100 The Celestial Shadows

[In the Headquarters of the "Sword" branch of the Four Paths of the Underworld]

A stylish man dressed in lightweight and supple wyvern-hide armour sat on a grand throne in a wide and spacious far-east styled room. Fans and swords were hanging on the walls of the tatami-floored room as the man with long grey hair tied in a ponytail sat with his fingers interlocked together in front of his face with his elbows on the arms of his seat.

He was waiting for the news to come... News that came swiftly.

Where there had been no one earlier, suddenly a black-clad figure appeared, kneeling with one knee on the ground and head bowed respectfully.

The shadow provided his report to the head of the Sword path, Blacksword Susano.

"Lord Susano, as you predicted, House Trenel's Celestial Shadows have made their move."