Chapter 211: Memorial
Chapter 211: Memorial
~Third POV~
A large crowd of people was soon standing in front of Beacon Academy students, victims, citizens and a lot were all in place the front of Beacon Academy with everyone viewing a statue of Ozpin fighting against the Gigantis Grimm with him standing tall with the Gigantis head pierced through his cane.
There lies a message on the middle of the statue's bottom plate named 'Forever shall the Strongest and Wisest Headmaster Ozpin Clock the hero of our time.'
Everyone lowered their heads with everyone present coming from behind the statue Glynda Goodwitch began to say the opening words, "Thank you everyone that is participating with us today. Today we come to acknowledge the person that helped defended our Vale Kingdom from the sudden Grimm invasion of the terrorist attack…"
Pausing a bit taking deep breaths Qrow and Ironwood had their gazes down in respect toward their leader.
Team RWBY and JNPR along with various other students all had their heads down to show of respect of Vale Headmaster with the new Headmistress Glynda Goodwitch speaking out, "We all couldn't be here today if weren't for the efforts of our own Beacon Academy Headmaster Ozpin Clock. Sadly, though despite the dangers we all faced…"
Turning her head towards other names on the plate along with Ozpin to show the students have died during the attack dying to protect their Kingdom as she continues, "… not all have survived the invasion. Many, many lives have been lost here today. Despite humanity and Faunus' victory, the price was too high."
Everyone respects their heads down with some of the dead students, parents cried not able to see their sons or daughters that chose this life with everyone seeing the effects that happened a few days ago.
The damages have been done during what was now named 'The Battle of Monsters and Heroes' forever for everyone to hear over the years as those in that generation faced the hardest challenge they have faced.
The older students could only remain neutral as was expected but some did show the emotion of the loss of life and those that survived teams being sole survivors or in groups cried as tears filled them of the loss of their bonds.
Team JNPR and RWBY had the most difficult time adjusting to everything happening in their lives of the event of 'The Battle of Monsters and Heroes' making their everyday life now filled hollower of what happened.
In the end, they did their best to their abilities but the discomfort of their lips and eyes have shown despite everything they did it wasn't enough to make them think deeply about what they planned to do in the future.
Especially Jack takes it the hardest thinking he had everything under control but even he admits, not everything is going to be part of the plan as certain factors or unforeseen abilities manifested in the war zone.
Silence soon filled the crowd with everyone staying silent or others in tears sniffling being heard from former teammates or families.
Glynda takes in a deep breath and sighs out continuing with everyone, of the Kingdoms, watching the memorial happening, "Despite the loss of life… everyone that fought for today fought for all a better tomorrow. A better day that we all learn about that tragedy a few days ago with monsters reigning over. Grimm coming to beat us down again…"
Closing her eyes and reopening them with emotional eyes towards the camera seen with the other professors holding their respects to their Headmaster, "Humanity won. After the loss of everything today. The people who lost their lives for the peace of the Vale Kingdom and everyone they helped defended keeping everyone safe. I would like to honor them. Those that died shall be awarded the honor of upholding the true meaning of being the pillars of Humanity defending us from Grimm."
Like that Glynda began to announce to those that fell in battle awarded for their efforts before not too long everything has been done leaving the people to pay their respects to those that died…
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~Jack POV~
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Staring at the names of those I allowed to die in the name of change…
I just feel like a piece of shit.
That's what I feel like right now.
And perhaps even guilty about what I did…
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No matter what I did or how I justify about this Grimm Invasion there is no doubt in my mind I played my part in this disastrous event.
Throughout my planning, I thought I have or had everything under control with nothing escaping my reach…
Arrogance.
Bloody fucking arrogance is what I felt at the time when everything was according to plan with my knowledge playing with people's lives.
And look what that got me.
People died.
Students died.
Kids, family, babies, pets, and everything else died.
Standing there seeing everything gone from the people mourning silently weeping why or why my son or my daughter?
Sigh…
Shaking my head at this whatever happened… happened.
No use crying over something I could've changed or not.
Regardless of the outcome people were bound to die regardless if they knew or not.
Still, the feeling I could've done something – no.
I already did all I could for this outcome and prepared to the best of my possible abilities because whatever happened in that shit show of a Grimm Invasion I did to the best of my abilities.
Leaving the front of the statue feeling I had enough as did my friends already leave with me staying behind to contemplate how I ever reached this situation.
Sigh…
No matter what I do it won't ever be enough, wouldn't it?
Status.
