Chapter 19: Trouble

Chapter 19: Trouble

~Third POV~

"DIIIEEEEEEE!!"

The loud screeching sounds of the Nuckelavee voiced out its words to Albus as it found his presence annoying after detecting the negative emotions radiating off from him when he first came to Kuroyuri.

Noticing the presence of a human the Nuckelavee obviously wanted what Grimm all wanted from humans.

Their extinctions.

However, unlike the previous ones it encountered before this one was tricky as Albus began to use his philosopher stone on the ground creating rows of spikes in the way of the Grimm's path as the horse was in control.

*BAM*

Charging straight through the reconstructed rows of spikes the Nuckelavee didn't care as it bashed its way through by pure force wanting to kill the human Albus spoke unsurprised seeing it, "Yeah… that's what I thought was going for you. I highly doubted that spikes would harm you but certainly caused enough to deter you though."

"DIIIIEEEEE!!!"

Screeching out once more the horse began to charge toward the human intending to trample it to death but Albus used something that made the creature briefly stop for a moment before its eyes narrowed at Albus.

Magic.

*SWOOSH*

Using Mana to reinforce himself he began to quickly rush the Nuckelavee completely vulnerable in the briefest of moments Albus used it to his advantage when his Ultimate Eye directed him when his opponent was momentarily distracted.

That was enough for him to rush over having now stood on top of the Grimm Imp's upper body completely motionless…

At least it was till the horse stopped motion altogether as Albus' eyes widen at this as the torso of the Imp body began to twitch as he worded his concerns, "Uh oh. I'm in danger – AHH!!"

Still grabbing on to the torso of the Grimm it began to spin around infinitely as it spun with Albus holding on tight as he felt the rotation force of being manhandled like this but he kept it together.

Glaring at the Grimm a cruel smirk appeared on his face as he placed his right hand on the torso of the Imp body as he let his alchemy do the talking.

*Zzzz*

"ARGHHH!!"

The sparks of alchemic energy pulsed through the creature as Albus deconstructed it destroying the torso body as the upper body of the Imp began to widen its eyes in disbelief of what has happened to it.

The portion of where its torso was suddenly deconstructed mid way showing a literal chunk of its mass missing as it was blown off and with the sudden loss of rotation forced the upper body of the Imp of the Nuckelavee thrown out of the horse.

*Swoosh*

*Bam*

The upper body of the Imp landed towards the broken homes of Kuroyuri as it began to look shocked at what happened Albus didn't let up and won't allow the horse to come to fight in return as he placed his right arm on the Grimm horse.

Red sparks from the stone activated as it amplified his right arm of deconstruction as it sparked red electricity as he spoke to the Grimm, "Yeah fighting you as I am would be a death sentence. But… I have the stone to help me kill you."

*Zzzz*

"REGHH!!!!"

The horse Grimm cried out in pain as Albus smirked seeing that his alchemy is doing the trick killing the horse piece by piece atom by atom as he got to know the chemical attribute of the Grimm thanks to his Ultimate Eye.

However, he was surprised how much of a boost his alchemy gained using the Philosopher Stone as he hold his ear, 'Whoa. I can see why Kimble would like to use the stone and the power it boosted my alchemy by a LARGE margin. This is like Shigiraki level Decay power showing.'

The boost and red sparks of the stone increased Albus' Alchemic power as everything that comes in contact with his right hand began to decay at an incredible rate.

All it took was a simple glance to identify what needed to be done as well as the weakness that Albus noticed with the Grimm as the info was provided with the Ultimate Eye, 'While Grimm was originally beings constructed using magic they can still be broken down if I go for the bonds holding them. My right arm is meant to deconstruct even if they are humans the effects apply to Grimm as well.'

*ZZZ*

Deconstructing the Grimm in question the Horse Grimm roared in pain as it started to deconstruct to every Grimm based to have been born from into dust leaving some of it's remains.

Grimm liquid as the body of the horse was soon destroyed leaving Albus off from the horse as he examines the remains as the Imp body was turning to his direction with a roar.

"DIIIIEEEEE!!!!"

*Thump*

*Thump*

Got on top again using its arms running towards Albus like Bendy from the ink machine demon charging at him making Albus' eyes widen as he raised his hand towards the Grimm using Mana to finally form his magic.

