Written By: Epicstu Wyyvernwriter

In the third of the circles of the Nine within Hell, “Kill you quickly?” Leon Aventis sighed. “He does know I’m watching, right?”

“Not even I can tell when one of you has their eyes on me or anyone else for that matter,” Aleister replied. “On the matter, I prefer that your names wait until my brother is finished with Searl and can die without repercussion.”

“I don’t have control over those who share my name,” Leon Aventis replied. “You know this.”

“I am aware,” Aleister replied. “That is not why I am here.”

“Then what do you want, End?” Leon Aventis was becoming impatient with his sudden unwanted company.”

“I would like to requisition a contract,” Aleister replied before handing Leon Aventis a scroll.

Upon opening it, Leon Aventis noticed it was for, “Edward? Your own brother?” he chuckled a moment, “you really are the worst, Aleister.”

“To be carried out the moment he is re-synchronized with Heaven,” Aleister replied.

“I am gonna lose a lot of myself in this contract,” Leon Aventis commented.

“About that, where do they go when they die?” Aleister questioned.

“Here,” Leon Aventis replied, “with me.”

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“Kill you quickly?” the Leon Aventis known as Hunter laughed. “God, I was hoping you’d ask.”

A crossbow bolt hit him in the shoulder through a joint in his armor, “not if I have anything to say about it,” Nid interrupted having removed her restraints.

“Quite right,” Gentleman chimed in, his restraints removed as well.

“The Blizzard must not be allowed to die until Searl has been dealt with,” Wizard’s voices echoed as he vanished into shadows.

Breaking his restraints through raw strength alone, “sorry, but you’ll have to deal with us first,” Ranger shrugged his shoulders.

A silent blade from one end of House’s quarter bit into the back of Hunter’s neck, “I suppose you’re all wondering why I left your gear on you…”

“Hold on!” Scoundrel interrupted, still trying to pick the locks that bound him. “Almost… nearly… there! Haha!” He drew Emily, his trusty revolver, with lightning speed and shot off the tip of Hunter’s left Elven ear. “Wait, why did you leave our gear on us?”

Hunter grinned and then rolled forward as the shield in his right gauntlet bloomed into the shape of a flower which caught Scoundrel’s bullets and Nid’s bolts, funneling them to its center before firing them back at them. The shield in his left gauntlet unfurled in the shape of a kite to block Ranger’s arrows and deflect House’s swift strikes. All the energy taken from the attacks stored now, the shields receded and a cannon formed around Hunter’s right hand. He aimed it at Wizard launching a concussive blast which distorted Wizard for a moment. With his left fist he punched the ground releasing its shields stored energy to knock Gentleman off his feet before he could land a deadly blow. “What can I say? I love a challenge,” Hunter answered.

“Ah!” a force sent Hunter through the walls of the holding cell, “you overestimate yourself,” said Ranger his ax in his right and his sword in his left ready for battle as he with in the hole in the wall he had made.

Hunter’s ships power ceased and all became dark as the massive vessel became stranded in the vastness of the Void, but Hunter could hear his opponents and feel them move through the sensors in his armor. He knew their every movement, “we shall see.” his shields readied as his helmet fit over his head and face locking itself together as the heads up display within activated. Now he could see them too, “You better kill me quickly.”