Ikegai Ayame, A Oni wearing a kimono, light pink hair, Ruby like eyes, Snow like horns, considered as the princess of the Ikegai clan are trying to escape the village that is capture by the demon king's general, Valdarnt Roshfeld, along with his two uncle, Ikegai Tsubame and Ikegai Suzuki
As they run towards the wooden fence a follower of the Valdarnt notice the three and alarm everyone about the people trying to escape
"Someone is trying to escape! Capture them" A guard shouted
With every follower alerted, dozens of people started to chase them down with an intent to kill
"Ayame, kept running, don't ever look back!" Suzuki advice
The people following them are starting to catch up, Suzuki started to sign his brother Tsubame and the two draw their sword
Ayame heard their sword being draw and as she look back, disobeying his uncle, she saw them stopping from running and face the people that is following them
Ayame didn't want to see them face death so she immediately stop, took a deep breath, and said, "Water Sword style: ˹Rushing River˼"
Ayame dash toward her uncle in a flash and upon stepping in a leaf that sent the other fallen leaf be blown, Ayame utter another word, "Wind Sword Style: ˹Kamaitachi's Dance˼"
As if as light as air, Ayame used the Leaf that is blown as a stepping stone and slice every pursuer one by one in mid-air, not killing them but putting them unconscious
"Why are you stopping? Aren't we escaping together?" Ayame shouted
Before her uncles can utter a word, the right hand of the demon General, Sarkitz of the Wild appeared and said, "Well~ well~ well~, we are looking for you Ayame-sama, come now, Valdarnt-sama is waiting for you"
Seeing Sarkitz, his uncle Tsubame point his sword at the demon and said, "Ayame run! Run away now!"
"Bu…but…" Ayame replied nervously
"Tsk, Suzuki! Take Ayame and run as far as you can!" Tsubame ordered
Suzuki grab Ayame by the waist and carry her forcedly and started to run away
"Aaww~ sacrificing yourself for the princess, how cute~" Sarkitz said with a pity look
"Sorry~ but now that I found Ayame-sama I can't let her run away" Sarkitz added
With an evil smirk in his face, Sarkitz added, "so, please die for me will you!"
As they run away Ayame saw her uncle be beheaded in instant by Sarkitz and was shocked
"Uncle Tsubame… No…" Ayame said as she started to cry
Suzuki who see his brother die in the corner of his eye are also devastated but kept on running saying to himself, "I'll soon join you brother, I just need to make sure Ayame get on a safe place"
Sarkitz started to laugh as his opponent is too weak for him and said, "Is this really the Oni's who honed their Way of the sword? What a bunch of weaklings! Well~ time to fetch Ayame-sama and be praised by Valdarnt-sama"
With quick movement Sarkitz suddenly catch up to Suzuki and Ayame in a flash and said, "Let's stop this game of tag shall we?"
Surprised by speed of Sarkitz, Suzuki instinctively dodge his sharp claws but was still injured in his side, causing him to accidentally throw Ayame
Pressing down to his cut Suzuki said, "Aren't you a fast one you stupid claw demon"
Suzuki draw his sword and face Sarkitz head on, clashing with sword and claw, Suzuki is holding of Sarkitz well enough but can't overpower him
Ayame are recovering from the throw and saw his uncle facing Sarkitz and shouted, "Uncle Suzuki!"
Ayame draw her sword and use it to stand up, putting a stance and started to attack shouting, "Stay away from my uncle"
Swinging her sword, Ayame was stop by just one fingertip of Sarkitz and upon looking at him, Ayame saw Sarkitz smirk, as if he was looking down at them
"Ayame! You should run now!" Suzuki insisted
Ayame kept refusing and said, "NO! I won't let you die Uncle Suzuki, we will run away together"
Suzuki saw her nephews resolve and said, "Fine, do you remember the skill I thought you?"
