It took about an hour, like Shino thought it would to reach the shores of Ionia. Although they had no idea where in Ionia the shores would be, but at least they were thankful that no one turned into a crispy fry during an attack of a mysterious dragon. They wondered that if that dragon existed here just when they were at the starting point of the mission, then how hard would it get when they made it to the middle, or the end of it…?

The group shuddered at the thought, save for Yasuo who was not that deep in relation towards their mission, though he would be sad if the children who he got used to here died.

All of them climbed crawled over the shores with fatigue in their muscles due to swimming for an hour without rest. Even though they had Aura and were trained Huntsmen, swimming in full gear while trying hard not to sink? There was even one team who carried a floating iron part of the wreckage just to bring one of their fear-stricken teammate to land!

Once they got on the shores, most of them collapsed on the ground. One however, just blazed through the shores and kissed the ground, as if worshipping a long lost Goddess in which he believed in.

“OH THANK GOD FOR LAND!” Neptune shouted towards the sky as he continued his act of kissing the ground and praising the sky. The other teens nearby him inched farther away in disgust, while Neptune’s teammates however, just walked up – some crawled - towards him to console him as to not further let their newfound teammates be disgusted by him any longer.

While all that was going on, Ruby and her team were trying to wring off the water within their clothes. Weiss was enraged at being soaked, while Blake was steaming, though she didn’t let it show on her face. Yang was incidentally, looking at her hair to see if there were any damages to it, and Ruby was using her Semblance to speed dry her clothes by running around.

Jaune and his team were, even though they were in a life or death situation earlier, goofing off while trying to dry their clothes. The reason for goofing off was 100% due to Nora being hyperactive because of being on an island in which no one about them knew about, except Yasuo.

Team CFVY was just being themselves as they dried their clothes by any means necessary. For the men, they took of their tops and wrung it to release the water stuffed inside the fabric. For Coco and Velvet however, they were looking eagerly at Shino in hopes that they could set up camp and create a fire nearby. They did not like getting soaked in their clothes, and they smelt of salt water.

Yasuo was drying himself through the wind, which was no shock to them. And since he saw the gazes of the children, he let hot air flow through the area in hopes drying the children’s clothes. For some reason, he smiled ironically that his technique that could be used to slaughter hundreds of people could be used to dry clothes for others.

Shino, who was also involved in the drying ceremony done by Yasuo, gave an thankful nod to Yasuo before shouting towards the teens.

“Alright, all of you attention!” the loud voice boomed around the area and the teens quickly gathered around him. “Now that our transportation and communication towards Atlas is gone, we’re all on our own out here. Whenever there is an urgent situation, consult me, and only me. If you think that there is no time, then do what you must. But always remember that your actions can impact the lives of all of us here.”

Shino stated his right to command, as well as set a rule in that which the teens should follow to heart, lest they wish to have their lives forfeit during their dangerous mission. If at all, Shino wanted all of them to come back alive, and if not, he wanted to sacrifice himself just to let the children live.

“You’re all Huntsmen and Huntresses, and you’re training will have surely paid off,” Shino began with a heartfelt tone. “But know that during training, a Huntsman is better off with a team than without, such is the power of numbers and teamwork.”

“That is why, whatever happens, do not, and absolutely, never separate from each other if possible,” Shino stated, full of care and worry in his eyes. “Remember that you not only hold the life of your own, but the lives of your teammates who trust and rely on you.”

Shino looked towards the teens and he saw a blazing fire in their eyes. They all felt resolute and took the words Shino had said to heart. Even they did not want to endanger one of their own because of a mistake they made. Shino nodded with a smile on his face and said, “Good, for now, we take a rest for a few minutes, and then we continue. Sounds good?”

Shino was met with a huge ‘YES!’ from the teens who were a little bit fatigued from swimming with full gear. Since Shino always travelled lightly, with only the bare necessities on his personage, he wasn’t that tired from the swim.

Once all that was done, Shino approached Yasuo and asked if he was familiar with this place. Yasuo scanned the area to look for any landmarks he may have found during his days of wandering. Suddenly, he saw some blade marks on one huge tree just right at the edge of the forest beyond the shores. He got closer to it, with Shino accompanying him, and he squinted at the marks which were about a few weeks old.

