The second army was able to take away some of the Dark mobs in their path, but some of them are still battling. Shikari Gakure is slaying the Monsters, while Gakushin Gakure is on the backline with the Samurai. Shikari flew down to fight the Dark mobs with his sword. He sees more Dark mobs approaching.
He closes his eyes and exhales deeply as soon as he lands. The Dark mobs are steadily approaching him. Shikari Gakure attacked with his hand on his chest. He took off a few meters away from where he was standing.
As he flew away, the dark mobs on his back were cut in an instant. A single dark mob flew out of the forest towards the General. The General was completely unaware of the Dark mob. The single Dark mob forms in front of him.
When confronted by the general, the Dark Mob pulled out a knife and was able to swing it. The General's left eye was sliced, forcing him to sit on the ground. He looked up to see the dark mob rushing at him, and he was prepared to swing his knife again.
Soldier Æ appears out of nowhere and kills the Dark mob with his blade, splitting it in half and slowly disintegrating. The General rose up, his left hand on the left side of his eye. Soldier Æ noticed that it left a scar and that he was bleeding severely. He immediately provides medical assistance and stops the bleeding. The other soldiers cover them up.
"Gather up, we're retreating! Shikari Gakure and the rest of his team can clear the area!" the General exclaims as he groans and touches his left eye.
"Deploy the sorcerer's men, we're closing the gate. Shikari Gakure and the rest of his men finish them off," Soldier Æ ordered as they turned around. The armies withdrew to the village gate to secure the village. The sorcerers was already walking outside after receiving the orders.
One of the sorcerers raised his hands and closed the barrier. Other sorcerers used light blue magic to clear out the large trees. The sorcerers number only five. Other men who are still battling outside have been wounded, injured, and some have died. The second army sat and remained at their post. There are only a few of them remaining.
Shikari Gakure flew up into the sky. He falls and gave a great impact on where he landed. Gakushin Gakure and the samurai are walking towards the second battlefield that they started.
The ground continues to tremble. They were trying to figure out why the ground was trembling, but they could feel magic. A mystery figure appears out of nowhere ahead of Gakushin Gakure and the Samurai.
"Who!?" Gakushin Gakure was taken aback when he noticed a man ahead of him in the distance. He dashed up to the man and touched him. The man disappeared as soon as he was about to touch him.
"Gakushin Gakure!" the samurai yells at Gakushin Gakure as he slays the Dark hordes around him.
"What's the matter with you!" shouted the samurai. "Nothing lets clear the battlefield," Gakushin Gakure responded, turning around and flying away with his sword circling his hands.
"The barrier has been closed! Go to the Medical Facility, whoever is wounded!" Shin orders the second army.
Shikari Gakure can sense the ground trembling. Suddenly, the ground beneath him begins to rumble. A large tree root appears beneath him. He dashes for a massive tree. He grabs a tree branch and hangs on to it while he looks down.
Shikari Gakure notices that the large tree root has begun to ascend with its floor. As Gakushin Gakure flew, their ground began to rumble and shake.
"Quickly, Samurai! Prepare your bombs and throw them inside those gaps!" Gakushin Gakure exclaimed as he jumped backwards and landed on a large tree branch. Gakushin Gakure resheathed his blade and kept a careful eye on the samurai.
In the middle of the Day. Fudo Toka is resting down on the bed. When she heard someone knock on the door, she cleared her throat and sighed. "Come in, it's open," Fudo Toka murmured calmly.
The door opens, revealing a man wielding a sword in his right hand. "Hmm?" Fudo Toka notices the man is a little scared. She thinks he's a retired one. The man charged swiftly, not thinking clearly, swinging his sword at her, causing her eyes to widen.
The bed got cut into two. He glanced and realized that Fudo Toka wasn't there. "What are you doing? Haha! You won't kill me at such a low level, old man!" Fudo Toka said furiously as she touched her left hand with her right hand. She was upside down on the ceiling. She has her foot pierced through the ceiling. The man looked up and saw that Fudo Toka was touching his left hand like grumbling in pain. The man quickly swings his sword upward towards her.
Himura Kiri is currently going through a dark section of an unknown forest while wearing his special cloak and a hoody. He leaped very high in order to have a better perspective of the strange forest he had entered. He went down easily right away. He was a skilled swordsman.
He came to a halt. He removed a piece of paper from his bag and scanned it. It was just a map. He could hear footsteps approaching him quickly. It abruptly vanished, and he heard them in the trees. He turned around and pretended nothing was wrong, but he sensed a human presence behind the large trees.
He turned around fast. He drew his sword and sliced the large trees around him as he turned around. The large trees surrounding Himura Kiri fell and caught sight of a female and four men.
He was about to return his map to his pocket when a fast-moving shuriken snatched it from his grasp and threw it into the large tree behind him. As big trees fell around Himura Kiri, the ground trembled a little.
