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Each land is imbued with two kinds of energy called Base magic or force magic which is believed to come from a much larger source that is responsible for all lives, the WORLD MAGIC


And whilst it doesn't mean other forms of force magic don't exist in these land, it only denotes the magic naturally present and practiced by the original inhabitants of the land.

Each land has found various ways and techniques to use their base magic or force magic and apply it in various ways.

Force Magic is based on two categories.

ENFORCE - used to protect , destroy, attack and defend one's self , land or people, considered the strongest

AND

HARNESS - used to grow, develop, heal, create, manipulate and entertain, considered weak

World Setting Map - Depicting the lands and their Inhabitants.


Vyetial - Merimoths, Oaks, Elf, Dwarfs -

Vissouri - Giants,Oaks, fairies -

Cansius - Dwarfs, Humans, Merimoths -

Thidral - Humans, fairies, Elves

Partia - Oaks, Merimoths and Dwarfs -

Astenia - Elves, fairies, Dwarfs -

Farjen - Fairy, Elves, Merimoths -

New Merivia -Diverse

Medral aka Old Merivia - Diverse

HEROES OF NEW MERIVIA

Synopsis


In a far away fantasy world of magic where humans, elves, giants, dwarfs, merimoths, fairies and oaks try to honor the "High Agreement" and live together in harmony in New Merivia.

A dark threat arises, one that plans to break the fragile peace between the lands and lay waste to them all.

and

Only THE HEROES OF NEW MERIVIA can put a stop to it.






Hugely Inspired by LEAGUE OF LEGENDS and LEGEND OF VOX MACHINA


GENRE : fantasy, crime,adventure,sci-fi,action, thriller

EPISODE ONE - THE GATHERING

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To be Continued




"Who cut out the lights!?" a terrified merchant asked as the room suddenly went dark.

"What are those?" Another asked pointing to various sets of glowing red eyes and tenacious snares.


"Everyone calm down, the animals are secured and ...."


There was low visibility as the light suddenly went off so when the auctioneer stopped talking and then a thud hit the floor, it was bound to ring danger in everyone's mind.

"Rrrraahhhg!"

Growled something from behind a merchant but just then the lights came on and the merchants fear were realized.

"The cages! Look they are empty!!!"

"All of them!" Cried another.

On top of the podium laid the upper part of the auctioneer's body along with his intestines.

Sheer panic took over and chaos began to run supreme.

With Ki's shared demon chi, the locks, chains, magic barriers, holds, shackles were easily torn apart for one purpose only; death to all.

"Who are you, what do you want?!" The blind boy cried out as ki dragged him along, amidst the chaos.

"Just shut it wrench!" Ki bawled angrily as she watched the massacre unfold, monsters unleashing their full potentials and scarred little humans doing all they can to Savage what was left of their insignificant lives.

"Run..run..run, hide ... hide...hide!" Cried joyfully ki as she walked without any obstacle.


"Hey lady, give me the boy!"

Ki had stopped in her movement, the voice was powerful and authoritative, it sounded like her lord; Lord Aperagos.

"You?!" She turned to find Ki; disappointed of course to find a little child.

"You should be running for your life yet you choose to come into death's hands little one?" Ki said, her eyes glowing red and her human skin disappearing off to reveal her through form Surika the Demon.


Hitomi only realized this was a demon much too late, Surika threw her deadly energy blasts at her pummeling where she had stood, thankfully she was one hard target to put down.

She threw her twin daggers at Surika who mistook the two for one dagger dodging the first and taking a swipe on the cheek by the second; good enough to piss her off.

"Now you will die!" An enraged surika said, making the blind boy disappear and then going all out with her sword.


Hitomi went all out, crazy she hadn't figured how strong surika was or even a common demon but her father had battled demons and won in the past perhaps this was a show of her own skills.

They fought hard but surika clearly had the better experience.

She delivered slashes and kicks sending hitomi crashing and struggling.

Proceeding to breaking her left hand and cutting the fingers off her right.


slowly delivering even more cuts and bruises to the young defiant girl. She could have ended it easily but she had vowed to deal the human brat.

Ki went for demon chi kick that broke hitomi's jaw taking a few off her teeth out of their places, and another that surely took one of eye balls with it and a face slam to the ground that created a crater and two vicious kicks that sent what was left of the hitomi crashing into a far away tent.

"Is that all you got, I thought you word have enough fight in you to last more than a minute brat!" Surika said licking ki's blood off her sword.