“I recognize these strikes,” Yasuo chimed, recalling the blademaster of a certain style which he got into a fight in the past, but ended in a draw. He could still feel the blade strikes ringing in his head as they fought with their lives on the line. It was also the first time in which he met someone who believed that he didn’t kill his own master, so the both of them parted with good thoughts towards each other. “Good with a sword, and swift on his feet. If you encounter each other, don’t bother fighting him, he’ll kill you in seconds.”

Engraving Yasuo’s warning to heart, Shino vowed to his heart not to fight someone from this land all willy-nilly, lest he finds his head separated from his body. He will also share this information to the teens once they finish resting up.

While Yasuo and Shino were busy examining the blade marks, Squads RWBY and JNPR were huddled together while sitting down on the sandy beach. Ruby was sad that their only method of transportation was gone, as well as their change of clothes and essential items, such as food and water. Now that they had none of those, it won’t be long before they starve, and they have to hunt for animals for food and search for rivers and streams for water.

“Hey sis,” Ruby called out to her sister meekly as she tried to rest her tired legs from running around with her semblance.

“Yeah? What is it Rubes?” Yang responded while cleaning her hair by removing salt and dirt off using her hands.

“What do you think was that creature that destroyed the bullhead?” Ruby wasn’t able to get this feeling of dread of her chest. If this was just a creature out of thousands in this world, then how are they supposed to complete their mission without losing some of their teammates?

Yang saw the deflated face of her usually chipper and energetic little sister, and this pained her heart. Weiss on the other hand was just sitting down in silence as she contemplated the nearby future, while Blake was reading her dried book of Ninjas of Love.

“You know what? Don’t mind that little sis’,” Yang brought her arm around Ruby’s neck as she gave Ruby a noogie (rubbing her head with her fist) in her usual manner to not worry her little sister. “It’s just bad luck, that’s what it is. So don’t get caught up in all that sad and melancholic mood. It doesn’t suit you at all, all right?”

“Arghh!! All right! All right! Just stop doing that!” Ruby shouted in pain, annoyance, and relief at what her big sister was doing. So what if it was hard? They just had to try harder. Difficulty never stopped them even when they were trying to stop the train from attracting Grimm towards Vale in one of the White Fang’s ploy.

“That’s my little sis’!” Yang proudly puffed up her chest, as she gave another noogie to Ruby. Ruby, as usual, tried to escape from her grasp, but Yang’s strength was higher than her own, and also, part of her didn’t want to let go, so she suffered from under Yang’s ‘torture’ for a few seconds before a laugh came from Jaune from across them.

Then they remembered that Team JNPR was actually talking with them before Ruby got caught up in her thoughts, and Yang decided to relieve her, and this caused a blush to creep on their face because of embarrassment.

“I wish my sisters were like that,” Jaune looked towards the horizon with lifeless eyes as he recalled the ‘torture’ he endured under their care. Although it was done with care and love, Jaune thought otherwise.

“Come on Jaune, don’t be like that,” Pyrrha admonished Jaune for belittling his family. “They’re family, and families love each other no matter what they do, right?”

Pyrrha smiled towards Jaune as he embarrassingly scratched the back of his head. While doing so, he also uttered an embarrassed chuckle as he said, “Yeah, you’re right. Even though they were hard on me like that, I know that they cared about me in their own way. It’s just… I don’t like being treated as a kid.”

“Oh Jaune,” Pyrrha nuzzled against Jaune with her head as she relished in his warmth. Jaune’s face immediately went poof and turned red, while Pyrrha’s cheeks turned a rosy pink. She smiled and muttered, “You’re always a kid in my eyes, Jaune,” in a low voice to not get caught by anyone.

Ever since that hot and steamy night full of passion and love, Pyrrha was getting bolder and bolder as she asserted her dominance on Jaune. There was no mistaking it, Pyrrha was incredibly infatuated towards Jaune, and now, it just kept on rising. Ren and Nora didn’t mind this since they knew what it felt to be like that, although they weren’t in that route yet, the same couldn’t be said about the future, and Nora would do whatever it takes to win Ren’s heart.

While she watched this, Yang felt jealous because Jaune – also known as vomit boy to her – had found true love before her. Ruby was feeling jealous a little bit for seeing her close guy friend being nuzzled up by a pretty girl, but she immediately dismissed this thought since it already happened.

