Illusions

The white light exploded through the West castle walls, bursting towards the forest. Rendering whatever it touch to ashes and into non existence.

A truly frightening attack just from a casual saber swing.

But as the white light of the saber dimmed, the face of the head warden could be seen, his golden hawk like eyes scrunched up in bewilderment cause right in front of him stood Arthur, still unperturbed and unbothered just like before.

'Did he dodged it? ' the head warden wondered.

"Judging from that reaction, it seems that you at least know that name" Arthur said casually and started walking towards the head warden.

Step by step, he now stood in front of the head warden, face to face.

"So, did you kill this prisoner and if so then for what reason? " Arthur in his fox mask asked.

But the head warden had questions of his own.

"How do you know that name? " He asked in a grave tone.

"You don't know how to carry a conversation, do you? " Arthur said mockingly.

*Clang*

The sound of the saber reverberated again as the head warden swung his sabers towards Arthur.

*Ching* the saber light completely enveloped Arthur as the head warden made sure that this time it hit him.

'He didn't get enough time to dodge it this time' the head warden thought.

Again the frightening saber light decimated everything in its path but to the surprise of the head warden, Arthur still stood in his previous position, completely unaffected.

'Illusion? ' the head warden thought as he grew more confused by the second.

"I forgot to ask but may I know who you are? " Arthur asked while dusting some imaginary dust from his cloak.

The head warden grew even more confused as this unusual foe didn't even knew who he was! What is his purpose coming here?

Just then,

*thump-thump-thump*

The sound of various footsteps echoed throughout the castle walls as multiple prison guards and wardens ran up to the site.

"Sir head warden" One of the wardens respectfully bowed.

"Oh! You are the Head warden" Arthur exclaimed in fake excitement.

"What's the situation here sir? " The warden eyed Arthur and asked as another shouted an order to the prison guards to surround Arthur.

"Halt" The head warden spoke with authority

"His abilities are unusual to say the least, let me take care of him"

"As you wish sir" The warden bowed and back down with the others but still stood within close vicinity in case the head warden needs help.

Countless stern eyes fill with anger were directed towards Arthur.

All this was happening in front of Arthur as he smirked.

"You alone? " Arthur mocked.

"Such insolence! " One of the gaurds shouted but he was soon silence by his superiors.

The head warden on the other hand, disregarded the mockery and performed a martial arts stance.

"Li clan martial arts: conqueror footsteps" He softly spoke

The head warden slammed his right foot to the ground.

The Mountains, the valley and the dessert shook violently by the tremor of his footstep as the ground below his feet exploded into countless shards like a fragile piece of glass.

....

The prison of the li clan was isolated and situated far out in the east below the lion's gate mountain ranges but such powerful tremors were felt throughout the city as the horrifying sight of the mountains shaking could not be unseen.

Immediately the entire Li clan were alarmed.

A galant looking figure sitting in his throne muttered

"Conqueror footsteps...the head warden doesn't use it unless he is fighting a very powerful foe.

Head elder! Summon the elite troupes! "

The next in line to be alarmed were the city Lord's party

"Chief Minister" A voice with unchallenged authority spoke.

Then the Wu mansion

"Head elder! "

Back in the prison castle

The ground exploded just from his one footstep, luckily Arthur had evaded it by jumping high up in the sky but the danger had still not subsided as the head warden jumped up to Arthur using his footstep's momentum.

"Got you now brat! " The head warden smirked before delivering a sky shattering punch at Arthur's stomach.

*Crack*

The air crack as instead of a bloody pulp, Arthur turned into countless blue and green butterflies.

*boom*

The head warden landed back on the ground, his eyes perplexed and shook.

In the back, The prison guards and wardens were confused as their head warden just punched empty air.

One of them spoke out in horror, "is he trap in an illusion? "

"Impossible" Another refuted but the head warden's next words shook them

"An illusion...? " He muttered.

The butterflies flew past the head warden and merge into the figure of Arthur.

"Nobody can escape my eyes" Arthur spoke, appearing a few meters behind the head warden.

Seeing this sight, the head warden sighed

"It's been a long time since I have been caught in an illusion, who are you young man? "

This time Arthur didn't humor him as he bring out chains from his system shop but to the bystanders, it appeared like Arthur conjured them from thin air.

Wrapping the chains around his arms like obito, he replied.

"I have already answered that"

"Robin Hood... " The head warden muttered

'Never heard of him... ' he thought.

He sheathed one of his sabers and held the other like a one handed sword.

"These eyes of mine are special... "

The head warden spoke.

"What a coincidence, me too. " Arthur joked

Ignoring his taunts, the head warden continued.

"Golden hawk divine eyes, it can see through illusions and formations...

What you did is not an ordinary achievement as only the best and a select few can trap me in an illusion.

I commend you for that"

Arthur also strengthen his chains with armament haki, "The world is too big for you to be conceited"

Shocked by the youngster's words, the head warden nodded in acknowledgement.

"Indeed... But it won't happen a second time! "

Arthur laughed upon hearing that and charged towards the head warden.

"Too slow! " The head warden caught his right hand and plunge his saber into Arthur's thigh.

"This will slow you down" He spoke as he held Arthur in a deadlock.

"Hahahaha" Crazed laughter echoed inside the head warden's head as his surrounding cracked like a glass into countless vertical glass pieces.

"Another illusion!? " The head warden was shook

as Inside each glass piece, an Arthur emerged with a 2 meter sword and stabbed the head warden into his stomach. Soon countless Arthur emerged from the countless glass shards and countless swords were stabbed inside the head warden.

The head warden's eyes glow with a golden light as he broke out of the mirror world but a sword was already rapidly approaching his neck.

*snap*

The head warden snapped his fingers as a powerful shock wave tear the sword apart and turned it into dust.

Arthur smiled harmlessly behind his mask as the head warden gave him a serious look, ashamed by his previous arrogant remarks but he still didn't showed it on his face.

Suddenly the system gave a warning

[Boss an army is approaching! ]

"An army? " Arthur shifted his gaze towards the West and could see countless carriages and troupes clad in gold-black armor flying towards the castle.

[Time to run! ] the system yelled

"Not yet" Arthur replied and immediately folded some hand seals.

"These hand movements... " The head warden spoke slowly, contemplating something.

"Uchiha flame formation! " Arthur hit the ground with his hand and behold!

A grand fiery red formation was encompassing the entire prison ground, the forest, the castle and the mountain range.