[Holvart Port Town]
As the situation gets even more interesting, Kaido himself chose to hide first as he observed how this plays out
Unfortunately the pig man wasn't wasn't calm at all, as fumes of rage was clearly evident on his face, it wanted to acquire the sigil however he was always countered by others who raises the price relentlessly, in the end he was beaten by a Catwoman Ina battle of wealth
"What are you doing?!?!?" Said the Catwoman as anger was welling up in her voice
"I clearly one this fair and square!!! Why would I just give it up?" She added with eyes full of hostility
At that answer the pig man immediately fumed as he reasoned
"Fair and square? No! You must have done something... . . No girl or woman could have that much riches in her life!" He reasoned
"Well of course! I just used my hard earned money just to buy these, now you want to get it from me? A girl who.just luckily beat you in a pricing game out of luck?" Shouted by the catwoman
"Hard earned? No! You must have stolen them from someone, cause how else would you have that much money?... . . You know what!?! Forget it! Get her!" Stated by the pig man as he waved his hand to signal the two people behind him to make their move
Appearance wise the four men behind the pig man seemed to be mercenaries quite experienced and adept to fighting as they brought out from their storage bag some sword and shield while others used staff's
Not only that but the other four men were not a beast man type but instead humans, for some reason the pig man must have hired them on a whim when they met
Unfortunately the Catwoman has also prepared for such an outcome as she took out her own staff from her storage bag
Immediately she casted spells so quickly that it almost caught the pig man off guard
"Fire sprite!!!"
As she mentioned that flame immediately assaulted the pig man in wide area effect when suddenly one mercenary immediately stood in front of him and completely blocked the attack with it's shield
"Full guard!!!"
After taking the hit, the mercenary that has the shield quickly retaliated as he say g his sword towards her
Seeing that the Catwoman immediately dodged it by jumping sideways when suddenly a flash of lightning guys her from her blind spot
"Bolt!"
As she got hit, she herself immediately crumpled down as she arched In pain while preparing to cast another spell
However another mercenary wielding knives sneaked out above her and silenced her spell while quickly throwing out his knives for cover
Left with no choice the catwoman rolled to sides as she rapidly fires off fire bullets in quick succession to avoid getting silenced again
With that the mercenary has no choice but to fully defend their employer until the barrage subsides, that was how it supposed to go until the mercenary that's wielding a sword raises it to his eye level and slashed across the air and sent out a huge magic wave and successfully hitting the Catwoman causing her to crash unto the ground
"Hahahaha! Look how pathetic you are now! Where's your haughtiness go now? You actually can't contend with my men, in the end your just a woman who knows nothing and can't do anything!!! Now give up the sigil!" Shouted by the pig man as he saw and witness as the Catwoman struggled to stand back up
When she did a knife suddenly went pass through her clothes revealing the location of the sigil
Immediately the mercenary took it and handed it over to the pig man causing the latter to immediately rejoice over the success of acquiring it
"Hahaha! I'm really so good! I can command such troops with just my own money! Power is equivalent to wealth! Hahahaha" laughed by the pig man
Seeing that the sigil was already laid out in front of him, a smile crept up Kaido's face as he stretches his hands up and warmed his muscles to prepare for a fight after a long while
Feeling that he is ready Kaido immediately step off the shadows and into the light
"Oi! Oi! Looks like the situation here looks kinda interesting"
Surprised by that sudden voice, all the mercenaries and the pig man including the Catwoman turned their gaze towards the corridor behind the former and saw a man standing in the middle of the hallway with both hands inside his pocket
After recognizing the person the pig man immediately ranted
"You... . . Your the guy that... . . How did you get here? I placed some guards out there!! Damnit incompetent bastards! Anyways get him"
As he shouted that the mercenary that was wielding the sword immediately stepped up and charged towards kaido as he slash across him
Seeing this a smile crept up on his face as his eyes turned bloodshot when he dodged the attack after taking one step back sideways
"You missed!" Grinned Kaido
As if taking it as an insult the mercenary that attacked him immediately curved his sword horizontally and slashed sideways directly towards his face
Unlikely Kaido bent his back by about 30 degrees backwards to dodged the length of the sword and immediately jumped off with one foot and jumping back again as he stepped unto the wall taking quite a distance
"Close but not close!" Taunted Kaido as the smile is still apparent on his face and his hands still on his pockets
"Come on! You won't hit me with that kind of energy! Show me what you got!" He taunted
As if being provoked the mercenary immediately shot off and attacked Kaido with his own series of hacks and slashes in different kind of direction
Seemingly the latter quickly dodge some of them while also parrying the others with his left hand until one sword made it through and managed to hit his hand without being parried
Expecting a hand to fly off, they didn't expect when suddenly a sharp crisp sound of metal clanging into something hard vibrated off when the sword hits the latter's hand
Luckily Kaido enveloped himself with psychic barrier into thin size that was unnoticeable to the naked eye
Feeling the dread of death the mercenary immediately jumped back taking some distance into account and shouted
"Who are you? What are you? How can your hand block a sword?" Asked by the mercenary as confusion and shocked was apparent not only to his eyes but to also the other people behind him
Contrary to their feelings however, Kaido himself was quite disappointed was he pointed out
"Looks like I overestimated you guys... . . You were actually using just some kind of iron steel sword and nothing much, looks like fighting well equipped people by a long time has made me go numb"
As he said that the mercenary already took that as an insult as he shouted
"Are you joking with me? Answer my question!!! What the heck are you?"
