“Are you telling me, you still haven’t contained the rebels!”

The one who said that was the king of the empire of Kadrum,Ira, with his long white beard and overwhelming presence,he was well known for his shrewdness and fierce temperament.

“I am incredibly sorry, your majesty”

Another man said, this man was the general and leader of the guardsmen within the city of kao,his name is Morlt.

it was a huge hall with the king sitting on his throne that was gilded in gold and encrusted by diamonds ,he was currently reporting the recent accident in the city to the king and the damage caused.

At that moment the empire of Kadrum was actually going through a lot of difficulty , it had being the one and only true ruler of the continent of Dhados , but now a new force was emerging. A new Empire that ruled a small part of the east , The Empire of Radus. had steadily grown more powerful due to it’s king’s effective ruling, it now had control over most of the eastern side of the continent of Dhados , and Kadrum could only accept bitterly that their time of being the sole sovereign empire over the whole continent was officially over.

Now many rebellions were starting up in Kao , but most of them were quietly contained but this time it was going out of control , the autumn festival was in less than two days and the city was in great turmoil.

The rebellion this time was carefully organized, but the question everyone was asking themselves what was the purpose of the rebellion, overthrowing the current king would be impossible with just a simple rebellion.

“A oni masked man has been causing all kinds of trouble”

“He is someone we have never seen before, we are currently investigating his identity.

“Most of the other troublemakers have been made to retreat, but there are some still on the loose”

“You fool!, them retreating won’t do us any good, capture them.”

The king yelled out in complete rage.

“I’m sorry your majesty”

The man known as the leader of the guards, who was known for his pride and honor was on his knees humbly apologizing to the king.

“I’ve had enough of your uselessness”

“I will let the black corps handle this instead”

“Your majesty, please forgive me this time”

“Give me another chance”

Morlt implored the king

“No, you’ve had your chance”

“Now you can forget about this, the black corps will take care of it”

the king fiercely proclaimed without a care for the man’s plea

“Now you can leave”

The man was then shown the way out of the king’s throne room , he was left in distraught having lost one of his only chances to gain some trust from the king.

“Call Karr here”

“I am already here your majesty”

A ninja come out of the shadow in the corner of the room and said calmly as he bowed.

“You understand the situation”

“Yes,your majesty”

“I will leave it to you, to sort it out, it doesn't matter the means you use”

The king said.

“Yes, I understand your majesty”

The ninja said with a faint voice as he disappeared into the shadows.

….

Raven was completely surrounded but he was extremely calm, he trusted his abilities and knew handling this many guardsmen wasn’t an impossible task.

“Attack”

A group of ten guardsmen rushed towards Raven with their long spears aiming to pierce Raven.

Raven stood there waiting for the guardsmen attack, then when the guardsmen were almost within almost within range, he rushed towards then with his katana ready to go.

Raven sliced the throat of first guard before him, then he swiftly turned and dodged another guards attacks before piercing his head.

Three more attacked, and Raven easily dodged their attacks, and then cut one of the guards arm off , before kicking the other in the face , and then twisted his body in the air to slash the remaining guard in half.

The other five guards charged all together this time.

Raven rushed towards them and kicked one of the guards in the face first knocking him out, then elbowed another guard in stomach causing him to vomit and lose conscience.

Then he quickly slashed the other three guards carotid arteries with great accuracy, blood was sprayed everywhere, Raven was showered in blood.

The narrow street was actually an advantage to Raven , due to it being so small the guards could only attack in small groups.

The other twenty or so guards that waited their turn to attack , watched the bloodbath their faces

filled with terror.

“Stand back”

“I will handle him”

A man with long red hair and with full set of silver armor, holding a black halberd.

“Sir Novus are you sure”

One of the guards said while trembling

“Are questioning my abilities, do you think i can’t deal with a single rebel?”

The man called Novus glanced at Raven then charged towards him , Raven from seeing this man aura and confidence, knew he was in different level compared to the lowly guardsmen.

Clink

Raven blocked the harberd’s attack with his katana , and using his abnormal strength he pushed Novus back.

Raven then took this chance to attack.

Swiftly he aimed a slash to the neck, however Novus with great difficulty managed to block it.

Seeing his attack had failed , Raven jumped back.

The man didn’t waste a moment and rushed in to attack Raven preparing a big swing.

Raven easily kicked the halberd away from Novus’s hands, then fiercely kneed him in the face.

He had been waiting for a careless attack.

After seeing the strongest guardsman defeated the others lost any will to fight.

“Decide,run and I won’t kill you”

“Try to fight and you will die”

All the guardsmen around the place took the former choice and quickly dropped their spears and ran away at full speed.

“Good choice”

Raven then turned back and swiftly made his retreat , he was confident that he could easily make his escape now.

With great speed, Raven rushed along the streets and eventually was nearing the exit of the city but then he suddenly sensed danger and jumped back instinctively.

A few shuriken were thrown towards where Raven was headed.

Oh, you actually managed to dodge my attack, you must be pretty good

Raven glanced at the direction the voice was coming from , there was person covered in a black robe , and with two ninja sword in his hands standing on top of a tree branch.

Another troublesome person has appeared

Raven sighed, he was hungry and didn’t want to waste any more time.

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Sorry about the delay was too fixed on reading a novel

Chapter 21 is coming wednesday or tomorrow

When I started writing . 2-3 months ago.

I was reluctant about posting in the internet but i am glad i did.

i am getting some good feedback especially from bookboy

I will slowly rewrite the first few chapter , cause i feel they are a bit messy

About the short chapters, normally i end a chapter at a point i like , even if the chapter is a little short

but i will try to increase the length of the chapters a little.