Suddenly, Blake’s bow twitched and she looked towards the forest where Shino and Yasuo were discussing. She alerted the other squads, as well as her own, and picked up their weapons. Shino and Yasuo glanced back towards the teens and saw that they were all ready for combat, which gave them plus points in his book.

Shino took his weapons, also known as [Night’s Embrace] as he got into his stance. Yasuo just stood there with his hands at the ready on his grip. Just when they felt something approaching, the bush nearby rustled, and all of their attention gathered towards the bush. The atmosphere tensed up as the Huntsmen, Huntresses, and Samurai got ready for incoming combat. The bush rustled once more and two figures came out of the bush. One, a monkey Faunus… Maybe… And the other, a man wearing headgear with 7 lenses…

It wasn’t long before Yasuo relaxed his guard as he smiled and walked towards the man wearing a strange headgear and said, “Hello, old friend.”

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Roman Torchwick was walking along the roads after escaping from the scene of purple hair chasing blue hair. This time, he was met with a group of soldiers, with the leader being a woman with blades for legs. Roman Torchwick took a closer look and saw that she also had gapple-spindled hips, and some other parts in which he knew a human would never have.

He even wondered whether the woman was even really human, what with hher sharp gaze and glint in her eyes. It even sometimes changed from orange to blue, and blue to orange whenever she blinked. Her hair was white and it was braided to form something like goat horn at the back of her head. She was tall, taller than Roman, and he knew, that if he fought against that lady, he would be ripped to shreds in an instant, Aura or no Aura.

So instead, he asked some passerby’s some questions pertaining towards the woman, as well as her band of soldiers.

“You don’t know?” the passerby questioned full of shock, because seeing his get-up he thought that he was a noble. But since he didn’t want to anger said noble, he gave Roman the basic of information about the Clan Ferros’ Principal Intelligencer, Camille.

When Roman heard this, he resolved himself not to get involved with the woman known as Camille. Roman thanked the passerby as he walked away, away from the group. And then he noticed one thing, the sun was going down and he had no place to spend the night. Worst of all, he had no money to even buy something to eat since his stomach was grumbling.

‘Ugh… This is getting annoying,’ thought Roman as he wandered the area in hopes of finding something, anything that could land him some cash. Just then, the street lamps glowed and the sun set, revealing the pale moons above their heads. One whole and the other fragmented.

This caused turmoil in Roman’s heart, but he noticed that the people around him paid no attention to it like it was just normal. Of course this would confuse people at the first day it happened, but time always solved things, unless something happened. So he wondered, for how long was he out when that floating girl knocked him unconscious?

Roman sighed and shook his head to forget that train of thought. For now, he had to find a job, or anything that could land him some cash and shelter. Just then, he broke out of his stupor as he looked towards a giant building. It looked like a theater and he marveled at the architecture. And then, he heard it, a tune floating in the wind. It came from the theater, it sounded like a piano.

Roman heard the melody and was captivated by its tune. Roman walked through the giant doors and into the theater, where he came upon a flight of stairs to the left and right, and engraved double doors at the center.

Roman thought better to enter through the doors. So instead, he went up the stairs and followed the path. The next area he found himself was a balcony in which it seemed like people of high positions would sit and watch the play from here. When he looked down, he saw a man with a mask playing a grand piano. He wore a cloak that draped over his upper body and a somewhat large protrusion from his right shoulder and his right hand looked like it was made of brass, bronze, and some other metals. His wore black gloves, fingerless gloves on his left hand, and he also saw, holstered on his waist something like a cane, and on the piano, a gun that looked like it was crafted carefully and meticulously to result in such a magnificent form of a gun.

He was playing wonderfully, like a grand performer that was playing in his peak towards the audience. The moonlight shone from the sky through a gap in the roof and towards the man playing the piano. It resulted in a picturesque painting that looked like it would go for millions of Lien. But while Roman was watching the stunning performance, deep in his gut, he knew, he should run away from this place at once. He knew, that if that masked man wanted to, he would die in the most gruesome way. Years of being a criminal mastermind sharpened his gut feeling to the extreme, and now, that gut was screaming at him to run. Run away and never look back, as looking will result in a fate far worse than death.

