The elders fight a group of blood clan members as they are not only able to get the juniors that are still alive away from the fight, but also in a safe area, and they are also starting to win in fights against the blood clan warriors.
"They're too strong!" One of them shouted.
"I guess they are elders for a reason." A mysterious man says as he walks in from the main gate, kicking away Kio's lifeless body in the process.
"It's elder Krux! Now you guys are really dead!" Another said as the man walked into the fight, he wore a red black eastern-style clothing with a black hood and a mask that covered the lower half of his face, only revealing that he was missing eyes. His aura wasn't immense, but it was unusually thin. Sahad noticed something was wrong and told the other elders that he was probably planning something and that they should be on their guard.
Suddenly, Kruv rushes in, launching multiple attacks, which the elders dodge with little to no problem.
"Seems like you have no issue going against me at this level, so I'll spice things up a little bit!"
Kruv says with an evil smile on his face as he raises his blade high in the air, the blood from the fallen all concentrates around him, forming violent waves of blood, then he swings his swords towards them, sending dozens of blood energy.
[BLOOD SWORD ART: THOUSAND VEIN TEMPEST]!
As the attacks come towards the elders' direction, Hardarak positions himself to block the attack with a move of his own.
[CHERRY BLOSSOM STORM]!
As both attacks connect, an immense explosion leaves a huge gust of wind, but neither of them is harmed. Hardarak tells the other elders that he can handle this on his own and that they should prioritize the safety of the children first, which they understood before dashing away from the main area.
"Hey, Arajai!" He shouts.
"What?" Arajai replies, confused.
"You owe me 3 bottles if I come back alive!"
Arajai smirked with a look that showed his answer to what he just said.
"You're still thinking about alcohol in this situation???" He said as he dashed away to help the others in the fight. Darahak sighs as he turns his attention to Kruv, who is about to attack him with his blade, only for him to block it with his own, making a huge soundwave as both of their swords clash.
"Alright, it's just you and me, Kruv." He says with a serious look on his face
"You will regret sending the only help you had away, wolf boy."
Darahak laughs and replies with a smile on his face, showing him his fangs.
"You seem to be confident in winning, but you don't seem to know that this old wolf's fangs are still as sharp as when he was at his prime."
(at the Flower sword clan's backyard)
The field is covered in blood as both are fighting ruthlessly, and people are getting killed everywhere. Arajai and Rina are both fighting countless members of the blood clan when they notice a dark mage preparing to cast a spell behind a tree.
[SHADOW BULLET]!
The dark mage casts his spell, four magical dark spheres came as fast as sound directly towards the two, but they quickly parried the attack with their sword. The aura left by them makes the dark magician halt; he realizes that they have to get rid of the elders before the kids.
"Kill the elders first! There's too much of a problem!" The dark mage shouted as the blood clan's warriors all started attacking Arajai and Rina; they both killed all of them in a rapid set of motions.
[FLOWER SWORD ARTS: BLOSSOM STRIKE]!
Arajain swung a swift, upward slash that mimics the opening of a flower, killing the enemies on the left.
[FLOWER SWORD ARTS: DAISY CHAIN]!
Rina swung as a combination of quick, successive strikes that link together seamlessly, much like a chain of daisies, killing the enemies on the right.
The elders held the blood clan pretty well until another man and a high-ranked dark mage came, which destroyed their control as the dark mage instantly cursed them with "blocked energy" by pointing his fingers at them.
!?
"What the!? My energy, it's gone!" Arajai said with a panicked look on his face.
"We've been cursed by the dark mage next to the white haired guy; he's probably at a high-ranked level of magic," Rina says with a serious look on her face.
"Wait, that white haired guy, he looks familiar...., white hair, blood red scar on his face....wait...." Arajai said in horror as he realized who the man in front of them was.
"He's the leader of the blood clan, Shura!"
!?
"Shura!?" Rina said in shock, as she had never met him in person before.
"Shura recently became the leader of the blood clan after killing the old one during a duel. Ever since then, according to what I've heard about him while talking to the monks, he's been going around killing people and kidnapping the women so that he could take advantage of them and eat them after!"
!!?
Shura was wearing a dark red suit with a white cloth on top of it, piercing red eyes, and white hair that blew in the wind with a blood red scar on the right half of his face.
The entire clan's territory is burning down as flames erupt around the, and the two were barely holding on as they're all tired from the countless fights they have had.
Huff, huff!
"Kill them," Shura ordered the dark mage as the mage sent multiple spears, made up of dark energy, towards them, which they struggled to dodge as they barely had any energy left. Both of them knew that they would die here, but Rina didn't lose hope for the clan because of what she saw from afar. Clad was running away, holding his sibling as they were crying, but one of the blood clan members saw this and went to run after them.
Unable to watch this happen before her own eyes, Rina stopped him by cutting him down, but it gave enough time for the dark mage to chant his next attack.
"I am satisfied with this outcome,"
Rina says as the dark mage shoots her head off with dark magic, killing her instantly.