Chapter 43: Captured
Upon seeing the grand crimson formation, the troupes halted in the sky as an old man amongst their ranks flew out to examine it.
He flew back quickly and reported their chief commander about his findings.
"Sir, it will be hard to brute force our way through this even with a nascent soul expert plus it's a formation I have never seen before. We should-"
The old man was cut short as a dignified figure flew pass them.
"I will do it" His majestic voice echoed as he levitated near the formation.
"Secret arts: divine gateway" He chanted as spatial energy started floating around his finger tips.
He put 2 of his fingers in a thrusting position"1st form-"
"Why don't we stop for a moment head elder"
A gentle yet grand voice spoke up with unchallenged authority and power from inside a divine gold and silver chariot.
"Patriarch" The head elder stopped his attack and bowed.
"Let's trust our head warden, he won't lose so easily after all. " The gentle voice ordered.
Unbeknownst to everything happening up there. Arthur was having his own conversation here at the same time.
"How do you know that name? " The head warden calmly asked Arthur the same question again.
"You really don't know how to converse...first answer my question" Arthur replied as he shot a chidori spear towards the head warden.
The head warden easily cut it in half using his saber.
"Fine, it was indeed me... But i can't tell the reason behind it unless you answer me first. " The head warden relented.
"So be it" Arthur replied " I am from the escort Lord's escort agency. " He lied trying to probe the head elder further.
Arthur thought that the head elder would remain indifferent but what happen next was the complete opposite, his face changed color and then he visibly started shaking in anger.
"Do you take me for a fool!? " He said in a chilling tone. "Nobody in the escort agency possess your levels of power!!! "
Upon seeing his reaction, Arthur knew that this man was involved in this case.
"Looks like this is it for our talking, I can't trust you no further but it doesn't matter as I will know the truth anyway after I capture you. " Arthur replied.
"Likewise....but before" The head warden said softly and gaze towards Arthur.
"No more illusions"
His golden eyes enveloped the world in a bright golden light as the world started cracking like a glass pane.
....
Inside the flame formation, the prison guards were panicking due to this strange situation.
"Why are both of them staring at each other for such a long time? " One gaurd whispered.
"They are standing still for a while now" His companion added.
"We should attack the enemy now since he can't move! " Another suggested
"Why did the clan's elite troupes stop advancing midair?! " A gaurd shouted in panic and confusion as he pointed his finger towards the sky.
"What? " A guard spoke up
"Sir wardens what is going on? " Another asked
"What is happening"
They voiced their concerns and soon the prison guards were filled with panic and confusion.
"Silence! Act like a soldier. We won't leave our post till sir head warden orders us to. " An experienced and the one closest to the head warden shouted his orders to the panicking troupes.
"Yes sir! " They shouted in unison and the situation was easily controlled showing the authority of this warden.
"Both of them have started moving again! " A warden pointed towards Arthur and the head warden.
*Gulp* he nervously swallowed his saliva as he suddenly started feeling cold.
Arthur and the head warden stared at each other as they readied their stance.
Chilling silence enveloped the area as the very next moment, both of them vanished from their position.
*Boom*
Muffled explosions echoed throughout the castle but their speed was so fast that no one present there except for the elite fews could see what was going on.
The chains and the saber collided, the head warden amazed that his saber attack could be stopped by this puny chains.
"Let me see you stop this! " The head warden poured more energy towards the saber, sparks and lightning arcs flew everywhere as the armament haki infused chains started to be cut in half.
But Suddenly, the saber phase through the chains like it was thin air then the head warden, shocked as he pass through Arthur like a ghost.
Then the intangible chains suddenly become tangible as it bound the head warden right after he pass through Arthur
[AN: Just like during the obito vs minato fight]
"It's over" Arthur whispered as his kamui started sucking the head warden inside his dimension.
The head warden found himself unable to run away as the great suction force restricted his movements but through his quick thinking, he immediately slam his foot to the ground.
* Booom*
The ground exploded as a 100 m deep crater was left in its wake.
Arthur had no choice but to stop his kamui in order to become intangible again to dodge the explosion giving the head warden enough time to escape from his grasp by breaking the chain with his bare hands.
"The enemy is using the mystique arts of the luan valley! Sir! " the warden from before shouted and acknowledging it, the head warden immediately grabbed both of his sabers and Casted a mantra
"Li mystique arts: Sword annihilation"
Arthur jumped up high in the sky to get the high ground.
Just then the sabers exploded with an unreal saber light as even the air was cut apart to it's last molecule.
"This is bad" Arthur thought and subconsciously surrounded himself with a ribcage susano.
Seeing that, the head warden wasted not a single second and swung the sabers sideways towards the sky.....
No sound came out but the world was enveloped in the bright saber light. As the light dimmed and silence followed. It appeared that nothing had happened but then,
A new prison gaurd pointed towards the sky. His face full of disbelief.
The mountain tops of the Lion's gate mountain range were missing!
"1/3 of it is gone..." he spoke absent-mindedly.
No explosion occured...yet the mountain tops were missing....This means only one thing...
The mountain tops were erased out of existence!!!
Matter was erased!!!
That's the true essence of the head warden's saber art.
The red barrier started falling down as the earlier attack had also cut the Uchiha flame formation in half.
"It's over" The head elder flying in the sky complimented " Truly a fearsome saber wielder"
In the ground below, the head warden was sheathing back his saber as the prison guards and wardens celebrated in awe and a new found respect for the head warden.
"That was as beautiful as ever, sir" The warden closest to the head warden complimented softly.
"Is that so? " A hand suddenly grabbed his shoulder and dragged him inside a vortex.
"Robin Hood! " Only the head warden reacted in time and fire a saber light towards Arthur but it was already too late, the Warden was already inside his kamui dimension as Arthur easily phase through the attack.
He quickly weaved hand seals.
"Hiding in ash jutsu"
"You dare! " The gentle voice of the patriarch thundered, the clouds immediately gathered above the prison castle and released a rain of lightning bolts towards Arthur.
But it was again a bit too late as the very moment the first lightning bolt hit the ground, the area was already covered in molten lava ash.
"Noooo! " The head warden's shout shook the city and created avalanches, destroying the neighboring forest and sand dunes but as the molten ash clears, Arthur was nowhere to be found.
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