But he was just so captivated by the performance that his body refused to move, that his brain refused to follow his gut that saved him countless of times. He hesitated to move… no he refused to move, and continued watching the stunning performance. Suddenly, the man glanced towards his location with his revealed red eye from under the mask. It showed a psychopathic and dramatic glint as Roman shuddered in fear and terror at the deep glint he saw in the man’s eye.

‘I need to run!’ Roman thought in desperation, but his escape route was cut off, as a group of soldiers entered the building, followed by a woman who he knew to be Camille, the Principal Intelligencer of the Ferros clan that resided within Piltover. ‘FUCK! I’M TRAPPED!’

Roman cursed his own being for being drawn towards the music and walking into what could be said as a deathtrap. Then he noticed, there were bodies on the seats at the ground flow. And he saw them, the gruesome sight of people without limbs, without faces, without eyes, without a nose… It almost made him retch at the horrible sight of deaths he had ever seen in his life.

Sure Grimms could kill people in that same way, but this was all done by a single human. He had no idea how far a psychopath would take it just to do those things to the living. Then, he heard another sound of doors being pushed open with a kick. He looked below, and saw the soldiers – They were in fact employed by Camille so they were no soldiers – swarming at the ground floor.

Since Roman had no other options to leave the premises, he would at least watch what would happen and escape once the coast was clear. He looked closely at how people would fight in this city in contrast to back in Remnant. He hid his body and only let his head peek out from the ledge as to not give himself away towards the soldiers and Camille, and seeing that the masked man didn’t talk about him even though he knew was here, Roman heaved a sigh of relief.

Just then, a soldier stepped on something and it caught his leg, trapping him on the spot. Camille saw through this and realized a number of her mercenaries were trapped in the same manner. Her eyes glowed blue, orange, and back to blue as she looked towards the perpetrator of murdering countless of merchants within the confines of Piltover.

‘Khada Jhin,’ Camille thought as she looked back towards man who had been on a murder spree within Piltover. Then she broke into a run as she dodged the mercenaries blowing up into gruesome bits of flesh. Blood and guts spiraled everywhere as the explosions caused a chain reaction inside the broken theater.

Roman all saw this with a hint of fear in his eyes. Just how much planning was brought into this type of engagement? The reason he thought this was because he noticed something. The traps were all placed elaborately on the ground, chairs, and hell, he even spotted some on the top of the chandelier that was hanging on the roof. But most of all, the explosions were chained from the middle, path towards the stage and then behind the chairs.

The sight of blood spraying all around in a coordinated fashion got his guts burning to urge Roman to retch and run from this place. But Roman continued to watch, because the masked man glanced shortly towards him with a glint in his eyes, as he took his gun from the piano and aimed towards the running woman.

Jhin shot at Camille arrogantly, but kept on missing as Camille dodged each shot, irritatingly, in a perfect manner. She wondered whether this man, Jhin, was missing on purpose or not, because she saw, behind her, the shots hit perfectly on some wires that led to traps below her, causing Camille to use her grapple towards the roof. Jhin continued to shoot, but kept on missing as he shot his fourth bullet.

The fourth bullet missed, but instead hit the chain of the hanging chandelier and caused the traps on top of it to go off, exploding behind her as she launched herself towards Jhin who bowed in the most elegant way possible.

“You’ve been a wonderful audience,” Jhin praised as he glanced towards Roman for a short while, in which Roman knew Jhin glanced at him, and then back to Camille. “Good night!”

Suddenly, a trap door activated below him and gravity caused him to fall while still keeping his bow as elegant as possible. And just when Camille thought she would have the murderer’s head, a huge explosion set off right in front her, although she got out of it with only minor injuries.

When she saw it, it looked like a grenade had tossed itself towards her just when she was about to land her attack, which caused her to stagger and miss the opportunity to kill the murderer. Although she got out of it with only a burn mark and some black soot covering her body, the same couldn’t be said to the kill team she gathered.

Guts were spilled about, blood was painting the walls and floor, and bodies were scattered around the area. Anyone who had weak mental constitution to gore would no doubt, puke and retch all of their food when they saw this sight.