"FURA!"

Mana soon gathered in the palms of his hand as he visualized the magic spell of wind as it was finally unleashed.

*SWOOSH*

*SLASH*

Fura was a spell that Albus casted after he had time to figure out what his Gate Magic was during his time handling his blade.

Apparently enough after training with his sword he found out he had great affinity towards Wind Magic and nothing else.

It was to be expected he belonged to the normal category like everyone but having one affinity for him was good enough.

Fura is a spell that allows the user shoots wind slashes with a super high speed that can cut through wood, stone & flesh with ease.

As was the case of the Imp body suddenly got cut apart easily as the Wind Magic Fura damaged him leaving Albus chest in pain as he pants heavily as he talks to himself as the Imp upper body suddenly turn to dust, "Huff… huff…! That was way too much. Huff… using just a single spell is too much but…"

A smug expression was shown on his face as he saw the Grimm Nuckelavee died to his hands as he shakily stands up again, "Huff… huff… but still… one magic spell from the Re: Zero system is still no joke. It kills monsters that are the sizes of houses easily with one spell. Grimm aren't that different in that regard. Huff…"

Standing tired Albus stood proud at the sight of end of the Grimm but he quickly went towards a home as he talked to himself, "Sigh… I need to rest my own energy. Wasted too much Mana coming here. I need to rest."

Stumbling a bit Albus began to move towards one of the nearby abandoned homes as he began to adjust himself to the destroyed furniture as he griminess, "Damn… things must have been real bad here. I know from the show but… seeing is believing as well as being part tells the real danger. Sigh… rest in peace."

Making a small prayer for the people that used to live in Kuroyuri he began to investigate the home till he reached a room empty and dusty but available for him to use.

Observing the bed Albus tapped it with both his hands beginning to use alchemy on it.

*Zzzz*

Using his alchemy on the bed as it deconstructed and using the stone to reconstructed it was good as new again using the Transmutation Array on his arms as he smirked at this, "Really glade I got the Ultimate Eye. Helps out making the process of Alchemy of what I want easier. Now then…"

*Thud*

Feeling the exhaustion of his body needing to rest he slumps down on the bed before knocking out, "Ah… hello Bed my good old friend. I need my nap…"

Like that Albus sleep out cold.

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Elsewhere in the desolate land of Kuroyuri was a small bird in the shape of a Raven as it began to observe the area for something.

As it flew down it began to change magically change in appearance revealing to be a woman.

The outfit consisted of a V neck black and red wrap style top with a black pleated skirt that has black shorts underneath, with series of beaded necklaces. She also wears a red obi sash around her waist alongside a red tasset wrapped around her waist that carries her weapon's sheath.

Attached to it is a long black object that is either fur or feathers, with a red and white bandana material like hanging from behind her. Her forearms bear red armored gauntlets that protrude outwards and black fingerless gloves. She wore black mid-thigh high boots, that had armor plating with red splatter patterns and black heels. She had long black hair and bright red eyes.

Her eyes narrowed slightly at the sight as she talks to herself surprised, "Another Maiden? No… this feels… too weak to be one."

The person in question investigating the sights of Kuroyuri was Raven Branwen as she felt a disturbance in the area with her Maiden abilities at the signs of another magic user.

One that she first felt a few days back but never considered it at the time since it was small and too feint to be real.

However that soon changed as the use of Mana while small has been steadily increasing as she mumbles to herself, "The magic at the time was small. But now it grows slightly but the damage here…"

Seeing the use of the destroyed reconstructed spikes and some homes destroyed Raven already concluded a fight occurred where the magic user was frequently used as the small traces of it littered around.

Narrowing her eyes she looks around the area to find the user as she couldn't find any traces of where the magic was, "A fight definitely occurred here. The evidence speaks for itself but what happened?"

Remaining silent at the scene she could only sigh at this as she began to observe the front of the road leading to Mistral City, "Maybe I can find the magic user in Mistral City path. Perhaps I might be lucky enough to meet another Maiden just gotten used to her new magic."

Quickly shifting into her raven form Raven flew ahead to Mistral City completely missing Albus as he was no longer had any energy reserves left missing the so called magic user in the process.

However, Raven wasn't the only one to notice a new magic-user in the World of Remnant as another found out through her control of Grimm.