The party was still going on by the time he got to the great hall but he still didn't see anyone he knew and he wasn't interested in having conversations with the rest of the elites in the hall, so he headed out of the castle using one of the back doors, while leaving he looked up and saw lyra and phoebe on one of the castle balconies they whispered to each other and giggled heartily, he knew that alerting them to his presence would sour phoebe's mood so he turned away and walked towards one of the gardens behind the castle.
The scent of different flowers permeated renjiro's nose as he approached the garden, in the garden they were flowers of different colors, sizes and shape and different wooden benches scattered around the garden each with a table in front, these benches had the ability to absorb moisture and remain dry regardless of the circumstance, they were crafted from a tree called silkwood. Each bench had a huge tree behind it meant to provide shade in moments of excessive sunlight.
Renjiro plucked a round purple squish fruit; it tasted a bit like the oranges he consumed in his previous life. Renjiro hadn't seen the need to come to any of the gardens during the little time he had spent in this new world but now he was here he felt more at peace with himself.
"You thought that you could easily escape from me" an eerie voice said and cackled.
"You have chased me through four continents and still didn't manage to kill me, what makes you so sure that you'll succeed this time" an amused voice said
"Nightshade! Hasn't it occurred yet to you that I let you escape all those times so you could lead me just right to where I want" the eerie voice replied mid cough
"Try as much as you want you can never find it" the other voice replied confidently
Renjiro found the conversation between both parties strange and creepy, but he was really curious as to what was happening, so he decided to peek over the garden hedge behind him to get a clearer view of the people in front of him.
One of the men seemed to be cloaked in complete darkness and considering the fact that it was night it made it very difficult to see him but the darkness seemed to form a cloak around the man, and renjiro couldn't make out the man's face either but he could see his eyes it looked cold and lifeless and the man had a strange stature, he looked a bit crooked.
The other man was lean but still muscular, his face was covered with a white mask with no holes but he was still strangely handsome, like even without seeing his face he still exuded an aura of confidence.
"it seems like someone is here with us, when I am done killing you I will take care of him as well" the cloaked man said with an eerie voice, even though renjiro couldn't see his face he could feel that the cloaked man was smiling and it unsettled him greatly.
Renjiro turned around and attempted to run away but he was bound by invisible ropes on his hand and feet and he even found out that his mouth was shut close.
"Invisible lock. Where did you think you were running too, I thought I made it clear that you will be dying right after he does or would you like me to kill you first?" the cloaked figure asked
"does he really have to die? I am sure any of us can erase his memory after our battle here" the man known as nightshade said
"silence! don't pretend like you care for this one, my mind is made up after you die he dies"
"room of exclusion" the cloaked man said in a calm voice.
Four dark red arcane circles appeared and disappeared almost immediately, the ambience of the whole area changed immediately, and renjiro felt a great deal of fear, nightshade realizing what had just transpired charged at the cloaked man immediately.
"holy vine chains of imprisonment"
"holy vine whip of despair" night shade shouted as he charged at the cloaked figure, an arcane circle covered the entire area between both combatants and golden vines erupted from the ground ensnaring the cloaked man. Whip like gold vines appeared in the hands of nightshade and he snapped them towards the cloaked figure who seemed to be struggling to move.
Renjiro couldn't see the movement of nightshade but he was happy with the way the fight was going since the cloaked figure who wanted to kill him was ensnared and was a disadvantage at the moment, but at that moment the figure of the cloaked man that was ensnared by those vines faded away into darkness, he reappeared at another location and renjiro heard an eerie cackle that sent shivers down his spine.
"what do you think this is, where you seriously expecting to ensnare me with such mediocre abilities, in my room of exclusion everything belongs to me, and that includes you. No one can hear us or sense us, so I want you to understand that there will be no interference today, and also your abilities are less effective here and very soon you wouldn't be able to channel energy as well as you should. From the moment you met me you were a dead man" the cloaked man said he sounded really pleased with himself.
Hearing this renjiro's initial fear was multiplied and he began to squirm harder, he wasn't really bothered the previous time since he felt that someone would sense the energy fluctuations here and rush over since a lot of elites were present in the party caelia was hosting but now his hopes were dashed.
"am I really going to die again in this new world, what if I don't get reincarnated this time" he lampooned bitterly.
The cloaked man looked at him and his body froze up, at that moment he couldn't even bring himself to breathe a great pressure came upon him and his body felt like it was being crushed, the pressure vanished almost as soon as it came.
"pick on someone your own size" nightshade said and charged at him again