And Roman who, albeit hid from the slaughter, got a first row seat towards all of this, found it hard not to puke his guts out. Using what strength he had left, he left the balcony and out the theater without getting caught by the woman or any citizens.

‘It’s official, this town is crazy,’ Roman thought as he found a deserted alleyway and puked up his guts.

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Within the base of the White Fang in Anima, Adam could be seen nursing himself to health as he recalled the night where he was mutilated in combat. One of his horns was gone, his left hand’s middle and ring finger now a stump, and his body was decorated with countless of wounds covered by bandages. It was a miracle that he survived even though he lost an enormous amount of blood.

And now, he was being called by their leader, Sienna Khan, to report for what, his failure of an operation, or disobeying Sienna Khan?

“Bullshit,” Adam cursed under his lips as he took more painkillers to ease the pain as he prepared to meet with Sienna Khan. That operation was now a complete failure because of a certain giant monster crashing down from the sky, which diverted the populace’s fear towards the monster instead of the White Fang. Although there was an effect on lessening the racial discrimination Faunus faced from the humans, it was just a little amount, so their losses were huge compared to the benefits gained.

Adam struggled to get up, but was able to with much pain since the painkillers haven’t taken effect yet. He then grabbed his sword, [Wilt] as he struggled to walk on his own two feet. The good news here was that a subordinate of Salem should be arriving soon to help him with the, negotiations that were about to occur.

Adam walked towards the building that housed their High Leader, Sienna Khan, and outside of it, he could see Hazel Rainart, waiting patiently while spears were pointed towards him by the guards. Adam saw this and smirked for a moment before he continued to walk towards Hazel and the building.

Once the guards were within talking distance, Adam said, “He’s with me,” before signaling the guards to lower their weapons. The guards hesitated for a bit, before they lowered it and replied, “If the human poses a threat, know that we won’t stand down,” with a bit of hatred towards the human.

Adam nodded and both he and Hazel continued towards the insides of the building. They came upon a long passageway, and at the end of it, sat Sienna Khan on her throne, and before her, Adam kneeled with a groan because of pain. She was a tiger Faunus and had brown skin with black tiger stripes decorating a part of her arms.

She looked to Adam with pity and anger, pity towards his current state, and anger towards the mission in which she held disapproval for. Now that the humans had justification for prejudice, this was now the calm before the storm. Faunus would be treated a little nicer because of fear for a while, but once that subsides, it will just get even worse. Hell, in the coming years, they might just say that Faunus-kind is a threat to Humankind, which will result in another war, this time, vying for the extermination of a species, all of this because of Adam’s ‘operation.’

Though she was also wondering about the second moon which was totally abnormal, but seeing that there were no huge problems such as tides, earthquakes and whatnot, she disregarded it for the moment to focus on the present.

However, in other places such as Piltover, Bandle City, and some others which had no idea about the planet merging were busy having nervous breakdowns or even racking their brains to supply a possible hypothesis in which why did a second moon appear? Much more to Mount Targon, where the Lunari were now having the time of their lives with the Solari being in danger of their way of life, but that is a story for another time.

“Now then, Adam, I don’t suppose you have anything to say for yourself?” Sienna asked Adam with spite and venom laced in her words. Although it was directed towards Adam, most of it were directed to the human Adam brought with him. Adam just held his tongue. Ever since he came back, mutilated by a human, his popularity has been down in the slumps. His follower count was decreasing at an alarming rate, and now, he couldn’t follow upon the coup he had so envisioned once Beacon has fallen. “You know that bringing a human here is grounds for execution.”

“Well?” Sienna pushed Adam to respond, but Hazel took the bullet for this one as he stepped forward and bowed while saying, “Apologies, ma’am, but I come here bringing a message from my master.”

“I have no concern with this message your master have for me,” Sienna glared at the hulking figure of a human kneeling before her with his head down. “Leave now, or suffer the consequences.”

“High Leader, please, hear him out,” Adam begged Sienna to listen as he raised his head. “This message is incredibly important, not just for our future, but the future of all the inhabitants of Remnant.”

Hearing Adam’s concerned tone was a first for Sienna, so she stood her ground. She commanded the guards to stand in attention as she sat on the throne once more, this time, curiosity in her gaze.

