I am a shadow...

A darkness that slays darkness... 

My bullets shall pierce the hearts of those wretched evil vixens and purge their existence into damnation... 

I loathe them... 

I hate them... 

They deserve to burn in the flames of Hell and be slain by my hands. 

I will protect this world by ridding it of their vile existence... 

So that no one can suffer the same fate that I suffered... 

No longer will anyone be victimized by their evil magic... No one will become a slave to their deceitful contracts and be robbed of their freedom and everything they own because of these vermin...

He will burn them all in stakes and chain their souls down to the path of the damned where Cerberus will gobble them whole...

He will purge the world of witches and destroy the evil of their magic... 

Because he is Clint, Slayer of Witches... 

And he had found his next target all thanks to a tower of darkness... 

He observed her from the window of her hospital room happily speaking with the Lightborn Overrider. He watched her carefully, engraving her name on the bullets he will use to nail on her coffin... 

Tick tock tick tock tick tock... 

It's only a matter of time before he puts this evil vixen to her final rest. He had heard about her immortality and prowess but all of that will be nothing once he pulled the trigger... 

Yes, he had found the best material to kill an immortal evil like her... Something that she will not heal from... 

He paused... 

The witch was staring directly at him even though he's from another building, his room shrouded in darkness hiding him in the shadows... 

But somehow... 

She saw him...

And she smiled... 

Not a vile one, not a malicious one, but a friendly one before her attention went back to the male she was talking to. 

No one had done that before. No one had sensed him until they were dead. He is a shadow in darkness and yet this bitch-!! 

A purple butterfly suddenly fluttered in front of him taking him off guard. It quickly burned into a violet symbol that exploded once it formed destroying his room and decimating everything he was working within the blink of an eye...

Smoke rose into heaven but the destruction was only limited to his room and the purple fire didn't spread elsewhere keeping the other inhabitants of the inn safe. 

"What a nice trick." he commented emerging from the smoke, bits of his clothes had burned as well as the bandages wrapped around his face but he's overall fine. 

"This will make the chase more fun. A prey that fights back is a more satisfying game than the one that accepts its fate." he whispered into the wind before putting on his hat. 

"Rejoice Hidden Orchid Butterfly Ruby, Witch of the Dark Forest and descendant of the great phantasmal Pendragon." he opened his hand revealing the last bullet he had that can kill the witch made from the bones of the Demon of Death Thanatos where the witch's name was engraved. She had wittily destroyed his equipment and supplies making it more difficult to kill her but this will never deter him. What she did made him more excited to face her and take her life. 

"I have deemed you worthy of my effort and utmost hate. Prepare yourself for I will come and kill you."

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Ruby was finally discharged from the hospital after a few more days of rest. Granger only visited thrice which greatly disappointed her but she figured that he had so much on his plate at the moment looking for Dyrroth and driving away from the constant monster attacks. Alucard dropped by the most, being less narcissistic and annoying which allowed the Butterfly Witch to tolerate his presence also because he looks a lot like her deceased vampire husband. Plus he often brings her strawberry cakes so she can't really complain much.

At one point Ruby forgot that the Alucard beside her wasn't the Vampire Viscount she fell in love with which ended with them tangled in each other making out intensely on the bed. One of his hands was already inside her panties while the other fondled her breast. They were only snapped back to their senses when Nana arrived to bring Ruby her meal which ended up on the floor due to her shock.

The witch quickly pushed the fighter away and apologized to the cat elf who looked like she was going to pass out any minute. Ruby conjured a memory loss spell on the mage so that the incident won't spread out like wildfire and reach the ears of Granger. A violet butterfly materialized from the tip of her index finger when she pointed it to the elf. The Butterfly fluttered towards Nana whose eyes became blank for a while before returning to their natural blue vibrance.

"Oh my Gord, I'm sorry Miss Ruby! I spilled your meal. Please forgive me! I forgot how it happened but it doesn't matter. I'll just get you a new one and clean this up." Nana sputtered in panic before leaving to accomplish her promises.

"That's one handy trick. What do you say we continue where we left off?" Alucard said seductively pinning her again in bed.

