Grimoire Heart: Bounty Hunter Gauntlet

(Jason's POV)

"I wonder what she meant by that." I said aloud as I sat on the log

I was by another riverside. It's a habit of mine just wandering about in the wilderness and doing some training.

"Of course..." I said, "I know what she meant by that."

I was beginning to get some anger issues. I could feel it, I was becoming more prone to anger. It was something I had noticed ever since the battle with Tartaros.

I had lost Kyoka and Seilah, was humiliated by Suzaku twice, and most recently I lost an unborn child. Not to mention all these dreams and memories I keep having. There must be a reason for them. But it was something I didn't understand fully.

Maybe one of these days I have to find out the truth about them. It was going on for far too long, I had to get to the bottom of it. There was something missing. It felt like a whole within my conscious. I had to know the truth.

I sighed and looked up at the sky, "I suppose it is-" I said before I felt a presence, "Huh?"

I looked behind me, at the treeline. I felt a bunch of auras within the shadows of the trees.

I stood up and immediately deflected a projectile that was fired at me. It looked like an arrow but I couldn't really make it out as it was fired really quickly.

"What the fuck?" I said as my entire senses were put on high alert

From the tree line, a crowd of a bunch of guys appeared. They all wielded weapons, from swords to crossbows. I was legitimately confused at this sudden turn of events.

"What's all this then?" I asked

They all wore masks, I could feel they had magic power in them but nothing too alarming. If anything, they were low-level mages.

"Oi oi oi." One of them who wielded a sword said, "Is this the guy we were told about?"

"Yea." Another with a crossbow said, "He's the one."

"Let's get him and turn him in." He said, "Master Hades is giving out a hefty bounty for him."

I rolled my eyes, "Oh." I said, "It's this."

Suddenly, they all charged at me. They wasted no time in surrounding me and going at me with full force.

I dodged their swings and deflected their projectiles with ease. It was laughable at how bad these fuckers were.

"Hey now." I said, "Are you guys all there is to it?"

I casually kicked a guy with a hammer away as I dodged two of them that swung their swords at me.

"Bastard." One of them said, "Stand still!"

He fired his crossbow at me. I merely dodged the bolt. I then lunged at him and hit him with a straight punch, hitting him in the face.

"We have to finish this before the other group gets here!" One of them said as I casually zipped around and punched everyone, "But this guy's tough!"

I chuckled as I rushed behind him, "There's more of you?" I said as I grabbed him from behind, "Well, I better wrap this up!"

I had held him by the waist from behind and performed a German Suplex on him, landing him on his head and causing the ground to shatter a bit. This was more than enough to end him. I doubt he'll be getting back up.

I straightened up and saw three of them rushing me.

I chuckled, "You idiots are so dumb." I said

In an instant, I kicked them all in the chest, sending them flying.

I stopped and looked around, seeing that they were all dealt with. It wasn't much of a challenge.

I then sensed an incoming projectile from behind. I moved my head slightly as the projectile flew past me. I saw that it was a magic bullet, it hit the tree causing a small blast.

I turned to see another group of masked mages from across the river. They all wielded their own weapons but some of them had staves. I assume they wielded magic.

One of them raised his sword as it lit on fire.

I smiled, "Oh well." I said,

"Let's do it."

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"Is there no end to you?" I said as I punched a large mage away

This was the fourth wave of masked mages that I had fought off. I was merely using basic martial arts enhanced by my magic power. I wasn't even breaking a sweat but it was getting repetitive and boring.

I turned to see one of them charge at me with what looked like metal gauntlets. They were crackling with electricity.

"Tch." I said as I dodged and blocked his punches, "You're really feisty, aren't you?"

"Damn you!!" He shouted as I casually blocked his attacks

The electricity wasn't even hurting me, it was just causing slight shocks to me. I was unimpressed with this fucker. I kind of wanted to break his entire body for boring me like this.

"Fuck off." I said as I hit him in the head with a roundhouse, "Get better shit next time."

He dropped to the floor unconscious.

I then felt the ground shake a bit. I turned to see a stampede of horses charging at me from a clearing. They had more masked mages on their backs as they pointed their staves at me.

They began firing magic blasts at me from horseback.

"Tch." I said, "It just doesn't end, huh?"

I jumped up in the air above them and pointed my arm towards them.

"Sky God's Tempest."

I fired off a beam of whirling black wind at them. As it hit, a massive explosion of wind hit them all and it caused a shockwave of air. I watched as they all fell from their horses.

The majority of them were left unconscious but there were some that managed to avoid serious damage.

I landed on the ground and immediately blocked one of them that turned his staff into a massive sword filled with purple magic energy.

"Easy, hot shot." I said as I pushed him away

I noticed that the ones who survived the attack grouped up behind him. It seemed like a couple of them had deployed barrier magic and managed to mitigate the damage from my attack.

"Well, you're not gonna survive this next one." I said as I reared my hand back and charged a spiral of black wind

I then swung my arm at them.

"Sky God's Furious Boreas."

Upon swinging my arm, I caused a massive and vicious whirlwind of black wind that hit them, completely sending them flying away. The attack was enough to completely devastate the ground in front of me as the wind was too fast and powerful for anyone to stand in it. It caused massive shockwaves and gusts of wind that even hit me in the face.

I was unaffected by them of course.

I watched as the unconscious bodies of them fell down to the ground.

I sighed, "Pushovers." I muttered

I then heard some clapping behind me.

"Magnificent!!!" A voice said

Turning around, I saw a man standing on a short cliff above me. He was accompanied by another crowd of masked mages. He had a gray pompadour and wore seemingly fashionable clothes.

I recognized him, he was one of the 7 King of Purgatory.

"You're Rustyrose, aren't you." I said

He looked at me with a smug smile, "In the flesh." He said, "And you're the one they call Jason, huh? The one who did Zancrow in."

I gave him a glare, "Don't utter that bastard's name." I growled

He sneered, "Oh?" He said, "Zancrow, Zancrow, Zancrow!! What are you gonna do about it????"

I let out a frustrated sigh, "Quite simple." I said,

"I'm gonna fuck you up."