“Speak,” Sienna commanded with irritation and anger in her voice in having a human in this location. But what Adam said made her think that something must really be happening at a huge degree that even Adam had begged for her to listen. “But the longer you stay here, the lower your chances of leaving alive.”

But be that as it may, Sienna still held dislike and hatred towards humans, so she couldn’t avoid her toxic tongue towards the hulking man who stood before her. The man thanked Sienna for the opportunity given to speak and said, “Nobody needs to die tonight.”

“Well then, my master brings this message towards the entire White Fang group,” Hazel stated from the message he memorized from Salem. “Danger is approaching that could burn Remnant to ashes. Serve me with loyalty, and I’ll ensure you all live.”

Sienna had a frown on her face as she listened to every word Hazel said. She then stood up and commanded her guards to point their weapons towards the man as she glared at him and said, “Do you take me for a fool, human?”

“I do not, ma’am,” Hazel honestly replied as she stood his ground and stared at Sienna Khan with his composed expression. “Because I’ve seen it with my own eyes, power beyond anything this world has to offer. Even my master who is probably the most powerful being in the entire world of Remnant cannot hold a candle to that being.”

For the first time, Sienna felt fear coming from the human. The human was composed when he came here. He was composed the entire time from when he entered here, and when he spoke about the message which would naturally make Sienna rage. But when he spoke about the being that held great power, his natural stoic expression crumpled into a frown.

He recalled the giant body of the majestic looking dragon as it arrogantly threw a star towards them without a sweat. Heck, he didn’t even struggle to throw that star towards them that looked like it could pretty much destroy the entirety of Remnant.

“What is it?” Sienna asked Hazel about the being that even he feared. Hazel broke out of his stupor as he said, “A giant space dragon that can call down the stars from the heaven to strike his foes.”

When Sienna heard this, she was compelled to have her guards skewer the man who she thought crazy, but then a rumbling sound was heard and the ground shook. Hazel froze up and looked towards the sky which was covered by the roof of the building.

“By Gods… It’s here…” Hazel muttered under his breath with fear laced around his voice.

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Aurelion Sol was having fun observing the various happening on the two worlds. For instance, there was a tiny storm dragon that fired a bolt of lightning towards one of the mortals craft for transportation. Another was a tribe from Freljord camping just outside a city under a floating city while dealing with Grimm. A crow was gliding around it, seemingly observing each and every move of the tribe’s people.

There was also one funny incident where The Aspect of Twilight brought a mortal with her and sent her to random location, which in turn sent him to a town of mortals known as Piltover in Runeterra. It was amusing, to say the least. First he ran into an incident where a mortal was chasing another mortal, then he finds a mortal who was remade into a machine, and the next thing that happened was that said mortal stumbled upon a theater and saw an amusing performance of death and blood.

“Adorable mortals,” Sol mused to himself as he tried to look for any other happenings on the planet as he continued, “Basking in the ignorance of their lives as they walk to a path of death.”

Just then, he found another amusing situation nested on the East side of the planet that merged with Runeterra. If he remembered correctly, it was called Remnant by The Aspect of Twilight.

“Oho, it seems that immortal is building up her forces,” Aurelion Sol grinned at what the immortal was doing. Even though he just threatened them for a bit, he never really hoped that it could spur the immortal to gather forces, but it worked. And now, it won’t be long before he directs it towards Targon so he could once again be free to forge stars.

He moved in closer to get a good look and saw that a tiger-eared mortal was about to skewer the huge man who he saw to be the subordinate of the immortal. Since he thought that it would be a waste of forces that could be used to fight against Targon, Aurelion Sol decided to once again make an appearance, just to get even closer to his goal.

Once again, he shook the ground and tore the skies open for a dramatic entrance. If it was anything Aurelion Sol learned in his life, it was making an entrance. He shrunk his body a bit so that his head and body would be visible towards the mortals that would bask in his presence.

Once he got about the correct size, he showed himself towards the mortals who were shaking in fear due to the sudden earthquake in supernatural phenomenon. And now, that fear turned into terror and awe once Aurelion Sol showed his self through the clouds and dark skies.

He grinned and created a tiny star. It was incredibly tiny for normal star, but its size was as big as a mansion. Then, he shot it towards the mansion where the subordinate of that mortal was at. When the star collided with the mansion, Aurelion Sol had it stop just at the roof so that the mortals within could see and bask in his wondrous glory.

