"There are 3 places of utmost importance for our team at this time, I need to stop Giant's Blade niece Ella and that leaves 2 other places that need attention. The first is the place with the followers of The Elemental King, they have great destruction spells that are amplified by their gods Blessing but need the protection of strong melee as they are pretty weak at close combat. The second priority is the area where the Ronin is fighting with the White Phantom at the moment, The Ronin is a great commander and with 30,000 troops and time to prepare it would be pretty hard to contain him".
"The Barbarian King troops are a waste as he is probably going to attack Galway but thanks to the protection of the guards in it and the shields provided by Lord Degark they can attack to their heart's content for months and don't get anywhere. Omega is probably going to be commanding the mecha units to change the landscape and they might join together after their missions is over but they shouldn't be aware that we know about their plan".
Rahz thought about the information provided by Distortion and at its core it wasn't too bad, one place needed brute force while the other needed brains and strategy.
"OK General. How about this… Riddick, Xiao and myself will go help the tribe of the Elemental King and Liz, Jazz, Elune and the others will go help the White Phantom against the Ronin and his troops however they will need to go back to Naas first to retrieve their mounts"
Distortion thought about it and agreed to the distribution as it was exactly what he needed to make the plan work.
Rahz spoke with Riddick and told him to send Hennessy with the girls in case something went south in which case he would rush over to help. Rahz spoke to the members of the Temple of the Dreadnought and let them know that the scary guy from before might attack the city and their legs almost gave out.
It was very difficult to erase the fear in their hearts from one day to the next and all Rahz could think off to give them confidence again was to take them with him to assist the Fire tribe and help them achieve victory.
The members of the temple quickly got on Rahz's bus and left the town of Galway via a portal towards the fire tribe while Elune and the others left to get their mounts and with 35,000 people that were waiting at the outskirts of Naas were teleported to a canyon like area where sounds of steel against steel reverberated through the air.
Elune and the others came out of the portal and the first thing they notice was the big Ravine in front of them and in the opposite side of the canyon 2 people were fighting. Jazz immediately recognized the red armor of the Ronin as well as the weapons of the person dress in white and told the team what he knew about it.
"That red armor was made by my great great grandfather a long with 3 different swords and something called a Kusarigama, the person that commissioned the work was the lord of an ancient town that mimic the Erudites and like to keep themselves outside the everyday affairs of the realm and are the possessors of very rare martial paths. The Lord himself came to the dwarf mountain and provided the blueprints for the design and the materials to make the equipment. The payment for the job were the blueprints themselves and they are still considered one of the Bronzebeard Clan greatest treasures. The weird part about it is that I see all the equipment my ancestor made in both of the people fighting across the Ravine".
"When would you let go of your Hate, Brother" said the White Phantom
"You disgrace me when you used our relationship to get close to my liege and killed him for his family's secret arts. The moment you made me a Ronin the contract was established and you were destined to die by my sword"
"I did asked him nicely but he refused, 'Is my family's heritage' he said… the scroll came alive with joy the moment it felled into my hands, It was meant to be".
"What about our parents, Did you ever thought about the damage you were doing to them. Father was forced to commit Seppuku by the emperor and our family name expunge from all history, mother couldn't take the sorrow and poison herself and all for a scroll of secret arts. I will show you that there is nothing stronger that our family's Sword Arts, now die!"
SWORD DRAWING ARTS: First Style :Cyclone Slash
Boring … Boring
FUTON : Shuriken Tornado
The two Cyclone's cancelled each other out but The White Phantom's had Mithril Shurikens inside of it that flew straight at the Ronin that quickly dash forward avoiding all of the projectiles with ease, The skill Chase moved the Ronin within 15 ft from the Phantom as he quickly drew his second sword called the Wakizashi and activated his next combat art.
DAISHO : Two Sword Style : Tiger Blades
The Ronin accelerated forward even more leaving shadows wherever he passed through and using both swords slashed forward almost cutting space itself 100 times in a barrage of attacks.
SLASH...SLASH
The Ronin moved passed the body of the Phantom but it was a wind clone that when it disappeared produced wind blades that tried to cut the Ronin as he passed through.
"Still predictable, as always brother"
The Ronin had a grin on his face while he toss the Wakizashi in his hand at high speeds and it quickly was encased in Sword aura in the shape of a dragon's claw and was immediately followed by a 4 move combo.
DAISHO: Two Sword Style : Dragon Claw… 4 move combo Dragon's Bite
The White Phantom saw the attack and his pupil's shrunk, this attack was too fast even for him that was a master of the wind element. It was time to get serious, the phantom drew his ninjato and disappeared from his spot.
FUTON: Step to heaven
The Phantom reappeared high in the sky and immediately started falling towards his brother and couldn't help but say," That is the problem with the family sword technique brother! why do 4 slashes when you can finish the fight with one"
Ultimate Skill : Murder
The Ronin saw the illusion of the ninjato penetrate the top of his head and had no other choice but to activate the special skill of his Armor.
Damage Transfer!!
All the momentum and the penetrating power of the skill was deflected into the earth and rocks flew to the air and a hole 15 ft deep was opened.
Crash!
The White Phantom looked at his brother staring at him from the border of the newly formed crater and the eyes behind the mask radiated profound hatred, "Ultimate skills I have them too.."
SWORD DRAWING ARTS : Third Style : Storm Blaze
The scabbard caught fire and then the sword was quickly drawn in one single motion generating a fire tornado that covered the whole crater in blue fire. The Tornado travelled towards the Phantom that was ready to use his last defensive ace when 3 magic wards appeared around him and ice lances flew towards the Ronin that quickly jump backwards to evade.
The Ronin looked in the direction of the attack and saw bridges made out of ice and an endless sea of people coming his way.
The Ronin regretted not being able to finished his brother but he started retreating while Jazz's mount spat poison bullets from the sky.
"Seems like we made it in time...if you ask me Mr. phantom the problem is not the skill difference but your judgement" said hennessy playfully.
Snort!
"Nice to meet you Phantom, I am liz and this beauty to my side is Elune, we came to help Distortion stop the forces of the devas coming to reinforce the Ronin and beat them back to the north, so please help us scout the area".
"You need this many people to expel 5,000 Devas, there should be a level cap to the ones that can crossover, why are we rushing".
"5,000? We got new intelligence, Omega is moving 100,000 people via mages and a third of that amount is coming to reinforce the Ronin we just made it here first thankfully, it would be bad if we were stuck on the other side of the ravine while you got trap or died".