“You’re gonna regret touching that you brat” All of a sudden Kitayuu felt a large amount of air pressure on the sword he was holding, he then felt a gush of wind slam him against the side of a rocky wall. The sword that he was holding slowly turned and edged towards his throat as he tried as hard as he could to resist. Kitayuu was unable to let go either because if he did, the blade would immediately slice into his head clean off. The only thing he could do was fight the wind pushing it closer, but it felt hopeless as the sword was now slightly touching his skin.
“If you refuse to cooperate, then this blade,,, shall be the last thing you see”
A few more intense seconds passed as the sword started digging into Kitayuu’s skin.
“OK, I YIELD!” Kitayuu screamed.
Suddenly, he felt the pressure pushing him against the wall subside. It was at the same time that Bennet managed to regain consciousness. After regaining his vision, he saw Amber slowly get up from the ground with Kitayuu and Blade not too far away from her. He rushed over towards her to check if she was alright.
Bennet; “Who’s that guy Kitayuu’s with?”
Amber replied, “I don’t know. He said his name was Blade, but he is extremely dangerous”
Bennet turned his head to see Kitayuu walking away with the man, “HEY WAIT!” he screamed.
They both turned their heads with Blade, giving a sinister smile. They stared at each other for a moment, and Kitayuu slowly shook his head at Bennet. When they walked off, Kitayuu started making hand signals pointing to the ground. They both noticed that he started forming small but unique rocks in his hand and dropped them to create a path. Both Amber and Bennet understood what Kitayuu was doing immediately and just silently nodded at each other as they watched the two walk off.
“Follow me,” Amber said to Bennet quietly after Kitayuu and Blade were barely visible in the distance.
After a while, Bennet and Amber approached a tree with a few pigeons. Amber took a piece of paper out of her pocket as well as a pen. She started writing a message, and when she was done, she rolled it up, tied it to the pigeon's leg, and sent it off.
Bennet; “What are you doing?”
Amber replied, “I’m informing Jean and the knights about the situation. We can’t go back. Otherwise, Kitayuu might be way too far for us to catch up.”

They both headed back to the stone trail and followed it by running with the plan of slowing down and using the environment around them to hide once Blade and Kitayuu were in view.
Meanwhile, Kitayuu silently followed Blade and dropped small pebbles without him noticing.
Blade; “You’re a little silent young one”
Kitayuu waited a moment before answering, “Where are you taking me?”
Blade; “It’s nothing important, just be patient”
The two of them started walking towards a hilichurl camp. When they got closer, Kitayuu was preparing for a fight, but as soon as the hilichurls got sight of Kitayuu, they too got ready. Blade just raised his hand, and when the hilichurls saw, they immediately stopped and went back to what they were doing.
Kitayuu immediately realised what was going on and confronted Blade, “You’re with the Abyss aren’t you!”
Blade turned his head slightly and replied, “Clever boy”
Kitayuu, “But why,,, aren’t you human? They’re supposed to be our mortal enemies!”
Blade turned around and placed his finger on Kitayuu’s mouth, “It’s a bit complicated but you see, there’s a few of us that have been rejected by society and despise the Archons and their followers. Our goals align similarly, and if that’s the case, then we have every reason to work together to wipe out humanity. Of course, we are an exception.” He turned around again and started walking off.
