The Red Demonic Swordsman 1: Xendria

Unsettling Situation

Several days passed after Yezai was defeated by none other than The Red Demonic Swordsman, thousands of people have moved into Woodale Kingdom, located in part of the world where there's a much more warmer climate. Since moving into the new kingdom, there had been unsettling reports of multiple people being mysteriously murdered throughout the day and night without any explanation.

"Complicated situation we're all in," said Yujia.

"Yeah, seems so," said Irene, who stood next to Saya. "Everyone is all worked up ever since moving into this place. Everything seems off here."

"Yes," Yujia agreed. "There's been so many unexplained reports of multiple people being murdered and even I don't know the leading cause of it."

"Could it be Shadow?" Irene asked.

"Without any concrete evidence, I cannot say for sure," Yujia replied. "But I wouldn't doubt it."

"It's like this Kingdom is haunted," Irene said with a sigh, crossing her arms over her chest.

"H-haunted you say?!" Saya said with a frightening tone in her voice, looking around at her surroundings.

"However, there's many that suggest Shadow is behind this," Yujia said. "But there's also others that say Kirisu may be behind this as well."

"What?" Irene seemed confused upon Kirisu being thought as the one behind the unexplained murders.

"Ummm..." Saya hummed a bit in thought about this.

"There's been reports of people seeing a demon entity at night time, or at least someone who resembles that of a demon. There's no one else here but Kirisu who is known as a demon everywhere across the world," Yujia explained.

"Yeah, but that's impossible. Kirisu wouldn't do such a thing," Irene said defensively.

"Kirisu hasn't been seen since word started spreading about him," Yujia said.

Irene stayed quiet, carrying a solemn expression on her face while she thought about this unsettling situation.

"-But then," Yujia added. "This demonic entity they speak of resembles more of a more of a terrifying ghost, a ghost who seeks vengeance as others described."

"So it can't be Kirisu. This nutcase isn't even that terrifying," Saya sighed in relief, shrugging her shoulders casually. "Furthermore, he can't be a ghost if he's still alive. Has to be someone else who also possesses demonic traits like he does."

Irene decided to speak up, returning her gaze back at Yujia. "Where is he now?"

Later on through the day in Woodale Kingdom, it was near sunset. A civilian was running through the busy streets, seemingly in panick out of fear. He continued running until he ran into the empty tall building, running up the stairs. The man seemed to be in his mid thirties with brown hair, wearing silver armour and a sword sheathed to his side. Once reaching the top floor, he kicked open the door, panting heavily as he walked in. He looked around for a place to hide but then he walked over towards the window to see if he was being followed. All of a sudden, he felt a presence behind him as a dark hooded figure walked past the doorway in the hallway. He turned around to see if there was anyone there, but he didn't find any. He turned back to the window as his breathing returned to normal. "Think I'm safe now..." he murmured to himself. He turned around again and his eyes widened in shock.

The shatter of windows can be heard within its vicinity outside, turning everyone's attention towards that area. That same man who was running fell to his death as his body hit the ground. Blood would splatter everywhere as a pool of blood was being created beneath him. Everyone started to scream in horror from what they've witnessed. Meanwhile, Kojin who was nearby hid in the shadows of the alleyway with his hood on, witnessing the mysterious hooded man through the broken window who seemingly just walked backwards to hide from the public view.