Before Ryuk could utter another word, the Aquatic Man blitzed forward, a fiery blue wave of energy spiralling behind him as he appeared before Ryuk a literal blink later, piercing out powerfully with his Trident.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
A horrific shockwave boomed out as Ryuk reacted instinctively, smashing out with his punch, but the tip of the trident exploded out with a blue wave of energy that scorched his hand, sending him rapidly spinning uncontrollably donwnward.
VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
His hearing barely caught the sound of movement once more and then—
BAAAAAANG
BAAAAAANG
BAAAAAANG
Heavy explosions resounded through the entire area as piercing trident mages flashed all around Ryuk, and he punched out furiously.
Yet, it slowly tore apart his body, ripping through nanobots and skin—
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
After an attack that sent him flying backward, the scythe suddenly magnified, reaching close to 50 meters in pure height.
"DIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEE!"
A loud roar boomed out of the lips of the Aquatic Man as he slammed down with the edge of the scythe, flinging it toward Ryuk.
RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIP
ARRRGGGHH
A groan of pain left Ryuk's lips as his hand grabbed into the edge of the scythe, the feeling of trying to lift a mountain overwhelming him. And then—
RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIP
The scythe ripped through his body, nailing him down faster as Ryuk was sent smashing into the ground.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
A powerful wave of sand and shockwave emanated out from where he collapsed as one of the trident's sharp edges dug into his stomach, pinning him onto the ground.
SPUUURRRT
Blood slowly slipped out from Ryuk's lips as his eyes slowly moved up, looking at the Aquatic Man who calmly floated down from above, his eyes filled with disdain and pride.
He arrived before the scythe, his hand grabbing onto it, and then—
RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIP
He twisted it within Ryuk's body before he tore it out, a bloody wave splashing out into the water as the scythe returned to its normal height.
"What are your last wishes?" the Aquatic Man asked, as Ryuk's lips, covered in blood, slowly opened up and then—
"How disappointing. Really, really disappointing," he said, as the Aquatic Man's eyes flashed in the next instant.
RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIP
The sound of an object tearing through flesh rang out as the scythe's edge pierced into Ryuk's neck. And with it, the Aquatic Man slowly lifted him, as Ryuk's entire body dangled on the scythe.
"You know, I expected you to be madder about your beast dying. After all, I would be maddest if any of my beasts died."
"But isn't it pathetic? After your previous beast got ripped into two all you have in your eyes is pride and disdain."
"I thought I would encounter much charisma from a Beast Tamer. But you're just an arrogant piece of trash in the end..."
"And you're a half dead intruder, hanging pathetically on the edge of a scythe, about to lose your life."
"I would say you're more disappointing than I could ever be, wouldn't you agree?" the Aquatic Man said as he twisted the scythe in Ryuk's neck, the edge tearing out of the back of his neck before swinging it around as Ryuk's head bent unnaturally to the side.
"About to lose my life, you say?"
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Ryuk laughed out to the words, even as he felt his body slammed into the ground with the scythe. Yet all he did was laugh out like a madman.
"You're an ignorant fool..."
CRAAACKK
Suddenly, the temperature below the sea began dropping.
His eyes flashed when he saw the water beneath him start solidifying—and in the next instant, he shot upward with speed as the entire water around Ryuk turned instantly to ice.
Any water that touched that ice was like it got infected, as it was also enveloped in ice crystals. He looked at the ice slowly spreading, and then—
CRAACKKK
The ice shattered into pieces as a figure stepped out.
A figure with translucent skin and snowy white hair that flashed with intense, snowy white light.
His eyes were fully blue, and they looked at him with the coldest of light.
But that wasn't what was horrifying about him.
What was horrifying was the cold. The abysmal cold that made the Aquatic Man repeatedly step backward, even though the ice wasn't even heading toward him.
"You?"
"What are you!?" the Aquatic Man asked in shock as Ryuk's lips opened, instant white smoke puffing out.
And without saying any more words, he slowly raised up his hands and interlocked both fingers together as he whispered:
"Domain Expansion..."
Ryuk uttered, as the gaze of the figure massively changed. And in the next instant, his scythe twisted in his hand, and he slammed the butt of it on the ground.
VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
In the next instant, a powerful wave of blue swam toward him, seeking to hurt him yet—
"Winter's Solace..."
The words rang out calmly, as the blue wave that emanated from the trident paused in the air as the world instead turned into that of ice.
Everything froze up—absolute and completely.
The crashing waves stopped in their tracks before, quickly, a ball of ice formed over both Ryuk's and the Aquatic Man's figures.
The entire world had changed. And now it was a world of ice and snow.
Grent's eyes were widened in shock as he paused in his step, eyes looking around in disbelief.
One second!
One second was all it took—and when he opened his eyes, he was in this world of eternal winer.
His hands quickly tried gripping the trident harder, but then his eyes flashed in shock when he felt himself unable to clench his fingers.
He tried to look downwards to see why, but his neck refused to move, seemingly having been hung in place by some mysterious force.
"I... I can't move!?" he asked himself in shock. But then, a figure soon appeared in the snowy world, calmly walking forward toward him.
"You! It's you!" Grent tried to say, but his lips refused to move as he watched Ryuk calmly walk toward him, soon arriving mere inches before him, before his hand shifted to the side—and then silvery light boomed as an object was formed before it solidified.
And when it finally settled, it was none other than a massive scythe of close to three meters in length oozing with horrific cold!
And then, Ryuk slowly raised it up, as the shadow of the weapon loomed over Grent, whose eyes paled in horror. And then it fell.
"NO! NO! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"