"Looks like you guys aren't going back, huh? I wonder!" Himura Kiri remarked, pointing his blade in one way. His sword strike does not scare them all away.
The mysterious individuals drew their weapons one by one. Himura Kiri no longer shows emotion to the individuals in front of him. One of those in front of him waved a sword with a chain attached to it.
Himura Kiri is walking backwards and slowly so that he does not accidently show his face. One of the swordsman turned his blade quickly and flew it at Himura Kiri. He quickly shifted to the left to avoid the incoming sword. It landed on the ground behind him. When he notices the chain tied to the blade, he takes another step back.
He could feel them approaching him from all sides. He instantly raised his right hand and swung his sword down towards the chain, cutting it and flying high. The swordsmen on the ground stare at Himura Kiri, but he immediately executes a move. "I need to get out of here. I'm making an afterimage and getting out," Himura Kiri thought as he fell. He landed on the ground and immediately froze. The swordsmen attack him, but their blades cut through his body.
"An afterimage! Look for him! Don't let him get away!" exclaimed a swordswoman as she vanished. The other swordsmen also left and vanished. Himura Kiri tries to flee, although he is out of breath. He takes a deep breath and begins walking away while concealing his presence.
"They vanished, this can't be real. A swordsman and a woman who vanishes, this must be the place. Tck! I should make an emergency call to the West," Himura Kiri thought as he looked around.
As he walks, he conceals his existence even more. His map had been obliterated. The other swordsman slashed it into bits. He takes a glance around and scents the trees in the unknown wilderness. He notices numerous birds in the sky. He detects a pleasant aroma of leaves and forest. The forest seems serene.
"Samurai! Report this to the heads of the village and Shikari Gakure that there's a portal beneath that thing, I'm gonna go in and make sure no one dies!" Gakushin Gakure yelled to the samurai as he entered the hole. The samurai destroyed the insides and made a way for him to get in before he flew in. A massive creatures sprang out of nowhere and blocked his path.
The samurai went inside after watching Gakushin Gakure defeat the massive Dark hordes. The samurai could still feel the powerful earthquake shaking the ground and the tree branch he was standing on. He was clutching it. He left after a few seconds, uneasy and concerned about him.
Gakushin Gakure is inside an underground cave, and he notices a lot of Dark magic flowing in the sides of the walls, which is also why the ground is shaking with extraordinary force. He instantly sought for the one with the strongest part of dark magic and ran, but there were also so many Dark mobs under it, so he drew his sword and went towards the source of black magic, using his senses to identify it and finding it very powerful as he slashes dark mobs he passed.
"Soldier Æ! Where is Shikari Gakure?!," the general exclaimed as he took a seat on the floor. "He's somewhere in the forest, we should leave them alone for now," Soldier Æ responded in a dark tone.
The General's left eye is still throbbing. "Shin! Assist the sorcerers you guide them," the General commands, and he nods. Shin walks outside the gate, drawing his sword, while the sorcerers use their magic to destroy the Dark mobs.
Shikari Gakure, on the other hand. "Shikari Gakure! I never- how?!" The samurai exclaimed furiously. Shikari Gakure suddenly appeared at the Samurai's left without him noticing.
"Where's Gakushin?" Shikari Gakure inquired calmly. "He goes into a cave, the ground is still shaking, he might be looking for the Dark magics core," the samurai replied as he crouched. Shikari Gakure leaps from one set of trees to another and continues forward.
Shikari Gakure senses Gakushin Gakure's energy and force that he's currently slaying some of the Dark mobs underground. The sorcerers are almost done clearing out the areas. A lot of big trees are now falling apart because of the explosion that samurai needed to provide safety for the village.
The ground continues to tremble. The sorcerers eventually see the tremors in the distance. The sorcerers are assembling a magical table to prevent the ground from shaking and separating.
A blue circle appears, with five triangles inside it. One by one, the sorcerers are casting a blue magic spell. The sorcerers are witnessing a great deal of Dark magic. They approached it. Because it is a large timber tree, the surrounding trees are still unharmed. Shikari Gakure came to a halt in front of a large tree. He's flying through the skies. He's on the lookout for the Gakushin Gakure mark and presence.
Shikari Gakure exhale and inhale. He finally notices Gakushin Gakure's presence. He dashes towards it. When he notices the cave, he quickly draws his sword and enters. There are many Dark monsters inside, he sees many Dark mobs that just slain, but the Dark mobs return back to life, they don't turn to dust He twisted his blade and soared inside the cave at once.
Shikari Gakure was able to slay the Dark monsters under the tarp, but when he looked back, he saw that they hadn't been transformed into dust, so he flew away while rapidly dividing the Dark mobs' bodies.
He sees Gakushin Gakure slaying the Dark mobs using his sword in the distance. "Gakushin!" Shikari Gakure shouted as he ran towards him. Gakushin Gakure turned around and saw Shikari Gakure.