"I'm tired. And what happened was a mere accident and forgetfulness on my part. Sorry to give you false hope but you really reassembled my dead husband." Ruby declined pushing his back weakly but it was enough to detach him from her since he pulled away himself.

"Wait you we're married? How come no one knows that? Since when?"

"Oh does being married makes me a turn off? Then I should have told you that a while ago." Ruby said in humor.

"No, quite the opposite. It makes me turned on more. What about a quickie before that child comes back? I promise I'll be very good." he whispered sensually.

"No thanks. I'd prefer my fingers or a rubber dildo and you also don't have to remember the last ten minutes." Ruby raised her finger one more time and produced another butterfly.

"You really don't want your baby Granger to know anything dirty you do, don't you? You love him greatly. It makes me kind of envious and jealous. But I want a last parting gift before I forget that you willingly kissed me." Alucard suddenly grabbed her hand and pinned it over her head before crashing his lips with her and pushing his tongue in her parted mouth. He twirled it with hers before licking her strawberry sweet crevice.

It soon ended when Ruby mustered enough strength to push him away and use the erasure spell on him.

She returned to her house only to find it trashed and overrun by wolves. She sighed before summoning her scythe.

"That demon is going to get an earful when he gets back." she mumbled before jumping towards the first wolf and slaying it with on slash.

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Ruby started rebuilding her home all alone with only the occasional help of her familiar who preferred to slack off saying that's his injuries hurt. According to her observation, her house didn't retain much serious damage. No walls were busted or any damage to the roof or drain but the clutter of debris and leftover corpses that weren't eaten by wild monsters are abundant so she dealt with those first.

She started by making Manticat dig a two feet square shaped ditch in the ground about three and a half meters in length and width before dumping the carcasses and destroyed wood inside the pit before setting them ablaze. To do the job alone would be too much of a strain to her still-healing body so she mind-controlled a few beasts with a song spell she found from a book authored by Snowrella. The spell was a stupid song that enchants beasts to follow your bidding mostly to clean your house and stuff. The Witch Princess also said that she used the spell to mate with big cocked wolves and other well-endowed beasts which disgusted the Butterfly Witch.

Two weeks was all it took for Ruby to fix her home but it could have been faster if she was at her full strength. She planned to rest for the third week after the strenuous tasks she did after being discharged.

Ruby felt something odd with her body. She started feeling more and more aroused every day and with no one but herself to satisfy her needs she often relieves herself with her fingers and the vibrating dildos in her possession. This is apparently a side effect of the Blood Moon. Witches are also affected by the said event but not in the blood lust way but in a sexual one. The following days of the Blood Moon are the signal of the Monsters' Mating Season as well as those of witches who usually fornicate with warlocks, wizards, spirits, or demon's that they can summon making Ruby somehow glad that Dyrroth wasn't present or else they could have done somethings that she will later regret.

By the end of the month, Ruby was rid of her sexual affliction making her as decent as ever but Dyrroth was still nowhere to be found. She often went down to the town to hear news about the demon but so far the Lightborn squad and the other hunters never managed to catch him or much less locate his whereabouts.

Without Dyrroth's presence, her life seemed... bland and too stale. Even though he wasn't that good of a person he managed to make a place inside her life making it hard for her to get accustomed to his absence. Isolation had been her closest friend for a very long time but right now why does it seem like her enemy? 

She went to the front of her house to tend to her garden. Purple butterflies fluttered around her helping around with pollinating her plants and informing her of anything unusual happening around the house. So far they said that it was peaceful as usual making her at ease. 

"Here in the garden let's play a game... 

I'll show you how it's done..." she sang softly cutting off a rose and looking at it with melancholy. Alucard used to give her roses. She used to give her mother roses after she comes home from work coming from their garden. And then Rel gave her one when he proposed... 

"Let's go in the garden you'll find something waiting right there where you left it lying upside down. When you finally find it, you'll see how it's fading. The underside is lighter when you turn it around everything stays... right where you left it... Everything stays but it still changes... " she let out a sight. 

