The group eventually came upon more enemies, stronger than the normal variety. One of them looked like a bull, larger and taller than the rest, armed with a club, while the others were two snake-like officers and a couple of regular troops.

The bull shouted, "I'll crush you and send your soul to the netherworld!"

Lu Lingqi struck, throwing her spear at the bull's head before charging in unarmed, shouting a war cry.

No words were needed. Now was the time to fight, and everyone was ready.

Nobunaga held his blade, the Demon Slayer, on his right hand, while he used his left hand to cast a dark barrier around himself and strengthen his sword with darkness. Afterwards, he joined the fray, mercilessly slashing left and right at the enemies before him.

"It is useless to resist me," he said.

Ranmaru charged his nodachi with energy, before slashing from left to right, sending a large crescent-shaped wave through the enemy ranks. He then dashed quickly, slashing at the nearest Orochi soldier, before engaging in combat with the rest.

The three other officers joined the battle as well, contributing their sword, spear and naginata to the fight.

 
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"I'll crush you and sent you to the otherworld!" The large bull like demon yell at Akuseru raising his club at the young boy; Akuseru pull out his Kusanagi and got ready to strike, right when a javelin was thrown toward three soldiers.

He heard a battle cry as a young lady attack the unit with her bare hand, followed soon with human soldier attacking the demons. He just blink for a while before shrugging and roll to his right to dodge the club aimed at him.

"Really, this Tuesday right?" Akuseru ask himself before sliding under the demon and climb onto its back before driving his blade at the back of his neck.
 
Tsk.

Lingqi needed to work on her aim and control it seemed. To miss the Bull's head, and at such a short distance even, why, it was simply disgraceful! The House of Lu were the best warriors in the land and such a subpar result had to be compensated for!

With renewed vigor, the Daughter of Lu Bu punched the throat of the first enemy soldier she saw and proceeded to steal his spear. Once again armed, Lingqi began her assualt on the enemy, clearly proving the superiority of her skill as her foot work guided her movement.

Dodge, strike, faint, block, parry, and strike again. These were all done again and again until no enemy was within reach of her spear. Scanning the area, she decided it was time to practice her aim.

Spear once again thrown at the Bull's head, Lingqi didn't notice Akuseru since she was in front of the monster, and thus its bulk prevented her from seeing the man stuck on its back.
 
The bull drop his club as it tried to get Akuseru off his back, who's blade is jammed on the back of its neck.

"Oh come on!" He yelled as he trying to pull the blade out, right before noticing the same young lady preparing to throw the javelin at the bull. Seeing this, he let go of the handle and flip backwards, landing right behind the bull demon before roll away from the spear wielding demon; then sweep kick the demon's leg before grabbing the spear and stab it at its chest.
 
She was torn from her thoughts when she spotted a unusually large gathering of snake-men and one of those Bull-men.

Finally, combat.

Feet planted on the ground, and spear hefted like a javelin, Lingqi threw the spear-turned-missile at the Bull's head. The projectile tore through the air like a demon out of hell, leaving a trail of smoke in its wake as it displaced air in the process.

With a shout of defiance and the strenght her family was famed for, Lingqi charged into the mass of soldiers, fully intending to beat the creatures up with her fists alone and uncaring for the fact that she was unarmed.

The group eventually came upon more enemies, stronger than the normal variety. One of them looked like a bull, larger and taller than the rest, armed with a club, while the others were two snake-like officers and a couple of regular troops.

The bull shouted, "I'll crush you and send your soul to the netherworld!"

Lu Lingqi struck, throwing her spear at the bull's head before charging in unarmed, shouting a war cry.

No words were needed. Now was the time to fight, and everyone was ready.

Nobunaga held his blade, the Demon Slayer, on his right hand, while he used his left hand to cast a dark barrier around himself and strengthen his sword with darkness. Afterwards, he joined the fray, mercilessly slashing left and right at the enemies before him.

"It is useless to resist me," he said.

