Gideon had to admit that Morae seemed different to the majority of the male Claymores and certainly the other female in the organisation. Though this was his first time meeting her in person she was far more reserved than he had expected though in truth he should have since she had been thrusted into a world dominated by men, many of whom were a lot stronger than her. Still, he could feel a cool confidence resonate from her yet it wasn’t challenging but still dangerous nonetheless. He did hope that he would get the opportunity to speak to her privately at least once, it would be interesting to hear how she truly feels about the organisation, Claymores and everything else that encompasses this way of life. Not that he expected her to reveal it all immediately but he had secrets of his own and so was fully prepared to keep more.

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Those Yoma who had been touched by his special Yoki allowed him to see through their eyes and what Ilith witnessed was highly surprising: the lead Claymore and clearly the most powerful as he allowed his Yoki to pour out like a fearsome tidal wave twenty feet tall had started killing anything in his sight, humans and Yoma alike. That was something he had never anticipated as they were meant to protect the humans not kill them, even in a scenario such as this he thought they would take some caution as to who they swung at but this was indiscriminate. At least the others had some sense of intelligence and duty to their cause, for the time being. 

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Gideon was unlike a lot of his kind for he detested the killing of innocents and not simply because it was his job to safeguard their lives from monsters but also because it is an utter waste of life and he felt it was wrong to kill without conscious thought. Ansgar clearly lacked the brains to think of anything more than simply killing but Gideon was not about to sign his own death warrant by speaking the harsh truth. Gideon cleared his throat and approached the rank one calmly until they stood side by side. “Whilst we have Raynald in our hunting party, surely it is more efficient for him to identify who is an enemy and who is not. It is, after all, our job to protect them from harm no matter what our personal feelings are towards them. We have no other reason for existing.” Of course he knew Ansgar would retaliate and use his lust for battle as reason for him being alive and keeping it that way but he wanted to use logic despite how poorly it might work on the warmonger. Ultimately he would follow Ansgar’s lead should he fail to persuade him of a better course of action though he would also try his damn hardest to let the humans escape a swift death.

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Using his control over the lesser Yoma and commanding the humans that refused to listen to his orders, it was easy to intimidate them into doing your bidding once you tore their unsuspecting friends throat out. They all moved to just in front of an old rundown barn that had not seen use in decades, then they formed into one long line. Some were visibly shaking and others stood with straight backs as they tried to appear brave. Children, men and women of all ages waited in the mud for what was to come and had no idea this was all a simple but horrific game. The humans amongst them had traces of Ilith’s Yoki running through them which was his main method of making this game more difficult but also more interesting.

One of his minions stood at the front, a large, bald and musclebound man wearing very basic leather armour across his chest and arms. His breeches were torn and ragged, he was barefoot though he didn’t for mud that swallowed his feet. No doubt the Claymores would reach them soon and when they came into sight he would speak with a bellowing voice. “Welcome Claymores! Our master wishes to play a game and he wants you-” The man points directly at Morae. “To be the sole participant. If you do not accept every human in this village dies in an instant, the rules are very simple: you must discover and then execute three Yoma to won. That’s it… easy right?” The man was getting rather excited, he was enjoyed witnessing Ilith’s little plans come into fruition. Entertainment like this was such a rarity and Ilith was one of the best entertainers around.

[@Dusksong]