Just after removing the roof through a flashy and awe-inspiring gesture, the mortals already knew, they had no power against this being. Most of the mortals just stared up at him with shock and fear as they froze up on the spot. But the most affected of this, were the mortals who were subjected towards the star heading towards them. They felt the heat, they felt the pain, and worst of all, they felt death creeping up to them.

The mortals within quickly ran out of the mansion, with the subordinate of the immortal who was first out and quickly kneeled in front of Aurelion Sol. The masked, red-haired mortal just looked up above with his jaw dropped, ignoring the wounds that opened up due to the heat and running. And the tiger-eared mortal just trembled and shook as she looked upon the wondrous sight that could’ve instantly taken their lives in one fell swoop.

“Greetings, mortals,” Aurelion Sol spoke as he caused the waves on the ocean to vibrate just with his voice. This caused the supernatural phenomenon even more real, and caused even more fear towards the mortals.

Aurelion Sol tried to sound polite and all, but the mortals knew the arrogance and pride in his voice. But they didn’t try to prevent him from doing so because they cared for their life. Fighting this being of celestial radiance is a fool’s errand no one would to do.

“But first, KNEEL,” Aurelion Sol commanded with a tone that shook the very core of the earth itself. The trees rustled and broke down, the ocean made waves taller than a house, and a sandstorm appeared, all because of a single voice.

Hearing the command that sounded like a death sentence, all of the mortals inside the camp kneeled towards the dragon while full of fear. Aurelion Sol grinned and he created more stars as he said, “BEHOLD, THE POWER OF THE BEING BEFORE YOU.”

When the mortals looked up, they felt nothing but terror, awe, and dread as they saw the stars rotate around the body of the huge dragon. Aurelion Sol showed a part of his prowess for a bit and waited for someone to speak up. And wait he shall not do for the tiger-eared mortal spoke up before him.

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‘WHAT IS THAT THING!?’ was the first thought that came into Sienna’s head as she saw the giant dragon looking towards them as if they were petty insects. At first she raged and thought to command all of her subordinates to attack the arrogant dragon, but her thought process was cut short as the dragon spoke.

“Greetings mortals,” Sienna felt the vibrations caused by just the voice of this being which caused her to tremble in fear more than ever. She even felt like the water rampaging just on the shores nearby. But she continued to listen towards the dragon in hopes of not earning its ire. “I see that you’re all at an impasse with that kind of discussion, so allow me to chip in for a moment.”

At first, Sienna thought it ridiculous to have a new discussion partner chip in to help settle their arguments, but she had another thing coming.

“But first, KNEEL,” when she heard that word, the ground shook, trees feel, the seas caused tidal waves, and sandstorms emerged. Just by its voice, it could cause that kind of destruction! So she quickly kneeled before the dragon as she hyperventilated in fear and terror. And then, she noticed that it was getting brighter and brighter, but for no reason did she look up because she feared that if she looked up, she would die. “BEHOLD, THE POWER OF THE BEING BEFORE YOU.”

Just then, more tidal waves were formed, more trees fell, an earthquake occurred, causing some buildings to fall and some deaths in the process. And from beyond, she could notice the sandstorm began to worsen. And then, she looked up, and saw it; the beautiful scene of stars spinning around the dragon. It looked like a piece of art that could sell for millions.

The stars spinning around the dragon looked like balls of fire of different colors. It shone through the dark night and illuminated the darkness from above. But Sienna knew, each of those stars was enough to destroy an entire continent. And that dragon could create a seemingly limitless amount of stars just by will alone.

And she knew; everyone here, every single Faunus, young or old, man or woman, everyone here, was terrified. Hell, even the human was terrified because of this single dragon. But suddenly, the pressure was gone and the stars vanished. The only things left were the clouds that had started to form once more, and the wind that refused to flow continued to move once more as an echoing voice resounded in their heads.

“And that concludes my performance of power,” she heard the dragon in her ears as she looked up above the skies, terrified of the dragon than any other human she had met in her entire life. Even Grimm didn’t even amount much towards that being of supreme power. “Remember mortals, fight, struggle, resist, or beg for mercy and die like the mortal you are.”

