Year:X778 January , 16
Takeshi Haruka POV:
Location: SouthofTradeheavenVillage 7 kilometers away-
I then pulled out Shinjitsu no Muchi (Whipof Truth) whip from my Shadowstorage.
"Now then you both are going to tell me everything you two know about that bitch.
Who was with you guys on the raid and everyone you know behind the raids of the other orphanages in other villages."
I said everythingwithabsolutemalice in my tone.
"Like we will ever tell you!"
Bandit (17) shouts at the top of his lungs despite how scared he is.
Bandit (18):"Yeah… we will never tell!"
"Looks like we be doing it the hardway."
I then walked up to bandit (17) I then used spell Kagami-no-Satori (Mirror of Discernment) with the tool of Shinjitsu no Muchi (Whipof Truth).
(name of spell: Kagami-no-SatoriMirror of Discernment.)
(Name of tool: Shinjitsu no Muchi (Whipof Truth.)
(Type of magic: Jingi (Divine Tool Magic), Soul Binding, and Onmyōdō Constraint.)
The Judgment Mechanism:
Binding: When the whip makes contact, the wielder inwardly invokes the judgment of the Underworld.
The Lie: If the target attempts to speak a falsehood, the Kagami-no-Satorienchantment immediately triggers a resonance between the spoken word and the pure light of the soul.
Infliction:
PhysicalPain (The Lash of Enma) MentalPain (The Mirror's Glare)
Duration: The enchantment is permanent on the whip. The binding effect lasts until the target speaks the full truth or the wielder ceases the casting/unwinds the whip.
(Castingcooldown: For Enchantment: 7 days of continuous meditation and channeling, culminating under the light of a new moon.)
I wrapped Shinjitsu no Muchi (Whipof Truth). Around bandit (17) then asked a question.
"Who was the women that was with you in the raid?"
Bandit(17): " I don't probably your m…"
Bandit (17) "AHhhAhhh! It Hurts! It Hurts!"
"If you want the pain to stop, you need to start telling the truth and only the truth."
I said more like giving an order.
Bandit(17): "O..Okay just make it stop."
"Who was the Woman that was with you?"
I asked again.
Bandit(17):"She is a (S) rank wanted criminal who has many connections throughout Isvan she mainly works at the Eastern region near Fiore. Her name NaoHoshino, however many people call her the ScarletViper."
"She has a powerful poison red mist magical power,rumors has it she also uses a weapon made of Nagas scales."
Bandit (17) finally finish talking.
I then asked.
"So what do you know about the orphanage raids?"
"I don't really know anything, but he does!"
Bandit (17) said pointing with a head nod going up to bandit (18).
"That means I no longerhaveanyuseofyou."
I said as pick up a sword on the ground and stabbed bandit(17) in the heart.
•stab
I then moved towards the terrified bandit (18) then used Shinjitsu no Muchi (Whipof Truth),on him while casting Kagami-no-Satori (Mirror of Discernment.)
"Nowtellme what you know about the orphanageraids."
I command him to speak.
Bandit(18):" O..Ok here's all I know."
"There was 7 other bandits similar to her, however only 6 of them were (A) rank wanted bandit. There was two (S) rank bandits, her being the strongest of them all so with their strength we raided all of Isvan orphanage from all regions."
"Where could I find them?"
I asked him.
"I only know 5 of them, (1.) goes by the name of KazukiHayashiOni, has an aggressive personality of a Oni.
(2.) goes by the name of HarutoTanakaRougeSamurai, is a swordsman with a temper tantrum.
(3.) goes by the name of RaidenTsukinoKuro, although he may look like a nice guy he is sinister demon.
Those three are all males with aggressive tendencies.
(4.) goes by the name of AyameSatoSwift, she is named Swift because of how fast she is and how slow she ends her victims.
(5.) goes by the name of HikariKuroiAka, the name Aka is because of her short red hair, and clothing in red of the bloods of her victims, rumor has it she's a vampire.
Those two are sadistic woman's who like to play with their food."
" I don't know anything about the other two , they are in the dark to me, the other guy you killed, knew them though."
Bandit(18) finally finished talking , but the last sentence give me some insight on a weakness Shinjitsu no Muchi (Whipof Truth) and Kagami-no-Satori (Mirror of Discernment.)
The weakness is halftruth. So no wonder why incantationmagic could counter sealingmagic. Although his mana/magical powers were sealed off , the essence of Ethernano cannot be fully shut down.
Bandit(17) must have not known about the raids of the other villages or so that means bandit (18) knows more than they left off.
