34 The Dark Demonic Reaper (1/2)
”Iris, wait!” Riyku was running through the abyss, chasing after a small pale petite girl who was walking away from him. ”Wait!” Riyku shouted reaching his hand out towards her as he continued to sprint after her. ”Iris!” Riyku shouted while chasing her down, but... It would seem he was unable to catch up. The distance between them grew by the second. ”Stop please!” Riyku called out, before tripping over and falling face-first into the ground. ”Wait...” He muttered as he reached out for the girl. A heavy sigh would catch his attention which drifted his eyes towards a person beside him. ”I told you, you were too weak. You were unable to protect her. Your friend Kristen was massively injured and Lira was put into critical condition. You were bound to lose someone eventually.” The male who held a mighty resemblance to Riyku with icy pale flesh, green glowing eyes upon black sclera and several markings engraved upon his body had looked down at him. His snow-white hair dancing against his pale shoulders as he shook his head. ”Tell me Riyku, are you still willing to deny me?” The male would reach his hand out towards Riyku. ”Let me help you. Let me give you the strength to protect everything dear to you. Who knows who may be next, Vex, Mina, Skylar or anyone of Rick's group for that matter.” The man would add which caused Riyku's expression to change from wary to acceptance. ”I...” He would steadily reach out for the man's hand. ”All you need to do is say my name. Call out to me.” The man said as he reached his hand out more and eventually Riyku would grasp hold of his hand.
”HARVESTER!” Riyku shouted aloud in the form of an anguished roar. The mana in the atmosphere becoming visible to the naked eye unlike how it was normally invisible to the naked eye. Small purple orbs started to filter towards the male's body as an immense distortion waved off of his body pushing the leader of Team Reaper away. Well more so, it shoved him back since the man tried his best to not lose his balance. A black and purple electrical current steadily began to spark around his frame which would singe the ground around him as it struck. Another roar would escape the male's lips, sounding off of normal humane vocals. ”Diabolical Energy?” The young male who was watching everything played out. ”So, he is a demon...” Aima muttered, narrowing her eyes at the torrent of black winds. ”Hmm... I don't think he is any ordinary demon.” Naomi spoke up which caught their attention. ”He has several other scents infused with that one. I was unable to detect them earlier, and I have no reason why. However, now... there are other scents. Rage, Hate, Malice, Anguish, Sorrow, Pain, Retribution... and Blood Lust. But the one that seems to be the heaviest of them all, is the scent of Death.” Naomi would add as her body steadily began to tremble. ”Does that mean that some beast had been awakened?” The young male, Noah would inquire as he narrowed his eyes.
”Your Majesty, might I strongly suggest we take you to a safer place.” One of the guards had called from the Emporer's side. The elder would raise his hand and shake his head. ”No. I will see this through till the end. Contact the Hunter Legion, tell them we will be needing them. Inform them of the situation, but not to act until I give the order.” The elder stated his eyes upon the battlefield before him. ”Well... if the old man is staying here. I might as well.” Another attendant stated. ”I guess I should too.” Another seemed to speak up. ”I am curious about what will come of this myself.” Another one added and eventually, the remaining spectators of the high class sitting would agree. ”Let us see if those two were right about this.” The elder would narrow his eyes with the determination to watch everything until the end.
”Riyku...” Mina would shake her head. ”You... you can't. You can't give in... please.” She cried out, tears running down her cheeks. Skylar would place a hand upon his sister's shoulder. ”Mina...” He whispered before shifting his eyes to Riyku. ”Can you feel it? He is in pain... We need to go to him.” Skylar stated which drew her attention. ”But... but...” Mina would repeat through heavy sobs. Skylar would shake his head, his eyes slowly starting to tear up. ”We promised to protect him, no matter what. Right now, he needs us more than ever.” Skylar would remark boldly, holding back his tears as much as possible. Mina would softly nod and the two would move from their seats as if to take action.
