HomeNow that Shichiro had gathered his bearings, it was time for him to attempt to face the creature inside once more. He still didn't have his weapons or at least something usable to defend himself with but he figured it out eventually. With a deep breath, Shichiro had entered the large double doors once more to find the large creature staring at the entrance. Dashing forward, the creature had begun to take a large swing at Shichiro. Luckily, with its wide swing, Shichiro had managed to sprint forward himself and roll behind the creature a bit wildly tumbling towards the jars he had seen before. Slamming into them, they had crumbled like dust when his body collided into them. He was a bit panicked now, as he noticed the creature had turned to face him in order to begin its charge again. While he panicked, he noticed that he could hear the clamoring of chains and something similar to a gate being lifted. Behind him a gate he had missed before was now opening at the very back. Wasting no time, Shichiro had gotten up, dashing towards the opening of the gate before the gate had slammed shut once more. Luckily for him the gate was big enough for only humans to enter and exit at will. There must have been a hidden pressure plate or something hidden underneath the jars. Well, whatever the case may be, his journey to reach the end continued. The path laid in front of him consisted of what seemed like bottomless stairs. Great, he’d continue to walk down these stairs as if he had a choice before reaching the bottom. There, it was another dark room but what was different was there was another smoldering campfire that awaited him. Like the one previously, it seems as if it was recently used, which made Shichiro wonder if there was any other sane person wandering around this fort.
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Well, he gave up on that notion for now as he just wanted to get out of this place as fast as he could. He thought about resting in this particular area but decided against it as the area was also filled with water and he already felt uncomfortable enough as it is since his pants were already wet. Luckily for him, the water wasn’t as deep as before and only came up to his ankles when he stepped in to get across the room. Crossing the room carefully, he could hear the violent screams and shaking of the creature he had managed to narrowly evade. He was glad he wasn’t in that room for the time being and managed to leave the dark room he had entered. As he stepped into the next area, sunlight had beamed brightly into his face. Even though he was in what seemed like a courtyard where it was bright, it wasn’t quite like this. It was almost blinding to him and it was quite annoying. As he took a step further into the light, he managed to catch a glimpse of a squire aiming an arrow towards Shichiro's direction. As he fired the arrow, Shichiro stepped to the side, hugging the wall in order to evade the incoming arrow. He didn’t really have much time to observe his surroundings like he normally did but from what he could make out was to the right of him was a wall with protruding barred fences in a peculiar pattern where somebody could easily fall over off the cliffside. From what he could tell, the fort was located on a small island off the coast of nowhere, seeing as he caught a glimpse of the ocean. Well, enough about the scenery for the time being as he was under fire.
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At least to the left of him, mirrored the corridor he first walked through with all the jail cells except this time they were broken down and open so he had many places to take cover from the incoming fire of the archer that fired after him. Once again, the archer took aim at Shichiro before releasing his arrow in his general direction. Luckily for Shichiro , the archer wasn’t a good shot. His form was messed up from what Shichiro could tell and the arrows often deviated from their intended path. Using this to his advantage, Shichiro hid in an open cell for a little. When he jumped in, he noticed there was a small shield that was on the ground that was in a worn condition but still usable. Picking it up, Shichiro fastened it around his left forearm and gave it a little test. Once he was sure it wouldn’t fall apart on him, Shichiro ran out of the cell holding up the shield he had found and sprinting towards the enemy squire. The enemy had fired two more arrows, both missing his mark as he was now panicked because an enemy was dashing towards him. After he had missed the second one, the squire had begun to flee the scene, heading up the stairs that were nearby. Shichiro figured that’s also where he needed to go when he finally made it to where the squire was, he noticed the squire had dropped something before he fled in terror. It was a short sword. Shichiro had never seen one of these before and was a little intrigued. He had heard stories of swords being different in far off lands but he never thought he’d lay his eyes on one. Nonetheless, it was his now and he could finally do something about the large demon that he had escaped initially.
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Well, if he ran into it again, he figured he’d be able to do something about it this time around. Heading up the stairs, he wondered if he’d run into the page once again in order to do battle with him. Low and behold, he had. The squire was there at the top, waiting for Shichiro with his bow in hand in order to attempt to kill the escaped criminal once again but only seemed to have gotten worse, the closer Shichiro was to him. Sighing, Shichiro wields the short sword in his right hand, swiftly dashing, swinging his sword across the squire’s neck in order to cut his throat open. Whether it was a simulation or not, he didn’t really enjoy killing ‘live human beings’ but he had to in order to get stronger and simulate what real battles were like. After dispatching the squire in front of him, Shichiro continued forward in hopes of finding a way off of this desolate island. Nothing about this place was pretty at all and he wanted out as soon as possible. Advancing forward, Shichiro had stumbled into the courtyard once more, only this time, he was on a large balcony that seemed as if it served as another way to traverse the massive fort. Walking forward, he could see where he had initially found the first campfire and the large double doors where he had encountered that demon-like creature. He could also see the gate he couldn’t initially open from the side he was last one. This time however, he was on the appropriate side and walked towards the right side of the courtyard, finding two different sets of stairs. One leading up the stairs and another one leading down the stairs. Shichiro decided to traverse the stairs leading downwards to where he had come from initially.
