As the sun rises Aiko wakes up to a clear blue sky, wrapped up in the fur coat Yusei used the night before. She felt the warmth of the coat like she could feel Yusei sitting by the fire while he watched over her and everyone. Aiko gets up, stretches, and looks around, noticing that Yusei is nowhere to be found. While moving around the camp area, Aiko notices movement from the corner of her eye. Curious to find the source of the movement, she finds Yusei training by the river without a shirt.
She blushes from the site of Yusei, turns away embarrassed and begins to think, "I knew he was a well built man, but never thought he was that well built." She turns back for another glimpse of him, and sees him walking towards her, drying his hair with a towel. She gets flustered and hides behind a tree to avoid him, as he passes by.
Yusei stops and turns with the feeling that someone is watching him, but sees no one and continues on his way toward camp. "That was close!" Aiko said in her head as she stood there with a red face as she turned to see Yusei walk away.
She waited a few minutes then returned to camp to see everyone up and ready to continue the trip up the mountain.
"Aiko, where were you? We were a bit worried that you weren't here when we woke up?" Sonoshee said with concern in her voice.
"Oh I just went to wash my face in the river." Aiko replied nervously.
"Ok let's get a move on, we still have a ways to go." Yusei said as he stepped into the carriage.
They quickly get their stuff packed on the carriage and step in with Yusei. The carriage started heading up the mountain.
Moments later
The horses that were pulling the carriage started rearing then suddenly everyone hears a massive roar that shakes the carriage. Yusei burst out the carriage door knowing that the roar came from a Dragon. As Yusei looked where the roar came from he saw three men dressed in full silver and gold armor fighting the dragon. Yusei makes no hesitation and rushes towards the fight, but before he could reach them, one of the men thrust his sword into the dragon's neck, killing it. The dragon's body fell to the ground and the man pulled the sword from its neck and carved into the dragon's chest.
Yusei finally reached the dragon and the men. "Did the dragon attack y'all?" Yusei asked the men.
"No, we attacked the dragon, sorry let me introduce myself, I'm Jun the captain of the third squad Templar Knights and these two are Brock and Soba," replying to Yusei's question.
"Why did you attack the dragon?" Yusei asked as he balled up his fists.
"We attacked and killed it for its heart, our Prophet said that a dragon's heart could grant great power to whoever consumes it." Jun said as Brock handed him the dragon's heart.
"You did this because a stupid Prophet told you too?" Yusei questioned. "You killed a dragon for a heart that is now useless! What are you thinking! Dragons are special creatures, Only way for anyone to be granted that power is from that Dragon giving it! You never take from a Dragon!" Yusei informed the Templars, extremely agitated.
"You're making that up because our Prophet told us otherwise that's why he sent us." Jun said in kind.
Suddenly the air got thinner and the sky grew dark with clouds as if a storm was coming. The ground began to shake as Yusei's aura changed. "Fuck your Prophet, how dare you kill it over power. If you want power I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT POWER IS!!" Yusei yelled.
Yusei shot forward at Jun, but before Yusei could stab his hand through his chest Yusei was pushed back by a field made by holy magic. It had been many years since he'd seen holy magic realizing that only humans possess holy magic.
Yusei stands up and his aura again changes but this time he had much more malice. The Templars were shocked, but they quickly got into a defensive position.
"Captain, what is he?" Brock asked Jun as he drew his battle ax and prepared for Yusei's next attack.
Yusei's eyes glowed red more than usual, he opens his hands an began forming dark magic that looked like lighting, disappearing from the Templars field of vision.
Soba yelled in pain and a bolt of black lighting shot down from the sky roasting him to death.
"SOBA!" Brock yelled as he saw his body turn to ash. "You"ll pay for that! May God and the Prophet bless my ax with holy power to cut down this monster." Brock prayed as his ax was enveloped in a bright light.
Yusei dropped down from the sky leaving a small crater in the ground where he landed. The moment Brock saw Yusei he charged at him and they started to clash.
Yusei dodged most of Brock's attack but as Yusei was about to land a deadly blow, Jun's sword went across Yusei's cheek cutting him.
Meanwhile in the carriage Aiko was wondering what was taking Yusei so long then Aiko and others felt Yusei's power. Aiko jumps out of the Carriage seeing Yusei in a one on two battle, but for some reason the moment she saw Yusei she couldn't move in to help him, but didn't know why. The others get out of the carriage behind Aiko and watch Yusei and the Templars battle.
Yusei and the Templars exchanged hits Jun and Brock cut Yusei every now then slowing Yusei down since he was weak to holy magic. Yusei tried his best dodging their blades and trying to attack at the same time.
"We have him on the ropes Captain! Let's finish this!" Brock yelled charging Yusei. "NO!" Jun yelled but before Brock could stop it was too late.
"Devour my enemies and leave nothing left, Black Dragon Blitz!" Yusei said as a Black Dragon emerged for a brief moment and devoured Brock in a instant, tearing his body asunder and leaving nothing but smoke as his remains.
"Brock! Damn you!" Jun yelled in anger charging his blade with more holy magic, but before Jun could finish he saw his body fall to the ground, his vision started to blur then nothing.
Yusei stood up as he held Jun's head in his hand. He looks at Jun's head and crushes it, splattering blood everywhere. He starts to walk back to the carriage, wiping the blood from his face and telling the driver to head back to the Capital.
Tempus and Locus were going to ask why they weren't continuing but they didn't want to set him off so they stayed quiet as they headed back to the capital.
Few days later back at the capital
"Lord, you called for me?" Julius asked as he stood in the door of the war room.
"Thank you for coming Julius, I want you and the twins to go and scout for Templars, if there is any kill them on the spot." Yusei told Julius as he sat in his chair with head in his palm.
Ch 9 End