Year:X780 January , 16
Region:SouthWest-
Location:ChapelGlenVillage-
That makes the List (5/8) now three more left to go.
That makes one (A+) rank bandit left and two (S) rank bandits left to go.
I then grabbed my BHA Lacrima signal from my pocket to signal the BHA to collect the Haruto Tanaka-Rouge Samurai bounty.
•ping
Now what to do with Sora Daichi who was pinned to the wall with my water magic.
"So what…Was your objective."
I said to him.
"Like I'll tell you!!"
Sora Daichi said to me in a threatening tone despite how helpless he is right now.
"Your going to tell because I could kill you quickly or I could kill you slowly and painfully until you beg for mercy."
"Which do you prefer?"
I said to Sora Daichi who looked somewhat paled since my comment about him dying no matter which outcome he chooses.
"Y…your just going to kill me no matter what!"
Sora Daichi said in a trembling tone.
"Yes. You will die, I'm killing you no matter what, but it's up to you."
"Die in a way some people call the mercyway or die in ruthlessway where death is the only means of escape."
I finish talking as I approach him slowly with no means to end this conflict.
I stretch out my arm and open my hand out, I hold my hand out towards Sora Daichi a water bubble from around his head.
•gasp
•mumbling
•gurgle
I stopped the water bubble that surfaced around his head.
•gasp
•gasp
•gasp
Sora Daichi is having trouble breathing.
"Like I said you can die quickly or you can die slowly, chose wisely."
I said to Sora Daichi who barely managed to stay conscious.
"F…Fine we where here because of a strong magical energy source, that we detected.…We don't have the known origins about the powerful magical energy, only thing we know is that they wants it."
Sora Daichi said in a tone of unaware, since the corporate is mostly likely the Branch(1.) of the The Gilded Shadows, they are the mastermind behind this organization.
Sora Daichi continued speaking while pointing at.
"The magical source comes from the ancient rock."
Sora Daichi pointed at a weird looking rock, I couldn't sense the magic power from within, however I did sense the magical power from outside of the old chapel maybe touching or using the device he dropped could help.
I grabbed my sword then stabbed Sora Daichi in the heart killing him instantly.
•stab
•drip
•thud
I then remove my sword from Sora Daichi dead corpse.
•footsteps
•click
•footsteps
•click
Multiple sounds of footsteps emerge from the spiral staircase, from the sounds of it the village guards have noticed the commotion.
I spotted 5 village guards and sensed 10 more at the top of the staircase.
Village guard(1 male):"Stop don't steal our chapel secret!!"
A male village guard shouted, referring to the ancient rock.
"I have no interest with your chapel secret, all I want is this bounty on his head."
I said to the village guard pointing at the direction of the dead corpse of Haruto Tanaka-Rouge Samurai.
Village guard(2 female):"No one is allowed in or out the chapel, this is a village investigation and your the only person alive right here."
"Which means what exactly?"
I said full well knowing some bull shit is about to happen.
Village guard(3 female):"Your a prime suspect."
"Ok…here take a look of this"
I said taking out my BHA Lacrima signal.
"See this is a BountyHunterAssociation Lacrima signal , what this does is allow me to call a Bounty Hunter Associate to come and check out the Bounty."
"Which means this is a BHA check out first before your village investigation."
I finally finished speaking and just in the nick of time a BHA associate slips by the village guards.
"Uh…The Bounty Hunter Association distress call is taking place here…so…umm…"
A BHA associate had spoken out, next came in their little crew of associates to clean up the place.
"Well…there you have it…so I'm good to go after my bounty ticket exchange."
I said to the village guards, who all looked troubled by the response of the BHA associate.
"Here you go sir."
The BHA associate handed over a bounty ticket, I used my ShadowStorage to store the bounty ticket.
(ShadowStorage:The power to seal items into your shadow.)
•dash
I disappear before I could be brought in for questioning.
Village guard(4 male):"U…um where did they go?"
Village guard(5 male):"they were just here!"
•dash
Next up on the list is ToraHasegawa-Tiger, they could be found in Northwest region of Isvan.
Year:X780 January , unknown
Region:unknown-
Location:unknown-
Takeshi Haruka POV:
It's been 9 days since I have killed Haruto Tanaka-Rouge Samurai. Since then I have arrived to the Northwest Region of Isvan. I'm currently at a village name Thornrockvillage.
Thornrock:village Characterized by jagged cliffs, this village's residents sustain themselves through quarrying, providing stone for the temple and their own dwellings.
Year:X780 January , 25
Region:NorthWest of Isvan -
Location:ThornrockVillage-
This village has two known temples for the general public, however I have paid a fee of 42,000 jewels from the BHA intelligence ,there is two more temples that are hidden,since I had trouble looking for ToraHasegawa-Tiger.
I already located Hikari Sato the employer of (ToraHasegawa-Tiger) , I killed them and interrogate for their objective.
What I extracted from Hikari Sato is that they were both supposed to look for a hidden temple, which led me to paying the 42,000 jewels.
Takeshi wallet before-(66,917 jewels)
(42,000 jewels information fee/4,000 jewels expensive)
Takeshi wallet now-(20,917 jewels)
From the looks of it Hikari Sato was expecting ToraHasegawa-Tiger, however they are someone impossible to understand or comprehend from the vibe Hikari Sato described her.
Hikari Sato described ToraHasegawa-Tiger, as a woman who is 185 centimeters tall, has short brown/orange hair with orange colored eyes , is a woman with warrior like spirit, she has a lean built physique.
