Back in the Kurokagane settlement, Natsume had found something amiss with the sudden mobility of soldiers, so he and Natsuki immediately went to the place their protectors were and pretended to be playing,
then suddenly...
...through the windows, four men jumped in, each with a look that signified danger, immediately, Itsuki and Jin were already on the move each with a sword in hand, although they lost in numbers and strength, Itsuki and Jin were prepared to risk their lives for the twins.
*clang* *clang*
Itsuki and Jin were now facing two of the attackers who had higher realms than themselves, Itsuki and Jin were both scout classed warriors who had long ranged vision and good aim
*SWISH*
Itsuki threw his sword right into his opponent's chest,
Jin's opponent immediately noticed what had happened and lost his calm, leaving himself wide open to attacks
Obviously, Jin was well trained and knew how to take advantages, so
*swish*
off went his opponent's head.
The one who seemed to be their leader didn't even care that he had lost two men as he immediately sent the next man to die - cough, cough... to fight
"No!" obviously, this was the man that was being sent
"we already lost two men, how could you not care? and now you also want me to -"
*puchi*
before he could even complete his sentence, he was dead.
Seeing this made Itsuki and Jin very angry as they charged towards their opponent.
As they were approaching the enemy, Jin stopped and held Itsuki back as he said
"Itsuki, we should retreat with the children for now, this is kyoshi, the assassin of the western jade, we are no match for him"
"and so what?" Itsuki asked
"if we retreat now, what about their parents that will soon be back? plus this guy is in the lotus realm, the same as father, do you really think he would let us retreat?"
obviously Itsuki was afraid, but could do nothing about their customers situation.
Unfortunately...
kyoshi with a cold smile on his face, jumped towards Itsuki and Jin as they clashed swords
*clang* *clang* *clang* *clang*
as the battle progressed, Itsuki and Jin who were at a disadvantage still managed to force kyoshi back as they continued their barrage of attacks.
At the other side of the room, the twins who were busy enjoying the never ending battle decided to help afterwards, they moved away and stylishly slipped behind kyoshi who was being amazed by Itsuki and Jin's battle skills and suddenly
*TRIP*
kyoshi's lack of focus caused him a big mistake and a battle stance as he immediately fell on his back and noticed a faint but cold smile on the twins' faces.
Itsuki and Jin who were just a few metres away, jumped towards kyoshi with a high killing intent as they wrapped their swords with mana.
Seeing what was about to happen, kyoshi quickly gathered enough mana as he pushed the two away... or so he tried...
Jin flew but his sword still managed to pierce the muscle on kyoshi's right arm, while Itsuki whose level was just a little lower than kyoshi's managed to resist the push and injure him on his ribs.
No matter how you looked at it, these were fatal strikes which drastically reduced kyoshi's chances of winning,
when he noticed this, he only had one option left, and that was bringing the twins and their protectors to hell alongside himself.
He was going to perform a spirit bomb, which basically every Mage or warrior could do, this involved absorbing every single mana till one's mana pool is filled up and then releasing it as a wide ranged attack, the higher the realm, the larger the explosion, only at the cost of one's life.
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Far away from the Kurokagane's settlement, someone was approaching it at a very high speed, that was one of the village elders called Rampo, he was the second and only person in the village to reach the lotus realm after Juri. Rampo was also a scout classed warrior and had seen the battle from over 40 kilometres and was heading there.
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As kyoshi was about to release the spirit bomb
[Earth Formation Magic: Planetary Concealment]
Rampo had finally arrived and had used the earth element to bury kyoshi, that was only possible in the lotus realm.
Rampo's attack didn't finish the job but he planned on doing it himself.
kyoshi who was underground came out to meet a person in a level he could never reach, why?
because he chose the wrong day to kill his only living comrade and was about to pay the heavy price.
Rampo with his higher control of mana tortured kyoshi to answer all of his questions before killing him.
Not long after, Juri finally arrived at the scene and was proud to hear that his sons protected the twins even at the cost of their lives.
He then came to understand that it was Kyuri who employed kyoshi to kill the twins as he said
"so this was that man?... what a pity"
He then looked at Rampo before saying
"so you finally reached the lotus realm, impressive"
Rampo then smiled wryly before looking at the twins and saying
"no, this kids are more impressive, without them, Itsuki and Jin would have lost for sure"
Juri just looked at the twins who were pretending to play before finally leaving with Rampo.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: finally finished the longest chapter ever, thank you readers for your support and motivation.
I've been getting reports that my chapters are too long so I will try my best to shorten them.
Also I always update the chapter one so be sure to constantly check it for the newest updates, that's all and once again thank you for all your supports and motivation.