"I have no idea, probably just a past king or something not sure" Tyson said as he shrugged.
Tyson's ears twitch immediately, his nose picks up on several foreign smells "We got company, seven people. Moon and Bingo hide, me and David can handle these guys."
Moondrop huffed and crossed her arms "Hell no, we are a team. We fight together or not at all." Bingo nodded rapidly in agreement.
David groans "Seems like we don't have much choice then Tyson, together."
Tyson nods irritatedly, "Fine, fall back if things get rough…..." He stated as he watched six bandits rush from the entrance. ".....wait, why are there only six?"
The sound of clicking can be heard behind them as the same explosive boom from before can be heard, Tyson quickly dashes forward and uses his curved blade to deflect the projectile that would have hit bingo.
Standing in the vault was a cloaked figure with a skull mask holding the metal object, smoke trailing from the barrel. "You're as quick as ever, Lee."
Tyson pushed past the others and raised his swords in a defensive stance, "Reaper…..vault hunting isn't your usual scene. Why are you here?"
"The Legendary Guardian should be more than capable of putting those clues together." the cloak man responded with a chuckle.
"The artifact, well sorry but it belongs to the Wild Empire now. You'll have to find another one." Tyson shot back.
Another chuckle escapes the masked man's throat, this one chilling the room, "We both know that's not going to happen Lee, so time to make a choice. Hand over the artifact or I'm going to have to carve my way through all of you, I don't care either way."
"David, you help Bingo and Moon with the bandits. I'll handle Reaper." Tyson states, narrowing his eyes at the deadly assassin, drawing out his second larger blade. "Last warning Reaper, stand down while you have the chance.
The eyes beneath the skull mask seemed to glow red with glee as the assassin laughed, "That's funny." He responds as his cloak parts revealing a set of clawed gauntlets, "I was about to say the same thing."
David, Bingo and Moon dashed towards the bandits leaving Tyson to deal with Reaper.
The sounds of battle kicked off between the bandits and the team, but Tyson was solely focused on Reaper. He had to, if he took his eyes off him for a second…..he'd be dead. Reaper vanished from view and Tyson felt his senses scream at him to duck, as he did he brought his large blade in a mighty swing to cleave through the cloaked man who merely grasped the blade with the metal gauntlets, springing off it and running on the wall as he opens fire with the metal object. Tyson quickly deflects the projectiles with his curved blade, as the barrage stopped he then was forced back blocking as Reaper began assaulting with a flurry of punches and kicks.
"This is nuts!" Tyson thought to himself as he blocked the many strikes. "We need to go, even if they beat those bandits there's no way any of the others could beat Reaper. Every strike he makes could be my last." As Tyson leaps away from the assault he calls out to Moondrop. "Moon! Prep a crystal! We need to go!"
Moondrop nods as she reaches into her bag and clutches a crystal. "Get over here!"
David and Bingo knock out the last bandit and dash over to Moon, Tyson then takes the moment to drop his guard and slightly move his shoulder in the way of the gauntlets allowing the strike to hit, piercing his shoulder and catching Reaper off guard. "Wait what?" Tyson then clenches his fist as he slams it into Reaper's mask sending him flying into the wall, he then runs over and nods at Moon. "Get us out of here!"
Moon nods as the crystal glows surrounding the group, from the crumbling wall Reaper emerges aiming the weapon and firing 2 shots both hitting Tyson in the back.
"Gah! Hurry Moon!"
The crystal releases a white energy as the group vanishes leaving Reaper alone with the 6 dead bodies. "Well played Lee." He says as his mask cracks, as part of it falls on the ground revealing a purple eye. "That was fun, we'll have to do this again sometime."