Ranmaru charged his nodachi with energy, before slashing from left to right, sending a large crescent-shaped wave through the enemy ranks. He then dashed quickly, slashing at the nearest Orochi soldier, before engaging in combat with the rest.

The three other officers joined the battle as well, contributing their sword, spear and naginata to the fight.

Twirling his now lighting-charged tonfa, Chris lowered his body-posture before smashing the two ends of White Fang together, creating a small explosive sound rippling through air, like a declaration of him joining battle. Or it was just a bad habit and him trying to act cool like some sort of action movies's heroes.

"Let's see if you can entertain me better, shall we?" He smiled before the incoming onslaught of demon. It was a smile of an innocent maiden and yet a smile of a confident warrior before the ranks of the enemy.



With that, Chris kicked the ground and dashed forward. A spear-wielding demon ran toward him and stabbed the spear into the his forehead. The moment the spear about to pierce the skin, Chris disappeared from the demon's vision and before reappeared right at his side, and delivered a vicious left hook into his head with the left Fang. Shakuchi-Reduced Earth, or perhaps more commonly known as flash step, rather than some mystical power to teleport, it was more of a martial art technique. Using a combination of speeding up his movement in short burst with mana, and purposely aiming for blind spot, it was an effective skill for close range combat, allowed the user to step into the striking range of his enemy and deliver the blow.

"Too slow."

With that whispered comment, he plunged forward toward the enemy's rank, jumped onto an enemy shoulder before twisted his body. The lightning-covered tonfa shrieked through the air as Chris used his mana to continue his spin, turning into a human tornado, smashing through the demon's ranks with ease.

Standing up from the smoking corpses of his enemies, Chris looked at the woman leading the attack. It looked like she had already finished a whole group and now engaged with the large bull demon. As he musing continued, a pair demon ran toward him and slashed him from two side. Of course, that didn't escape his vision, lowered his body to evade the blows, he moved to forward and performed a roundhouse kick into the left demon's head, sent him crashing into the fellow soldier. Without any delay, he pulled the trigger on the White Fangs. The explosive sound like a lighting strike reverberated through the corridor as the bolts of lightning ripping through the air and blowing a hole through both of the demon's chest.

At that moment, he caught sight of human behind the enemy's rank, just behind the Bull Demon. Black hair, Asian, likely late teens, probably younger than Chris himself a bit, noticeably wearing a modern white jacket. Perhaps someone from the same era as him being spirited here?

With that question, he ran toward the bull demon along side Lingqi.

"Miss Lu, please be careful. There's someone behind that thing!"

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One of Orochi's officers, armed with a spear, tried to strike at Nobunaga, only for the attack to bounce off his barrier. The Demon King responded by slashing downwards, then upwards, launching the snake into the air, before jumping and rapidly swiping at him in mid-air, ending with a downward smash, sending him down into the ground. Nobunaga then plunged his sword into the officer's heart as he landed, killing his opponent for sure.

"It's just that simple," he said.

Seeing no more nearby enemies, he turned to his officers. Ranmaru and the three others had already killed their share of demons.

Letting his barrier and sword enhancement wear off, he then turned to where the bull was, but it turned out that Lu Lingqi, Chris (an unusual name, that), and an unknown warrior were already handling him. There was no need to intervene.
 
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Chris' warning reached Lingqi's ears as the entire enemy division was wiped out and her javelin found its mark. Now, only the Bull Demon remained and its chances of surviving this encounter were looking pretty grim at the moment.

It was only natural.

With a simple stomp, the sword of a fallen warrior jumped into the air and was then caught in Lingqi's waiting hand. Sword dug straight through the earth and eyes fixed on the Bull Demon, Lingqi wordlessly charged straight for the creature. With every step she took, dirt was thrown into the air as her blade dragged behind her and tore a thin line that steadily grew larger and larger as furious black screamed forth from the blade along with cackling red.

Lingqi closed in on her prey, legs ready to dodge whichever way she needed as she yelled in fury and emulated one of her father's tricks. With an upward slash, a streak of energy taller than the Bull Demon and wider than a man accompanied the steel of her blade as she sought to end this fight with a single, decisive blow.
 