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He didn’t know why but he felt compelled to unlock that gate he couldn’t open at first. He figured it would just serve as a shortcut in case he needed to go back down there for some reason or the other. Making his way down, he unlocked the door after trying the various keys on the key ring he had. After that little annoyance was done, Shichiro had traveled back up the flight of steps before he took the other flight of stairs. However as he got half way, Shichiro felt a shake and a rumble as if somebody was pushing something from the top of the steps. Quickly, he backpedaled down the steps and hugged the wall to his left where he had initially opened the gate. What had passed him narrowly was a large boulder that barely missed him and crashed into the old wall, resulting in the wall being destroyed. Taking a sigh of relief, Shichiro wiped a bit of sweat off of his forehead and once again started to climb up the flight of steps. To nobody’s surprise, when he reached the top, Shichiro found himself being confronted by two more squires. One had a bow and a few arrows while the other just had a short sword and a buckler as their choice of equipment. Well, this was about to get hairy quickly, he assumed. Raising his shield, Shichiro got himself ready for a battle. As one drew his bow string back, the other inched forward with his own buckler and short sword raised. Shichiro did the same in kind as he was wary of being hit by the archer in the back. Not making a move, Shichiro decided it would be best to wait for the melee squire to attack first and find a window of opportunity to strike back when the time is right.
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The squire decided to swing first as Shichiro had anticipated. Shichiro kept his shield raised in order to block the squires' oncoming swings, stepping to the left or to the right when the situation called for it in order to parry better. He’d repeat this motion until the squire in the back thought he had a good shot on Shichiro and proceeded to let loose his arrow. Shichiro then maneuvered his way around the squire wildly swinging at him in order to get him to mimic his movement and pace until the arrow hit the other square in the back. This caused the squire to hesitate and wince from the pain.To nobody’s surprise, when he reached the top, Shichiro found himself being confronted by two more squires. One had a bow and a few arrows while the other just had a short sword and a buckler as their choice of equipment. Well, this was about to get hairy quickly, he assumed. Raising his shield, Shichiro got himself ready for a battle. As one drew his bow string back, the other inched forward with his own buckler and short sword raised. Shichiro did the same in kind as he was wary of being hit by the archer in the back. Not making a move, Shichiro decided it would be best to wait for the melee squire to attack first and find a window of opportunity to strike back when the time is right. The squire decided to swing first as Shichiro had anticipated. Shichiro kept his shield raised in order to block the squires' oncoming swings, stepping to the left or to the right when the situation called for it in order to parry better. He’d repeat this motion until the squire in the back thought he had a good shot on Shichiro and proceeded to let loose his arrow.
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Shichiro then maneuvered his way around the squire wildly swinging at him in order to get him to mimic his movement and pace until the arrow hit the other square in the back. This caused the squire to hesitate and wince from the pain. Shichiro used this opportunity to thrust his sword into the neck of his opponent, pushing him back sending them barreling into the shinobi with the bow in his hand. Using the man that was currently impaled as a battering ram, he had knocked over the other squire down to the ground, making him drop his bow. Kizmau then removed his sword from the man’s neck, quickly lunging at the archer on the floor that was now scrambling to retrieve his own shortsword. Plunging his sword into the archer’s neck, he could feel this one putting up a little bit of resistance as he reached for Shichiro's short sword in an attempt to prevent it from going in deeper than it already was. As Shichiro pushed, the squire pushed back in order to prevent himself from puncturing major arteries. This struggle went on for a minute before Shichiro decided to raise his right leg and slam it onto the squire’s belly. This made the squire falter a bit, giving Shichiro enough of an opportunity to make one final push into the squire’s neck in order to dispatch the man. After the deed was done, he decided not to keep the same sword and replaced it with the one the other squire was using as it was clean and would be easier to use. Once again pushing forward, Shichiro made it to another balcony although this time, he could see the entire fort from where he was standing. It was a lot smaller than he imagined which made him feel a tad bit better. Feeling a bit tired, Shichiro decided to take a break for a while before continuing on clearing out this foul area.
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