"What else do you know?"
I asked bandit (18) just before I decided to end him.
"Who are the benefactors?"
Bandit (18):
"I Don't kno.."
"Ahhaaha!"
"Make it stop!"
Bandit (18) begged.
"Tell me the truth!"
I howled at him.
Bandit(18): "Okay…Okay it was some rich shade guy who I met 4 years back, I don't know his name except for he's stacked with money, might be some noble men, however I don't think so, but I do know the company he operates it's a human trafficking organization, somewhere in the Southern region of Isvan. That's all I know!"
"Good your purpose is done with."
I said right before I stabbed him in the chest piercing right through his heart.
•stab
•pierce
This MarksALongChase .
Now then that makes job requests-
1.) reports of bandits(rumors of 15)South from here about 6 kilometers out in a forest .(Rank B)(Complete)
2.) reports of bandits West from here about 10 kilometers near mountain terrain.(Rank C+)(Ongoing)
3.) reports of confirm bandits (25) spotted East 8 kilometers away from here in a base camp.(Rank B+)(Ongoing.)
Now then I should break the (1/3)Lacrima that the gulid manger gave me to destroy to signal the bandit hunting squad.
5 minutes later-
I piled up all of the bodies near each other on the floor and collected over 150,000 jewels, I placed the bags of jewels and jewelry on a neat table.
•clip-clop
•clip-clop
I could here the sound of horses (carriages) arriving near me as I finish organizing.
"Where are th.."
A bounty hunter associate walks up to me and ask for the bodies, however they stopped speaking as they saw where they where at.
"All 18 bodies there, sir."
I said pointing at the somewhat neatly pile to the bounty hunter associate.
The bounty hunter associate didn't speak just nod in response and proceed to make a quick scan with a Lacrima device.
"All 18 have (C) rank bounties, here's your ticket give this to the bounty hunter Association and their your reward will be earned."
The bounty hunter associate said, I nod in response.
I then picked up a sword with (C) quality then pulled my compass and looked facing South, since I'm closer to job requests (3.) in terms of range, just need to head directly towards East. Since I'm facing south my Left side is East, but the harder quest is( 3.).
Man guessing job requests (2.) is next in line then, look towards the direction of West.
Job requests-
2.) reports of bandits West from here about 10 kilometers near mountain terrain.(Rank C+)(Ongoing)
•dash
•swish
•dash
I arrived at mountain where the bandits where located. I sensed 10 individuals near a small cave that could contain 15 people.
I then pulled out my (C) rank sword from my ShadowStorage, I then channeled mana into speed and agility, to move swiftly towards bandits (1,2,3,4) who two of them where guarding the entrance bandits (1,2).
(ShadowStorage:The power to seal items into your shadow.)
•swift
I strike with pure precision at bandit (1) to the chest as they fallen to the ground.
•swing
•thud
I then attack bandit (2) in the throat slicing with 88% percent accuracy.
•slice
•gush
I then moved towards bandits (3,4) who didn't get time to call for reinforcements, bandit (3) charges at me with a long battle axe swinging it vertically.
•swing
I stepped to the side of the swing and placed my foot on the back end of the axe stopping it in place.
•click
I then pierced them in the chest with the sword.
•pierce
"Ahhh.."
As my sword was piercing through the chest of bandit(3), bandit(4) then comes at me with mana physical enhancements, with a spear in their hands.
I then move the nearly dead bandit (3) , I used bandit (3) as a human shield.
•stab
I then let go of the sword, then with my fist I delivered a sucker punch to bandits(4) face.
•pow
"Ahh."
Bandit (4) yelled in pain, but I wasn't finish. I then delivered a kick straight at their rib cage.
•thump
I made a strong connection to his rib cage, as they fall and take a knee.
•thud
I then sprinted at bandit (4) delivering a high knee strike at the nose and the face.
•crack
I made the connection by breaking the nose in the process, they fall on their back.
I then went over and pulled out the sword that was stabbed into bandit(3) , I walked back towards bandit(4) who is laying on the floor clutching their broken nose, I then reversed grip the sword then strike down on the chest of bandit (4).
•stab
I then pulled out the sword, blood gushing out on the ground, then stench of blood and pools of blood can be seen.
•gush
4 down 6 more left to go.
I then continued into the cave and was met with all 6 of the bandits playing cards. They hadn't noticed me yet, so I hid with ShadowsStealth.
(Shadowstealth:The power to hide within the shadows.)
Bandit(5 male):"man that woman we a saw at the Stonecrestvillage is one meaning looking lady."