Nobunaga watched as the bull demon was cut in half, from the bottom going upward. It didn't stand a chance against a powerful slash like that.
 
Chris' warning reached Lingqi's ears as the entire enemy division was wiped out and her javelin found its mark. Now, only the Bull Demon remained and its chances of surviving this encounter were looking pretty grim at the moment.

It was only natural.

With a simple stomp, the sword of a fallen warrior jumped into the air and was then caught in Lingqi's waiting hand. Sword dug straight through the earth and eyes fixed on the Bull Demon, Lingqi wordlessly charged straight for the creature. With every step she took, dirt was thrown into the air as her blade dragged behind her and tore a thin line that steadily grew larger and larger as furious black screamed forth from the blade along with cackling red.

Lingqi closed in on her prey, legs ready to dodge whichever way she needed as she yelled in fury and emulated one of her father's tricks. With an upward slash, a streak of energy taller than the Bull Demon and wider than a man accompanied the steel of her blade as she sought to end this fight with a single, decisive blow.

In a single sword stroke, the young woman had managed to bring down the bull demon. Well, Chris couldn't say that he wasn't impressed. Despite her rather unrefined fighting style, it was still effective. In the end, the things matter the most on the battlefield are never about style or elegance of your fighting skills, anyway.

Quickly finishing off the few left-over demons near him, Chris rapidly dodged and attacked them back. Once confirming the hallway are completely clear of the enemies, he approached Lingqi and the young man near her, who was standing near the corpse of the bull demon.

"Thanks for your hard work, Miss Lu. Now then, care to explain who you are, young lad?"

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In a single sword stroke, the young woman had managed to bring down the bull demon. Well, Chris couldn't say that he wasn't impressed. Despite her rather unrefined fighting style, it was still effective. In the end, the things matter the most on the battlefield are never about style or elegance of your fighting skills, anyway.

Quickly finishing off the few left-over demons near him, Chris rapidly dodged and attacked them back. Once confirming the hallway are completely clear of the enemies, he approached Lingqi and the young man near her, who was standing near the corpse of the bull demon.

"Thanks for your hard work, Miss Lu. Now then, care to explain who you are, young lad?"

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"Huh?" Akuseru scratch the back back of his head as he eye at two lady, well he think one of them might be a female; although he spot samurai, he doesn't recognize them. He shrug as he answer the girl.

"Burugosu Akuseru the name, from the modern era um... miss?"
 
The large carcass fell in twain, blood spraying everywhere as Lingqi examined the now ruined blade in her hand. The sound of pig iron breaking bone and tearing flesh replayed inside her head, and the young warrior couldn't help but ever so slightly quirk her lips upwards. The small smile quickly disappeared as she let her sword clatter to the ground and turned to face her companions.

Expression and tone flat, Lingqi gave Chris a nod in acknowledgement before turning to Nobunaga. "The Castle's entire garrison has now assuredly been alerted of our presence, and I have no doubt we'll soon be surrounded and captured if we don't move." She stated the obvious, internally worried that she wouldn't be able to recover her weapon and armor like she had originally planned, but those came second to survival.
 
"The Castle's entire garrison has now assuredly been alerted of our presence, and I have no doubt we'll soon be surrounded and captured if we don't move."

"Either we head for the armory first, and collect whatever you need, or we escape immediately. Which do you prefer?"
 
"Either we head for the armory first, and collect whatever you need, or we escape immediately. Which do you prefer?"
Regaining her lost arms and armor was tempting, extremely so. Not only were they extremely powerful tools of war that would and had undoubtedly served her well, they were also given to her by Lu Bu himself and that alone made it more valuable than all the riches in the world combined.

Still, losing those in the first place was her fault, thus; she had lost the right to carry them into battle. If Lingqi were to ever recover her property, she would do it by laying siege to Ueda Castle and conquering it honorably and fairly. "We do not have much time. Let us depart." Expression clearly strained by the thought of retreat, Lingqi told herself that this was necessary and that one day, she would return to this place not as a prisoner, but as a conqueror.
 