"For how much longer will you linger in the shadows instead of attacking me right here and now. You've been stalking me for a month now and I'm starting to think that you like me instead of you wanting to murder me. Got enough bullets to kill me or did I blow them all up? Don't even bother. I've tried suicide for a hundred years so I gave up but it doesn't hurt to try. Or I guess it does. For you that is." She mused standing up from her squatting position. She wiped her hands on a rug before looking at the marksman emerging from the tree lines. 

"A hunter knows that the art of patience is an important thing for a successful game." 

"Yes, but I think that keeping the windows open when I change clothes and letting you watch me masturbating kept me alive for a  really long time. I hope I helped with your boredom while waiting for the perfect time to strike me. I hope you didn't get any trees pregnant while you were jacking off on my pussy. Did it look tight from your position? I can give you a better view in a closer position." she directed him a sarcastic teasing smirk but he doesn't seem fazed or affected by her words. 

"Your seduction won't save your life witch. I want nothing but to kill you. Rest assured that I will give you a proper burial. Under my bullets." he shot for her head with one of his normal witch killing ammo which she avoided by merely flicking her head sidewards. She figured that he's going to incapacitate her first before finishing her off with his special witch killing bullets. 

"I hope you have a better plan cause I want to keep it interesting. It's been so long since I had a good fight." 

"I've got things on my sleeve and I'm not planning on being merciful with a quick and painless death." 

"Good. Cause I'm not either." The butterflies flew around Ruby, surrounding her body and turning into light before melting into a new outfit. Instead of her purple Gothic dress, she wore a black cloak and a dark grey sleeveless battle leotard underneath, as well as long black gloves and thigh-high socks and metal boots. She summoned Azrael in front of her and grasped it with her right hand preparing to attack. 

She spun the chain and threw the pendulum at him which aimed to snake around the marksman as if it had a mind of its own but Clint jumped back just in time to avoid being ensnared by the chain and threw his heel rope at her. His attack was very sudden but Ruby managed to avoid being tied down by his trap only to be shot by a lethal bullet on her appendix. She fell back and saw him looming over her pointing a gun to her face but she rolled out just in time to avoid the shot. 

Ruby had gotten on her feet and propelled herself towards the witch hunter to slice him down with her scythe but he managed to jump back half a meter to avoid being cut in half. Ruby stabbed the blade of her scythe on the soil and used it to spin and land a kick to his gut sending him flying against a tree. 

Clint groaned and stepped away to evade being tied to the tree as the witch threw the chain again at him. The pendulum spun around the tree with no prisoner as Clint once again shot Ruby with his sinister green bullets aiming to pierce her heart. The witch blocked them off by releasing a black and purple shockwave towards the marksman who moved out of the way just as the crescent blade began cutting down the trees with no effort. 

Clint threw a smoke bomb at the witch blinding her and making her feel weak as the drugged smoke infiltrated her lungs. Ruby coughed out and covered her eyes as they stung due to the poison effectively incapacitating her. Clint shot another quick draw bullet towards the witch's silhouette and when the smoke cleared there was no witch dead on the ground. He moved cautiously forwards until his body was thrown violently to the ground by a brutal force against his back. He used his hand to push himself back on his feet and stop tumbling on the grass pointing his gun back at the witch. 

He figured that she had quickly pulled herself out of the smoke with the chain attached to the tree he fell against and propelled herself using the momentum to spin around the tree and kick him on his spine. He applauds her brilliance but now that she had inhaled the smoke her chances of beating him are wearing thin. He had poisoned her with a very potent abyssal viper venom that the empire had once used against Alice which allowed them to weaken her and trap her in the depths of the Abyss. The venom is powerful enough to incapacitate the Abyssal witch for a thousand years therefore a Butterfly Witch will be no match for this poison. He saw her legs wobbling but she still stood her ground. She will soon fall but for now, he will enjoy playing with her. It's been a while since a witch was able to give him a worthy fight and he will relish every second torturing her. 

Ruby can feel her legs shaking and her arms failing to lift her scythe. She placed her palm on Azrael's blade cutting it open and spilling her warm crimson blood on the purple blade confusing the witch hunter. 

