Chapter Text
Third Person POV
It had been six months since the young hybrid had become the Avatar of Death, and his power progression within that time frame had been incredibly fruitful and bloody. So far, he's killed over a thousand humans/hybrids, four to three hundred mythical creatures, and around fifty aliens!
Each kill increased his capabilities by two, although that changed when he got to his third month, as Death raised his advancement rate by four and gave him a sword called the Reaper Blade.
It had a unique effect that gave him a twenty-five percent chance to increase his gains by ten and possibly steal an opponent's abilities after he killed them.
Uta stated if Lanius continued the way he was going, he should be a planetary threat by the time the boy turned sixteen or even fifteen if he worked extra hard.
This statement encouraged the Lucifer descendant to work even harder than before as he trained even harder and began to hunt more dangerous targets, which worried his female companions.
Speaking of his female companions, his relationship with each of them has steadily progressed, and it was safe to say Lanius was incredibly attached to them. His only complaint is they argue with each other far too often for his liking. Other than that, everything, in his opinion, is perfect.
Location: Kuoh, Japan
"There she is," Lanius said with a wicked grin.
A few meters away from the pre-teen was a gigantic lesser blue dragon. He could feel the power oozing off it, and by his estimates, it was powerful enough to destroy an entire town in one attack.
"Are you sure I can't convince you not to fight it?" Uta asked with a worried tone, as despite his progression, she didn't know if he was strong enough to face a dragon yet.
"I'm pretty sure, and weren't you the preaching no pain, no gain just a few hours ago?" he rhetorically asked with a raised eyebrow.
"YOU KNOW WHAT THE FUCK I MEANT BY THAT YOU LITTLE SHIT!!!" she shrieked, enraged.
"I don't know, do I? You weren't very specific," he teased.
"You motherfu--" the hybrid cut the link.
"Huh, I wonder what she was gonna say. Oh well," Lanius chirped and began approaching the dragon.
(With Uta)
"That motherfucker hung up on me," Uta growled.
She promised if that dragon didn't kill Lanius, she'd kill him herself.
"You good?" Harley asked.
Uta looked at the blonde. "No, I'm not. Lanius was being stupid again and hung up on me," she cutely pouted and crossed her arms.
Harley rolled her eyes at the Outer God and shook her head while chuckling. "You worry too much about him, Candy-Cane. He can take care of himself."
Uta's eyebrow twitched. "First of all, DON'T FUCKING CALL ME CANDY CANE! And second of all, he's fighting a dragon, so excuse me if I'm slightly worried."
Harley paled. "Oh...".
"Yeah, oh."
(Back with Lanius)
Lanius was not having a good time at the moment as, despite being a lesser dragon, the beast was easily one of the most powerful opponents he'd fought. However, he'd be lying if he said he didn't enjoy the challenge of fighting a somewhat competent foe.
[DIVINE SLASH!!!!]
Using a combination of Conqueror's Haki, Light, Demonic, and magical energy, he sent a powerful energy blast that thankfully made its mark as the Dragon roared in agony and crashed to the ground.
However, just because the dragon was down didn't mean that the pre-teen was safe, as before the mighty beast went down, it cast a spell that caused magical lighting to shoot out of the sky.
Lanius's eyes widened as he was nearly hit with a lightning blast, but he was able to dodge the attack, albeit barely, as the magically imbued element was nearly as fast as the speed of light.
Much to his dismay, the lightning attack didn't stop, and the boy had constantly been on the move. To make matters worse, the dragon quickly recovered from his attack and let out a fearsome roar of rage, which seemed to increase the speed of the elemental attacks.
The pre-teen was only able to evade one more strike until he was bombarded with lighting strikes, causing the hybrid to grit his teeth in pain.
'Ddraig!'
"I got you!"
[BOOST!!]
[BOOST!!]
[BOOST!!]
[BOOST!!]
[BOOST!!]
[BOOST!!]
[BOOST!!]
[BOOST!!]
[BOOST!!]
[BOOST!!]
Now, Lanius was easily able to react to attacks several times the speed of light and was effortlessly evading the lightning attacks. However, that didn't save him a surprise attack as the dragon smacked the shit out of him with its tail sending the boy crashing toward the ground and creating a massive crater.
The pre-teen quickly recovered and cast a powerful spell.
[LIGHT'S TERROR!!: MULTI BURST!!]
Several dozen massive beams of light struck the dragon, and each caused a devastating amount of damage to the mighty beast.
The beast let out another pained roar, and its rage magnified tenfold. It looked at the pre-teen with narrowed eyes and opened its mouth to unleash a devastating attack. A black orb appeared with several forms of elemental energy circling it at rapid speeds. Once it was large enough, the mighty beast aimed it at Lanius and released it.
Lanius's eyes widened as the orb was coming toward him faster than he had anticipated, and he had no choice but to cast a force field as he wouldn't be able to dodge in time.
[SHIELD OF LIGHT!!]
The force field instantly surrounded his body, and to ensure it wouldn't shatter, he imbued the spell with Haki. When the blast made contact with the force field, it held well, but the attack moved the pre-teen several meters.
Once the blast dissipated, Lanius didn't waste time and blitzed toward the lesser dragon. He raised his Haki-Imbued sword and, with a powerful horizontal swing, he decapitated the beast.
Lanius blissfully sighed and watched as the dragon's corpse dropped like a sack of bricks.
"Well, that was fun," the boy chirped.
He landed on the ground and dismissed his armor. He was about to teleport home but stopped when he heard a male voice.
"That was pretty impressive," Lanius turned around and pointed his sword at the man.
"Who the fuck are you?" he glared at the man.
"Relax, kid," the man chuckled and raised his hand in surrender. "I'm not here to cause any trouble. I just wanna talk, that's all."
"Then speak."
"I've been getting reports of a strange-looking child killing supernatural and non-supernatural individuals around the world. Are you, by chance, that child?"
The pre-teen shrugged. "So what if I am? Got a problem with it?"
"Me? Oh no, I couldn't care less. However, the same couldn't be said about the others."
Lanius furrowed his brows. "What do you mean?"
"Some of the people you killed were high-ranking members of prominent factions. Let's just say they're less than pleased about their own getting killed," he replied with an amused tone.
"I see...sounds like a personal problem. I'm just doing my job."
"And what's that?"
"Eliminating people who've avoided death for far too long. Anything else you wanna ask? I'd like to go home," the hybrid said impatiently.
"Yeah, what's your name, kid?"
"Lanius. You?"
"My name's Azrael. I have a proposition for you."
"And that is?"
The fallen angel smirked. "I need you to kill someone for me. Do that, and I'll give you anything you want if it's within reason."
The boy thought about it for a moment and then asked. "Who do you want me to kill?"
"His alias is Jack the Ripper."
End.