Path Of Blood - 91 Chapter 83

Eris made her move, and dashed towards the stunned Jaune. He watched the blade swing at him in slow motion. He was only awoken from being in a daze, when Ren Pulled him from his scruff.

Eris deliberately missed on purpose, Team JNPR all gained distance from their opponent. Jaune was silent, Was he feeling Anger? Fear? But right now it doesn’t matter. If he gets affected by his emotions right now it won’t end well for all of them.

“Ren… Could you use your semblance on me?” He said in a low voice. Ren nodded his head and approached his teammate, He put his hand on his shoulder. Calming all of Jaune’s turbulent emotions. He breathed slowly to steady his emotions. Eris on the other hand was watching all of this transpire. Like it doesn’t affect her. She was silent with a slight frown showing on her face.

Pyrrha approached Jaune, “Jaune… I know it’s hard bu- -” Jaune looked towards Pyrrha and smiled, “It’s fine, I can’t call myself leader if I got affected by everything our enemies said.” Nora grinned, “That’s right fearless leader, It’s time for payback.”

Eris raised her eyebrows, “Hooohh… Alright come at me all at once.” She motioned with her fingers. Aura surged from all four of them. Nora was the first one to jump in the fray. She spun her hammer and fired at the ground.

Once she was in the air she turned her hammer into a grenade launcher, Firing multiple shots towards Eris. Explosions rang throughout the place and covered the entire area in smoke.

Eris couldn’t attack the grenades for it would detonate from impact, so she could only get out of the radius of the explosions. From the smoke gunshots rang and bullets rained down on her direction. She spun her blade and deflected the bullets in quick succession. Suddenly a swords swung towards her waist.

She spun and dodged the strike, while delivering a roundhouse kick towards her assailant. Jaune blocked with his shield but the impact caused him to stagger a few steps. Then out of nowhere a shield came spinning towards her direction. She naturally blocked the strike, but without giving her chance to breathe a hammer came smashing down on where she stood. She flipped and landed on the handle of the hammer. She kicked Nora away, leaving her hammer in place.

She sheathed her blade, and when the smoke cleared she was Holding Nora’s Hammer. Pyrrha frowned. Their opponent was extremely skilled, she had hoped to stall her long enough for the back-up to arrive. But it proved to be moot for their opponent was leagues above their own.

Eris charged in the middle and swung the hammer, Pyrrha’s instincts kicked in and instantly used her semblance to divert the trajectory of Eris’s strike. After her strike missed, Ren and Jaune immediately followed up with a kick on both sides. She blocked the strikes but she was forced to step back a few times since Pyrrha used her semblance on the hammer to push her.

Jaune Transferred vast amounts of aura towards Pyrrha, but it left him drained. The white aura that surrounded him flickered. He opted to stay behind, occasionally backing his team up at certain moments.

Eris tossed the hammer aside and used her bare fists to attack them. Ren and Nora fought her head on, Their strikes were easily parried. But that’s it. She didn’t counterattack. She wore a gleeful smile like she enjoyed toying with them.

From behind their clash Pyrrha was amassing a lot of metals bars. She raised them in the air, Once Eris struck Ren and Nora aside. She stared at the metal beams that were speeding towards her direction. She brought out her blade. Facing the onslaught with just her blade.

The first beam was embedded on the ground, which Eris used as a platform to jump in the air. She sliced off the metal beams that came at her direction. If they weren’t in front of her, she would use those as footing to get to Pyrrha.

Jaune has his eyes open wide, “Umm… Ren? I’m not dreaming am I? she’s rushing into those metals right?”

Ren could only respond with a yes. They were both awestruck from the two’s blatant show of power. Nora on the other hand was already running towards Eris.

“Girls are scary…” Jaune said.

Ren could only nod his head.

