Encounter

Coranth looked at the severed hand with a shocked face, staring at Aaron. "Did...did you have to cut off his hand?" Coranth asked as Aaron stared at the Boundless Individual. "He tried to attack me, so I'd respond in a like-wise manner," Aaron replied to Coranth. He slowly slid Tsuyukagiri out of its sheath. Aaron showcased a bloodstain on his blade, a questioning look upon his face. "This is your blood, right?" Aaron asked, letting the light from the sun shine upon it, revealing that it was not red but pink. However, after Aaron stared at the stain for another second, it turned purple. Five seconds later, it was red, and this pattern continued, confusing Aaron. "Care to explain your magical blood as well?" Aaron questioned, the man scowling at him. Suddenly, a smile appeared on his face as he grabbed Coranth by the arm, using him as a human shield. "You wouldn't try and harm the child, would you? After all, he's the one who summoned you here, right?" The man sneered, thinking he had the upper hand.

"You know, this trope gets tiring after the first few attempts. It's boring, right?" Aaron replied, bringing a scowl to the man's face. "What?" He replied bluntly, as Aaron appeared above him, decapitating him with Tsuykagiri. The man's head flew away from his body, landing stump-down on the ground, turned away from Aaron. The man's body fell limp as he let out a yell of surprise. However, Aaron was prepared. If the man's screams were here, people would come to find him having decapitated a human. That wouldn't be good for Coranth, so Aaron had a plan. Aaron grabbed the head using Boundless Telekinesis and forcefully opened his mouth, placing his fist inside his jaw, stopping him from yelling. The man was too busy focusing on breathing to scream. "Coranth, I need you to punch him. Hit his limp body right at the stump." Aaron commanded Coranth, who rushed over to the man's detached body. After a few seconds of doubt and a pained expression, Coranth began kicking him. The decapitated head's eyes opened wide as he tried not to cry because of the pain. "Coranth, stop. This is just pure torture." Aaron said to Coranth, who almost immediately stopped.

"W...why" The man asked through tears, causing Aaron to regret his decision. "It's because every other time I've accompanied or encountered another Boundless Individual, they always want to kill me. Just like what you were doing when I removed your hand from your body." Aaron explained, grabbing his arm and placing it near the open wound, gently leaving the head beside its stump. "Once you promise me that you won't attack me, or the child, I'll heal you," Aaron told him, causing the man to sigh. "Fine. I won't even go near the child. How about that?" He replied as Aaron pushed the head and arms back into their original positions. With a snap of his fingers, and the sound of flesh melting together, the man was standing up again. "Bit of a dick move you did there, skeleton man." He said to Aaron, the sound of metal sliding from a scabbard quickly following.

"Hold on, calm down! There's no need to be hasty, is there?" The man backtracked, performing a bow, the sound of Tsuyukagiri sliding back into its sheath coming soon after. "Oliver Pastratos, The Ultimate Chancer. I am a slave to the curse that is Boundlessness. That's my name, title, and you already know my Boundless Ranking." Oliver informed them, exiting the bow as Aaron performed one similar. "Aaron Stone, The Ultimate Skelengel, Forty Percent Boundless." Aaron replied, confusing Oliver. "Skelengel? What the hell is a Skelengel?" Oliver asked him, genuinely curious.

Aaron dropped his sword to the ground, letting the blade hit the ground as his flesh fell away from his body, vanishing before it could land on the floor. Aaron's skeleton revealed itself to him, bony wings unfurling from his back, unnaturally large. Each structure was as long as Coranth was tall, meaning that each was five feet and eight inches long. "A skeletal angel with wings of bones." Aaron bluntly stated, retracting the wings back towards his body, but Oliver grabbed them, looking at them in awe. "Wow. A wing-like structure made entirely out of wings? That's incredible! However, I guess you can't fly with them, right? After all, there are no feathers to catch the air." Oliver smiled, sad about the thought that Aaron couldn't take off like a bird. "Who said I couldn't?" Aaron replied, grabbing Oliver by the arm, leaping into the air with the speed of a hunting falcon. "Whoa! What the hell are you doing?!" Oliver yelled out in surprise, looking down at the ground that got further away. It was breathtaking, at least for Oliver. Aaron's wings beat in the air, creating powerful bursts of air beneath him. "Can you really fly?" Oliver asked out of curiosity, causing Aaron to chuckle. "Not really. I just control myself in the air by using Telekinesis. It feels the same as flying, so I won't complain." Aaron explained, suddenly dropping, divebombing towards the ground head-first. He got close to the area that Coranth stood in before slowly stopping himself, ensuring that Oliver wouldn't be too jarred by the journey.

Aaron's body quickly flipped around to an upright posture, positioning himself for a calm landing. Aaron's feet touched the ground, a smile on his face as he let Oliver jump away, allowing that he may be dizzy. "So, what did you think of the journey, Oliver?" Aaron asked, Oliver rebalancing himself as he looked at Aaron. "It was interesting, let me tell you that. I don't think I'll be fighting against you anytime soon." Oliver commented before sitting down on the ground. "Well, now that we are here, do you want to relax, sit down, talk, or do something else? After all, we have a lot of time to kill since we're Boundless."