The whole weapon glowed and traveled to her body. Ruby stood up, her limbs stopped trembling and her mind is no longer clouded. 

"Azrael can kill anything to oblivion but it can also give blessings to those it favors by offering their blood allowing Azrael to grant a wish. A simple wish of giving me the power to kill you however this effect can only be used once a day so let's be quick before it's magic runs thin."

"You can pray all you want to all the demon's in hell but that won't help you because I will shot you down and send you where they are."

"Is that your best plan? I kind of expected..." Suddenly she was in front of the marksman who gapped at her incredible speed. "More." 

Ruby slashed him again and again. Left, right, top, down and Clint barely managed to step away every time her blade aims to finish him off however he didn't manage to evade a bash to his head with the handle of her weapon and being taken down as she sliced her scythe to his feet which luckily didn't cut them off as she had not intended to do so. She wanted to toy with him first before chopping him to pieces a plan he intended to do to her. 

Ruby aimed to jump on top of him and stab his gut with the pointy end of her scythe but Clint kicked her on her stomach as he propelled himself to stand sending her to collide against the wall of her house, knocking the air out of her lungs. 

"Is that enough to give you more? Little lady, I'm just getting started. I hope you didn't get too cocky with a few hits cause I'm about to bring out the big guns."

He threw another smoke bomb at her and then shot another quick draw bullet which managed to pierce her leg making her yelp out in pain. 

"More banging less talking!" she yelled throwing his pendulum at him that successfully wrapped around his arm. She pulled the chain and propelled herself forward out of the smoke and making him stagger towards her. She aimed to land her feet on his chest but he blocked it by crossing his arms in defense and grabbing her ankle to throw her violently on the ground. 

Ruby tumbled on the soil for a few seconds before she managed to collect her bearings and evade a barrage of bullets from piercing her body. She released ten consecutively shockwaves towards the marksman who was barely able to dodge the attacks by bending over and sidestepping. The witch had swung them already predicting where he will land making it almost impossible to avoid being killed. The last one had hit him completely and knowing the nature of the witch, the damage she had done to him restored a great deal of her HP. What he didn't expect next was being hooked by the witch and then being spun around hanging on her scythe which sent him to another tree. Clint groaned trying to pull himself back on his feet only to be pushed back down by the sole of her boot. 

"Seen the difference between you and me?" she spat coldly, her warm golden eyes turned cold as a blizzard while she gazed down at him with loathing.

"Did you seriously think that you could defeat someone like me who has been fighting life and death for centuries now? Then you really are dense to think that you could win." She lifted her scythe to finally end him but Clint was able to move faster since her weapon is heavy. He broke a container with his poisoned smoke bombs and threw it at her face making her reel back in pain and drop her scythe as she held her face. Ruby released a deafening yell and crawled away from the marksman. 

She quickly activated purify to remove the poison but her eyes still stung and she can hardly see in her blurred vision however she can see his faint image approaching her. She crawled back. 

"All this talk about being invincible and better and now you're crawling away from me. How pitiful." He commented following after her matching her pace while slowly loading the cylinder of his revolver with normal bullets. He took his time to torment her with her impending death. 

"Ohh please you can't take me down if you don't cheat." Ruby argued trying to stand on her wobbling legs like a newborn child only to collapse back down. She can still barely see him and the poison had left her limbs weak and her head pounding as it circulates her body. 

"Cheating or not you are still the one crawling in the dirt, not me." He replied loading his last Thanatos bullet into the cylinder and pushing it in before spinning it. He decided to only put two normal bullets in and one witch slaying one leaving the other three empty. He pointed his gun at the witch who glared at him menacingly. He figured that she must be regaining her vision but she still can't move much less do anything. Her magic won't work, the poison he used against her is blocking off her magic circuit from activating rendering her powerless and vulnerable to his mercy which he doesn't possess for the likes of her 

"Shall we play?" he asked with a low insulting tone. 

"Fuck y- aaahhhh!" she screamed as he shot her chest. 

She didn't burn up in flames so he guessed it must be a normal one. She screamed again cursing him. He pointed his gun at her face making her look away before pulling the trigger but this one is empty. Such a shame but tormenting her is fun. 

