158 Leadership (1/2)
”There are 3 places of utmost importance for our team at this time, I need to stop Giant's Blade niece Ella and that leaves 2 other places that need attention. The first is the place with the followers of The Elemental King, they have great destruction spells that are amplified by their G.o.ds Blessing but need the protection of strong melee as they are pretty weak at close combat. The second priority is the area where the Ronin is fighting with the White Phantom at the moment, The Ronin is a great commander and with 30,000 troops and time to prepare it would be pretty hard to contain him”.
”The Barbarian King troops are a waste as he is probably going to attack Galway but thanks to the protection of the guards in it and the s.h.i.+elds provided by Lord Degark they can attack to their heart's content for months and don't get anywhere. Omega is probably going to be commanding the mecha units to change the landscape and they might join together after their missions is over but they shouldn't be aware that we know about their plan”.
Rahz thought about the information provided by Distortion and at its core it wasn't too bad, one place needed brute force while the other needed brains and strategy.
”OK General. How about this… Ridd.i.c.k, Xiao and myself will go help the tribe of the Elemental King and Liz, Jazz, Elune and the others will go help the White Phantom against the Ronin and his troops however they will need to go back to Naas first to retrieve their mounts”
Distortion thought about it and agreed to the distribution as it was exactly what he needed to make the plan work.
Rahz spoke with Ridd.i.c.k and told him to send Hennessy with the girls in case something went south in which case he would rush over to help. Rahz spoke to the members of the Temple of the Dreadnought and let them know that the scary guy from before might attack the city and their legs almost gave out.
It was very difficult to erase the fear in their hearts from one day to the next and all Rahz could think off to give them confidence again was to take them with him to a.s.sist the Fire tribe and help them achieve victory.
The members of the temple quickly got on Rahz's bus and left the town of Galway via a portal towards the fire tribe while Elune and the others left to get their mounts and with 35,000 people that were waiting at the outskirts of Naas were teleported to a canyon like area where sounds of steel against steel reverberated through the air.
Elune and the others came out of the portal and the first thing they notice was the big Ravine in front of them and in the opposite side of the canyon 2 people were fighting. Jazz immediately recognized the red armor of the Ronin as well as the weapons of the person dress in white and told the team what he knew about it.
”That red armor was made by my great great grandfather a long with 3 different swords and something called a Kusarigama, the person that commissioned the work was the lord of an ancient town that mimic the Erudites and like to keep themselves outside the everyday affairs of the realm and are the possessors of very rare martial paths. The Lord himself came to the dwarf mountain and provided the blueprints for the design and the materials to make the equipment. The payment for the job were the blueprints themselves and they are still considered one of the Bronzebeard Clan greatest treasures. The weird part about it is that I see all the equipment my ancestor made in both of the people fighting across the Ravine”.
”When would you let go of your Hate, Brother” said the White Phantom
”You disgrace me when you used our relations.h.i.+p to get close to my liege and killed him for his family's secret arts. The moment you made me a Ronin the contract was established and you were destined to die by my sword”
”I did asked him nicely but he refused, 'Is my family's heritage' he said… the scroll came alive with joy the moment it felled into my hands, It was meant to be”.
”What about our parents, Did you ever thought about the damage you were doing to them. Father was forced to commit Seppuku by the emperor and our family name expunge from all history, mother couldn't take the sorrow and poison herself and all for a scroll of secret arts. I will show you that there is nothing stronger that our family's Sword Arts, now die!”
SWORD DRAWING ARTS: First Style :Cyclone Slash
Boring … Boring
FUTON : Shuriken Tornado
The two Cyclone's cancelled each other out but The White Phantom's had Mithril Shurikens inside of it that flew straight at the Ronin that quickly dash forward avoiding all of the projectiles with ease, The skill Chase moved the Ronin within 15 ft from the Phantom as he quickly drew his second sword called the Wakizas.h.i.+ and activated his next combat art.
DAISHO : Two Sword Style : Tiger Blades
The Ronin accelerated forward even more leaving shadows wherever he pa.s.sed through and using both swords slashed forward almost cutting s.p.a.ce itself 100 times in a barrage of attacks.
SLASH...SLASH
The Ronin moved pa.s.sed the body of the Phantom but it was a wind clone that when it disappeared produced wind blades that tried to cut the Ronin as he pa.s.sed through.