She knew the moment she actually utilized her powers that she'd lose her veil that allowed her to blend with the environment but she needed to free all of them while she had the opportunity. They were left unsupervised in this room particularly due to the strength of the crystal and how it sapped away at their strength.
'' I need to act, I may lose my camouflage but I don't care at this point. I'm not scared of these soldiers and the others are surely not afraid either. ''
The pink haired female held out her hands, focusing her power to wield nature itself to break through the very grounds and with the multitude of roots and glowing vines they would immediately begin assaulting the crystallic binds that held the captives. The structure of the binds were not weak and would not break immediately but eventually they weakened enough so that the prisoners were able to free themselves.
The act in and out of itself was tiring and much more so when taking into account how many prisoners there were in this space. Sakura normally had more vitality than others but this task was far too demanding but she powered through it. The doors behind her were technically still open but the guards had chased after Hakai so she could focus without having to worry about the chances of being noticed at least for now.
She knew inevitably they would return to address the open door so she was trying to be quick however her fatigue was setting in quickly.
'' Please hold out for as long as possible. ''
Sakura thought hopefully to her ability to channel her powers, she knew eventually she'd be tapped out but for as long as she possibly could she needed to break as many of these chains as she could. Every second that passed from here onwards, the green highlights in her hair grew more dominant in her hair as her powers were being channeled and before long she had fallen to a single knee as she was breathing heavily.
Meanwhile in another section of the outpost, the guards who had failed in capturing Hakai had ran to the main conference chamber where their boss was currently busy conversing with her colleagues.
'' Master! We have some news to share! There is an intruder here! ''
The guards yelled upon entering the room although they were immediately forced down to their knees as the Dark Hand Commander heard what was said. She had also seen that they had not captured the person in question which only showed to her that they were incapable of handling a measly trespasser.
'' Must I do everything myself? ''
Nyoko spoke in a tone that was cold and ridiculed the guards, leaving the chamber to address the problem herself but before she did, she heard a certain woman's laughter. The female who was still being siphoned by the crystal near her.
'' Do you have something to say? ''
Nyoko asked, waiting for a response. She was tired of this but the female seemed to want to pick on her while in this state and Nyoko was waiting for any single outlet to release her frustrations.
'' Nothing at all but if it is what I think it is, your time is up. ''
Nyoko clenched her fist and walked out of the room after hearing what the Empress of the East had to say. She ordered the guards to begin closing the door as Nyoko left the chamber to deal with the intruder problem.
Kami, Seiya's older Sister had gone back to her silence as she closed her eyes but she could hear footsteps despite not seeing anyone there.
'' Are you the one the guards were referring to? ''
The Empress didn't receive a response immediately but the steps grew closer before eventually Gakusha appeared out of the camouflage, having his hand on the chains that kept the Empress tightened.
'' They weren't speaking about me but I am one of the intruders, here to free the imperial army and their empress from their predicament. I am hoping for some compensation. ''
The platinum-haired male spoke almost in jest but the female had nodded in response but there was still something else that came to mind. She had to know about him.
'' What about my younger brother? Is he with you? ''
Gakusha nodded immediately as she asked about Seiya's condition. There was no sugarcoating what he'd say next, hoping that the Sister wasn't too overprotective of him due to the nature of Seiya's role in this plan.
'' He allowed himself to be bait so we could be led here. We figured out where you were being held and we knew we had to break you out. You look like you've seen better days, your eyes and your face looks beyond fatigued. I am surprised you held out for as long as you did. ''
The male spoke out of disbelief, she was captured for over a month and was constantly being drained of her essence so that the Dark Hand could acquire her power but to do so they needed to continuously extract her essence to properly wield her power but the process took so long due to how much vitality she had. She was one of the four strongest powers in Japan so this was an endeavour that wasn't taken lightly by the Dark Hand but the other Commanders were busy with their own tasks and Nyoko was the closest Commander to watch over the process.
'' My brother is okay? That's good, I was a bit worried but he's doing much better than I originally thought he would. I am happy to be proven wrong this time. ''
'' Alright let us remove these binds and help you recover. I hope when the dust settles that you can tell me everything you've learned while here. ''
Gakusha hoped that the Empress of the east had some secrets to share concerning the Dark Hand seeing as how they kept her locked up within the audience chamber amongst the other Dark Hand Commanders when they perform their conferences but they knew the hard part of this mission was just beginning.
The Dark Hand Commander was aware of them now.