21 - Block his strike?
Just as you block his bamboo stick, you hear a metal click and a thin sharp blade pops out of the side of it, pointed to strike your rib cage. Counting your good fortunate, you snap his weapon in two before thrusting your sword into his chest, ending this fight immediately.
Dragging the two bodies back into the library, you return back to the book shelf to continue your search until you finally locate the trigger and the book shelf swings open.
Dragging the body inside, you close the secret door behind you. Inside, you find a small lit room and a ladder leading down a vertical shaft. With little choice you start descending the ladder, hoping what you are looking for is down there.
At the bottom of a hundred foot descend, you find yourself in an underground cavern tunnel, going in only one direction and you start following it. Along the way, you find weapons, supplies and living areas. This has to be the Scorpion clan hideout and it appears they are planning to expand but where are they? Still no signs of the stolen scrolls or the antidote, you hope to find them further up ahead.
You enter another but larger section of the cave when you hear several deep guttural growls. You freeze, muscles tense, senses alert, ready for anything. Then you see them, hugging the rock wall of the cave, almost blending in their surroundings are three Kohaku Dragons.
They are four legged scaly creatures, with a short tail and a mouth loaded with razor sharp teeth. They have no wings but they are tough and very aggressive and if caught young, they can be trained to be used as attack animals.
The first one was almost ten feet long and the other two were both about six feet in length. The cave you are in is barely forty feet by fifty with perhaps a twenty foot ceiling. This will be a tough place to fight since you rely on speed and space to maneuver, even using your Suzumibachi. You can't even use Flash Cry or risk bringing the ceiling down on you.
As the dragons advance you have to decide which one you wish to focus on first.
Do you:
Take out the two smallest dragons first? Go to 19
Take out the largest one first? Go to 20