257. Elven Village Raid 2

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"Enemy's attack!!"

"Hold on! The leader will give us reinforcements!"

There was a riot in the southeast of the village as the barrier surrounding the elven village was broken.

Most of the elves have a sniper skill. So, almost all of them carried arrows and bows. In addition, they can enhance arrows to add lethality to their arrows.

"Eh, there are only six of them?"

"Hey, doesn't the one in the front looks like a fish? Is he a rare demon? Or, is he just a fish-man?"

One of the elven guards saw six people approaching. They were none other than Kisame who was in the front, followed by Ariel, Kakashi, Kuroneko, Rori, and Tabane.

"Don't be careless. Even though there are only six of them, one of them is the demon lord. And don't forget, the reconnaissance squad informed us that there are four Queen Taratechs in different places."

"Three of you, stop talking! At least we have to stop them before reinforcements arrive."

The elven guards were initially quite surprised because they thought the demon lord had come with the demon armies. It turned out that there were only six people in front of them and four Queen Taratechs in another location. Even though they came in small numbers, the elven guards couldn't underestimate them considering that one of them was the demon lord. Furthermore, there were four Queen Taratechs that could be said their strengths were only below Ariel's.

"Everyone, get ready!

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Shot!!"

Kisame, who took the lead in front of the others, didn't try to attack directly but observed them first. After meeting Izumi and the members of the Group Chat, Kisame understood that there were still people who were much stronger than him. Moreover, Kisame knew that when Izumi prepared some plans carefully for the past 2 months, it was a sign that the enemy this time should not be underestimated.

"Hehe, seems like we get a lively welcome here."

Kisame saw arrows flying toward him at high speed. Just as he was preparing to use his jutsu, suddenly…

"Doton: Tajuu Doryuuheki!!"

Multiple walls of earth rose and surrounded the six of them to block the rain of arrows.

Kisame glanced at his back.

"Damn copy ninja, I'm about to take action."

"Well, you're just too slow." Kakashi just shrugged his shoulders while responding to Kisame.

Suddenly, everyone felt something strange around them as if the atmosphere had turned completely different in an instant. As for Ariel, she clearly felt the change because she was sensitive to the Mana around her. She exclaimed.

"It's an anti-magic field!"

Even though the anti-magic field affected Ariel, the others felt fine since they were using something other than magic. Kakashi and Kisame rely on ninjutsu, Rori relies on close combat along with her skills such as soul manipulation and a curse, Kuroneko relies on a divine sword, while Tabane relies on technology. So for them, the anti-magic field is useless or has no effect at all.

Kisame performed some complicated hand seals.

"Suiton: Suiryūdan no Jutsu!!!"

A gigantic water dragon shape had formed which then writhed and charged toward the elves.

"What???"

The elves looked dumbfounded. They knew very well that the anti-magic field had been activated. However, Kisame can still attack using the water element.

The water crashed upon the elves and killed them who were on the frontline. Just because an attack using the water element looked normal, the water element wasn't weak, especially when used with the strength of the person who launched it. Depending on how strong the compression and pressure of the water are, the water can even tear a human body apart.

"So weak. Even though I just greet them back. Why is Izumi so careful when their strength is only this much?" Kisame said with a grin, revealing his sharp teeth.

Kakashi responded.

"Kisame, what Izumi is worried about isn't the elves."

"Well, I know. What Izumi meant was that thing, right? I thought, since I heard it's so strong, I thought the maker was also strong." Kisame said while pointing at the sky using his sword, Samehada. It was an object that looked like a spaceship in the sky. And if looked closely, the door of the spaceship opened and the robots began to appear one by one from the inside.

"Zero over here... Echo launched about a hundred Romeo... Sierra needs backup from three... over!!"

Suddenly, they heard Izumi's voice through the communication device.

Potimas had been using technology for a long time, so Izumi used codes to communicate.

It was agreed that everyone would use their own code.

Izumi= zero

Rori= one

Kuroneko= two

Tabane= three

And so on. Echo means enemy, and Sierra means spider.

He purposely used this communication code to confuse Potimas if he could hack into their communication.

"Three is coming... over."

Tabane answered Izumi, then turned to the others.

"Change to plan B! The enemy knows the invisible forces."

Tabane immediately took out 2 turrets and gave them to Kuroneko and Ariel, respectively. She doesn't give it to others because they don't need it.

"Hehe, I'm going first. You guys can come with me if you wanna get caught by my Jutsu."

Without waiting for an answer from the others, Kisame immediately moved as fast as lightning, leaving the others behind. Tabane also used his IS and flew toward Izumi's location while destroying several robots on the way.

*bang*

*bang*

*bang*

Fireworks were set over a fairly dense forest, and a burst of explosions from the fallen robots hit the trees and started to burn them.

Ignoring Kisame and Tabane who left, Rori turned to Kakashi and said.

"Kakashi, use demon strings to control the enemy, then make them fight their comrades!"

Kakashi twitched. Honestly, he didn't like using that ability because it reminded him of his comrade, Rin, who was killed with his own hands. After all, she was being controlled. Plus, the one who was responsible for controlling her was Uchiha Madara. Even if he wanted to save her, he didn't have enough strength to do so. There's no way Kakashi could beat a legendary person like Madara.

"Can I not use that ability?"

"Why?"

"It reminds me of the past."

Kakashi still couldn't forget his past. He seemed to feel responsible for what happened to his comrades. Even though he repeatedly tried to forget the bitter thing, deep down in his heart, it kept haunting him. Moreover, because of that incident, his close friend fell into the wrong path.

Rori became a little angry hearing what Kakashi said.

"Don't be a pussy, Kakashi! Maybe everyone is saying that it wasn't your fault that your ex-girlfriend was killed. In my opinion, it was clearly your fault that you weren't strong enough to protect her."

"Can you not bring up my past? Also, she wasn't my girlfriend."

"It's you who always brings up your past, you idiot!"

"Hey, this isn't the time to fight!" Suddenly, Kuroneko stood between the two. Trying to stop their fight. She glanced at Rori.

"Rori-chan. You can fight later after this is over!"

Kuroneko then turned to Kakashi and said.

"Kakashi-san, you drowned and trapped yourself in the shadows of the past. You always blamed yourself for what happened to your friends. I know that regret always has its roots, but regret can also be a lesson for you not to do it again in the future. But you never tried to use your regrets to change your future."

Kakashi fell silent with Kuroneko's words. He pondered what the point of her words was and could only stare at the sky blankly.

"Let's go, Rori-chan, Ariel-chan! Let's just leave this guy alone! Let him think it through."

Kuroneko dragged both of them, and finally, the ladies left Kakashi alone.

Ariel doesn't know what happened to Kakashi, but she feels Kakashi has a serious problem and can't forget about it.

"Is it alright to leave him alone?"

"It's okay. He's too immersed in his bitter past. We all really want to help him, but he himself has a hard time moving on because he always feels guilty about it."

"Yeah, he doesn't need to forget the past, but he should try to fight his past."

Rori and Kuroneko responded to Ariel's question in turn.

"I do not understand."

"Well, you don't need to understand what we're saying, Ariel-chan." Kuroneko could only answer Ariel with a smile without explaining what she and Rori had said earlier.