"Dancing over a tomb will cause you your own death. Just be done with it already." she growled pushing against the wound to stop the bleeding which barely helped. It hurt like hell even though it wasn't an immortal slaying bullet especially since he had laced it with poison. 

"Beg. I want to hear you begging." he ordered narrowing his eyes in amusement. 

"Over my dead body!" She yelled throwing a knife at him which surprised the marksman but unluckily for her he had caught it. 

"The last words of the damned. Farewell, Butterfly Witch. I shall be your executioner. Perhaps when we meet in hell will I finally be able to fuck your pussy in the throne of the Devil himself. For now, wait for me on the other side." 

Ruby closed her eyes and didn't look away. She accepted her death already feeling her body weakening and collapsing due to the amount of blood loss. Her legs trembled in fear. She didn't want to die. She didn't want to die. Not here. Not right now. 

She can't go to Guinevere and Gusion's wedding if she's wearing her death gown. 

No one will take care of Manticat and cook his meals. 

She doesn't know if Dyrroth is safe or alive. 

She hasn't told Granger her true feelings yet and she never managed to kiss his lips. 

She hasn't freed herself with Alice's curse nor found her true Happily Ever After like Alucard wanted. 

She never managed to travel the world and see its beauty like her mother wanted. Like she wanted. 

Mommy save me, please!! 

Roger, please keep the monster away again!!

Alucard please come back for me!!!

Dyrroth please save me again like you did before. You'll go back, right? You won't let me die? Please. Please. 

Granger? Will you be coming for me to sweep me off my feet like last time! Please come. Please save me. 

I don't want to die! I don't want to die!! 

Please!! 

Anyone!! 

I can't die. 

I can't die. 

I can't die. 

I can't die. 

I can't die! 

I CAN'T DIE!! 

I CAN'T DIE!!!

I CAN'T DIE!!!!

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No one will save you stop being foolish. This isn't a fairytale your not a princess or a damsel in distress. You're the witch. You're the Evil Queen. You're the bad guy. You don't get redemption so stop being pathetic!! Your mother? Roger? Alucard? Dyrroth? Granger? 

Don't be stupid no one will save you and give you a happily ever after. 

You're wanted to be a witch, didn't you? Well here's your payback. 

You want to live? 

Then save yourself and stop begging to be rescued or else the wolf will gobble you. 

The hunter will never come because YOU ARE the HUNTER! 

And the wolf? 

Is just in front of you, waiting to gobble you whole just before watching you tremble. Look at him he's enjoying tormenting you. Relishing in your grief before he kills you. 

Are you a princess? 

No. 

Are you his prey? 

Never. 

Are you going to die in his hands without a fight till your last breath?

No, but he will!! 

One shot. On spell. One life. One tomorrow. 

You know what to do right? 

Yes!! 

She will live and he will perish. 

"Hey, marksman. Last word?" she said with an ominous smile. 

"Very well I shall humor it. I am generous even to the dead." he lowered his gun and gazed down at her with amusement, utterly amused by her weak and dying form. He relished in the sight of her weakness while his blood tingle by her hollowed state. 

"You know I played Brawl once and used a really dope battle spell. It's really effective at killing low HP noobs." she talked with a cherry voice as if she was talking to a friend. 

"Are you hoping to save yourself with such a cheap spell? Really I hoped that you had more class than that. Not that it mattered anyway since you can't use your magic. I fried your magic circuits. You're clinging to empty hope." He mused at her desperation. Seeing her tormented and clinging to the thinnest string to keep herself alive all for nothing. 

"You keep thinking of me as merely immortal and a butterfly witch but I'm also... a dragon's descendant!" It was too late for Clint to realize what she meant as a fiery projectile shot him backward

How can he be so forgetful? Dragons create mana and magic merely by breathing while their descendants can't actually do it to this extreme, their blood however is a powerful catalyst of magic. Even a regular human could perform magic with dragon's blood and right now she is bleeding lots of it. 

Before he can fall to the ground he lifted his gun and pointed it to the witch and shot his last bullet. If he's going to die he's going to take her with him and fuck her up in hell. He will ravish her and punish her again and again until she is reduced to nothing but a slave! 

