The Protector

[Erranruin]

Ruin frowned at Verdes and began to ask what he knew about this new witch, when she felt the prescence of a demon fleeing to the north.
"Verdes!" He had already felt it and without further ado Ruin dashed off in pursuit of the creature.

[Sage]

Verdes went with her to where the demon was in hopes of killing the demon before it got away. as they got closer Verdes could sense the demon was quite powerful but not to strong to the point where they couldn't beat him. it wouldn't be easy but not hard either. running a dodging trees they got closer and closer until finally coming face to face with the demon they had sensed

[Lady]

Beowulf tensed. Not one but two shinigami... well, it would be a bitch to escape now. If he did escape. The demon was not one to overestimate his abilities, he was not as intelligent as to outwit a death god that lived for God knows how long. That meant Beowulf would have to rely on his physical abilities and luckily, those were his forte.

He sprung onto his feet, a draconic tail whipping the ground before him. Most demons chose to... develop a human for easier luring of their prey. Their natural form was by far stronger than the weakling one. For easier escaping Beowulf decided to shed his human 'skin' akin to a snake.

Now in his place stood something that looked like he was made out of nightmares (he probably was). Well, that and like a satyr decided to breed with a dragon. The lower part of his body were legs similar to a goats and his skin was covered in red scales. There were wings on his back but those were too small to fly. Those flying devices had been made for punier demons. And there was the tail aforementioned.

"Hello" why not get a good mocking at the duo before leaving? "I hope you don't mind that I consumed the soul of our little friend here" a clawed finger pointed to the human carcass that lay broken on the forest floor.

"Well, I'm sorry to cut our conversation short but I really must go" Beowulf drawled. Yes, he certainly would anger the two a bit. In his experience there was nothing shinigami hated more than making a mockery of their 'jobs'

His little gloating party done, Beowulf started running at inhuman speeds. The fact that he was a demon may have helped.

[Sage]

Verdes appeared in front of him and kicked him back knocking him forcefully against a tree "where do you think your going?" he ran to him and kicked him back. he called upon his scythe and ran after the demon as it got up. he started slicing away at the demon but it was to fast and Verdes kept missing "you a strong demon arent you?"

[Lady]

Beowulf was taken by surprise, but not by much. With that kick in the back he would have a sore spot for an approximative of... five minutes. Yes, demons had a high regenerative rate. Take that life!

He kept out of the way of the sharp weapon. One of those strikes would never heal. It was a rule of the universe, just like 'Demons hate Shinigami. No exceptions'

"I think I'm going wherever the hell I want to" Beowulf replied absentmindedly. "And to answer your question, yes, I am considered quite strong by my peers" just not in the mental field. But the shinigami didn't need to know that, did he?

The demon hit a dead end. Seriously? There was a dead end in a f******g forest?. Beowulf sighed, figuring out it must be one of those large hills. But one of the advantages of having goat legs was possessing the positive qualities of the goat, namely: climbing mountains. Even if they were not built for flying his wings made for great jumping boosts, albeit for a short time.

"Can't dilly dally you know, have got lots of souls to consume" Beowulf commented before jumping. His wings were flapping madly in an (so far successful) attempt to gain more speed and his appendages were doing their job and helping Beo climb up.

[Lady]

Beowulf was taken by surprise, but not by much. With that kick in the back he would have a sore spot for an approximative of... five minutes. Yes, demons had a high regenerative rate. Take that life!

He kept out of the way of the sharp weapon. One of those strikes would never heal. It was a rule of the universe, just like 'Demons hate Shinigami. No exceptions'

"I think I'm going wherever the hell I want to" Beowulf replied absentmindedly. "And to answer your question, yes, I am considered quite strong by my peers" just not in the mental field. But the shinigami didn't need to know that, did he?

The demon hit a dead end. Seriously? There was a dead end in a f******g forest?. Beowulf sighed, figuring out it must be one of those large hills. But one of the advantages of having goat legs was possessing the positive qualities of the goat, namely: climbing mountains. Even if they were not built for flying his wings made for great jumping boosts, albeit for a short time.

"Can't dilly dally you know, have got lots of souls to consume" Beowulf commented before jumping. His wings were flapping madly in an (so far successful) attempt to gain more speed and his appendages were doing their job and helping Beo climb up.

[Sage]

Verdes ran after him and when it came to the mountain there was no way that he could follow. verdes couldn't climb and if he could he was scared of heights so he took his scythe "demon hunter!" it got 5 times bigger and he threw it at the demon. the spinning scythe missed as the demon made it over the mountain. the scythe came back to Verdes "darn. got away" he went back to where Ruin was "he got away"

[Erranruin]

Ruin had found a particularly interesting hedgehog to talk to and had seen no harm in letting Verdes dispatch the demon. When Verdes said "he got away" Ruin jumped in amazement which startled the hedgehog, who snorted indignantly and shuffled off into the undergrowth. Ruin barely registered this for Verdes explained that he had cornered the demon in a dead end, which it had unfortunately been able to escape from, with no way of Verdes following it.
Ruin scowled at this and exclaimed, "Witches blood Verdes! Your this great and this old and this powerful, but STILL your afraid of heights!!"
Ruin didnt usually scold her elder but sometimes things just had to be said.

[Sage]

"dont worry we will find him next time" he walked around searching. "what was that witch looking for?" he looked over and found a cave and then it all came back to him in a flash back. There he was standing on a rock platform above boiling lava facing a large humanoid dragon that stood 20 feet tall "Verdes, you know I'm right. With it humans would thrive. Without a conscious humans would no longer need to know what's good and what's evil only what's there" Verdes spoke loud "no your wrong without it they would all die! Your willing to recreate a world without order where there is no authority" the demon spoke back "authority is irrelevant" "it is needed!" Verdes replied "but enough of this drakkor! Let's end this!" then reality flashed back "so that's what she wants"

[Erranruin]

Ruin was quite used to Verdes's flashbacks by now. She knew he had lived at least a thousand years longer than her and had seen more changes in the world than she could imagine. It often happened that a place would stir a strong memory in his mind.
She waited patiently for the faraway look to disappear from his eyes and heard him whisper to himself "so thats what she wants".
"What does she want Verdes?" Ruin asked "What did you remember?"