Path Of Blood - 45 Chapter 38

Cinder and Emerald were strolling at night talking about How Haruki hasn’t slept with them yet…

“I just don’t get it, why would he say ‘I won’t eat you yet little lamb’ like what is he waiting for?”

Cinder amused by Emeralds rants said, “I honestly don’t know what he’s thinking. But whatever it is I hope he does it fast…”

As cinder was saying those words, countless spears flew towards their direction. Piercing their bodies multiple times…

“Hey! Three I thought you said they’re pretty strong!? they’re kinda dead right now…”

Three inspected the bodies, she thought to herself. It doesn’t seem fake…

“Are they really this weak?”

The Bodies of the two slowly turned into ashes… and dissipated.

Revealing both Emerald and Cinder aiming at the both of them.

“Who are you two?” Cinder said as she ignited the three arrows that were aiming at them.

“Hehehehehe, I am Four, and this is Three! we are the last batches of Homunculus Mistress Aergia made! Rejoice for we grace you with our presence!”

Four opened her hands wide, as she gushed praises towards Aergia.

Three nodded her head along.

Emerald then spoke, “that’s not what we were asking…”

Three tapped her head then spoke, “Oh of course!! we’re here to kill you, under mistress Eris’ orders.

We already have hold of your man, it’s best to give up now, or we might have to get a little rough…”

Emerald and Cinder looked at each other and laughed, “Hahahahaha! you can’t expect us to be that stupid now could you?

You!?

Capture Haruki!?

Don’t make me laugh…”

Cinder’s expression darkened, “You’re one hundred years too early, to even reach his level…”

Emerald continued, “you’re probably threatening him, saying the same bullshit.”

Four laughed madly, “HAHAHAHAHAHA! Mistress Aergia and Mistress Eris are together! do you really think that he stands a chance against them both!?”

Three continued, “They’re both sinners, they’re immortal… who the hell in remnant could be strong enough to beat them both?”

Cinder gave them a cocky smirk. “Oh you pitiful child… you have no idea who you’re messing with.”

Cinder fired her arrows towards Three, Emerald appeared behind them and shot them in the back.

Four summoned Her sword and Hammer to block Emeralds bullets, and Three spun her spear around to block and deflect Cinders arrows.

Four shouted, “You two are ranged!! what do you expect to accomplish fighting me??”

Cinder whispered behind her as she fired her flame magic towards four, “it would be best not to underestimate us.”

*Boom!* Four was sent flying across the distance.

Three was surprised by the sudden appearance of Cinder, but as she was about to stab her… Emerald slashed towards her multiple times.

So Three had no choice but to separate with Four and block Emerald with her spear.

Four slowly stood up from the rubble, Cracking her knuckles, “Not bad… Not bad at all…”

Cinder was glaring at Four, “I held back… it won’t be fun if you two couldn’t even put up a fight… Haruki would scold me for bullying brats…”

Emerald appeared beside Cinder, “So tell me why they sent cannon fodder for us to fight?”

Three’s eyebrows twitched from emeralds taunting.

Then suddenly a loud explosion resounded from the distance, Signifying that their fight has truly began.

Four stretched her muscles and leaned on all fours like a cheetah eyeing it’s prey…

“Let’s begin!!!”

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Pyrrha was eating the food Haruki cooked for her, She was planning on taking a walk to cool her head, and take her mind off of what happened to the kid.

She has been mulling over it for a day now…

As she was getting a glass of water.

*Crash!!*

The whole place was riddled with bullets.

Good thing her shield was just Near her, so she could block all the bullets that came her way.

As she Jumped through the window, A few dozen atlas bots surrounded her.

“What!? Why is atlas attacking me!?”

Then the Robots gave way towards the woman she fought yesterday, looking down at Pyrrha.

“I came back, and I made sure that this time… you will suffer.” Two said emotionlessly.

Pyrrha glared at her.

“Why do you have this militarized robots from atlas!?”

Two raised her eyebrows. “Does it matter? all you need to know is that you’re about to die…”

Pyrrha steadied her stance, “Why do you do this? what is the point of all this!?”

Two just tilted her head, “These are the Orders of My creator… I cannot disobey. I only exist as a puppet so My Mistress could further her goals…”

Pyrrha gripped the handle of her blade, “Why do you need to go that far!? You don’t need to follow her just because she said so!!”

Two shrugged her shoulders, “My Mistress Aergia, is the Sinner of Sloth… She was only chosen By Lord Sloth, because she was intelligent… Lord Sloth didn’t care if she didn’t represent Sloth itself.

When she made me, she looked at me as if I was her own daughter, but she told me I was a homunculus…

Then a few months pass, she noticed that I don’t feel emotions…

Her experiment failed. and yet she didn’t call me a failure, she said it was only a set back…

She has accepted for who I am…

So I don’t care what she tells me to do… It is my destiny to serve her…

And I cannot escape that fate of a failure. So I willingly stain my hands with blood for her!”

She said as she remembered her mistress praising her.”

Pyrrha looked at Two conflicted, “That still doesn’t give you the right to use a child for your own gains!”

Two narrowed her eyes, “In the face of absolute power there is no mercy or sympathy… In order to survive one has to pay enough price.”

Pyrrha was angered she threw her shield towards Two. She blocked her shield with her longsword.

“Do you really think that child could have survived on her own if we didn’t take her in?

Do you really believe that someone will be kind enough to give a damn and adopt her?

Don’t be fucking naive! Look around you this is the world we live in, morality is subjective… only the sins and desire matter!”

Pyrrha looked down as she used her semblance to retrieve her shield.

She was glaring at Two, they were both irreconcilable.