"I can't...I..I caaaaaannn't!"


Past


"Your father isn't only a swordman you see, he carries a bigger burden inside of him, one he and his ancestors had carried, one which your brother Nakamura will also carry when it is his time, have you read about the swordsman who was the sole reason behind the tournament of rights?."

Hitomk's mother had told her once she begged her to tell her a story about the most powerful swordsman in the land.

"Two clans had converged with their troops over 3 thousand them, they had our village surrounded, do you know how many men it took to defeat them?"

"Six thousand, no maybe ten thousand?" Little hitomi replied.

"No, just one, your father!"


Present

"Fine, I will finish you off then!" Surika concluded walking casually up to where a bloodied Hitomi laid.


Elsewhere...


"Take this, you should be able to pay the boss what you own him, stay away from the gambling grounds and go find work to do!" Genkei said handing a bag of silver coins he had found on the body of Wu once he had made sure they were no threat to anyone.


"Thank you very much, thank you!"

What is the use, he is going back to the gambling ground, you have done nothing but create more problem, you should have let him die honorable, his family would be better off...

Aperagos had kept quiet suddenly, in his prison he could feel it inside of himself.


"What is this, impossible!"


Elsewhere...



"Now you will die..."

Surika suddenly stopped, she could see it and she could feel it, the rage, anger, pain, even worst the madness- this was...this was death.

Hitomi got up with blackened eyes, she had suddenly become one with the darkness, her demon chi so strong surika had began to shiver and tremble in despair.

"Lord Aperagos!?"

Hitomi had opened her family's demon chi, unique to her blood line. One swore with the demon king himself Lord Aperagos, the most powerful of all demon paths.

Surika had never sensed so much power in a mere human, she had proceeded to disappear and escape but something had caught her by the neck, a demon, a monster, a dragon; no Hitomi.

"Please...."

She given her most powerful kicks but nothing could free her from the grip.

Hitomi slammed her into the ground creating a shock wave so powerful it made the earth shook.

Surika had no chance to escape, crawling as what was left of demon essence began to escape it was obvious this was no human.

Hitomi went for the kill, shoving her hand into Surika's skull, death came as her ashes filled the sky just the blind boy reappeared out of nowhere.


she sealed her demon chi and only took a moment to rest.

She couldn't remember what happened but one thing was certain, the job was done.


Elsewhere...


"One still lives, one still roams the earth, one must be killed!"



SEASON ONE EPI - EPIV


HWTTS - GENKEI SENSHI

Okay dear readers , its time to end the season 1 of he who talks to sword.


If the first season gets 2k views I would consider a second season but I hope the ending is appreciated for a season one.

Thanks for reading.

EPISODE VI - DEATH GOD CHI




"Halt there, you need to check before entering!"

One of the two village guards suddenly caught a stranger walking up to them - small,young yes yet something off about this traveller.

"Oh please, you think that little pitch fork will save you don't you (maniacal laughter)" Ki had sent two waves of energy chi through the soldiers who spluttered drops of blood everywhere as their heads rolled off their body.

"Oh look, one of them even has residue demon chi"

She gave a coarse laughter and sapped the little demon chi off the body.
She still had the job of tracking the slave trade bay Ketun described before she skinned him slowly and painfully; hilde would be disappointed and heavily pained.

"What do you know, I have just a list brought to me, since I bring the most wealthy to this slave auctions, this lists comes to before the merchandise arrival via my hawk, telling me of the merchandises available for the market, they shouldn't get their hope high anyway they havent had a good running for some time now, it appears you are one lucky girl, they have a blind boy child with them, maybe you should check there, it seems blind boys are the talk of the town some one came looking for one some time ago..."

"Thank you for your cooperation, you have been such a Darling" she had replied before deciding to take his life.


Now she stood at the port house, where slave trading was in full glow.

And just sometimes this slave traders also dabbled in rare and mysterious animals trading such that would enable wreck havoc in due time once she got what she came for.


She easily found her way around, asking the right questions and taking caution to remember her way around, teleporting around the space wasn't an option she had travelled great distances already, although she would create a storm if she needed to, it was best to be careful for slave traders carried the most exotic weapons ; weapons harmful to demons as well.


"Come ye, come all, the auction is about to start!"

The ringing had caught her attention and thus she had found her way to the spot, wealthy men and women, slave merchants and all sundries had gathered as the auctioneer went through the ritual of introducing himself and all.