The large carcass fell in twain, blood spraying everywhere as Lingqi examined the now ruined blade in her hand. The sound of pig iron breaking bone and tearing flesh replayed inside her head, and the young warrior couldn't help but ever so slightly quirk her lips upwards. The small smile quickly disappeared as she let her sword clatter to the ground and turned to face her companions.

Expression and tone flat, Lingqi gave Chris a nod in acknowledgement before turning to Nobunaga. "The Castle's entire garrison has now assuredly been alerted of our presence, and I have no doubt we'll soon be surrounded and captured if we don't move." She stated the obvious, internally worried that she wouldn't be able to recover her weapon and armor like she had originally planned, but those came second to survival.

"Huh?" Akuseru scratch the back back of his head as he eye at two lady, well he think one of them might be a female; although he spot samurai, he doesn't recognize them. He shrug as he answer the girl.

"Burugosu Akuseru the name, from the modern era um... miss?"

"Sorry about that. She's probably not a talkative type. I'm Chris, by the way. Good to meet you, Akuseru."

Chris decided to ignore the "miss" part. A part of his mind wondered if he had forgotten that he had applied make up on his face or not. Well, it will be fun to tease him if this boy didn't know the truth.

With that, he gave out his hand, indicated a handshake with a small, mischievous smile on his face.

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"We do not have much time. Let us depart."

"Roger that. What do you think, Akuseru? Care to join us. Someone with your fighting skills would no doubt be helpful."
 
"Sorry about that. She's probably not a talkative type. I'm Chris, by the way. Good to meet you, Akuseru."

Chris decided to ignore the "miss" part. A part of his mind wondered if he had forgotten that he had applied make up on his face or not. Well, it will be fun to tease him if this boy didn't know the truth.

With that, he gave out his hand, indicated a handshake with a small, mischievous smile on his face.

@BlackThief12



"Roger that. What do you think, Akuseru? Care to join us. Someone with your fighting skills would no doubt be helpful."
Akuseru give Chris a handshake, not knowing that Chris is a boy.

"Why not? Beside, there's a armory right over there." He told him, as he point at the armory that store equipment and armor.
 
Akuseru give Chris a handshake, not knowing that Chris is a boy.

"Why not? Beside, there's a armory right over there." He told him, as he point at the armory that store equipment and armor.
"No." Lingqi quickly spoke, voice stern but expression neutral as she turned her head to look at Chris. "Rummaging through the armory in search for my armor and Cross Pike, and then stripping to change into my armor will take too long." Not only that, but the recovery of her property was something of a personal matter to Lingqi, not that she would say that out on the open of course. "I cannot possibly drag my equipment with me without being slowed down."
 
Akuseru give Chris a handshake, not knowing that Chris is a boy.

"Why not? Beside, there's a armory right over there." He told him, as he point at the armory that store equipment and armor.
"No." Lingqi quickly spoke, voice stern but expression neutral as she turned her head to look at Chris. "Rummaging through the armory in search for my armor and Cross Pike, and then stripping to change into my armor will take too long." Not only that, but the recovery of her property was something of a personal matter to Lingqi, not that she would say that out on the open of course. "I cannot possibly drag my equipment with me without being slowed down."
Infiltration of Ueda: Escape

To head for the armory, or to go directly to the exit? That was the question, and there was limited time.

Considering that more guards would be arriving soon, it would be better to escape while they had the opportunity to do so.

"We have limited time, and more enemies will be arriving soon. Let us escape."

Nobunaga and his officers took the lead, as the group moved quickly, heading towards one of the side exits of the castle.
 
Now that the decision was made in favor of Lingqi, the Daughter of Lu Bu picked up another spear from one of the dead soldiers and motioned for Chris and Akuseru to follow Nobunaga. Lingqi walked at the very end of the group, not out of cowardice but from confidence that there was no better person to guard the flanks than someone with Lu Bu's blood.
 
Akuseru scratch at the back of his head before shrugging and then follow them.

