The Knights of Grimm - Act 5 - The Oncoming Shadow

Chapter 6 - The City of Ruin

Ruby

It was hard to focus, with all the destruction that kept occurring everywhere they looked. As the Krastax laid Vale to ruin, smashing everything in their path, the two Knights of Grimm continued to fight against them.

Death slid back across the ground after Yang punched him in the chest, firing Ember Celica at the same time. His smouldering cape opened into a pair of Nevermore Wings, and he launched a multitude of Fatal Feathers towards them. Ruby shot forward, spinning through the air, and cutting the feathers to pieces with Crescent Rose, leaving very little behind her. She then glided across Weiss' Glyphs, then slashed her Scythe across Ferrum Arctus. He swung into Crescent Rose, sparks flew from the metallic boom, and he then punched Ruby in the face, knocking her backwards.

She tumbled across the slippery floor, driving Crescent Rose downwards to stop herself from falling into the water. She gasped as she looked down, seeing the snapping jaws of Grimm beneath her in the waves. By the looks of it, they were both Dunkleosteus and Sea Taijitu, all of them roaring in the waves as they tried to get at her. She swung herself back up, slicing the head off one of the Taijitus that made a lunge for her.

Death continued his fight against her team, as Weiss shot forward across her glyphs and stabbed into his chest plate. He stumbled back as the Schnee jumped onto his chest, repeatedly stabbing him in the gaps between his armour to do as much damage as she could. He grabbed her by the head and threw her aside. She flipped through the air, then used her glyphs to steady her descent. Weiss landed elegantly, then closed her eyes, lifting Myrtenaster and a golden glyph appeared beneath her feet.

Time slowed around her as she focused her aura, activating her Time Dilation, then she conjured many glyphs that surrounded Death who looked around with confusion. He may not have been affected by the actual slowing of time, but her power was still something even a knight should fear. She suddenly darted forward and ricocheted off the glyphs like a ping pong ball. She cut into him with every passing, slashing him apart, leaving deep glowing incisions in his armour, then she formed one up top and dove towards him. Death quickly moved aside, but just as she landed? She formed even more glyphs and ran fire dust down her blade, thrusting it forward with gritted teeth.

The Glyphs launched a flurry of fireballs into Death's chest, and they all exploded at once, throwing him away from them. The huge Isomacium Knight crashed and tumbled across the floor, ramming his sword down into the ground to stop himself from going too far. He held out his hand and the screeching sound of him forming his Obsidian Bow returned. He drew it as it formed from thin air, glowing with dark red light, and then he fired the newly constructed arrow directly at the Ice Queen.

Weiss gasped, eyes widening, and then she swiftly formed the blade of the Arma Gigas, breaking the arrow upon impact. Death blasted ahead and spun through the air, slicing into the white blade, so hard the Summoned Weapon crumbled into white embers. Weiss staggered back. Then Death swung around and booted her in the gut. Weiss yelped, tumbling across the ground.

On the other side of the Docks, Glynda and Ozpin continued to fight the Knight of Loss. She slid across the wet ground with her glyphs, and as enormous waves crashed against the face of the docks behind her, she froze them into ice. Ozpin shot through time towards her, Sceptre extended and teeth gritted. He thrusted forward with his Sceptre, but she formed a glyph that blocked his attack. The impact blasted a shock wave all around them, but Loss stood her ground, spinning her Tonfas through her fingers.

She rushed him, slashing him across the chest. Sparks flew off as the blades cut across the armoured cogs. Ozpin staggered back from her strikes, then she jumped and slammed both feet into his chest. He tumbled backwards, then spun the Sceptre around, resting it over his other arm. Green energy gathered through the staff and into the tip of its blade, blasting a sharp beam into Loss. She grunted as the beam collided into her chest, tumbling her backwards, but then her back opened and formed an enormous pair of Mourning Dove wings, which glowed bright white. She launched forward, and multiple glyphs formed behind her, all of which shot white blades towards Ozpin.