Elsewhere...


hitomi struggled to get a clear view of the auctioneer, she was a little bit too young and short to get a good view of what and who was been sold at the moment and worst still she hadn't figured out how to get the blind boy safe from his abductors.

She had figured no one besides some poor miscreant would want a boy who was blind, so the idea was to wait for the purchase and then steal the boy off his buyer's hands.

But she had also seen a room of opportunity, when the ship docked at Odo's port.

She had been in camps like this before, actually nine camps and had gotten a reputation and a name " little runaway" she knew the routines of slave auctioning and had decided to make good use of it.

Elsewhere...



"This is the mythical Serpentua, recognized as the beast with the most poisonous venom, one bite from this will melt armour...."

"These bastards!" Ki murmured angrily seeing the horrid condition the caged Serpental was in; not Serpentua as was called by the auctioneer or humans.


Humans had found a way to hunt everything, dragons, demons, beasts, monsters and now themselves.

There was a time when demons and dragons lived in mutual respect and understanding, humans were nothing more but livestock's for them, monsters and beasts of all kind roamed the lands but the dragon princess had to fall in love with a mortal , rejecting the hand of the demon king lord Aperagos.

She had watched dragons fight the demons and the demons fight the dragons but then just when Lord Aperagos was close to victory, he was betrayed, the humans and the dragons joined forces and they were defeated and sealed in the second plain.

"Just a little while longer, I will make them pay , we will show them what we can truly do!" She spoke in demon tongue - one understood by all the imprisoned creatures and monsters both far and near.


Elsewhere...


Hitomi held firmly to the pillars of the wall, scaling beyond reach and the eyes of all.

She had mastered the art of stealthy movement as best as she could, if only her father was alive he would have been proud of her, she could have at one time even represent her father in the tournament of Right ; maybe.


She would have traveled the vast and beautiful plains as a swords woman for hire, protecting the rich and wealthy, maybe she could have served a royal guard in the capital when her clan came into power.

But all of that had been dashed that night Genkei Senshi had murdered his father and proceeded to murder her family and the entire village, she had escaped his reach only by mere fortune.

"han-sen-gan"

The art of breathlessness " stopping one's own heart beat for a long duration, she had found the scrolls among many in the forbidden room.

Her father would have murdered her if he ever found out she went there, a servant hands hand been chopped off clean when he sweep the entrance of the room but she was always the curious type and forbidden room had taught her some of the skills that not only saved her life but gave her the power to go on her quest.



She searched continuously through the various camps of slaves and illegal merchandises to be auctioned.

"Where are you!" She wonders impatiently.


Elsewhere...



A variety of slaves, animals and merchandises had already been auctioned and Ki was at some point impressed, a giganran spider, Muthra wolf, A sword said to be demon possessed ( a lie of course for demons are incapable of possessing non living things), Helliphant and capture toxin plant among many, such variety and diversity ; such blood bath awaiting, she thought.

Her demon chi shared with this monsters would make a bloody mess of this insignificant lesser beings once she got the boy.


"Finally, we have a little offering for our buyers, absolutely no money would be missed on this one, a blind boy of course fit for ....anything you want him fit for, maybe a plaything for you animals or a target practice for your children (laughs)" the auctioneer signalled the slave traders who produced the blind boy.

"Perfect timing!" Ki snarled wickedly.


To be continued

EPISODE V - FEUD





Genkei sipped the last remaining sake off his cup before proceeding to pay the bar owner.

He hadn't done this exactly when three mercenaries and their leader walked in half drunk for the swordsman this was an invite to trouble he needed to avoid.

His name and face had littered every streets and villages for ages now, mercenaries, slave traders had been out for him as long as he could remember he must have been something of a legend having escaped and avoided capture for those number of years or better still presumed dead - yes, dead.

However it was the war that made things seem easy and hard most times.

The slave trading business for instance had been something of a hidden affair, one ran by wealthy and powerful and kept under wraps from the law.

But the war had ravaged villages and clans alike, slave trading was how many funded the war on all sides, sometimes poverty made an example of large families letting them choose between those members who were beneficial to them and those who could fetch some silver coins.

The war - the war it was all they ever talked about, there was a time where the five clans , Izuo, Urobito, Oritobi, Hashi and Ashido lived in fair peace, yes there were issues of who conquered which village or which village should be colonized by who but again hadn't it been the reason for the "Tournament of Right" and the "Agreement of the five" which ultimately lead to the creation of a single rule system among the five clans? Yet his mistakes had complicated everything, his loses had drove him insane and had pushed for the war.


