I am the Bone of Remnant Volume 1: Archer Reader x RWBY

Chapter Forty-Seven: Liberation and Creation

Y/N: King Hassan... what is he doing here?

Shirou: I'm wondering that myself.

Kojiro: You two know this guy, is he on our side, I do hope so as I feel an immense pressure from him. Power. Authority. Fear. 

The Old Man of the Mountain stared at the three of you while glancing at Artoria as well, he looked her up and down. He could feel "her" presence around this girl and knew what has happened to her. 

King Hassan: You poor child, you have been tainted by her doing, she has corrupted you into this form that is not truly yours, you must be liberated immediately.

Y/N: Liberated?

Artoria Alter: Liberated . . . liberated . . . how do you think are, I don't need to liberated, purified, or fixed. My queen and my mistress have given me power that I could only imagine, now I shall help in my queen's quest in shaping Remnant in her image.

King Hassan: FOOL!

The man's voice boomed with such force you were worried the trees would collapse from the power from King Hassan.

King Hassan: YOU ARE NOTHING BUT A PAWN TO HER, ONCE YOU HAVE REACHED YOUR LIMITATION OF USE, SHE WILL THROW YOU AWAY LIKE TRASH OR WORSE, SHE WILL END YOUR EXISTENCE! SALEM IS NOT TO BE AN ALLY FOR YOU!

Y/N: Salem? Who's Salem?

Artoria Alter: I've heard enough from you!

Charging her lance with power once more she lunged at her taller opponent who looked at the lance without a sign of fear. In fact, it almost looked like he was saddened by it.

You were about to call out for him to move when he grabbed the lance with his bare hand holding it tight in his grip as well. Everyone looked at this with surprise, the most being Artoria who looked up at the glowing blue eyes of Hassan. Eyes that were looking into the deepest and furthest depths of her soul.

King Hassan: You charge at me with a twig, believing something as feeble as this could best me. Pathetic soul.

Letting go of Rhongomyniad, King Hassan grabbed Artoria by the throat and tossed her hard through a pile of trees. Seeing this you prepared to summon your swords before King Hassan raised his hand. 

King Hassan: Do not fret Y/N L/N, Shirou Emiya, and Kojiro Sasaki. I shall not kill her as I sense a great has corrupted her, I shall now attempt to liberate the darkness that has been placed into her heart.

Y/N: Liberate the darkness? What . . . . huh?

You blinked and King Hassan was nowhere to be seen, you didn't understand, but a part of you knew you needed to be there. For some reason, you wanted to trust him, but part of you felt his words were not true. Sprinting through the woods, leaving Kojiro and Shirou behind you knew you needed to find them before it was too late something just told you, you had to be there to see what he was talking about for yourself. After a bit of running you had stopped in a clearing, causing you to wonder how many clearings you have been in to know something was about to go down.

And you were right because to the left of you a tree exploded into nothing revealing Artoria leaping out of the woods into the clearing. Turning you glared angrily at King Hassan who walked out of the woods casually wiping dust off his shoulder. He turned to see you were there and only nodded his head.

King Hassan's Thoughts: I know you are worried about your friend Y/N L/N, but do not worry I shall not let her die being one of Salem's pawns. In fact, I may have the power to finish her off. But I am not the one who is destined to end her, as the Gods have told me so. Ozpin, you and that woman are taking this war to even more problematic levels. ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE TOOK MY HASSANS!!!!