She’s certainly putting up a show, perhaps its because she’s known to be a threat but now that they have seen her face, there’s no turning back for her as she was recognized as an enemy of justice.
How stupid… she didn’t play this all to the end and instead she succumbed to her impulses. She thinks she cannot die, she thinks her curse is a blessing. Its not… and meeting the end is a fate horrible than death. His crosshairs were all over the place, scanning the area of any movement, as expected she’s not as cunning as he thought she’d be and no matter how much power she had, there’s no strength to suppress the urge to kill.
Mediocrity, she could have just taken her time. The chance to gain some intel on the Rune Knights has failed and this will not bode well in progress. Perhaps it wouldn’t matter, Gregor might not have been the kind of person to give intel willingly despite being seduced. As she was devouring the politician, the crowds watched in horror as her powers devoured his flesh, muscles and the bone. What terrifying powers she must have.
A pretty face wasted and violated.
In that moment a thought came across his head. Perhaps killing her here would have been best.
The Grand Magus held one sharp bullet and presented it to Dubhlainn in front of the table.
“What is that?” Dubhlainn asked.
“This.. is a bullet enchanted by the aspects of immortality, I call it the “Ambrosian Bullet.” He stated as he sat down across the table where Dubhlainn sat.
“You intend on killing her? If I am not mistaken, she cannot be killed.” “True… true, but I refuse to believe she has been given immortality, because death does not grant immortality that would completely lose death’s credibility in doing its job, if that were the case, we would have all those that had died come back to life and it will create a crisis where no one can die. The Cycle will be broken and our reality would have collapsed centuries ago.”The magus continued on
“I refuse to believe she was given immortality by an abstract being, so here’s a theory that I’m betting on; earlier I have mentioned she was banished from the cycle of life and death, correct? Her powers are an aspect of death, increasing the time of an organic compound, whereas all and everything may seem to be organic, and she exhumes the life from organic matter through the means of magic. Anything that takes life is not death, as death only ends it. Technically it’s a form of imperfect immortality, if so then it’s not a matter of being banished from the cycle. Think of the cycle as a clock, the existence of Marceline doesn’t travel clockwise but counter clockwise. In other words she was granted immortality through existing circumstances… let’s say she might have become a vampire… for instance. They consume life just to sustain their own, to which itself is considered an imperfection of immortality. While she had completely defied “death” she also acquired powers attuned to it. The purpose of this bullet is to remove to what has been protecting her from her powers, causing her to deteriorate. Her own powers will be used against her, creating her final conclusion. The choice to killing her is up to you Dubhlainn. This bullet cannot be affected by the concepts of death, but repels what keeps one from it.”Dubhlainn took the bullet, examining the symmetry.
“A bullet specifically designed to kill Marceline, nullifies any form of immortality, allowing for death to chase her, or break the bonds between her and death.”“Its not something like the Longinus though, its not a blessed weapon, I prefer that you kill her when she’s at her most dangerous, however the choice is up to you, since you’re part of a Dark Guild, you won’t be using that item anytime soon.”“So what’s the real reason you wanted to kill her?” “According to the information my informants gave me…… she has no tolerance over her impulse.”
He has only a window of opportunity to do it, to eliminate Marceline right here. Already her behavior during the entire mission had proven the Magus’s assumptions.
What was preventing him from pulling the trigger?
Take the shot
Take the shot
Take the shot…
Every time his heart beats, he hears this voice..
Take the shot
Kill her
Kill her
Eliminate her
Take the shot
Take the shot…
He pulled the trigger ending the life of a Rune Knight Squadron Commander, and emptied his clip, shooting all Rune Knight Mages in the area with such speed that after the first bullet case has been ejected from the rifle, the entire magazine would have been emptied before the first bullet casing would hit the ground. Dubhlainn took a breather, as he started to load the second magazine. No matter how important it is to do so, he cannot kill Marceline, death has yet to make her call, she hasn’t lost herself just yet and bits of humanity still remained in her and would still be asset to the Dark Guilds.
Right before he was about to take to his crosshairs, Marceline grabbed him by the wrist. He steeled himself and turned to her, hearing her proposal about a chase. The King’s knights are already on the move searching around town. He shown an expression for the very first time on this mission, an expression as if one had just experienced fatigue.
To one’s speculation it could have been the way Marceline killed the politician… no that wasn’t it.
It was exhaustion, displacing his own impulse on other targets. The Grand Magus told him that only he can kill her…
Does that mean he knew about the impulse he has? And if so, then this was his plan all along.
“And where do you expect us to get away from? It will only take them minutes to initiate their lockdown of the city. Don’t tell me you’re expecting us both to fight an entire squadron of them?” As much as they both have the capabilities to sweep them over, Dubhlainn preferred not to fight as this was not part of their contract.
She was starting to get a bit hysterical but perhaps that was because her hands were stained with blood. No point to objecting as any plan would do, otherwise…
…. He’ll be forced to use his abilities.