After packing things up.
All were ready to go. "Yuta, Did you pack everything up?"
"Yes sir!"
"That's good, Let's move on."
Kuramoto, along with Veronica,Yuta 5 others members, move towards the western coast of Snow Kingdom.
Upon walking for a certainly long period of time, They were exhausted.
"Kuramoto, let's stop here for now" said Veronica sighing for air as she asks Kuramoto to stop walking for a bit.
All the other five members also said one by one and asked him to stop.
"Huh? We have only been walking for 5 hours though"
"5 hours!?" Everyone said in coordination.
"Yeah?"
"That's way too long!"
A menacing rustling sound passed by from the bushes near the place where they were resting.
"Wait what was that!?" Yuta startled.
"It sounds like we have an enemy."
"Yuta, You kill it, I want to see your abilities."
"Alright, I'll do it." Yuta walks forward taking his Katana out of his sheathe.
"Ice sword:Form 1" as he said that, The ice starts appearing out of nowhere on his forearm and later converts the sword and coats it in ice's protective layer.
"Sword Whip!" The sword expands like a while and starts rampaging around a certain area.
"Come out!"
As he said that, A demonic beast, a mutated beast form, A Wolf Mutation appeared infront of him.
"A demonic beast?" "Well, this is gonna be easy" said Yuta.
He pulls back his whip and charges forward in a circular pattern with a large boom following the impact of the ice whip.
The demonic beast, with red eyes, looked at Yuta in a grudge.
"Ah, is that the wolf I punched when I was younger in addition spitting at him"
The wolf jumped at Yuta.
"Nah, Not today, not when our new captain and vice captain is watching me" he moves his ice sword detached and from each part acting like a whip with the ice connecting the ends to each other at a high speed creating a large sound effect. (SFX: BOOM)
"HIYAA!" The whip-sword slashes the the wolf but it dodged the whip by crouching over.
"GAAH!" the wolf screams with saliva leaking out of his mouth and dashing forward with his front legs and jumping to boost the distance he covers and lands straight on the land just before Yuta to bite his leg.
"Wha-!?" Yuta jumps back in survival instinct.
The wolf also follows to close the distance.
"Yuta, Youre quite slow, aren't you? I can't wait any longer, make it quick, I will count to 5." Said Kuramoto from a distance.
"1"
"Sir wait! I'm trying"
"2"
Yuta has a determined look on his face and jumps forward using his fists and ice to cover it in ice gauntlets and punch him
"3"
Yuta keeps punching the wolf but it doesn't seem to die yet.
"4"
"Sir wait! Give me a chance please!"
"No."
"5."
"Time's up."
Kuramoto places above one finger pointing up at the sky with a huge ball of fire above him covering the entire area of the jungle.
"Want me to throw this?"
"The heck is that!? Don't throw it, We'll die!"
"Alright then" Kuramoto reduces the size of the ball to the size of a normal sized football.
"This much is fine right?"
"Yes"
Kuramoto places his finger infront of the wolf, the fireball follows him with fire running through his arms as though his arm has the full control of fire with his eyes turning bright red.
"Shoot!" Kuramoto says and the ball travels faster than light and kills the wolf, even the ashes were burned through with a large area of impact destroying the surrounding 10m radius of area in the process.
"Well, That's quite unexpected, I never expected something like this."
"What the hell, You did that with such a small ball and with not even 10% of your power, and while SITTING!?" "Yeah? That's not really a big deal"
"What the hell do you mean by that leader!?" Says everyone at the same time.
Kuramoto looked puzzled as he didn't understand that just a small magic attack can make someone so surprised.
"Well, in any case, let's just keep going"
They continue walking over and over through a death valley, 2 mountains in search of holy grounds.
"Yuta, does this holy grounds actually exist?"
"Well, there is no recorded information, But according to ancient scriptures, One who can pass all the trials of the godhuman style is the master of holy grounds."
"Ah, that martial art with that 50 trials?"
"Wait, how did you know about that?"
"Well, because I'm a practitioner of that martial art, and also, I completed all 50 trials under 2 years"
"Oh, So that's the case, anyhow, you should try saying this magic scripture, it shows that this script was made by the founder himself and was sealed later on because the sect was destroyed by the others."
"Huh? What's the script?"
"It says 'I, The one who passed the trials of the mythical fighting style, am the sole authorised emperor of the Holy Lands.'and it should be followed with the right timing of a thunder roaring across the plane in which the guy who reads the scripture is in"
They all look up, The thunderstorms were far from appearing in the coming days.
"Uh, I don't think we can do this now."
"We definitely can! Let's wait in a cave for the right time!"
They all walk in the cave and start camping with firewood collected by the other members while walking with the help of Veronica's small fire as Kuramoto might as well kill everyone on there.
3-4 days passed, It started snowing, but still no signs of thunderstorms.
"Waah! It started snowing, Kuramoto come here!"
"Well well, what's the big deal over there?" Said Kuramoto as he got up and walked over outside.
"Snow?"
"Well, it is already that time of the year, So I guess it should occur frequently now."
"Ah, I have an idea! Does any of you have any thunder spells? One of which can summon lighting when casted?"
A loud and clear voice yelled from the crowd of the members "I do!"
Kuramoto walked over to see who had it, Turns out it was the girl who woke up in Kuramoto's dorm room.
"Y-you!?"
"Yes, Me."
"If you don't know, I'm a very skilled mage!" She said flaunting herself.
"But it will take time to occur, as this is a very strong spell, used only for combat."
"I guess that solves our problem, Let's go outside."
They walk outside with all the others as Kuramoto takes out his sword in points it up and facing to the sky saying "I, The one who passed the trials of the mythical fighting style, am the sole authorised emperor of the holy lands!"
"Ah! It's prepared!" "Thunderous Rampage!"
Screams the girl.
Many clouds cover the land about the thunder, as Kuramoto had finished his scripture, A huge bolt of lightning fell on him.(SFX:BOOM)
"Ha!" Exclaimed Kuramoto as he got affected by the lightning.
Soon the clouds went away and a faint yellowish golden light arrived from above.
It had the mirage of a golden Island filled with treasures and everything to fulfill human needs.
Veronica transported everyone there one by one with her fly ability.
"So, Now that we're all here."
"I, Kuramoto hereby conclude the end of this expedition! Move back after 2 days!"
The crowds cheered in joy as Kuramoto had a faint smile on his face.
"You're a pretty good leader huh?" Said Veronica.
"Guess I am."
"Well well! As it is already morning, let's enjoy the day to our fullest!" Announced Yuki, Cousin of Yuta.
TO BE CONTINUED.