There is no shelter from the storm

Blades of the slayer

Looking at the young lady in front of him, Ren couldn't help but look at her up and down, assessing her injuries.

"You okay?" Ren asked the young lady as he secured Myoujingiri Muramasa on his back.

"Y-yes," Ayaka said with a blush as she stood up. It was a bit embarrassing for her to be seen like that. Her clothes were a bit disheveled and cut.

Ren sighed and slipped off his haori before handing it to her.

"Here," Ren said as he used it to cover her. Blushing hard as she felt the jacket wrapped around her. She saw a hilichurl running towards her savior and wad about to warn him but.

"Gyah!" The hilichurl was grabbed on the head and had its mask broken with a knee from the water breathing swordsman. Having hit the ground, the young heiress of the Kamisato house and her men could only watch as their savior coldly and brutally slammed his steel-toed boot-clad right leg on the Hilichurl's head, crushing it and killing the poor monster instantly.

The sun shined brightly onto the kanji of Extermination on the back of his clothes. The leg he used was now covered in blood. Removing the mask on his face, he sighed and rubbed the back of his head. The sight of it being destroyed was a bit disappointing. He slipped the mask on the side of his head and looked at the group.

"You should head back to Inazuma," Ren stretched his hand out for Azrael to land. "Azrael here will watch over you,"

"T-thank you!" Ayaka said, bowing at the young man who looked at her and felt a slight hum from Muramasa.

"No problem," Ren said, starting to move towards the forest, his feet not making any noise.

"Name?" Ren looked back at the group as he heard Ayaka.

"?" Ren looked at her

"W-what's your name?" Ayaka asked with a blush, looking at him in the eyes.

"Cruz, Ren Cruz," Ren said as he turned around and disappeared into the forest.

"L-like a ghost," Ayaka heard one of her men say as she looks at the monsters he had slain.

"This is the Mitachurl that is resistant to elemental attacks," She said, looking at the markings on its body. Noticing the way the hands were cut off it was a bit jagged and some were ripped off. 

"Milady, these cuts. Look," A samurai said showing her that a part of the hand was cauterized.

"Ren Cruz, Who are you?" Ayaka said as she observed the wounds of the ax-wielding Mitachurl.

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A loud sneeze could be heard coming out from the black-clad young man. Nichirin blade on hand, he cut down the hilichurls around the last camp with ease.

Noting that the sky had darkened and the position of the sun, he found out that he only has two hours left before it became dark.

"Let's see, I finished Master Kiriya's mission, the bounty, and my commissions," Ren said as he saw the checked boxes on his journal and smiled.

"Ren, hungry," Azrael said as he landed on his master's arm holding the sword.

"Yeah, me too," Ren said as he pressed the back of his katana on the middle of his elbow, and gently wiped the blood off it with his sleeves by pressing his upper and lower arms together while pulling his sword away and flicking it off. Sheathing the blade, Ren turned around and headed down the mountain trail he was on.

Reaching the foot of the mountain, Ren saw that it would take him a while to head back to Inazuma. He took out a pen and paper for both the young master and Katherine about his missions that were completed and had Azrael deliver them.