Ruby closed her eyes. She can literally see everything in slow motion especially the green bullet about to pierce her heart. She casted that one last spell to say her farewells and watch the petals of her roses fall on the ground as she will soon do. She can't move anymore she lost too much blood. Breathing itself is difficult. She is pinned to the ground while her death approaches every minute. 

She wanted to create a spell that can repel the bullet but she knew that it won't work. The bullet can nullify any spell she can cast with magic in it so she manipulated something that she can that can also affect the bullet so she chose time. 

She delayed one second into one minute. No thoughts currently race inside her head. Even though she knew she was going to die she doesn't know what to think or say. Normally a person who has one minute would say goodbye to everyone they knew but she couldn't do that as well. All she could do was stare at the roses. No muscle move in her body. Clint had punctured important nerves but luckily she can't also feel any pain right now. 

Really she couldn't even avoid it even if she evaded. He had written her name on it and now it's a curse that will pierce her heart and end her life. The rose petals are pretty though. Falling slowly and lightly, descending with grace and beauty down to the dull cold soil of death. 

She feels tired. One after the other people and monsters are trying to kill her. She kind of feels like that cartoon boy named Steven facing people who wanted to murder him left and right, but unlike him, she doesn't have a family or any friends like his to help her get through it all. She probably deserved it for all the vile things that she did in the past. For all the people she allowed to die due to her selfish reasons. It really was so fucked up how they called her a hero and made statues of her without knowing that she was the one that got their loved ones killed.

Her head is getting lighter and her vision is getting darker. She's going to die now and the bullet will finalize it. It's only 10 seconds away. She closed her eyes and finally let darkness take away her pain. 

A/N: Sorry this will be a cliff hanger stay tuned for the next part. Anyways I also want to inform you that you've been psyched. Scroll down. 

"You are a troublesome woman you know." 

The voice got her to open her eyes and saw a man clad in white decorated by blue and gold. He stood in front of her over the sunlight illuminating his silhouette and blinding her with its brilliance. He held the bullet between his fingers and crushed it in his palms pulverizing the threat of her existence. 

"Granger? You've come for me?" she mumbled in disbelief. 

"What the hell? I've been gone for a short time and the name of another man comes out of your mouth? I'm jealous little witch." he pouted kneeling in front of her and lifting her chin with his index finger. 

"Dyrroth? Wha- You're alive?" Ruby questioned making sure that she's not hallucinating. 

"Yes. I am and what the hell happened here? That bastard really did a number on you, huh." he asked with a worried face. 

"I can't believe you're okay. You had me worried there. I thought I'm never going to see you again." she whispered as tears started falling from her eyes. 

"Hey, don't cry on me like that I look like the bad guy here."

"It doesn't feel real. I'm dead right? We're both dead. Are we in hell?" she asked in disbelief. Dyrroth sighed in her faithlessness. 

"Words won't be enough to make you believe, won't it? Let me show you how real I am." Ruby was taken aback when Dyrroth suddenly crashed his lips against hers in a warm and gentle passion. His lips were soft and full of sincerity as he danced it with her pink ones. 

He held her cheek and deepen the kiss. Ruby felt his mana flowing in her body helping her galvanize her cells and propelling her magic to work and heal her body. Her tissues started fixing themselves while the bullets popped out of her wounds, her bones were realigned and repaired while her blood is being replenished making the color return to her features. 

She wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him closer responding to his kiss and relishing the taste of his affection. She sighed when his hand touched her waist and caressed it. She pulled away.

"This doesn't mean anything. I'm just using you to save myself, got it?" Ruby muttered with a huge blush. 

"Of course it doesn't. Now let's help you some more." he said before kissing her neck, trailing butterfly kisses along her sensitive skin. "Your sweat smells like milk."

Ruby moaned and Dyrroth took this chance to push his tongue inside her mouth and ravish her orifice.

"H-hey Dyrroth," Ruby called when he pulled away. 

"Yeah?" he replied absorbing her features and drinking in her flustered beauty. 

"Welcome home."