The Puppeteer

In the distance, a red building could be seen, it's bright red colour was more unique and eye-catching than the red buildings for the red wristwatch students.

It stood lonely at the far ends of the academy, and with its red colors and the deserted area it was built, it resembled a haunted house pulled out from some horror story.

Shian moved with stunning speed, leaving the other students behind to eat dust. By now, they had already noticed his speed, and even with the struggle they were going through, they still had the energy to talk about him.

"Does that guy never tire?!!!" A students asked out loud as he panted heavily.

"Scratch that, How the FUCK is he so fast?! Is that his ability!!!" Another students chipped in, he channeled his remaining stamina into his legs and overexerted them to move faster, but his legs had taken too much and couldn't go on any further, causing him to fall over.

Students could be seen dropping akin to flies, their legs turning wobbly as they fell, and some barely able to catch themselves before falling face first.

Ryan though didn't seem to be giving up, his stamina was better than most after his training with Shian, so he was able to keep up.

Adam on the other hand, turned out to have been brought up in the same way as Shian –though not as worse– but he was as agile as a monkey and was moving faster than Ryan, though not as fast as Alucard.

Speaking of Alucard, he transmuted himself into a cloud of mist and was flying through the air at a considerable speed. He was far back behind Shian, and was closing the gap swiftly.

Shian seemed to be slowing down as he was getting closer and closer to the Third Hall of the Red Zone.

It was a red building with a slanted roof, windowless with a single brown wooden door, a cobblestoned path that led to a flight of stairs that seemed to be tainted with dried blood, and dead grasses and plants aligning the sides of the path.

On the door, there was a red clothing tied to the knocker, and just like the stairs, the door had markings of dried blood on it.

Shian came to a stop and calmly approached the door... then without knocking, he swung it wide open.

No sooner had he done this when a leg smashed into his chest and sent him flying back, images flashed in his head and a sudden surge of anger overwhelmed him, he flipped through the air and landed on the path with murderous intents in his eyes.

He got back to his feet and stared at the darkness behind the door, waiting for the culprit to reveal himself.

The sound of hollow woods hitting each other echoed in the building, and a wooden hand emerged, followed by a wooden body, and then wooden legs.

As Shian watched this occurrence, his expression shifted from anger into mild surprise.

The wooden figure's googly eyes landed on Shian, and without warning, it lunged at him with it's hands spread apart, as if wanting to wrestle with him. Shian moved in to attack the doll, but a mist swept past him.

Alucard in his mist form appeared by his side, and turning his hands into misty blades, he severed the dolls head.

Shian shot him an angry look, but Alucard ignored him and returned to his mist form and drifted into the building.

With a still angry expression, Shian was about to dash into the building after Alucard when he heard the sounds of struggle, then an explosion... then, Alucard was sent flying out of the door.

"What the..?!!" Shian dived to the side to evade the body. He couldn't care less if Alucard was going to be injured, after all, he had pissed him off enough and deserved some beating.

But Shian's inner glee was cut short by Alucard turning into mist again and landing gracefully by his side.

Shian clicked his tongue in anger and turned to look back at the door.

Several other wooden dolls began to match outside and surround them both, Shian dashed at them and sent out a round house kick at one of the dolls.

The unfortunate doll had its head blown into fragments and splinters of wood, before its body was flung through the air and crashed into another doll.

That action seemed to have triggered the other dolls to attack, and they all rushed in at the duo, while some ran past them and headed into the distance were the other students could be seen.

Shian bent his body and evaded a weak ass punch, then grabing the arm, he made a chop on the dolls head and kicked another doll, he ripped the dolls arms from its shoulders and began to use it as a bat to whack the other dolls away.

Alucard in his mist form was slipperier than an eel, it was impossible to touch him, not to even talk of attacking him, he shifted from his mist form into a human, just to break apart several dolls and then turn back into mist.

They both fought on their own sides of the path, rendering any brazen doll who dared attack them, broken, and a useless pile of wood.

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"Those two are annoying." The yellow haired boy controlling the puppets acknowledged with a sadistic grin. "But it's nothing I can't handle."

"Send in the big guns. It's a long time that I've had a new doll added to my collection." He spoke seemingly to no one, but the house that Shian and Alucard were fighting in front of began to move.

Two wooden arms burst out of the sides of the building, two wooden bipedal legs grew out from the bottom and lifted it high up.

ROOOOOAAAARR!!!!

A loud roar that shook the ground erupted from the interior of the building, shockwaves that rose dust and uprooted grasses pushed them back, threatening to throw them off their feets, and the dolls that seemed to be acting based on instinct, suddenly had their eyes light up with sentience, and create a uniformed battle formation.

The yellow haired boy behind this new opponent, laughed heartily and said out loud. "Say hello to B, The Puppeteer."