"Nice reflexes! But it's already too late for all of you," Harishima exclaimed after hitting Mizu in the face. He immediately flew to the Region's path after noticing a samurai in the distance with his fiery sword blocking his path. 
Harishima noticed a sudden darkness behind Kaen. He immediately lowered his body and hit the ground in front of him with both hands. He utterly shattered it as massive rocks flew through the air and Kaen was propelled away. 
"Stop him! Don't let him get near the path! He's trying to do something!" Chigau exclaimed as he was still in the air and couldn't move because of the force. Suddenly, he sees Yuso getting transported on the path. He immediately raised his sword as he saw Harishima flying towards him. 
"Get the hell out of my way!" shouted Harishima as Yuso's eyes widened as he saw a massive scythe about to hit him in the face. It materialized in his right hand, and the blade's point was about to strike him. 
Suddenly, the blade of his sword clashed with the tip of his blade, and they both faced each other. They both gazed at each other menacingly as Yuso began to be pushed back. 
"What incredible strength! No! I'm going to get pushed back and...?" Yuso thought fiercely as he sensed someone behind him hovering with a weapon. This causes his eyes expand and he begins to sweat. He vanished into thin air and was taken up into the skies near Chigau.
He grabbed him in mid-air with his left hand and hurled him down. He was instantly transported down to the ground next to where Chigau landed as soon as he threw Chigau back on the ground. They both turn to see Harishima get stabbed in the face with an axe. Chigau runs over to Mizu, who is unconscious on the ground. He arrives at Mizu apprehensive, while the others surround him on watch. Kaen and Yosu were nearby but not surrounding him. 
They were both spread out, staring out over the terrain and the adversaries in the distance. Kaen and Yosu notice a new adversary who appears out of nowhere, wielding an axe and wearing a darkening cape. The unknown's axe was blazing and darkening. He still has the blade of his axe stabbed to Harishima's face as he smiles and removes his blade from stabbing his face. 
"Tsk! Damn it! Damn it! Mizu! Mizu was knocked down immediately by that punch, his nose is bleeding and his mark is torn apart!" Chigau thought as he immediately removed the leftover piece of the mask around his face and saw that he was breathing. 
He then looks into the distance and notices a new foe smirking and laughing. Harishima's face had already healed, and he suddenly smiled and chuckled at the man who had stabbed him. 
"That freaking hurt brother! Good thing I can heal! And that teleporting guy is fast! It goes beyond your speed! You even stabbed my face because you thought his death was certain!" Harishima chuckled. He laughed as he turned to face the nine swordsmen. 
"Yeah! He is! But he will regret it! He chooses to live rather than die right here... That's unfortunate because I will torture you, my friend!" the unknown individual stated to Yosu in the distance while still chuckling. He laughed while glancing off into the distance at Yosu. On the left side of his vision were the other swordsmen, Mizu laying on the ground, and Chigau on his side. 
Kaen was on his far right side, at least a distance away from Harishima. They both stopped laughing but they were still smiling and staring at them. Yosu realized he was the target of the new unknown enemy in the distance, which put him on guard as he felt something odd about him.  
"Are you kidding me... Now a brother and he appeared out of nowhere! If Yosu hadn't been transported out there we would've been killed," Chigau thought furiously as he stood. Suddenly, he heard Mizu slowly waking up, which made him glance. He sees him open his eyes and they immediately widen when he sees Chigau standing near him. 
He immediately stands shocked and feels his nose hurting. He sighed as he realized he was knocked out. He turns around and sees his sword on his right side lying on the ground, which he immediately grabs with his right hand.
"Pardon me... My actions were wreckless, I need to observe my limits," Mizu remarked as he noticed Chigau nod at him. After Mizu stood, they all fanned out and gave each other space. He hurriedly wipes the blood from his nose with his left hand and looks around, only to see two enemies this time. 
"No, not yet Mizu... Not yet, we have a new enemy, let's figure him out first before our limits, if we can't do that then our lives will go to waste," Chigau stated as he sees Mizu nod and made a serious expression and took a deep breath. 
"What else happened here other than me laying down on the floor?" he questioned, taking another deep breath and gripping his blade securely in his right hand. His physique was still frail, and he did not appear to be at full strength. 
"He just arrived and has an axe, that's all we have for now, Mizu. He's faster than Yosu's transportation ability, we need to be careful, each of you," Chigau replied, as everyone agreed and braced themselves for what was to come. They didn't understand the mysterious dark who arrived could hear him speak from afar, even though his voice shouldn't be able to reach Harishima. 
"Transport?! What an awesome ability! Hey! Swordsman! Do you mind if I kill you right now? I'll have your body and I promise I will have good use for it! If you do mind, what do you want me to do with your body and who do you want me to protect? Don't worry, a swordsman named Yosu... You can have my word, I'm an honorable being," the unknown stated, making Yosu tremble with just a glance. There was a force that was restraining him from moving as he saw the unknown in the distance reaching his left hand for him.
"If you do kill me and take over my body, well, you leave them out of this... Let them live if that's the case, but you will have to put up a fight first and I will defeat or kill you!" Yosu remarked as he strengthened his will and moved both of his arms and held his sword menacingly in both of his hands. 
"I see... That's a good reason! Then I'll give you what you asked for! Brother... Harishima, hold his friends for now, I'll have this man Yosu as my food for tonight, we might need to finish them off before sunrise," the unknown said, a frightening smile on his face. He didn't take his gaze away from Yosu in the distance.
"Sure brother! I'll have my clones for them and my real self. I don't think they'll much last longer fighting us but our real enemies are near here. There are three swordsmen who are from the group called "The Last" I've taken down the other swordsman but two remain and they are quite powerful. I got lucky on the first one, if I didn't take him down and caught him off guard I'm dead right now, brother," Harishima stated while smiling at him as suddenly clones of him began to appear on his flanks. 
"Ows? Is that so? That's quite interesting... These humans? That's surprising news, Harishima. You might need to wipe them since I made my promise to Yuso," the unknown individual said, smiling. Suddenly, Kaen stood in front of the unknown, who slashed his blazing sword with both hands from left to right towards his neck. 
The unknown didn't even move and Kaen jumped backward as he foresaw his head being severed. He kneeled on the ground near Chigau behind him. He touches his neck with his left hand. He was about to stand again when suddenly his left arm fell to the ground. 
He grunted as every single one of their eyes widened after seeing Kaen's left arm fall to the ground. He grunts as he feels the pain. Hyoketsu approached him with his eyes widened as he saw blood coming out nonstop. He immediately ripped off a part of his kimono from his left arm and patched his left arm wound and stopped the bleeding. The unknown in the distance burst out laughing the same as Harishima.
"Incredibly weak! You're too slow. I wonder how you got near me without me noticing it! If you didn't fall back I would've grabbed your head!" The unknown said while he burst out laughing. Chigau glanced and saw the red blood on the axe blade, which caused his eyes to widen even more in fear.
"H-He swung his axe without me seeing it, the same as Kaen, but he said he fell back before he grabbed his head, meaningly he saw it... Damn it! General McAvin, get those swordsmen of yours to wake up right now and get them here fast!" Chigau thought furiously as he held his sword menacingly, the same as the others. Hyoketsu was still patching and tightening a part of the cloth he put on his left arm to stop the bleeding. He was catching his breath and was sweating and had fear in his eyes.