Aera Colthearts vs Ruby Rose

Aera Colthearts vs Ruby Rose
Aera Colthearts vs. Ruby Rose in a What-If? Episode of Death Battle featuring Aera Colthearts from Summon Night Swordcraft Story 2 and Ruby Rose from RWBY

Description
''Summon Night Swordcraft Story 2 vs RWBY. Which girl with handmade weapons will suvive this clash?''

Interlude
'''Wiz: Having powerful parents can be one thing. Another one is surpassing them. And these two figthers try to live up to their legacy by killing monsters and protecting the Innocent.'''

Boomstick: Aera Colthearts, the last Edge Fencer

Wiz: And Ruby Rose, huntress in training and leader of team RWBY

Boomstick: And it's our job to look at their weapons, armor and skill to decide who would win a death battle!

Aera Colthearts
Wiz: Living in a small village this young girl...

Boomstick: Wait! That's a girl? Come on, Wiz. You got to be kidding me!

'''Wiz: Shut up, Boomstick. Aera is a girl, like it or don't. Not every girl from Japan is a busty blond. '''

Boomstick: But she doesn't have...

'''Wiz: No, bad Boomstick! '''

Boomstick: I wanted to say she doesn't have a gun.

'''Wiz: Yeah, yeah, whatever. Aeras parents died early, her mother while giving birth to her and her father died during a demon attack. So she grew up with a close friend of her father, the craftknight Blaire. '''

Boomstick: And since this isn't a superhero origin story, she had a pretty good life. Well, better than many other orphans in fiction. Heck, Blaire even trained her to become a craftknight herself.

'''Wiz: Craftknights in the world of Summon Night Swordcraft Story are magical blacksmith, who use a guardian beast to create powerful weapons. But since this is a Death Battle we won't include Aeras guardian beast in this fight. '''

Boomstick: Back to history. One day the young girl broke the law of the village and brought a friend of hers to Gouras Seal, which sealed a powerful summon creature. One thing lead to another and her friend turned out to be a summon creature himself, who wanted to set Goura free. And to prevent this, Aera had to find four swords to reseal Goura.

'''Wiz: Way to go, Boomstick. You just told the entire background story from this fighter in a few sentences. '''

Boomstick: I'm clever.

'''Wiz: During her journey Aera grew stronger and even forged many strong weapons. The strongest set of weapons are the Holy Heaven weapons, a sword, an axe, a spear, knuckels and a drill. '''

Boomstick: And no gun!

Wiz: And no gun.

Boomstick: Each and every weapon has pros and cons. The Holy Heaven Sword is a balance weapon, but has no category it is really strong in. The axe is slow, but deals massive damage while the spear on the other hand has a great range, but only a little bit faster than the axe. The knuckels are used for fast combos, but have only limited range and damage output. And lastly my favourite, the drill. Good for destroying armor and weapons of enemys it is a combination of drill and axe, means much damage, but slow and not a good range. But that is not the end of her arsenal.

'''Wiz: Her ace is the Red Demon Gem, a red stone, which activates on will or when she takes a wound, that would killer her. '''

Boomstick: That baby transforms her into a near unstoppable figthing machine through the Mono Shift. She gets a new set of armor and red etherial wings. Also her offense and defense rise. Only few enemys have seen this form and lived to tell the tale. Also thanks to the "Ultimate move", an energy wave so powerful, it can pass through enemys while dealing damage.

'''Wiz: Being trained for a long time with these kind of weapons Aera is a beast in combat. She can change weapons on the fly and defeated foes bigger and stronger than her, including her former friend Ryouga, her master Blaire and even Goura himself, who was said to be powerful enough to wipe the entire village if not the entire island from the map. The craftknight can also target the weapon of an enemy and destroy it with her own weapons. However, she is not flawless. '''

Boomstick: Aera lacks any kind of effective long range weaponry. Also she doesn't seem to wear any kind of armor. Damn, kids these days just doesn't learn how to protect themselves. And last but not least, her weapons can break during a fight. If this happens to all her weaponry, then she is left with only her hammer, a slow, low damage weapon wich is absolutly useless.

Wiz: She used it to beat a rabbit summon creature at the beginning of the game.

Boomstick: Absolutly useless. And should a weapon break happen during the Mono Shift, then the Shift is cancelled, leaving her without the boost. Also she can use the Shift only once in a battle, so should she be to careless, its goodbye for good.

'''Wiz: Still, this girl is a strong opponent to face. '''

Aera Colthearts: The promise of a craftknight is stronger than the stronges steel!

Ruby Rose
Boomstick: In the lands of Remnant, every cool guy wields a weapon that is also a gun.

'''Wiz: Boomstick, that's not relevant right now. '''

Boomstick: But it's true.

Wiz: But that has nothing to do with Ruby.

Boomstick: If that's what you worry about, just watch how I handle it. Ruby was an average girl wielding a giant scythe, the Crescent Rose, which is also a sniper rifle. One day while shopping she got into a robbery and kicked the guys ass who wanted to rob her. So she got the interest of Oszpin, headmaster of Beacon academy. A place where kids go to learn how to kill Grimm. Should I go on?

'''Wiz: Better not. Being accepted at Beacon even she was actually too young to attend that school'''

Boomstick: Screw the rules, I have a giant freaking scythe

Wiz: Ruby became the leader of the team RWBY.

Boomstick: Very clever Mister Oszpin.

'''Wiz: Including Schnee Weiß, Blake Belladonna and her older sister, Yang Xiao Long. Together with her team and the team JNPR, she is training to become a huntress, a powerful warrior to protect the civilians of Remnant. '''

Boomstick: And during her time at the school she has proven to be a force to be reckoned with. She has taken on powerful enemys like a Nevermore and powerful fighters like Roman Torchwick time and time again and lives to tell the tale. You can also see her superhuman features in these fights.

'''Wiz: Ruby is stronger, faster and more durable than a normal human, being able to kill hundreds of Beowulfs in the Red trailer and tank hits from explosions and lasers and survived. She is a trained figher, being trained by her own uncle, and wields her weapon without much trouble. Her strength however is her speed. '''

Boomstick: Thanks to her Semblance Ruby is so fast that it seems that she is teleporting. This makes her a real threat. Think about it. One moment she is here, and then she disappears, like a ghost. It's actually kind of creepy to think about it.

'''Wiz: Next to her semblance Ruby has access to her Aura, a force protecting her from damage and healing small wounds. So even if you hit her, it wouldn't matter in the end. It also increases her strength and stamina. '''

Boomstick: However, her aura is finite, and when she takes damage, her Aura reduces, until its to low to heal or protect her. Also she is reckless and naive, fighting often without a real plan. This has lead to some really bad losses.

Wiz: But to beat her you have to catch her first.

Ruby Rose: Time to start this semester with a bang!