"Give me that lamp." The Hunter demanded as the Wyvern it rode on roared.
Ruby and Blake stumbled back as the volume of the roar hurt their ears. Ruby more than Blake as she still wasn't used to her new heightened senses as a Faunus. Oscar and Silver glanced at each other while Maria stood her ground.
"You want this thing?" Silver asked before placing the lamp on his hip again. "You're gonna have to pry it off my corpse."
"My creator wants you and the little wolf alive." The Hunter replied. "Your friends on the other hand..."
It barked at the Wyvern, and the massive Grimm lowered itself onto the floor and it walked off of it and drew two swords and a pair of long daggers before it entered a combat stance.
Yang shouted as she rushed the Hunter, but her fist met empty air as it evaded her attack, then effortlessly blocked a strike from Blake behind it before kicking her into Yang. It moved its head aside, dodging a round from Ruby before once again blocking another blow, this time from Weiss before it wrapped its tail around Ruby's throat and hurled her away, then it kicked Weiss in the chest before disarming her.
"You're young." The Hunter stated. "Skilled. But inexperienced. Easy prey."
Silver then hurled a fireball at the Grimm, hitting it before swinging Ashen Rose at the Hunter, who blocked the attack before going for a counter that the Bat Faunus deflected before dodging a second strike from the Grimm, then jumped away as it tried to stab him with its long daggers.
Oscar was about to join in before he gasped and stumbled forward a bit before he looked up.
"Silver! You and your team need to run, now!" Ozpin shouted, actual fear lacing his voice.
Silver turned to the source of the voice, noting Oscar's eyes were different before he blocked another attack from the Hunter.
"Well, look who decided to rejoin us!" He stated spitefully. "Care to tell us why we should listen to you right now!?"
"Please, just..." Ozpin began before taking a breath. "None of you can defeat that thing! It's killed Huntsmen and Huntresses since the very first!"
"Seriously!?" Weiss exclaimed before her Arma Gigas was handily dispatched by the Hunter before it grabbed her by the throat.
"Another Schnee." It hissed. "Your head will join the rest of my trophies. A fitting replacement for Nicholas'."
"What... What did you say!?" Weiss gasped before the Hunter was tackled by Silver, forcing it to drop Weiss in the process.
"Well, what is it!?" Silver shouted before swinging at the Grimm, who blocked his attack easily before evading Yang and Blake.
"It's called the Hunter! A cruel mockery of everything Huntsmen and Huntresses stand for, and Salem's deadliest creation!" Ozpin explained. "But it isn't its age that makes it such a threat... It possesses an Aura!"
"THIS THING HAS A SOUL!?" Silver exclaimed in alarm before he let out a pained cry as the Hunter slashed him across his chest before kicking him away.
"SILVER!" Ruby shouted before she let loose a string of attacks at the Grimm, who effortlessly dodged each one.
Silver winced and hissed as his injury healed thanks to his Grimm healing, but he knew something was wrong. His Aura was up. The sword shouldn't have hurt him at all, and speaking of his Aura, it wasn't helping him heal his injuries at all. His blood ran cold as he realized why.
The Hunter didn't have an Aura in the traditional sense, but an Aura it had, nonetheless. An Aura that let it bypass a Huntsman's Aura and leave wounds that wouldn't heal when assisted by Aura. An Anti-Aura.
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RWBY: The Son of Salem (Volume 6-7)
FanfictionThree weeks following the Assault on Haven, everyone took the time to relax, unwind and celebrate Ruby's safe return. But Ruby herself is haunted by the ghosts of the Wolf's victims. Victims she believes that she killed. Their enemies aren't idle ei...
