Chapter Three: Battle Arena
A black portal tore a hole in the middle of an open field. Through this portal four figures entered. The first was clad in a brown, wolfish style armor with two black horns sticking out of the chest plate. On his left hand was a metal claw and on his back was a black cape and strapped on his shoulders was a long sword. On his head was a helmet and his face was hidden behind a red facemask, part of his scar under his left eye was slightly visible.
The second figure that followed was dressed in a black armor with a yellow and brown overcoat tossed over it. A long black chain rested in one hand, the other hand held onto the sharp scythe that was connected to the chain. Unlike the first arrival, she did not have a helmet, allowing her long waist length black hair to flow behind her.
The next arrival stopped along side the female wearing a purplish-pink armor with the features of a spider. Strapped to his waist were a pair of nunchucks and a mace, one his back was a six legged scythe, that made the spider features even more evident. He, like the first, was wearing a helmet and his left eye was covered by a black eyepatch.
The last to step through the portal was a man clad in an armor that looked like a cobra. He was armed with six katana blades. Two were strapped to his back and the four hung at his waist. Spike sprouted out of his shoulders. He was too wearing a helmet like the other two males of this group. The portal closed instantly after he stepped out of it.
"Ahh, looks like its not busy here after all." Sekhmet joked as he surveyed the area for any signs of a fight. "Here, I thought we came during the busiest season."
"With that kind of talk Sekhmet," Dais interjected, "You'll jinx us."
Sekhmet squeaked like a little child. "Oh do hope I do."
Kayura groaned as she shook her head at her comrade. "Can we at least get halfway to the castle before you decide to get us killed, Sekhmet?"
"No."
"I say no more." came Kayura's reply.
With that out of the way, the four walked in a direction in which they assumed the castle was. They probably made it three steps from where they had stepped into the new dimension before an army of the monsters with spiked and bladed tails charged at them from behind trees and hidden in the grassfield a little ways away. The one's from behind them came out of the water and others landed from the sky from aboard the bat-winged creatures.
"Oh, looks like it was a trap." Dais spoke casually. "How...appealing. Apparently they aren't as stupid as they look."
Cale unsheathed his blade from on his shoulders and glanced at the oncoming enemies. "We'll have to continue our conversation after we're done taking care of the irritant."
"Agreed." Dais and Sekhmet replied.
The four warriors readied themselves for the enemies that all stopped about fifty yards in each direction away from them. They were still surrounded and each of the opposite enemy was armed and ready to attack, but they weren't that was the problem.
"Are they going to wait for us to finish our conversation or is something else about to happen?" Sekhmet questioned.
To answer his question a warrior stepped forward out of the numbers. He, unlike the monsters had human features; shoulder length black hair, and brown eyes dressed in a silk black suit with the design of a ogre on the back, on his left breast was a patch of the dimension's army.
"I am General Zhou Zhenmu, you are to drop your weapons and surrender."
"Why does he have a Chinese name?" Kayura pondered outloud.
"Who cares?" Sekhmet answered. "Do you actually expect us to give up?"
"Very well then." Zhou spoke, "You will simply die then! ATTACK!" He pointed at the warlords and the army charged at them again.
The warlords engaged in battle with the monsters. Sekhmet drew two of his katanas and sliced at the monsters. He laughed maniacally as he ran at one, but instead of just kicking him, he ran up him like a wall and landed on the head of one that was behind him. The stunned monster in front of him recovered just to see Sekhmet's sword decapitate him. Two monsters jumped at Sekhmet; he tossed his swords at the monsters not expecting them to be so fast to dodge.
"Wow, impressive."
With a shrug, he drew two more swords and continued with his battle.
Cale hacked off a head of a blade tailed creature. He then performed a 180 turn just in time to dodge two creatures trying to tackle him to the ground. They stumbled and in their mistake, Cale sliced them both in half with one swing. He jabbed his claws outward puncturing the face of the nearest creature and kicked it off into some of its friends.
"These poor excuse for low class monsters. They underestimated us." Cale growled as he nimbly kicked a creature in half and severed the head of another. Blood squirted out of the spot the head was as the body collapsed to the ground.
Ten monsters all headed for Cale and he used the now headless body to his advantage. He kicked it up in the air and then gave it a hard kick in the direction of the monsters, knocking the ones in front down.
Dais flipped over five monsters. They all followed him with their eyes and some even threw their spears at him. He only fizzled out of existence and reappeared hanging upside down from the tree above two monsters standing around.
"Tsk tsk." He spoke. "You surely aren't doing your jobs." He gripped their heads and banged them so hard together their skulls shattered on impact. He lowed himself to the ground and flipped so to land on his feet.
A gang of monsters instantly spotted him and came for him. He pulled out his nunchucks and the first one to charge jabbed at him with its sword. He sidestepped the blade and wrapped his nunchucks around the blade. He pulled the monster towards him and punched it in the face. He yank free the blade and turned around and flung it at a monster behind him. The blade went straight through its eye and it fell dead to the ground. He stepped on the head of the monster he just got done punching, cracking its skull. A volley of arrows came at him and again he fizzled out leaving the monsters confused once again.
