SilverMoon Mercenaries

Reditum Heros

3rd Person POV, 3 Days Later

Alaska

Artemis and the Hunters were winded. They were chasing Gration, the Giant of the Hunt, and the sneaky giant was easily capable of eluding Artemis and Co. The Hunters were in trees, surrounding a forest clearing in which Gration looked like he was setting up a base. It was a strategically good position, it was near a river and a mountain pass; easily defendable. The Hunters readied their bows, there was a thunderous shaking, nearly knocking them out of the trees. Ten Earthborn rose out of the ground, each holding a very large bag full of something. As they emptied the contents on the ground, the Hunters reached a realization; the Earthborn were dumping defeated monster essence on the ground, but why? They got the answer a bit faster then they expected. The golden monster dust was reforming, into many, many monsters. The Earthborn went back and forth from wherever they were coming from, and brought back more monster dust each time. Soon, Gration had an amassed monster force of more than 1000 monsters.

Gration turned towards the Hunters, a humor-filled glint in his eye. "Hello Artemis and Hunters, I have been expecting you." In response, Artemis shot an arrow into his shoulder, pissing him off. "Well bitch, same as usual, right down to the damn point eh?" he growled. He signaled to the monster horde, and the monsters gave a battle cry, a mix of horrible sounds that would make anyone deaf. As the monsters charged, Artemis and the Hunters did their best to keep them at bay, firing arrows at unimaginable speeds. They kept the monsters at bay for a while, but then enemy skeletal archers stepped forward, intercepting the Hunters' arrows and allowing the monsters to advance. The Hunters looked in alarm, being pushed back to the river. "STAND DOWN, I will handle them personally." roared Gration. The monsters stopped firing, but still had weapons drawn, parting for Gration. He stepped to the front, and sneered. "You going to run Artemis? The Oh, so Great Artemis retreating? This is rich." he said mockingly, a smug smile on his face.

But his smug smile vanished moments later, when a trio of objects that looked like comets fell from sky, distracting monsters and causing mass panic. The objects burst open in mid flight scattering the outer layers of the comet-like objects. Inside the object, there were three men. The three men soared towards the ground, opening fire upon all monsters. Once they hit the ground, a veil of dust scattered across the battlefield, obscuring the vision of the monsters and Hunters alike. Upon emerging from the cloud, the men stood in a triangular formation, two of them flanked one in front.

They were all clad in a matte black armor, no insignias that gave indication of their alliegance were seen. One carried a large cannon that looked as if it was from the past and future alike; the cannon was encircled in glowing symbols, the barrel spinning at a slow rate. Another was carrying two swords, again covered in glowing symbols, but they had a cylinder in the middle that split the swords in half. The last figure was the most menacing. The mysterious person had different armor than the other two, they had armor that combined armor of an assassin and a heavy soldier. There was a sword strapped at his side, along with dual pistols as well. Across his chest was a bandolier filled with many types of ammunition as well as small canisters and other things. There was a rifle slung across his back; they all wore masks with some depiction of a skull on it.

Together, the three struck fear into the hearts of their enemies. The person Artemis believed to be leader spoke in a neutral voice, she supposed his mask disguised his voice so his enemies couldn't recognize him. "Okay, Moros take the left flank, Archangel, take the right flank, I'll take 'em from the middle. Take 'em down." The two others nodded and sprung into action, decimating enemy forces. Moros took down enemies with his heavy cannon, shooting what looked to be bullets, but they must have been made of celestial bronze, because they were hitting their intending targets, killing them instantly. Archangel dashed forward, unsheathing his swords and twirling them through the air, he made a deadly shield, deflecting all projectiles, shooting bullets out of the cylinders imbedded in his sword, and killing any enemies foolish enough to charge at him. The unnamed man simply walked forward at a leisurely pace, decimating enemies and walking towards Gration. He had pulled out his pistols, shooting at a speed that rivaled Artemis, killing all the monsters in his sight. Within minutes, the trio had eradicated the entire army. Gration scowled and said, "Who the Hades are you? You will feel my wrath for ruining my army and my revenge against the Hunters. No matter, I will kill you for this."