A minute passed in silence, and then there was the rustling of leaves and breaking of twigs. A tall, well-built figure emerged from the wilderness. He wore dark baggy warrior breeches and a sleeveless, black armour vest; a leather mask covered half of his face. Youthful hair fell to his shoulders.
Yorokobi: "Who are you? Identify yourself!"
Stranger(loudly): "I feel no warrant to be known to weak men- who are about to die."
Yorokobi: "You sound pretty pompous for a bandit and smuggler. Tell me what artifact did you make use of, to teleport? Black market items are banned in these lands. We will confiscate and produce it before our Overlord. If you submit willingly we will let you live, but be prepared to spend a long time in the dungeons."
The stranger exploded into laughter as if the mention of the dungeons was a familiar limerick. It was adolescent laughter that gave away his youth. Yorokobi estimated him to be in his twenties, perhaps about his age. A life wasted, he thought. But he kept his ideas to himself.
Chief Bursar Uno, peeking from the deck, had seen all that had transpired. He abandoned his luxurious breakfast and ran into the cabin after instructing his mercenaries to join the fight. The deck guards of Yorokobi's squad also joined their Captain.
The stranger put on a sombre face as he surveyed the eleven defenders- six Karasuma warriors led by a Captain and four hardy mercenaries from Karasuki. He thrust his hand into the air, and a large weapon apparated in his grip. It was a seiton technique. Yorokobi spied the weapon- a pitch-black, four-foot-long, double-edged axe; there was something primaeval about it.
The sun slipped behind a cloud, and the morning went dim. The stranger placed the axe’s head on a shoulder and
you have a
him in a battle formation—two on either side and one behind. And together, they started advancing at a
barked an order, and the
Fui-kitsu water wolf!!
with the target.
squad. It grew in expanse as it sped
triple
sea waves, colliding against the
Chisssssssshhhh! Chwissshhhh! Chwussshhhhh!
its wings and advanced for the kill. The Captain had to think
Fui-kitsu cloudburst!
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