User blog:Seieireppa/God Eater:Universitas, chapter -∞: Beginnings, part 2

“So… we finally meet in person, If.”

I stared down the man standing before me, the mysterious Hannibal ever ready at his side. My God Arc cried out with an urge to tear this man apart, an urge echoing my own bloodlust.

“‘If?’” the man replied with a chuckle. “Is that what they’re calling me these days? I HAVE a name, you know. It’s—”

“I DON’T WANT TO HEAR IT!”  With all my rage, I cried out, rushing towards If… only to be shoved aside by one of my fellow task force members, just as the Hannibal’s claw pierced through him.

“Idenn…” he stammered, blood draining from his body, “you… you have to live…! You’re our… our only…”

He could not finish his sentence, the last of his life slipping away as the Hannibal threw him aside.

“Well now, that was a touching moment. However, I lack any semblance of pity for one such as yourself. Have you made your peace with this world, girl?”

“Like… like hell…!” I shot back, but before I could act, I found my line of sight obscured by the rest of the task force, who had placed themselves between me and If.

“Idenn, don’t throw your life away!”

“You need to flee from here! Flee and get stronger!”

“If you can just finish Lifespring, humanity will be saved! Our present, our future, will be saved!”

One by one, as they spoke, the Hannibal cut them down with precise, unforgiving strikes, their bodies crumpling to the ground as their lives were ended in a single instant.

If looked down at the bodies before facing me once again.

“What a pathetic display,” scoffed If. “They call themselves God Eaters, yet they couldn’t even withstand one strike from my friend here? What a joke. At any rate…”

He motioned to the Hannibal, which stepped towards me and raised its claw.

“…you’re next, girl.”

In a blinding instant, the Hannibal swung down its claw, meeting my body in a high-speed impact that drove the wind from my lungs.

However, I would not be so easily defeated.

“What is…” If began. “You grabbed onto its arm instead of being flung away? I applaud your bravery… but what do you plan on doing from that position?”

I looked at If, my eyes meeting his as a pained grin spread across my face.

“This.”

And with all the effort I could muster, I raised my God Arc and stabbed it directly into the Hannibal’s core.

“Let’s see if this works… LIFESPRING!!!”

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