The Incredible Swordsman

CHAPTER 6-THE FALL OF AN EMPIRE

Then on the way, a bunch of people who came from the same community which means they’re mercenary as well, tried to block his way and they wanted to eliminate him as they found him to be a threat for them. If not finish him now, afraid in the future that once he grows even more stronger, then at that time it will be difficult for them to eliminate him. There are 3 of them.

Hitokiri-Kenshi: “What do you want??”

Mercenary 1: “Huh, you stole our jobs… What do you think we’re going to do??”

Mercenary 2: “Yeah… Still dares to ask??? If not for you, we won’t lose our jobs…”

Mercenary 3: “That's right… Because of you, we lost customers, we lost money too.”

Mercenary 1: “True… If we’re not finish you here, how can we survive in this community??”

Hitokiri-Kenshi: “Huh, what a bunch of fools… If you guys lose your jobs, it means you’re not capable enough to do your job…!!! Don’t blame your stupid at other people…!!!”

Mercenary 1-3: “What did you say??”

Mercenary 2: “He’s looking for dead exactly, let’s finish him…!!!”

Mercenary 3: “Right, no more talking…!!! Hyaahhh…”

So, they’re trying to attack him, with all of them running forwards to his direction. However, he only stood there without moving yet. Still watching them one-by-one get close to him inch by inch. For the record, Hitokiri-Kenshi’s sword name is “Kifū-Ken / Qífēng-Jiàn (WindRiding-Sword)” which was given by his Shishō, Chōbun. It said Chōbun asked a secret formidable blacksmith to forge that sword. Nobody knew when he met that blacksmith. The rumor said they met in the underground world but others said it was Chōbun acquaintance when he was still at Unkensō. So nobody knew which one was true. His sword was hanging at his left waist on his belt and he was holding the scabbard with his left hand now as he was watching them sharply. Then some of them already jumped in the mid-air to his position. With one spin back turn, he takes a few steps backward to make a stance as he prepares to strike any moment. Then he holds the hilt with his right hand to strikes his sword technique, “Kento-Sanshū/Jiàntú-Sānqiū(SwordSlaughter-ThreeAutumns)” from one of the techniques of Mukeifūken-ryū which is the level 3 sword techniques of Mukeifūken-ryū. With that blow, all of them are flying away to the mid-air and then landing on the ground with bad injury. This time Hitokiri-Kenshi didn’t use all of his strength to attack them. Just half of it but still it’s hurt them so badly.

Mumei-Kenshi: “This time I let you guys off, but next time you confront me again, you won’t see the sunrise anymore…”

Then he walks away from them and continues his journey. Those guys also realized when Hitokiri-Kenshi said something, he always meant it. But did they really just surrender like that? Only time can tell. Then one day, En-Koku was chaotic from inside and outside. The rebels from inside trying to bring down the emperor meanwhile from outside Ki-Koku joined forces with some other small neighbor empires and hired some pugilists martial-art to help them to attack the empire. Certainly, it was not easy to take it down in a short time since En-Koku was a big empire among others, so absolutely the army was so strong and outnumbered. And among those pugilists, the Ki-Koku also hired some mercenary assassins, and one of them is the most powerful one which is Hitokiri-Kenshi. Ki-Koku believed with Hitokiri-Kenshi on their side, the winning chance would be bigger. However, at that time Ryohyō doesn’t interfere with this war problem as he’s not even care. For him, whichever empire wins, it won't have any effect on him or his sect. It’s true that his sect and other sects that still existed are still under En-Koku’s jurisdiction, so the emperor asked them for assistance. However, none of them are willing to help. As long as Ryohyō didn’t say anything, they wouldn't dare to move. Ryohyō also knew very clearly that this empire is coming to an end, so there is nothing that he can do. The revolution will take over this empire. Secretly, he told those other allied sects to decide by themselves whether they're going to help which side. But still, he still reminds them that En-Koku's fate is about to end. They must consider it very wise before making any decision. So those allied sects finally decided to help Ki-Koku to take down En-Koku. Even the En-Koku army was outnumbered, but still with so many mercenaries and pugilists martial-art helped. One mercenary or one pugilist can kill 5 to 6 En-Koku soldiers. But among them, the most powerful is Hitokiri-Kenshi. He alone can defeat about 8 to 9 soldiers, because of his strong martial arts and certainly with the help of martial arts that are hidden inside Mugen-Keisho. One-by-one of En-Koku soldiers are down very fast. Then for the last one, the commander of the army. His name is “Chin-I (Chén-Wěi)”.