Knowing what he is talking about, Ayame replied, "Territorial Magic? I can't still use it properly, it just break the instance I used it"
Suzuki smiled and said, "That is fine, I am the one using"
Sarkitz on the other hand started to laugh and said, "Ahaha~ what a great bond you have there! Too bad I can't kill Ayame-sama since Valdarnt-sama want her to be his bride, well then~ let see what an uncle and nephew can do to a demon with title"
Suzuki was angered by the cockiness of Sarkitz but kept his composure and said, "Listen Ayame, the trick to use Territorial Magic is to hear the voice of your heart and clear your mind, just like this…"
Suzuki started to chant, "World I hate be decimated, World I want shall be created, Territorial Magic: ˹Flower Garden˼"
The surrounding started to change, trees are starting to sink to the ground, and countless types of flower are starting to bloom, and the sun started to shine brightly, the once Spruce forest became a flower field
Sarkitz was surprised and said, "Territorial Magic, A magic higher scale than Grand Magic, the ability to change the surrounding with what the user want, How interesting~"
Ayame was surprised that as far the eye can see she only see a field of flower and said, "Uncle Suzuki like flower so much that he has a garden in the back of his house, but it was destroyed when the General arrive"
Ayame put her hand on her chest and added, "Listen to the voice of my heart, but how do I do it"
"Come Oni! Let see what you can do in this domain" Sarkitz invoke
Suzuki started to run toward Sakaritz in full speed and every flower where he step are starting to change into a spider lily
"Sorry Ayame, you did not know this because you haven't use your Territorial Magic but Territorial Magic can allow the user to teleport anyone they want somewhere when the skill break, so please find a way and save everyone, I am counting on you Ayame" Suzuki said to himself
Suzuki smiled and with a resolve to die, Suzuki swing his sword as he scream to Sakaritz
But Sakaritz break his sword with his left hand and impaled him using his right hand, upon being impaled, the surrounding change instantly into a dark sky, and all the flower became spider lily
Ayame saw his uncle being impaled and was devastated, losing the strength in her legs, Ayame fall to the ground in shock
"Too bad! Even though Territorial magic boost the users status, you are still weak" Sarkitz said as he laugh
"Who said, I used the Territorial Magic to boost my stats?" Suzuki said as he smiled
"What?!" Sarkitz said as he look at Ayame in the distance
Suzuki pulled a bag of explosive powder and light it, saying, "I won't let you touch my nephew! You claw bastard"
With the explosion the surrounding started to crack and shatter, Ayame found himself inside the Forsaken forest while Sakaritz who receive an explosion in the face found himself near the village
"YOU DAMN ONI!!!" Sakaritz shouted
Ayame was devastated that she escaped alone, but she stand up and proceed to walk towards Lafoes city, but her legs gave up again and Ayame started to cry, all alone in the forest
Meanwhile in the Lafoes City, Everyone started to clean up what is left in the battle and also began to schedule for a celebration when the night come
Coming back from the battle field, Shino was welcome by Hiroko, Crocus, Murakami, Richard, and Prince Aarone
"Where is Kitsune-sama Shino-san?" Prince Aarone asked
"Ahh… He said he will investigate the whereabouts of the real demon general, so he left early" Shino replied
"Sensei! Thank you for your hard word" Crocus, Hiroko, and Murakami said simultaneously
Shino hit the three in head and said, "Stop with the sensei, Shino is fine, I am a comrade, a friend that shares his experience"
Hiroko smiled at Shino and said, "Yeah, that's right, welcome back Shino"
Walking back toward the Medical tent Shino suddenly sense something shattering in the distance and look back
"Shino? Is there a problem?" Crocus asked
"Huh? No, it's nothing" Shino replied
"Say Shino, we are pals right? Can I have this armour?" Crocus asked with a bright smile
Shino applied magic at the magic circle in Crocus waist and the armour turned back into a dodecahedron, landing in his hand, saying, "No… This is mine"
Being taken the armour Crocus kept begging Shino saying, "Come on man, I need some armour you know, at least make me one will you?"
Shino sigh and said, "Fine, I'll make you one, but it's not for free"
"Eehh?!! Then give me a discount" Crocus replied
"500 silver, that's with discount" Shino said with a smile
"Shino… your ripping me here man" Crocus said with a sad voice
"You know the quality so it is just reasonable price, I even gave you a discount, so don't try to hassle" Shino replied
"400?" Crocus insisted
"450… last deal, not getting lower than that" Shino bargain
Crocus felt defeated and replied, "Fine… 450"
Crocus tries to lower the price again and said, "You know the price for a High-Level extermination is around 50 Silver right?"
"Then do 9 of those alone, it's a great training" Shino replied with seriousness
"You're a tough one huh?" Crocus replied feeling defeated
◊
˹Rushing River˼: Improve the user Agility by 20
˹Kamaitachi's Dance˼: greatly diminish the user weight and improve the agility by 60