Currently I'm looking into one of the temples, I'm not sensing some unusual magic power like in the underground chamber from the chapel.
Guess checking out the other temple ,is gonna have to do for now I guess.
•thumps
•echo
I was exiting a temple cave entrance, when I noticed a magical presence nearby, it was quite a powerful presence indeed.
•bang
•swish
My instinct kicked , I nearly lost my brain a sniper rifle was fired off.
•schwooffs
•schwoofs
I look up at the sky, I notice the sun setting down,also noticed hundreds of arrows descending from the sky heading towards my direction.
•bang
•swish
I dodge another incoming sniper rifle shot from the sound and trajectory from the shot, looked like it came somewhere SouthWest about 300 meters.
"Earth Magic:EarthDome!"
(EarthDome-A defensive earth dome that makes a complete dome around the user.)
I'm not only protected from the arrows that are being airborne. Im also being protected from the sniper rifle user.
Since I covered my SouthWest and left my NorthWest side open for me to maneuver out.
•dash
•swish
•thump
I landed on a tree branch and on the tree branch I spotted the rifle there laying planted on a rock for a comfortable position.
I placed my hand on the ground to sense for any magical energy.
•schwooffs
•schwoofs
•schwooffs
•schwoofs
Hundreds of arrows were launched towards me on all sides of me, however I noticed a weird symbol pattern.
"Earth Magic:EarthDome!"
I casted four Earth Doems around me to protect me from any kind of explosion or high fire power enchanted elements.
•bam
An explosion went off.
•crackling
An fire element could be heard.
•swishing
The sound of water splashing against my EarthDome is weakening them.
•crack
My first layer of EarthDome was completely destroyed on all sides.
My second layer of EarthDome was completely destroyed on all sides.
My third layer of EarthDome was completely destroyed on all sides, except for my back side layer.
My fourth layer was damaged slightly,but completely fine.
I then existed my fourth EarthDome by manipulating the earth to open a hole for me to exit out.
•swish
A person moving at high speeds came charging at me with a spear.
•swish
They swing their spear, I then swing my Gyuunen no Tsurugi (Bull's Yearning Sword) sword
[Name of Sword: Gyuunen no Tsurugi (Bull's Yearning Sword)
Rank-(A+)
Abilities: Shock blast from impact, Shock waves from swinging, Physical Damage boosts, Physical Endurance boosts, Weapon durability.]
•clash
The sound of our weapons clashing against each other can be heard.
•blast
The shock waves of my Gyuunen no Tsurugi (Bull's Yearning Sword) sword allowed me the slightest advantage over this individual.
I looked over at the individual and it was exactly how Hikari Sato had described her, ToraHasegawa also known as Tiger, a tall and muscular woman.
"Are you…the one that's been hunting us down!"
ToraHasegawa-Tiger demand me an answer.
"So…What if I am."
I replied to her question.
"I was wondering why the other four haven't responded to their messages…it's almost like they went offline."
ToraHasegawa-Tiger said narrating to herself likely connecting the dots.
•swing
She swings her spear towards me, I blocked the incoming attack.
•click
Multiple attacks coming from her where sloppy form, however the speed of her attacks are very lethal, she's not letting me get time to catch my footing. Her spear gives her the range advantage, however my sword is much more powerful than her spear.
If this keeps ongoing then she will eventually lose due to fatigue, however this would mostly not be the case. I have a gut feeling this woman has incredible endurance and stamina she could probably do this for days.
I currently don't have the physical specs to compete in that department, however if I change the flow of the fight I'll be the victor.
10 minutes later-
Ten minutes went by from us exchanging attacks, neither one of us is willing to slip up.
However I noticed the slight weakness of her she likes to fully commit to unnecessary attacks, whenever I lose ground or when I lose my foot placement.
•swing
•clash
•swing
•click
She launches two attacks that were different than usual, she is now slowing down on her attacks, she's attacking with her brain and not just slashing randomly.
"I have to give you credit…your definitely stronger than the other (A+) bandits, however I'm done playing around."
I said to her , now fully getting serious with this fight.
"Funny I was thinking of the same thing."
ToraHasegawa-Tiger said mimicking my battle quip.
She moved faster this time, then tries to stab me, however what I did this time around was throw my sword at her.
•WHoosh
She strikes my sword mid swing of trying to stab me.
•blast
My sword shock wave cancel out her attack, I approach her with my fist.
I then punch her with my left hand on her right cheek of her face near her eyelids.
•whack
I continue delivering punches to her.
•whack
•bam
"Agh!"
I then grabbed her by both of her arms that were trying to guard her face and upper body.
I then pulled her towards me then delivered a heavy kick towards the knee right knee that's keeping her balance.
•thud
"Aghh!!!!"
She screamed in pain, now she was laying on the ground with a badly bruised knee, she can't probably stand let alone fight.
I then manipulated water to pull my sword towards me.
"At the very least I'm dying like a true warrior…"
ToraHasegawa-Tiger said relive dying in battle than any other way.
"Oh…No…scum like you don't get to go have they like."
I grabbed my sword than sliced off her left leg.
•slice
•gush
"Aghhhhhhh!!!!"
She holds onto her chopped off end of her left leg.
•gush
Despite her hold to prevent massive amounts of blood loss, from leaving her left chopped off leg, blood was still leaking out of the leg.
"You will die of blood loss… my reason for doing it, is because you siding with those pieces of shits."
"Which means you sided with Brian."
10 minutes later-
ToraHasegawa-Tiger died to massive amounts of blood loss, that makes my List (6/8) down now for the two (S) Ranks.
Chapter ends-
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