Zaigon and Jin stood idle for a moment, a sense of dread hung over them and the cadets watching
"Sir you must flee now"
"I don't even think that would work Cain, I'll just have to hold out until a squad makes it here"
Zaigon raised his hand and instantly 4 red magic beams shot from his fingertips, Jin dodged the first three and as he looked up the last one instantly hit him in the ribs.
"What does he see in you? I still don't understand"
Zaigon vanished and black smoke began to swirl around Jin cutting off his line of sight, Zaigon's voice echoed
"Death is a small penance to pay… In the grand scheme, you are merely a steppingstone for the greater things to come"
Jin suddenly got hit in the jaw, he couldn't even see it or react at all, he let out a breath and calmed himself.
"Weapon Forge: Twin Swords"
He summoned the blades as he could slightly sense Zaigon with Hyper Sense, he shot out from the smoke but this time Jin swung his sword at him only to have Zaigon swat the blade to the side countering by punching Jin through the smoke.
"There has to be something I can do. I can't die here"
Jin tried picked himself up from the ground, but his ribcage kept bleeding more and more as he struggled to stand. Zaigon began to walk towards him slowly turning his arm into a blade, he had a sadistic smile on his face as he stared Jin down
"I have to get up"
Zaigon swung his blade down at Jin's head, but he vanished. Zaigon looked around and smirked
"Hmm running are we"?!
Jin jumped at Zaigon from behind a car punching him in the back of the head, his eyes widened when he realized Zaigon didn't even flinch.
"This isn't the power of a man who defeated an S rank! Show me why my master is so fond of you"
Jin jumped back looking at Zaigon as he turned to face Jin
"What do you really want? This can't just be to test my power, there's more to it than that. You knew I didn't stand a chance so why reveal yourself now"
"Hmm… HAHAHAHA! I wanted you to see what hopelessness felt like. Just like when your pretty little wife and unborn child were cleansed from this world… They were nothing, but if it makes you feel better, you'll see them soon"
Jin's head tilted down, and tears fell from his eyes, Zaigon began to walk towards him and said
"Did I strike a nerve"?
Jin looked up at Zaigon, his face was filled with rage as tears were still dripping down his face. Jin instantly appeared in front of Zaigon throwing a punch, but Zaigon caught his fist saying
"Finally! Now we can begin"
Jin's body surged with mana; he used his hands to spin himself to the side kicking him on the side of his head sending Zaigon flying into a building. As he climbed out of the rubble Jin activated Hyper Tension, the ground beneath his feet began to crack and he says in a cold voice
"I'm going to make an example of you. Starting with you, it's going to be a message to the rest of your kind… I'm your extinction event"
"Hmm we'll see about that"
Zaigon rushes at Jin attempting to throw a kick to his head, but Jin ducked under it turning his back towards Zaigon, he then flipped backwards kicking Zaigon into the ground. As he tried to get up, Jin kicked him into a car
"Not bad… not good enough"
Zaigon teleported in front of Jin turning his arm into a blade slashing at him, but Jin instinctively parried it by summoning a sword to his hand and kicked him in the chest sending him back a couple feet
"Fire Imbuement"
Jin's sword burst into flames, he rushed ay him and started to clash with Zaigon their blades sparked, and they sped up so fast the ground was being ripping up around them.
Meanwhile as Mia, Gwen and an injured Hunter watched the fight from the safety of the WHA buildings courtyard, Eric stormed outside shouting
"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON OUT HERE"?!
Mia looks over to him and slowly points to the fight that was currently underway, Eric moved closer to get a good look and his eyes widened, and Mia says in a shaky voice
"Mr. Saldon, Adam he's … a Reaper, I've never seen anything like that in my life, it talks and looks similar to us…. How"?
"What that's impossible…"
In the middle of this exchange Gwen approached them saying
"We can't just leave him out there, that thing looks powerful! He could die"
"I'm going to call for a squadron to be sent here immediately"
Eric immediately pulls out his phone dialing a number as he walked away from everyone. Mia watched him as he walked away and felt a weird feeling coming from Eric, but she stayed because she was worried about Jin.
As their blades clashed Zaigon hit Jin's blade to the side landed a devastating punch to his gut. Jin fell to his knees coughing up blood and Zaigon proceeded to grab him by the throat bringing him eye to eye with himself
"What was all that talk about you killing my kind…? All I see is a pathetic attempt at prolonging the inevitable"
Zaigon began squeezing his throat and Jin started gasping and choking for air, Zaigon laughed and suddenly Jin stabs him in the chest with a dagger he summoned. He looked down as he held Jin and pulled the blade from his chest and the wound immediately healed, He let out a chuckle saying
"Cheap tricks won't work on me"
Jin looked at him with rage in his eyes as Zaigon began to squeeze again and Jin began to struggle, trying to pry his hands from his neck. His vision blurred and faded, before his vision went black Zaigon was struck with ball of magic that sent him flying causing him to drop Jin in the process. Suddenly an older man appeared next to Jin helping him to his feet he had golden hair and bright yellow eyes
"Sorry it took so long getting here".