Kayura rolled to the side dodging a volley of arrows. She swung the chain end of her weapon at the bowmen managing to knock some of the bows out of their hands. The ones that did lose their weapons picked up spears and ran at her. She now swung the deadly scythe in her right hand and clashed with them. She used one as a stepping stone to get higher and then the next became her prey. She jumped down and sliced it down the middle from its head to its feet and the two halves fell to the ground. A spike tail came at her head. She wrapped her chain around the tail holding it back and then gave a nice, hard tug removing it from the owner of that tail. The creature in pain didn't even see her chain go through its head.
"I hope these weren't the one the ronins were up against." Kayura spoke to herself. "Otherwise, those boys needs some lessons in fighting." She grunted as the monsters dropped at each of the warlord's feet. "This is pathetic."
She jumped into the air, swinging her chain above her head.
The three other warlords looked up when they saw the blur.
"Looks like Kayura is sick of this 'battle' just as we are." Dais noted.
"QUAKE WITH FEAR!" She tossed her chain downward and it penetrated the surface of the ground. Just as quickly as it entered the ground it burst out, but with about a million buddies to join it. The warlords dodged the attack, as would be expected, but the remaining monsters of the army had no such luck. They all dangled in the air, the chain either killed them on sight, went through some body part or suffocated the monsters to death.
Zhou blinked in surprise, when he opened his eyes again, the chains and the warlords were gone from sight.
"Wha...how...that..that's...IMPOSSIBLE!" He stuttered. Him and his last remaining soldiers that didn't clash into battle jumped on their horses and ran from the battle site.
Sekhmet removed his helmet letting his wild green hair receive air. "That was a little too easy. Were they testing us?"
"I don't know if that was a battle or a test." Cale replied. He pulled a cloth from inside his right gauntlet and wiped the blood off of his blade and claws. The other warlords were doing the same.
Dais glanced over his shoulder. "Its almost nightfall. We must have arrived later than we assumed. We'll just have to camp here and continue in the morning."
"Okay then we're in agreement. Who volunteers for first shift?" Kayura asked.
"I'll go." Sekhmet volunteered. "I'm still too pumped to sleep."
"I'll take the next shift." Cale quickly added.
"And I'll take the one after you." Kayura followed. "Dais, you're okay with being last?"
"I don't care."
"Good. Shifts are two hours long. Goodnight Sekhmet." With that she marched off deeper into the forest. Cale and Dais followed her leaving Sekhmet to his watch.
A black portal tore a hole in the middle of an open field. Through this portal four figures entered. The first was clad in a brown, wolfish style armor with two black horns sticking out of the chest plate. On his left hand was a metal claw and on his back was a black cape and strapped on his shoulders was a long sword. On his head was a helmet and his face was hidden behind a red facemask, part of his scar under his left eye was slightly visible.
The second figure that followed was dressed in a black armor with a yellow and brown overcoat tossed over it. A long black chain rested in one hand, the other hand held onto the sharp scythe that was connected to the chain. Unlike the first arrival, she did not have a helmet, allowing her long waist length black hair to flow behind her.
The next arrival stopped along side the female wearing a purplish-pink armor with the features of a spider. Strapped to his waist were a pair of nunchucks and a mace, one his back was a six legged scythe, that made the spider features even more evident. He, like the first, was wearing a helmet and his left eye was covered by a black eyepatch.
The last to step through the portal was a man clad in an armor that looked like a cobra. He was armed with six katana blades. Two were strapped to his back and the four hung at his waist. Spike sprouted out of his shoulders. He was too wearing a helmet like the other two males of this group. The portal closed instantly after he stepped out of it.
"Ahh, looks like its not busy here after all." Sekhmet joked as he surveyed the area for any signs of a fight. "Here, I thought we came during the busiest season."
"With that kind of talk Sekhmet," Dais interjected, "You'll jinx us."
Sekhmet squeaked like a little child. "Oh do hope I do."
Kayura groaned as she shook her head at her comrade. "Can we at least get halfway to the castle before you decide to get us killed, Sekhmet?"
"No."
"I say no more." came Kayura's reply.
With that out of the way, the four walked in a direction in which they assumed the castle was. They probably made it three steps from where they had stepped into the new dimension before an army of the monsters with spiked and bladed tails charged at them from behind trees and hidden in the grassfield a little ways away. The one's from behind them came out of the water and others landed from the sky from aboard the bat-winged creatures.
"Oh, looks like it was a trap." Dais spoke casually. "How...appealing. Apparently they aren't as stupid as they look."
Cale unsheathed his blade from on his shoulders and glanced at the oncoming enemies. "We'll have to continue our conversation after we're done taking care of the irritant."
"Agreed." Dais and Sekhmet replied.
The four warriors readied themselves for the enemies that all stopped about fifty yards in each direction away from them. They were still surrounded and each of the opposite enemy was armed and ready to attack, but they weren't that was the problem.
