Last Boss

At a distance, he could see the ruins that the Headmaster informed to the students. Suther reaches it in moments. He then grabs all of the relics that are shaped like chess pieces and tied the items into a bundle to carry it all at once. Afterwards, he laid his back to one of the pillars of the ruins with arms crossed, carrying the tied up relics and waited for their arrival. He casually finished an activity that took an hour or two by 10 minutes and 57 seconds.

A new world record.

If Suther was more serious about it, he could finish it in three minutes.

*Considering how they performed in battle, I can deduce that they're one of the brightest students that has enrolled in this school thus far. But their personalities overlap too well for them. If they could overcome their differences, it's possible for those students to reach the ruins within twenty-five minutes. Alas, these are young and confident people.* He assessed in his mind. As time passed, Suther started getting fidgety, tapping the ground with the soles of his shoes. 30 minutes later, they arrived. One by one, they revealed themselves to him.

To his surprise, Ruby and Weiss were the first to arrive. They used a Grimm called 'Nevermore' to reach the destination. They drop down by releasing their hold from its feathers. Following after, the giant bird returned to its nest.

Suther can discern a strong animosity emanating from Weiss while Ruby is trying her best to calm her down. That animosity was directed at him, it confused him greatly because he didn't know the reason.

Then came Blake and Yang along with Nora and Ren riding an Ursa which died after collapsing.

Next was Pyrrha and Jaune who came out of the woods and are being chased by a Deathstalker. It will be a great inconvenience for him and the students if the Grimm were to disturb the activity they were having.

So Suther turns his God arc into Sniper form and aimed at the target. He then pulled the trigger of his weapon. The Oracle bullet passed through its skull and out from behind, marking a giant hole. He killed the Grimm with ease. The exoskeleton was crushed into smithereens. Pyrrha is left in astonishment with new found respect to the teacher that saved her.

She gave her thanks to him which he responded by nodding, Suther's mannerism made it look like he's done it before. Ruby came rushing towards him, he was then bombarded with a flood of questions.

"That was so cool! You're using a sniper rifle right? How does it work? Was the bullet infused with dust? Oh man, I wonder how you made this." Ruby exclaimed to Suther while eyeing his God arc.

He chuckled. "You're better off not knowing, Ruby." The God eater replied.

Weiss is being eerily silent. This strange gesture was getting into his skin.

He then told the students. "Is this all that's left? They are probably dead at this point. Whatever the case may be, the next part of the activity will begin."

Weiss spoke after him.

"Why are you holding all the relics?" She asks with a clear sign of wrath underlying it. "What do you intend to do with it?"

"This is the sub-test. All of you, at once, fight against me." He announced it to them.

All of them remarked in unison. "WHAT!?"

He then continues. "This test will prove that you can dispose of one of your own. Betrayal is included in the life that you will turn into. Does becoming a Huntsman come across as a joke? Having said this, if even one of you can mark a scratch on me then all of you will pass. If not, await failure ahead." Suther expressed to them.

"That's it?" Pyrhha queried. She then added. "We get the 'Killing your own Huntsmen' thing but doesn't this task sound too simple."

"In truth, the act of killing another is simple. I cannot deny that, but what if that Huntsman or Huntress is someone you cared about, then it wouldn't be so simple. You can end all conflict with one act or leave it be and allow chaos to ensue. By the words of Headmaster Ozpin 'It is up to you to take the first step'. Any questions?" The gang looked at each other with worry. The atmosphere was starting to thicken. He had a good first impression, apart from Weiss of course.

Nora then answered cheerfully, causing the silence to break. "None Professor!"

"Good." He mentions. "Now then, catch me if you can!" Suther declared to them. He jumped into the bigger ruins. The group responded appropriately and began to chase him into the once known civilization. He ties his God arc to his back, Suther again said. "<Dance of the Gods, First Form: Perpetual State>".

He dashed forward until he reached one of the towers standing in the ruins. Suther faces towards them. He smiled waiting for the first move. Nora and Yang are the first to confront him. Ruby, Pyrrha, and Weiss are standing behind Jaune and Pyrrha who are assuming the role of the tank. Blake and Ren are standing behind the pillars, expecting a window of opportunity.

Nora jumped to the sky. With the assistance of her weapon, she zips down then swings her hammer to the ground, after that she clicks the trigger to create a large dust cloud. Blinding his surroundings with the intention of impeding his actions or hiding something from him. Inside the mantle of dust, Yang launched her first confrontation.

A flurry of strike that was skillfully redirected like a seasoned warrior. As the fight continued, both Yang and Suther seemed to be equals. Yang's style of fighting is relentless aggression that leaves her full of openings, but her battle instincts kept her from being wounded while Suther's style hails from experience. Seeking and creating weak spots. His style benefits from the duration of the battle, she is shooting her shots while he weaves everything she throws.

With both her hands, she attempted to strike his stomach.

Although it sounded like a clean hit, Suther caught Yang's attack like it was nothing. She saw his hand coated in something similar to an Aura, yet it was not. "<Dance of the Gods, Fifth form: Aegis Quake>"

This breathing form boosts the user's circulation of the Oracle cell in the upper body and the shield of the God arc/user's arm is coated in Oracle energy. The God eater receives the attack of the Aragami by its shield or arms, the kinetic force collected by the Oracle energy transfers to the blade/limbs to allow its operator to return it back with equal force, causing the Aragami to stagger from its own attack.

Suther breaks her balance substantially. He then did the same move that Yang used on him, and pushed her out of the cloud of dust. She was caught by Nora, before it could hit the rest behind.

Another person attacked him.

It was Ruby.

Her gigantic scythe made it appear as if a crimson reaper had come for his life. Ruby swung her weapon like a dancer just for him to evade with one-fourth of a movement. The dust surrounding him kept growing as they perpetuated the fight.

She then did a wide horizontal swing, Suther avoided the attack by moving forward.

Ruby smirks with underlying intentions. While her weapon swung through, she pulled the trigger of her scythe, the weapon is pulled inwards and towards him. On the surface, it looks like she is about to wound him, but to Suther, it was a complex question with a simple answer.

He drops down and sweeps her legs, darting away from her blow and simultaneously countering with impeccable timing and accuracy.

Suther grabs her leg, pulls Ruby towards him and strikes her jaw, sending her out the field of smoke.

Two people then entered the cloud, it was Blake and Ren. They were in front of him in a blink of an eye.

Blake aimed for his head while Ren directed his blade to his stomach. Suther simply faces behind, causing them to hit the durable God arc instead. He subsequently grabbed their arms and spun them around and away towards where Yang emerged out of.

The cloud of dust settled, revealing all of them lined up like a firing squad and he was their target. Jaune thereupon shouted. "FIRE!".

Suther pulls out his God arc and deploys his shield to block the incoming attack. A hail of bullets rained down on him, as he endured the relentless volleys that were being inflicted upon him, he saw someone missing. *Where's the girl in white?*. He thought.

In his shade stood a figure. Opulent of animosity and calculated rage. As shots bombards his front, and her weapon rings like bells to a church, Suther is wide open. He lets off a grin.

*What a beautiful display of teamwork. I don't have time to use my breathing technique, my body is stuck blocking their bullets. The only thing left is... that.*