"Hey, hurry it up or I will wreck this trash of a building!" The leader bawled angrily slamming his fist on the table violently which had give. The warning signal to a few villagers who had sensed what was about to happen; they took their leave immediately.

It was when Genkei had gotten to the door , he was brushed aside by an incoming swordsman; he could always tell a swordsman by their hands.

"Hey Wu, I have come for my revenge, tell me where my daughter is or prepare to die!"

The swordsman had said taking his stance; sword in arm and ready for battle.

Genkei picked himself up and realized the swordman hadn't been In practice, his stance was lacking the experience attached to a swordsman wielding a sword, he seemed lanky, sick and smelly.

But again, this was the result of the war, been a swordman used to be a position of great power and respect, they defended the lands, people and contested in swordmen tournaments for glory and Honor but the war had turned everything upside, swordman either fought as soldiers, mercenaries, assassins or worst fought for show; in the death pits for money just like him.


"(Laughs) what is this, the stupid swordman wants his daughter back?!" Wu asked signalling his men to stand who do as they are told happily drawing their weapons out, a kitana, a battle axe and a spike chained dagger.

"Where is my daughter you bastard!?"
"Fifteen pieces of silver, that's what you owe the boss, you were supposed to win your fight in the pit but apparently you were deaf to have lost" Wu said pausing in between to take a jar of unfinished sake from the next table for a drink.

"I don't have such money, please I didn't know my opponent was going to use demon chi, the boss told me my opponent wasnt going to..."

The spiked dagger had struck with so much accuracy at his shoulder, Genkei had took a step back.

The chained blade went through the swordsman's shoulder and straight into the pillar of wood.

"Aaarghh!" Screamed the swordman as his sword drop to the ground right on the feet of Genkei.

"(Laughs) calling our boss a lair is something we don't like, in fact now I think about it, I think your little baby will go for a nice price, am sure some needy barren wealthy consulate or merchant will pay for the baby"

"That's enough!" Genkei cut in driving the mercenaries attention to him quickly.


Elsewhere


"What is that?"

"That is the hair of a dragon, real dragon hair, thrice the strength of normal steel and thrice the weight of a wool thread" hasashi said with a big smile on his face pointing to the fur of hair on his royal dress.

The purple dress was a gift from emperor Zhao's father while he reigned.

He was the royal blacksmith once he realized he had had enough of the blood shed as a grand swordman, he had proceeded to tutor the newbies and then to blacksmithing where he found his true calling.

"The Royal Forger" they used to call him, he had made the most creative, destructive and powerful weapons for the kingdoms and doing this had allowed him to learn a little bit of dragon magic forging, again he had picked up a twist of interest for dragonsmithing.

Good times but Zhao had succeeded his father by assassinating the man he loved and respected brutally with the very weapon he made for Zhao - it was enough blood yet had he not ran from the capital, away from everything only to be seeked by Genkei? Had genkei not showed great feats of true and pure swordsmanship, honor, respect, humility and honesty.

Had he not sworn by him not to fight for power yet that fool had deceived him him, that liar had taken everything he could give and more and then did everything he asked not to do.

Humans, all same, maybe the war was right, maybe this was what they all deserved, they had killed the sacred dragons that helped them fight the demons, now they kill themselves for power.

"Dragon steel is impossible to find, Dragons are long extinct but you may not need to..."

Hasashi had noticed asakai's movement, it was fluid and filled with strength.

"Your injuries, how is it?"

"They are healed, see for yourself..." Asakai unwrapped his bandages revealing merely a few scars.

"Hmmm, that's quite impressive, I would have thought your injuries would take a few more days even weeks to heal...anyway, if its a dragon steel you want, them you have to make one!"

Asakai must have been confused when he heard that but of course it only meant the rumors was through - this was the legendary Hasashi Otobi wan, the only drahonsmith in the lands capable of forging dragon steel without dragon steels.
He had been one of the most wanted men in all the clans before the war.

"You are..."

"Don't mention it, the clans would still happily pay gold for my capture" hasashi said throwing a scroll at him.

"There, you will find all the ingredients you need for dragon steel creation, if you can find it before dawn ,before the full moon is up, where dragon magic is most powerful , I reckon you would be forging a powerful sword"

Hasashi said.

"Thank you, I could never repay you..."

"It was him, wasn't it, Genkei Senshi, I heard the story of a swordman who killed a demon while battling another swordman, it was Genkei wasn't it?" Hasashi said with a dead pan face.

