(20) A God Emerges (2)

There were about ten soldiers total. Yuna, Ygdran and Tetsuno all watched the soldiers as they split up into two groups of three and one group of four. They would all split off in different directions in order to cover more ground.

"Well, that makes this easier on us." Tetsuno said.

"Each of us take one group, then?" Ygdran asked.

"I don't see why not." Tetsuno looked over at Yuna.

"Yes, each of us take on one group. I'll take the four, you guys go after whoever you want." She spoke, then began making her way through the forest.

She thought of herself now as the predator, hunting her prey. And she would kill every single one of them, without mercy.

— — —

Ygdran looked down on the three soldiers from above in a tree. They all had gold and red armor and one of them was a large brutish man with a huge shield and a mace. The other had a bow and a dagger, and the last had a zweihander (a zweihander is a type of large sword).

Ygdran raised his brow. It couldn't really be that hard could it?

He dropped from his branch, landing right in front of the soldiers, who leapt back when they saw him.

"Greetings." Ygdran said with a slight grin. He enjoyed the feeling of having others fear him, which was partly why he disliked Yuna so much.

"It's a demon! Into formation!" The large man with the shield called. He raised his shield and backed away whilst the other two stood behind him. Then, Ygdran heard the sound of an arrow being strung.

Red aura began to grow from Ygdran and formed about his back, creating demonic wings. Red layers of crimson armor with spikes and chains holding each plate together formed about his body, the armor wasn't thick, but it was more meant for offense with the spikes and such. Then a massive blood red sword of aura formed in his hand.

His Aura Cloak was almost completely solid, and a red mask covered his face with a thin red slit in which his red eyes shone through.

Then came a snap and a whistle as an arrow flew through the air, but it simply bounced off of Ygdran.

Ygdran moved his sword, lowering it to his side from his shoulder and he began moving forward.

"Get behind me! Get read for anything!" The man with the shield called.

"Anything? You sure you are ready for anything?" Ygdran asked.

"Get back demon!" The man with the Zweihander roared.

"Wow, what a classic line. How original." Ygdran mocked, and then the man shot out from behind the larger soldier and rushed at Ygdran.

"Not the move." Ygdran said, striking out his hand and deftly grabbing the Zweihander's blade before shattering it and then taking the broken end of the weapon and slicing it across the man's eyes, blinding him in a spray of blood.

"AAAAAAGH!" The man let out a horrific cry of agony, then Ygdran grabbed his head in his talons, and squeezed. The next moment, the sound of crushing and snapping bones came as his skull popped and he dropped dead.

"Damn idiot! Retreat, no-" the big man began to order, but just as he did, Ygdran's sword swung, phasing through the shield as if it didn't exist before sundering both of the two soldiers in half at the waist. Spurts of blood splattered across the ground, dying it dark red as their bodies dropped, twitching and oozing blood.

"Well, that was boring." Ygdran said.

— — —

Tetsuno bent low as he walked through the brush, staying within the bushes as to not he seen as he slowly inched his way closer and closer to the three soldiers. His hand was on his katana, but he had not yet drawn it, as it could make noise and give away his location.

"Why do you think he killed his own wife?" One of the soldiers spoke, catching Tetsuno's attention.

"Ah, supposedly, Lord Mashihashi was fuckin her when Abeza didn't know. When he found out he was pissed." They all began laughing.

"Well, I mean, Mashihashi has all right to do whatever he wants, Tetsuno shouldn't have gotten mad." One of them said.

"Yeah, but still, never thought his wife to be such a whore!" They all began laughing even more.

Tetsuno's eyes went dark, a shadow falling over them as rage consumed his heart as it had before. Then, in a burst of unparalleled speed, Tetsuno exploded through the brush, drawing his katana and swiftly beheading one of the soldiers. His head fell from the body to the ground with a "Tmp" and blood erupted from his severed throat as his body twitched uncontrollably and fell to the ground.

"What the-Abeza-Kill him!" One of the men roared in shock and confusion. He brought out his axe and swung for Tetsuno, but he swiftly raised his katana, hooking it in the crook of the axe and pulling forward, bringing the other man closer as Tetsuno's elbow slammed into his eye.

The man groaned in pain, and then Tetsuno kicked him away before thrusting the katana forward straight through his eye socket before wrenching it upwards, splitting his skull in half in a spray of blood that splattered across his already blood-soaked kimono.

As the other man charged, Tetsuno kicked the man he'd just killed into the other soldier's path, tripping him. As the soldier fell, Tetsuno thrust his blade upwards, and with a horrific sound of snapping bone and severed flesh, Tetsuno's katana ran straight through the soldier's jaw and out the top of his head. Tetsuno wrenched the blade down and to the side, cutting through the head and out the throat as blood coated everything around him and one body fell atop another.

As Tetsuno stood, drenched in blood and burning in his own rage, a thought crossed his mind: "Blood, death, rot, decay, and crimson. This.. is all I have."