(Years later after the growth of Ryan)
"Sirs and Miss we have confirmed attacks from Cargeantian forces within the borders of Denovalia and Elkulkukanta." a female soldier reports to the Reapers and the Commander of Throneram's forces.
The Reapers consist of Grim and Alya the eldest of the present group, Charios and the youngest being Ryan. The commander of their forces is named Tren Gazio.
" Gazio why'd you call us here this issue seems like something that you can handle by yourself." Alya says as she gets up to leave.
" Wait. She isn't done ." Commander Gazio says to Alya then nods to the soldier giving the report to continue.
" We have reason to believe their forces were aided by a Peril." The room instantly becomes tense save for a smile from Grim.
"This isn't for you to believe or not. Were they there or not?" Charios asks the soldier reporting to them.
" We have it confirmed. There was a Peril on sight and she did attack our soldiers." The soldier responds and salutes before putting her tablet down and stepping aside waiting to be dismissed.
" Which one was there ?"Grim asks the soldier.
"No positive ID but we've narrowed it down to either Ketsia or Taxine sir." The soldier replies her voice quivering slightly.
" Everyone leave us !" Alya commands and all the soldiers in the room salute and start to head out of the room including Commander Gazio.
"Not you you imbecille!!" Alya says to the commander her voice full of annoyance.
In a moment they are all seated just waiting for someone to break the silence.
" Some of us actually have places to be Alya. Hurry this unnecessary process along please." Grim says stifling a yawn.
"Well then since you find this unnecessary please give us an appropriate way forward." Alya responds to Grim.
" There's only one way forward Alya. The Perils signed the treaty with their own blood just as we did and the consequence of a breach is war, what else is there to consider. Besides Denovalia and Elkulkulkanta joined Throneram's borders because they realized the danger they were in bordering Cargeant. In other words they wanted insurance against what has happened, your obliged to fight for them." Grim says standing to leave.
" Are you not obliged too ?" Charios asks Grim.
" I'm no toy soldier Charios you can wait for your orders from Alya so that you can play protector but I made no deal to protect those people." Grim replies leaving the room. As he gets to the door he turns back and says, " The only way to do this right is if you attack them where it hurts…say Rekonitri maybe, matter of fact The Dreamtaker can handle that situation perfectly."
" That's not happening!!!" Alya shouts out infuriated.
" And why not Alya give me one good reason that doesn't involve your own ego." Grim responds turning back to face his sister who remains silent.
" I have one." Ryan also known as The Dreamtaker finally breaks his silence. " I'm not a toy soldier either."
" Fair enough but it's either that or you go to Denovalia and Elkulkulkanta. Rekonitri should be way more fun." Grim says a sneer punctuating his statement. Ryan remains quiet and his mask hides any emotion on his face.
"You should stay out of it Grim like you said you are under no obligation." Alya says to Grim.
"Well now I just want to stay to piss you off." Grim says his voice nonchalant.
"I agree with Grim. Dreamtaker goes to Rekonitri and I Denovalia and Elkulkulkanta. I can fight as well as protect the residents all I'll need is the Drachma to support me, Rekonitri requires someone cut from different cloth than mine."
" And if he is met with resistance from the perils… say they took camp there what then?" Alya asks.
" Both of them ( Charios and Ryan ) can easily get away from there after causing substantial damage, The Dreamtaker more specifically can easily subdue them without direct apprehension."Grim replies to Alya.
"Fine then its settled, I'll take leave with the Drachma." Charios says getting up to leave.
" Mesma and Masme are coming with me." Ryan says as he gets up too leaving only Alya and The commander sitting. Alya opens her mouth to argue with what Ryan said but Ryan says something that shuts her up. " Before you start arguing over that decision remember that we each have our own Drachma so it's not my fault if the ones you trained are insufficient to your needs."
"Fine but remember your objective is to exterminate their forces and leave Rekonitri ready for military occupation." Alya says to Ryan but gets no reply back.
Everyone leaves shortly after except for Tren Gazio.
"Well I don't see why I was called back!!!" Tren says as he gets up to leave.
*****
(DIRECTLY ABOVE REKONITRI WHICH SERVES AS THE SECOND BIGGEST MILITARY BASE OF CARGEANT)
" Damn we're actually directly attacking them. Are you sure this is the best course of action? Won't this start an all out war where you double "S" Ranks can actually go all out on each other." Mesma ; Rank number one of the six Drachma of Throneram: says to Ryan.
