Chapter 75: Blades from the air
Darick was encircled on all sides by Reaper swordsmen along with a samurai shade who was covered in enchanted serrated armor.
The samurai's katana glowed with an eery purple flame as he approached Darick who was still on his knees in agony after his battle with the werewolf leader.
The other warriors took up a formation around him which made dark magical chains to spread from their blades to wrap around the already weakened Darick to heavily pin him in place.
"Your body will serve us well. These cultivators can handle a dozen of us at best but you may just be able to hold an army or even the full power of a demon lord! Such a waste for a vessel sssso strong to contain only one little soul but we won't let you be lonely in there for soon you will have a plethora of new friends to guide your flesh to our dessssires!" The shade called out with its many voices speaking as one.
The samurai had almost reached him when loud chopping sounds could be heard from the sky above. From the distance a helicopter had arrived to hover above this scene.
The demonic samurai looked up expectantly at first but that soon turned to surprise as the vehict didn't belong to the I-Game-Shiny company at all.
Once he noticed this was an intruder coming the samurai yelled out in a voice that sounded like several screams "We kill those who meddle in our affairs!" before slashing the air with the glowing katana that sends a wave of purple fire towards the chopper.
Yet before it could make it halfway there, it was split in two as a shiningly radiant figure leaps out to fall towards the demonic samurai.
The slayer of darkness Elysia Ray rapidly approaches the shocked shade from a great height wielding his holy masamune blade while the bracelets all over his body sing in glorious chimes.
As they near both release several ranged attacks that clash in mid air causing explosions to erupt throughout the surrounding sky.
From the helicopter a loud shot rings out, Tral is hanging off the side with what looks like a long cannon which tears one of the robed warriors that surrounds Darick to pieces.
Over a megaphone Tral yells out in excitement "If money is the root of all evil then you just met someone way worse then you, so if you don't want me to pew pew up in you, then take your shiny gamie asses and I would suggest running!"
He follows this up with a few more shots which break up their formation completely as the shade exchanges several consecutive blows with Elysia only to find them both fairly evenly matched.
As the battle progresses the shinigami's side is slowly becoming out numbered and the shade seems to be unable to deal a decisive blow to deal with the sacred force that was Elysia Ray.
With an inhuman cry of disparity and wrath the samurai retreats to flee at incredible speed leaving its servants behind as a distraction.
With a few slashes from Elysia's masamune the remaining reaper swordsman are turned into pieces of finely cut meat.
Darick is left in the middle of a bloody circle of carnage now unconscious yet strangely shivering as Tral jumps from the almost landed chopper to rush towards his friend.
"What happened to you man, did they do some weird shinigami sorcery to you?" Tral yells as he grabs Darick but his friend won't respond to anything.
The others arrive shortly afterwards to help. Ko Shakai and Elysia Ray give him a hand moving the bulky Darick into the helicopter with care.
It takes Tral and some of the others to move the axe with a cart as it becomes exceptionally heavy when they touch its handle while it can't be moved at all when Elysia comes in contact as it absorbs his Qi making the weapon far to heavy.
The group proceeds to fly off to a waiting medical facility where the staff immediately regret taking this job as his skin can't be jabbed while his temperature was scolding hot to the point that anyone else would be dead.
It ends up being Tral who makes various alchemic remedies that eventually calm him down for a decent sleep.
Darick remains in this state a long time with many unsure of how his condition will evolve.
While he rests the group convene to have a meeting about what they should do next.
Elysia starts out with a request of Tral "My master wishes to see you as soon as possible. Her temple is not far outside of the city."
His response is little problematic "If she is going to help us save our friend from the tower I will send her a ride to meet us before the siege otherwise it will have to wait till after as my sect leader is being prepared for the ritual possession by shinigami to turn him into a shade like that monster from earlier."
Elysia thought about this for a bit while smoking his pipe before saying "that is quite the issue as my master is far to old to be going anywhere especially combat.. I will help you fight these dark spirits but if it is just the two of us then this rescue mission doesn't hold much chance of success as we will be in their territory forced to climb a tower full of seasoned fighters."
At this point Ko Shakai speaks up to point out "Our organization won't be involved in any battle per say but we can arrange for many of the towers fighters to be at a different location for a tournament as well as tip off the military that the tower is housing many members of the reaper gang who have gained quite the reputation around the world. With the amount of civilians in the tower the military would have to lock it down to search room by room which the shinigami would absolutely fight back against."
The others nod their heads at this plan with Tral adding more "If we enter from above while hiring a mercenary group to cause a distraction in the lower levels first, then send the information to the military with a healthy bribe just before we set out then there should be enough time to get there before the cavalry arrives to lock the place down. Elysia and I can get in to extract Gè Míng then break our way out via jetpack and some elbow grease to reach the ocean with the waiting arms of a get away submarine. We can send Darick to your masters temple to wait for us afterwards if that works out."
With a general plan worked out the group prepares for what will inevitably be a brutal ordeal.
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