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Name: Jack Nights
Class: The Gamer
Race: Human
Title: Hero of Remnant
Level: 200 Exp: 0/1,100
HP: 20000/20000
AP: 20400/20400
STR: 315
AGI: 315
VIT: 305
INT: 305
WIS: 305
LUCK: 200
Stat Points: 341-> 391
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After everything of the Grimm Invasion along with killing off a lot of Grimm and gaining EXP from them along with the bonus stat gain I can safely say I'm about there, reaching the most powerful I can be.
The only other ones that can actually pose a challenge anymore would probably be the Brother Gods and they are next on my list before I can safely relax in this world.
Walking a nearby bench taking the time to sit down and reflect on everything that has happened in my short life here in Remnant one has to wonder how things reached this point honestly.
Closing my eyes, I can just feel I have many things, or lack thereof to do in this world left.
Ruby and every one is already down at Vale City being reconstructed with the aftermath of the attacks happening along with some of them volunteering to do some community service helping keep the people fed in soup kitchens and such before their homes would be restored for how long?
I don't even know.
Although with restoration efforts happening in Vale and a complete purge of wiping out any criminal syndicate happening in all the four Kingdoms, I had Roman and Neo put up with the work.
They would think twice when they deal with me now as I recall Roman shivering to see me while Neo was just excited about the power I wield as I'm sort of in a friendlier relationship with her considering she respects me for my strength to be on my good side.
Not that I'm too bothered by it honestly.
Then Team SMMK along with that heat semblance guy worked on Vacuo and Mistral Kingdom territories.
At the same time, I had Mercury and Emerald work in Vale with Roman and Neo dealing with Atlas and Mantle's criminal underworld getting everything organized before I finally make the call about who controls what.
With me supplying the tech and my clones any interruption or power dispute was gone away in a flick of my wrist I commented a purge like no other across Remnant but they are all so blind to the attack they won't realize that everything has changed.
Taking down any interlopers such as the White Fang with Adam figurehead gone and recorded with them releasing the Grimm with a dangerous figure like Sienna gone behind bars one day since they were 'part' of her time in charge.
The convenient scapegoat for people to want charges for bringing Grimm into the Vale Kingdom with mine and Blake's support in that manner.
The first step of change was getting rid of those who would stand to oppose them.
Hence Sienna had to go.
The families and other Faunus killed by them and bringing Mutant Grimm to cause untold terror had inadeptly made Sienna leader of the White Fang take the fall for the actions caused by Adam gone she was forced to pay for her subordinates, actions.
Like that the White Fang that spread fear soon went into hiding after the damage they caused even if they had hand in it or not people will look for someone to blame for all of this.
Fighting people with fear will only backfire hard if those ideas you spread helped sparked something like this then expect BIG consequences to follow soon after.
That, the end of the White Fang came to an abrupt end like that with my Future Foundation supporting and 'conveniently' finding any hiding members but won't capture those that gave up the cause after I uploaded their actions.
Especially Weiss was really pissed at their actions with them disbanding on contrary to many Weiss and Blake both promised to make a union to help Faunus and Humans to connect and co-exist under a new name.
Which they still have to figure that out soon enough but as for the rest of my friends and girlfriends they each went to confide with themselves or family members thinking of the events leading us here.
After all, justice belongs to those that win and make all the rules right?
Not a hobo-poor radical organization like the White Fang.
Ironwood also made a secret talk to the Inner Circle about dealing with the ones responsible for uploading defense systems shutting down Harper and along with Thornmane's corrupt works in the end.
Still in the process of doing so, Ironwood would still need calm things back in Atlas and Qrow being the new Headmaster of Mistral in the next year was in the works.
Theodore and everyone in Beacon Academy needed time to adjust things to back to normal again if that's possible with Glynda Goodwitch the new Headmistress of Beacon Academy taking over the reins.
But at the end of the day, we were all informed that Ozpin is still somewhere out there in the world and they requested my help to search for him with my network and resources to which I comply.
Comply by name at least not by action.
Hence all of this semester for us was put on hold with all four Kingdoms trying to figure out what happened to the criminal underworld along with other issues of new Grimm being introduced to the new course.
Till then everyone was given an everyone 16 weeks off or 1 semester off till everything started to become normal again.
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Maybe what I need is a –
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No… I have so much work to do but… maybe just this chance I'll just do nothing for now I—I need time to process what I have done.
No drinking through…
I might be depressed or have symptoms of them but I just… just need some space from everything for now.
At least till I can get my head back straight and finish up some final things but otherwise… yeah doing nothing sounds fine right about now…
I'm just not in the mood to do anything...
I just need some time alone with my thoughts on my actions and reflect on them...