Noises from a distance can be heard. Sakana could obviously hear it. That piqued Forgerin's interest as the massive dark root he was standing on boosted him to look beyond the Naruduna Village.
He looked out the village's front gate and saw a pitch-black next to the enormous gate and giant trees dropping behind the pitch-black. That made him smile as he returned his gaze to Sakana on the ground.
Suddenly, his eyes widened seeing that Sakana was gone on the ground same as Sukune. That made him giggle as he shake his head left and right thinking that they escaped.
"They run and run again! People like to run... But I don't give a damn about them now, since it appears that we've got some visitors," Forgerin laughed. He looked into the gate and saw that the pitch darkness had fled, but the legions of dark crowds had not. They were creating mayhem and demolishing houses all over the place.
He lowered his head and suddenly caught a glimpse of two unknown men on the ground on a path. That made his eyes widen confused and curious as he glanced down at them.
When he realized the second unknown man on the ground was a swordsman, both of his eyes widened. He smiled as he realized he was not a typical swordsman.
The unknown captain and Farrel were looking at the front gate in the far distance seeing giant trees got sent up high in the air. Farrel cleared his throat as the unknown captain on his side remained calm and unfazed.
"What was that explosion? Is it new enemies or reinforcements fighting the Dark Legions and Dark Mobs? What do you think, Captain?" Farrel asked the unknown captain. He sighs as he glances and senses a couple of humans presence outside the village near the front gate.
"They are definitely reinforcements, but I don't think they'll survive; there's something terrible there, something powerful and beyond, and I can feel that unknown faint presence but not fully making me think of something else," the unknown captain replied. Farrel became concerned after hearing his response and turned back once more.
When he turned back to see where Sukune and Sakana were, he noticed gigantic dark roots in the air heading towards them. He instantly took a step back and used his left hand to tap the unknown captain on the right shoulder. The unknown captain turned to find gigantic dark roots approaching him, while Forgerin stood on top of the giant dark root, smiling menacingly.
"Farrel, step back, I'll take care of this," the mystery captain stated as he walked by Farrel on his right. He then drew his sword with his right hand and lifted it to his right gradually.
As he raised his sword, the blade exploded into blue flames. In the distance, Forgerin saw his sword burst into flames, causing him to fall to the ground. The massive dark roots continue to rush towards him.
As soon as the enormous dark root reached the unknown captain, he swung down his sword, which had blue bursting flames on it. He slices the big dark root, and the flames instantly convert it to ash.
The blue flame caught a couple of the black gigantic roots, and they all turned to dust. The blue flames crawled to the massive dark roots in the distance, widening Forgerin's gaze.
Forgerin swiftly moved to his left, avoiding the blue crawling flames in his massive dark roots. Before that, he punched the massive dark roots into the ground to prevent the main source of his roots from being burned to ashes. He grunts as his left hand is ensnared in the blue flames. He crouched to the right as he noticed the mystery captain approaching him in the distance.
"His blue flames crawled so fast that I barely reacted... Tsk! That's hot and couldn't be avoided, and who the hell is he?!" he thought furiously as he sliced his own left hand with his right. It then regenerated a new one, and he pounded the ground to his right as his eyes widened as he noticed the unknown swordsman had vanished in the distance.
On the other hand, in the location where the Senzi Clan group was. The unknown captain remained standing as they cast a glimpse in the distance at the unknown number five, who laughed. Sezikiri was the name of the unknown captain. He stood tall, holding his sword in his right hand.
As he noticed a difference in the air, he began to walk. Suddenly, he notices the unknown number five dark in the distance flinging a small metal ball at him. It flashes as he blinks once and notices the metal ball that is a bomb in front of him.
A swordsman appears in front of him as another flash of light appears in front of him. As soon as the swordsman appeared in front of him, his eyes widened. Another explosion erupted, and the unknown number five dark broke out laughing.
Sezikiri was pushed away and smacked against a massive tree, his face covered in blood, which he instantly wipes away. He then stands and looks out into the distance, where he sees the dead body of a fellow swordsman on the ground. His face was a mangled mess, and he was toast.
"No! No! NO!" he screamed angrily as he approached the fallen swordsman who had saved him. He was going to approach him when he noticed the unknown dark in the distance had vanished, and there was a brief silence.
He suddenly heard cuts behind him, on the left and right. He then spins three-sixty to look at his surroundings. As soon as he turned, he saw his fellow swordsman cut and slain before his eyes. He heard their bodies crash to the ground and their heads roll, blood splashed.
He holds tightly his sword as suddenly he swung his sword down to the ground with a powerful force. The tip of his blade strike the ground in front of him. The unknown dark sees the tip of his blade strike the ground in front of him with a powerful force.
A large fissure appeared, and he felt a massive violent wind blowing at him. He was on the left side of Sezikiri, holding his sword in his right hand, blood trickling on the blade in the distance.
The mysterious dark's eyes widen as he sees Sezikiri put all of his strength into the sword he's clutching. The ground shook as the shockwave flew into the unknown darkness. It flew to Sezikiri, encircling and blowing up the massive trees in the distance and the bodies on the ground.
As he notices a massive hole in front of Sezikiri, the unknown dark withstands and shakes his head left and right. He caught his breath as he turned to his left to stare at the mysterious dark, who was smiling menacingly at him and entirely unaffected.
"Well done! That was magnificent! Only a few swordsmen in this world could do that! That's astounding! You can call me Five, by the way, also a big fan!" The unknown dark said who is named Five. He looked at Sezikiri in the distance while clapping and giggling.
"Don't you dare make fun of me! You killed my people!!" Sezikiri screamed angrily as he vanished from where he was standing and reappeared in front of Five. He swung his sword at his head when he suddenly seized the point of his blade with one finger and stopped him. He couldn't flinch as he raised his head to view Five's horrific visage.
"Like I said, I'm a big fan..." He said as he kicked him in the gut, dropping his sword and fell back to the ground, slamming into a laydown tree. He spits blood as he tries but fails to stand.
Then, to his left, Five appeared, holding his own sword in his left hand. With his other hand, he seized the handle of his sword and stabbed him in the back. With one swing of his sword, he breaks him in half and kills him completely while smiling. As Sezikiri died with regret, he dropped his blade on the ground.
Five could see it in his eyes as he turned to the left and started walking away from him. He was grinning and happy as he looked into the Naruduna Village's front gate in the distance.
"Ah... People these days are so unfortunate, I couldn't believe they die so easily..." he murmured as Sezikiri behind him abruptly pushed himself back. Five came to a halt when he sensed Sezikiri standing nearby. That caused him to turn around, and his eyes widened as he did so.
He sees Sezikiri standing in one piece, but there is blood all over his body and his left eye has altered. Sezikiri then grabbed his blade with his right hand, leaving Five perplexed.
"I could've sworn I split him in half and killed him... Why is he alive and in one piece? There's no human in this world capable of doing that, if a human was slashed they are dead already, then the answer is simple, he is not human, then what the hell is he?!" Five thought furiously as he took a deep breath and looked at him closely. He looked at him as Sezikiri began to smile while wiping the blood from the side of his mouth.
"My name is Sezikiri, and I swear I will defeat you with my own ability and avenge my comrades," Sezikiri said menacingly as he gazed off into the distance at Five. They both had dangerous looks in their eyes. Five was perplexed and couldn't think of anything else to ask about how he was still alive.