" They signed the treaty as well so they know the consequences." Ryan replies to Mesma.
"Don't you think that them starting a war means they're ready for us, we could be walking into a trap."Masme says scratching an itch on her chin before placing her mask back on her face.
"Then it's a good thing we're dropping in and not walking in. Mesma take on the eastern wing where the barracks are situated, Masme you're on the weapons warehouses. Make sure to take note of any interesting weapons after you've killed the troops there. We'll regroup in the base headquarters after our objectives are complete." Ryan says as he sets his sights on the buildings designated with communications.
PURGE; Air Strike: A move from Ryan where he weaponizes his aura to create a powerful blast that is shot from above the target.
The blast immediately takes down the buildings killing everyone within the blast radius as well. Immediately Rekonitri goes into a panic with sirens blairing to signal the attack and troops lining up to defend the base.
" Well that ensures that nobody is going to call for help." Mesma says just as the three start their descent.
Mid flight they all separate going towards their designated areas of attack. Where they land there is instant chaos.
Ryan skillfully evades gunfire as he comes in for a landing. He lands throwing dust all over and forming a slight crater from the speed he came down with. Immediately the soldiers form a circle around him their guns trained on him.
"THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND FINAL WARNING. IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND SURRENDER IMMEDIATELY, RESISTANCE WILL BE MET WITH FATAL FORCE."
One of the soldiers shouts out to Ryan whose gaze through his mask is trained on the ground. As the dust stars to clear the soldiers resolve falters as whispers of the attacker's identity start to circulate.
" It's The Dreamtaker!" the name alone inspired fear in the soldiers. "But why is he here? Has Throneram decided to desecrate the treaty or has he just gone mad as he did with that rampage they say he brought upon Merisonara"
"UNKNOWN ASSAILANT SURRENDER NOW OR SUCCUMB TO THE MIGHT OF THE CARGEANTIAN FORCES"
The Dreamtaker finally raises his head exposing his mask to the soldiers as he ties his dreadlocks in a knot at the back of his head. Some of the soldiers take a step back.
" YOU WILL NOT DISRESPECT OUR FLAG BY TAKING OUR FORCES LIGHTLY NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE !!" a soldier shouts out and charges at Ryan with a spear leaping into the air and aiming for his neck.
In a swift motion Ryan dodges and grabs hold of the soldier by the head with his left arm holding him above the ground.
PURGE: Ryan passes his aura through the soldier's body. Which makes him fall apart literally in a messy bloody explosion.
Instantly all hell breaks loose. Guns start shooting as the Dragon metahuman soldiers take place at the front of the attack using their fire abilities to set Ryan ablaze. Instantly a smokescreen develops between the soldiers and Ryan due to the gunfire and fire.
"CEASEFIRE!!!"
One of the soldiers shouts as they wait for the blend of smoke and dust to settle. A sudden blue glow of light appears from within smoke. Before the next order is given a light blue chain made of aura reaches out of the smoke grabbing the soldiers and dragging them into it. Once they disappear inside all that's heard is a muffled scream before a blue glow of light.
The soldiers turn tail and start running away screaming out the words "RETREAT!" Ryan doesn't let them get far. He attaches his short scythe to the aura chains and sends them out. Heads roll off of necks by the masses and the earth quenches its thirst using the blood of the soldiers.
The Dreamtaker steps on the corpses as he proceeds to find the soldiers who made "a tactical retreat" taking them out by collapsing the buildings they're hiding in and decapitating the one's out in the open.
The air is rent out with massive panic from all sides. Massive explosions can be heard from where Masme was dispatched and massive dust clouds where Mesma was sent. Just as Ryan is finishing up his side and considering going to assist one of the two he notices a small convoy of tanks and soldiers heading his way.
Instantly he makes his way towards them before they can get into position. The soldiers from this brigade are armed with guns that use crystal energy ores to create ammunition ; far from lethal to Ryan but sure to be a pestilence if a lot of firearms are aimed at him at once.
As he approaches them the tanks take aim and fire.
VOID: TRANSENDENCE MIRROR; a move by Ryan where he opens a portal to take in an attack that instantly gets returned the way it came with twenty times more power than it came in with.
