THE SKY SWORDSMAN
Ch 42 - Attack of the Five Golden Shield
Sin Toru looked at the people who were on his side, seen by him the dwarves who were usually the shields of the edge of the Forbidden Forest are now drooping due to the influence of the sound of flutes that are echoing in the air.
The hidden people who were also present in that place did not escape the influence of the sound waves of the Devil Flute. They were even more affected than the dwarves, it happened because the Hidden People had sharper hearing than ordinary humans in general.
‘For the first time the Forbidden Forest visited so many enemies.’ Sin Toru let out a long sigh, ‘It seems like a big battle will soon be happening in this forest.’
Five people who had a higher posture and were larger than ordinary humans in general approached Sin Toru.
“Chairman Sin, according to our monitoring, there are hundreds of enemies that are moving in this direction. They're a half-mile from here. What steps should we take?” ask one of the members of the Hidden Tribe who was assigned to do the monitoring.
“As usual, assign the dwarves to make an illusion trap! But remember, do not involve those who do not have high abilities, because the enemy that will attack this time is the warriors who have high enough magic. I'm not sure I can handle them, so you guys have to be careful!” Sin Toru then turned his face towards Ryusa.
“Chairman Ryu,” shouted Sin Toru.
“Iya, Chairman!” answer Ryusa.
“Search for the origin of this flute sound…! You must take him down immediately! Otherwise, we won't have a chance to win.
“Good, Chairman.” Ryusa then disappears from Sin Toru's sight.
‘Where is the child…? Why hasn't she appeared yet..?’ Sin Toru cast his gaze in various directions.
Not long after, Kibuki and Nara arrived and immediately faced.
“Sorry for my delay, Chairman,” Nara said as she bowed.
“Where's Firon, why doesn't he come with you?”
“A... Anu.. Chairman.” Nara was confused as to how to explain about what had befallen Firon.
“What's with him?”
“Di.. He passed out, Chairman.”
“What happened, why did he pass out?”
“She eats purple peaches, Chair.”
‘This child.’ Sin Toru was very disappointed with what happened to Firon. Though he really hopes Firon can help him get rid of the enemy that will soon arrive. In addition, he also thought that this would be the right momentum for Firon to practice controlling his inner strength and divine energy.
“Alright, now you lead the Hidden against the enemy!” Sin Toru then turned his gaze towards Kibuki, “And you, Kibuki. Lead the dwarves…! I and Elder Sazaki will face an enemy who has high magic.” Sin Toru directed his gaze towards Sazaki who had been waiting for orders since.
Meanwhile, about a hundred meters away from the edge of the forest, over a hundred horsemen suddenly stopped the steps of his horse.
Each group was led by two people, except for a group in black uniforms led by only one person.
"Chairman Goemon," Kendo said with a mocking smile, "Since the Five Golden Shield alliance was formed ten years ago, you've always been alone in leading your team, shouldn't you look for a replacement for Elder Zen Kai?"
Goemon did not respond to Kendo's question, he tried to refrain from getting into trouble with the Elders of the Fujiwara Clan.
"Maha..." Senjiro couldn't help but be uproarious, "You're right, Elder Kendo. It might be good if Elder Zen Kai became a flute player in the Thousand Flowers Valley alone! we're willing to pay him a high salary." Senjiro continued his laughter.
Since the formation of the Five Golden Shield, Senjiro has never gotten along with Goemon and Zen Kai. He had had personal problems with the two elders from the Wind Gorge Sect in the past. hence, he was very happy if anyone bullied the two elders.
“Chairman Otai.. Do you not feel this is too much?" watanabe asked the Fujiwara Clan elder and the leader of the Five Golden Shield alliance.
"What do you mean, Watanabe?!" otai lantang.
"Why Emperor Itamo reassembled the Five Golden Shield, when we were only chasing a snot boy,” Watanabe said annoyed.
" Watanabe, I know you don't like to leave the Iron Mountain Sect if it's not for something very important. But do you know, if the Purity Light Sect knew of the existence of that son of the late Emperor Nogugato, they would definitely be on the side of the Noguchi Clan and would definitely attempt to overthrow Emperor Itamo," otai.
The elder of the Iron Mountain Sect finally understood what Emperor Itamo's goal was to reshape the Five Golden Shield.
The fellowship named Five Golden Shield and initiated by the Fujiwara Clan was made up of the Fujiwara Clan and four black-flow sects, namely the Wind Golok Sect, the Iron Mountain Sect, The Black Pearl Sect and the Thousand Flowers Valley Sect.
Not far from where the horsemen had stopped their horses, Sin Toru and Sazaki were focusing on studying the situation and observing the strength of their opponent. They were both perched on the highest treetop at the edge of the forest.
Sazaki looked towards Sin Toru, "Chairman of Sin, when viewed from the aura of inner energy emanating in their bodies, there are at least six of these people who have the degree of Earth Swordsman and three early Moon Swordsman."
The degrees of the swordsman are divided into five degrees, the first degree is the Public Degrees, the second is the Earth Degrees, the third the Moon Degrees, the fourth the Heaven Degrees and the fifth is the Heaven Degrees.
Each Degree also has a level, namely the Early Stage, Core Stage and Peak Stage. That is, each degree must pass through three stages to rise to the next degree.
" Elder Sazaki, haven't you reached the Moon's Degrees?" ask Sin Toru. His gaze was still fixed on a group of horsemen who were still not moving across there.
"No, Chief. I'm still Earth's Peak Stage Degree" Sazaki replied.
"Then let me face the three Swordsmen of the Moon! You're facing those six Earth Swordsmen! I'll ask Nara and Kibuki to help you... Hopefully elder Ryu can quickly knock out the flute blower. Otherwise, all of us wouldn't be able to fight back at full strength." Sin Toru then glanced at the shamans and Hidden People who were already dying from the sound wave power of the Devil Flute.
"Elder, look!" Sazaki's words contained a tone of shock.
Sin Toru frowned. He half-believed what he saw from the top of the tree.How not, Nara was pouring water into the ears of everyone who was dying. even the unaffected person asked to pour water on his ears.