Chapter 203 - 197 -Hiroshima

[The Lands of Darkness]

Within a cave in the Lands of Darkness inside squirmed a man or what was a man.

"Ahhhhhhhh..." The distorted voice of a man sounded throughout the cave.

*Screech and Growls*

What sounded like low pitch growls and high pitch screeches traveled through the cave into the outside. If someone would be able to hear the sounds they would notice that it was something unnatural.

Dr. Merlot had been covered by the sludge of the Grimm in the cave. The Grimm was beyond large. Its entire body couldn't be seen with only the head and its six red eyes shining through the darkness. It was watching Dr. Merlot change.

The Grimm found it interesting as humans usually turned into mindless creatures after being exposed to their toxins. The toxins allowed it to change the body of what it infects.

It had gained intelligence after 1000's years. It was of the first few Grimm that was made by the god of darkness. All of the Grimm held a hatred of the creation of the God of Light as they were capable of so many things while it take decades for them to develop any form of intelligence.

Their god left after the god of light made humanity. They would destroy humanity to prove that they were the superior existence. It would use humanity against itself.

The Grimm watched as the sludge rushed toward the metallic arm that was Merlot's arm replacing it with a Grimm's arm. It had a four-fingered clawed hand on his right hand. Spikes were on the top of the Grimm's arm.

Merlot had the sludge rush toward his face with him feeling that he was being suffocated. He started scratching at his face trying to get it from his going inside his mouth.

After an excruciating 2 hours, Merlot was spazzing on the ground before his body stopped.

It would just sleep for some more years and maybe someone else would come into this place. The Grimm extended a tentacle and tossed Dr.

Merlot's body out of the cave. It didn't know if the human had finished transforming then its body would decompose in the cave.

After Merlot's body was tossed out of the cave the Grimm went back to waiting for something interesting.

After another 20 minutes, Merlot's body twitched before his eyes snapped open.

~~~

[Within another area of the Land of Darkness]

Watts was inside of Salem's mostly destroyed castle looking around and didn't see Salem anywhere. He was tasked to go and get information about the relics' locations. He had gotten the locations of the relics and came back to report his findings but when he returned only the ruined castle greeted him.

"Now what happened here?" Watts asked himself while looking around the castle.

He walked around looking for clues on what happened. From the wreckage that was around, it seemed as if a large Grimm attacked, but that wouldn't be possible since she controlled the Grimm's.

His main question was where was Tyrion since he spent most of his time here if he wasn't being told to do something. He looked for whatever clue could lead to.

~~~

[In a bush 2000 yards outside the city of Vale]

Bob crawled out of a bush. The entire front part of his body was burned and he was gasping for air. The dirt and dust on the ground were agonizing against his skin.

"Looking pathetic there Bob." A voice said bushing some bushes out of the way.

Bob gritted his teeth hearing the voice knowing that an annoying person had shown up.

Bob looked up to see Judica. The older sister of Judd. Although she wasn't as crazy as her little sister she was still worse. She was essentially a functioning psychopath.

"It doesn't seem that will be able to help our cause anytime soon," Judica said.

"Just heal me already!" Bob yelled out feeling like his flesh was crawling from the burns.

Bob looked at her refusing. He had his pride and wouldn't stoop so low. He would rather suffer his entire way back and let that quack heal him.

"I refuse," Bob said.

The side of Judica's mouth twitched hearing he wouldn't beg.

"Hmph" Judica wasn't pleased and kicked the dirt with her foot covering all of his exposed ċhėst.

"Ahhhhh, you crazy bitch!" Bob yelled out in pain.

Bob rolled over onto his back. He didn't think that she would kick dirt onto him.

He could absorb damage as long as it caused physical harm as long as the attack hit him. If it worked against anything then the air wouldn't be able to get close to him and he would suffocate anytime he used his semblance.

Right now since he was so injured he couldn't keep his semblance active fully but could activate if needed for a couple of seconds at a time.

"I've come here to bring you back as he said that you would have the highest chance of surviving if you were the attack failed," Judica said while walking away toward a tree and leaning against it.

Shallot was walking next to Blake about to show her how he did his attack earlier. Shallot stopped while feeling the trace of his ki he left on Bob just in case. Shallot was looking toward a specific location away from the city.\

"So he is still alive. Well, that's not good. I don't plan on giving whoever is the leader any answers." Shallot mumbled to himself.

"Huh?" Blake asked hearing Shallot mumble something.

"Nothing, it just seems that someone escaped me." Shallot said while gathering ki in his hand.

It started as a regular ki ball then shrank to the size of a golf ball. It then started to increase in size and then shrink. It kept doing this for 15 seconds. It looked similar to a regular ki ball but it looked like it was going to burst at any moment.

Shallot launched himself in the air then launched the "ki ball" in the general direction of where he felt Bob should be.

"He's somewhere in that area." Shallot said watching the "ki ball" fly toward the area.

Blake floated up next to him while looking. She could sense a large amount of ki packed into it and knew that it had more than she had in herself.

"What's the name of that move?" Blake asked Shallot as he was watching with him smiling in anticipation.

Judica had a shiver run down her spine and started running while fumbling for something in her pocket. It was a small device with a buŧŧon on the top of the cube.

Judica pressed the buŧŧon and threw it on the ground with the cube breaking upon contact and a black slime material stretched across the ground.

Judica ran and jumped into it. Instead of stopping her body kept sinking into it like there wasn't solid ground beneath her.

Bob was looking wondering why did she just leave all of a sudden when he turned to see a ki ball in the air coming toward his area. It would hit him or anything. It would miss him by some yards.

The ki ball launched past him heading into the forest and when it landed there was a large flash of light. It was the last thing Bob saw.

~~~

Shallot was watching and noticed that the "ki ball" landed. There was a large flash of light before the small ball of ki started to expand. The ground was shaking with a large number of wildlife running for their lives.

The explosion shot into the air leaving a giant mushroom cloud hanging around with dust being pushed wiping out the entire area. The trees were obliterated and there was nothing but a crater 100 meters deep and around 400 meters in diameter.

Shallot had a smile on his face like a child in a candy store then turned to Blake with his arms stretched out next as if presenting.

Blake had her mouth hanging open looking at the destruction that just happened and gulped seeing it.