They hated each other’s guts, Pyrrha finally spoke.

“You have done so many unforgivable things ever since I met you…

You used an innocent child for your own gains…

You ruined my date…

And most importantly you ruined the food Haruki cooked for me!! if I don’t break your legs right now I want be calling myself Pyrrha Nikos!!!”

*Booom* A thunderous explosion appeared from a distance…

Pyrrha smirked, “Two let’s finish this!”

Two leaked large amounts of bloodlust towards Pyrrha’s Direction, ready to attack at any moment.

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The source of the explosion was Haruki’s Carefully planted C4. When he heard Eris speak, Neo immediately casted her semblance so he could plant his bombs.

Looking up He saw Aergia and Eris unscathed from the explosions.

Neo on the other hand Confronted One.

She was like a Valkyrie, Her beauty was astounding, it doesn’t feel artificial at all.

She was like a warrior goddess.

Neo on the other hand was still wearing her black dress, But Good thing Haruki has Ars Magus…

She told him to materialize her clothes, and slowly changed into her natural suit.

She laid her umbrella on her shoulder, tapping it repeatedly.

(I’ll make sure to at least keep a few of your limbs intact…)

One smiled, “Interesting… I thought only that man could stand against us…

And yet you have the guts to challenge me!? I am the first of Mistress’s creation! I am the Alpha! I am the strongest!!”

Neo smiled smugly as if she disregarded the entire existence of One.

She twirled her umbrella and leaned towards One, (I hope you don’t let me down then… for I am your end… miss alpha…)

One was angered by Neo’s arrogance, she charged towards her and slammed towards her using her Halberd.

She was fast, as she immediately appeared above Neo. The pressure she emitted was immense, Like a bull charging madly at it’s target.

But as she thought She got Neo, Her image shattered. She appeared behind one and kicked her in the butt.

One stumbled on the ground, she glared at her. She was angered further by her complete lack of tension.

Neo Bowed towards her elegantly, One immediately stood up and stabbed at her countless times, forming countless after images of her weapon.

Yet Neo calmly dodged all her strikes as if she was just playing dodgeball, Neo parried The last strike of her strikes.

One expecting a counter upfront, she used her halberd to block her face, But she was struck hard at her liver.

Sending her tumbling on the ground.

Neo used her semblance as soon as she parried off her strike to appear below her right side.

*cough cough!!* One felt breathless as she staggeringly retreated.

(Where is the alpha you speak of? I can’t see her anywhere.)

One slowly stood up, and brushed away the dust from her outfit.

She was grinning, “I figured it wasn’t going to be interesting if you didn’t get a few hits in…”

Neo rolled her eyes at One, (Riiiiggghht, you didn’t make it so obvious so I held back my strikes…)

They both taunted each other, saying mean things at each other.

While Haruki stood on the sidelines as he watched the entire thing unfold.

‘Holy shit a real cat fight!! they’re just insulting each other…’

He sensed some movement from the exploded building…

‘They’re finally making a move huh?’

He immediately contacted back up…

Both Aergia and Eris jumped down from the building.

As they landed… Behind them were countless of the fanatics below slowly turned into Horrifying amalgamation of man and Grimm.

Eris was coldly staring at Haruki…

She dashed towards Haruki without saying a word, He immediately summoned Mournful Vengeance.

He blocked her downwards slash, and kicked the ground to gain some distance.

“What? No evil speeches or Monologues?”

Haruki asked.

Aergia was about to speak, but Eris raised her hand to stop Aergia from speaking.

“What!? I want to tell him how much of a genius I am!”

Eris raised her eyebrow at her words and looked behind her.

Aergia shook her shoulders, “Hehehehehehe, Fine!! But I want that man intact! it doesn’t matter if he’s alive or dead!! Heheheheheh…”

Eris looked straight at Haruki, She slashed towards him.

He parried it once more, “Just getting straight to the point then… okay!”

He evaded her slash and leaned backwards. Her speed was fast, and the strength of her swings were extremely powerful.

They exchanged swords for a whole entire minute, Neither of them backing down nor giving the other the advantage.

Haruki noticed that Her swordsmanship was beautiful, it’s like a dance, she has perfected her sword style unlike Corvus’s reliance on brute strength and His by the book style.

Her blade was her own, and she was one with her blade.

Their entire surrounding was destroyed from the shockwaves from their blades alone.

Eris stopped her attacks and moved back.

“You’re blade is all over the place… How did you beat corvus, by just relying on your disgusting amalgamation of different sword styles?”

Eris ran her fingers on her blade, and pointed her blade towards Haruki.

“I will show you the true sword of a master…”

She prepared to dash, She held her blade steady above her right shoulder.

She stepped forward, Then went into a full Sprint. Smoke and a crater appeared on the place where she previously stood.

He looked around she suddenly disappeared, But as he turned around Eris appeared above him, Slamming her blade towards his head.

“Oh shi- ”

He rolled on the ground trying to dodge her blade.

But as soon as her strike landed on the ground she immediately disappeared again. She appeared beside Haruki, and sent a slash.

Haruki tried to parry but her strike was faster, it created a small gash on his side.

She disappeared once more and appeared at the distance. She was smirking.

“Your blade has substance, You don’t, neither do you have any form or style… it’s a jumbled style of skill you stole… not even practicing it…”

She shook the blood on her blade and continued, “That’s why you’re sword is weak, that’s why you… can never beat me…”

The flames of battle raged all over the town…

The maddening chaos, slowly descended…

And caused ruin to the peace.

The bad trouble finally caught up,

Haruki glared at Eris…

He slowly stood up and charged at her one more time…