Soldier E and the five hundred soldiers he has were heading to Naruduna Village. Their mission was to retrieve the dead bodies of their fellow fallen swordsmen and protect what was left. There were five hawks in the sky following them in the middle of the forest. They were near the Naruduna village, and they saw that the sun seemed to be coming down.
Soldier E was leading the way, running, and the rest of his soldiers behind him were riding a horse while following him. He was faster than an average horse, making the soldiers wonder, What kind of lungs and legs does he have?
Suddenly, Soldier E got a glimpse of a small crater in the far distance and decaying bones. He started to smell blood from a distance, which made him signal to his army to stop. He raised his right hand and showed his fist. The soldiers behind him were aware of the danger, the fallen trees in the distance, and a small crater.
"Hmm? I sense eight of them. Pulverized, dead. Only their bones are left! Tsk, how am I supposed to know which of which? And as expected, Sezikiri is alive. He is immortal after all. I still don't get his gifted power," Soldier E thought. He began to walk, followed by a few soldiers on foot. And the rest were on standby, looking at them.
Five soldiers immediately led the way on guard. The five of them drew their swords as soon as they got in front of him. Soldier E sighs in relief when he senses no enemy is around, making the five soldiers in front of him step aside and withdraw their swords.
"Soldier E., Those are..." One of the soldiers said in a sad mourning voice. The soldier lowered his head as Soldier E tapped him in the shoulder with his right hand and continued. He approached the first human bones on the ground that he saw. He already made a sad face behind the mask he was wearing as he kneeled into the ground to touch the hand of the unknown fallen swordsman. He can see that his flesh and skin have turned into dust, making him touch his bones.
Except for the clothes of the unknown fallen swordsman, everything about them has turned to dust. He then raised his head to look around and see that every single one of them had turned into bones. He got a glimpse of one of the fallen and saw that the bones in the neck of the unknown fallen were crushed, making him boil in anger.
"Soldiers! Retrieve the bones! Ten soldiers will retrieve those bones, and the rest will follow me. We will protect what's left in the Naruduna Village, Soldier E stated while boiling in anger. He stood and began to walk while clutching his fist. Ten soldiers started to collect the bones of their fallen comrades.
Soldier E's eyes widened once again when he saw a giant crater in the far distance. It gave him chills down his spine and made him tremble for a minute, even the soldiers behind him.
"Wh-what the hell happened there?! This can't be happening... This is impossible; these damn darks could do such things! I wasn't informed, even at that time when Naika's father was still sitting in the clan as the Chieftain. Or maybe I missed some details, which is also possible," Soldier E thought as he began to walk. He cleared his throat as he started to sense an unknown, powerful presence that made him tremble in fear.
"Soldier E! The ten soldiers are now returning back. They've retrieved the fellow dead comrades of ours, and we saw Sezikiri's torn off clothes, stating that he maybe has already been killed or pulverized," the unknown soldier said as Soldier E seemed to be surprised for a moment, but suddenly he started to sense Sezikiri's presence, not from afar but very exhausted.
"No, he's not. He's not dead, but he is with someone familiar and those two. I sense another two, and those are beasts. Be wary of them; they are fighting to the death, but it seems like it has been decided since the start. Let's move and watch out for the darkness, guard each other, shout when you see enemies, but don't overreact. Stay calm," Soldier E stated as he began to walk. A few more soldiers started to walk on foot, but still, hundreds of them stayed with their horses while advancing.
After a couple of minutes of walking. They've reached the giant crater, and Soldier was so surprised that he froze for five minutes. He couldn't believe what he was seeing was real as he jumped and slid down, followed by the fifth soldier. As soon as he reached down, he bumped into a giant tree and hid behind it.
He then stood straight and glanced in the far distance, seeing two unknowns kneeling on the ground. He could see a swordsman naked with blood dripping in his left eye and a swordswoman in front of him. He made an expressionless face as he realized that the naked swordsman was Sezikiri. He based his presence on his presence, making him jump to the other side immediately and rush towards them.
The soldiers immediately rush with him, and they all draw their swords except for him. Sakana and Sezikiri got their attention, making Sezikiri's eyes widen. He immediately stood struggling and signaled to them that she was an ally.
"What the hell is Sir Soldier E doing here?! Good thing I signaled before he got in reach, or else she'd've been dead." Sezikiri thought furiously as he stood fiercely. He stabbed his sword to the ground in front of him and used it to help him stand while Sakana drew her sword with her right hand and stood guard in front of Sezikiri.
"It's an army; it's Soldier E from the Senzi Clan. Step aside; they are allies. You've got to help Captain Regaku or else he won't see another day," Sezikiri said worriedly while grunting and holding his left eye with his left hand. She nodded at him, and she immediately turned around, jumped up the edge of the crater, and started running back to the village, seeing the General and the head of the village, Farrel, running.
Suddenly, a giant debri started flying to her right as soon as she reached the edge and started running. She glanced up front, and she saw Captain Regaku pierce through a wall wounded, and she saw Five have a foot on top of his chest. He spits out blood, and the blue flame in his blade disappears. Giant rocks were thrown everywhere as soon as Regaku hit the wall of the village near the destroyed gates.
"N-No! No! Don't you dare lay a finger on him!" Sakana shouted furiously as she swung her sword down in the air with her right hand and rushed towards them.
"Hmm? Looks like your student has caught us. Tell me, would you like to live now or die? Because you're this powerful keeping up with me in the air as a normal human. I'll give you a choice. So what do you think? Regaku of the Naruduna Village?" Five stated menacingly at him while pointing his Darkening dark flaming blade in his chin.
"Choice? For the strong? Oh, I remember the same Dark Swordsman as you letting me live. I got a rematch on him and guess what happened. He died by my sword. I once thought what would be better. Living or Death? Tsk, the only thing you see in death is just pure darkness, nothing else. The only reason why would an old man fear in his death bed but me? No, I no longer fear death because I've been there so many times that I no longer care!" Captain Regaku shouted while grunting and coughing out blood.
"Is that so? Then I'd be happy to end your life by now. I guess that is a lesson learned," Five said as he posed to kill Regaku anytime now. He raised his blade and was about to swung it down and kill him when all of a sudden someone grabbed his left hand, making him stop and get chills in his spine. He turned his head to the left, seeing a swordsman wearing a mask with an E in front of it. He was shocked when he realized that the unknown in front of him to his left has no visible or sensible presence.
"Hey, hey, hey... Isn't this a little overkill? You're free to leave, whoever are you, beasts! That man your stepping on the chest is worth more than just a thousand men. Are you sure killing him would lessen your problems? Then I got to say, you're making a grave mistake." Soldier E states, appearing out of nowhere in his left. It made Five stop stepping on him, just as Sakana stopped from where she was standing when she saw Soldier E appear out of nowhere in thin air on the side of Five.
"So fast! What did he do?! That can't be right, or my eyes are just so slow that I couldn't see him! He even doesn't have a presence, and he also doesn't make any noise when stepping. What is he?" Sakana thought as she glanced at Soldier E's right hand, seeing him holding his left hand, and Five seemed to be struggling to move his left hand.
"Strong. He's strong for a human. I can't move my left hand!" Five thought furiously as he moved his right hand where his sword was and swung it towards Soldier, but all of a sudden Five's head was cut before he cut Soldier E.
His head flew up, and there was a blue flame trail that could be seen by both of them right on top of his neck. Captain Regaku was kneeling and was in bad condition. Five's head landed on the ground, but his body remained in place like a statue.