Bandit(6 female):" uhh, shut it fart ball!"
Bandit (7 male):"can you guys focus on the game!"
Bandit(8 male):" Hit me! Hit me!"
Bandit(9 female):" Ugh so Annoying!"
Bandit(10 male):"don't you guys think it's quiet out at the front?"
Bandit(5): "nah man your just a wussy!"
Bandit (8): "hahahah!"
Bandit(6):"you guys are annoying!"
Bandit(7):"now that you mention, it's quiet."
Bandit(9): "someone should go check it out."
Bandit(5):"since you asked why dont you go."
Bandit(9):"ugh.. fine."
Bandit (9) slipped past me without noticing my presence, I then got out of the shadows, I grabbed her mouth to prevent her from speaking, I then snapped her neck.
•snap
I gently placed her down, to make no noise.
I then made my presence known, however I casted Light magic, LightBombGeneration: I created two light bomb I tossed one near bandits (7,8) I then threw another one at (5,10)
(LightBombGeneration: Create bombs/explosions of light.)
•boom
•boom
That didn't kill them only injured them since my light magic was weak due to lack of light.
Then bandit (6) casted Earth magic by sending earth spikes, I casted Lighting magic,LightningWaveEmission : to destroy all the earth magic.
(Electric/LightningWaveEmission: Send out a wave of electricity that repels everything.)
I then rushed at bandit (6) who looked shocked from her assault being crushed in front of her eyes.
I was about to strike her down when bandit(10) got up from his injuries and rushed me with mana being channeled into speed and strength as his two daggers tried to strike me.
I then kicked a chair into his direction slowly down his momentum and used that distraction to get into his blindspot, I then sliced his neck with 100% accuracy.
•slice
I decapitated his head clean off, his daggers jump in the air, I quickly catch one and immediately throw it at bandit (7) straight to his head. I grabbed the last dagger and throw it towards bandit (5) while casting ElectricBulletProjection: shooting out 4 bullet projection, including the dagger straight at the chest.
(Electric/LightningBullet Projection: Fire in short sequence over a wide area.)
•pierce
Bandit(7) is dead.
•stab
Bandit (5) is near death.
"Ahhha!"
I then returned my focus back to bandit (6) who then tried casted a earth magic spell, however before she could pull it of I stab her into the chest.
•pierce
The attack connected.
"Ahha!
Blood poured from her mouth, she slowly descended down to the ground as her life was being drained.
I then moved my focus to bandit (8) who had his arm blown off, they barely survived the light magic attack from earlier they were on the ground breathing softly.
I walked up to him in the process of walking I then pick up a short knife that was on the ground. I then strike him down in the heart.
•stab
I left the knife in, I walked up to bandit (5) who tried crawling away.
Bandit(5): "I..N..Need to get A..Away from H..Here!"
"I N..Need to F.. Flee!"
I slowly approached him, I was then right behind him, still crawling away not even noticing my presence.
Finally he noticed me and says.
"W. Wait! Wait! I…I Could get you Mo…"
He didn't get finish his words as I produced to stomp on his ugly face.
•stomp
•stomp
•stomp
•crack
There all ten bandits have been wiped out, now to grab the Lacrima signal flare, I grabbed it out of my ShadowStorage.
(Shadow Storage:The power to seal items into your shadow.)
I then grabbed the Lacrima signal flare then crushed it.
•crush
5 minutes later-
I finally finished piling up the ten bodies next to each other, then grabbed all the jewels (63,521) and jewelry then placed them on two neat chairs.
Bounty hunter associate arrived, they did a quick scan.
"You caught six (C+) bandits and four (B) bandits. Here's your ticket to cash in the price."
They handed me a ticket, that I stored in my shadow.
I then walked out the cave since the cave entrance was facing West I'll need to go straight ahead at least six or more kilometers.
Now then that makes job requests-
1.) reports of bandits(rumors of 15)South from here about 6 kilometers out in a forest .(Rank B)(Complete)
2.) reports of bandits West from here about 10 kilometers near mountain terrain.(Rank C+)(Complete)
3.) reports of confirm bandits (25) spotted East 8 kilometers away from here in a base camp.(Rank B+)(Ongoing.)
Next up job request quest number-
3.) reports of confirm bandits (25) spotted East 8 kilometers away from here in a base camp.(Rank B+)(Ongoing.)
Chapter ends-
(lol I lied, however do not be somewhat shock if I don't end up posting or just quietly go on hiatus, will try to be active for now.)
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