"Captain Zayne, it's coming back"
Zayne walked past Jin giving off a powerful aura, when Zaigon came into their view he looked angry and scoffed saying to himself
"I know when to cut my losses, I'm outnumbered and that golden haired man might be an issue"
"Run while you can, filthy fucking thing"
Zaigon looked at Zayne as he said this and his face became irritated rushing away from Zayne and his squad behind him ready to chase him when out of nowhere an explosion went off in the distance masking Zaigon allowing him to slip away
"We will get another chance, everyone spread out and check the surrounding area and send a two-man team to track that thing! We need to make sure he was the only one"
Jin stood there as Zayne approached him again accompanied by a girl with long black hair she was dressed in robes and had a very peaceful aura emanating from her
"Hi, my name is Quinn... Quinn Starlet. Don't move I need to check you out"
Quinn's eyes glowed a deep green and looked Jin's body up and down, she put her hand on his chest and her hand glowed green. He tried to grab her hand as he let out a small whimper, she shooshed him and grabbed his hand saying
"I'm just trying to help. You have multiple broken ribs, and you have some slight internal bleeding"
"How can you tell all of that by just looking at me"?
Quinn chuckled and pointed at her eyes with her other hand replying
"My ability allows me to see injuries and heal them too. I was never one for fighting Hehe"
Eric rushed over to the scene, Zayne walked over to him, and they began to talk to each other. Jin watched them and he stood up while Quinn was still healing him
"No stop! You need to rest"
she said firmly but Jin walked over to them and looked at Eric with an intense look on his face
"You... You let him in here, he walked among us like a person, and I almost died... WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY FOR YOURSELF"?
"I have nothing to say other than I'm sorry. I should've been more alert, but what's concerning me more is how well he imitated a human. I've never seen anything like that"
Eric pulled his phone out typing something into it. When he put it back in his pocket he looked at Jin and looked over at Quinn
"Please take care of him for the time being, I'll leave him in your hands Quinn. I have something I need to take care of"
Quinn grabbed Jin's arm putting it over her shoulder and began walking back to the WHA facility, two soldiers ran past them, running up to Zayne, Jin overheard one of them say as his vision faded out
"Sir, the area is clear. What now"?
"Now we wait until our next orders"
Quinn finally got Jin back into the WHA facility, Jin body became heavy as he lost all the strength in his body. They caught Mia's eye as they entered through the front gates, she ran up to them and as she was about to say something Quinn says
"I'm sorry but right now he needs to rest, you can see him in the morning"
"Oh...Okay"
She brought Jin to the infirmary and laid him on a bed; she looked at him again and noticed his breathing was very heavy almost like he was running from something. She activated her eyes again and looked at him and she scratched her head
"I healed everything so what's the problem? Huh"
She put her hand on his head, and he was sweating profusely, he suddenly murmured
"Eva... I'm sorry"
Quinn looked at him and sighed, she got up and as she was leaving, she said to herself
"I've always been good at helping others with things like cuts and bruises ... But injuries of the heart I can't heal... I hope you find your peace"
she left the room and Mia stood outside the room waiting for her and she questioned Quinn asking
"Is he going to be okay"?
"Yes, he'll be fine! You can check on him tomorrow"
Quinn walked past her, Mia shed a single tear as she looked at the door and wiped it from her face and said to herself
"Thank god"
Meanwhile Eric was in the middle of some desolate abandoned street and suddenly he heard a voice echo from the nights sky and saw Zaigon float down to the ground
"I didn't get caught my master, they know nothing"
Eric looked at him and walked up to him and proceeded to smack him across the face causing him to drop to the ground, Zaigon looked up with fear on his face and Eric replied
"I told you to wait and what did you do.... You disobeyed a direct order"
Zaigon began to breathe hard and looked at Eric as his body morphed into a human looking monster his skin had a mix of red and black scales and spikes appeared around his whole body
"You almost ruined my plan because you couldn't be patient... for that I will only take your arms"
without even moving Eric sliced Zaigon's arms clean off, he fell to the floor writhing in pain as Eric bent down and grabbed him by the hair looking Zaigon in the eyes and said
"If you ever disobey me again, I'll paint this city with your blood"
"Yes master, I'm sorry, I promise I won't act without your word ever again... "
Eric smirked and then turned around morphing back into his human form, as he continued to walk down this street he said to himself
"Dumb fucker almost ruined everything...Jin Aldeus, soon... soon you will understand everything"