"I never thought you'd make it in time down here," Gakushin Gakure remarked. "I just came here, the sorcerers can defend themselves," he replied.
"Let's get moving, keep up with me," Gakushin Gakure stated. He and Shikari Gakure joined their swords, pointing the blades straight. They run as the Dark mobs are decapitated and burned. They are going faster than ever before in the blink of an eye.
They coincided as they separated the Dark hordes much faster than before. They both came to a halt when they noticed a dark round magic circle in the distance in an open cave. They jumped towards it and broke the round circle in half. Suddenly, it rocked violently, and someone shouted angrily. They could see the Dark magic progressively dissipating around them.
"This might be one of them, a demon traitor," Shikari Gakure replied, re-sheathing his blade. Gakushin Gakure looked around and noticed that nature was gradually returning to normal and that the Dark mobs in the way were dissipating.
"Hahaha! Good thing you arrived early! Let's go back to the village," Gakushin Gakure exclaimed cheerfully. He withdraw his sword, and they both walked away, both facing straight ahead.
"Looks like the cave is about to collapse; we should get out," Gakushin Gakure stated while looking up at the ceiling. "Yeah! We should clear out the battlefield or just make a hole here," Shikari Gakure stated as their expressions became solemn.
The cave is gradually crumbling. The boulders are falling. The sorcerers came to a halt where they were standing, sensing that the shaking ground had finally stopped. The sorcerers stopped using their abilities and returned to the village.
"That's the sorcerers," the General said as he rose to his feet. As he advances approaching the sorcerers, he notices troops in a line around him. As he glanced at the sorcerers, he sighed in relief.
"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door," suggested the General to one of the sorcerers. "What's that supposed to mean?" one of the sorcerers asked, her voice soft.
"Well, you know..." smiled the General. "We're leaving as soon as both of them return because we have a lot more to do," the woman sorcerer stated as she passed him. The other sorcerers turned around and followed her from behind, closing the gate.
"Shin, go to the south, one of the village heads said, this is an important mission for you," Soldier Æ remarked in a deep voice.
"I can probably get there in a half-day," Shin stated as Soldier handed him a scroll with an urgent message and nodded.
Shin left the village and headed south. The armies are retreating, and some of them are carrying the injured. The General returns to the village's medical center. His left eye is still not completely recovered.
The village's other army is stationed on their post. Gakushin Gakure drew his sword and made a hole on top with one stroke of his blade, pointing his sword and flying up. Shikari Gakure likewise emerged from the hole created by Gakushin Gakure.
"Tsk...! There's still many of them, hundreds of them," Gakushin Gakure remarked as he swung his blade. A thousand more dark mobs were charging towards them in front of them.
The Samurai has arrived in the village. "I never thought that this outside of the village would still be standing," the samurai stated as he walked back towards the village gate.
"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader." One of the heads of the village said as he stood up from his chair inside the capital's office.
"The circumstances, we don't even know if that owl reaches the west," one of the village's leaders raged.
"We've received information from other nations that the exiled clan has been found," stated the man in the middle, pressing his hand firmly. The others are taken aback as the other heads.
"Himura Kiri, he might be in big trouble," the man in the middle says to the others.
An owl landed on someone's hand. The guy checked the owl in the rear and discovered that it had a wound that had healed. The man found a document behind the owl and took it, astonished, he placed the owl in an owl's pouch and proceeded to his high chiefs.
"Sir! A message from the east! Sorry to bother you all, but this is an emergency," the man exclaimed quickly to the higher ranks, who were also meeting in one room.
Himura Kiri is walking straight ahead. The birds are chirping incessantly. "Ahh! I'm lost, I need to go somewhere at least, or just go back home and use a teleporter," Himura Kiri sighed in irritation as he looked around and saw nothing but enormous trees and grasslands. He walks for a couple of minutes.
He hears the sound of running water. "There might be a waterfall, I remember something on the map," Himura Kiri thought as he followed the sounds.
In the distance, he notices a large waterfall. He swiftly climbs a massive tree branch to see what kind of water fall it is. He glances at his water bottle, which is empty. He approached the waterfall and placed his bottle there to obtain some water.
He gazed around, "I wish I could live here quietly when I retire," he murmured, looking up at the sky. He walked to the waterfall's brink and realized that it was very deep. He immediately returned and sat down to rest.
People were coming from below, but Himura Kiri couldn't feel them. Then he heard something on the left and looked to that place, and that's when he sensed the presence of swordsmen coming from below. He swiftly grabbed his sword and stand. Hundreds of swordsmen appeared from the bottom of the waterfall, and he looked like an animal being pursued. Himura Kiri moved quickly, but his opponent quickly hurled shurikens and trapped him.
"Tsk..! This is outrageous!" Himura Kiri exclaimed as he stood menacingly on his ground.