"Yes, yes, you know him?!

"Go and get the ingredients, you will need both sword and skills to defeat my first student and I will help you achieve your purpose swordman!" Hasashi said before walking out.

This was it, this was his true purpose, it wasn't about trying to make a name anymore, he had a purpose, a real one bestowed upon him by the legendary Hasashi otobi wan, he would not only have the sword but skills to defeat Genkei Senshi once and for all.

"I promise you Genkei Senshi, I will not sleep nor rest I will practice and train my body and soul, I will master the arts day and night, I will not relent until I defeat you and my name be ever remembered as the one who defeated you!"

Asakai swore in all his glorious righteousness.


THE END.

Continued


Ki sliced through the last human at the bar in two clean half with a wicked laughter hanging on her cheeks.

Wiping the blood off her sword with her tongue before helping herself to a jar of sake not that it had any effect on her been a demon yet her human skin had developed a knack for wine which she indulged in each time she found her way to human plain.


"Where have you been, you wretch!" Ki called out dully throwing her sword so that it went through the apparition of hilde as he appeared.


"Careful, I am only a deal maker, you wouldn't want to kill the messenger, will you?" Hilde said having been shocked at the impact of the sword, piercing through the wall and cracking it in the process.

"Oh please, if I wanted you dead I would have killed you the very moment I smelt your stench , now what took you so long, its been three days since we had an agreement" ki said.

Hilde joined her at the table and quickly drew a dead man's demon chi.
He liked that about Surika/Ki, she hated humans and easily found an excuse to murder as many as she could and when there was death there was demon chi to feast on.


"Help yourself, there are plenty more outside, just tell me what I need to know"

"I have good news and bad news..."

Ki seized up Hilde's neck pinning him to the wooden table.

"You had better had something better than that, do you know how may days I have had yo wait Here and pretend I was a lesser insignificant being?"

"Just let me explain now....the magic you seek is Dragon eye magic, yes with it the ancients could track demons of all kind and kill them but ... Could you let me go..."

"I think not, tell me where I can find this magic or forget your head" ki replied angrily.

"Okay..okay, its not a it, dragon eyes magic is no longer a practiced magic but it doesn't mean someone can't be born with it, its rare but its peculiar nature leaves those imbued with it blind and it can only be found in children, you are looking for a blind child..."

"What nonsense, how is it that I have to start my search with another search?"

"No, no, I can help you with that, Find a man by the name Ketun, he resides in the next village, he is good at tracking anything, he could be of help to you, come on let me go!"

She had thought of ending him right there but even the heads would go to war over hilde, the pest had its uses and had been off help In the past.

"You are useless!" She said angrily letting him vanish off her hand as she commanded her sword out of the wall into its sheath.

"I promise as soon as I get any new information I will let you know but I promise you if you can find A dragon eye magic user he can take you to anyone" Hilde added as his wounds began to heal rapidly.

There was no need waiting around with her demon speed, she could reach the next village before midnight.

It was better she moved now if she was to make it.



THE END OF IV

Continued




Elsewhere...



Grand Patron Izanagi Yu has managed to hold on to life having been captured during his escape from the front lines by The Ikasu Slave Traders who have no idea about his identity.


His head is shaved and his body branded and then flung into one of the cells occupied by other slaves waiting transport.

"Where are they taking us to?" His weak voice failed to put up any appeal as the other slaves looked on in sheer desolation

"Where are we..."

"Why don't you shut it up, slave man if you are so interested in where you are heading to, fine I will tell you..."

A slave trader had suddenly opened the door sending fear into the other slaves who had decided not to meddle with humans decided the newbie had to experience how things were been done down there.


"The boss said no one should touch the merchandise more than necessary, you might recall buyers are starting to go for clean and better looking slaves, I mean its okay if you want to damage the slave a bit more but the boss won't like it you know" Hito the head slave said dully where he sat in the cage.

The slave trader had given it a thought of course he didn't need to listen to anyone but Hito was a head slave, a title of course that had no authority outside the cells but some how he was right.

Slave trading business was becoming harder by the minute, the buyers were becoming selective and the clan forces were clamping down hard on them, perhaps just this once it was wise to take the head slave's advice.

"Thank your lucky stars old man and you, you had better mind your business I won't hesitate to put you down if I have to" he threatened Himo who merely scuffed at the flimsy threat.


The slave trader soon walked out before Himo walked up to Izanagi.

