17 S***** K****** (1/2)
As the crowd watched on helplessly as the marines abused the father and son, a man carrying an extremely long blade walked out from the crowd and went towards the marines.
”Are you guys Marines or Pirates?? Forgive me for asking since it's quite hard to differentiate between them these days??” said the man mockingly towards the group of marines.
The group marines where shocked when they saw someone had the audacity to mock and question them. They were used to their tyranny here and the citizens of the island were always too scared to retaliate. One of the marines from the group walked up to the man and bellowed.
”Who do you think you are?? A hero?? How dare you question our Justice?!! We are Marines and what we are the rules around here!!”
”Well, Thanks for clearing that up. I almost thought you guys were pirates dressed as marines after seeing your actions.” taunted the man once again.
All of the gathered crowd could see that the group of marines where completely enraged by his mocking, all of they has either drawn their swords/guns.
”Now you will pay for your arrogance punk!!” shouted few marines as they dashed towards him.
”Enough nonsense. You are making my ears bleed. If you all are swordsman then let your swords do the talking.” said the man as he draws his lengthy blade from the sheath.
Six of the marines who wielded swords rushed forth while the other three stayed back with their guns ready. They started slashing at the man as soon as they where in range but no matter from which angle or speed he dodged or parried them. This exchange went on for a minute and seeing that they are not making any progress the other marines decided to join in.One of the marines aimed at his blind spot and shot him but before he could rejoice he felt something piercing his shoulders followed by extreme pain.
”Ahhhhhhhhh!!! M-my shoulder!!!” shouted the marine as he dropped his gun while his comrade stood there stunned.
”He deflected it!! And done so gently using his blade.” said Nate astonished, although he was a swordsman he could never do that purely using his skills.
”Time is precious. Allow me to act a little rough.” said the man as the marines stood there still shocked. ”Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū : Tsubame Mai!”
Almost as soon as he finished his sentence his blade seemed to warp through space as it divided into six blades that slashed through the marines. All the crowd could see was the flash of the blade and the next thing they saw was the heads all six of the marines that surrounded him being separated from their bodies.