The ominous wind soon died as Kiyoshi went through the forest.
"Let's be careful kiddo, we don't know what created that wind or what else is lurking in these evil bushes." Remarked Tyrook as Kiyoshi traversed through the dense forest when something or things caught his eyes in the canopies of trees above him.
"What's that", Kiyoshi shouted as unknown entities scurried back and forth in the trees causing the leaves to rustle.
Preparing for the worst Kiyoshi places his hand on his sword as he continues on his way through the forest. As he continues on his way he notices an unknown creature sitting on a branch in the trees above. As he closes in on the creatures he notices that creature looks like a squirrel but it was different really different.
It had the body of a squirrel but had a long thing tail almost twice its body in length with a fork-like end to it. The creature also sport bat-like wings and had long razor sharp claws on its paws. But its most unique and strangest feature was its face. The entity had a face of a squirrel fused together with a dog. With its pricing bloody red eyes and black smoke coming out its nostrils, it was clear that the creature was some sort of demon or evil creature.
"What is that thing?" Remarked Kiyoshi in disgust as he drew his sword preparing to attack.
"Its a Jiirka Duulaya. There are pretty common creatures in the forest and even the cities of hell. It's a harmless creature as it feeds on the negative and desperate emotions of human that comes to hell. But you should be fine since you have an abundance of demonic aura running through your body it should confuse them and make them believe you're a demon as well Kiyo." Replied Lilly from within the sword.
"But it is concerning that they are here though," Lilly added.
"Why?" Kiyoshi asked while keeping his eye on the Jiirka Duulaya as it continued rubbing its face with its paws.
"These creatures are made from low-rank demons called Naag Caaro Aadane". Replied Lilly.
"You just made up that name right?" Asked Kiyoshi in a tired and stressed-out tone of voice.
" No, the Naag Caaro Aadane are a group of demons with the upper body of a naked woman and the lower have is a spider. The human face has eight eyes and a pair of long sharp fangs. the lower have eight legs and the lower half of their body is covered in thin long sticky hair. They usually live alone but can be found living in groups of hundred or so in web-like nests or caves in hell. But the freaky thing about them is that they lay up to two hundred eggs daily as they are asexual creatures and do require a mate to reproduce as they are all females and do it by themselves. But out of two hundred eggs laid only about twenty or so become a young Naag Caaro Aadane the rest hatch and become Jiirka Duulaya, why no one knows.
So if there are Jiirka Duulayas it should have at least one Naag Caaro Aadane hanging around somewhere and with all these trapped human souls filled with negative emotions the Naag Caaro Aadane would be quite strong after so long feeding on an endless supply of it. Naag Caaro Aadane and Jiirka Duulaya were quite effective weapons during the war on humanity as their appearance generate negative emotions among mankind which in turn they fed on which made them strong. You know Kiyo you should have some Naag Caaro Aadane and Jiirka Duulaya trapped in the lower realms of your sword if you ever what to study or use them." Remarked Lilly as Kiyoshi walked past the creature and continued on his way.
"Hmmmmm we all these demonic entities all over, we need to find Leon soon or it might be too late." Remarked Kiyoshi as he sees a light in the far distance of the forest.
"Do you believe the kid is still alive kiddo?" Tyrook asked with Kiyoshi taking a deep breath before replying to him.
"I do for some strange reason I believe the boy is still alive." Replied Kiyoshi as he passed through the opening of the forest. A bright shone on Kiyoshi blinding him for a second his eyesight returned. Outside of the forest was a huge opening with a giant oak tree in the center of the opening. The tree was at least five hundred feet in length and its roots run all over the places like bridges.
Kiyoshi was in shock that such a huge and beautiful tree could be found in such a place. As he examined the tree he saw two figures at the base of the tree. The two figures looked like a man in white and silver armor and a boy.
"That must be Leon," Kiyoshi shouted as he quickly made his way to them by running and hopping across the tree roots.
Soon Kiyoshi arrived in front of the two people. Tooken back and was shocked by the arrival of a strange person baring a sword and mask the man in armor draws a spear whilst the boy picks up a rock as they take aim at Kiyoshi.
"Are you Leon?" Kiyoshi asked in a calm and soft tone of voice to reassure them that he didn't mean any harm. But before he could even get an answer the boy threw a rock at Kiyoshi which he swatted with ease.
"How does an undead like you know my name?" The boy asked as he looks around for more rocks.
But before Kiyoshi could answer the man in armor replied by stating that Kiyoshi was among the living. Which makes him more dangerous how come to a living soul traverses here with such ease?
"You must be Otto?" Kiyoshi responded as he observed the closeness between him and Leon.
"His mother Bella sent me. She is both angry and worried so she hired me to rescue Leon." Kiyoshi continued as he removed his mask to show that he is indeed human and one among the living.
"Mom sent you?" The boy asked as he looked at his father in confusion.
"Even if that is the case and Bella did hire you to rescue our son it still doesn't explain to me how you were able to come here unharm," Otto responded with his spear still pointed at Kiyoshi with the intent to kill him at a moment's notice.
Kiyoshi slowly drew his sword and showed Otto the symbols on the hand of his sword.
"Do you recognize these symbols or hear about them before.?" Kiyoshi asked Otto in a gentle tone of voice.
Otto took a few seconds to answer when it hit him. That's the sword of legion, the demonic sword that contains one-third of hell's army. Otto remarked and Kiyoshi nodded his head in agreement.
"The sword of the legion! That means you're the legendary blood samurai aren't you?" Leon asked with Kiyoshi shaking his head yes.
"I don't know what a blood samurai but if you have that sword it makes sense why you could survive here," Otto responded dropping his spear as he knew to himself that anyone with that sword could have hurt him and Leon in seconds if they wanted to.
"So before we leave here can you explain to me how this time-lapse happen and how a Boy like Leon survived in here for so long?" Asked Kiyoshi as Otto took a deep breath before explaining.
"During my last battle general, Kuyo Thailong was whipping out our forces and I had sustained a life-threatening injury. I was bleeding heavily and was alone above to stand up due to my use of light magic which was slowing down the damage done by the injury but I was dying. I saw an opening in the general's armor and fighting stance and decided to take my chance. Knowing that when I threw the spear it would open up injury more and I will surely be dead but at least my men, my town and my family would be safe. I threw the spear with everything I got, decapitating the general with my spear.
But something strange happened. At the moment of the general's death, his body exploded." Otto remarked.
"Exploded?" asked both Kiyoshi and Leon as Otto continued on with his story.
"Yes, his body exploded releasing waves of evil and negative energy which consumed everything in sight. I used the last of my strength to create light armor around my remaining men and waited for the darkness of death to consume me with a smile on my face.
I don't know much time passed but I awoke and found myself here. At first, I didn't know I was dead but when I saw the souls outside battling over and over some of which I knew were dead because I saw them die or I killed them myself." Otto remarked with both Kiyoshi and Leon in shock.
But before Otto could continue on with his story a monstrous roar could be heard throughout the time-lapse realm with rustling and movement of the trees suggesting something huge was coming towards them.
"What is that?" Kiyoshi asked as he gripped his sword tightly.
"It's him", Otto responded. "Who?"Kiyoshi asked with a concerned tone of voice and the huge unknown creature was closing in on them.
"General Kuyo Thailong", Otto responded as another monstrous roar could be heard but this time it was closer than ever.