But instead of replying Kaido silently sighed in dejection as he waved his hand causing all their weapons to fly off their hands and hovered I front of their eyes with knives equally distributed to the four mercenary
"I don't need to tell you anything, dead men tells no tale"
As he said that the knives immediately pierced through the four mercenary as if it has a life of its own and killed all four of them who has been robed of their weapons
Seeing the mercenaries fell the pig man immediately clicked his teeth as he casted a simple lightning attack
"Take this!"
As he shot the attack however, Kaido just simply walked straight and didn't get affected at all by the attack so weak that it didn't need his attention at all
When seeing this the pig man immediately concluded that the person in front of him was league way pass him and thus decided to run
Unfortunately Kaido didn't gave him the chance to escape as the person himself dashed forward and smacked the head of the pig man unto the wall so hard that it caused the wall to crack and break due to collision
"And where do you think your going?"
Stumbling down on his butt, the pig man saw Kaido, as the latter continouesly grabbed his head and repeatedly slammed it against the wall until he started to bleed a pool of blood
"Guhih!"
As he cried out Kaido didn't stopped at all as he continued to smash the annoying pig face against the wall until it's body goes limp causing the sigil to fall from it's clutch
Seeing the bloody head pinned permanently unto the wall and it's body not responding as it's life faded, Kaido slowly took the sigil and placed it on his eye length as he observed the green gemstone sigil with his contracted red eyes
"So this is a sigil?"
Just as he was about to pocket the sigil, the voice of the Catwoman sounded off as it begged him
"Please... . . Return that thing!... . . I need it, it's my only chance to know the truth... . . Please it's important for me" she begged as she struggled to stand straight and trying to catch her breath
Undoubtedly Kaido couldn't waste any time to a loser, so instead of complying he immediately pocketed the sigil and started to walk off
Seeing that the Catwoman knows that fighting a person that didn't hesitate to kill at all was dangerous, yet since the sigil was so important to her, she instead gritted her teeth as she shotted out a flame spear
As it's made an impact on Kaido's pyshic barrier causing explosion, the latter immediately turned around and punched her straight to her guts causing her to arched in pain
After that a smack towards the head sounded off that made her daze for a moment before she fell down flat to the floor
As she laid down flat to the floor due to the impact, she tried to retaliate by lifting her arm, however the person immediately stepped on her right arm and inputted some pressure on his foot until her muscles turned sore and somehow hearing some of her bones being broken
"Ahhhhh!!!!" She shouted as she arched up in pain and curled up like an injured child
Unfortunately Kaido was not finished as he pulled her collar completely lifting her off the ground and choked her on the neck in an attempt to end her life
"You shouldn't have done that" he stated as she stared at his contracted red eyes as if prying into her soul
"Gah! Fuh! Ha!" She struggled
"It's better if you die now!"
As Kaido said that the Catwoman immediately told him something that immediately caught his attention
"I can help you... . . I know where's the Akashic Records!"
Hearing that Kaido let's go of his grip giving the Catwoman some time to catch her breath as she continued to cough
Even though he wasn't interested on the records, it still piqued his interest as in the past the Goddess herself seemed to praise highly of such ancient records
When he out a thought about it maybe just maybe the way to get back home was stored inside the records making him pay close attention to it
"You know where it is?" He asked
"Yes I'm pretty sure I know where it is" replied by the catwoman
"All I need now is that sigil" she added
At that Kaido became even more stern
"Give me a reason why shouldn't I kill you now and extract the information instead"
In reply to the the Catwoman answered
"Because you know for one that I will choose death over saying something that would put me in a disadvantage"
At that answer Kaido handed her over a bottle of potion as he said
"Use that to recover your broken bones... . . Since you know the where it is I expect you to meet me when I told you to... . . And by then I would give you the sigil if you can lead us there" he said
At that the Catwoman was a bit unsure
"You sure? You sure you'll give me the sigil back?"
In reply to that Kaido said
"Don't disappoint me"
With that Kaido turned around and walked off while holding the sigil tightly unto his pocket
Soon he rendezvous with the others as they Inquired what happened, and when he told them what happened, they were surprised to hear that Kaido actually let some off alive but suffered a bit from him
When Melfina asked h about their next move, Kaido promptly replied
"Change of plans, prepare everything we need for transport in three days, by that time we will head first towards the Queen's army and somehow try to gain her support focused on us rather than the hero... . . After all it's like taking off one of the foundation of the empire away from them that will make them crumble" stated Kaido as a smile crept up his face
After that he started to laugh
"Ahahahaha! That will be amusing! That's the perfect way to tear the empire apart! Our gift towards civil war, I hope the hero will take it kindly"