Then they heard the laughter of the dragon before silence crept up into the area, neither a soul willing to break it. Sienna just fell on her butt as hheld lifeless eyes towards Adam.

“Hey, Adam, let me ask you,” Adam slowly craned his heads due to the pain from his wounds opening and fear from the dragon earlier as he listened towards his High Leader. “What are we fighting for?”

Adam had no response to her question, as even he, upon witnessing the majestic appearance of the dragon, held that very same question in his mind. What does Faunus rights and Human slaves have in accordance with that dragon? Nothing, it had no connection to each other at all. But that made it even more terrifying, the work and plans you had spent a lifetime working on, just for it to be squashed by a dragon that felt bored. It scared them; it terrified them.

“Human, you claim your master to be the strongest being in all of Remnant right?” Sienna asked towards Hazel who was now beginning to calm himself. Hazel just nodded in agreement and Sienna resolved herself. “Please, allow me to meet with her.”

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Lux found herself in the confines of a comfortable house, seated on a comfortable cushion as she drank a cup of tea with elegance. Lux smiled at the mother before she put the tea cup back on the table.

“Excuse me, but I don’t think we’ve been introduced,” Lux said with a bright voice as she looked towards the Vastayan parent. “My name’s Lux. May I have the honor of knowing yours?”

“Oh my, how polite,” the mother smiled and chuckled as she sipped some tea from the tea cup and laid it down back on the table. “My name is Amy, and my daughter that you saved is Ameri. Sadly, my husband isn’t around, but once he comes back, I’ll be sure to tell him about you for saving our daughter.”

Lux just smiled and shook her hand as she saw Amy hold her hand towards her. Lux then took another sip from her tea cup, only to see that it was empty. “Oh dear, here you are,” Amy picked up the tea pot and poured her some more of her tea.

“Thank you,” Lux smiled as she graciously accepted the tea. It wasn’t that delicious compared to the tea back in Demacia, but it was tasty nonetheless. “By the way, you said that we are in Menagerie, but where exactly are we?”

“First time here in this continent, eh?” Amy just chuckled softly as she began to tell Lux about the continent. “Firstly, while it may be true that you are here in Menagerie, Menagerie is a continent and currently, you are in the village of Kuo Kuana, home of the previous leader of the White Fang, Ghira Belladona.

Lux wondered whether who was Ghira, or what is the White Fang, but learning about those names is a start. She really wanted to ask about the White Fang, but resisted the temptation since she might bring unwanted attention to herself.

“By the way, is there any library here?” Lux asked since out of all, she needed information the most. What to do, what not to do, and some other stuff like common sense and countires, areas, villages, etc.

“Yes, there is a library here, but I just can’t take you there since I can’t leave my poor baby alone,” Amy said with a sad look on her face. She knew that it was rude to their benefactor, but she couldn’t help but worry for her daughter.

“Please, I know how it feels,” Lux relieved Amy as she recalled the time when she couldn’t leave her brother alone for doing all sorts of stunts. Suddenly, a commotion was heard outside. As they left the house and headed outside to get a look at the commotion, what they saw instead was a group of armored people asking for passage.

Lux had a headache and told Amy to hide her. Amy wondered why, but she couldn’t refuse the request of her benefactor so she hid Lux inside her house.

“Why do you want to hide so badly from them?” Amy asked Lux as Lux just looked down sadly.

“It’s a long story,” and so, Lux relived her life story starting from where she lived, and why she is here.

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Swain could finally see the land they had set sailed for. The land wasn’t Ionia, no, it was something much more, something that could really lead Noxus to rise.

“Darius, I’ll have you lead the first battalion and demand surrender towards the first village I am to point you to,” Swain commanded him as Darius just nodded and got ready to sortie. It would only about take 20 more minutes before they set upon the shores of this land called ‘Vacuo.’

Swain could finally see the future; the future where Noxus would be the most glorious empire in the world. Everything he did was for the benefit of Noxus. He batted no eye towards the necessary sacrifice, be it his own, or the enemies. Be it a child, or an elder.

And then, the boat docked, and the Noxian Empire finally stepped foot onto the land of Vacuo, and little did the Vacuo citizens knew, a demon has come knocking right at their doorstep.