”Is that... is truly this happening?” Rick was shocked, paralyzed with fear and anger. He was afraid of what would become of Riyku, afraid for the future, but he was also upset about what had befallen the man. Reunited with his daughter only to watch her be taken away moments later. ”It doesn't seem fair.” Jessica would growl. ”I understand...” Ion would place a hand on Jessica's shoulder. ”Hey, isn't that Mina?” Nora had taken note of Mina and Skylar leaving the stadium. ”Hey, you are right. What do you think they are doing?” Rick had turned his attention towards the two of them. ”I'm going to go find out, you three stay here,” Nora stated as she shot up from her seat, but Mel would grasp her wrist to stop her from leaving. The girl would shake her head, ”No. We are going to come with you.” Melaine would remark firmly, tears clearly in her eyes. Nora seemed like she was going to tell her not to, but Rick, Ion, and Jessica all had this expression that told her they would not take no for an answer. ”Fine. come on, if things become too dangerous though you three are leaving, understand?” Nora was firm in her statement and the three nodded. ”Alright.” They all agreed in some form or fashion and the four of them were off, chasing after Mina and Skylar.
”Riyku...” Vex would mutter as she saw the display upon a monitor. Anyone could tell the woman was upset that there was nothing she could do. She was no longer in the Capital, and leaving now would not do her any good since it took several hours just to get to the Capital. Her eyes shifted to her left and right side when she felt Lira and Kristen squeeze her hand tightly. Their expressions pained, ”Lira... Kristen... You can feel it too? The pain he is enduring...” Vex muttered before shifting his glance back to the monitor. ”Mina... Skylar, please... Make it in time.” Vex would pray.
Another vicious roar escaped the male's lips one final time and the torrent of black winds would disperse. The visible Diabolical Energy in the atmosphere became invisible as the male stood up. His skin of pure pale coloration. His hair was also snow-white to match, but one of the many things to note was a pair of curved horns that perched from his skull. If that was not all there was a spaded tail that flickered behind him and a pair of black boned wings that would unfurl from his back. Clear flaps like that of a bat's seemed to flourish before the wings would retract back into the male's backside. Both of his hands appeared to be more like claws, rather than fleshy hands, and if that wasn't all his height seemed to increased about thirty centimeters. Releasing a heavy breath would reveal canny fangs.
'System Error: Class invalid! System Error: Data Breach! System Error: Virus found!'
'Error!'
'Error!'
'Error!'
Flooding around his body in plain sight was several cybernetic screens that popped up with the word 'Error' on them. Flicking his wrist another cybernetic screen would appear before him titled. 'Administration.' There was a User ID and Password section and the male would tap upon the keyboard of the screen to log in which would bring up another screen over that one. 'Error! Riyku Von Rosario does not have Admin privileges. Starting up shut down sequence!' The text wrote. Sigh heavily the male would slam his fist against the screen.
[Oh no you don't. I have already secured the Operator of version two. You won't be getting in my way this time.] Harvester stated throughout Riyku's mind.
'Error! Unable to startup the shutdown sequence. Error found! Database contaminated! Er--' All of the screens suddenly filtered out rapidly. [There we go... all done. Now then... Limiter level one has been released. It won't be long until you are back at your fullest potential so for now you will need to make do with this power I have been able to get you.] Harvester stated to Riyku who would nod lightly.
'Defeat The Dark Demonic Reaper!'
A large cybernetic screen appeared above the battlefield for everyone to see, which even caught Riyku's eye. [Oh, the system had one last trick up their sleeve eh? Too bad, this ramble can't do anything to you. Not when I am around.] Harvester snickered.
”Dark Demonic Reaper?” Noah narrowed his eyes. ”Defeat him? What the hell!?” Aima exclaimed. ”So... he is a boss level mob?” Naomi remarked with a growl. ”Boss Level? Like as in the dungeons, fields, and castles?” Noah inquired and Naomi would nod. ”From what the weird box is portraying and the dark red cursor that his now above his head.” Naomi would state which drew Noah's eyes to the text.