Flat-Brim Samurai Chapter 65 : New Meetings
Apollo walked through the forest, releasing a little bit of his force, telling the animals to "step off". He was translated information through Hiroto to sense the certain energy signature of someone leading the location he needed to get to. He saw cement posts with lamps on the tops, why hadn't he noticed this before? He followed the luminous posts that revealed a stone path. From a distance he finally saw civilization, houses in, on and around a mountain side. He then saw a group of people (Do those people have animal ears, this must be what the final layer of animal evolution looks like, huh. Looks kinda like cosplay HEH!!!) ,"Hey!!!" there were guards. Stone faced, they looked at Apollo and said ,"Welcome, our leader told us he has plans to see you." Happy at the hospitality, he went through the gate and saw the town up close, glowing lanterns, runes, stone and wood buildings and people using ki without the use of major technology, it was straight out of a fantasy novel. He noticed everyone he met was dripping with energy.
He followed a man who called his name, and he was led into the leaders home. Air stopped, the ki signature that he had been sensing since the time he had left was right there, sitting on a chair surrounded by strong soldiers, they all wore ceremonial blue kimonos with light armor. The leader, old and beaten after years of managing his people, raised his hand ,"Thank you for coming, I hear you're Hiroto's grandkid. It's nice to meet you," ,"It's nice to meet you too sir," Apollo replied. ,"I heard you need training, for those 4 tyrannical runts that came back, a very big nuisance, I'm not strong enough myself to fight them. But Hiroto believes that I can train you and in such a short time to beat one of them, that man is insane." ,"Tell me about it," They shared a quick laugh.
The man signed, thinking to himself, then said ,"I'm going to give you a lot of freedoms, be it in learning from our soldiers, reading our scriptures or asking direct questions to me," ,"Sir, do you think we should allow this random person to invade our secrets?" ,"Silence, you don't understand the precedent as to how powerful the person he's going to fight is. If you did, you'd most certainly be dead, but it was god's will I survived, I got lucky, very very lucky." (He saw one, does that mean he's like, hundreds of years old!?! They do say that having more ki can increase your life span but by that much, that's crazy). ,"Show him to his quarters," A dignified, beautiful lady stepped out gracefully, bowed at the leader and then bowed at Apollo. Apollo awkwardly bowed back and followed the lady, as she walked she told him about the town.
,"Hey, old man. You seem strong, let's fight!" The guards repulsed and put their hands up, who was this kid who disrespected their "benevolent" leader? It was Noah, nobody else would cause a commotion for something like this. The leader screamed ,"STAND OFF YOU NITWITS!!!" Their bodies repulsed backwards and went back to regular formation around the room. ,"You know," He pointed and wagged his finger, walking in a circle around Noah ,"You are one of the only people to have ever talked to me like that. And it's not that you're disrespecting me because you're mean, you're egging me on to fight. I like that, the true heart of a fighter."
The leader crouched down and dashed at Noah, Noah could barely move when he got hit BAM. ,"YOU'RE STRONG GRANDPA!!!" TATATATATATATATA Noah was getting comboed into submission. Noah threw a punch, knowing that it'd hit. FWOOSH BAM (He dodged it?!?) Noah fell on the ground. ,"Yes, bring this one to his room, he'll be great to train." He was picked up and carried to his room ,"You've made my master very happy, thank you."