates were on her side today because as the [dice of fate] were rolled she landed a perfect [20/ of 20] and he stopped dead in his tracks.
Looking at him, those eyes were daggering right at her, but then he stood up straight and his claws retracted,
"Humph, I don't feel like killing someone who can't even fight back. You can live, for now, necromancer"
Turning around and walking over to the potions, she dropped to her knees, she had just averted death for the 13th time this year, and she didn't know how she managed to do it... Those demonic eyes had already told her from the start that he was going to kill her, and those same eyes said he was still going to kill her... But right now she was too easy prey for him...
And it terrified her more than Derek or Juan.
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Watching as all her babies were emptied into that cauldron while she stayed in that same spot on but sitting on the ground, she saw him drink that last few of her potions and as was very upset at the sign of this, but there was nothing she could do.
"The preparations are complete"
Continuing to watch whatever the hell he was doing, he stood 3ft away from the cauldron and then pointed his hand at it.
"~~~~~"
She heard him mention what sounded like a land in some strange language?
And this didn't look like alchemy to her, from what he was doing it looked like something comply differently? But could this really have been how alchemists made potions of life? She didn't know but she just had to watch to find out.
. . .
The room suddenly dimmed, the glow stones around the room had started fading down to a small glow and as she looked to the cauldron, it gave off a small blue light
But then the light glew and got brighter, the room had been lit up by the glow from the "elixir" inside, and she had started getting up.
'Did he succeed? Is that actually the liquid to a life potion?... But it only took a few hours?" She genuinely couldn't actually believe it.
As she was standing she looked at it in awe...
But then, the liquid stated swirling around and the glow had started changing color, the light baby blue had started darkening and then lightening and turning green.
Seeing that Hiro backed up and she saw that meaning he fucked up, something wasn't going right and he was probably going to die from it... But looking at his face, his smile grew.
But then she realized something, she's seen this before, that wasn't no mixture to create a potion of life! That was a broadcast and receive witchery spell!
The liquid had steadied and then started to rise all the way to the top of the cauldron where it idealy and steadily sat there without overflowing...
But then out of nowhere an illusionary figure of a lady appeared on top of that liquid.
And as she stood there Hiro was overjoyed, so much that his tail was swaying around in unison with his joy,
"MASTER~!"