Eris sliced off the last of the Metal Beams Pyrrha threw at her, she flipped and landed right in front of her. She smirked and kicked Pyrrha in the stomach. It sent her flying, rolling on the ground until her back slammed into a wall. It made a huge crack that looked like a spider web. Pyrrha was embedded in the middle of the said crater.

Nora swung her hammer and spun it around towards Eris. Eris slightly moved her body to dodge her wide strikes. “Well at least you tried.” She said before she sweeped Nora off her feet flipping her in the air and kicking her in the chest.

Eris didn’t like flashy moves and skills. Large movements are done if necessary, as a pretence of high-handedness, but ultimately, to kill a person showing him the difference between them. But if it was used against her, and the attacks don’t even reach her? It amused her to no end.

“Well?” She looked at Both Ren and Jaune. The two gulped but steadied their stance waiting for her to strike. But before the two could prepare their strikes they were doing into opposite directions. Ren was stuck in the ribs sending him flying towards Nora. His aura flickered while he was in the air. While Jaune didn’t fare better. He probably had his insides ruptured. He coughed out blood as he struggled to stand up. Eris casually strolled towards his direction. As she approached he felt something he hadn’t felt in a long time, ever since He trained with Haruki. Fear.

He was genuinely scared, someone much much stronger than he is was approaching him. Her eyes gleamed, like a predator eyeing it’s prey. Her smile was so beautiful, Yet to Jaune it looked like death was staring at him. Waiting for his soul to leave his body.

She used her feet to kick Jaune, He was flipped upwards to face the damp sky. Eris didn’t do anything she just stared at Jaune. “Look at the vast sky, That’s the difference between you and dear old Great Great Grandfather. You gotta pick up the pace little Arc.”

Jaune just weakly stared towards the sky. A multitude of thoughts racing across his mind. But even if Fear was taking over his body, He grit his teeth and punched himself in the face. He weakly stood up. He struggled at first, but he pushed himself up to stand.

“I…I won’t believe that all that damn training is for nothing… I’ll make sure to wipe that grin off of your arrogant face.” Jaune said. Eris was amused by his antics. “Hoh… At least you’re showing some balls.”

Jaune snickered and replied weakly, “Heh… Phrasing.” He was swaying, he could barely stand up. Blood was clouding his vision. He hit his head once more to ward off the dizziness.

“You barely have any aura left what are you going to do? Bore me to death?” Eris crossed her arms and stood in place, While her eyebrows raised.

“If I don’t have any aura… Then I’m just going to convert everything… INTO MINE!!!” Jaune screamed as the Natural energy gathered onto his hands. He slammed his palms on his chest.

*Boom*

His aura skyrocketed, His Blue eyes gleamed with power. His muscles bulged. He was grinning. He thought to himself, ‘Hahahaha! Holy shit it worked!! Talk about a fucking power-up!’

Eris had her eyes opened wide she didn’t expect this kind of semblance. ‘Now I see why Aergia was gunning for him. And as for Miss Valkyrie over there… She probably has the same purpose but different implementations. I can’t wait to see it done.’

“But without a lid… Your body would just keep absorbing aura until you burst, Like a grape.” She said as she stared at Jaune. But he just grinned at her and kept on gathering aura. The aura he was exuding has probably surpassed veteran hunters at this point.

Eris just shrugged, “Oh well, You were an important specimen. But I guess will make do with just your remains…”

Suddenly the massive Aura that was gathering in Jaunes Body disappeared. Like it didn’t exist in the first place. Eris frowned and her expression turned serious. She thought, ‘Its either the Aura disappeared or His aura has surpassed even my own comprehension.’

When she saw Jaune move her vigilance shot up, as if she were observing a dangerous opponent. Much to Jaune’s satisfaction.

He suddenly raised his arm into the air. He formed a fist slowly. He tapped his foot multiple times. Suddenly his hips shook from side to side. His face turned serious which in turn made Eris put up her guard.

“~~~Oooohhhh There’s a place I know that’s tucked away;

A place where you and I could stay

Where we could go to laugh and play

And Have adventures everyday!

