2023-02-03 16:21:49after a few minutes of walking through tall storage buildings, they finally they finally came to a wide open space in the middle of the city. there were a few residential buildings around (mostly mansions) and at the centre, a tower stood. the tower was taller than every other building in the city and it had an architectural style that made it unique from the times.
Inumaki led them to the largest and most beautiful mansion of all. and at the entrance, they were stopped.
"do not proceed any further" a voice came from inside and four young men darted out ready for battle. they all had that serious look as if it was their first time having to defend the mansion.
"these guys are definitely noobs" Mina whispered.
"it's quite apparent" Yen whispered back.
taking a deep breath, Inumaki said as calmly as he could "let us in, we have a message for the queen." but the answer was "no"
"we know that you were defeated by that man" one of the young men said pointing at Yen.
"sorry but we cannot let harm come to our queen" another one said.
"you will have to be silenced here"
In a calm rage, Inumaki said "for men that want to silence someone, you guys talk too much"
"I'm going to make this simple" he said
"you can either let us in, or I can remind you why you still have to call me teacher"
"it doesn't matter" one of the young men said
"this is our duty" another added
"then I just have to relieve you of it" Inumaki responded as he got into battle mode. the atmosphere around was already beginning to change when a beautiful voice came from inside the mansion saying "stop"
from within the mansion came a young woman with beauty that matched her voice. her gaze could weaken any man and invoke envy in all women. her long black hair sparkled like the night sky and no man could revert his gaze from her body.
"unfortunately, she's not as pretty as me" Mina said as she posed in from of Yen, showing off that which he deemed truly beautiful. she had a short black hair with grey eyes and a well shaped body, but what Yen really loved was the expressions she made at every situation. he found them to be cute. he replied with "agreed" before his attention was caught by the queen.
"so what is your message?" the queen asked staring down at Inumaki who slowly walked up to her and brought out his device.
he clicked it a few times and a holographic projection came out. he begins to go through slides of images and videos which he had recorded of horrors he saw. and when he was done, he said "we've been living a lie"
"so what of it?" the queen replied.
"our job is to protect this city and its treasures, nothing else. If you want to help them, do it yourself but you will get no assistance from the city"
"but my queen" Inumaki pleaded but was immediately silenced.
"I'm not done talking" the queen said in apparent anger.
"I still have to punish you for the crime of letting dangerous intruders into the city" she said
"the punishment I will grant you is death along side the intruders. since you have chosen their side, you will meet the same fate as them"
"I wouldn't advise that, my queen" Inumaki said in his mind, and just as he was about to say it out, Yen's hand fell on his shoulders and he heard the words "don't worry, I'll take care of this"
"I would like to ask you guys to come at me one by one so that I don't kill anyone by accident" Yen said as he came forward.
"we do not negotiate with intruders" the queen replied
"Rosewell!!!" she called out to one of the young men guarding her. but before she could finish giving her order, Mina yelled out "why would you send the weakest guy first?"
Rosewell was furious and the anger could be seen in his eyes. he didn't even wait for the queen's order before he jumped into action went straight for the foul mouthed lady that insulted him.
he had a fine technique and precise attacks. each strike was precisely calculated and delivered. that was his ability, the ability to calculate all. but it was no match for Mina. all she needed to was watch his hands and see where they were truly going to hit, then deflect them.
as fine and precise they were, Rosewell's attacks were very predictable. although his evasion was flawless, he still had a hard time landing a hit on Mina and when he finally did, Yen immediately picked him up and threw him at the queen's feet covered in smoke from severe electric shock.
the queen looked at Rosewell in shock, she was almost as shocked he was(metaphorically) but she hardened her heart and called out "Kojiro, Fubuki" in a desperate tone and two of the remaining three young men responded.
"take care of them" she screamed loudly and they immediately sprang into action.
Kojiro was the one that kept blocking Yen's path with barriers while trying to trap him, and Fubuki was the one shooting icicles at him. their teamwork was impeccable. it was as if they could tell what the other was thinking.
Yen was quite impressed by their fighting style. he could admit that the way they guided the fight was very effective but needed a lot of improvement against him, and there was room for it.
the one that needed the most improvement was Fubuki. all he did throughout the fight was shoot icicles at Yen, just that. his shots were accurate and precise and Yen had to evade and deflect every single one of them, but the major issue was that the technique wasn't working and he had nothing else to turn to.
Kojiro on the other hand really needed to improve on his creativity. the way he used his barriers had a repetitive pattern and the more he used it, the easier it was to deal with.
"If only he was taught well" Mina said mockingly as she stared at Inumaki.
"don't judge me" Inumaki replied in defence
"no one taught me either"
not long after, kojiro and Fubuki met the same fate as Rosewell and were also laid at the queen's feet in their their sorry state. and then she called to the last guard she had. "Yamato" she yelled, but the young man replied calmly "I'm sorry mom, I'm forfeiting this battle"
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