Instantly the soldiers around the tanks get blown to pieces by the returned armour piercing shells. The tanks remain standing although they've taken substantial damage. Ryan pulls out his short scythe and charges at the tanks whose operators are frantically trying to reload and fire and at him before he gets too close. They're not fast enough. In a flash the gun barrels of the tanks are cut off before Ryan proceeds to pry open the tanks and kill the operators using his aura blasts.
Once he is done he hovers above the tanks and performs an airstrike destroying the tanks completely. From behind him he hears a voice.
" You missed one."
Ryan turns back to see Mesma lifting a soldier by the back of his battle gear collar while his other arm has a dagger plunged in the soldier's back, the tip of the knife exposed from the front.
" You're done then I suppose." Ryan responds as he brushes off the tiny specks of flesh from his body, the only remainder of the soldiers who had challenged him prior.
" Both of us actually although Masme kept some of hers alive to toy with , you know how she is."
"Let's go see what she found from their weapon warehouses." Ryan says to Mesma as they start walking towards Masme's direction.
Once they get there the first noticeable thing is the number of people lying flat on the ground face down all alive but injured and groaning in pain. Masme stands alone amongst the groaning soldiers. Ryan and Mesma stand short of her range to avoid falling to the same fate.
"Can none of you stand and claim your freedom. Don't tell me you've all given up hope on life, all you're required to do is stand and walk away or even attack me if your honor drives you to death."
"Do n…oo…t sp…pp..eeak of ho…n..nn…or you wench ! Y…oo..uuu ha…haa…vvee no ri..iight." a soldier close to Masme manages to blurt out.
Masme walks up to the soldier and crouches facing the man lifting his neck up using the back of the blade of her katana.
The man stares at Masme's mask which is stained by blood spots.
"Honor is a right reserved for those strong enough to bear its weight you can't even stand up on your on two feet." From beneath the mask Masme smiles.
" And I'm no wench!" in a quick flick the man is dead, his blood staining Masme's katana.
"Masme can we finish up some day this year." Mesma shouts to his sister.
"Ooh you're finally here !" Masme says turning to face Ryan and Mesma. Her demeanor instantly changes to a joyful one.
"I was getting worried. Just let me take care of these guys."
G FORCE: Anvil Tier 6; A move by Masme where she uses her gravity manipulation ability to crush anything within her outlined range. All of the soldiers that had been trapped within her range instantly get crushed their bodies turning into a bloody pulp.
"Well atleast you don't lack finesse when it comes to the execution part." Mesma sneers in disgust at the scene he just witnessed.
"How is that any different from your Bloodbath move?" Masme protests. "Come on Ryan tell him."
A sudden spike in aura from the air grabs all of their attention. Instantly they look up but see nothing. Ryan sends out a blast of aura so that he discerns what it is.
"Who is it?" Mesma asks.
"A crow." Ryan replies his voice flat.
"Masme do you have the blueprints of the weapons?" Ryan asks Masme.
"Yeah but they aren't that many. How is that relevant to the crow though?"
"Because we're being watched." Ryan replies as he stares at the sky. "Both of you leave now. Take those blueprints back to the Throne of War."
Ryan opens a portal for Mesma and Masme.
"Ryan don't …" Mesma is cut short by Ryan.
"I SAID LEAVE!"
Ryan says the eye slots from his masks flaring a light blue from an overflow of aura. Mesma realizes that this isn't up for discussion and reluctantly follows his sister through the portal.
* * * * *
Ryan rises above the ground as he exerts an immense amount of aura that starts to push everything around him away. He opens out his arms and initiates his move.
PURGE: Extinction; a move where Ryan opens a portal above him that acts as a vortex sucking up everything around him into it only to be ripped apart within the portal.
All at once the bodies, debris, buildings, weapons, artillery and anything else lying around start to get sucked in to the portal. In less than a minute Rekonitri is now just barren land being broken apart, everything that once was is now gone.
PURGE: Extinction Inverse; The completion of the Purge: extinction by Ryan which causes a large explosion from within the portal to destroy any remainder of the initial onslaught.
In a wave of blue light Rekonitri is destroyed a massive crater appearing where one of the biggest military bases once stood.
Ryan looks up to the sky where the crow initially was even though the air is thick with dust, he can still tell the bird is up there watching from a safe distance.
He grins slightly from beneath his mask and opens a portal back to Throneram.