"I knew it was you, Grand Patron Izanagi Mito, I am Hito Kuzaki, head of the Kuzi village, one of many villages under your rule, i would have hoped to finally see you in a better condition, I take it the war hasn't ..."

Hito sat besides him.

"...been on our side as I hope?"

"I have to get out of here somehow, can you help me?"

Hito had given the patron's words some thought and then shook it off.

"I could but you are not in any good shape for any escape, you have been badly injured, you won't make it far and General Hishiro and his men take it personally when a slave try to escape, ask Du over there..."

Hito said pointing at an unconscious man at the extremities of the cell who had had his two legs chopped off.

"...Rest for now and get your strength..."

"No you don't understand, The emperor can stop this war, I have to go to back to my clan I have an important..."


"Your clan..."

Hito must have realized Izanagi hadn't heard about the defeat and capture of his clan.

"Yes my clan...they have been captured?!" Izanagi asked.

"Yes my lord, it was a surprise attack but there are news, the royal family might have escaped, commander kao was killed in the line of battle, am sorry my lord" Hito had said.


Past


"My lord is it true you are backing out of the alliance?" Commander kao asked his grand patron where he sat.

"Does it matter which side we are going to choose, the grand patrons do not want to give ear to reasons whatsoever, they want war not peace, this alliance is nothing more of an agreement to dethrone the emperor once it's done they will continue the war for the next emperor, I have no desire for unnecessary blood shed" Izanagi replied.


"And there is the issue of the boy my lord, how does he fit into all this, you have refused to say why emperor zhao would ask you to help him find the boy and keep him away secret, who really is he?" Kao had asked.


" Emperor zhao could never say no to wine when it mattered the most, The night of Zhao's succession, he had had one too many drinks, I as personal guard chief had advised he returned to his room but he refused, he was already behaving erratic before Qui the songstress had asked to lead him away, if I knew she had had other intentions I wouldn't have allowed it, you see Qui was the wife to the brother of the Grand patron of Izuo, one of the emperor's most trusted ministers.

How would I have known she had other intentions, occupied with issues of security, I was only free to check up on the emperor in the middle of the night.

I was on my way to the chambers when I found a young girl, a slave girl of the Izuo clan, beautiful yes, with dark long curly hair I couldn't never forget slipping out of the emperor's room to meet Qui outside, they had said something and then Qui had joined the emperor inside.

I didn't know what to do so I retreated back, it turns out Qui and her husband had hoped to use this event as a means to blackmail the emperor into doing their bidding.

Qui was to spun the tale of how the emperor slept with her in his drunk state even though it was a slave girl that had been used to do the deed and then the emperor would do whatever her husband wanted but once i had told the emperor what truly happened that night , he ordered for the assassination of Qui and her husband and the slave girl, his orders were carried out but the slave girl we could never find, I lied to the emperor about her death but as the emperor grew sick and no male child to succeed him, it was Paramount I told him I hadn't carried out his command years ago, He asked me to find the slave girl and see if she had left his seed alive and if it was boy..."


"You mean that boy is..."


"Yes Kao, that boy is the bastard son of emperor zhao but nevertheless the true heir to the throne, his claim to the throne will end the war of the clans"


Izanagi had concluded.




To be continued.

Omoh I remembered reading this book and enjoying every bit of it...been trying to update my library with this classic books ,you just reminded me of the title lol I forgot it and usually try describing a book with two guns on the cover but no one seem to ever remember now I can actually search for it ,thanks buddy.

EPISODE IV - Blind Boy





"Where is ichi, what happened to him?!" The little blind boy asked as they continued their journey for the forth straight day much to the displeasure of kitomi who found the boy more of an inconvenience yet accepting the fact that she couldn't bring herself to kill him at least not anymore, he was her only chance of finding the murderer who took her family away from her.

"Ichi is fine, just shut up and let's continue, we have to find the swordsman quickly"

Kitomi said barely suppressing her anger as they reached the outskirts of Sakuja village, a village recently captured by the Izuo.

"Now listen, no one must know who you are, just shut up and follow my lead" she said letting a robe slide over his entire body to camouflage the boy as a mere commoner.

They had easily scaled through the guards at the gate of the village.


"We will have to rest here, its getting dark by morning we will continue our journey" she instructed him as they found their way around the marklooseBut she hadn't suspected three miscreants had made a target out of her, her gold crested dagger sheath had caught their eyes as soon as they set their eyes on that, if melted it was bound to fetch them some money.