"Although, why is she insisted, when they are neatly placed on the wall, very organize too." He wondered to himself as he follow them, forgetting the fact that it was himself that organize them neatly.
 
Akuseru scratch at the back of his head before shrugging and then follow them.

"Although, why is she insisted, when they are neatly placed on the wall, very organize too." He wondered to himself as he follow them, forgetting the fact that it was himself that organize them neatly.

"Well, even in modern times, it is quite difficult to put on a bullet or art proof vest alone without any training. If I remember correctly, in ancient times, warriors would need attendants to help them fully armored."

Chris said, rising his index finger like some kind of teachers explaining the lesson to his students.
 
"Well, even in modern times, it is quite difficult to put on a bullet or art proof vest alone without any training. If I remember correctly, in ancient times, warriors would need attendants to help them fully armored."

Chris said, rising his index finger like some kind of teachers explaining the lesson to his students.
The young mercenary sight as he scratch at the back of his head.

"Okay... Does that mean I can't take over this castle?" He ask everyone while he following them, wondering whenever or not he could take out every guard in this castle while freeing more prisoner for some riot.
 
"With our current strength and numbers, not yet. Now is not yet the time."

Along the way, the group encountered, and killed, some guards who tried to hinder them. As they neared the metaphorical light at the end of the tunnel, however, there was quite a force there to greet them. 2 bull-like officers, 2 one-eyed ninja-like officers, and their attendant troops faced them and charged.

One of the bulls shouted, "I will enjoy having you for dinner!"

One of the cyclopes shouted, "I'll crush you!"

 
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"With our current strength and numbers, not yet. Now is not yet the time."
Akuseru sight at Nobunaga's response.

"If you say so." He said, keeping following them while looking out for guards.

Along the way, the group encountered, and killed, some guards who tried to hinder them. As they neared the metaphorical light at the end of the tunnel, however, there was quite a force there to greet them. 2 bull-like officers, 2 one-eyed ninja-like officers, and their attendant troops faced them and charged.

One of the bulls shouted, "I will enjoy having you for dinner!"

One of the cyclopes shouted, "I'll crush you!"
Akuseru roll his eye over.

"I get it already!" He yell before going in the front line and lift his arm toward them; "I'll shall... Guide you... From the... Light of Heaven..." Akuseru chant while a bull-demon is preparing to crush him with his club.

"Indignation!" Then with that yell, as if he has called upon the wrath of the gods themselves, a large lighting made out of holy struck through the soldiers from the large magic circle, killing most of the unit and frying one bull demon with it.

"Hmm... I wonder what those bull demon taste like?" Akuseru ask to himself while sidestepped a strike from a soldier, before delivering a kick to the demon's face.
 
Ranmaru sent a charged sword blast through the enemy ranks, slaying many enemy troops, before engaging one of the cyclopes. The ninja was fast, but he was able to keep up using his strength, skill and reach.

The other three officers, meanwhile, teamed up to hold off the remaining troops and fight the other cyclops demon, offsetting his speed with their numbers and teamwork.

As for Nobunaga, he charged his sword and cast his barrier, before stepping forward and meeting the remaining bull demon in combat, keeping his strong opponent at bay with rapid blade-work, evasion, and his defensive barrier.

"Worthless demon," he said.
 
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Charging his lightning, Chris dashed forward, weaved through ranks of demon, delivering precise strikes into their vitals. Soon, he already stood before the cyclop demon. Using Shakuchi, he evaded his attack before already moving into his blind spot, just below his arm. Filling his mana into White Fang, he swung the weapon upward, mirroring a knockout punch of a boxer, into his opponent's jaw. The impact filled with lighting sending the demon flying backward and paralyzed him at the same time. Not missing a beat, he followed it, jumped up and gave the demon a descending kick, sending it back to the ground with a loud *THUMP*.

Landing elegantly on the floor, he brandished the dual tonfa, cleaning them of all the left-over bits of demons.

"Say, this is getting a bit boring, don't you think? Did Orochi's officer actually think these things could hold us back? It would be a far more intelligent move to either send out someone's stronger or just let us go already."
 
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