I know it sounds hard to believe

Camp Campbell is the place for me and you!”

He was stepping front and backwards. This earned him the ire of Eris. “What are you doing?”

“Dance off sistah! You and me!

We’ll swim through lakes and Climb up trees;

Catch fish, bugs, bears and Honeybees!

There’s endless possibilities

And No that’s not Hyperbole

Our motto’s CAMPE DIEM

And that means I’m telling you~~!!!

GOT FUCKING PUNK’D MOTHERFUCKER!

Pyrrha BOOOST!!!!”

The massive aura he has gathered reappeared once more, but before anything could register into Eris’s mind. Jaune has already transferred aura towards Pyrrha. Jaune fainted on the spot. Eris on the other hand had her mouth twitching. She got fooled by a kid. Considering her ag- -…*Cough!* I mean considering her seniority she’s supposed to be a veteran.

Pyrrha slashed towards Eris, “Round Two, you damn Thieving Bitch!” Eris moved her head away from her opponent. She smirked towards Pyrrha’s remark.

“You’re one of his women yes? How pathetic.” Eris crossed blades with Pyrrha, Even if Pyrrha used her semblance to redirect Eris’s strikes she would be barraged with kicks and punches.

Pyrrha brought out metal spikes from the ground, she didn’t care how much it’s going to take to fix the whole place. She just wantonly threw everything she got to Eris.

Sparks flew from their blades, But in their exchange Eris was frowning in direct contrast towards her frenzied grin in battles.

“I see now… I now know the reason why… that something about you was amiss.

You have never drawn blood before have you? You’re denying your sword it’s purpose. You’re wasting that talent. That skill. All your hard work will be for naught if you can’t even use the damn thing properly.”

Eris said, This stopped Pyrrha dead on her tracks. She was visibly shaken.

“The sword is an extension of ourselves, in turn a part of us. The part of us that takes. Life.” Eris said.

“My weapon is a tool of Justice.” Pyrrha said.

Eris just shook her head, She dashed towards Pyrrha slashing at her at every direction. Pyrrha frantically blocked all of Eris’s strikes.

“It yearns to bathe in the blood of your enemies but you hold it back!”

Pyrrha flipped backwards her sword turned into a spear. She threw her shield towards Eris. After she parried off the shield, Pyrrha came charging forth with her spear and stabbed towards Eris direction. Suddenly, she slid down and her spear changed into a rifle.

*Bang!!*

A dust bullet grazed Eris in the Cheeks.

“I don’t deny my sword it’s purpose, because it’s not a sword. It’s also a gun.” Pyrrha said confidently as she kicked Eris away and flipped to gain some distance once more.

Eris wiped the blood off of her cheeks, “All that for a drop of blood?” She grinned and suddenly appeared behind Pyrrha.

*BAM!*

She kicked her away, “You have my respect Miss Nikos. I hope they all remember you…” She raised her blade aiming at Pyrrha’s chest.

But before she could bring down the blade, multiple dimensional sword slashes assaulted her. She immediately blocked the strikes, but she got cut in multiple places.

She could feel her spine tingle, “You’re finally here!!! And you’re strength is back! Haruki!!!” Her smile grew larger as moments passed. She was about to charge into the heart of the town, But suddenly stopped on her tracks. She looked behind her and smiled. “It’s seems luck is on your side.”

She picked up both Jaune and Nora and she went to Aergia’s Direction.

“Wait! I said Wait damnit!!” Pyrrha’s screams turned to deaf ears. Eris casually walked as she carried of the two by their scruff. Suddenly she felt some fluctuations. A massive energy burst unknown to her assaulted her senses. She looked towards the direction whence it came. She only saw a massive pillar of flames extending towards the sky.

She grinned, “You got even stronger!! I can’t wait!” She moved with glee skipping on her steps as they furthered the plans of their Master.