They came from the pair's side and silently moved the sword out of it's sheath but kitomi had caught them good though barely sixteen she had amassed a plethora of survival skills and fighting techniques to match any good swordman.


She twisted the hand of the closest rogue and delivered a drop kick to his face while the other two took to their heels, the blade was precious to her - a family loom that she could not afford to lose.

She took to her heels leaving the blind boy who had suddenly become target to two slave traders.

"What do you think?"

"Easy prey, he will fetch some coins" they had agreed between themselves.


Hitomi took to the roof, scaling the roofs with eagle eyes pinned on her targets.

Who had decided to divide themselves to make it harder for her to catch unfortunately Izuo patrol soldiers had caught the two miscreants before she could get to them.


"No,no,no!!" She said pitifully to herself, this had complicated the whole issue already, now she would have to steal back her sword from the security force.


Now she remembered the blind boy, she had left the kid all by her self on the busy street.

She raced back as fast as she could and found no one at the spot.

"No,no,no, where are you, you little brat!" She cursed.

Now she had lost both her precious sword and the little boy.


Past...



"Hitomi, what are you doing here, how many times have you told you not to come here, swordsmanship is for men and not girls, go and join your mothers" Grand Patron Ukagiwa had warned his only daughter who had knack for spying on her brothers each time they practice.


"But father, I want to fight, see..." She replied defiantly taking a stick from the ground and pretending it was a sword with which she moved around like her brothers did in combat.

She had great form and powerful stances even though she lacked many other things, if it hadn't been a rarity for a female child to handle a sword, he would have agreed to training her.

"Enough of this nonsense, if I catch you spying on your brothers or practicing sword fighting, I will punish you severely, now leave my sight immediately!"

Her father's voice carried much authority she couldn't disobey, she ran away sobbing.


Presently...




"Don't bother trying to get up, you are badly injured" hasashi reminded asakai who had regained consciousness.


"I need a sword, a dragon steel sword!"

Asakai's request was met with a rude laughter from the master.

"Dragon steel is rare, not even the emperor can boast of it besides its never the weapon you should be worried about its the wielder for instance...."

The blacksmith had produced a kitana and proceeded to slice through an iron bar hanging on the roof, the cut was clean and precise and of course Asakai's attention had been drawn to it - such display of power.


"Who are you really?"

"No one, If its dragon steel you want...."

"Teach me, please teach me how you did that, Will you teach me, master?" Asakai went to his kneels before hasashi.

"What is this? You don't need a sword anymore?"

"No, I need the skills to wield a sword, I have been a liar all my life, I posses no real skill except for my demon chi which I have relied on , I have gained a reputation from telling lies, I haven't fought anyone for real and lacked the spirit of a true swordsman, I am sorry but I sense so much in you, so will you teach me please?" Asakai asked.


The old master hadn't taken anyone else except Genkei Senshi, maybe this one was still worth saving.

"You seek a blade, for what purpose?!" He asked.

"I wish to only prove myself as the strongest swordman in all the clans"

"Fool, you think killing other swordsmen would put you on the path you want? true greatness can not be achieved by endless blood shed, get well, make your sword and then leave my sight!"

Again he was disappointed, they were all thr same, were they not?

Asakai had been cut shut, he pondered what the master had said and realized there was really no need asking for too much.


Past...



"How dare you come into my home kanji, my father defeated your father fair and square, what are you trying to prove here?"

Asakai replied angrily as Kanji and three of his best men surrounded the house.


"Is it not obvious, I heard your father passed away and his son who was supposed to be the next grand patron could not wield a sword properly (laughs) such a pity, now I have you to exact my revenge upon!"



Present...



"The boy is blind, you idiots!" Screamed the slave buyer at the slave traders once they had hauled the boy into the ship at the port.


"But its still good money, isn't it?" Asked one of them.

"twenty-five coins only, take it or leave it , I have to get to the next village soon"

There was no second thought on the two slave traders who had caught the blind boy so easily.

"Fine but next time..."

"Next time, I won't be trading with the likes of you!"

The ship sailed soon after leaving the port of the village and with a small purse of silver coins in their hands, it was certain they were going to celebrate at the game house tonight.


To be continued

Continued




"It is just down by the river side, you won't miss it, he never associates with the villagers but I hear he used to make the best weapons for the late emperor"

The stranger had pointed north of odo to Asakai who was now in search for a new sword having lost his previous sword to Genkei.

No one had been able to evade the 1000 sword strike till that very moment Genkei had done it.