"Are they going to wait for us to finish our conversation or is something else about to happen?" Sekhmet questioned.
To answer his question a warrior stepped forward out of the numbers. He, unlike the monsters had human features; shoulder length black hair, and brown eyes dressed in a silk black suit with the design of a ogre on the back, on his left breast was a patch of the dimension's army.
"I am General Zhou Zhenmu, you are to drop your weapons and surrender."
"Why does he have a Chinese name?" Kayura pondered outloud.
"Who cares?" Sekhmet answered. "Do you actually expect us to give up?"
"Very well then." Zhou spoke, "You will simply die then! ATTACK!" He pointed at the warlords and the army charged at them again.
The warlords engaged in battle with the monsters. Sekhmet drew two of his katanas and sliced at the monsters. He laughed maniacally as he ran at one, but instead of just kicking him, he ran up him like a wall and landed on the head of one that was behind him. The stunned monster in front of him recovered just to see Sekhmet's sword decapitate him. Two monsters jumped at Sekhmet; he tossed his swords at the monsters not expecting them to be so fast to dodge.
"Wow, impressive."
With a shrug, he drew two more swords and continued with his battle.
Cale hacked off a head of a blade tailed creature. He then performed a 180 turn just in time to dodge two creatures trying to tackle him to the ground. They stumbled and in their mistake, Cale sliced them both in half with one swing. He jabbed his claws outward puncturing the face of the nearest creature and kicked it off into some of its friends.
"These poor excuse for low class monsters. They underestimated us." Cale growled as he nimbly kicked a creature in half and severed the head of another. Blood squirted out of the spot the head was as the body collapsed to the ground.
Ten monsters all headed for Cale and he used the now headless body to his advantage. He kicked it up in the air and then gave it a hard kick in the direction of the monsters, knocking the ones in front down.
Dais flipped over five monsters. They all followed him with their eyes and some even threw their spears at him. He only fizzled out of existence and reappeared hanging upside down from the tree above two monsters standing around.
"Tsk tsk." He spoke. "You surely aren't doing your jobs." He gripped their heads and banged them so hard together their skulls shattered on impact. He lowed himself to the ground and flipped so to land on his feet.
A gang of monsters instantly spotted him and came for him. He pulled out his nunchucks and the first one to charge jabbed at him with its sword. He sidestepped the blade and wrapped his nunchucks around the blade. He pulled the monster towards him and punched it in the face. He yank free the blade and turned around and flung it at a monster behind him. The blade went straight through its eye and it fell dead to the ground. He stepped on the head of the monster he just got done punching, cracking its skull. A volley of arrows came at him and again he fizzled out leaving the monsters confused once again.
Kayura rolled to the side dodging a volley of arrows. She swung the chain end of her weapon at the bowmen managing to knock some of the bows out of their hands. The ones that did lose their weapons picked up spears and ran at her. She now swung the deadly scythe in her right hand and clashed with them. She used one as a stepping stone to get higher and then the next became her prey. She jumped down and sliced it down the middle from its head to its feet and the two halves fell to the ground. A spike tail came at her head. She wrapped her chain around the tail holding it back and then gave a nice, hard tug removing it from the owner of that tail. The creature in pain didn't even see her chain go through its head.
"I hope these weren't the one the ronins were up against." Kayura spoke to herself. "Otherwise, those boys needs some lessons in fighting." She grunted as the monsters dropped at each of the warlord's feet. "This is pathetic."
She jumped into the air, swinging her chain above her head.
The three other warlords looked up when they saw the blur.
"Looks like Kayura is sick of this 'battle' just as we are." Dais noted.
"QUAKE WITH FEAR!" She tossed her chain downward and it penetrated the surface of the ground. Just as quickly as it entered the ground it burst out, but with about a million buddies to join it. The warlords dodged the attack, as would be expected, but the remaining monsters of the army had no such luck. They all dangled in the air, the chain either killed them on sight, went through some body part or suffocated the monsters to death.
Zhou blinked in surprise, when he opened his eyes again, the chains and the warlords were gone from sight.
"Wha...how...that..that's...IMPOSSIBLE!" He stuttered. Him and his last remaining soldiers that didn't clash into battle jumped on their horses and ran from the battle site.
Sekhmet removed his helmet letting his wild green hair receive air. "That was a little too easy. Were they testing us?"
"I don't know if that was a battle or a test." Cale replied. He pulled a cloth from inside his right gauntlet and wiped the blood off of his blade and claws. The other warlords were doing the same.
Dais glanced over his shoulder. "Its almost nightfall. We must have arrived later than we assumed. We'll just have to camp here and continue in the morning."
"Okay then we're in agreement. Who volunteers for first shift?" Kayura asked.
"I'll go." Sekhmet volunteered. "I'm still too pumped to sleep."
"I'll take the next shift." Cale quickly added.
"And I'll take the one after you." Kayura followed. "Dais, you're okay with being last?"
"I don't care."
"Good. Shifts are two hours long. Goodnight Sekhmet." With that she marched off deeper into the forest. Cale and Dais followed her leaving Sekhmet to his watch.