The remaining soldiers thanked us, and we exited the castle not too happy of the idea they weren't the ones to annihilate Leyasu. We started down the path to the first portal gate, surrounded by Death Commanders, as soon as we came in sight they charged with Masakaris' and Naginatas' and Nagamakis'.

They immediately impaled Leader and inflicted a deep wound in Bricks stomach; blood spurted from his mouth on to the ground. Berserker was able to kill a couple before getting a Yari into his stomach. Wizard decided to cast a Tidal Wave in self-sacrifice; it killed three, but he was soon killed by a commander with a Nagamaki. Archer got an axe into his face, but not before stabbing the commander with an arrow. The last commander walked up to Swordsman and knocked his weapons out of his hands, he was ready to slice open his stomach, when a sword was stuck into his lower back, he looked down and saw Brick, the commander finished off Brick, Swordsman grabbed his weapons and jammed both of them into its head. He healed everybody and captured the portal gate.

We started down the path and ran into another thick battle of Tengu, Kappa, and Shock Troops. The Tengu attacked first, they carried katanas, they were fairly weak, we killed them easily, next it was the Kappa. One bit Swordsman's leg off; the others pounced on him and began their feast. Brick kicked them off but it was too late. Wizard started to fight the shock troops, he blew off ones head with a stone bolt, another got a frost bolt in his stomach, the final one got a lightning bolt in the mouth. We walked a little further and ended up in a nest of Poison Drakes, Swordsman was bitten in the stomach but took a remedy, Brick was pounced by two of them, and they ripped his face apart with their razor sharp teeth.

Berserker killed the two from behind, but was beheaded by another's claw; Leader killed that one by stabbing its heart. Archer saved Leader from another behind him with a well-placed shot through its neck. Leader, Archer, and Wizard healed everybody and began down the road and saw a village filled with Tengu-sized creatures, we peeked in from around the bend, we saw women and their daughters crying. We snuck in through the back; we each went our separate ways, killing the monsters in stealth. But Wizard made the mistake of keyaiing in the middle of the village; the creatures found Wizard and killed him. The samurai approached the creatures as they looked at Wizard lying on the ground; we all attacked at once, the remaining creatures looked at their comrades, then at us.

They made a strange call, and reinforcements came out of the houses. We recoiled in horror as we realized we were outnumbered twenty to one. Swordsman went for the back, Brick went to the side, Berserker went to another side, and Archer and Leader went to the front. Swordsman had an intense swordfight with three of the creatures. The first had learned the Nitou technique, he sliced his arm but soon got a katana in his stomach. The next walked up casually, but fought with sheer strength. Swordsman's sword broke in one hit; he took the weapon from the dead one. Swordsman finally killed it by slicing it in half, but he was tired, so he killed the third one with a comet.

Leader and Archer were working like a dynamic duo; Archer shot them while Leader stabbed them. Brick was punching them into the ground, but they all attacked at once so the monsters soon overwhelmed him. Berserker killed the creatures by throwing them on to lethal objects, after that everyone met in the middle and defeated the remaining creatures, they lost Leader and Archer. They healed the samurai and talked to the prisoners. They escorted the women back to the village; they hugged their husbands and thanked us for saving them.

We started to walk back where we were. It was beginning to get dark, it was inching toward the third day, screams and moans were still being heard, we knew we should have been moving but were dead tired. We went to sleep and woke up hours later; it was bright out, a new scene of carnage developed before our eyes. Samurai were fighting the creatures with strength, by the looks of it; it looked like the samurai were winning! The samurai swarmed the remaining Foot Soldiers and slaughtered them.

We approached them, "What castle are you from?" asked Leader, "We are from Castle Oda. We are on our way back to the castle, we can't find any portal gates." Their Leader answered. "Well I have bad news, Oda is dead, along with Henchai and Tunkulai." "What? No, it can't be, they're too powerful!" "Clan Tokugawa destroyed him. We have already avenged them." "Damn them, DAMN THEM!" "We share your mourning but we must keep going, Mori is the only one left, we cannot fail him. You guys must only fight weaklings; we cannot heal or regenerate you. We are on our way to the mountain fortress." We began on our way to the mountain. It still shined with the misty morning dew; the fortress was dark and filled with screams. The forest was very empty of its normal vicious creatures, that is until we reached the bridge over the river to the mountainside.

A Poison Drake pounced on Brick and ripped his face apart, Berserker sliced the creatures back, it looked at him and lunged but was stopped abruptly by Wizard who jabbed a little knife into it's chest. It looked at him with a terrible anger in its eyes, Wizard went pale. It walked slowly towards him, but fell dead at his feet. Leader was fighting three Tengu; he was killed by a Lord Kappa that came up behind him and punched him into the ground, blood spurted the Tengu, they cried a war cry and scattered. Wizard let loose all his dragons and lied next to a tree, Archer died right next to Wizard's weak self, and the five samurai from Oda's group hid in the bushes. Berserker was killing little Kappa and went on to the Tengu, he killed them with a powerful Tidal Wave, but the Lord killed him. Swordsman killed the Kappa from behind but was pinned down by the final creature, a silent assassin.

She raised her sword and was ready to stab - when an arrow went straight into her throat, and fell down dead at his feet. He looked at Wizard, holding Archer's bow, Wizard winked, and his body went limp.

He began to pray, the five samurai approached. "THAT IS THE KIND OF BATTLE YOUR SUPPOSED TO FIGHT IN, YOU SAW US GETTING SLAUGHTERED AND YOU GUYS JUST SAT ON YOUR LAZY ASS', AND WE BARELY SURVIVED THAT BATTLE, NOW I SUGGEST YOU PULL YOUR WEIGHT OR YOU'RE GOING TO FIND YOUR HEADS IMPALED ON A STICK!" Swordsman yelled.