It was obvious he needed a new sword and not just any sword, one special, powerful enough to help him channel his demon chi and durable enough to avoid getting shattered - dragon steel.

He made his way to the blacksmith's house beside the river.


"Go away, I don't make weapons any more". A voice came calling out of the hut.


" I have money, I can pay you..."

"I said go away, keep your money and walk away before you regret it" the voice came again this time with a fill of caution to be noted.

"I won't go away, I need a sword, a dragon steel sword, they say you are the only one capable of making such, I have to find someone.."


"That is what you all always crave for- the next fight, the next death, revenge, battles, wars, death upon death, that's all you swordmen are good for, I won't make you a sword, now go away swordman" the voice replied this time its owner came through the door.

Master blacksmith Hasashi with a sword in his hand ready to fight.

"I said I won't leave, You will make a sword for me whether you want it or not!" Asakai's eyes glowed red.

It was a moment the swordman had hoped would threaten the blacksmith into cooperating but he hadn't expected it - that leap into the air that upwards movement of his hands bearing his sword coming down at him at lightning speed yet he had been lucky, dodging it and unleashing a ball of flame from his own hand which the swordsman cut into half.


"A Demon chi user, hmmm its impressive that you can use your chi without a sword, I am impressed but you will get no weapon out of me swordsman!" The blacksmith came again and asakai could only marvel at the skills and technique employed by the blacksmith, surely this man was more than he was regarded as - a master swordsman maybe.

Asakai did his best but with his injuries still healing and without a weapon , getting knocked around too easy was his fate yet a swordsman is nothing without his will, this was his true power, his willingness to see the battle through.

Hasashi delivered two deadly kicks one after the other at Asakai who flew into the river creating a ball of explosion.

His body came up floating, there was no fight left in him.

"I want a sword, you have to make me a sword, I won't leave you until you help me"

his voice came again,now this was impressive the blacksmith thought, it reminded him of Genkei Senshi his one time and only student at the capital clan.

And even though he had vowed not to make another weapon, this young swordsman had proven so much already so perhaps there was a way to help the young man.

"Fine, you want a sword, then prepare to make one yourself"

Hasashi replied before returning back to his hut.



THE END OF EPIII

Continued




"I hear that the emperor is thinking of surrendering, grand patron izanagi has been captured and his clan overthrown, the three clans are in pool position to sign an agreement that would unite their forces against the capital, I think its safe to say the emperor has lost!"


"That can not be, you say it with so much ease forgetting the outcome of such events, we are talking about the fates of over a sixty villaged who have pledged loyalty to the capital, the clans will not show mercy to any of us, our children, our wives, will be sold into slavery and for us, we who have decided to fight, our deaths will be painful and slow, villages like Hurotobi, Umshai, Ukoi and Dhuroki have been razed down to nothing but dust, the clans advance every day, many are beginning to fear the worst, it's why we have to keep fighting" the other soldier replied his colleague where they ate just opposite Genkei.


"All for what, The emperor and his family is brutally murdered and his brother decides to take over the throne, the three clans think its a breech of agreement but really it isn't, emperor zhao was killed before the ending of his tenure, why struggle for power then if his brother emperor Jui decides to continue ruling yet those bastards have decided to go to war to remove emperor jui from the capital clan, its utter nonsense" the other replied angrily.


"But again, is it true that emperor jui was in fact responsible for the death of his brother and his family?"

"Impossible, Jui has always supported his brother through thick and thin, he would never do such a thing for power, its just propaganda spread by Gran Patron Uzai, Isashi and Huritoki of the three clans, Jui would never do such a thing, his rule has been peaceful, it is only sensible that uzanagi found out the truth and decided to stand by the emperor, in fact I think the gran patrons might have been the ones responsible for the death of the...."


"Shhh, we must never say things like that in the open, yes its possible that the grand patrons could have been responsible but its a known fact that a demon head had carried out the killing and its also a known fact that demon heads do not make paths with humans, so it leaves many to wonder, why and for what purpose was the emperor and his family murdered?"


The rest of their discussion had spewed across the ongoing wars ravaging the villages but one thing had struck Genkei, his old friend and comrade in the emperor's royal guards grand patron Izanagi had been defeated and his clan overthrown, he felt sorry for a moment, there was a time where both men had taken a army of skilled swordsmen all by themselves yet it must have been true what Aperagos said, time was no longer on their side.


"Good bye old friend" Genkei said pouring a bit of his sake out of respect to his friend.



To be continued.